Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others

A.impolite
B.valuable
C.comfortable
D.countrymen

Read the passage and choose the best answer to each question.
A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease by jogging for about three hours every week. The researchers at Harvard University Medical in Boston have just reported the results of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine. The study is the first to show the effectiveness of jogging in the developing of heart disease in women. Only a few earlier studies have examined the effects of jogging on the heart, but nearly all have been done on men. The new study involves more than 72,000 women between the ages of forty and sixty-five during a period of eight years. The researchers have found that women who jog at least three hours a week have a thirty to forty percent lower chance of suffering a heart attack than those who do not.
Most of the early studies have been done on __________.
A.babies                     
B.children                   
C.women                   
D.men

Identify the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
I’m very hungry (A) and thirsty (B) now. I could ate a horse (C) and drink (D) an ocean.
A.hungry 
B.thirsty
C.ate a horse 
D.drink

"What shall we do this evening?" - "_____ "
A.How about doing it now?
B.Why not do it now?
C.Let's go out to the zoo.
D.I'll go out for dinner.

Choose A, B, C or D that best fits each numbered blank in the following passage.
There are a number of things I like to do in my free time. They are my hobbies.
The hobby I like most is (21) __________my guitar. My uncle, (22) _____________is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play. Now I can (23) _____________ a few simple tunes. I have even begun to sing while playing the guitar, but I have not been very successful (24)_______ this. My uncle tells me that all I need is to practise regularly and I should be able to do it. He is very good at (25) _________ people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much.
(23) 
A.plays                       
B.play                         
C.played                     
D.be played

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the famous man-made wonders of the world.
A.artificial                  
B.natural                     
C.modern                   
D.eternal

Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D.
Exposure to pollution can cause many serious illnesses ________ to death.
A.that leading  
B.which led    
C.led                          
D.leading

My father often feels _____ when he got home after a/an _____ working day.
A.boring/bored
B.exhausting/exhausted
C.exhausted/ exhausting
D.exhausted/bored

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

A.stamps                                
B.friends                     
C.relatives                  
D.guitars

The clock was _____ by the Chinese in the 11th century.
A.built
B. kept
C.examined
D.made