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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.

•  biology

• invention

• discovery

• digestion

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.

•  reduction

• popular

• financial

• romantic

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

- For very young children, electronic devices may help promote listening and speaking skills.

• advertise

• popularize

• discourage

• improve

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

- Much has to be done to achieve gender equality in employment opportunities.

•  attain

•  obtain

• reach

• abandon

Letting students use their own digital devices in class can improve the ____ experience in many ways.

•  educated

• educational

• uneducated

• educator

Women should ______ the same salaries as men for doing the same jobs.

•  have given

• be given

• to give

• give

________ might be seen as a way to protect young girls from violence.

• Child benefit

• Child marriage

• Child mother

• Child labour

Unfortunately, her illness was ________ we thought.

• the seriousest      

• the most serious

• more serious than

• seriouser than

Fathers tend to ______ more household chores and responsibilities than ever before.

• take up

•  take in

•  take off

• take on

Despite the development of e-books and online reading materials, printed books
are still regarded as a wonderful _______ of entertainment.

• resource

• place

• source

• replacement