31. My lawyer said I shouldn't say anything to the police. A. My lawyer told me not to say anything to the police. B. My lawyer didn't allow me to say anything to the police.
C. My lawyer didn't let me say anything to the police. D. My lawyer advised me not to say anything to the police.
32. We haven't got any news that we can tell you.
A. We've got good news, but we can't tell you. B. We haven't got any news to tell you.
C. We haven't got any news for telling you. D. We can't tell you the news we've got.
33. He cycles to work so that he can get some exercise.
A. He cycles to work to get some exercise. B. He cycles to work providing he gets some exercise.
C. He only gets some exercise by cycling to work. D. Cycling to work makes him feel better.
34. It's easy to talk to them,
A. They are easy to talk to. B. They are easy when we talk to them.
C. They are easy for talking to. D. They are easy to talk to us.
35. Smoking in the theatre is forbidden.
A. The theatre is forbidden to smoke in. B. It is forbidden from smoking in the theatre.
C. People aren't allowed to smoke in the theatre. D. People are allowed to smoke everywhere except this theatre.

Read the excerpt from the war of the worlds. beyond the pit stood the little wedge of people with the white flag at its apex, arrested by these phenomena, a little knot of small vertical black shapes upon the black ground. as the green smoke arose, their faces flashed out pallid green, and faded again as it vanished. then slowly the hissing passed into a humming, into a long, loud, droning noise. slowly a humped shape rose out of the pit, and the ghost of a beam of light seemed to flicker out from it. forthwith flashes of actual flame, a bright glare leaping from one to another, sprang from the scattered group of men. it was as if some invisible jet impinged upon them and flashed into white flame. it was as if each man were suddenly and momentarily turned to fire. then, by the light of their own destruction, i saw them staggering and falling, and their supporters turning to run. which options accurately describe how the author develops the plot in the excerpt? (select all that apply.)the war of the worldsthe narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction decreases the tension in the plot because the narrator is simply standing by. the narrator does not react at first as he watches the men with the flag and hears the sounds in the pit. his inaction keeps the tension steadily increasing as the narrator comes to realize the men are being killed. the narrator is distracted by his own observations of the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he doesn't react as quickly as he should when the men are killed, thus extending the tension in the plot. the narrator is attentive to the men with the white flag and the humming sound, so he immediately understands what has happened when the men are killed, increasing the tension in the plot.