TEST 1 UNIT 10

      I.            Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.

1.  A. metal                B. scatter              C. package            D. math

2.  A. smell                B. press                C. melt                  D. refill

3.  A. those                B. clothes             C. shopping          D. envelope

4.  A. down               B. throw               C. nowadays         D. how

5.  A. plants               B. fields                C. trees                 D. newspapers

   II.            Choose the words that have the different stress from the others.

1.  A. polite               B. penfriend          C. shorthand         D. breakdown

2.  A. multimedia       B. possibility        C. telepathy          D. interactive

3.  A. battery             B. conference        C. oversleep          D. barrier

4.  A. landline            B. touchscreen      C. cyber                D. replace

5.  A. visible              B. discussion        C. digital               D. separate

III.            Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.

1.  Every few weeks new satellites                into orbit.

     A. are put             B. is put                C. are putted         D. is putted

2.  You ought to give up smoking because it is harmful to your health.

     A. should              B. could                C. may                  D. am going to

3.  Try to                the amount of fat in your diet.

     A. reuse                B. refill                 C. reduce              D. recycle

4.  It is          to park in the center of Newtown.

     A. impossible        B. impossibility    C. impossibilities D. impossibly

5.  I am delighted             you passed your exam.

     A. that                  B. to                     C. in order to        D. so that

6.  We will begin              a brief discussion of the problems.

     A. from                 B. with                 C. at                     D. on

7.  Tree leaves                  to wrap things.

     A. should used                                   B. should been used

     C. should be used                               D. should be use

8.                is a wonderful natural fertilizer.

     A. Compost          B. Plastic              C. Envelope          D. Garbage

9.  Glass is broken up, melted and made into new             .

     A. silverware        B. hardware          C. ironware           D. glassware

10. Is the rubbish              every day?

     A. collect              B. collecting          C. collected           D. be collected

11. In 1876, the telephone                    first introduced by Bell and Watson.

     A. was                  B. is                      C. has been           D. had been

12. It’s important              wildlife in the area.

     A. to conserve       B. conserving        C. conservation     D. conserve

13. Japan                40% of its waste every year.

     A. reuses              B. recycles            C. refill                 D. broken

14. We were delighted                your letter yesterday.

     A. to get                B. got                   C. getting              D. get

15. Sooner or later a satellite                by a large piece of rubbish.

     A. will destroy                                   B. will destroyed

     C. will be destroyed                           D. will been destroyed

16. Let’s play tennis instead of             television.

     A. watch               B. watching          C. watches            D. to watch

17. Everything depends on what you mean               the word “free”.

     A. about               B. for                    C. of                     D. by

18. We should use             bags instead of plastic bags.

     A. cloth                B. clothe               C. clothed             D. clothing

19. Beer                  for breakfast in England years ago.

     A. used be drunk                                 B. used to be drunk

     C. used to drunk                                  D. used to be drank

20. I              some rice on the floor of the chicken coop.

     A. raised               B. grew                 C. threw away       D. scattered

IV.            Complete the sentences, using the correct form of the words in brackets.

1.  Helen cannot talk to John because his nickname is                          . (visible)

2.  High- speed Internet provides me with                         videos. (interact)

3.  With telegraphy, the information will be sent                        . (immediate)

4.  She used signs to tell me                          that we were late. (direct)

5.  Paul                            and missed some phone calls yesterday morning. (sleep)

6.  The secretary put Thomas through the manager’s landline                        . (instant)

7.  The mute usually communicate                          with each other. (non- verbal)

8.  I think Janet is not                                   because of her unfriendliness. (communicate)

   V.            Read the passage and complete the sentences.

     One of the main sources for the spreading of news and events through out the world is the newspaper. The purpose of newspaper is to inform the public of political, social, economic and entertainment happenings, among other things. Generally, there are three types of newspapers. Daily newspapers publish at least one edition every weekday. Most dailies also have a weekend edition. Daily newspapers often have sections for news, sports, arts, and entertainment, business, and classified advertising. Weekly newspapers print once a week and cover news of interest to readers in a smaller area than that of a daily paper. They focus on local happenings rather than national or international events. Special-interest newspapers may publish daily, weekly, monthly, or even less frequently. They generally disseminate news of interest to a particular group of readers of feature news about a specific topic.

     Thanks to the development of Internet, we can now get access to electronic newspapers. To some extent, e-newspapers are cheap, up-to-date, and convenient for most readers in the world.

1.  The purpose of newspapers is to......................................................................

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2.  There are three types of newspaper. They are ...................................................

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3.  Daily newspapers often have sections for ........................................................

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4.  Weekly newspapers focus on ..........................................................................

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5.  Special-interest newspapers cover news of interest to .......................................

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6.  Electronic newspapers are ...............................................................................

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VI.            Read the passage and answer the questions.

THE POSTAGE STAMP

     Before the invention of the postage stamp, it was difficult to send a letter to another country. The sender paid for the letter to travel in his or her own country. Then the person in the other country paid for that part of the trip. If a letter crossed several countries, the problem was worse.

     Rowland Hill, a British teacher, had the idea of the postage stamp with gum on the back. The British post office made the first stamps in 1840. They were the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue. A person bought a stamp and put it on a letter, the post office delivered the letter. When people received letters, they didn’t have to pay anything. The letters was prepaid.

     Postage stamps became popular in Great Britain immediately. Other countries started making their own postage stamps very quickly.

     There were still problems with international mail. Some countries did not want accept letter with stamps from another countries. Finally, in 1874, a German organized the Universal Postal System. Each country in the UPS agreed to accept letter with prepaid postage from the other members. Today the offices of the U PS are in Switzerland. Almost every country in the world is a member of this organization. It takes care of any international mail problems.

     Today post offices in every country sell beautiful stamps. Collecting stamps is one of the most popular hobbies in the world, and every stamp collector knows about the Penny Black and the Twopence Blue.

Questions

1.  Why was it difficult to send a letter to another country before the invention of the postage stamp?

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2.  Why were the postage stamps popular?

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3.  How did other countries react with the postage stamps?

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4.  What does the Universal Postal System do today?

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5.  Why do stamp collectors know about the Penny Black?

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VII.            Choose the word (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

     Dear Sir or Madam,

     We are in Class B, Year 8 at Stonehouse School. Every year our class goes (1)    an adventure holiday. This year we would like (2)                           your center. We are planning (3)                          away for the first week in May, arriving on Friday 2 May. There will be 15 boys and 15 girls in our party, and two teachers. We are (4)                  in sailing, rock climbing, canoeing, and map-reading. Can you send us information about your center?

     We look forward (5)              from you.

     Yours faithfully,

     Class B

1.  A. in                     B. at                     C. aver                  D. on

2.  A. attend               B. attending          C. to attend           D. to attending

3.  A. go                    B. to go                 C. going                D. to going

4.  A. interested         B. interesting        C. bored               D. boring

5.  A. hear                 B. to hear              C. hearing             D. to hearing

VIII.            Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

TELEPATHY: MIND TO MIND COMMUNICATION

     The (1)              “telepathy” has been derived from the words “tele” meaning “distance” and “pathy” meaning “feeling”. So telepathy actually means (2)                  feelings through a distance. Telepathy is the communication (3)                    two minds, (4)                 over a distance, without the (5)             of the five known senses.

     At some point of time or the other, we all have (6)                 telepathy. Maybe you were thinking of someone you haven’t talked to for months and you suddenly get a call from them. Or (7)                    two people are together, they might say the same thing at the same time. These are spontaneous mind-to-mind (8)                 that tend to occur frequently between closely related individuals.

1.  A. word                B. phrase              C. letter                D. signal

2.  A. holding            B. getting              C. bringing           D. carrying

3   A. through            B. among              C. between            D. across

4.  A. separate           B. be separated     C. separating         D. separated

5.  A. using                B. use                   c. take                   D. taking

6.  A. experienced      B. brought            C. made                D. taken

7.  A. where               B. during              C. when                D. since

8.  A. ways                B. methods           C. techniques        D. communications

IX.            Complete each sentence so it means the same as the sentence above.

1.  The traffic was bad. However, I arrived on time.

Ò Though ....................................................................                   

2.  I don’t know many English words

Ò I wish ......................................................................

3.  “Do you have many friends?”

Ò She asked me ...........................................................

4.  We don’t have a lot of money, so we don’t buy a lot of new books.

Ò If we ........................................................................          

5.  Learning English is not easy.

Ò It is ..........................................................................

   X.Complete the sentences, using the given words in the brackets.

1.  Mr. Brown wants to use solar energy. Mr. Brown does not have enough money to buy necessary equipment. (but)

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2.  Shakespeare died in 1616. He had written more than 37 plays before then. (by the time)

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3.  Douglas fell off his bicycle last week. He has had to use crutches to walk. (since)

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4.  I turned off the lights. After that, I left the room. (before)

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5.  The frying pan caught on fire. I was making dinner at that time. (while)

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6.  I won’t return my book to the library. I’ll finish my research project first. (until)

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XI.            Use the words or phrases to complete the letter.

     Dear Mary,

1.  I / have / great time / here in England.

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2.  I / be / here / three months / my university term / start / two months ago.

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3.  I / live / dormitory / some foreign students.

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4.  They / come / different parts / the world.

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5.  They / be / very friendly and pleasant, / and / their English / much better / mine.

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6.  I practice / speak English / them / every day.

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7.  Now / make /good progress.

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8.  My pronunciation / much better / and / I / understand / almost everything.

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9.  I / hope / my English / considerably / improve / the end / course.

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10. Write / me / soon.

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     Yours truly,

     Mai Lan

XII.            Reorder the words to make the sentences.

1.  her/ is/ phone/ choosing/ tone/ for/ ringback/ a/ to/ Lan / set/ song.

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2.  her/ She/ in/ kept/ order/ watch/ at/ late/ on/ to/ avoid/ being/ glancing.

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3.  reading/ board/ at/ Nga/ be/ the/ 8.00/ will/ tomorrow/ message/ a.m.

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4.  ages/ , / hasn’t/ their/ has/ replied/ Peter/ yet/ received/ he/ but/ email/ for/ it.

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5.  than/ Snail/ is/ much/ it/ mail/ email/ is / slower/ not/ because/ favoured.

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