PRACTICE 3 Truong My Tien

I. IDIOMS A. Animal Idioms

1. I never learned how to use a computer, so I lost my job to a new employee. It's a dog-eat-dog world.
a. Only the strong or the best survive. b. Dogs are eating dogs at the office.c. Dogs like to eat dogs for lunch.
2. When I told my mom I would be home around 2 am, she had a cow!
a. My mom bought a baby cow. b. My mom is really strange. c. My mom was really upset.
3. Jean: How did you know it was my birthday today? Susan: Oh, a little birdie told me!
a. Jean told Susan it was her birthday. b. An unnamed person told Susan about Jean's birthday.
c. Susan told Jean it was her birthday.
4. Frank: Why didn't your brother ride the roller coaster with us?
Sam: Oh, he's such a scaredy cat! He won't get on any fast ride.
a. Sam's brother is afraid to ride the roller coaster. b. Sam's brother is a cat.
c. Sam's brother didn't go to the roller coaster.
5. When the telephone salesman told me I could buy some concert tickets for only $10.00 if I gave him my
credit card number, it seemed a little fishy to me, so I hung up the phone.
a. I thought the telephone salesman smelled like a fish and I didn't like that.
b. I thought the phone salesman was a dangerous fish and he scared me.
c. I thought the phone salesman was dishonest and I felt suspicious of him.

B. Choose the correct color idiom from the table to fill the space in each sentence. You may need to make some
changes to the idioms to put them in the sentences correctly.
see red caught red handed get the green light
green with envy blue-eyed boy have green fingers
rose colored spectacles browned off black market
tickled pink out of the blue white lie
black sheep of the family in the red
1. We had been getting along fine for years, then …………………..she tells me she wants a divorce. I have
never been so surprised in all my life.
2. I cannot afford to go on that holiday anymore. My bank account is ………………… and my bank manager
isn't the most flexible of people.
3. Police have found the town's infamous statue vandal. He was ……………… spraying paint on the statue of
the town founder, Marshall Higgins, at about 2am last night.
4. Howard is always considered the ……………….. but he has never actually done much wrong. I think his
sister is worse!
5. I, on the other hand, have always been considered the …………………….. and my mother thinks I can't do
wrong!
6. When the man continued to smoke in the restaurant which is very much non-smoking, I ……………….. and
said something to him. He stopped immediately!
7. If you tell your father that you got the money off a friend, it's not being very dishonest, is it? It would just be
a ………………………… .
8. We got five numbers on the lottery last night and won $5000! Wayne is absolutely ………………… , saying
we can get the new car now instead of waiting for next year.
9. We told our neighbours about it this morning and I think they were a bit jealous. Mrs. Riley, in particular,
was ………………………… !
10. When we arrived at this house, it was a jungle in the garden but Peter has always …………….. and had it
looking like the gardens of a palace within six months.
11. The final details of the proposal have been worked out and we just need …………….. from the bank
before we can begin.
12. It rained for the whole week and we were stuck in our cabin the whole time doing crosswords! I was really
……………………….!
13. The reason she fails to plan for the worst case scenario is that she has always been too optimistic and never
sees the possibility of the negative happening through those …………………. she wears.
14. The normal price for a ticket for the championship final is about $50 but they are selling for more than $400
on the ………………………………… .
II. VERB TENSES Fill in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs.
1. That candidate who ( interview) …………….. before we (speak) ……………… to all the others is still my
favorite.
2. While climbing onto the mountain top, I (encounter) …………….. a strange animal which I never (see)
…………… before.
3. The chairman (be) …… sure that his plan (work) …………out fine as no other member (oppose)
…………… it up to that time.
4. Do you know what time the 10:45 plane (arrive)……………. in Chicago?
5. Tomorrow at around 7.30 pm, I (drive) ……………….. through America.
6. My grandparents (come) …………… ( see) ……….. us next weekend. They (not visit) ……………… us
for two years.
7. He (come) (run) ………………………out of the classroom as if he (see) ………………. a ghost there.
8. I would sooner she (not come) ……………………. with me to that party. She was a real nuisance!
9. It’s about time you (behave) ……………. yourself! You (go) ……………….. .to high school in two months’
time.
10. What he did (be) ………….. (copy) ………………….. his friends’ paper.

III. PHRASAL VERBS WITH BRING

Along Up Off Round Forward Out Back Up About Round
1. Seeing your brother again after all these years …………………………. a lot of memories for me.
2. If you have time tonight, can you ……………………. that CD I lent you last week?
3. The punk movement in the Seventies …………………….. a big change in popular music.
4. It seemed an impossible shot to play, but Jenkins …………… (it) and won the game in the last minute.
5. She must have a terrible stomach infection. She ………………. everything she has eaten this morning!
6. We will have to …………………………… (the party) because John leaves for Australia on the 25th.
7. The boxer was knocked out but his doctor ………………………… (him) with smelling salts.
8. If your uncle visits us tonight, don't ………………….. the subject of his wife! It's a very sore point.
9. The company are ………………. a new product in April and are expecting good sales to increase profits.
10. A good, patient teacher will encourage and ……………………….. a shy student.

IV. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

1. None of the phones were left when we got to the shop. time
………………………………………………. the shop, all the phones had been sold.
2. I didn't know it was Carl until he took off his hat. was
Only ………………………………… …………………did I recognise Carl.
3. Don't waste your time asking Bryan to come with us. worth
It's …………………………………………… to come with us.
4. Perhaps John heard the story from Pippa. have
Pippa might …………………………………………… story.
5. Until they fire me as manager here, I'll run the company my way. long
………………………………………………………… the boss, I'll run the company my way.
6. The school's management are investigating allegations of teacher brutality. into
Allegations of teacher brutality ………………………………………. the school's management.
7. It's not possible that you saw Mary last night, she was with us! have
You …………………………………………….. last night, she was with us!
8. The beach was fun even though it was too cold. fact
………………………………………… too cold, the beach was fun.
9. He still hasn't recovered from losing his job last year. being
He still hasn't got ______________________________ last year.
10. Children and older people are much more prone to infection than young adults. pick
Children and older people ______________________________ easily than young adults.

11 You must try to accept that you will never be famous! terms
You must ______________________________ fact that you will never be famous.
12 No one really expected John to do so well in his exams. taken
Everyone ______________________________ did so well in his exams.
13 Susan thinks that the colours are much too bright. far
As ______________________________ the colours are much too bright .
14 Students must not enter the exam late, whatever the reason might be. circumstances
Under ______________________________ late.
15 Do you think your father was offended by what I said? exception
Do you think ______________________________ comments?

V. MULTIPLE CHOICE
1. My company has just spent two million dollars, …………………….. a world famous artist to paint a huge
mural for the main entrance foyer.
A. asking B. ordering C. consulting D. commissioning
2. During the riots, hundreds of people broke into the city's main department store and …………………..it.
There was almost nothing left after the night had finished.
A. stole B. looted C. mugged D. conned
3. The new government group will ………………. the effects of smoking on the academic abilities of people
under 18 years of age.
A. report B. research C. inform D. invent
4. This fruit has been in the fridge for over three weeks! It is all ……………………. .
A. rotten B. sour C. bitter D. mouldy
5. I don't think Jones and Marlowe should work together on this project. They have shown us before that they
are quite ……………………. as partners.
A. rebellious B. disinterested C. disagreeable D. incompatible
6. You have been ……………………. with first degree murder. How do you plea?
A. accused B. charged C. blamed D. caused
7. That old house hasn't been lived in for nearly thirty years, hence the fact that it looks so ……………….
A. decrepit B. trashed C. rotten D. derelict
8. The great thing about this bank loan is that they give you so long to………………………. .
A. pay it in B. give it up C. pay it up D. pay it off
9. We can't use this table as it isn't totally …………………………….. . The balls will roll to one side.
A. plane B. flat C. vertical D. true
10. ………………………. me another beer Des. Then I really must be going. It is quite late!
A. spill B. trickle C. pour D. fill
11. July 4, 1776 is the day __________ all the Americans should remember.
A. when B. where C. in which D. that
12. The news ______ the president has died is untrue.
A. which B. that C. when D. why
13. We were very much surprised at the way ______ he treated the old lady.
A. by which B. in which C. that D. which
14. We must give him a warning ________ he likes it or not.
A. that B. if C.whether D. whatever
15. Do you know the girl __________.
A. whom he often talk to B. to that he often talks C. he often talks to D. to who he often talks
16. He is a foreigner, _______ I know from his accent.
A. which B. that C. and D. when
17. That was the century _________ the world was devastated by wars.
A. through which B. by which C.during which D. from which
18.The world _______ we live is a wonderful world.
A. by which B. in which C. at which D. in that

19. She asked to be sent to _________.

A. where she needed B. where was she needed
C. where she was most needed D. where she most needed
20. __________ there is a will, there is a way.
A. When B. Where C. While D. That
VI. OPEN CLOZE The death of the High Street
It is often the case (0) that the principal street of an English town or city is called the High Street, and in the
past it (1) __________ have been there that people used to meet, do business and go shopping. However, over
the last few decades, Britain, (2) __________ other developed countries, has seen “giant” supermarkets and
major new shopping centres springing (3) __________ on the outskirts of urban areas or in locations which are
(4) __________ reached by car and which have ample parking. The appearance of these new temples of
retailing is (5) __________ the result and the cause of the phenomenon (6) __________ as the “death of the
High Street”, a consequence of the fact that town or city centres had become ever (7) __________ inconvenient
both for the retailers themselves and for (8) __________ customers. Once offered an alternative, shoppers and
motorists were quick to flock to more modern and better-designed suburban shopping facilities,
taking their business with them and so inevitably accelerating the closure of many of the smaller and most
traditional shops, (9) __________ as butchers, fishmongers and greengrocers. These (10) __________ then
replaced by the ubiquitous “charity shops”, small retail outlets run (11) __________ non-profit organisations
selling second-hand items given free by their supporters. These shops occupy (12) __________ were formerly
prime locations in the High Street, but may only pay a minimal rent, and are staffed by volunteers to maximise
the income (13) __________ the sale of old clothes, shoes, books or ornaments which fill their shelves. In the
poorest regions of Britain (14) __________ is not uncommon to find three, four or more charity shops in a
small High Street, a situation which is convenient for those who cannot afford to buy new, and for those who
benefit (15) __________ the various services provided by the charities, but depressing for residents who
remember the lively and prosperous High Streets of the past.
VII Read the texts below and decide which variant (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
Whose wave power is it?
Construction of the world's biggest wave-energy installation is (1) ___ ahead off the coast of Cornwall in
southwest England. More than twenty-one million pounds' (2) ____ of funding has been agreed for what is (3)
____ as Wave Hub, a giant electrical terminal on the seabed ten miles off the coast. Wave Hub will allow a
number of different wave-energy devices operating in the area to transmit the energy they generate along a
high-voltage undersea cable, back to the shore.
Once it is in (4) ____ operation, Wave Hub is (5) ____ to support the largest concentration of wave-energy
machines anywhere in the world. It will also mark an enormous (6) ____ forward in the development of wave
power, which has tended to lag behind its cousins in the other main (7) ____ of renewable energy technology:
wind power and solar power.
But surfers in the southwest have (8) ____ concerns about the project. Cornwall is Britain's principal surfing
region (9) ____ of the size of the Atlantic rollers hitting the beaches there, and surfers are concerned that the
energy taken from the waves may (10) ____ in a reduction of as much as eleven percent in the height of those
waves when they (11) ____ the shore. But an independent study reported this week that any effect on wave
height will probably be much less than the surfers had (12) ____.
1. A going В getting С making D setting
2. A amount B value C worth D.quantity
3 . A referred B called C entitled D known
4. A whole B full C entire D thorough
5. A likely B probable C plausible D.surely
6 . A tread B strike C pace D.step
7 . A limbs B branches C wings D prongs
8. A explained B spoken C expressed D commented
9. A because B account C reason D.thanks
10. A upshot B result C conclude D.arise
11. A arrive B realise C reach D achieve
12. A scared B worried C frightened D feared

VIII. READING STURT’S EXPLORATION IN CENTRAL AUSTRALIA (1845)

Sturt in his dealings with the blacks is something of a rarity among Australian explorers. He did not despise
them or reject them. He treated them with kindness and tried to understand them, and in return he found them to
be a gentle friendly people - embarrassingly friendly, in fact, since they invited the explorers to sleep with their
grubby wives. They were, he said, an undernourished but merry people who sat up laughing and talking all
night long. Being naked they suffered very much from the cold at night, and at this point he split his blanket so
that he could give half to a shivering old man. He notes that they were adept at foretelling the weather from the
position of the moon, and that in sight and smell they were keener than a dog.

The tribes they had first encountered on their way up from Menindie were rather a scrawny lot, and very
primitive; on seeing a horseman for the first time they had thought that man and beast were one creature like the
mythical Centaur, and they had run off in astonishment when the man had dismounted. But here, on this green
watercourse, they were a much more vigorous breed, the men six foot tall, and although by tribal law their front
teeth had been knocked out, many of them were handsome. They netted fish and dived for mussels in the
waterholes, they brought down birds with their spears, and from the seed of a plant they called nardoo they
made a rough kind of flour that was baked into cakes.

Sturt questioned the tribesmen whenever he could, and now, by signs and by moving their arms in the manner
of paddling a canoe, they indicated that there were indeed great stretches of water further to the east. With
renewed hope the party went on and found that the watercourse continued to divide itself into many different
channels and waterholes. With its grass and heavy timber the country was much more promising than anything
they had previously seen. On November 1 they arrived at a lake with seagulls flying above it, and still further
east they came on other great pools indigo-blue in colour and very salt. Here in this wilderness they interrupted
a strange scene: a group of seven men crying bitterly. Nothing could make them explain the occasion of their
grief, they cried and cried and would not stop, and in the end Sturt was obliged to go on his way, having left
them a present of his greatcoat.

A few days later, when they were 120 miles upstream from their original starting-point, they came on a crowd
of some 400 blacks, more than they had ever seen before. The men were very fine, no tribal scars on their
bodies, no bulging stomachs among them, and no missing teeth. They were very friendly once they got over
their fear of the horses. They came forward with gifts of ducks and flour-cakes, and held up troughs of water
for the horses to drink. But they also blasted Sturt’s hopes for the last time: from this point on they said the
stream diminished, and nothing lay further to the east but the desert. Riding out in that direction Sturt came on a
swamp, and beyond this he was confronted by an endless plain.

Now finally he had had enough, and the party turned homeward. They retraced their steps down the creek to the
point where they had first reached it, and then struck out for Fort Grey and the south. Sturt wrote: `Before we
finally left the neighbourhood where our hopes had been so often raised and depressed, I gave the name of
Cooper’s Creek to the fine watercourse we had so anxiously traced, as a proof of my respect for Mr Cooper, the
judge of South Australia.’ And he added, `I would gladly have laid this creek down as a river, but as it had no
current I did not feel myself justified in doing so.’
Alan Moorehead, Cooper’s Creek
1. The difference between Sturt’s attitude towards the aborigines and that of other Australian explorers was that
he…
A. found them as attractive as white people. B. refused to sleep with their wives.
C. treated them as fellow human beings. D. was embarrassed by them.
2. The most valuable characteristic of the aborigines for an explorer like Sturt would have been that they…
A. had a natural awareness of what was around them. B. laughed a lot.
C. understood the movement of the stars. D. were undernourished.
3. The first tribes the explorers met ran away because they…
A. thought they had seen a Centaur. B. were afraid of horses.
C. were savage. D. were surprised to see the man and the horse separated.
4. The tribesmen Sturt met near the watercourse…
A. fished in boats. B. grew plants in order to make cakes.
C. had had all their teeth knocked out. D. were much better-looking than those he had seen earlier.
5. Sturt’s party were much more hopeful as they proceeded because…
A. the tribes were more communicative. B. there were signs of water further ahead.
C. they had canoes. D. they saw lakes further to the east.
6. Which of these statements is true?
A. The explorers were prevented from going on by finding some aborigines crying.
B. The aborigines were crying for no reason at all.
C. Sturt could not understand why they were crying.
D. Sturt gave them his greatcoat because he was upset by their story.
7. The effect the 400 blacks had on Sturt was…
A. depressing. B. encouraging. C. exciting. D. negligible.
8. Sturt called the watercourse Cooper’s Creek because…
A. he believed that the name “river” could only be given to water with a current.
B. he liked the sound of the name better than the River Cooper.
C. it was the only way he could think of to honour Judge Cooper.
D. he was so depressed after his long journey.
FIND WORDS IN THE TEXT THAT CORRESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING DEFINITIONS.
1. In a state of semi-starvation (para. 1):_________________________________
2. Uncultivated or uninhabited land (para. 3):______________________________
3. Mental anguish or sorrow (para. 3):___________________________________
4. Protuberant (para. 4):_____________________________________________