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

Sandra said that she was willing to work late. (mind)
A.Sandra said not to mind working late.
B.Sandra said that she didn’t mind to work late.
C.Sandra said that she didn’t mind working late.
D.Sandra said that she hadn't minded working late.

Choose the answer that best fits in each gap in the text below.
It is back-to-school time in much of the world. Calm, easy mornings are replaced with busy, hurried ones. Children wake up early and get ready for school. Many parents are also getting ready for work, helping their children and preparing food for lunches. But don't forget about breakfast! When things get wildly busy in the morning, some people (32)_______ breakfast to save time. But that may be a big mistake for students.
That is the finding of a 2015 study from Cardiff University in Wales. Researchers there looked at 5000 9-11 year-olds from more than 100 primary schools in the U.K. They looked at what the students ate (33)_______ breakfast and then their grades 6 to 18 months later. They found that the students who ate a healthy breakfast (34)_______ twice as likely to perform above average in educational activities. The researchers also found that unhealthy breakfasts - such as potato chips or a donut did not appear helpful to educational performance. A good breakfast is not just helpful for school-aged children. We all may gain from eating something healthy first thing in the morning.
A study from researchers at the University of Toronto in Canada found that a breakfast rich in protein and complex carbohydrates (35)_______ performance on short- and longterm memory. Carbohydrates and protein are especially important because (36)_______ a major effect on long-term memory.
(35) 
A.made                       
B.increased                 
C.rose                         
D.went up

Read the passage and choose the best answer.
Jean spent her first few years in Hooper and her family moved to Otsego early in her life. She was only ten when her father died unexpectedly, leaving her mother to raise and support their family alone. Her mother soon went to work outside the home to provide for the family, and Jean, being one of the oldest, had to help care for her younger siblings. Although she had much responsibility at home, Jean thoroughly enjoyed school and was an excellent student. She went on to graduate 10th in her class at Otsego High School in 1953.
While still in high school, Jean met a young man named Charles "Chuck" Holly, at a dance in Alamo; and they were quite taken with each other. Over the next few years, their love for each other blossomed and they were married on February 24, 1953, while Jean was still in school. At the time, Chuck was serving his country in the military, and had come home on leave to marry his sweetheart. Unfortunately, shortly thereafter, he was sent overseas to serve in Korea for the next fifteen months.
Upon his discharge, the couple settled into married life together in the Plainwell, Otsego area. To help make ends meet, Jean went to work at the collection bureau in Kalamazoo for a while, before taking a job at the cheese company in Otsego. In 1964, Chuck and Jean were overjoyed with the birth of their son, Chuck, who brought great joy into their lives. Jean remembered how her mother was always gone so much working after her father died and she did not want that for her son, so she left her job to devote herself to the role of a mother.
What does the phrase “make ends meet” in paragraph 3 mean?
A.earn a lot of money     
B.have a part time job
C.earn just enough money for a living 
D.raise children

Choose the sentence that best rewrites the one given.
The doctor told him not to talk during the meditation.
A.He has been told by the doctor not to talk during the meditation.
B.He was told by the doctor not to talk during the meditation.
C.He is told by the doctor not to talk during the meditation.
D.He was being told by the doctor not to talk during the meditation.

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
Mangkhut is the most powerful storm ______ Asia this year.
A.to hit  
B. which is hit    
C.hit                           
D.hitting

Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences
Unable to remember _____, he walked around the neighborhood looking for his car.
A.where he has parked        
B.where he had parked
C.where to park        
D.where he was parking

Choose the word /phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each sentence below
She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.
A.came into         
B.went leisurely      
C.went quickly     
D.dropped by

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 38 to 42.
Neil Armstrong started flying at an early age. He became interested in airplanes at the age of 2. At 15, he took flying lessons. He got a license to fly at 16. He learned how to fly before he learned how to drive a car. At university, he studied aeronautical engineering. This is the study of designing and making aircraft.
After Armstrong became an astronaut in 1962, he was trained for 4 years for the Apollo program. The Apollo mission was to put a man on the moon in ten years. On July 16, 1969, the Apollo 11 landed on the moon. Because Armstrong was the leader, he became the first man to step on the moon. He said, "This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." He and his fellow astronaut, Buzz Aldrin, walked on the moon for two and a half hours. They collected rocks and did some experiments.
The author's main purpose in paragraph 2 is _______.
A.to explain the objectives of the Apollo 11 mission
B.to compare Apollo 11 and late flights to the moon
C.to tell about Armstrong and the success of Apollo 11 's mission
D.to reveal what Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin did on the moon

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 33 to 37.
NOISE POLLUTION
Noise is more than a mere nuisance. At certain levels and durations of exposure, it can cause physical damage to the eardrum, and (33) ___________ in temporary or permanent hearing loss. In addition to causing hearing loss, (34) __________ noise exposure can also (35) ___________ blood pressure and pulse rate, cause irritability, anxiety, and mental fatigue, and interfere with sleep, recreation, and personal communication. Noise pollution control is, (36) _________, of importance in the workplace and in the community.
Noise effects can be (37) ___________ by a number of techniques, for example, increasing the distance or blocking the path between the noise source and the recipient, reducing noise level at the source, and protecting recipients with earplugs or earmuffs.
(36)
A.therefore         
B.however                 
C.meanwhile       
D.in spite of