Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Many smaller companies simply cannot afford _________ health insurance for employees and remain in business.

Children ____________ break the rules, or quarrel with their parents.

She just needs someone who can lend a(n) ______ ear to her once in a while.

What is the main difficulty for the students who choose to go on to college or university after graduating from high school?

Daniel started Italian classes six months ago.

It was six months ago _______________________________________ Italian classes.

Write the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

Mason gets on well with other classmates.

Mason is on ____________________________________________ other classmates.

All students should engage ___________ intellectually challenging work and should graduate on the basis of what they know and can do.