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.
You may be very intelligent, but you should be careful about this.
A.No matter how intelligent you may be, you should be careful about this.
B.No matter whatever intelligent you may be, you should be careful about this.
C.No matter why intelligent you may be, you should be careful about this
D.No matter what intelligent you may be, you should be careful about this.

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.
"Don't forget to do your homework", the teacher told us.
A.The teacher reminded us not to forget to do your homework.
B.The teacher told us do not forget to do our homework.
C.The teacher told us to not forget to do our homework.
D.The teacher reminded us to do our homework.

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.
We cut down many forests. The Earth becomes hot.
A.The more forests we cut down, the hotter the Earth becomes.
B.The more forests we cut down, the Earth becomes hotter.
C.The more we cut down forests, the hotter the Earth becomes.
D.The more we cut down forests, the Earth becomes hotter.

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.
The proposal seemed like a good idea. The manager refused it.
A.Since the proposal seemed like a good idea, the manager refused it.
B.The manager refused the proposal though it seemed like a good idea.
C.The proposal didn’t seem like a good idea, so the manager didn’t accept it.
D.The manager didn’t like to proposal because it didn’t seem a good idea.

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.
We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping. We know relatively little

about sleep.
A.We know relatively little about sleep; as a result, we spend about one-third of our lives sleeping.
B.We spend about one-third of our lives sleeping so that we know relatively little about sleep.
C.Despite spending about one-third of our lives sleeping, we know relatively little about sleep.
D.We shall know more about sleep if we spend more than one-third of our lives sleeping.

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 grandparents' lake house was built in 1953. It was completely destroyed

by the forest fire.
A.My grandparents' lake house, built in 1953, was completely destroyed by the forest fire.
B.The forest fire destroyed my grandparents' lake house was built in 1953.
C.My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953 and completely destroyed by the forest fire.
D.My grandparents' lake house was built in 1953, so it was completely destroyed by the forest fire.

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.Because my mother is very busy with her work at the office, she takes 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.My mother is too busy with her work at the office to take good care of us.
D.In spite of being very busy with her work at the office, my mother takes good care of us.

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.
The taxi driver ignored the stop sign. Then, he crashed his vehicle.
A.If the taxi driver ignored the stop sign, he crashed his vehicle.
B.Unless the taxi driver paid attention to the stop sign, he would have crashed his vehicle.
C.The taxi driver would not have crashed his vehicle if he had taken notice of the stop sign.
D.The taxi driver didn’t ignore the stop sign, or he would not have crashed his vehicle.

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 waitress served us. She was very impolite and impatient.
A.A waitress served us was very impolite and impatient.
B.A waitress to serve us was very impolite and impatient.
C.A waitress to be served us was very impolite and impatient.
D.A waitress serving us was very impolite and impatient.

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.
My American friend finds it difficult to pick up food with chopsticks.
A.My American friend doesn’t feel like picking up food with chopsticks.
B.My American friend can’t find chopsticks to pick up food.
C.My American friend didn’t used to pick up food with chopsticks.
D.My American friend is not used to picking up food with chopsticks.