Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______, she fainted and it was half an hour before she came round again.
A.On hearing the news
B.To have heard the news
C.She had heard the news
D.Just heard the news

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ New York is not the capital of the USA, it is the home of the United Nations.
A.In spite of
B.Because
C.Although
D.Otherwise

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Although they tried to hide it, it was _______ that they didn’t like their unwelcome guest.
A.foolish
B.basic
C.obvious
D.vigorous

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 _______ your goals, you need to invest the maximum amount of time, effort and energy in your studies.
A.manage
B.achieve
C.catch
D.establish

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
They exchanged letters for 15 years, but they never _______ met in person.
A.truly
B.actually
C.positively
D.genuinely

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
If you do what you tell others, they _______ in you.
A.would believe
B.won’t believe
C.believe
D.will believe

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Though ________, he prefers to teach his children in mother tongue.
A.he was in a foreign country
B.in a foreign country
C.had been in foreign country
D.to be in foreign country

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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
A.secure
B.oblige
C.vacant
D.equip

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.
Susan didn’t apply for the summer job in the café. She now regrets it.
A.Susan wishes that she applied for the summer job in the café.
B.Susan feels regret because she didn’t apply for the summer job in the café.
C.If only Susan didn’t apply for the summer job in the café.
D.Susan wishes that she had applied for the summer job in the café.

A.souvenir
B.around
C.south
D.thousand