Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Many scientists _________ all their lives to working out answers to problems
A.send
B.promote
C.spend
D.devote

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.In order to become a member of the country club, applicants have to meet the strict ____ set by the club president.
A.require
B.requires
C.requiring
D.requirements

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.I don’t remember ____ of the decision to change the company policy on vacations. When was it decided?
A.telling
B.being told
C.to tell
D.to be told

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Mr. Pike ____ English at our school for 20 years before he retired last year.
A.had been teaching
B.has been teaching
C.is teaching
D.was teaching

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions._______ extremely bad weather in the mountains, we are no longer considering our skiing trip.
A.Due to
B.Because
C.Since
D.Due to the fact that

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Don’t let time go ________ without doing anything about the situation.
A.out
B.by
C.off
D.over

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.__________ in UNESCO’s World Heritage Sites in 2003, Phong Nha Ke Bang is noted for its cave and grotto systems.
A.Listing
B.Having listed
C.To have listed
D.Having been listed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.She came in quietly_________not to wake the baby.
A.as if
B.so as
C.such as
D.if so

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.partnership
B.charter
C.hard
D.scholarship

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.answer
B.listen
C.connect
D.finish