Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one. 31.He could escape from hurt because he was wearing protective clothes. a. Thanks to his protective clothes, he could escape from hurt. b. His protective clothes made him hurt. c. Due to his protective clothes, he was hurt. d. His being hurt made his unable to wear protective clothes. 32.We were unable to type the contract because the computer malfunctioned. a. Despite a computer malfunction, we managed to finish typing the contract. b. The computer malfunction helped us complete the contract. c. The fact that the computer malfunction prevented us from typing the contract. d. Thanks to the computer malfunction, we could type the contract. 33.The roads were slippery because it snowed heavily. a. It snowed too heavily to make the roads slippery. b. The heavy snow prevented the roads from-being slippery. c. Thanks to the slip of the roads, it snowed heavily. d. The heavy snow made the roads slippery. 34.The accident happened because she was careless. a. The accident was prevented due to her carelessness. b. Her carelessness was responsible for the accident. c. It was the accident that made her careless. d. The more careless she was, the less accident happened. 35.I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read his book. a. What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand. b. The lecturer's book which I had not read was difficult to understand. c. I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer said in his book. d. I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book. Read the passage carefully and