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

A.swear  
B.spear
C.hare
D.bear

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

A.flown  
B.brown
C.crown
D.frown

Mark the better A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word about differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.machine 
B.effective
C.even
D.become

Mark the better A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word about differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.attack
B.forever
C.supply
D.military

Mark the better A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word about differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A.machine
B.memory
C.ceiling
D.cottage

A.chew
B.few
C.skew
D.nephew

A.genetic 
B.stag
C.gorilla 
D.pagoda

A.chalk
B.chocolate
C.chemistry
D.chapter

From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D) choose the one that best completes the sentence.
By ____ the housework done, my mother has more time to pursue her career.
A.ordering 
B.taking
C.having
D.making

From the four words or phrases (A, B, C or D) choose the one that best completes the sentence.
Although this is far from certain, the ____ age of the universe is about 4.6 billion years.
A.approximate
B.general
C.near
D.rough