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.
Seth informed us of his retirement from the company. He did it when arriving at the meeting.
A.Only after his retiring from the company did Seth tell us about his arrival at the meeting.
B.Not until Seth said to us that he would leave the company did he turn up at the meeting.
C.Hardly had Seth notified us of his retiring from the company when he arrived at the meeting.
D.No sooner had Seth arrived at the meeting than we were told about his leaving the company.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following exchanges.
John was late for a meeting with Jane. He’s now apologizing to Jane for the incident.
John: “I’m so sorry I was late."
Jane: “_______.”
A.Little wonder you do!    
B.Forget about it!
C.Don’t sweat over it!   
D.No offense intended!

During the five- decade history the Asian Games have been advancing in all aspects.
A.holding at
B.holding back
C.holding to
D.holding by

The word "bias" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to                                   .
A.A. concern                
B.   B. disadvantage                      
C.C. attitude                  
D.  D. prejudice

A.strongly
B.thickly
C.thinly
D.scarcely

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Our project was successful _____ its practicality.            
A.in terms of             
B.with a view to       
C.on behalf of                        
D.regardless

All/ need/ a cup/ black coffee.
A.All I am needing now is to drink a cup of black coffee.
B.All is needed to be drinking a cup of black coffee. 
C.All of the need now is to drink a cup of black coffee.
D. All I need now is a cup of black coffee.

The radio (play).............. since 7 a.m. I wish someone would turn it off.
A.has been playing
B.has played
C.played
D.is playing

Do you want to meet Mr. Minh? You spoke to him last night? (to whom)
A.Do you want to meet Mr. Minh to whom you spoke last night?
B.Do you want to meet Mr. Minh to whom you spoke to last night?
C.Do you want to meet Mr. Minh to whom you spoke him last night?
D.

 I last heard this song ten years ago.
A.It is ten years since I have last heard this song
B.It is ten years since I heard this song in the last time.
C.It is ten years since I have heard this song for the last time.
D.It is ten years since I last heard this song