Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the rest in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.

A. Decide     B. Discount     C. Discuss     D. Deny

Mars was flat, was believed by most people in the fifteenth century.

Air pollution, together with littering, are causing many problems in our large, industrial cities today.

 The minister returned from Rome by ______ship. 

The invitation has been accepted by _____ dancer and _____ singer. 

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I was just about .................. the office when the phone rang.

Chemical engineering is based on the principles of physics, chemists, and mathematics.

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He has been out of work .................. a long time.

Industrialist Henry Ford introduce assembly-line techniques into the manufactures of motor vehicles.

According to many educators, television should not become a replacement for good teachers, and neither are computers.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions:

The shoplifter immediately admitted to her crime to the security guard.

Find the mistake: Reading brings a variety of benefits because of readers can gain many lessons and much knowledge from books.

It is difficult to get used to sleep in a tent after having a soft comfortable bed to lie on.

She only reads books for___________.

It’s time you went home, but I’d rather you stay here.

Left ­ hand traffic, a custom existing in Britain only, ..............back to the days when English people went to and fro on horseback.

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I wish Mary .......... harder for her examination.

There’s no need for you to try to _____ an argument with him. You need to calm down or your relationship will get worse.

When she retires in April 1989, football champion Christine Evert was the most famous man athlete in the United States.

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If you want the milkman ...... you milk in the morning, remember ....a milk bottle outside your house.

____________ is a film or TV program presenting the facts about a person or event.