Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
In Britain there is a holiday now which people call Mother’s Day. In the old days many girls from working-class _______(1) in towns and cities and from farmers’ families in the country worked in rich houses. They had to do all the______ (2) and their working day was usually very long, they often______ (3) on Sundays, too. Once a year, it was usually______ (4) Sunday in March, they could visit their mothers. They went home on that day and_______ (5) presents for their mothers and for ______(6) members of their families. They could stay at home only one day, and then they went_____ (7) to their work. People call that day Mothering Day ______(8) Mothering Sunday.Later workers at the factories and girls_______ (9) worked in the houses of rich families received one free day a week, and Mothering Day became Mother’s Day. It is______ (10) last Sunday in March.
______(5)
A.brought
B.bring
C.had brought
D.have brought

(22) 
A.insisted
B.demanded
C.requested
D.emphasized

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the others three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.wildlife
B.inspire
C.appal
D.complain

I have called this meeting in order to present the latest sale figures.
A.This meeting is in order to present the latest sale figures.
B.My purpose in this meeting is in order to present the latest sale figures.
C.My purpose in having called this meeting is to present the latest sale figures.
D.This meeting is called in order to present the latest sale figures.

Many have said that if he had not needed the money as a writer, he would have had the freedom to explore his potential.
A.Many have said that it was the need for money that made him explore his potential.
B.It has been said that without his need for money as a writer, he would have explored the freedom of his potential.
C.It has been said that because he needed the money as a writer, he didn’t have the freedom to explore his potential.
D.Many have said that he needed money as a writer more than his freedom to explore his potential.

__________(34)
A.level   
B.rate
C.scale    
D.standard

The Concord could fly across the Atlantic without refueling and carrying 11 tons of freight. 
A.could
B.the
C.refueling
D.carrying

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.
She asked me _             my holidays the previous year.
A.where I had spent          
B.where I spend
C.where did I spend        
D.where I spent

IX. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
He's just so flexible. He'll adapt to any situation.
A.Flexible as he is, he cannot adapt to any situation.
B.He's too flexible to adapt to any situation.
C.He's enough flexible to adapt to any situation.
D.He's so flexible that he'll adapt to any situation.

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.
David was awarded a medal for bravery. Then he became the centre of attention in his office.
A.Having awarded a medal for bravery, David became the centre of attention in his office.
B.David became the centre of attention in his office before being awarded a medal for bravery.
C.Awarded a medal for bravery, David became the centre of attention in his office.
D.Having become the centre of attention in his office, David was awarded a medal for bravery.