Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Such ......................that the financial markets remained closed.
A.the uncertainty was
B.was the uncertainty
C.is the uncertainty 
D.the uncertainty is

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.
Tom was encouraged by my success. He decided not to quit his work.
A.Encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
B.Encouraging by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
C.To be encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.
D.That he was encouraged by my success, Tom decided not to quit his work.

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 the following questions.

A.success                   
B.balance                   
C.problem                  
D.culture

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I will phone Vivian to                                      her to buy some sugar; otherwise, she will forget.    
A.allow
B.remind
C.advise
D.encourage

A.course       
B.courtesy                
C.source                  
D.force

Because the street was crowded with people, I couldn't drive fast.
A.If the street were crowded with people, I couldn't drive fast.
B.If the street weren't crowded with people, I could drive fast.
C.If the street hadn't been crowded with people, I could have driven fast.
D.If the street had been crowded with people, I couldn't have driven fast.

II. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D).
Look! The girls ……… in the school yard.
A.skips                       
B.skip                         
C.is skipping    
D.are skipping

– “Make yourself at home!”           – “______________”
A.Yes, I can help you.        
B.Thanks. The same to you.
C.Why not? I will make it to the best of my ability.  
D. That’s kind of you. Thank you.

 From the clink of dishes one can tell that supper (prepare) __________ . 
A.is being prepared
B.have being prepared
C.are being prepared
D.am being prepared

 But for his help, I______
A.should not have succeeded
B.had not succeeded
C.did not succeed
D.would succeed