Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions._____Ann by phone, James decided to email her.
A.Having failed to contact
B.Having failed contacting
C.He failed to contact
D.That he failed contacting

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.I deeply regret ____ to her so severely last night. She was badly hurt.
A.to speak
B.being spoken
C.having spoken
D.to be speaking

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.I regret going to the cinema. I wish I_______________.
A.didn’t go there
B.haven’t gone there
C.hadn’t gone there
D.would not go there

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.Had I studied harder, I _____ better in the last exam.
A.wouldn’t have done
B.had done
C.would have done
D.would do

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.He spent part of _____ afternoon telling them ____ news he could not tell them by telephone.
A.the – the
B.the – Ø
C.Ø – Ø
D.Ø – the

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A.negation
B.survival
C.protection
D.harmony

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A.arrange
B.capture
C.appear
D.ensure

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.No one but the experts was able to realize that the painting was an imitation. It greatly resembled the original.
A.It was obvious that only a person with great talent could fake a painting so successfully.
B.It was hard for ordinary people to judge between the fake painting and the real one, but not for the experts.
C.The painting looked so much like the authentic that only the experts could tell it wasn’t genuine.
D.It was almost impossible for amateurs to realize that the painting was not authentic, though the experts could judge it quite easily.

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.I strongly disapproved of your behavior. However. I will help you this time.
A.Despite of my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.
B.Although I strongly disapproved of your behavior, but I will help you this time.
C.Because of your behavior, I will help you this time.
D.Despite my strong disapproval of your behavior, I will help you this time.

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 basketball team knew they lost the match. They soon started to blame each other.
A.Not only did the basketball team lose the match but they blamed each other as well.
B.Hardly had the basketball team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.
C.As soon as they blamed each other, the baseketball team knew they lost the match.
D.No sooner had the basketball team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the match.