UNIT 3

A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…(reading)

A. MULTIPLE CHOICES:
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others
in each group:
1/ A. pay B. bay C. day D/ki:/. quay: Bến cảng
2/ A. knife B. routine C. di nner D. kick
3/ A. brown B. down C. now D. show n
4/ A. kitche n B. whe n C. mess D. de bt /det/
5/ A. desks B. rulers C. bags D. pens
6/ A. minute B. muddy C. fu nny D. number
7/ A. born B. world C. for k D. shor t
8/ A. h ouse B. hour C. how D. h orse
9/ A. sky B. pretty C. why D. by
10/ A. died B. continued C. contented D. followed
II/ Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the
unit:
1/ Ask and answer questions about your daily routine , using the cues below.
A. action B. trip C. way D. habit
2/ I drink some cups of tea, have a quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the
field.
A. strong B. fast C. mighty D. powerful
3/ I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A. 10 minutes B. 15 minutes C. 20 minutes D. 30 minutes
4/ I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10.30.
A. keep away B. keep back C. keep down D. keep on
5/ During my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants and smoke local
tobacco.
A. men B. women C. person D. people
6/ Then I go home, take a short rest and have lunch with my family at 11.30.
A. break B. relaxation C. while D. time
7/ We finish our work at 6 pm, sometimes much later.
A. now and then B. lately C. recently D. and so on
8/ We have done everything as planned .
A. programmed B. thought C. said D. mentioned
9/ The police want to discuss these recent racist attacks with local people.
A. say to B. tell about C. speak of D. talk to
10/ It takes me 30 minutes to prepare .
A. get ready B. make easy C. keep clean D. be good
III/ Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the
unit:
1/ Ask and answer questions about your daily routine, using the cues below.
A. Question B. Reply C. Tell D. Repeat
2/ What time do you go to bed ?
A. go out B. sit down C. leave for D. get up
3/ I drink some cups of tea, have a quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the
field.
A. weak B. strict C. slow D. thin
4/ I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A. quickly B. weakly C. wrongly D. successfully
5/ I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10.30.
A. complete B. finish C. come D. start
6/ Our neighbors have always been very friendly towards us.
A. cool B. hot C. warm D. mad
7/ Choose the answer A, B, or C that best suits the meaning of the italicized
word(s).
A. lastly B. late C. worst D. weakly
8/ We are not losing anything.
A. stopping B. finding C. buying D. selling
9/ Are they happy with their lives or not? Why?
A. tired B. disappointed C. sad D. unlucky
10/ Although it’s a long day for us, we feel we are contented with what we do.
A. dissatisfied B. excited C. shocked D. interested
IV/ Rewrite the following sentences, using the words given in brackets:
1/ “You’ve broken my glasses, Thanh!” said Sang. (accused)
→ Sang __accused Thanh of breaking(having broken) his glasses.

2/ My bicycle needs to be repaired soon. (must)

→ I really must repair my bicycle soon
3/ Minh regrets not buying that watch. (wishes)
→ Minh _wishes he had bought that watch.
4/ You couldn’t have been successful without her help. (she)
→ You couldn’t ? her.
5/ My mother thought she might run out of cash, so she took her cheque-book with her.
(case)
→ My mother took her cheque-book with her in case she ran out of cash.
6/ Their plans for the camping have been spoilt by the weather. (fallen)
→ Their plans for the camping have fallen through by because of the weather.
7/ The milk was too stale to drink. (fresh)
→ The milk was not fresh enough to drink.
8/ Maybe Phong went home early. (may)
→ Phong may have gone home early.
9/ We can’t possibly study in all this noise. (impossible)
→ It is impossible for us to study in all this noise.
10/ The robber suddenly realized that a policeman was watching him. (watched)
→ The robber suddenly realized that he was being watched by a policeman