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.near
B.ear
C.fear
D.bear

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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.neglect
B.attract
C.compose
D.active

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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.

A.conical
B.different
C.symbolic
D.careful

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
At home my parents often criticized me _______ being negligent, but when I came to class I was very careful.
A.for
B.to
C.from
D.of

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
_______ I did not make a mistake, he scolded me out of the blue.
A.In spite of
B.Because
C.But
D.Although

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
She admitted _______ by several hundred dollars, but in return, she won the lawsuit.
A.to disadvantage
B.disadvantaging
C.being disadvantaged
D.to be disadvantage

(30)
A.Whenever
B.In addition
C.Therefore
D.However

(32)
A.create
B.creation
C.creative
D.creature

The main focus of the passage is _______.
A.an art program designed to help troubled youth
B.the many tourists who come to Philadelphia to see murals
C.the reasons why Philadelphia is a unique city
D.how Jane Golden came up with the idea to start a mural program

According to the passage, the murals in Philadelphia _______.

I. draw tourists who want to see them

II. instill responsibility and pride in the people who paint them

III. are solely designed by the youth who paint them
A.I only
B.I and II only
C.II and III only
D.I, II, and III