UNIT 1 TEST 1

I. PRONUNCIATION
1. a. machine b. change c. teacher d. choose
2. a. condition b. option c. suggestion d. relation
3. a. believe b. readily c. friend d. pleasure
4. a. good b. gossip c. game d. geometry
5. a. trust b. mutual c. number d. uncertain
II. LANGUAGE FOCUS
A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, , or d - that best o!p"etes the
sentenes or s#bst$t#tes %or the #nder"$ned word or phrase.
6. It was so relaxing to be old friends.
a. in b. between c. among d. around
!. "he#s made friends a little girl who lives next door.
a. to b. of c. by d. with
$. %he children seem to be totally capable wor&ing by themselves.
a. on b. of c. in d. for
'. (our friendship should be based on trust.
a. basic b. fragile c. mutual d. blind
1). %he company expects from its employees.
a. constancy b. *uality c. interest d. loyalty
11. I#ve got lots of + but only a few are really good friends
a. close friends b. ac*uaintances c. neighbors d. partners
12. ,riendship is a two-sided + it lives by give-and-ta&e.
a. affair b. event c. aspect d. feature
13. .nselfishness is the very essence of friendship.
a. romantic part b. important part c. difficult part d. interesting part
14. %hey a close friendship at university.
a. created b. became c. promoted d. formed
15. /e stayed friends even after we and left home.
a. brought up b. turned up c. grew up d. too& up
&. Choose the word or phrase -a, b, , or d -that best o!p"etes the sentene.
16. 0e finds it lasting friendships.
a. difficult to ma&e b. difficulty in ma&ing c. is difficult to ma&e d. difficult ma&ing
1!. (ou any friends if you tal&ing li&e that.
a. will win1 carryon b. won#t win1 carryon
c. wouldn#t win1 carried on d. would have won1 had carried on
1$. %he aim of the culture festival is friendship between the two countries
a. promote b. promoting c. to promote d. being promoted
1'. 2eople he turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
a. trusted b. has trusted c. was trusting d. had trusted
2). 0ow can you let such a silly incident your friendship3
a. wrec& b. to wrec& c. wrec&ing d. that wrec&s
21. It has become necessary water in the metropolitan area because of
the severe drought.
a. rationing b. ration c. to ration d. to have rationed
22. 4ll the passengers were made their seat belts during the turbulence.
a. buc&le b. to buc&le c. buc&ling d. for buc&ling.
23. good ice cream+ you need to use a lot of cream.
a. 5a&e b. 5a&ing c. %o ma&e d. ,or ma&e
24. I got my friend her car for the wee&end.
a. to let me to borrow b. to let me borrow c. let me borrow d. let me to borrow
25. %hey good friends+ but they#ve fallen out recently.
a. used to be b. would be c. were d. are
C. Ident$%' the one #nder"$ned word or phase - A, &, C or ( - that !#st be
han)ed %or the sentene to be orret.
26. /hatever happened+ I didn#t want to lose friendship of 6era.
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2!. %he basic aims of science and magic are very similar - to understand and to
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control nature.
2$. It was a period of her life when she made some lifelong friendship.
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2'. "imon finds it hard for ma&ing friends with other children.
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3). :ot longer are contributions to the advancement of industry made primarily by
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individuals.
III. REA(ING
A. F$"" $n eah b"an* w$th one appropr$ate word %ro! the bo+.
terms words came pieces touch change
last experience tal& accent get ma&e
5eeting old school friends again can be a strange ;31< "ome have
changed so much that you can hardly recognise them= they spea& with a different ;32<
+ are interested in different things and all you can do is ma&e small ;33<
and hope they#ll go soon. >thers+ though you might have been out of ;34<
with them for years+ are ?ust the same as they always were - it#s as if you
;35< saw them yesterday.
7efore you &now it+ you#re exchanging ;36< about your families and
friends+ and setting out the ;3!< for another game of chess. 4 few change
for the better. %here#s one person that I ;3$< on with very well now+ though
we weren#t on spea&ing ;3'< for our last two years at school. >ne day+ we
met at a party and made it up and ;4)< engaged the same evening.
&. Read the passa)e are%#""', then de$de whether the %o""ow$n) state!ent
are tr#e ,T- or %a"se ,F-
%he proverb 'A friend in need is a friend indeed.' means that we shall &now
who our real friends are when we are in need. %hose who desert us when we are in
difficulty are ?ust unfaithful friends.
4 true friend would remain with us whether we are rich or poor. "ome people
be friend the rich+ simply for the sa&e of getting benefits from them.
It is useless to have insincere friends because these friends remain with us as
long as we are rich or powerful. It is better to have one or two good friends rather than
having hundreds of insincere ones.
4 true friend will stand by us in our trials and tribulations. 0e will be a great
source of consolation and comfort in our troubles. "o we must be careful in choosing
our friends. It is difficult to choose a sincere friend overnight@ it ta&es years for us to
find a sincere friend.
41. Aeal friends share everything we need.
42. .nfaithful friends stop being our friends when we are in trouble.
43. 4 rich friend is always a true friend.
44. 4 true friend is always loyal to us and support us through our difficulties.
45. It#s not worth having a lot of friends.
46. It may ta&e a lot of time to find a real friend.
I.. /RITING
4!. the promotion of health and to helping people avoid in?ury and disease.
a. %o commit the Aed 8ross b. %he Aed 8ross to commit
c. 8ommitted to the Aed 8ross is d. %he Aed 8ross is committed to
4$. It is possible may assist some tree in saving water in the winter.
a. the leaves are lost b. when leaves have lost
c. that the loss of leaves d. to lose leaves
4'. It can sometimes a home.
a. to ta&e months to sell b. ta&e several months to sell
c. selling ta&es several months d. to sell ta&ing several months
5). 2ioneer men and women endured terrible hardships+ and
a. so do their children b. neither did the children
c. also the children d. so did their children