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.

Festivals are held each year to help _________ cultural identity among villagers.

Employers will generally look favorably on people ______ have shown

an ability to work as part of a team.

Unemployment is a serious problem in the area; there are __________ jobs for

 the people there

The pilot project is believed _______ emissions, noise pollution and damage

to road surfaces.

He wanted to know whether I_____________ back the next day.

Traveling to ______ countries in the world enables me to learn many interesting things.

The more you talk about the situation, ________.

Recent years have seen significant advances ______ our understanding

of the human genome.

We _______ our greetings to you and thank you for listening to us.

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

I'm almost ashamed to admit it, but I watch this show.

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.

We have a commitment that the city will only carry out new construction

and renovation that meets green building principles.

Joe and Linda are planning a night out.Joe: “Let’s try some Italian food at Jeffery’s restaurant tonight.”Linda: “__________”

If Mom gets ______ of this prank we're planning, we'll be grounded for

the rest of the summer.

We spent 5 hours getting to London.

She tries to ______ fit by jogging every day.

The President has now offered to _____ his weight to the project.

I knew they were talking about me _______ they stopped when I entered the room.

When naming a child, some parents seem to choose a name based simply

on his personal preference.