UNIT 1: REVISION

Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
1. Luckily, my parents are always willing to listen to my new ideas. They're very ____.
A. narrow-minded B. open-minded C. elegant D. careful
2. My mother ____ me from going home after 10 p.m. every day.
A. forbids B. allows C. lets D. All are correct
3. Anna often dresses ____ when going to the parties in order to attract her friends' attention.
A. plainly B. properly C. flashily D. soberly
4. We're surprised by Joe's ____ every Monday. He changes it at least 4 times a month.
A. hairstyle B. lifestyle C. viewpoint D. manner
5. I rarely eat ____ and have ____ because they're not food for health.
A. snack/energy drink B. fast food/juice
C. fruit/alcoholic drink D. junk food/soft drinks
6. Generation ____ is the difference in the thoughts and viewpoints amongst generations living together.
A. distance B. gap C. space. D. All are correct
7. I was tired and couldn't ____ on doing my research project properly.
A. concentrate B. look C. pay attention D. Both A and C
8. My parents don't let me get married until I graduate from university and they never ____ their mind about that.
A. keep B. impose C. focus D. change
9. The ____ arises when Jack and his parents have considerable disagreement on his choice of university.
A. discrimination B. conflict C. agreement D. gap
10. I do morning exercise and play volleyball regularly so as to keep ____ and be healthier.
A. fit B. good shape C. healthy D. strong
11. Since the family law was implemented, domestic violence has been a rare ____ in this area.
A. happen B. taking place C. occurrence D. happenstance
12. My father used to ____ a lot of challenges before establishing his own insurance company.
A. provide B. enjoy C. give D. face
13. I wish I could do something to reduce the financial ____ on my parents.
A. capital B. burden C. limit D. gap
14. Tina considers herself lucky when her parents are quite sympathetic _______ her and offer her valuable advice.
A. about B. to C. in D. with
15. An important rule in Tim's family is that they have to pay _______ visits to their grandparents in the countryside.
A. customary B. normal C. usual D. regular
Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each
of the following questions.
16. My mother mistakenly believes that my fashion style breaks the norm of society.
A. routine B. barrier C. rule D. conflict
17. I always look at this matter from a different viewpoint.
A. point of view B. view from point C. idea D. opinion
18. We find it unattractive when dressing flashily.
A. luxuriantly B. ostentatiously C. cheaply D. fashionably
19. While parents may be more experienced in life, they should not impose their decision on their children.
A. reject B. deny C. accept D. force
20. I feel extremely depressed as conflict occurs frequently amongst generations in my family.
A. comes on B. comes up C. comes in D. comes into
Exercise 3: Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase
that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

Fathers in today families are spending more time with their children than at any point in the past 100
years. (21) ____ the number of hours the average woman spends at home with her children has declined
since the early 1900s, as more and more women enter the workforce, there has been a decrease in the
number of children per family and an increase in (22) ____ attention to each child. As a result, mothers
today in the United States, (23) ____ those who work part- or full-time, spend almost twice as much time
with each child as mothers did in the 1920s. People (24) ____ raised children in the 1940s and 1950s
typically report that their own adult children and grandchildren communicate far better with their kids and
spend more time (25) ____ with homework than they did.
America's children are also safer today than they've (26) ____ been. An infant was four times more likely
to die in the 1950s than today. A parent then was 27 per cent more likely to lose an older teen (27) ____
death.
If we look back over the last millennium, we can see that families have always been diverse. In each period,
families have solved one set of problems only to face new (28) ____. What works for a family in one
economic and cultural setting doesn't work for a family in another. What's helpful (29) ____ one stage of a
family's life may be (30) ____ at the next stage. If there is one lesson to be (31) ____ from the last millennium
of family history, it's that families always have to (32) ____ with a changing world.

21. A. Although B. However C. Unless D. Besides

22. A. isolated B. individual C. unique D. single
23. A. adding B. counting C. taking D. including
24. A. whom B. which C. who D. when
25. A. helping B. to help C. help D. on help
26. A. never B. already C. ever D. just
27. A. in B. for C. to D. with
28. A. challenger B. challenges C. challenging D. challenged
29. A. at B. for C. in D. by
30. A. destruction B. destroying C. destroyed D. destructive
31. A. drawing B. drawn C. draw D. drew
32. A. put up B. live up C. go up D. catch up