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.stagnate
B.desire
C.install
D.interest

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.achievement
B.maintenance
C.confinement
D.involvement

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.I lay down on ______ ground and looked up at ______ sky.
A.a - a
B.a - the
C.the – a
D.the – the

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions._______ ten minutes earlier, you would have got a better seat.
A.Had you arrived
B.If you arrived
C.Were you arrived
D.If you hadn’t arrived

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.By the time the boss comes back from England, the work ____________.
A.will have been finishing
B.will be finishing
C.will have been finished
D.will be finished

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.appeal
B.treatment
C.ocean
D.creature

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 sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.
A.Although she didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.
B.Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.
C.No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.
D.She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily.

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.Mary was sick. She didn’t leave the meeting until it ended.
A.Though sick, Mary didn’t leave the meeting until it ended.
B.When the meeting ended, Mary left because she was sick.
C.Mary didn’t leave the meeting until it ended despite she was sick.
D.In spite of the fact that Mary’s sickness, she didn’t leave the meeting until it ended.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.The fire took place just after she left her house.
A.Hardly had she left her house when the fire happened.
B.Hardly had she left her house than the fire happened.
C.Hardly after she had started leaving her house when the fire happened.
D.Hardly had she left her house when did the fire happen.