Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A.complete
B.accuse
C.demand
D.argue

The word “spouting” is closest in meaning to_______
A.blossoming
B.nourishing
C.starting to grow
D.flourishing

John doesn't play basketball. Jack doesn't play basketball.
A.Neither John nor Jack plays basketball.
B.Not either John or Jack plays basketball.
C.Not only John but also Jack plays basketball.
D.Both John and Jack doesn't play basketball.

Which of the following encourages the life of animals?
A.large trees
B.shrubs
C.pine seedlings
D.grasses

The word “shielding” can be replaced by______
A.hiding
B.protecting
C.changing
D.exposing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
The last time I saw Rose was three years ago.
A.I haven’t seen Rose since three years.
B.I haven’t seen Rose three years ago.
C.I didn’t see Rose for three years.
D.I haven’t seen Rose for three years.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
“Could you wait a second while I get dressed, Tom?” Jane said.
A.Jane said to Tom to wait a second while she got dressed.
B.Jane asked Tom to get her dressed for a while waiting.
C.Jane asked Tom to wait a second while she got dressed.
D.Jane said to Tom he should wait a second while she got dressed.

After John eaten dinner, he wrote several letters and went to bed.
A.eaten
B.went
C.letters
D.he wrote

You must find a more efficiently way of organizing your time.
A.efficiently
B.must
C.a more
D.organizing

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 38 to 42.
The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (38)_ a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These childish couples may believe that they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (39) of childbearing; or, perhaps they (40) physically able to have children. Other families in the United States have one adult(41) a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or motherAmericans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States, people have the right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (42) _ _ regarding family groups. Families are very important to Americans
A.whom
B.which is
C.who is
D.is