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 is always talking foolishly when everybody talks about something in a serious way. I can’t bear that.

A. Everybody talks seriously when he talks foolishly.

B. I don’t mind his talking foolishly when everybody talks seriously.

C. I can’t understand what he talks when people talk foolishly.

D. I hate him talking foolishly when people talk seriously.

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.

Quang won a scholarship. We are excited about that fact.

A. The fact being excited us had won Quang a scholarship.

B. Quang’s excited about a scholarship’s having won us.

C. We’re excited about Quang’s having won a scholarship.

D. We won Quang’s excitement about the fact of a scholarship.

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 from 45 to 46.

We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep. 

A. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. 

B. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep. 

C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep. 

D. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping. 

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 painting displayed in the museum has been stolen. They are rumouring about that.

A. There is a rumour that the painting displayed in the museum has been stolen.

B. The displayed painting is rumoured to be stolen.

C. Displaying in the museum, the painting was rumour to be stolen.

D. As being displayed and rumoured, the painting has been stolen.

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 human brain is 8 times the size of a monkey’s. It weighs about 1,400 grams

A. The size of human brain is 8 times that of a monkey’s which is about 1,400 grams weigh

B. The human brain, which weighs about 1,400 grams, is 8 times the size of a monkey’s.

C. The size of a monkey’s brain is 1,400 grams, 8 times that of the human one.

D. The weight of a monkey’s brain is 1,400 grams, 8-fold than that of the human one.

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.

We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.

A. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping

B. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping

C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep

D. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep

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

We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about our sleep.

A. We shall know more about our sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping

B. We know relatively little about our sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping

C. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about our sleep

D. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about our sleep

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.

We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little about sleep.

A. We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.

B. Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.

C. We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.

D. We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.

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.

We gain more knowledge about how to stay safe online. We worry about the threats of cybercrime less.

A. The more knowledge about how to stay safe online we gain, the less we worry about the threats of cybercrime.

B. The more we stay online to gain safety knowledge, the less we worry about the threats of cybercrime.

C. The more knowledge about how to stay safe online we gain, the more we worry about the threats of cybercrime.

D. The more we know about how to stay safe online, we worry about the threats of  cybercrime less.