### Part I: Phonetics

#### Find the word which has a different sound in the underlined part:

1. **A. cousi**n** B. i**n**teresting C. li**n**k D. fo**n**d**
- **Answer: A. cousi**n** (The 'n' in 'cousin' is pronounced more like a vowel sound, while the others are a clear 'n' sound)**

2. **A. la**n**tern B. importa**n**t C. mo**n**ey D. tha**n**k**
- **Answer: C. mo**n**ey (The 'n' in 'money' is pronounced with a vowel sound /ə/, while the others are a clear 'n' sound)**

3. **A. m**a**ny B. t**a**ke C. pl**a**ce D. w**a**ke**
- **Answer: A. m**a**ny (The 'a' is pronounced as /ɛ/ in 'many', while the others have the 'a' pronounced as /eɪ/)**

4. **A. c**a**rp B. **a**rticle C. p**a**rty D. tr**a**dition**
- **Answer: B. **a**rticle (The 'a' in 'article' is pronounced as /ɑː/ or /ɜː/, while the others are pronounced as /æ/)**

5. **A. c**o**nnect B. c**oo**k C. dan**c**e D. c**o**ntrol**
- **Answer: C. dan**c**e (The 'c' in 'dance' is pronounced as /s/, while the others are a hard 'c' sound)**

### Find the word which has different stress from the others:

1. **A. festival B. contestant C. atmosphere D. family**
- **Answer: C. atmosphere (It has the stress on the third syllable while the others have the stress on the first syllable)**

2. **A. village B. bamboo C. away D. obey**
- **Answer: B. bamboo (The stress is on the second syllable, while 'village', 'away', and 'obey' are stressed on the first syllable)**

3. **A. custom B. worship C. maintain D. midnight**
- **Answer: D. midnight (It has two syllables with the stress on the second syllable, while the others are predominantly stressed on the first syllable)**

4. **A. holiday B. decorate C. offering D. addition**
- **Answer: A. holiday (Stresses the first syllable while others have stress on the second syllable)**

5. **A. laughter B. prepare C. chopstick D. heaven**
- **Answer: C. chopstick (It’s a compound word with equal stress on both syllables, while the others have stress on the first syllable)**