Unit 1: Life stories

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of three .
1. A. sees B. sports C. pools D. trains
2. A. addressed B. supported C. suggested D. demanded
3. A. laughed B. washed C. helped D. weighed
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
4. A. hospital B. mischievous C. supportive D. special
5. A. family B. whenever C. obedient D. solution
6. A. biologist B. generally C. responsible D. security
7. A. confident B. important C. together D. exciting
8. A. possible. B. university C. secondary D. suitable
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence below by circling the letter A, B, C or D.
9. There are various causes of ____________ in less economically developed countries.
A. urban B. urbanized C. urbanisation D. urbanizing
10. I ___________this film last Sunday and I like it very much.
A. watched B. was watching C. were watching D. watch
11. Urbanisation has provided ___________opportunities, higher incomes and better access to
health facilities and education.
A. work B. job C. employed D. labour
12. He has the _________ face and skin of an old farmer.
A. overload B. fast-growing C. weather-beaten D. thought-provoking
13. It is difficult for young people to find ________ jobs in rural areas.
A. year-round B. well-paid C. worldwide D. supporting
14. Bethoveen is known as one of the most _________musicians in the world.
A. talented B. respectful C. up-to-date D. generous
15. She has travelled to ________London three times this year.
A. a B. an C. x D. the
16. They ________dinner when we got there last night.
A. had B. was having C. were having D. were have
17. She ________hard when I__________ back yesterday morning.
A. worked/was getting B. was working/got
C. was working/was getting D. worked/got
18. My brother is ____________worker. He works in a factory in _______Hai Phong.
A. a/x B. a/an B. an/the D. the/x
19. My parents insisted that my sister ________to our home village after graduation.
A. return B. returns B. returned D. will return
20. They were watching TV when I _________home.
A. arrived B. arriving B. was arriving D. were arriving
21. A ____ once said “It is a sweet and honourable thing to die for your country.”
A. patriotism B. patriotic C. patriot D. patrol
22. He is ____ influenced by his father and grandfather. His behaviors and decisions are
exactly the same.
A. mightily B. strongly C. terribly D. weakly
23. IPhone 7 is the latest ____ in the field of smartphone design of Apple.
A. creator B. create C. creativity D. creation
24. Einstein ____ a great impact on modern physics.
A. feels B. does C. a D. has
25. It is the underserved ____ that damaged his life and his family.
A. reputable B. repute C. reputation D. disrepute
26. At the age of 50, Robby William ____ his career after spending his twenty years playing the
electric guitar.
A. moved B. changed C. adjusted D. stopped
27. She has a wonderful voice but unfortunately, she never gets the ____ to sing in public.
A. event B. occasion C. ability D. chance
28. Michael Hart was the ____ of Project Gutenberg, one of the longest-lasting online library
projects.
A. founder B. author C. architect D. father
Read the passage then choose the best answer A, B, C or D to fill in the gaps .
When Michelle Yeoh was a girl, she dreamed of being a dancer. Later on, she became a beauty
queen. But she isn’t famous for these things. She is famous for her amazing work in movies as an
actress and a stunt performer. Yeoh was born in Malaysia. As a young girl, she enjoyed sports,
especially swimming. She liked music and art, too, but she loved dance the most. As a teenager, she
went to England to study dance. While studying dance, she injured her back. That’s when she started
studying acting instead.
After Yeoh went back home, she participated in a beauty contest. She won and became
Miss Malaysia. Soon after that, she went to Hongkong to become an actress. While she worked
in the movies, she watched the stunt actors. She decided that she wanted to do stunts, too. She
spent hours every day at the gym. She learnt how to punch and kick. She started doing her own
stunts in the movies.
Michelle Yeoh starred in her first movies in 1979. In her movies, she does most of her own
stunts. In one movie, she rode a motorcycle along the roof of a moving train. In another, she jumped off
a bridge and onto a moving truck. She became famous around the world when she starred in
Tomorrow Never Dies with Pierce Brosnan. In 2000, she starred in Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon.
Michelle Yeoh is one of the most famous stunt actors in the world. Her amazing stunts fascinate people
every where.
29. What is this passage mainly about?
A. Hong Kong movies B. A beauty contest C. A movie actress D. Pierce
Brosnan
30. What did Yeoh do in 1979?
A. She won a beauty contest B. She acted in a movie
C. She jumped off a bridge D. She hurt her back
31. Why did Michelle Yeoh stop studying dance?
A. She couldn’t dance with an injured back. B. Dance lessons were too expensive.
C. Her real dream was to be an actress. D. Her parents wanted her to be an actress.
32. Which of the following statements is NOT true about Yeoh?
A. She studied dance in England.
B. Swimming was the sports she liked most when she was young.
C. She was taught to do stunts by the stunt actors.
D. She is very well-known as a stunt actor.
33. What can be infered about Yeoh from the following statements “While she worked in the movies, she
watched the stunt actors. She decided that she wanted to do stunts, too.” ?
A. She didn’t like dong stunts at first.
B. The stunt actors gave her inspirations to become a stunt.
C. She had become a stunt before she was an actress.
D. It took her a long time to become a stunt actor.
Read the passage then choose the best answer A, B, C or D.
Jack London (1876 – 1916) is an American writer whose work combined powerful realism and
humanitarian sentiment. He was (34)________ in San Francisco. After finishing grammar school, Jack
London worked at various jobs and in 1897 and 1898 he participated (35)________the Alaska Gold Rush.
Upon his return to the San Francisco area, he began to (36)________about his experiences. A collection of
his short stories, The Son of the Golf, was (37) ________in 1900. Jack’s colourful life, during which he
wrote more than 50 books and which included enormous popular successes as an author, ended in his
suicide at the (38)________of 40.
34. A. grown B. born C. developed D. lived
35. A. in B. to C. at D. of
36. A. speak B. read C. talk D. write
37. A. printed B. ordered C. sold D. published
38. A. moment B. age C. time D. year
Each sentence has one mistake, find it by circling the letter A, B, C or D .
39. His parents make(A) him finish(B) all his homework before(C) he watches the television(D).
40. While(A) Mary did(B) the washing(C) up, she broke(D) a cup.
41. People respected(A) him because(B) he was a(C) honest man(D).
42. When I came(A) in, my father was talked(B) to someone(C) so I went out quietly(D).
43. Our class monitor(A) Manh Tung insisted that(B) everyone joins(C) the tour (D)of Sa Pa.
Choose the best sentence that is made of the prompts by circling the letter A, B, or C.
44.I/meet/her/yesterday/she/talk/stranger.
A. When I meet her yesterday, she talks to a stranger.
B. When I met her yesterday, she was talking to a stranger.
C. When I meet her yesterday, she was talking to a stranger.
D. When I met her yesterday, she talked to a stranger.
45. It/ recommend/everyone/hand in /tests /tomorrow.
A. It is recommended that everyone hand in his tests tomorrow.
 B. It is recommended that everyone hands in his tests tomorrow.
C. It is recommended that everyone will hands in his tests tomorrow.
B. It is recommended that everyone is handing in his tests tomorrow.
46. I/like /book/you /give /me/yesterday.
A. I like the book you give to me yesterday. B. I like a book you gave to me yesterday.
C. I am liking a book you give to me yesterday. D. I like the book you gave to me yesterday.
47. I /born /Tuyen Quang/but/live/Ha Noi.
A. I was born in Tuyen Quang but I live in the Ha Noi.
B. I was born in the Tuyen Quang but I live in Ha Noi.
C. I was born in Tuyen Quang but I live in Ha Noi.
D. I was born in the Tuyen Quang but I live in the Ha Noi.
48. I/have dinner/when /you /call/last night.
A. I was having dinner when you called me last night.
B. I had dinner when you called me last night
C. I was having dinner when you were calling me last night.
A. I had dinner when you were calling me last night.
49. I have been accustomed myself to getting up very early.
A. I have used to getting up very early. B. I have been used to getting up
very early.
C. I have put getting up very early to good use. D. I have made use of getting up
very early.
50. I think we should change the topic of our presentation.
A. It's high time that we change the topic of our presentation.
B. I'd rather our presentation change the topic.
C. It's high time that we changed the topic of our presentation.
D. I suggest we to change the topic of our presentation.