I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group
1. A. pressure B. depressed C. expect D. relaxed
2. A. encourage B. empathy C. embarrassed D. remember
3. A. delighted B. continue C. medicine D. situation
4. A. advice B. sympathize C. decide D. responsibility
5. A. collaboration B. particularity C. manage D. activate
6. A. wipe B. alive C. micro D. link
7. A. cleaner B. threat C. ahead D. instead
8. A. breathe B. ethane C. thank D. healthy
9. A. choose B. moon C. food D. look
10. A. burden B. survive C. curtain D. furnish
11. A. camel B. sandy C. travel D. stable
12. A. dune B. hummock C. scrublands D. gun
13. A. basic B. desert C. president D. season
14. A. separate B. network C. letter D. prepare
15. A. stretches B. slopes C. ranges D. faces
16. A. insect B. percent C. wetland D. extinct
17. A. agencies B. medicine C. species D. circle
18. A. crisis B. exist C. primary D. fertile
19. A. serious B. thousand C. found D. around
20. A. chart B. postcard C. leopard D. hardly
21. A. rival B. title C. silver D. surprise
22. A. golden B. compete C. host D. propose
23. A. clear B. dear C. wear D. sear
24. A. wrestling B. level C. medal D. result
25. A. ranked B. gained C. prepared D. proved
26. A. childhood B. champagne C. chapter D. charity
27. A. culture B. popular C. regular D. fabulous
28. A. conflict B. forbidden C. reliable D. determine
29. A. lighthouse B. heritage C. hotel D. hour
30. A. conducts B. returns C. wanders D. wonders