Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
“Could you turn off the stove? The potatoes ______ for at least thirty minutes.”
A.boiled
B.were boiling
C.are boiling
D.have been boiling

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Any student who neglects his or her homework is unlikely to do well at school.
A.puts off
B.looks for
C.attends to
D.approves of

Many parents may fail to recognize and respond to their children’s needs until frustration explodes into difficult or uncooperative behavior.
A.slowly reaches the boiling point
B.remains at an unchanged level
C.suddenly becomes uncontrollable
D.stays under pressure

A.
B.
C.
D.A

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
All of the students (A )in this course will be assessed according to (B )their attendance, performance (C ), and they work hard. (D )
A.A
B.B
C.C
D.D

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

A.specify
B.illustrate
C.interact
D.fertilize

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Visitors to the local museum are mostly attracted by ______ rocking chair.
A.an old wooden European beautiful
B.a beautiful old European wooden
C.an old beautiful wooden European
D.a wooden old beautiful European

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
______ my mother’s encouragement, I wouldn’t have made such a daring decision.
A.Until
B.In spite
C.But for
D.Providing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
They got lost in the forest, and ______ made matters worse was that night began to fall.
A.that
B.what
C.which
D.it

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The bank has more than 100 branches, ______ in a major urban area.
A.the location of which
B.each locating
C.each located
D.and are located