The man who was driving the truck would not admit that he had been at fault, and _____.

A. He apologized for not to reply to the letter.

B. He apologized for not to replying to the letter.

C. He apologized for didn’t reply to the letter.

D. He apologized for not replying to the letter.

A. There’s no point to try to persuade Tom to change his mind.

B. It’s worth trying to persuade Tom to change his mind.

C. It’s useful trying to persuade Tom to change his mind.

D. It’s a waste of time trying to persuade Tom to change his mind.

A. up         

B. over        

C. off          

D. out

A. all long day     

B. the long day     

C. day after day     

D. all day long

A. stop       

B. will have stopped       

C. are stopping     

D. will stop

A. Janet has trouble keeping her emotions under control, especially when she is told frightening stories.

B. Since Janet is somewhat unbalanced, the only way to make her laugh is by telling stories, but we should avoid scary ones as they might cause her to panic.

C. It is no fun to tell frightening stories to Janet, who is not very stable mentally, because she only laughs instead of getting scared.

D. Janet is somewhat mentally unbalanced and might easily become uncontrollably emotional, so let’s not tell frightening stories in her presence.