NO MATTER HOW HARD HE TRIED TO REACH THE APPLE ON THE TREE, HE DID...

48. No matter how hard he tried to reach the apple on the tree, he didn’t succeed.

A. He tried very hard to reach the apple on the tree, and succeeded.

B. He did not even try hard to reach the apple on the tree, although he could.

C. It’s hard for him to reach the apple on the tree because he never succeeded.

D. However hard he tried, he couldn’t reach the apple on the tree.

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

the following questions.