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.

Marie didn't turn up at John's birthday party. I feel so sorry for that.

The cat showed her ________ for the stale fish by turning her back on it.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

As mentioned in the first paragraph, the following aspects will be influenced by the aging in the society, EXCEPT ________ .

The word "modified" in paragraph 1 is CLOSEST in meaning to ________ .

A recent study by Australian investigators concluded that our friends even help to (46) ________ our lives. 

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.