RESTATEMENT TEST 2 For these questions , choose the best rephrased form of the given sentence .
1 . Everybody realizes that too much technology has its downsides , even though most teenagers couldn ’ t imagine life without online games .
A ) In spite of its harmful effects on us , most adolescents are of the opinion that life would be bearable without electronic games . B ) Notwithstanding the difficulty of living without electronic games , it is mostly known that they have a lot of bad effects on us . C ) For most of us , life without electronic games would be extremely boring even though nearly all of us have the idea that they can affect us in a bad way . D ) No one can deny that electronic games have a negative impact on us , but at the same time , no one can think of a life without them . E ) All the people notice that electronic games affect us badly ; however , a lot of teenagers couldn ’ t think of their life without it . x
2 . My husband would have offered her one socket , had he known that she was in need of one .
A ) She couldn ' t have known that he was not obliged to give her one of these sockets free of charge , and kept asking for one . B ) If she had persuaded my husband that she wanted one of these sockets , he would have given it to her certainly without charge . C ) My husband needn ' t have given it to her free of charge if she had told him that she had one socket already . D ) My husband understood how necessary it was for her to have one of these sockets and therefore he wanted to give it to her without charging her for it . E ) My husband wasn ' t aware that she was in great need of one of these sockets ; otherwise , he would have given it to her free of charge . X
3 . The Christmas dinner we had last year was far better than this year ’ s .
A ) This year ’ s Christmas dinner was not nearly as good as the one we had last year . x B ) Last year ’ s Christmas dinner was less good than the one we are having this year . C ) This year ’ s Christmas dinner is a lot more delightful than the meal we had last year . D ) The Christmas dinner we had last year wasn ' t as good as this one . E ) I think the Christmas dinner we had last year was wonderful and this one is terrible .
4 . I was charged twenty euros entrance fee at the concert hall .
A ) It cost me a lot of money to go into the concert hall . B ) They gave me twenty euros to enter the concert hall . C ) They gave me twenty euros as change money for my entrance to the concert hall . D ) I ought not have paid the twenty euros demanded from me for the concert hall entrance . E ) It cost me twenty euros to get into the concert hall . x