I. Choose the word whose vowel sound is different from that of the provide one.

1. life wipe Chinese micro Jupiter

2. sort worse chore launch thought

3. ahead breath threat disease fresh

4. good could food pull foot

5. out bound found now ought

6. thank space hand happen travel

7. power own our crowd count

8. speed peace scene few piece

9. straight great air take aim

10. achieve peace receive street science

II. Answer these questions, using the words from the box.

What do you call a person who...

1. thinks that the worst thing will happen in every situation?

2. uses violence in order to achieve political aims?

3. is 100 years old or older?

4. tends to expect that good things will happen?

5. travels and works in space?

6. wants to protect the environment?

7. is traveling or visiting a place for pleasure?

8. studies one or more of the natural science?

9. has the legal right to belong to a particular country?

10. has a job in politics, esp. a member of the government?

III. Complete each of the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. Inflation will never be completely from the economy. (eradicate)

2. Public cooperation is vital in the fight against .(terrorize)

3. He is now so weak the doctors are about his chances of making a full recovery. (pessimist)

4. The government expressed about the success of the negotiations. (optimist)

5. Many people lost their jobs in the great of the 1930s. (depress)

6. Life varies according to country and gender. (expect