Concept:The underlined letter “g” in “rouge” is pronounced with the soft “zh” sound, /ʒ/.Explanation:In “rouge”, the letter “g” is not pronounced as a hard “g”.It produces the voiced consonant sound /ʒ/, like the “s” in “pleasure”.Among the choices, “gem”, “rage”, and “jest” all have the /dʒ/ sound as in “judge”.Only “leisure” contains the same /ʒ/ sound as the underlined “g” in “rouge”.Answer:C. leisure