Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.envious
B.circulate
C.abolish
D.regularly

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If you don’t start watching until 8.30 tonight, the program________.
A.will have already begun
B.will begin
C.has already begun
D.had already begun

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Paul sold everything he owned and went to live in Tahiti. Without warning, ________.
A.off the cuff
B.like a flash in the pan
C.once in a blue moon
D.out of the blue

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It was essential that we______ the lease before the end of the month.
A.sign
B.signed
C.had signed
D.were signing

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She is so absent-minded________ that I get angry with her.
A.some time
B.at times
C.any time
D.at one time

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She is too________ to hide what she thinks about them.
A.pretentious
B.outspoken
C.apologetic
D.broadminded

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The new law threatened to________ many people of the most elementary freedom.
A.deprive
B.snatch
C.depress
D.deceive

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
“What was your reaction to the announcement?” “Not_______ in prior discussions, I was completely taken back.”
A.having been involved
B.to be involved
C.involving
D.I was involved

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
During the flood in 1972, the Red Cross,_________ out of emergency headquarters in Mississippi, set up temporary shelters for the homeless.
A.operated
B.is operating
C.has operated
D.operating

We’d better change this suitcase. Its handle………………before long.
A.is going to break
B.will be breaking
C.is breaking
D.breaks