Mark the letter $A, B, C$ or $D$ on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the sentence in italics.
$1.$ As we were heading out of the door of the café, we bumped into our plumber, who we still owed money to.
$A.$ Our plumber, whom we hadn't paid back yet, was the person who we encountered by chance at the moment we were exiting the café.
$B.$ When we met our plumber in the café as we were about to leave, we realized that we hadn't yet paid him all the money we owed him.
$C.$ Our plumber, when we ran into him as he was entering the café that we were leaving, didn't bring up our debt to him.
$D.$ Not wanting to see the plumber to whom we still owed a debt, we quickly headed out the door of the café when we saw him coming in.
$2.$ I haven't seen either James or his sister for a very long time now.
$A.$ It has been an awful long time since I saw either Jame or his sister.
$B.$ I know I've met James, but I don't think I've met his sister before.
$C.$ Neither James nor his sister has been seen by anyone for the ages.
$D.$ I've met both James and his sister before, but it was a long time ago.
$3.$ Buying new clothes is something that I almost never make the effort to do.
$A.$ It's such a bother to buy new clothes that I never do it.
$B.$ I hardly ever bother purchasing new clothes.
$C.$ Not having bought any new clothes doesn't bother me.
$D.$ Almost all my clothes are old since U never buy any new ones.
$4.$ Desperate Housewives is the last program on television I would want to watch.
$A.$ Desperate Housewives will be the last program we watch on TV tonight.
$B.$ There is no show on television like Desperate Housewives.
$C.$ I would rather watch any other television program than Desperate Housewives.
$D.$ No one can persuade me to watch Desperate Housewives when it's on.
$5.$ You'll have no hope of growing crops here unless you find a way to irrigate this land.
$A.$ Because there is no way you can irrigate this land, you had better give up trying to grow crops on it.
$B.$ Even if you find a method of watering this land, there is no hope thar nay crops will grow on it.
$C.$ You'll have to try growing crops elsewhere if you prove unable to irrigate this land here.
$D.$ Without discovering how to water this land, there is no chance that you can grow crops here.