MINI TEST UNIT 1

Your name:
Exercise 1: Match these phrases with their meanings.
1. stressed a. son of your brother/sister
2. cousin b. dealt with, had experience of
3. extended family c. believe something is important
4. handled d. (have an) effect (on)
5. nephew e. caring only about yourself and not other people
6. appreciate f. daughter of your brother/sister
7. gain g. worried, not able to relax
8. selfish h. work in the same office
9. father-in-law i. a cheerful event to mark an achievement
(a birthday party)
10. proverb j. it means “good luck”
11. value noun verb k. a leaving party
12. (have an) influence l. daughter/son of your uncle/aunt
13. graduation m.the total of one's money and property (rich/money)
14. great-aunt n. an event to mark the finish of a level of study
(finish university)
15. colleagues o. sister of your grandmother
16. a goodbye party p. get (something positive)
17. fortune q. a well-known phrase of giving advice
18. wealth r. father of your husband/wife
19. celebration s. be grateful for
20. niece t. many generations living together under one roof

Answer table:
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20
Exercise 2: Read this text and answer the questions below, choose NO
MORE THAN TWO WORDS from the passage for each answer:
Blood is thicker than water
A. Young adults often feel that living alone will be exciting, but they forget that
it can also be lonely. By remaining with the family during this stage of their lives,
they can avoid this. They can also save money for their education and future.

B. It is good for children to grow up to understand the needs of older people,

especially when there are many generations living together: they may become
more caring and less selfish if they spend time helping their grandparents. Children
learn about the past from grandparents' stories. Sometimes they feel closer to their
grandparents than to their parents.

Q1. What helps children in extended families learn about the past? (Answer both
in English and Vietnamese)
grandparent's stories

Q2. What negative word can describe how it sometimes feels to live alone? ?
(Answer both in English and Vietnamese)
lonely

Exercise 3: Read this text and answer the questions below, choose NO
MORE THAN THREE WORDS from the passage for each answer:
Social media and the meaning of friendship
A. There have been a lot of scientific studies into what makes a friendship. It
seems today that ideas of what friendship is are also changing. A study in 1993 at
the University of Oxford showed that people could only maintain 150
relationships. However, with the explosion of social media since then, many
people now have over 300 people who they think of as friends. Some people think
that these friends are not real friends, but others believe that social media has
helped us to expand and keep our friendships because we have more time and
opportunities.
B. Another change from the past is that people don't stay in the place where they
were born. They go to different cities and countries for education and jobs. People
are in general more geographically mobile nowadays. This means that we have
more chances to meet and make friends with people from different cultures and
different backgrounds. People still often make friends at college who remain
friends for life, but making new friends at work is more difficult. People now have
less security at work and this also means that they find it harder to build new
relationships.

Q1. What phrase is use to describe people who don't stay in the same place?
(Answer both in English and Vietnamese)

Q2. What work-related problem do people have that makes them less likely to form
friendships? (Answer both in English and Vietnamese)

How score are calculated?

Score
Exercise 1 6 (each question carries 0,3 marks)
Exercise 2 2
Exercise 3 2