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.
Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising. They want to increase their sale.

A. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising so that they want to increase their sale.

B. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising, but they want to increase their sale.

C. Companies spend millions of dollars on advertising with the aim of increasing their sale.

D. In order that they want to increase their sale, companies spend millions of dollars on advertising.

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

Question 46. I passed the test. My parents took me to the circus.

A. I passed the test, so my parents took me to the circus.

B. I passed the test, but my parents took me to the circus.

C. Because I passed the test, so my parents took me to the circus.

D. Although I passed the test, my parents took me to the circus.

Question 47: Tom was shocked at what he heard. He couldn’t say a word.

A. Tom couldn’t say a word although he was shocked.

B. Tom was too shocked at what he heard to say a word.

C. Tom who was so shocked at what he heard couldn’t say a word.

D. Tom was such shocked at what he heard that couldn’t say a word.

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

Question 48. Too tired to continue, David stopped walking.

A. David couldn’t go on walking because he was too tired.

B. David couldn’t stop walking because he was too tired.

C. David was too tired to carry out walking.

D. David can’t continue to walk when he’s tired.

Question 49. He was last seen in 1928.

A. He has not been able to see in 1928. B. No one has seen him since 1928. C. He didn’t see anyone in July 1928. D. No one saw him until July 1928.

Question 50. She hasn’t seen her family for years.

A. She didn’t see her family for a long time.

B. It’s time she saw her family years ago.

C. It’s years ago she has seen her family.

D. It’s years since she last saw her family.

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. He studied so few that he didn’t pass the end-of-term test.

B. He didn’t study hard enough for to pass the end-of-term test.

C. He didn’t pass the end-of-term test because didn’t study much.

D. He didn’t study enough to pass the end-of-term test.

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. Since I’m unable to get in contact with him, it seems certain that he’s closed his e–mail account.

B. If no one is able to get in contact with him, he ought to get e–mail account for himself

C. He may have closed his e–mail account, but I won’t know for sure until I get in touch with him

D. I must have got his e–mail address wrong, because he’s not giving me any reply.

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. If only he had been able to finish his book.

B. If it weren’t for his wife’s help, he couldn’t have finished his book.

C. Without his wife’s help, he couldn’t have finished his book.

D. But for his wife’s help, he couldn’t finish his book.

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.

People live together in one place. They form a community.

A. When people form a community, they live together in one place.

B. In order to live together in one place, people form a community.

C. People form a community when living together in one place.

D. Forming a community, people live together in one place.

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.

People live together in one place. They form a community.

A. When people form a community, they live together in one place

B. In order to live together in one place, people form a community

C. People form a community when living together in one place

D. Forming a community, people live together in one place

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 fell over in the last minutes. She didn't win the race. 

A. If she didn't fall over in the last minutes, she would win the race. 

B. She didn't win the race even though she fell over in the last minutes 

C. Not having won the race, she fell over in the last minutes 

D. She could have won the race if she hadn't fallen over in the last minutes

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.

Jack was over confident. Therefore, he ruined our plan completely.

A. It was Jack’s overconfidence ruined our plan completely. 

B. It was because Jack’s overconfidence that ruined our plan completely. 

C. Jack was overconfident, which ruined our plan completely. 

D. That was Jack’s overconfidence ruined our plan completely.