Today,            major new products without conducting elaborate market research.
A.hardly ever corporations introduce       
B.corporations hardly introduce ever
C.corporations hardly ever introduce
D.hardly ever introduce corporations

VI. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of  the sentence in the following questions from 49 to 50.
Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.
A.She studied very well because of her difficult living conditions.
B.She studied very well, so she lived in difficult conditions. 
C.Because her living conditions were difficult, she studied very well. 
D.Although she lived in difficult living conditions, she studied very well.

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.great           
B.cheap                   
C.clean  
D.mean

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If he didn't have to work today, he ______ his children to the zoo.
A.will take                 
B.takes                      
C.would take        
D.has taken

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It is advisable that the apprentice should be ______ to learn the ins and outs of the new job.
A.permissive       
B.noticeable        
C.acceptable     
D.observant

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It ______ to reason that Jason passed the exam with flying colours on account of his working hard during the term.
A.comes                     
B.gets                    
C.stands               
D.lays

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.head             
B.bean                   
C.meal                       
D.team

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Thanks to highly sophisticated technology, scientists have made many important discoveries in different fields.
A.accessible
B.confusing                
C.effective                
D.advanced

_______ (33)
A.worth 
B.necessary
C.important 
D. useful

We chose to find a place for the night. We found the bad weather very inconvenient.
 
A.Bad weather was approaching, so we started to look for a place to stay.
B.The bad weather prevented us from driving any further.
C.Seeing that the bad weather had set in, we decided to find somewhere to spend the night.
D.Because the climate was so severe, we were worried about what we'd do at night.