I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. a. ride b. excite c. ridden d. beehive 2. a. pasture b. vast c. brave d. farm 3. a. cattle b. circular c. country d. collect 4. a. generous b. ger c. grassland d. guess 5. a. worked b. watched c. relaxed d. crowded II. Complete the passage with the comparative form of the adjectives in brackets. Is life better now than it was in the past? Of course in many ways life is (1)_________ (easy) now. We live in the world which is (2)_________ (clean) and safer. It is generally (3)_________ (healthy) as well, and because of improvements in medical care, both men and women can expect to live (4)________ (long) lives. Our day-to-day existence is (5)________ (comfortable), but are we (6)_________ (happy)? The rhythm of life is faster, and (7)_________ (stressful). People are always in a it is hard to say things were (8)_________ (good) or (9)_________ (bad) before. As the saying goes ‘the grass is always (10)_________ (green) on the other side of the fence’.