SECTION II: WRITING

Part 1: 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 16: Alice registered for the course. She then received the scholarship.

A. Hardly had Alice registered for the course when she received the scholarship.

B. Only after Alice registered for the course has she received the scholarship.

C. Having received the scholarship, Alice registered for the course.

D. Registering for the course helped Alice receive the scholarship.

Question 17: Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions. She works for a famous fashion house.

A. Despite working for a famous fashion house, Ann hardly keeps up with the latest fashions.

B. Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions so as not to work for a famous fashion house.

C. Worked for a famous fashion house, Ann always keeps up with the latest fashions.

D. Ann works for a famous fashion house so she always catches the fashion trends.

Question 18: She helped us a lot with our project. We couldn't continue without her.

A. Unless we had her contribution, we couldn’t continue with the project.

B. But for her contribution, we couldn’t have continued with the project.

C. If she hadn't contributed positively, we couldn't have continued with the project.

D. Provided her contribution wouldn't come, we couldn't continue with the project.

Question 19: They are in a dilemma. They can’t decide on how to tackle the financial crisis.

A. They can’t decide to tackle the financial crisis on the spur of the moment.

B. They are caught between the devil and the deep blue sea about how to tackle the financial crisis.

C. They don’t have a leg to stand on when it comes to the way of tackling the financial crisis.

D. They hit the nail on the head as far as the way of tackling the financial crisis is concerned.

Question 20: “I do wish you’d stop biting your nails, Brian. It really annoys me!” Brian’s mother said to him.

A. Brian’s mother told him to stop to bite his nails because it really annoyed her.

B. Brian’s mother didn’t like to stop biting his nails because it really annoys her.

C. Brian’s mother didn’t like him to bite his nails because it got on her nerves.

D. Brian’s mother didn’t like him to bite his nails because it was annoyed.