Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others in the following question
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He stood at the door to make sure that no one _______ the party. (GATE)
It’s ______ of him to lose his temper like that – he’s usually very calm. (CHARACTER)
Telephone service to that remote village can't be ______ this year.
She’s so ________ that she won’t let anything stand in the way of her ambition. (MIND)
Read the passage carefully , then fill in the blank a suitable word.
The majority of lottery winners change their lives (1) __________ little, and continue on their settled way happy ever after. A couple of years ago, a Mr. David Horabin won a million. He had been struggling to (2) _________ a success of his dry cleaning shop for the past 12 months. He accepted his cheque in a small ceremony (3) ________ the premises at 2.30, and by three o'clock he had reopened for business. The reaction of Mr. Pasquale Consalvo who won $30 million in the New York state lottery was very (4) _________. He was unhappy not to be able to fulfill his desire to go to work as (5) ___________ on the day he won. He also said that if the money made him (6) ____________ he would give it back. In fact, the chances of his life being made a misery by his new-found wealth are almost (7) _________ slim though not quite as the sixty million-to-one odds he beat to take a jackpot (8)________ had remained unclaimed through six previous draws. Gambling small amounts (9) __________ the lottery is a harmless if futile hobby. (10) __________, gambling can become an addiction, increasingly so as the activity becomes socially acceptable.
He is determined to carry on working when he is 65.
He has no ________________________________________________
Complete the following sentences by choosing the correct answer among four options (A, B, C or D)
Jack _____________ a fortune when his great uncle Jack passed on.