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.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

At first, he was reluctant to help US. However, after persuading for a long time, he agreed to play the guitar at our tea-shop.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following question.

In 1990, due to the change of the economic situation, Dong Ho paintings were difficult to sell and many__________ quit their job.

They stopped to work because of the hot weather.

They (23) __________to defend the city, but they also kept out undesirable people, like those with contagious diseases.