Choose A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that is pronounced differently from the others in each of the following question.

A. misses           B. hates.                             C. messages                       D. closes

It is advisable that the apprentice should be _______ to learn the ins and outs of the new job.

   A. observant.                      B. acceptable.                    C. noticeable.                     D. permissive.

Several measures have been proposed to _______ the problem of unemployment among university graduates.

   A. create.                           B. address.                         C. pose.                             D. admit.

Our father suggested _______ to Da Nang for this summer holiday.

   A. go.                                 B. going.                            C. to going.                        D. to go.

Only after she _______ from a severe illness did she realise the importance of good health.

   A. would recover.               B. had recovered.               C. has recovered.               D. was recovering.

There is no excuse for your late submission! You _______ the report by last Friday.

   A. must have finished.                                                   B. needn’t have finished.

   C. should have finished.                                                D. mightn’t have finished.

If Martin were here now, he _______ us to solve this difficult problem.

   A. would help.                    B. will help.                        C. has helped.                    D. helps.

The presenter started his speech with a few _______ jokes to build rapport with the audience.

            A. kind-hearted.           B. soft-hearted.            C. light-hearted.            D. whole-hearted.

Mary rarely uses social networks, _______?

   A. isn’t she.                        B. does she.                       C. doesn’t she.                   D. is she.

You shouldn’t lose heart; success often comes to those who are not _______ by failure.s

   A. put off.                           B. turned on.                      C. left out.                          D. switched off.