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.
Those three countries launched missiles into Syria. No casualties were reported.
A. Those three countries launched missiles into Syria, but no casualties were reported.
B. Despite those three countries launched missiles into Syria, no casualties were reported.
C. Those three countries launched missiles into Syria so that no casualties could be reported.
D. Having launched missiles into Syria, those three countries had not reported casualties.
