II. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.

1. A. beach                            B. seafood                             C. beautiful               D. weather

2. A. wonders                       B. comic books                    C. forests                   D. trips

3. A. pillows                         B. towels                               C. flashlights             D. toys

4. A. sunglasses                   B. candies                             C. sandcastles          D. caves

5. A. confirmed                    B. traveled                            C. stayed                   D. hiked

VI. Read the text and choose the correct answer.

LEONARDO DA VINCI

Leonardo da Vinci was an Italian artist born in the 15^th century. He is most famous (1) ……….. his paintings. However, we don’t know (2) …………about his life. People think that Leonardo was one of the most intelligent (3) …………….of all time because he was interested in so many different things and he wanted to understand everything (4) …………..nature.

Leonardo was born in a small town near Florence, where he studied art. He spent most of his life working for rich Italians. In the last years of his life, he lived in a beautiful home which the King of France gave (5) …………

His best-known paintings are Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, but he was also an engineer and an inventor. He had ideas for a flying machine, a robot, and a telephone but most of them were (6) ……………..made.

1.       A. to           B. by           C. for                    4.       A. about     B. by           C. of

2.       A. many      B. much      C. a lot of             5.       A. him        B. them       C. it

3.       A. person    B. people    C. man                 6.       A. even       B. ever        C. never

V. Complete the email from Harry to her friend Amanda. Write ONE word for each gap.

Hi  Amanda,

Guess what? Last week I met Perry Stevens, (1) …………….pop star. He sat next (2) …………me on the train to Glasgow!

He was really nice and friendly. He was going to visit his grandmother (3) ……………..lives in Glasgow. He said he lived there until a few years (4) …………… and now he really misses Scotland. I told him (5) …………….much I loved his music. He (6) ………….me his email address and told me to write to him if I wanted to see his concert in Edinburgh next December! I can’t believe it!

Anyway, write soon!