HE HAS LEARNED FRENCH SINCE SIX YEARS 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

D. He has learned French since six years

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.

Question 29. I tried hard. I couldn’t open the door.

A. No matter how hard I tried, I couldn’t open the door.

B. Try as hard as I might, I couldn’t open the door.

C. It is difficult for me to open the door.

D. I could open the door with difficulty.

Question 30. I lost my key. I had to wait in the dark for hours.

A. Having to wait in the dark for hours because I had lost my key.

B. If I hadn’t lost my key, I wouldn’t have had to wait in the dark for hours.

C. If I hadn’t lost my key, I wouldn’t have to wait in the dark for hours.

D. If I didn’t lose my key, I wouldn’t have to wait in the dark for hours.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the

correct word for each of the blanks from 41 to 45.

It can be shown in facts and figures that cycling is the cheapest, most convenient, and most

environmentally desirable form of transport (31)______ towns, but such cold calculations do not mean

much on a frosty winter morning. The real appeal of cycling is that it is so (32)______. It has none of the

difficulties and tensions of other ways of travelling so you are more cheerful after a ride, even through the

rush hour.

The first thing a non-cyclist says to you is: "But isn't it (33)______ dangerous?" It would be foolish to

deny the danger of sharing the road with motor vehicles and it must be admitted that there are an alarming

(34)______ of accidents involving cyclists. However, although police records (35)______ that the car

driver is often to blame, the answer lies with the cyclist. It is possible to ride in such a way as to reduce

risks to a minimum.

Question 31: A. at

B. in

C. to

D. on

Question 32: A. careful

B. boring

C. enjoyable

D. excited

Question 33: A. comfortably

B. expectedly

C. strangely

D. terribly

Question 34: A. number

B. deal

C. size

D. digit

Question 35: A. display

B. exhibit

C. point

D. indicate

correct answer to each of the questions.

For more than six million American children, coming home after school means coming back to an

empty house. Some deal with the situation by watching TV. Some may hide. But all of them have

something in common. They spend part of each day alone. They are called “latchkey children". They are

children who look after themselves while their parents work. And their bad condition has become a

subject of concern. Lynette Long was once the principal of an elementary school. She said, "We had a

school rule against wearing jewellery. A lot of kids had chains around their necks with keys attached. I

was constantly telling them to put the keys inside shirts. There were so many keys; it never came to my

mind what they meant." Slowly, she learned that they were house keys. She and her husband began

talking to the children who had keys. They learned of the effect working couples and single parents were