Question 49: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks. I was an MBA student in the USA and I lived in the university’s coed dormitory. In my culture, usually, if a woman talks to a man, it is a sign of romantic interest. (23)_______, in the first few days of school, I found it strange that so many women were talking to me and I was under the impression that some women on my dormitory floor were interested in me. To (24) _____ their politeness, I would buy them flowers or offer small gifts, as is done in my country. However, I was quite surprised to see that these same women now seemed (25) _______ around me. One was even quite offended and told me to leave her alone. eventually I talked to the residence adviser on my floor to see what I was doing wrong, and he explained to me the way men and women usually interact in the USA. I was quite relieved to hear that (26) _____ was wrong with me, but rather with the way I was interpreting my conversations with women. Even though I didn’t find the love of my life while I was in the USA, I still made many good female friends afterwards (27) _______I still maintain contact. Even though I didn’t find the love of my life while I was in the USA, I still made many good female friends afterwards (27) _______I still maintain contact.
Knowledge of relative clauses
Here we need a relative pronoun to replace the person noun “many good female friends” mentioned earlier and as the object.
We have the phrase:
Contact with sb: contact, keep in touch with someone
Even though I didn’t find the love of my life while I was in the USA, I still made many good female friends afterwards (5)_____ I still remain contact. (Although I did not find the love of my life while in America, I made many good female friends afterwards, with whom I still keep in touch.)
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