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 are ______ of hearing, these hearing aids will be invaluable.       
A.poor                        
B.weak                       
C.hard                                    
D.short

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 primary stress in each of the following questions.

A. treasure     
B.appoint 
C.advance
D.diverse

____________ (37)
A.shied
B.shying
C.shyness
D.shyless

Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
There is no truth in the ________ that Margaret has lost her job.
A.rumour  
B.case   
C.instance
D.news

Mrs. Brown used to jogging during the summer months but now it often rains a so she stops jogging.
A.jogging
B.during
C.but
D.rains

______ (21)
A.carrying
B.making
C.doing
D.producing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The students' plan for a musical show to raise money for charity received _______ support from the school administrators.
A.warm-hearted
B.light-hearted
C.whole-hearted
D.big-hearted

Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from the others.

A.fertilizer      
B. interference         
C.maintenance
D.offspring

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions from 12 to 13.

A.spoon             
B.book                       
C.mood                      
D.moon

Why did the author probably divide the passage into two paragraphs?
A.To compare nineteenth-century reforms with twentieth-century reforms
B.To contrast the work of utopian thinkers with that of practical reformers
C.To give the causes for a phenomenon quenches in the second
D.To present an overview of a concept in the first paragraph and specific examples in the second