Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions._______ of all the staff, I would like to wish you a happy retirement.
A.Instead
B.In place
C.On behalf
D.On account

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.I’d rather you ______ to the English-speaking club with me this Sunday.
A.will come
B.came
C.come
D.to come

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions._____ advised on what and how to prepare for an interview, he might have got the job.
A.If he had
B.Unless he had been
C.Had he been
D.Were he to be

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.It is said the Robinhood robbed______ rich and gave the money to ______ poor.
A.a/ a
B.a/ the
C.the/ the
D.the/a

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.He didn’t want to pay such a high price. Nevertheless, he had no choice.
A.Despite that having no choice, he had to pay such a high price.
B.In spite the fact that he didn’t want to pay such a high price, he had no choice.
C.Reluctant as he was to pay such a high price, he had no choice.
D.Although he was reluctant paying such a high price, he had no choice.

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.crooked
B.watched
C.promoted
D.decided

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.clean
B.bread
C.lean
D.lead

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.perform
B.invent
C.attempt
D.record

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.attitude
B.argument
C.assistant
D.element

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.Nam defeated the former champion in three sets. He finally won the inter-school table tennis championship.
A.Being defeated by the former champion, Nam lost the chance to play the final game of inter-school table tennis championship.
B.Although Nam defeated the former champion in three sets, he did not win the title of inter-school table tennis champion.
C.Having defeated the former champion in the inter-school table tennis, Nam did not hold the title of champion.
D.Having defeated the former champion in three sets, Nam won the inter-school table tennis championship.