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:

Mr Andy is repairing the refrigerator in the kitchen at the moment.

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 could not get the job because I did not speak English well. Now I regret it.

Make the best choice

My father hasn’t smoked for three years. 

Rewrite the sentence:

He has retired. He watches football every afternoon on cable TV.

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The girl packed the vase in polyester foam. She didn’t want it to get broken in the post.

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:

Most scientists know him well. However, very few ordinary people have heard of him.

Rewrite the sentence:

He has been giving most of his money to charity. He hopes to ease the pain and suffering of the disadvantaged.

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: 

I would rather you wore something more formal to work.

Rewrite the sentence:

It’s undeniable that the Internet plays a vital role in our life nowadays.

Rewrite the sentence:

It is certain that the new cuts will worry the staff.

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I couldn’t buy the house. The house was expensive.

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.

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: 

The music was so loud that we had to shout to each other.

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 had to do my homework. I could not help my mother with the washing-up.

Rewrite: 

Right after his appointment to the post, he fell ill.

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’d suggest that we avoid telling any scary story stories with Janet around. She’ a bit unstable and could get hysterical.

Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space. 
Today there are libraries in almost every towns in the world. Even in areas (1) ______ there are no libraries, there are often mobile libraries which take boos from one village to the other. But in the days when books were copied by hand (2) ______ than printed, libraries were very rare. The reason is simple: books took a very long time to produce, and there were far fewer copies of any given work around. The greatest library (3)______ all, that in Alexandia, had 54,000 books.
In the ancient world, this number (4)______ considered huge. It was the first time that anyone had collected so many books from all around the world under one roof. There are many theories about why these books were lost. One is that the library accidentally burned down. Another is that one of the rulers of the city ordered the books to be burned. They were taken to various places and it took six months to burn them. Whatever happened, the collection there was priceless. Many of the library’s treasures were lost forever-some books were (5) ______ recovered. We cannot even know exactly what the library contained.
(2).....................

Rewrite: 

The phone stopped ringing the moment I got downstairs.

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.

Cartoon film have very (1)_______ limits. If you can draw something, you can (2)_______ it move on the cinema screen. The use of new ideas and advanced computer programs means that cartoons are becoming exciting again for people of all ages. By the end of the 1970s, the cinema world had decided that cartoons were only for children. But soon (3)______ , one or two directors had some original new ideas. They proved that it was possible to make film in which both adults and children could share the fun. However, not every cartoon film was successful. The Black Cauldron, for example, failed, mainly because it was too (4)_______ for children and too childish for adults. Directors learnt from this mistake, and the film companies began to make large (5)______ of money again.

 But soon (3)______ , one or two directors had some original new ideas. They proved that it was possible to make film in which both adults and children could share the fun. However, not every cartoon film was successful. 

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 I didn’t know that you were at home. I didn’t drop in.

Choose the sentences — a, b, c or d — which is closest in meaning to the printed one: 

We can't afford to buy such a luxurious house.