Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Question 1. A. passed             B. realized       C. touched       D. wished

Question 2. A. academic       B. apply          C. apology      D. achieve

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.

Question 3. A. deploy            B. maintain                 C. border                      D. attain

Question 4. A. benefit            B. pesticide                 C. cinema                    D. aquatic

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

Question 5. It seems that you are responsible for that mistake, _______?

            A. aren’t you   B. are you        C. isn’t it         D. is it

Question 6. Visitors to the local museum are mostly attracted by _______ rocking chair. 

            A. an old wooden European beautiful           B. a beautiful old European wooden 

            C. an old beautiful wooden European           D. a wooden old beautiful European

Question 7. Doctors advise people who are deficient            _______Vitamin C to eat more fruit and vegetables.

            A. in    B. of    C. from           D. for

Question 8. Some must have taken my keys. I clearly remember _______them by the window and now they are nowhere to be seen.

            A. to be leaving          B. to have left C. to leave       D. leaving

Question 9. _______that Columbus discovered America.

            A. It was in 1492        B. There was in 1492  C. In 1492       D. That was in 1492

Question 10. He_______a terrible accident while he_______along Ben Luc Bridge.

            A. see - am walking                B. saw - was walking

            C. was seeing - walked                       D. have seen - were walking

Question 11. A new study by University College London shows that teenager girls are twice as likely as to be depressed _______ social media as boys.

            A. as a result   B. thanks to     C. despite        D. due to 

Question 12. The customs officers stopped the suspected man and ordered him to show_______. 

            A. what was he carrying in his bag.                B. what he was carrying in his bag 

            C. what he carries in his bag              D. what does he carry in his bag

Question 13. Most office furniture is bought more on the basis of_______ than comfort.

            A. afford         B. affording     C. afforded      D. affordability

Question 14. The old woman still recalls clearly_______ by her teacher when she was late on her first day at school.

            A. to be criticized       B. to have criticized    C. being criticized         D. criticizing

Question 15. I’ve just been offered a new job! Things are _______.

            A. clearing up B. making up  C. looking up  D. turning up

Question 16. The company's advertising campaign was a _______ failure - it didn't attract a single new customer.

            A. miraculous B. spectacular C. wonderful   D. unprecedented

Question 17. Mr John is held in high _______ for his dedication to the school.

            A. respect        B. esteem        C. homage       D. honor

Question 18. The scientists are encountering the difficulties of _______ of radioactive waste.

            A.depleting     B. preserving   C. eliminating             D. disposing

Question 19. It’s normal for small businesses to operate at a _______ for the first couple of years before they start to break even.

            A. loss B. failure         C. luck            D. loose