MULTIPLE CHOICES: I/ Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit: 1/ Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday.. continual IV/ Choos
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UNIT 8 CELEBRATIONS
A MULTIPLE CHOICES:
I/ Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday.
2/ It is the grandest and most important occasion in the year which falls
sometime between 19 January and 20 February on the Western calendar
3/ Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people, the start of the
New Year
4/ The preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months but
nowadays the holiday is much shorter
A mixtures B compositions C arrangements D exclusive
5/ There is great excitement building up well before Tet.
6/ Streets are decorated with colored lights and red banners.
7/ People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating the house and cooking
traditional foods.
8/ Besides, the kumquat tree with its ripe deep orange fruits is popular
throughout the country
A Furthermore B However C As well as D In case
9/ One of Tet’s most special foods is banh chung, which is made from sticky
rice, yellow mug beans and fatty pork
A different B unfamiliar C specific D beloved
10/ People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will influence
their luck during the whole year
II/ Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ Lunar New Year, or Tet, is Vietnam’s main holiday.
2/ It is the grandest and most important occasion in the year which falls
sometime between 19 January and 20 February on the Western calendar
A most ignoble B most modest C most minor D most mediocre
3/ Tet marks the beginning of spring and, for agrarian people, the start of the
New Year
A pausing B stopping C shutting D closing
4/ The preparations and celebrations used to be spread over months but
nowadays the holiday is much shorter
5/ There is great excitement building up well before Tet.
6/ People are busy buying gifts, cleaning and decorating the house and cooking
traditional foods.
A uninteresting B irregular C unfamiliar D unexciting
7/ Besides, the kumquat tree with its ripe deep orange fruits is popular
throughout the country
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8/ One of Tet’s most special foods is banh chung, which is made from sticky
rice, yellow mug beans and fatty pork
A typical B unlimited C unrestricted D weekly
9/ People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will influence
their luck during the whole year.
10/ Children receive their “lucky money” inside red envelopes.
III/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:
1/ It’s said that laughter is the best _
A medicine B medicated C medication D medicinal 2/ He says that there’s a problem with the _
A electric B electrics C electrician D electrical 3/ He gets this _ expression on his face when he talks about food
4/ How can you display the data in a _ form?
5/ Our teacher tells us that you need to be more _
6/ My brother says that if the three parties cannot reach _ now, there will be a civil war
7/ It seems _ that you could have walked by without noticing that nice girl
A possible B impossible C possibly D impossibly 8/ We know that plant _ is most noticeable in spring and early summer
9/ Don’t you know that this theory is no longer _ accepted?
10/ It was reported that the _ of the strike caused a lot of
poverty
A continue B continuous C continuation D continual
IV/ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
1/ There's _ outside the house I hear some strange voices
2/ Jane's been unfaithful to Jim three times, but he still loves her in spite of _
A nothing B something C anything D everything 3/ Go _ in the world and you'll find some sort of hamburger restaurant
A anywhere B everywhere C somewhere D nowhere 4/ There's _ sharp in my shoe and I feel hurt
A something B anything C everything D nothing
5/ These young people have _ (else) to go
A somewhere B nowhere C anywhere D everywhere 6/ Would _ who wishes to attend the dinner let me know by Friday afternoon?
7/ You won't find a prettier village _ in England
A nowhere B somewhere C everywhere D anywhere 8/ The score is Yankees three, Red Sox _
A everything B anything C nothing D something
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9/ He's just some _ trying to get noticed by the press
10/ _ could dress well with all that much money
V/ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
1/ I'll pay you double _ you get the work finished by Friday
2/ He's welcome to come along, _ he behaves himself
3/ I don't want to go and _, I haven't been invited
A on condition B in any case C supposing D unless
4/ You can't get a job _ you've got experience
5/ _ you take a taxi, you'll still miss your train
A As long as B Provided C Supposing D Even if 6/ He _ us of his extraordinary childhood
7/ I _ when the train would leave
8/ I've _ the application forms into three groups
9/ The teacher _ each child with a friendly “Hello!”
10/ I _ the guard the time of the train's departure
VI/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group:
1/ A commu nity B pu mp C ru nning D mu ch
6/ A places B sentences C diseases D surfaces 7/ A plenty B many C electricity D supply
8/ A impor tant B wor k C lor ry D bor n
9/ A frogs B villagers C fields D perhaps 10/ A deci de B bri ng C touri st D middle
VII/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
in each group:
1/ A community B development C conditional D interesting
3/ A European B continue C difference D direction 4/ A medical B suitable C important D possible
6/ A resurface B according C atmosphere D department
VIII/ Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B:
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IX/ Match the words in column A with their antonyms in column B:
X/ Match the sentences, clauses or phrases in column A with the ones in column
B to make meaningful sentences:
3 Is that the girl C that you became sick
5 Is that the place E he was punished by her mother
6 You worked so hard F so that I can hear you clearly
7 The man will do it G as we had planned
8 Everything was carried out H he found this morning
9 Because he was too lazy, I when he has free time
10 Speak slowly, J that Shakespeare wrote 37 plays
XI/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:
1/ (A) Unless bothered, (B) the bird may desert the nest, (C) leaving the chicks (D) to depart this life
2/ They (A) can't get (B) one job (C) unless (D) they've got skill
3/ We (A) don't believe we'll want (B) some money but we'll bring (C) some just (D) in case
4/ I'd love (A) to come and see them (B) on Sunday, (C) provided I don't have to work (D) that day
5/ (A) As long as we have the money (B) in our account, we can take out (C) up
to £200 (D) a day
6/ He (A) asked us (B) that we were cold and (C) said that he could soon (D) make a fire
7/ I (A) told my sister (B) not to spend all her money (C) in video games (D) but
to save some for the books
8/ My mother (A) politely (B) told Huy (C) would come back (D) a little later 9/ We (A) wondered (B) why Ms Linh had been looking (C) so depressed (D) late
10/ They (A) said that you (B) not to have to come with them (C) if you didn’t (D) want to
XII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:
1/ She's (A) very unpredictable (B) so there's (C) not knowing how she'll (D) react to the news
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2/ "Is there (A) some butter I could use?" "No, there's (B) some margarine (C) but there isn't (D) some butter."
3/ I (A) don't think I'll need (B) every money but I'll bring (C) some just (D) in case
4/ The show (A) will be broadcasted (B) every weekday morning (C) between 9 (D) and 10
5/ We've been having (A) some problems (B) about our TV (C) over (D) the last few weeks
6/ (A) Because of the rain, we weren't able (B) to spend (C) many of the day (D) on the beach
7/ The jacket was (A) a bit busy (B) for my tastes – (C) I'd prefer (D) everything
a bit plainer
8/ "(A) How did you know he (B) was leaving?" "Oh, (C) let's just to say a little bird (D) told me."
9/ (A) Lots of people at the club are (B) below twenty, (C) but there are (D) a good few who aren't
10/ He wanted (A) to do (B) the most good he could (C) with the £200, (D)
so that he gave it to charity
XIII/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option
A, B, C or D to complete it:
REGIONAL OR CULTURAL CELEBRITIES Each country has its own independent celebrity system, with a hierarchy
of popular film, television, and sports stars Celebrities (1) _ are very popular in one country, such as India, might be unknown abroad, except with culturally-related groups, such as the Indian diaspora (2) _, a country-level celebrity might command some attention outside their native country, but not to the degree that they can be considered a (3) _ celebrity
Subnational entities or regions, or cultural communities (linguistic, ethnic, religious) also have their own 'celebrity systems', (4) _ in linguistically or culturally-distinct regions such as Quebec (a French-speaking province in Canada) and Puerto Rico (a Spanish-speaking US (5) _) Regional newscasters, politicians or community leaders can be considered as local or (6) _ celebrities For example, while journalist Lin Sue Cooney
is a well known television reporter in Arizona, she is little known outside the Southwestern US
In a smaller country, linguistic or cultural community, a figure will be less (7) _ to gain a broader celebrity Shakira and Daddy Yankee were known largely in the Spanish-speaking world before becoming popular in English-speaking communities, by performing English language songs (8) _, Spanish actors Penelope Cruz and Antonio Banderas, who were country-level celebrities in their native Spain, were able to become global celebrities only after they became Hollywood actors in English-speaking films
Media commentators and journalists will refer to celebrities as A-List, B-List, C-List, D-List or Z-List These informal rankings (9) _ a placing within the hierarchy However, due to differing levels of celebrity in different regions, it is difficult to place people within one bracket A Czech actor might
be a B-list action film actor in the US, but be an A-list star in the Czech Republic A method of dividing celebrities into categories from A-List to H-List (10) _ their number of Google hits has been proposed
+ New words:
- hierarchy (n.): hệ thốngcấp bậc, thứ bậc, tôn ti
- the Diaspora (a) khối người Do Thái giữa những cộng đồng không Do Thái, sau khi họ bị lưu vong năm 538 trước Công Nguyên
- entity (n.): thực thể, sự tồn tại
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2/ A For instance B In some cases C Even if D Besides
4/ A wonderfully B respectively C especially D effectively
6/ A common B individual C regional D national
10/ A come on B stayed on C held on D based on
XIV/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A,
B, C or D to complete it:
Community Colleges, institutions of higher (1) _ offering two-year programs of general study or technical or vocational training Many (2) _ receive the first two years (freshman and sophomore years) of postsecondary education at community colleges (3) _ pursuing a bachelor's degree at a four-year institution Community colleges (4) _ a variety of programs and degrees, (5) _ certificate programs that require less than two years of work in a specific (6) _ of study; terminal associate degrees in professional (7) _ technical programs; and associate degrees that may be transferred toward the completion of a bachelor’s (8) _ Most community colleges are nonprofit, public institutions supported
by state and local (9) _, but there are also independent schools that operate (10) _ a for-profit basis
Two-year postsecondary institutions were first (11) _ in the United States in the (12) _ 20th century These schools were called junior
colleges (13) _ their main function was to offer only the beginning (14)
_ of general college study Credits earned at junior colleges could be transferred to another institution (15) _ students could complete their final years of college Now called community colleges, these two-year institutions (16) _ offer courses of general academic study to recent high school graduates However, they (17) _ try to serve the educational needs of a (18) _ segment of the community, including older students and workers Today, (19) _ community colleges offer technical, vocational, preprofessional, and adult-education programs in addition to (20) _ academic programs
New vocabulary:
- vocational (adj.): thuộc về nghề nghiệp, hướng nghiệp
- sophomore (n.): (Mỹ) sinh viên năm thứ hai đại học
- associate (adj.): kết hợp, cùng công tác
- junior (n.): sinh viên đại học học lớp liền ngay lớp cuối cấp
- segment (n.): đoạn, khúc, đốt
2/ A teachers B doctors C engineers D students
5/ A including B having C consisting D combining
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13/ A because B although C however D besides
B USE OF ENGLISH:
I/ Fill each gap with suitable words from the list below:
coast, resurfaced, better, revisions, encloses, past, atmosphere, community, risk, proper
1/ Rimini is a thriving holiday resort on the east _ of Italy
2/ He was the fifth climber to die on these mountains over the _ two days
3/ He made some minor _ to the report before printing it out
4/ These factories are releasing toxic gases into the _
5/ If you're going to walk those sort of distances you need _ walking boots
6/ The bed was hard, but it was _ than nothing
7/ The park that _ the monument has recently been enlarged
8/ Drivers will experience delays while stretches of the road are being _ 9/ There's a high _ of another accident happening in this fog
10/ Unlike the present government, we believe in serving the _
II/ Fill each gap with suitable words from the list below:
entertainments, banner, festival, exchange, whole, sticky, traditional,
celebrations, sometime, agrarian
1/ It's traditional for the two teams to _ shirts after the game
2/ The dancers were wearing _ Hungarian dress/costume
3/ This season's _ include five new plays and several concerts of Chinese and Indian music
4/ There were lively New Year _ all over town
5/ The children's faces were _ with chocolate
6/ We really should meet _ soon to discuss the details
7/ They won the election under the _ of lower taxes
8/ You have to stand up in court and promise to tell 'the truth, the _ truth and nothing but the truth'
9/ The Brighton _ is held every year around May time
10/ This part of the country is mainly _
III/ Supply the correct form of the words in brackets:
1/ They'll be paid on (complete) _ of the plan
2/ Our attempt to climb that high mountain ended in (fail) _
3/ We worry about the (destroy) _ effect that violent films may have on our children
4/ Has your sister filled in the (apply) _ form for her passport yet?
5/ I think we should take the ball somewhere to have it mended (proper) _
6/ I think it's (risk) _ to buy a new house without some good advice 7/ We learn that the (possess) _ of large amounts of money does not ensure happiness
8/ It was said that the agency sent a (replace) _ for the secretary who resigned
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9/ Yesterday morning I had a headache and I wasn't feeling very (society) _
10/ He had three days off work due to (ill) _
IV/ Turn these following sentences into reported speech:
1/ Mrs Oanh said, “I want to buy a new watch for my son.”
→ .
2/ “This store doesn’t open on Sunday,” the man informed me
→ .
3/ She said, “I once spent two weeks here in this province.”
→ .
4/ The students said, “We’ll be sitting for our exams next Monday.”
→ .
5/ The monitor said, “This boy didn’t follow your requirement, Teacher.”
→ .
6/ “The class will seem so sad without you and Vy,” Nga said to Nam
→ .
7/ “If my brother knew the result, he would be very excited,” Khanh said to me
→ .
8/ Cao said to Ngoc, “I will come to your birthday party when I’ve finished my assignment.”
→ .
9/ “This schoolboy speaks English very well,” the teacher remarked
→ .
10/ Mum said, “I don’t think it will be cloudy tomorrow.”
→ .
V/ Turn these sentences into direct speech:
1/ Long said that he would leave there the following month
→ .
2/ Mai told us that she had seen Huy at that bus station
→ .
3/ Trung told me that his young brother was born in 2000
→ .
4/ The girls said that I didn’t have to come with them if I didn’t want to
→ .
5/ The form teacher told his students not to spend much time going out at night and not to play truant any more
→ .
6/ He told me that the watch would never work again if I tried to mend it
→ .
7/ The manager told Lan that she had to finish her work by the next day
→ .
8/ She asked me if I was busy then and if I would have more free time the following week
→ .
9/ My teacher said that the Second World War broke out in 1939
→ .
10/ The teacher says that we have defeated the foreign invaders because our people are very heroic
→ .
VI/ Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the following verbs
“SAY, TELL, ASK, REPORT, RUMOR, REMARK, SUGGEST, WARN, ADVISE, APOLOGIZE” Use each verb only once:
1/ It’s widely _ that he’s getting promoted
2/ I must _ to you for my lateness
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3/ We'd strongly _ against making a sudden decision
4/ I rang the insurance company to _ the theft
5/ Ann never forgets to _ “Please” and “Thank you”
6/ There were signs _ of thick fog as soon as they got onto the motorway
7/ Did you _ anyone you were coming to see your friends?
8/ You should _ your accountant to give you and your family some financial advice
9/ We _ putting the matter to the teaching staff
10/ I remember Dr Johnson once _ “When a man is tired of London, he
is tired of life.”
VII/ Write sentences based on the given clues:
1/ surgeon / accused / negligence
2/ new law / generally admitted / be difficult / enforce
3/ doctor advised / him / smoking
4/ apologized profusely / having / leave / 3.30 p.m
5/ I / no idea / what time / train leaves Ask / guard / he knows
6/ Neil denies / he broke / window, but I / sure / did
7/ We / encouraged / learn foreign languages / school
8/ I recommend / write your feelings / paper
9/ you suggest / where I / find / chemist's?
10/ I / warned / go to / east coast because / so full / tourists
VIII/ Write sentences based on the given clues:
1/ Let / buy / champagne / celebration / her safe arrival
2/ song / popular / people / my father's generation
3/ People / Britain legally / reach adulthood / 18
4/ They decorated / wedding car / ribbons / flowers
5/ school uses / combination / modern / traditional methods / teaching reading 6/ you want / excitement, you / try parachuting
7/ teacher / not seem / have done / preparation / class
8/ She wears / charm / she thinks / brings / good luck
9/ There / huge advances / aviation technology / World War Two
10/ Mark / ill / most / holiday / that took / all / fun / of it
IX/ Read the passage below carefully, and then complete it with the missing prepositions (in, on, at, to, with, ):
Mel Gibson is the son (1) _ Hutton Gibson and Anne Reilly Gibson, who was born (2) _ Columcille parish, County Longford, Ireland His paternal grandmother was the Australian opera singer, Eva Mylott Mel was born (3) _ Peekskill, New York, the sixth (4) _ eleven children One (5) _ Mel's younger brothers, Donal, is also an actor
Gibson's first name comes (6) _ a 5th century Irish saint, Mel, founder of the diocese of Ardagh containing most (7) _ his mother's native county, while his second name, Columcille is also linked (8) _ an Irish saint Columcille is the name (9) _ the parish (10) _ County Longford where Anne Reilly was born and raised
Although Gibson is a native-born United States citizen, Hutton Gibson relocated his family (11) _ Sydney, Australia (12) _ 1968, after winning a work related injury lawsuit (13) _ New York Central (14) _
a seven day trial (15) _ February 14, 1968, the jury awarded him $145,000 The family moved when Gibson was twelve This move was (16) _ protest (17) _ the Vietnam War (18) _ which Gibson's elder brothers risked being drafted It is also because Gibson's father, a devout Traditionalist Catholic, believed that the changes (19) _ American society which took place (20) _ the 1960s were immoral
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X/ Read the passage below carefully, and then complete it with the missing prepositions (in, on, at ):
Community Chest, cooperative organization (1) _ citizens interested (2) _ the effective development (3) _ social services and (4) _ raising funds to support such services A characteristic (5) _ the chest is its annual united fund-raising campaign The chest determines how the funds are allocated based (6) _ the needs (7) _ the community and the work (8) _ the individual agencies receiving the funds It also acts (9) _ a public relations medium, interpreting the community's social work activities (10) _ the general public Contributors benefit because the community chest calls (11) _ them only once a year Moreover, a united campaign usually reaches more people and raises more money, (12) _ less cost, (13) _ many separate campaigns
A cooperative organization similar (14) _ the community chest is the community council The community council usually raises support (15) _ funds (16) _ activities (17) _ the field (18) _ social work, such (19) _ education (20) _ recreation The council may be a part (21) _ a community chest, or it may be the larger entity and include (22) _ it a community chest The national association (23) _ community chests and community councils is the United Way (24) _ America
New vocabulary:
- campaign (n.): chiến dịch, cuộc vận động
- to allocate (v.): chỉ định, dùng; phân phối, phân phát
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