1. A. meal: mil, B. meat: mit, C. bread: brɛd, D. reason: ˈrizən
The words "meal" and "meat" have the underlined part pronounced as /iː/ and /iː/ respectively, which are the same, while the word "bread" has /ɛ/ and the word "reason" has /i/. However, the words "meal" and "meat" are pronounced as /iː/ while the words "bread" and "reason" are not. Therefore, either C (bread) or D (reason) should be the answer. Now we need to decide between C and D. Since the words "meal" and "meat" both end in "ea" and are pronounced as /iː/, and the word "bread" also has a different ending, the underlined part of "bread" is more different from the underlined part of "meal" and "meat" than "reason". Therefore, C is the correct answer.
2. A. tin: tɪn, B. tight: taɪt, C. shine: ʃaɪn, D. finc: finc
The words "tight", "shine" both have the underlined part pronounced as /aɪ/, which is the same. The word "tin" has /ɪ/ while the word "finc" has no "i" after "f". The words "tight" and "shine" both end in "ite" and "ine" respectively, and are pronounced as /aɪ/, and the word "finc" also has a different ending. Since the words "tight" and "shine" both are pronounced as /aɪ/, and the word "tin" is pronounced as /ɪ/, the underlined part of "finc" and "tin" are more different from the underlined part of "tight" and "shine" than the underlined part of the other option. Now we need to decide between A (tin) and D (finc). Since the word "finc" has a different pronunciation from "tight", "shine" and "tin", the correct answer is D.
3. A. beat: bit, B. meat: mit, C. bean: bin, D. threat: θrɛt
The words "beat", "meat" both have the underlined part pronounced as /iː/ and /iː/ respectively, which are the same, while the words "bean" has /i/ and the word "threat" has /ɛ/. However, the words "beat", "meat" are pronounced as /iː/ while the words "bean" and "threat" are not. Therefore, either C (bean) or D (threat) should be the answer. Now we need to decide between C and D. Since the words "beat" and "meat" both end in "eat" and are pronounced as /iː/, and the word "bean" also ends in "ea" and is pronounced as /i/, the underlined part of "threat" is more different from the underlined part of "beat", "meat" and "bean". Therefore, D is the correct answer.
4. B. sick
5. B. smile
Here are the answers to the given questions:
6. A. more/as
7. C. the tallest
8. C. doing
9. C. What
10. B. on
11. B. a little
12. C. you to
13. A. because
14. C. shouldn't