Mark 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.
Question 1 [291499]: A. wanted B. stopped C. decided D. hated
Question 2 [291500]: A. century B. culture C. secure D. applicant
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 primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3 [291501]: A. offer B. canoe C. country D. standard
Question 4 [291502]: A. pollution B. computer C. currency D. allowance
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 5 [291503]: Measles are an infectious disease that causes fever and small red spots.
A. Measles B. are C. infectious D. and
Question 6 [291504]: He passed the exams with high scores, that made his parents happy.
A. passed B. with C. that D. happy
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 7 [291505]: I haven’t met him again since we ______ school ten years ago.
A. have left B. leave C. left D. had left
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Question 8 [291506]: A recent survey has shown that ______ increasing number of men are willing to
share the housework with their wives.
A. a B. an C. the D. some
Question 9 [291507]: The more demanding the job is, ______ I like it.
A. more B. most C. the more D. the most
Question 10 [291508]: John wanted to know ______ in my family.
A. there were how many people B. how many people were there
C. were there how many people D. how many people there were
Question 11 [291509]: Richard, my neighbor, _______ in World War II.
A. says to fight B. says to have fought C. is said to fight D. is said to have fought
Question 12 [291510]: Students are ______ less pressure as a result of changes in testing procedures.
A. under B. above C. upon D. out of
Question 13 [291511]: Tom is getting ever keener on doing research on ______.
A. biology B. biological C. biologist D. biologically
Question 14 [291512]: A number of young teachers nowadays ______ themselves to teaching
disadvantaged children.
A. offer B. stick C. give D. devote
Question 15 [291513]: “Sorry for being late. I was ______ in the traffic for more than an hour.”
A. carried on B. held up C. put off D. taken after
Question 16 [291514]: She was tired and couldn’t keep ______ the group.
A. up with B. up against C. on to D. out of
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.
Question 17 [291515]: I‘m sure Luisa was very disappointed when she failed the exam.
A. Luisa must be very disappointed when she failed the exam.
B. Luisa must have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.
C. Luisa may be very disappointed when she failed the exam.
D. Luisa could have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.
Question 18 [291516]: “You had better see a doctor if the sore throat does not clear up,” she said to me.
A. She reminded me of seeing a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.
B. She ordered me to see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.
C. She insisted that I see a doctor unless the sore throat did not clear up.
D. She suggested that I see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.
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Question 19 [291517]: Without her teacher’s advice, she would never have written such a good essay.
A. Her teacher advised her and she didn’t write a good essay.
B. Her teacher didn’t advise her and she didn’t write a good essay.
C. She wrote a good essay as her teacher gave her some advice.
D. If her teacher didn’t advise her, she wouldn’t write such a good essay.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each
pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 20 [291518]: She tried very hard to pass the driving test. She could hardly pass it.
A. Although she didn’t try hard to pass the driving test, she could pass it.
B. Despite being able to pass the driving test, she didn’t pass it.
C. No matter how hard she tried, she could hardly pass the driving test.
D. She tried very hard, so she passed the driving test satisfactorily

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Accepted Answer

To determine the word with the underlined part that differs from the other three in pronunciation, let&#x27;s analyze each question.

Question 1: 
A. wanted: ˈwɔntɪd
B. stopped: stɑpt
C. decided: dɪˈsaɪdɪd
D. hated: ˈheɪtɪd

The words &#x27;wanted&#x27;, &#x27;decided&#x27;, and &#x27;hated&#x27; all end with the &#x27;ed&#x27; sound /ɪd/ or /ɪtɪd/, whereas &#x27;stopped&#x27; ends with a &#x27;pt&#x27; sound /pt/. Therefore, the answer is B.

Question 2: 
A. century: ˈsɛnʧəri
B. culture: ˈkəlʧər
C. secure: sɪˈkjʊr
D. applicant: ˈæplɪkənt

The words &#x27;century&#x27;, &#x27;culture&#x27;, and &#x27;applicant&#x27; all have the stress on the first syllable, whereas &#x27;secure&#x27; has the stress on the second syllable. Therefore, the answer is C.

Analyze: 
&#x27;offer&#x27; stressed at first syllable
&#x27;canoe&#x27; stressed at second syllable
&#x27;country&#x27; stressed at first syllable
&#x27;standard&#x27; stressed at first syllable
Therefore, &#x27;canoe&#x27; has a different stress position to other words.
Answer: B. canoe

Analyze: 
&#x27;pollution&#x27; stressed at second syllable
&#x27;computer&#x27; stressed at second syllable
&#x27;currency&#x27; stressed at first syllable
&#x27;allowance&#x27; stressed at second syllable
Therefore, &#x27;currency&#x27; has a different stress position to other words.
Answer: C. currency

Question 5: B 
Question 6: C

Here are the answers to your questions:

7. C. left
8. C. the
9. C. the more
10. B. how many people were there
11. B. says to have fought
12. A. under
13. A. biology
14. D. devote
15. B. held up
16. A. up with

17. B. Luisa must have been very disappointed when she failed the exam.
18. D. She suggested that I see a doctor if the sore throat did not clear up.

C

Mark 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. Question 1 [291499]: A. w...