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 question. I didn’t arrive in time. I was not able to see her off.
A. I arrived very late to say goodbye to her.
B.She had left because I was not on time.
C.I was not early enough to see her off.
D.I didn’t go there , so I could not see her off.

Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit: 
At that time scientists discovered that when a sequence of still pictures was set in motion, they could give the feeling of moment.
A.detected 
B.founded
C.knew  
D.saw

Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group: 

A.developed
B.used                      
C.played
D.enjoyed

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 44 to 48.
            If women choose to pursue a career once they have children, they often miss out on a close relationship with children. Helen Jamieson is a mother of three who has given up work to look after her children (44) _____. She strongly believes that women are pressurized to do too much, (45) _____ themselves to the absolute limit. In her own case, after six years of paid employment, Helen finally decided to call it a day. She says she initially found it hard to be at home, though she never misses the job itself. She admits that if she had had a brilliant career to begin (46) _____, she might feel differently now. Financially, she is no worse off (47) _____ before, as the cost of childcare and commuting exceeded her actual income. (48) _____ the government starts to give other tax incentives to working parents, she says she will not return to the workplace until her children are grown up.
(45)
A.and driving        
B.and taking         
C.driving                   
D.taking

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We would have agreed to the contract _____ for Tom’s opposition.
A.would it not have been                     
B.be it not
C.had it not been           
D.should it not have been

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

A.clothes       
B.houses            
C.increases                 
D.rises

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the following question. In a modern family, the husband  is expected to join hands with his wife to            _ the household chores.
A.do    
B.make  
C.run  
D.take

Mark the letter A,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following question. No sooner had she put the telephone down than her boss rang back.
A.Scarcely had she put the telephone down when her boss rang back.
B.She had hardly put the telephone down without her boss rang back.
C.Hardly she had hung up, she rang her boss immediately.
D.As soon as her boss rang back, she put down the telephone.

The word “mains” in paragraph 1 could best be replaced by “                     ”.  
A.rivers        
B.pipes            
C.areas            
D.lands

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.
“How beautiful you are today!” he said.
A.He complimented her on being beautiful today.
B.He said to me that she was beautiful that day.
C.He complimented her on being beautiful that day.
D.He complemented her on being beautiful that day.