Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. ideal B. item C. idiom D. identical
2. A. valentine B. imagine C. magazine D. discipline
3. A. shower B. flower C. coward D. knowledge
II. Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently.
4. A. engineer B. volunteer C. mountaineer D. reindeer
5. A. referee B. guarantee C. jubilee D. Japanese
III. Choose the best one (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentence.
6. Alaska is perhaps the most _________state in the USA. It has over three million lakes.
A. puzzling B. amazing C. festive D. iconic
7. The word “__________” means confusing or questionable.
A. icon B. leaning C. paradise D. puzzling
8. The Inuit, or the Eskimos, ____ in the lands of the USA and Canada for thousands of years.
A. have lived B. has lived C. are living D. lives
9. Today, some of the world’s tallest and most famous skyscrapers ________ in the city.
A. is found B. finds C. are found D. find
10. This year we_______ more international visitors coming to attend our Music Festival.
A. have B. are having C. have had D. has