Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions: 

I had just come home. Then I heard the phone ringing.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions: 

A simplified edition is easier to read than the original. It is shorter.

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What has happened? You look as if you have been in the wars.

 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.

The Complex of Hue Monuments, which lies along the Perfume River in Hue City, is a good example of a well-designed capital city.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions: 

The proposal seemed like a good idea. The manager refused it.

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Members are reminded that they are responsible for any damage caused by their guests.

Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one: ​When I told Mark the news, he blew up.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
THE PERFORMING ARTS
In the past, British children were frequently encouraged to try out their performing skills for the benefit of adults. They did this by reading aloud, acting or (31) _________a musical instrument. As they (32) _________up they were taken to public places of entertainment - the theatre, opera, circus or ballet. They looked forward to these occasions with great (33) _________ and would remember and discuss what they had seen for many weeks afterwards. But nowadays television and computers (34) _________ an endless stream of easily available entertainment, and children quickly accept these marvelous (35) _________as a very ordinary part of their everyday lives. For many children, the sense of witnessing a very special live performance is gone forever.
(34)......................

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

She was the first woman in the Philippines. She was elected as the president of the country.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions:

It was midnight. The noise upstairs stopped.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions: 

He didn't take his father's advice. That's why he is out of work.

My American friend finds it difficult to pick up food with chopsticks.

 Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

A surprising number of popular spectator sports, for example football or baseball, (1)______ in Europe or the USA in the nineteenth century. This did not happen by chance. It was the (2) ______ of changes in the way people lived in those places at that time. Until then, more people lived In the country than in towns. They worked in small groups and had no regular time off. All this changed with the growth of factories and industry in the nineteenth century, first in Europe and (3) ______. In the USA. For the first time, most people began to live in towns, and they found themselves with regular free time. They had more leisure time than ever before. This resulted in the need for organized entertainment. Suitable games developed or were invented, typically team games, in which the crowd could (4) ______ sides and become involved. This gave people some of the entertainment they need in their free time. The recent explosion in TV, with the introduction of satellite and cable channels, has caused an increase in (5) ______ for sports as entertainment. The money TV has broughtto games such as football, tennis and baseball means that spectator sports will certainly go on playing an important part in our lives

It was the (2) ______ of changes in the way people lived in those places at that time.

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You are in this mess right now because you didn’t listen to my advice in the first place.

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Bali has far better beaches than Java, which makes it more attractive to tourists.

Make the best choice

We couldn't have managed without my fathers money.

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My brother was so rude to my friends last night. I now regret it.

Make the best choice

David drove so fast; it was very dangerous. 

Make the best choice

 Seeing that he was so angry, she left the office.

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It would have been a perfect paper except for some mistakes

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He didn’t prepare well for his GCSE examination and he regrets it now.