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.

Question 1. A. engaged B. decided C. appeared D. threatened

Question 2. A. funny B. student C. rubbish D. upper

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.

Question 3. A. become B. pollute C. answer D. appear

Question 4. A. biology B. scientific C. geography D. activity

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 5. She didn’t go for a walk yesterday, _________?

A. does she B. doesn't she C. did she D. didn’t she

Question 6. Most of the e-mail accounts at our company ________ by a virus last week.

A. have been affected B. were affected

C. affected D. was affected

Question 7. People are worried ______ losing their jobs during the Covid-19 pandemic.

A. over B. at C. about D. of

Question 8. The more I concentrate , _______ my answers are.

A. the more accurate B. the most accurate

C. more accurate D. the accurater

Question 9. On his 15th birthday, Nick’s mother gave him a ______ bike.

A. nice blue Japanese B. nice Japanese blue

C. blue nice Japanese D. Japanese blue nice

Question 10. Linda took great photos of butterflies while she _______ in the forest.

A. was hiking B. is hiking C. hiked D. had hiked

Question 11. _____ the sky was grey and cloudy, we went to the beach.

A. Because B. Although C. Despite D. Because of

Question 12. I will have finished making dinner ______.

A. by the time mom comes home B. after mom had come home

C. as soon as mom came home D. once mom came home

Question 13. ________ hard all day, I was exhausted.

A. To work B. Work C. Having worked D. worked

Question 14. Children living in remote and mountainous areas may not receive a good ______.

A. education B. educate C. educated D. educative

Question 15. Governments around the world have ______ many national parks to save endangered species from extinction.

A. set up B. carried out C. went on D. took off