Here are the answers to your questions:
1. The passage is about having a healthy life by avoiding certain habits.
2. To have a healthy habit, we should avoid watching too much TV, spending too much time on the computer, eating fast food and junk food, smoking, and drinking.
3. Fast food and junk food have bad effects on our health.
4. If we skip meals, we will have a stomachache.
5. If we smoke and drink too much, it can lead to a lot of health problems, even cancer.
1. A. talked: tɔkt
B. stopped: stɑpt
C. borrowed: ˈbɑroʊd
D. wished: wɪʃt
The underlined parts of A (tɔkt), B (stɑpt), C (ˈbɑroʊd) and D (wɪʃt) are /t/, /pt/, /roʊd/ and /ʃt/.
All options end with /t/ sound but the start of /t/ in the underlined part of option D is /ʃ/ sound which is pronounced differently from the others /ɔ/, /ɑ/ and /ɑroʊ/. Thus, the correct answer is option D, wished.
2. A. loved: ləvd
B. needed: ˈnidɪd
C. visited: ˈvɪzɪtɪd
D. excited: ɪkˈsaɪtɪd
The underlined parts of A (ləvd), B (ˈnidɪd), C (ˈvɪzɪtɪd) and D (ɪkˈsaɪtɪd) are /əvd/, /ɪd/, /ɪtɪd/ and /saɪtɪd/.
All options end with /d/ or /ɪd/ sound but the start of the underlined part of option A is /əv/ sound which is pronounced differently from the others /ɪd/, /ɪtɪd/ and /saɪtɪd/. Thus, the correct answer is option A, loved.
3. A. laughed: læft
B. liked: laɪkt
C. washed: wɑʃt
D. started: ˈstɑrtɪd
The underlined parts of A (læft), B (laɪkt), C (wɑʃt) and D (ˈstɑrtɪd) are /æft/, /aɪkt/, /ɑʃt/ and /ɑrtɪd/.
All options end with /ft/, /kt/, /ʃt/ and /rtɪd/ sound but the end of /ft/ in the underlined part of option A is /æ/ sound which is pronounced differently from the others /aɪ/, /ɑ/ and /ɑr/. Thus, the correct answer is option A, laughed.
4. A. raised: reɪzd
B. amazed: əˈmeɪzd
C. pleased: plizd
D. finished: ˈfɪnɪʃt
The underlined parts of A (reɪzd), B (əˈmeɪzd), C (plizd) and D (ˈfɪnɪʃt) are /eɪzd/, /eɪzd/, /izd/ and /ɪnɪʃt/.
All options end with /zd/ sound but the start of /zd/ in the underlined part of option C is /iz/ sound which is pronounced differently from the others /eɪ/. Thus, the correct answer is option C, pleased.
Here are the completed sentences:
1. What food do you like most? -> What's your favorite food?
2. I walked in the sun so long, so I got sunburn. -> I got sunburn because I walked in the sun for too long.
3. If you do not rest enough, you will be ill soon. -> Rest enough, or you will be ill soon.
Here are the completed sentences:
1. Your album is not the same as my album. -> My album is quite different from yours.
2. Both William and Kate are interested in drawing. -> William is interested in drawing, just like Kate.
3. Anderson is better at playing the piano than Henry. -> Henry is not as good as Anderson at playing the piano.
4. Pop music is not as fast as rap music. -> Rap music is faster than pop music.
5. Ballet and samba are quite different. -> Samba is not the same as ballet.
6. Marissa is a better dancer than Emily. -> Emily can't dance as well as Marissa.
7. Sophia is not like Sue. -> Sophia is not similar to Sue.
8. No painting in the art gallery is as good as this one. -> This is the best painting in the art gallery.