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.

Intelligent thought she may seem, she’s not to be relied on.

A. She’s too intelligent to be relied on.

B. However she seems intelligent, she’s not to be relied on.

C. She may be intelligent, but she’s not to be relied on.

D. However intelligent she seems, she’s not to be relied on.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Her living conditions were difficult. However, she studied very well.

A. Difficult as her living conditions, she studied very well. 

B. She studied very well thanks to the fact that she lived in difficult conditions.

C. She studied very well in spite of her difficult living conditions. 

D. Although she lived in difficult conditions, but she studied very well.

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. In spite of being very busy with her work at the office, my mother takes good care of us.

B. Because my mother is very busy with her work at the office, she takes good care of us.

C. My mother is so busy with her work at the office that she cannot take good care of us.

D. My mother is too busy with her work at the office to take 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.

She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it

A. Although she didn’t try hard to pass pass the driving test, she could pass it. 

B. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.

C. Hard as she tried, she could hardly hard pass the driving test

D. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily

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.

She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.

A. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn't pass it.

B. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

C. Although she didn't try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.

D. No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or 19 on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each of sentences in the following questions.

She tried very hard to pass the driving test She could hardly pass it

A. Although she didn't try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.

B. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

C. No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.

D. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn't pass it.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.

A. Although she didn't try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.

B. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn't pass it.

C. No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.

D. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

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'm sure Luisa was very disappointed when she failed the exam.

A. Luisa must be very disappointed when she failed the exam.

B. Luisa must have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.

C. Luisa may be very disappointed when she failed the exam.

D. Luisa could have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.

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.

She wasn’t driving slowly. She was injured

A. If she hadn’t been driving slowly, she wouldn’t have been injured.

B. If she had been driving slowly, she would have been injured.

C. If she had been driving slowly, she wouldn’t be injured.

D. If she had been driving slowly, she wouldn’t have been injured.