Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The teacher entered the room while the students ________ their plan for the excursion.
A.discuss
B.were discussing
C.discussed
D.are discussing

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
With his good sense of humour, Martin is quite ________ with the students.
A.popularity
B.popular
C.popularize
D.popularly

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Action films with big stars tend to ________ great public attention.
A.achieve
B.show
C.attract
D.reach

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The scientists are working on a drug capable of ________ the spread of cancerous cells.
A.arresting
B.catching
C.seizing
D.grasping

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The little boy took an instant liking to his babysitter ________.
A.upon their first meeting
B.before he first met her
C.prior to their first meeting
D.as soon as he meets her

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We ________ on a field trip if the weather is fine this weekend.
A.could have gone
B.will go
C.would go
D.went

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
It's not my ________ to tell you how to run your life, but I think you should settle down and have a family.
A.work
B.chore
C.job
D.career

I have always wanted to come to New York ................. famous city of the USA.
A.which
B.a
C.that's a
D.is the

The severe drought .................took place last summer ruined the rice crop.
A.it
B.that
C.that's
D.which is

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.solution
B.principal
C.passenger
D.continent