As for the musical differences, each generation wants _______ own style of music, and the older generation generally can relate to that desire.




A.his
B.her
C.its
D.theirs

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.
You have to finish this work. You don't want to do it though.




A.Although you have to finish this work, you should want to do it.
B.As you don't feel like doing this work, you have to finish it.
C.You have to finish this work, however much you don't feel like doing it.
D.Unless you want to do it, you don't have to finish this work.

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.
He is very intelligent. He can solve all the problems in no time.




A.So intelligent is he that he can solve all the problems in no time.
B.An intelligent student is he that he can solve all the problems in no time.
C.He is very intelligent that he can solve all the problems in no time.
D.Such intelligent a student is he that he can solve all the problems in no 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.
It’s almost nine months since I stopped subscribing to that magazine.






A.I have subscribed to that magazine for almost nine months.
B.I have subscribed to that magazine almost nine months ago.
C.I cancelled my subscription to that magazine almost nine months ago.
D.I have subscribed to that magazine for almost nine months, but now I stopped.

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.
Just after the play started there was a power failure.




A.No earlier had the play started than there was a power failure.
B.Hardly did the play start then there was a power failure.
C.No sooner did the play start before there was a power failure.
D.Hardly had the play started when there was a power failure.

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.
Jack was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.




A.Suspected to have stolen credit cards, Jack has been investigated for days.
B.Suspected to have stolen credit cards, Jack has investigated for days.
C.Having suspected to have stolen credit cards, Jack has been investigated for days.
D.Jack has investigated for days, suspected to have stolen credit cards.

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.
His wife gave birth to their first child. He understood what true responsibility meant.




A.Never has he understood true responsibility before he became a parent himself.
B.Were his first child not to be born, he wouldn’t understand true responsibility.
C.Hardly had he understood true responsibility when their first child was born.
D.Not until he became a parent did he understand what true responsibility meant.

Pop culture often reflects what our society thinks about friends.




A.Often reflecting what our society thinks about friends is pop culture.
B.Our society or friends are reflected in the pop culture we follow.
C.Reflecting what our society thinks about friends is often pop culture.
D.What our society thinks about friends is often reflected in pop culture.

The word “will-power” in the passage is closest in meaning to ______.




A.effort
B.determination
C.willingness
D.readiness

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
People in codependent relationships are great at meeting others’ needs but usually ignore their own.




A.dependent
B.close
C.independent
D.relative