Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the option that best completes each of the following exchanges.

At Tim's new house.

John: "What a lovely house you have."

Tim: “_________________”

Can you_______ me a favor?

She's too busy to prepare for the job interview, so she'll just play it by_______.

I met a man with________ I used to work.

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

_________ carefully, I decided to accept the job offer.

Lan Phuong speaks English____________.

Tim is so__________ that his classmates sometimes call him a bookworm.

Some animals, such as________ snakes and spiders, inject venoms to immobilize and kill their prey.

As usual, my parents are awake at the crack of dawn when the alarm hasn’t_______.

Lan and Lam are talking about their test results.

Lan: "I failed the English test."

Lam: “_______________”

Which best serves as the title for the passage?

Mai has been absent for three consecutive days. She must be under the weather.

The word "it" in paragraph 2 refers to_________.

The word "distilled" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_________.