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.interview
B.intellectual
C.similarity
D.engineer

A.considerable
B.represent
C.atmosphere
D.customer

My father regrets taking up smoking. He can’t give it up now.
A.Regretful as my father is, there might be a chance for him to stop smoking.
B.My father can’t give up smoking now and feels regret about it.
C.My father regrets having taken up smoking because he’s not able to give it up now.
D.My father wishes he hadn’t taken up smoking since he can’t cut down it now.

A.allow
B.below
C.slowly
D.tomorrow

A.mathematics
B.history
C.literature
D.physics

The student next to me kept chewing gum. That bothered me a lot.
A.The student next to me kept chewing gum, that bothered me a lot.
B.The student next to me kept chewing gum bothered me a lot.
C.The student next to me kept chewing gum, which bothered me a lot.
D.The student next to me kept chewing gum bothering me a lot.

The word “they” in paragraph 5 refers to .
A.children who spend more time with fathers than mothers
B.husbands who stop working to stay with the children
C.parents who work part-time
D.fathers who spend more time with their children

This article is about .
A.how more American women are working
B.how family life in America is changing
C.American men as househusbands
D.housewives in America

Forty years ago, most women .
A.had no children
B.were housewives
C.went out to work
D.did not do much housework

These changes in the Amercan home may .
A.not happen
B.not change the children at all
C.help families
D.cause problems for a marriage