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 stress in each of the following questions.

I picked up some holiday brochures ______ around the table at the travel agency.

The meeting will begin ______.

Everyone at the Halloween party hid their faces by wearing different ______.

He hopes that she will be happy with this ______ ring.

It is important that we should ______ the environment.

She failed her driving test ______ she practised a lot.

A new supermarket ______ in the centre of the town last week.

The mother tries hard to ______ sure that her children get the best of everything.

The arguments Prof. Parker made were controversial and some scholars were taking issue with him.

Mrs. Lan and the boys want to spend the rest of his life living in the suburb.

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

Samuel is talking to Lan about volunteer work.

- Samuel: “I think we should do some local volunteer work this summer."

- Lan: “ _______. Some people in our neighbourhood really need help.”

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.

She last watched TV a long time ago.