Correct answer: A

Main reasoning: The clue is “His brother has given him capital to start with.” Capital is money used to begin a business or activity. Therefore, the most logical statement is that his father plans to start another business.

Option analysis:

A. Correct: getting capital strongly implies starting a new business.

B. Contradicted by the fact that he receives capital to start something.

C. Retirement is unrelated to losing crops and receiving capital.

D. Not supported; receiving capital suggests action, not giving up planting forever.

E. Contradicted: a plan is implied, so “no idea” does not fit.

Logic note: Having capital increases ability to act; ability \( \gt \) inability, so option A fits best.

Correct answer: C

Main reasoning: The correct pattern is “prefer A to B.” So the sentence becomes: “I prefer tea to coffee now.” Option C matches this structure.

Option analysis:

A. Incorrect pattern; “prefer” is not followed by “than.”

B. Incorrect pattern; “like ... than” is not used for comparison.

C. Correct: “prefer ... to ...” is the standard comparison form.

D. Incorrect form; “would rather” is followed by a bare verb, not “to.”

E. Ungrammatical and unrelated to the intended meaning.

Logic note: The correct grammar pattern is \( \gt \) incorrect patterns for completing the sentence.

Correct answer: B

Main reasoning: “Do you feel like going to a movie this evening?” is asking Mary to join John for an activity. That is an invitation, and Mary’s response (“That sounds great”) confirms acceptance of an invitation.

Option analysis:

A. Intention would focus on John’s plan alone, not inviting Mary to come.

B. Correct: it invites Mary to do something together.

C. A suggestion can be similar, but this form directly invites a specific person to join, supported by an accepting reply.

D. Permission asks to allow something, which is not the case.

E. Persuasion would involve convincing after reluctance; here it is a simple inviting question.

Logic note: Acceptance response is \( \gt \) neutral response, indicating an invitation was made.

Correct answer: A

Main reasoning: Donny’s full reply contains contrast: he appreciates the invitation but cannot go due to caring for his mother. The blank must be a polite positive opener that fits with “but ...”. “It sounds interesting, but ...” is the most natural structure.

Option analysis:

A. Correct: it introduces polite interest before giving the reason for declining.

B. Possible, but it repeats the refusal; the sentence already gives a reason after “but,” so a positive opener is smoother.

C. Similar to B; it declines but does not pair as naturally with “but” as a positive opener.

D. Wrong direction: this is used to respond to someone else’s bad news, not to decline an invitation.

E. Grammatically possible, but “It sounds interesting” fits better as a response to an invitation and leads naturally into “but ...”.

Logic note: Polite acceptance tone before refusal is \( \gt \) blunt refusal in social invitations.

Correct answer: D

Main reasoning: Tino is late and came on foot, so his car is not available. The most logical meaning is that the car is currently undergoing repair by someone else. That requires the present continuous passive: “is being repaired.”

Option analysis:

A. Active form suggests the car repairs something, which is incorrect.

B. Present perfect active is wrong because it suggests the car repaired something, and it also implies the repair is finished, which would reduce the reason for walking.

C. Future continuous does not fit; the problem affects him now.

D. Correct: passive ongoing repair explains why he had to walk.

E. Future perfect passive is unrelated to the present situation.

Logic note: If the car is under repair now, availability is \( \lt \) normal, so walking becomes necessary.