Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other three in each question.

1. A. boots                  B. scissors                   C. caves                       D. mountains

2. A. top                     B. ten                           C. tomato                    D. future

3. A. castle                  B. coat                         C. want                        D. biggest

4. A. top                     B. ten                           C. tomato                    D. stay

5. A. stand                  B. stamp                      C. steal                        D. tape

6. A. picked                B. promised                 C. delivered                 D. clicked

7. A. jumped               B. washed                    C. liked                        D. loved

8. A. television           B. technical                  C. theater                     D. right

9. A. decorage             B. death                       C. december                 D. graduate

10. A. table                  B. then                         C. tablet                       D. talk

11. A. tend                  B. tell                           C. thank                      D. team

12. A. module              B. doctor                     C. address                   D.  decorate

13. A. added                B. brushed                   C. wanted                    D. interested

14. A. theme                B. teach                       C. team                        D. tend

 

15. A. washed             B. reached                   C. brushed                   D. breathed

Country life is natural; town life is artificial. In the country, we are close to Nature. We are surrounded by green fields, flowers and trees. There are streams and brooks. People are open, plain and frank. They are generous and hospitable. They are attached to one another. They are sympathetic towards one another. They share one another's joys and sorrows. Village life is free from all restraints of society. People are simple in their habits and dress. They are illiterate and ignorant but simple and honest. They are not cunning. In the country, one gets fresh air, fresh water, fresh fruit and vegetables. Milk, butter and other eatables can be had in an unadulterated state. There is absolute peace and quiet. There is no din and noise. There is nothing to disturb the calm. There is no roar clang of machinery. Motors and carriages are seldom to be seen. There is no hustle and bustle. The people are contented because their demands are few and are easily satisfied. Country people are pious and religious. The people cherish friendly and neighbourly feelings towards their fellowmen and live in perfect harmony and goodwill. The young respect the old irrespective of caste and creed. There is a social unity. The country life has also its disadvantages. There are no easy means of transport and communications. There are no schools and hospitals. During the rains, the roads become muddy and impassable. There are no post and telegraph offices. Life and property are not as safe as in towns. In spite of all these disadvantages, village life is better than town life. In the country, close contact with Nature brings one nearer to God. In towns, people are selfish and materialistic. They are greedy. Money is their god. It is the be-all and end-all of their lives. In a word, country life is simpler and much more quiet and peaceful than town life which is full of bustle, worry and hurry. 1. Who made the country and who made the town according to the Bible? ................................................................................................................................... 2. Can we get fresh air, fresh water, fresh fruit and vegetables in the countryside? ................................................................................................................................... 3. Who respect the old irrespective of caste and creed? ................................................................................................................................... 4. Where does the writer like living, in the city or in the countryside? ...................................................................................................................................

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5 billion years ago ... a nebula cloud of gas and rock began to come together by gravity. As it condensed, pieces of debris collided with each other ... and friction of their collisions ... heated the rocks! One of those hot new planets was our young Earth. Its interior, hot from friction and the decay of radioactive elements ... reached over 25,000°F. Slowly, that hot Earth developed a cooled, cracked crust. Those cracks formed the boundaries of a series of crustal Tectonic Plates ... that today, are broken into 17 pieces! The heat from Earth's formation... is incredibly, still trapped inside our planet! That rising molten heat forces our plates apart in some places ... and pushes them together in others! When plates pull apart ... a "Diverging Rift" develops! Volcanic eruptions occur here! When Continental Tectonic Plates collide... Mountains rise ... and Continents join! Terrible Earthquakes result! When Ocean Plates converge ... Volcanoes explode ... and Tsunamis drown thousands!!