“A friend in need is a friend indeed”: Our friends have voiced their strong criticism of China’s escalation of tension on our continental shelf. 
A.facing the reality  
B.worsening the situation 
C. easing the tension  
D.improving the condition

Choose the word which has different stress pattern from the others.

A.introduce   
B.delegate
C.marvelous 
D. currency

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that dfffers from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.authentic                 
B.ultimate                   
C.graduate                  
D.personal

Rewrite  the following sentences and the meaning stays the same.
This event  will always be remembered for the rest of our life.
A.Never will we forget this event for the rest of our life
B.Never have we forget this event for the rest of our life
C.Never would we forget this event for the rest of our life
D.Never will we remember this event for the rest of our life

Neither of the farmhouses___________________
A. has a connection with a farm.  
B.has been sold.
C.is attached to the farmers,
D.is managed by the commuters.

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 from 25 to 29.
It is true that digital manufacturing does cut out the middle-man. More and more routine, repetitive assembly tasks will be taken (25)_____ by machines. But as certain jobs disappear, new ones open up in other parts of the factory. Germany in many ways exemplifies this trend. Today, German manufacturers (26) _____ three times more robots than U.S. companies, but they also still employ more humans. Relative to the size of our economies, German's manufacturing workforce is twice the size of America's.
From its very beginning, the fourth Industrial revolution has never presented manufacturers with an either-or choice - robots or humans. It has always been about combining the talents of (27)_____. (28)_____, it is the convergence of artificial and human intelligence that will enable manufacturers to achieve a new era of speed, flexibility, efficiency and connectivity in the 21st century. Machines have the ability to assemble things faster than any human ever could, but humans possess the analytics, domain expertise and valuable knowledge (29) _____  to solve problems and optimize factory floor production.
(Adapted from: http://time.com/4940374/joe-kaeser-siemens-robots-jobs/)
(27)_____
A.ones    
B.they  
C.both
D.two

(24) 
A.exception
B.difference
C.exchange
D.

In the second paragraph the author implies that  ___________ .
A.a dependable source of electric energy vvill eventually be developed
B.everyday life will stay much the same in the future
C.a single electric vehicle will eventually replaced several modes of transportation
D.electric vehicles are not practical for the future

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:

A.educated                  
B.initially                   
C.wonderfully           
D.beautifully

Choose the correct answer to each of the following questions
They felt disappointed because their plan was ...
A.successful              
B.unsuccess               
C.unsuccesful
D.succeed