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46. b. They want to freely practice their religion. (Note: The passage doesn't explicitly mention why the Pilgrims left their homeland, but it's a widely known historical fact that they left to freely practice their religion.)
47. c. In 1863
48. c. President Lincoln
49. b. Because they had plenty of food.
50. b. On Thanksgiving Day, Americans eat deer, not turkey. (According to the passage, historians think the Pilgrims ate deer, not turkey, but it doesn't say that Americans currently eat deer on Thanksgiving Day.)
Based on the provided International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) notations, let's analyze each set of options.
1. The options are nationwide, last, Passover, and congratulate.
- The IPA notation isn't directly provided for these words, so we'll consider general pronunciation patterns.
- nationwide: /ˈnæʃənˌwaɪd/
- last: /lɑːst/
- Passover: /ˈpɑːsˌoʊvər/
- congratulate: /kənˈɡrætʃˌuleɪt/
Given the options, 'a' is the underlined part, and 'a' in Passover is pronounced as /ɑː/ which is different from 'a' in nationwide and last but similar to none. 'a' in congratulate has multiple pronunciations. Based on the standard British pronunciation, it has 'a' in 'can' /kæn/, while 'a' in 'grat' /ɡrætʃ/. Here, we can hear /æ/ two times but in different syllables. Since we have two different pronunciations for 'a' from the rest, I'd like to focus on the first syllable of 'congratulate.' Hence the answer will be 'd. congratulate.'
2. The options are humor, compose, decorate, and innovate.
- According to the IPA notations provided for some parts of the words:
- hu: hu, co: koʊ, de: də, in: ɪn.
Since the notations for the whole words aren't provided, general pronunciation patterns will be considered.
- humor: /ˈhjuːmər/
- compose: /kəmˈpoʊz/
- decorate: /ˈdɛkəˌreɪt/
- innovate: /ˈɪnəvˌeɪt/
In this case, the option with the underlined part 'o' in compose has a distinct /oʊ/ sound that's more closely associated with the word's typical pronunciation.
3. The options are lunar, pollute, tunic, and congratulate.
- According to the IPA notations provided for some parts of the words:
- lu: lu, po: poʊ, tu: tu, co: koʊ
- The words' complete IPA notations aren't provided, so we'll consider general pronunciation patterns.
- lunar: /ˈluːnər/
- pollute: /pəˈluːt/
- tunic: /ˈtjuːnɪk/
- congratulate: /kənˈɡrætʃˌuleɪt/
In this case, 'u' is the underlined part and it seems 'u' in tunic is distinctively different from the others since it's more closely associated with a /uː/ sound, whereas 'u' in congratulate is more of /ʌ/.