The symptoms of diabetes in the early stages are too slight that people do not notice them.

____________they've already made their decision, there's nothing much we can do.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 25 to 29  

HOW TELEVISION CHANGE THE WORLD

     The television has undoubtedly changed society. For a modern person to think about (25) ____________ the world was like without television is actually hard to imagine. The world before the TV was one of little information flowing in to communities throughout the world. All information that people could get was filtered through newspapers often had specific biases that caused them to (26) ___________ the news to whatever their preference was. Although television would follow this to a certain (27) ____________, it was able to hit a widespread audience at the same time. In other words, people literally watched the broadcast at the same time each day, and they began (28) ____________ news as things happened. 

     A television grew into something that practically every household in industrialized nations had, businesspeople were quick to realize the (29) ____________ television had. They realized there was an enormous amount of money to be made, and therefore they were willing to invest in the technology and infrastructure that made it possible.

The Netherlands, with much of its land lying lower than sea level, have a system of dikes and canals for controlling water.

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

Unfortunately, the injury may keep him out of football ____________. He may never play again.

Peter: “My parents gave me no choice but to study business."  

                   - Danny: “____________”

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 

Most people indulge ____________ harmless fantasies to relieve the boredom of their lives.

Archaeologists think that massive floods could have____________the dinosaurs.