Unit 1: Family life

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part has
different pronunciation from that of the others in the same group.
1. A. football B. cooking C. tool D. good
2. A. values B. family C. answer D. grandparents

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose main stress differs
from that of the others in the same group.
3. A. similar B. favourite C. project D. ideas
4. A. necessary B. valuable C. responsible D. character

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correcting.
5. Children should be giving plenty of playtime when they are young.
A. should B. giving C. plenty D. playtime
6. Doing household chores help us strengthen family bonds and create special moments between members.
A. help B. family bonds C. create D. between
7. Students will discuss about the presentation topic with their teacher before working on it.
A. discuss about B. presentation topic C. before working D. it
8. One of the most important value for children is honesty.
A. One of B. value C. is D. honesty
9. At the heart of the dining room sits the couple, enjoying their warm meal filled with love and laughter.
A. the heart B. sits C. enjoying D. filled
10. Children can choose their chores according to personal choice, as long as they do it.
A. choose B. personal C. as long as D. it

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that best fits
each of the following questions.
11. ‘I want the floor _____ clean when I return,’ said my mother.
A. groundlessly B. spotlessly C. carelessly D. stainlessly
12. In the _____ family, household chores are divided equally among the family members.
A. modernize B. modernisation C. modern D. modernism
13. We must keep our house clean for the _____ of the family.
A. good B. fine C. well D. beneficial
14. Thanks to the Internet, new generations have instant access to a _____ of information.
A. rich B. treasure C. fortune D. wealth
15. It is expected of the youth to _____ traditional values.
A. commit B. do C. observe D. watch
16. Children should be taught to _____ responsibility for their actions.
A. receive B. take C. adopt D. make
17. During dinner, families would tune in to the news programme for the _____ information.
A. latest B. earliest C. oldest D. youngest
18. It wasn’t until I entered adulthood that I learned to _____ my parents’ hard work.
A. appreciative B. appreciation C. appreciable D. appreciate
19. John _____ the laundry twice a week, on Wednesdays and in the weekends.
A. is doing B. did C. does D. do
20. Adam _____ the cooking when his parents arrived home.
A. has done B. was doing C. does D. was done
21. Every year our family _____ each member’s birthday in a local restaurant.
A. is celebrating B. are celebrating C. celebrates D. celebrated
22. The teacher said that we _____ harder on our pronunciation.
A. work B. are working C. should work D. are worked
23. He hates _____ at.
A. to look B. looked C. looking D. being looked
24. I lived in Da Lat, _____ is one of the most beautiful cities of Viet Nam.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
25. As a housewife, my mother takes care of the housework and look _____ her children.
A. into B. after C. on D. down
26. ‘Tidy _____ your room, will you? It’s a complete mess.’ said my father.
A. over B. on C. out D. up
27. Doing chores help children develop gratitude _____ their parents.
A. for B. to C. of D. about
28. His family’s support and encouragement gave him the motivation to carry _____.
A. on B. out C. along D. away
29. It is essential that core family values be passed _____ from parents to children.
A. up B. away C. out D. on
30. _____ my mind, respecting the elderly is a core Vietnamese value.
A. On B. In C. To D. Under

Choose A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that expresses almost the same idea to the given
one.
31. We started to write to each other three years ago.
A. We used to write to each other for three years.
B. We have written to each other for three years.
C. We have written to each other since three years.
D. We used to write to each other in three years.
32. He was driving very fast because he didn't know the road was icy.
A. If he knew the road was icy, he wouldn't drive so fast.
B. If he had known the road was icy, he wouldn't have been driving so fast.
C. He wasn't driving very fast if he would know the road was icy.
D. He hadn't been driving very fast if he would have known the road was icy.
33. If you don't rest, you really will be ill.
A. You really won't be ill unless you don't rest.
B. You really won't be ill if you don't rest.
C. If you rest, you really will be ill.
D. Unless you rest, you really will be ill.
34. Someone has robbed the bank near our house.
A. The bank have been robbed near our house.
B. The bank near our house has been robbed.
C. The bank near our house had been robbed.
D. The bank near our house has robbed.
35. The day was so cold that we stayed indoors.
A. It was such cold a day that we stayed indoors.
B. It was such a cold day that we stayed indoors.
C. It was a so cold day that we stayed indoors.
D. It was a cold day so that we stayed indoors.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the blanks in the passage.
Family beliefs are the (36) _____ principles that (37) _____ and shape behavior, interactions, and
relationships within a family unit. They represent the shared understanding (38) _____ what is important,
desirable, and morally right within the family context. Traditions, rituals, and shared experiences are used to
pass down these values, which might (39) _____ among countries, faiths, and homes. Family members learn
these values through observation, discussion, and active participation. Family beliefs shape individual character,
relationships, and society (40) _____ a whole.

They provide people with a feeling of identity, (41) _____, and purpose, assisting them in (42) _____
obstacles, selecting a moral (43) _____ of action, and sustaining solid relationships. Core family values (44)
_____ beyond the immediate family unit and influence the behavior and attitudes of individuals in their
interactions with the larger community. Family (45) _____ ultimately operate as the moral framework that
molds the personality, choices, and relationships within a family.
36. A. central B. core C. middle D. inner
37. A. guide B. guides C. is guiding D. is guided
38. A. of B. about C. for D. to
39. A. differentiate B. distinguish C. discriminate D. differ
40. A. for B. in C. with D. as
41. A. possessing B. owning C. having D. belonging
42. A. overdoing B. overachieving C. overcoming D. overwhelming
43. A. course B. plan C. route D. path
44. A. increase B. extend C. lengthen D. widen
45. A. normal B. normalise C. norms D. normalisation

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct answer to each of the questions that follow.

The concept of the nuclear family is often projected onto the animal kingdom; cartoons and the media in general
pay a large role in this misconception. For example, in the Disney adaptation of Rudyard Kipling’s The Jungle
Book, new characters are added to create a ‘more acceptable’ view of family. In the book Hathi is a lone wild bull
elephant but in the film he becomes a colonel with a wife, Winifred, and a son, junior. This is completely at odds
with elephant behaviour in the wild. Once elephants have reached adolescence they live in groups according to
their biological sex. The ‘family’ or child-rearing group is matriarchal, raising and educating the young elephants
until they reach adolescence when, if they are female, they become part of the nurturing group or, if they are
male, they leave to join a band of bulls. Both groups are termed as families although only the female group has
the nurturing role.

According to a recent study, altruistic responsibility, sharing and co-parenting are much more the norm in the
animal kingdom than is commonly realised: As many as 220 birds and 120 mammals, including African wild
dogs, chimpanzees, naked mole rats, lions, bee eaters, kookaburras, pied kingfishers, and Seychelles warblers,
are all found to help rear other’s young to a lesser or greater extent. In many cases the helpers postpone their
own opportunity to mate.

The study, by researchers at the University of Edinburgh published in the journal Science in April 2002, has
shown that animals in the same biological families forgo having offspring of their own in order to help in the
nurture of the offspring of their relatives. According to this study this behaviour goes beyond the idea of
‘extended families’ to group living.

46. What is the main idea of the passage?

A. A decline in reproduction in the animal kingdom
B. The media accurate depiction of the animal kingdom
C. The reality of family structures in the animal kingdom
D. Nuclear family in the animal kingdom
47. The word ‘misconception’ is closest in meaning to which of the following?
A. knowledge B. misunderstanding C. prediction D. record
48. The word ‘they’ refers to which of the following?
A. young elephants B. family C. group D. band
49. According to the research at the University of Edinburgh, which of the following is TRUE in the animal
kingdom?
A. They are capable of raising young from other species.
B. They only take care of their own offspring.
C. They abandon their young as soon as they mature.
D. They might decide not to have children to prioritise others’.
50. What can be inferred from the passage?
A. Disney produced a faithful adaptation of The Jungle Book.
B. Once matured, an elephant stays with its original group.
C. The term ‘family’ can refer to a group of animals of the same sex.
D. Researchers from the University of Edinburgh based their study on elephants.