Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.Because of the_______ of hospital employees at the hospital, the head of administration began advertising job openings in the newspaper.
A.short
B.shorter
C.shorten
D.shortage

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We were expecting beautiful weather at the beach, but it was so cold and rainy that, __________ getting a suntan, I caught a cold.
A.compared to
B.just as
C.in case of
D.instead of

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.David __________ his hands. He just __________ the TV set.
A.is washing – has just repaired
B.washes – repairs
C.have washed – repaired
D.will wash – repaired

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.If it ____ for the heavy storm, the accident would not have happened.
A.weren’t
B.hadn’t been
C.isn’t
D.were

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.______ non – verbal language is ______ important aspect of interpersonal comminication.
A.no article – an
B.A – the
C.The – no article
D.The – a

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.enterprise
B.prevention
C.fertilize
D.implement

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.You are in this mess right now. You didn’t listen to me in the first place.
A.If you listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
B.If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t be in this mess right now.
C.If you listen to my advice in the first place, you will not be in this mess right now.
D.If you had listened to my advice in the first place, you wouldn’t have been in this mess right now.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.We arrived at the conference. Then we realized our reports were still at home.
A.We arrived at the conference and realized that our reports are still at home.
B.It was until we arrived at the conference that we realize our reports were still at home.
C.Not until we arrived at the conference did we realize that our reports were still at home.
D.Not until had we arrived at the conference we realized our reports were still at home.

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.
A.complained
B.roared
C.existed
D.decayed

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.
A.creature
B.creamy
C.creative
D.crease