I. PRONUNCIATION Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. head B. please C. heavy D. measure 2. A. note B. gloves C. some D. other 3. A. now B. how C. blow D. amount 4. A. dear B. year C. wear D. disappear 5. A. hate B. pan C. carrot D. matter 6. A. improved B. returned C. arrived D. stopped 7. A. nervous B. scout C. household D. mouse 8. A. favorite B. find C. outside D. library 9. A. last B.taste C.fast D. task 10. A. future B. summer C. number D. drummer 11. A. time B. kind C. bid D. nice 12. A. hard B. carry C. card D. yard 13. A. my B. baby C. spy D. cry 14. A. well B. get C. send D. pretty 15. A. weather B. ready C. mean D. head 16. A. break B. mean C. please D. meat 17. A. lucky B. punish C. pull D. hungry 18. A. planet B. character C. happy D. classmate 19. A. letter B. twelve C. person D. sentence 20. A. humor B. music C. cucumber D. sun II STRESS 1. A. writer B. carefully C. industry D. comply 2. A. enter B. country C. canal D. cover 3. A. patient B. ashamed C. trouble D. alter 4. A. sentence B. suggest C. species D. system 5. A. believe B. defeat C. attack D. happen 6. A. ancient B. attract C. alive D. across 7. A. person B. surgeon C. purpose D. possess 8. A. hotel B. provide C. retire D. cancel 9. A. rapid B. private C. reason D. complain