UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION

A. MULTIPLE CHOICES:

I/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group:

1/ A. excursion               B. promotion          C. occasion             D. intention

2/ A. wonder                 B. period                 C. company             D.  ton

3/ A. site                       B. kilo                     C. might                  D. nine

4/ A. various            B. bad                   C. hang                   D. jam

5/ A. forest               B. sell                      C. very               D. left

6/ A. lastly                    B. sorry                   C. fly                 D. firstly

7/ A. fear                       B. gear                    C. hear              D. tear

8/ A. food                    B. mood                  C. noon              D. cook

9/ A. sunshine            B. lotus                   C. perfume         D. must

10/ A. worked          B. matched            C. placed                 D. needed

II/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:

1/ A. excursion             B. occasion              C. protective            D. multiple

2/ A. number                B. recent                  C. problem              D.  ahead

3/ A. mountain               B. event                   C. nation                 D. country

4/ A. beauty              B. painting            C. wonder               D. relax

5/ A. different          B. together              C. computer        D. occasion

6/ A. otherwise            B. botanic              C. excellent         D. suitable

7/ A. various                B. inventive              C. convenient      D. permission

8/ A. arrangement       B. delicious              C. occupy           D. component

9/ A. glorious             B. official                 C. rapidly           D. hospital

10/ A. invent            B. pressure           C. remain                D. prefer

III/ Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

1/ On this occasion, my class is making an excursion to visit some caves near our city.

      A. departure            B. tour                     C. shift                    D. diversion

2/ The sight of the Grand Canyon stretching out before them filled them with wonder.

      A. miracle                B. dynamite             C. dynamo               D. rarity

3/ Dear Minh, I’m sorry I didn’t have time to write to you earlier.

      A. Beloved               B. Liked                   C. Needed               D. Wanted

4/ I’m sure you understand that the period just ended is the time for the terminal exams.

      A. gather                 B. follow                  C. command            D. know

5/ I’m sure you understand that the period just ended is the time for the terminal exams.

      A. end                     B. finish                   C. limit                    D. time

6/ On this occasion, my class is making an excursion to visit some caves near our city.

      A. gala                    B. date                    C. event                   D. cause

7/ Moreover, we hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working hard for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.

      A. loosen                 B. soften                  C. lower                  D. rest

8/ Moreover, we hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working hard for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.

      A. stopping             B. beginning            C. building               D. running

9/ Moreover, we hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working hard for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.

      A. go out                 B. take after             C. reenter                D. reopen

10/ Why could some of the students sleep soundly?

      A. loudly                  B. nicely                   C. pretty                  D. well

IV/ Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

1/ Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with various ideal excursion places are Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls...

      A. similar                 B. like                      C. unique                 D. likely

2/ We have recently studied rock formations but many of us have never been inside a cave.

      A. out                      B. outside                C. out of                  D. one side

3/ Moreover, we hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working hard for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.

      A. ending                B. complete             C. pause                  D. shutting

4/ At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only over 20 kilometers away and we could make a day excursion.

      A. unessential          B. least                    C. extreme               D. last

5/ However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet.

      A. long distance       B. distant                 C. far                      D. away

6/ Well, it will be a great event in our schooldays because this is the first time we can spend a night together by a campfire.

      A. tiny                     B. lesser                  C. poor                   D. unimportant

7/ Well, it will be a great event in our schooldays because this is the first time we can spend a night together by a campfire.

      A. morning              B. afternoon            C. evening               D. day

8/ We are trying to travel as cheaply as possible.

      A. inconceivable       B. absurd                C. unimportant         D. irregular

9/ My father is easy to persuade but my mother is too protective towards me.

      A. dislike                 B. deny                    C. discourage          D. ignore

10/ What is An anxious about? Why?

      A. confident              B. cool                    C. no worry             D. happy

V/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

1/ Most police _______ get a prize for their information.

     A. inform            B. informers        C. information     D. informational

2/ Tents come in _______ shapes and sizes.

     A. vary               B. variety            C. various           D. variously

3/ He is in a much _______ mood than usual.

     A. well               B. good             C. better            D. best

4/ The girl just sat there giggling like a naughty _______.

     A. schoolchild     B. school day      C. school house   D. schooling

5/ Her explanation certainly sounded _______.

     A. belief              B. believe            C. believer           D. believable

6/ He asked to be put under police _______.

     A. protect           B. protected       C. protection      D. protective

7/ _______, we’ll arrive before dark.

     A. Hope             B. Hopeful          C. Hopefully        D. Hopefulness

8/ The weather is very _______ at this time of year.

     A. change           B. changed         C. changeable     D. changeless

9/ Someone had _______ left a window open.

     A. care               B. careless          C. carelessness   D. carelessly

10/ I like most sports but tennis is my first _______.

     A. love               B. lover              C. lovely             D. loveless

VI/ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:

     a/ Yesterday afternoon while Dung (1) _______ in her study, Quang (2) _______ in and (3) _______ her to lend him an English exercise book. “I (4) _______ tomorrow’s English lesson,” he (5) _______, “and I (6) _______ a few words that I (7) _______.”

1/  A. read              B. was reading    C. have read       D. am reading

2/  A. came             B. had come       C. comes            D. has come

3/  A. asked            B. had asked       C. asks              D. has asked

4/  A. prepared        B. prepare          C. was preparing           D. am preparing

5/  A. had said         B. said               C. have said        D. say

6/  A. had found       B. found             C. find               D. have found

7/  A. hadn’t known  B. wasn’t known   C. don’t know     D. am not known

     b/ “On Saturday and Sunday there is no class. So I likely (8) _______ to the concert with my friends tomorrow evening and I (9) _______ back at about 11 p.m.” – “(10) _______ too late, dear.”

8/  A. go                 B. will go            C. am going        D. have gone

9/  A. am                B. will be            C. was               D. have been

10/ A. Not to come back                    B. Won’t come back      

     C. Didn’t come back                     D. Don’t come back

VII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:

1/ We won't mind your (A) being late – (B) beside, it's (C) hardly your (D) mistake.

2/ (A) The whole report is (B) badly typed. (C) Moreover, it's (D) imaccurate.

3/ I'm not (A) astonish she (B) shouted at us! (C) How would we like (D) to be pushed into a wall?

4/ Nguyen is (A) everything we'd ever (B) want (C) in a man - brilliant, (D) fun and attractive.

5/ They just hope (A) that the money (B) goes to those (C) who are mainly in (D) needs.

6/ A doctor (A) with profession, this is his first (B) pleasure trip (C) into writing (D) for the theatre.

7/ She (A) views her life (B) like a spiritual (C) voyage towards a superior (D) understanding of her confidence.

8/ Trung was a (A) youthful sailor (B) on his first (C) sea (D) excursion.

9/ The (A) journey guide (B) pointed out the message (C) that runs round (D) the inside of the sports ground.

10/ (A) Supersonic airplanes can (B) go (C) more fast than (D) the speed of sound.

VIII/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

FIRST STEP BEAMED TO A WAITING WORLD

About six and a half hours after Eagle landed, its hatch (1) _______ and the Apollo 11 commander backed slowly out to its little porch. On the (2) _______ he paused, pulled a lanyard, and thus deployed the MESA, or modularized equipment stowage assembly, just to the left of the ladder. As the MESA lowered into (3) _______ with its load of equipment for lunar prospecting, a seven-pound Westinghouse TV camera mounted atop the load began shooting black-and-white (4) _______. Fuzzy and scored with lines, the pictures nonetheless held earthlings spellbound.

No one who sat that July night welded to his TV screen will ever forget the (5) _______ of that ghostly foot groping slowly past the ladder to Eagle's footpad, and then stepping tentatively (6) _______ the virgin soil. Man had made his first footprint on the moon.

Neil Armstrong (7) _______ into his microphone. And in less than two seconds the message that will live in the annals of exploration flew with the (8) _______ of radio to the huge telescope dish at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra, Australia, thence to the Comsat (9) _______ over the Pacific, then to the switching center at the Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, D.C., and finally to Houston and the (10) _______ of the world:

“That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

1/   A. ended                 B. started                C. opened               D. closed

2/   A. ladder                 B. lift                       C. elevator               D. top

3/   A. place                   B. position               C. order                  D. line

4/   A. painting               B. drawing               C. posters               D. pictures

5/   A. sight                   B. scene                  C. view                    D. look

6/   A. in                        B. on                       C. into                     D. onto

7/   A. said                    B. talked                  C. told                     D. spoke

8/   A. hands                  B. wings                  C. legs                    D. feet

9/   A. plane                  B. ship                     C. satellite               D. car

10/ A. rest                     B. remain                 C. last                     D. others

II/ Fill each gap with words from the list below:

information, conveniently, persuasion, concentrated, punctuality, glorious, excursion, suitability, simple, sun-burnt

1/ She will help you - she just needs a bit of gentle _______.

2/ When you go out in the hot sun, you should always put cream on your skin to avoid getting _______.

3/ We have reliable _______ that a strike is planned next month.

4/ They had three weeks of _______ sunshine.

5/ The house is _______ situated near the station and the shops.

6/ _______ has never been his strong point.

7/ I like _______ food better than fancy dishes.

8/ There is no doubt about her _______ for the job.

9/ The company is making a _______ effort to broaden its market.

10/ Next week we're going on an _______.

VI/ Complete the second sentence in such a way that it has the similar meaning to the printed one, using the word in brackets:

1/ Do you know who this talking dictionary belong to? (whose)

→ Do you _________________________________________________is?

2/ Huy’s accident meant that he couldn’t take part in the running race. (prevented)

→ Huy’s accident ________________________________the running race.

3/ Children are not allowed to play football in the school yard. (must)

→ Children ______________________________________the school yard.

4/ People say that the couple are living in London. (said)

→ The couple ________________________________________in London.

5/ That boy is too short to reach that book. (tall)

→ That boy ___________________________________________that book.

6/ Please ask the porter to take this luggage to my room. (have)

→ Please _____________________________________________my room.

7/ Where is the post office, sir? (way)

→ Could you __________________________________the post office, sir?

8/ This schoolgirl is so intelligent that all of her classmates admire her. (such)

→ This schoolgirl ___________________________________________her.

9/ It’s unusual for Khanh to get angry with his roommates. (hardly)

→ Khanh ______________________________temper with his roommates.

10/ There is no coffee left. (run)

→ We __________________________________________________coffee.

VIII/ Read the paragraphs below carefully, and then put them in the correct order to make a meaningful passage:

MOON ROCKS HOLD HIGH PRIORITY

1/ Shortly after stepping onto the surface, Armstrong took a “grab sample,” or contingency sample, scooping it up into a Teflon bag on the end of a light collapsible rod. The pole he discarded, but the bag of soil he rolled up and—with some difficulty—tucked into a pocket above his left knee.

2/ With a specially made aluminum scoop on an extension handle, and with a pair of long aluminum tongs, Armstrong later gathered a larger quantity of the dark lunar soil and representative samples of the lunar rocks. These he put into two boxes, each formed from a single piece of aluminum. A ring of soft metal, indium, lined the lip of each box; when the box was closed and the straps drawn tight around it, a knifelike strip around the edge of the lid bit deeply into the indium, thus helping to seal the samples in a vacuum and to protect them against contamination.

3/ It had been decided in advance that the most important single thing the astronauts could do—scientifically speaking—would be to bring back samples of the moon.

4/ All told, the astronauts brought back about 48 pounds of lunar material. In addition, they undertook to gather a bit of the sun. To be sure, it was a very small sample, less than a billionth of an ounce at best, but presumably it was enough to tell a great deal about the solar furnace. The sample was gathered by trapping particles of the solar wind.

5/ In every direction, the lunar surface was pocked with thousands of little craters and many larger ones, five to fifty feet across and littered with angular blocks.

6/ As Astronaut-scientist Don Lind commented in Houston during the flight, “He is certainly going to get back in the spacecraft with his pants on, so we will have this sample for sure.”