SMART TIME 10

Unit 1: DAY IN, DAY OUT

1. Stress: Put each of the following words in the appropriate column according to the way it is
stressed.
superheroes community identity costume
deserve excellent accountant police
secretary extraordinary impatient presentation
education impression application afternoon

1st syllable 2nd syllable 3rd syllable

superheroes community extraordinary
excellent identity presentation
costume police education
secretary accountant application
deserve afternoon
impatient
impression
2. Fill in the blank with a word in the box
dusts form fight real sure
lead surf elderly role make
1. Superman’s ____real______ identity is a secret.
2. Superheroes _____lead______ double lives.
3. Superheroes Anonymous _____fight______ crime.
4. It takes 3 seconds to ____form_____ an opinion about someone.
5. They also help ___elderly______ people.
6. We don’t use our free time to ____surf_______ the Net.
7. She usually ___dusts_______ the furniture for her mother.
8. You should ___make______ the bed when you get up.
9. Here are some tips to make ____sure______ your first impression is a great one.
10. These heroes are excellent ____role______ models.
3. Fill in each blank with the suitable form of one of the following words: hang, gain, chat, surf, feel,
catch, leads, put, set, fight.
1. David is working for a movement to fight............... for freedom of women.
2. When you are a teenager, you sometimes find it hard to ........gain.......... your parents’ trust.
3. Bob often likes ...........surfing............. when he is free.
4. She often ..........leads.............. her life to volunteer.
5. Look! He is late again; he is running to .........catch............... the bus!
6. Parents ..........feel.............. proud when their children do well in their exams.
7. Nowadays, children usually ...........chat............. online in their free time.
8. “Don’t forget to ............put............ on your coat! It’s cold outside!” said Luke’s mother.
9. When we go camping, Damian usually helps me to .............set........... up the tent.
10. At the weekends, Sam usually ..........hangs.............. out at his friend’s house.
4. Fill in each blank with: on, at, or in.
1. Jo likes watching her favourite sitcom .......in........ the evenings.
2. Trev is travelling to London .......on........ Friday morning.
3. Georgina always leaves for school ......at......... 7.30 am.
4. Dave and Ben often play rugby ......at......... the weekends.
5. Maria is taking a Maths exam ......on......... Monday.

PRACTICE TEST
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. peal B. steel C. heavy D. see
2. A. technology B. teaching C. purchase D. lunch
3. A. hard B. start C. party D. talk
4. A. polite B. literature C. guide D. kind
Choose the word whose main stress pattern is placed differently from the others.
5. A. technology B. comfortable C. activity D. experience
6. A. interested B. serious C. wonderful D. immediate
7. A. superheroes B. patient C. creative D. bossy
8. A. elderly B. homeless C. lazy D. reliable
Choose the best answer.
9. At night, he __________ his superhero costume and hangs out with his friends on the streets to fight
crime.
A. puts on B. wears on C. hangs on D. takes on
10. Natasha doesn’t like to wait. She’s very ___________________.
A. unfriendly B. impatient C. sociable D. reliable
11. My mum is a(n) __________; she keeps records of money for her company.
A. secretary B. accountant C. lawyer D. philosopher
12. We are going to the __________ tonight. There’s a really good play on.
A. theatre B. cinema C. concert D. radio
13. There are lots of things you can do to make a good first __________ on an interview.
A. contact B. opinion C. instruction D. impression
14. It’s important for superheroes to keep their real identity a __________.
A. mistake B. peace C. sense D. secret
15. Regular __________, like swimming or cycling, is good for you.
A. training B. sports C. exercise D. fight
16. Lisa ___________ off for school at half past eight every morning.
A. goes B. sets C. makes D. leaves
17. Nurses need to be ________ with people and not get annoyed.
A. patient B. creative C. dissatisfied D. cruel
18. She likes to go to ___________ when she is invited.
A. cycling B. trekking
C. sleepovers D. supermarket
19. I often play _________ when I have free time.
A. areobics B. puzzles C. chores D. squash
20. A swimming instructor usually works in ạ/an _____________.
A. hospital B. office C. pool D. outdoors
21. Babies don’t walk; they ________.
A. crawl B. come C. shout D. run
22. Dave ________ in a bank.
A. is working B. works C. work D. has worked
23. Alana _________ a story at the moment.
A. writes B. writing C. is writing D. wrote
24. He _____ ever goes shopping.
A. hardly B. never C. usually D. sometimes
25. Amelia doesn’t mind _________ her room.
A. to tidy B. tidy C. tidying D. to clean
26. She likes __________ because she is good at calculating.
A. Physics B. Engglish C. Geography D. Maths
27. A: Are you busy this weekend?
B: ____________.
A. No, I don’t B. I don’t feel like that
C. Not really D. That sounds great
28. How much does a cinema ticket ________?
A. cost B. take C. last D. buy
29. Do you fancy ________ to the shopping center onSaturday evening?
A. to go B. going C. go D. to going
30. She always play _________ basketball on Sundays.
A. a B. an
C. the D. nothing is needed
31. Anna: Do you like football?
Bell: ____________
A. Yes, I love playing it. B. Yes, I’m a very good player.
C. We are going this Saturday. D. It’s ok to me
32. Anna: How often do you hang out with friends at the shopping centre?
Bell: _______________
A. Twice a week, usually. B. We are going this Saturday.
C. That’s great. D. Not really.
33. Anna: I can’t stand bowling.
Bell: _____________
A. Really? I quite like it. B. That’s great.
C. We are going this Saturday. D. Of course.
34. Anna: Why don’t you get a job at the music shop?
Bell: ____________
A. I prefer pop music. B. That’s a good idea.
C. Yes, I love it. D. Thanks
35. The Sun is __________ now.
A. setting B. going C. rolling D. putting
36. Susan is so ________ that she has very little time to sleep.
A. lazy B. hard-working
C. patient D. hard
37. The cleaner sometimes comes ________money on the office floor.
A. across B. on C. in D. around
38. Shop assistants need to be ________ to all their customers.
A. rude B. polite C. careful D.generous
39. Though she’s a lady, she’s very fond _______ hunting.
A. about B. of C. at D. on
40. What time do you often ________ breakfast?
A. have B. get C. make D. do
41. Becky usually _______ the gardening whenever she feels stressed.
A. make B. do C. clean D. keep
42. The bus is always so crowded, so I ________ catch the bus to school. I go on foot instead.
A. usually B. often C. never D. ever
43. Shop assistants need to be ________ to all their customers.
A. rude B. polite C. careful D.generous
44. Artists need to be __________ to make beautiful pieces.
A. impatient B. humourous C. intelligent D. creative
45. Taxi drivers talk to lots of people, so they need to be _________
A. bossy B. unfriendly C. sociable D. careful
Read the text and decide if the sentences (46-50) are True (T) or False (F). Put a tick ( ) in the correct
box.
It may sound like a delicious job, but there is a lot more to being a chocolate taster than eating
yummy chocolate according to professional taster Tina Simmons. Tina says she only tastes the chocolate.
She puts a piece of chocolate in her mouth, tastes it and then spits it out. She works in a small room with
red lighting that hides what the chocolate looks like so she only judges how it tastes.
The first thing Tina does when judging a chocolate is smell it. She then breaks the chocolate to
make sure it’s not too soft. When Tina tastes the chocolate she checks for the flavour as well as the
texture. “There are a lot of things to check for before I can say a type of chocolate is good to sell and it
can be very tiring.” says Tina. Even after spending a tiring day tasting chocolate, Tina says she still
enjoys the occasional chocolate after dinner.
T F
46 Tina doesn't eat the chocolate she checks. T
47 Tina works in red light to help her see better the colours F
of the chocolate.
48 Tina's job is only to check the taste of the chocolate. F
49 Tina checks how hard the chocolate is by breaking it. T
50 Tina doesn't eat chocolate outside of her work. F

Unit 2: TRAVEL
1. Pronunciation: Put each of the following words in the appropriate column according to the way
its underlined part is pronounced
liked stopped played wanted walked visited
watched travelled washed raised promised needed
rented missed coughed cleaned hoped stayed

/t/ /d/ /ɪd/

liked stopped played wanted
watched washed raised visited
walked promised cleaned needed
missed coughed stayed rented
hoped
2. Complete the gaps with: lost, lake, mountain, contact, missed, freezing, expensive, delayed, stayed,
rent.
1. I need to ______contact_______ the embassy.
2. Bad weather _____delayed_______ the train by an hour..
3. Mount Everest is a very tall _______mountain_________.
4. We stayed in a(n) _______expensive_________ 5-star hotel.
5. Because I do not have my own car, I have to _____rent__________ one to drive there.
6. Paul ____lost_______ his passport.
7. Marry _____missed_______ her flight.
8. It was _____freezing________ cold outside.
9. We often go sailing on the _______lake________.

PRACTICE TEST
(1→3)Pick out the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. talked B. watched C. booked D. cleaned
2. A. added B. subtracted C. decided D. studied
3. A. extreme B. telephone C. depend D. went
(4→5)Choose the word whose stressed syllable is different from that of the others.
4. A. dragon B. religion C. fascinating D. scooter
5. A. experience B. comfortable C. champion D. helicopter
(6→40) Choose the most suitable word or phrase.
6. He _________ efforts to learn how to swim.
A. did B. got C. made D. created
7. The _______ wanted to write an article about me in the paper.
A. agent B. musician C. journalist D. announcer
8. Parents always say how quickly their children_________ and become adults.
A. bring up B. rise C. raise D. grow up
9. He often _____________ skiing in the winter.
A. stays B. goes to C. goes D. travels
10.When we arrived, we saw men preparing their meal ____________ an open fire.
A. on B. over C. in D. at
11.I never travel by train. I think it is __________.
A. disabled B. tired C. tiring D. interesting
12. Don’t ____________ in him. He is not very reliable.
A. believe B. set C. work D. take
13.The twins look like their father.
A. take care B. resemble C. search for D. look after
14.It is worth ________________ the tickets long in advance.
A. booked B. to book C. booking D. books
15.My parents _________ their own vegetables in the garden.
A. make B. grow C. do D. create
16.He got ____________ in a traffic jam and ___________ his flight.
A. stopped / missed B. sticking / lost
C. stuck / missed D. stuck / lost
17.A: “Did you like the hotel?”
B: “________________.”
A. What a pity B. It was noisy
C. We went sightseeing D. Sounds exciting
18.He’s late because of the __________ traffic.
A. crowd B. expensive C. heavy D. strong
19. We found a(n) _______________.
A. Italian, square, small table B. small, Italian, square table
C. small, table, Italian square D. small, square, Italian table
20. Before she became a doctor, she __________ as a nurse.
A. worked B. has worked
C. works D. had worked
21. _________ was the party like? It was interesting.
A. How B. What C. Which D. When
22. Hurry up! The shop ___________ in 10 minutes.
A. closes B. will close
C. closed D. is going to close
23. It was _____________ that we couldn’t go to school.
A. so cold day B. such a cold day
C. such a cold D. such cold
24.Last weekend we __________ on a trip to Prague.
A. stayed B. went C. traveled D. rent
25. He left as quickly as he could.
A. fastly B. slowly C. rapidly D. early
26.She felt quite sick from the long drive over the ___________ road.
A. bumpy B. short C. smooth D. cosy
27.In the summer, the islands are often very _______, so it’s difficult to find somewhere to stay.
A. crowded B. polluted C. dirty D. dangerous
28. Take these medicines. They will __________ your headache.
A. lose B. ease C. delete D. prevent
29. Tom has a _________________.
A. blue, new, Australian cap B. blue, new, cap Australian
C. new, Australian, blue cap D. new, blue, Australian cap
30. When we visited Thailand last month, we ___________ in a nice hostel.
A. stayed B. rent C. live D. bought
31. My parents go on a ________ around the Mediterranean on a ship every summer.
A. journey B. cruise C. tour D. holiday
32. We stay in a little log __________ when we go skiing in the Alps.
A. hostel B. resort C. cabin D. cottage
33. Patrick ________ a beautiful seaside cottage in Devon for his summer holiday.
A. stayed B. rented C. hire D. built
34. I felt like I was ___________ back in time when I visited the Colosseum in Rome.
A. getting B. visitting
C. stepping D. disappearing
35. I take my _______ to work because it is environmentally friendly.
A. bicycle B. scooter C. motorbike D. car
36. Peter and Tracey had a great time fishing in the _________ near their holiday villa.
A. valley B. lake C. waterfall D. forest
37. We met members of the local __________ of Native Americans on our trip to Alaska.
A. religion B. tribe C. land D. side
38. We set up camp near the _________ so we could see the eruption.
A. desert B. island C. volcano D. mountain
39. After a few lessons, Martha finally got the hang __________ steering the dog sled.
A. in B. of C. with D. on
40. We watched the __________ of the wave break on the rocks.
A. energy B. crest C. trough D. height
(41→45) Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answers
Traveling in the Future
These days, if you want to travel from New York to Beijing, the flight takes about 16 hours. You
also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer onto a different airplane. If you add
all of that extra time, the trip takes at least 20 hours. But in the future, the trip from New York to Beijing
might only take two hours.
Right now, a private company is developing something called ET3. ET3 stands for “evacuated tube
transport technology”. Here is how it works. A tube goes all the way from New York to Beijing. The tube
is only a few meters wide. Capsules move through the tube. Six people can sit in one capsule. The
capsules use electricity instead of gasoline. For international travel, the capsules can travel at about 6,500
kilometers per hour. That is much faster than airplane - most modern airplanes usually only fly at about
800 kilometers per hour.
So how is this possible? How can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no air
inside the tube. When airplanes fly, they have to move through the air. The air slows the airplanes down.
Because there is no air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules are able to move at a very high speed. Besides, the
capsules are quite light. They only weigh 183 kilograms.
There are other advantages to ET3. Because it uses electricity, it is quite clean. In addition, it is
much quieter than airplanes and cars. Finally, ET3 tubes and capsules don’t require very much building
material.
Of course, ET3 doesn’t exist yet. The technology is still being developed. Developers still have to
solve a lot of problems. The biggest problem is that right now, ET3 would be far too expensive. In order
to make ET3 cheaper, we will need much better technology.
 It is exciting to think of how ET3 will change travel in the future. Maybe someday, you will be able
to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.
41: Which of the following is NOT true about travelling at present?
A. Modem planes fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.
B. We use mostly gasoline for transportation.
C. Flights make little noise thanks to modem technology.
D. Traveling takes place in the air.
42: Why is ET3 clean?
A. It is made of a clean kind of material.
B. It uses a cleaner kind of gasoline.
C. It doesn't use gasoline or electricity.
D. It uses electricity.
43: The word "works" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to _______.
A. travels B. operates C. earns money D. succeeds
44: All of the following are factors that make ET3 travel fast EXCEPT that _________.
A. there is no air inside the tube
B. the capsule is quite light
C. building material was discovered by accident
D. there is nearly no friction during the trip
45: What is a problem with ET3?
A. Right now it is too expensive.
B. We don't know what the best building material is.
C. It is far too loud.
D. Most people in Beijing don't want to use ET3.
(46→50) Choose the correct option A, B, C or D to complete this passage.
Last year, my friend Tim and I visited Thailand. Our first stop was the capital, Bangkok. The “City
of Angels” was very busy and after a week, we booked a guided tour to a Karen village in the north-west.
After around four hours, we (46) _________ at the village.
As soon as we (47) __________ the van, it felt like we stepped back in time. Everywhere we
looked there were open fires where locals were making their daily meal. Our tour guide told us that the
Karen tribe have very simple lives. They grow their own food, weave their own cloth to make clothes and
build their own huts. We arrived during an important (48) __________ in the Karen religion called Kay
Htein Bo. First, the Karen ate a large meal and then the women performed a traditional dance using
different-coloured cloths. Also, elders used chicken bones to predict the new year. It was fascinating!
What surprised me most, though, were the huge bronze rings the Karen women wore around their
necks. When they are five years old Karen girls begin with one ring and over the years they add more and
more. Some elder Karen women wear up to 15 rings, so their necks look (49) _________ long! They do
this so that they (50) ________ dragons, an important animal in Kayan religion. On the journey back to
Bangkok, I couldn’t stop thinking about the lives of the Karen people. The whole day was a great
experience.
46. A. arrived B. got C. reached D. went
47. A. got on B. got out of
C. got off D. B & C are correct
48. A. experience B. position C. festival D. destination
49. A. a little B. a bit C. occasionally D. extremely
50. A. look like B. different C. same D. differ