SECTION A (8 points)
Mark the better 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.noticed
B.finished
C.approached
D.supported

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.influential   
B.advantageous
C.compulsory 
D.oceanic

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The receptionist, _________ answered the phone, told me that the direction was out.
A.who
B.whose
C.whom
D.that

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The headmaster has decided that three lecture halls ________ in our school next semester.
A.will build               
B.will be building                 
C.are being built                 
D.will be built

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
A large number of inventions and discoveries have been made _________ accident.
A.by
B.at
C.on
D.in

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Student will not be allowed into the exam room if they __________ their student cards.
A.didn’t produce              
B.don’t produce                 
C. produced             
D.hadn’t

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Although MERS (Middle East Respiratory Syndrome) spreads through close contact with sick people, not through the air, many people still avoid ___________ to crowded places.
A.to go                        
B.gone
C.having gone                         
D.going

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
________ the salesman promised to exchange the defective CD player for a new one, they insisted on getting a refund.
A.Despite 
B.But
C.Although
D.And

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Changes have been made in our primary schooling program. As a result, young children ________ do homework any more.
A.oughtn’t 
B.needn’t
C.couldn’t 
D.haven’t

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.contain  
B.conceal
C.conquer 
D.conserve