You are told that whatever is being discussed is "surprisingly reliable." This suggests that it might be old or used and would be expected not to work very well. To solve this problem then you need to determine which of these answers would be expected to be unreliable. To provide some extra help "reliable" means able to be relied upon, able to be trusted, consistent, responsible. The correct answer is therefore "My old computer . . . "

To begin with "ashamed" means feeling guilty or embarrassed by something one has said or done. So, if the boy feels ashamed it makes sense that he has done something wrong. The correct answer is therefore " . . . that he cheated on his test." The other answer choices all reflect reasons why someone would feel proud or else don't make sense within the context and structure of this sentence. Additionally, "accomplishments" are things one achieves, successes.

To solve this problem you first need to be careful about pronoun continuation. The pronoun used in the first part of the sentence is "it," so the correct answer cannot contain "he" or "she." From there it is simply a matter of continuing the idea. If he does not want something it makes sense that he would say " . . . 'it is useless to me.'" Additionally, "essential" means needed, necessary, or basic; "superb" means excellent, near-perfect.

To solve this problem you simply need to figure out why the subject of this sentence would be most likely to go to sleep later than usual. The correct answer is because " . . . she was feeling energetic." "Energetic" means full of energy. Additionally, "exhausted" means very tired; "tranquil" means peaceful. As you can see the other answer choices all describe reasons why someone might go to sleep earlier than usual. 

The speaker of this sentence says they need to buy more of something. Which of these answer choices best matches with a reason why someone might need to buy more of something? The correct answer is "Monkeys stole all my fruit . . . " Additionally, "plentiful" means to have plenty of something, more than enough. 

To solve this problem you simply need to figure out which of these answer choices is related to the subject of someone who hates spicy food. The correct answer is "  . . . and he refused to eat the curry." The other answer choices are all either nonsensical, use the wrong conjunction or else imply that infact the subject likes spicy food.

To solve this problem you simply need to determine which of these answer choices describes something that might happen following the death of the King. The correct answer is that " . . . his son became king." Additionally, "festival" means celebration; "adequately" means done well enough; "reigned" means ruled over (as king or queen).

To begin with "announced" means said to a group of people, declared. In this problem the speaker says " . . . I am not ready" to solve this problem you need to determine which of these answer choices fits with this declaration. The correct answer is therefore "Not yet . . . " The answer choices that are in the form of questions cannot be correct because the sentence contains no question marks.

In this question you are told that a boy is doing something " . . . to give to his mother." You know it is a boy because of the pronoun "his." So, which of these answer choices best makes sense as something a boy would give to his mother? The correct answer is "He is picking flowers . . . "

This sentence has a clue in it that indicates that there is an increase of intensity involved with its verbs. The words "not merely..." indicate that the boy actually made his sister very angry. When we "infuriate" someone, we do just that. When we speak of someone's "fury" we are referring to his or her extreme anger. None of the other options express this sense of being very angry.