Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
20. We arrived at the conference. Then we realized that our reports were still at home.
A. Hardly had we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home.
B. Only after we arrived at the conference did we realize that our reports were still at home.
C. Not until we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at home.
D. No sooner had we realized that our reports were at home than we arrived at the conference.
21. The vase is not perfect. A few small flaws in its base spoil it.
A. The vase would be perfect if there were a few small flaws on its base.
B. The vase will be perfect if there are a few small flaws on its base.
C. The vase would be perfect provided there were a few small flaws on its base,
D. This vase would be perfect but for a few small flaws on its base.
