According to the passage, what is the authors trying to convince the readers of?

We travel to Italy last summer and stayed in a small village on the coast.

The government is trying to persuade consumers __________ more.

The Olympic athlete was satisfied __________ her performance.

One of three questions, the second one was __________.

Ladies and gentlemen, let's give a _______ hand to our special guests tonight.

For a limited period only, all our carpets are being sold at half _______

“I saw Mike at school yesterday and he seemed fine”, Phil said

The boss is the last person __________ the meeting room.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Antique toy cars are ten a penny nowadays because you can easily find them at any store.

Dat and Minh are talking about a film that they have recently watched.

- Dat: “It’s the best film I’ve ever seen”

- Minh: “ _______. I have watched it three times”