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.

I ______ a terrible accident while I ______ on the beach.

The boy insisted on ______ a break after lunch.

You couldn't help me with my homework, ______?

Columbus discovered America ______ the 15^th century.

Once ______ by a snake, the victim must be taken to hospital immediately.

______, the goods are inspected carefully.

We didn’t go anywhere yesterday______ the rain.

One recent ______ in medicine is the development of laser in treating cancer.

There has been a ______ in Germany and a village was completely destroyed.

He found it impossible to bear the ______ of a nomadic life.

Liamhad no difficulty in ______ into use the ideal plans her friends had prepared for her.

The Conservatives declared their intention of ______ the whole Act once they came into power.

She ______ and nursed her mother for many years up to the time of her death.

: Every week, his mother goes to university to visit him while my mother has never come to visit me since I went to university

More petrol is consumed nowadays than ten years ago.