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.thoroughly
B.astronaut
C.compete
D.atmosphere

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.


A.ensure
B.picture
C.capture
D.pleasure

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The leaves of the white mulberry provide food for silkworms, ______ silk fabrics are woven.
A.from cocoons
B.whose cocoons
C.from whose cocoons
D.whose cocoons are from

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
We ____ our classroom for the upcoming Teachers' Day, but there's still a lot to do.
A.decorated
B.have been decorating
C.are decorating
D.have decorated

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
At first ______, you would say they were twins, but in reality, they didn’t even know each other.
A.sighting
B.glance
C.look
D.view

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
My elder brother is extremely fond of astromony, and he seems to _____ a lot of pleasure from observing the stars.
A.seize
B.possess
C.derive
D.reach

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Smartphone technology can be a double-edged sword. On the one hand, it sends us unlimited amounts of information. On the other hand, this immediate ____ to information may become an addiction.
A.tendency
B.approach
C.access
D.trend

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
The equator is an ______ line that divides the earth into two.
A.imagination
B.imaginative
C.imaginary
D.imaginable

People drive fastly. That's why there are so many accidents.
A.fastly
B.That's why
C.are
D.so many

In line 14, the word “terminated” is closet in meaning to ______.
A.delayed
B.stopped
C.kept going
D.conserved