(2)______
A.saying
B.telling
C.speaking
D.talking

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 
We could have caught the last train, but we ______ five minutes late. 
A.were
B.would be   
C.have been   
D.are

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.
My mother is very busy with her work at the office. She still takes good care of us.
A.My mother is too busy with her work at the office to take good care of us.
B.My mother is so busy with her work at the office that she cannot take good care of us.
C.Because my mother is very busy with her work at the office, she takes good care of us.
D.In spite of being very busy with her work at the office, my mother takes good care of us.

John F.Kennedy wouldn’t have died in 1963 if he_________to Dallas.
A.didn’t go   
B.wouldn’t go  
C.hadn’t gone
D.not go

Long ago, women were ______to vote in political elections.
A.prevented
B.stopped
C.forbidden
D.banned

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
____ one or more units of living substance called protoplasm.     
A. Although all living things that consist of 
B.All living things consisting of
C.All living things consist of  
D.In all living things consisting of

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.
Hans told us about his investing in the company. He did it on his arrival at the meeting.
A.Only after investing in the company did Hans inform us of his arrival at the meeting.
B.Not until Hans told us that he would invest in the company did he arrive at the meeting.
C.Hardly had he informed us about his investing in the company when Hans arrived at the meeting.
D.No sooner had Hans arrived at the meeting than he told us about his investing in the company.

A.near                     
B.pear                               
C.dear                             
D.clear

(48)
A.vary                        
B.variety                    
C.varied                     
D. variously

Evan rides his bike to school instead of travelling by bus.
A.Evan often goes to school by bus.
B.Evan always goes to school by bike.
C.Evan used to go school by bus but now he goes by bicycle.
D.Evan sometimes rides his bike to school and sometimes goes by bus.