UNIT 8: COMMUNITY
A. MULTIPLE CHOICES:
I/ Choose the word
whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each
group:
1/ A. community B. just C. suggest D.
such
2/ A. village B. family C. can D. plant
3/ A. enough B. about C. found D. round
4/ A. drop B. nothing C. Tom D. hot
5/ A. treated B. asked C. sacred D. suggested
6/ A. sentences B. places C. diseases D. surfaces
7/ A. property B. ability C. capacity D. supply
8/ A. import B. worry C. lorry D. form
9/ A. kids B. years C. films D. helps
10/ A. decisive B. ring C. prison D. himself
II/ Choose the
word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:
1/ A. community B.
developing C.
conditioner D. interested
2/ A. county B.
mention C. disease D. luggage
3/ A. continue B. importance C.
different D. directed
4/ A. medicine B.
opposite C. pollution D. capable
5/ A. collapse B. healthy C. dislike D. appear
6/ A. solution B.
perfection C. atmosphere D. departure
7/ A. present B.
perfect C. prefer D. future
8/ A. tissue B.
repeat C. windy D. nation
9/ A. retell B.
lengthy C. city D. return
10/ A. useful B. result C. agree D. begin
III/ Select the
synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ Drug trafficking is a matter of
considerable concern for the entire international community.
A.
people B. neighborhood C. surrounding D. public
2/ The villagers had to work
very hard on the fields all day, but there was not enough food for them.
A. sweat B. run C. succeed D.
manage
3/ The villagers had to work very hard
on the fields all day, but there was not enough food for them.
A.
solidly B. severely C. barely D. laboriously
4/ The village had no proper
road or running water.
A.
right B. correct C. normal D. exclusive
5/ There were plenty of frogs in
the fields around the village.
A.
much B. many C. lots D. a lot
6/ All they had to do was to catch
them.
A.
see B. surprise C. capture D. acquire
7/ With that money they could do many things-
a pumping well, a medical centre, a school, a proper road, perhaps
even electricity.
A.
very B. possibly C. well D. mostly
8/ Then people realized what was
happening.
A.
understood B. watched C. obtained D. produced
9/ Then people realized what was happening.
A.
going away B. leaving for C. taking place D. coming to
10/ The insects were damaging
the crops and spreading diseases among the people.
A.
ruining B. cutting C. dropping D. throwing
IV/ Select the
antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ The villagers had to work very hard on the
fields all day, but there was not enough food for them.
A.
deficient B. few C. little D. tiny
2/ There were plenty of frogs in
the fields around the village.
A.
average B. little of C. shortage of D. few
3/ The village had no proper
road or running water.
A.
important B. irresponsible C. inappropriate D. unnecessary
4/ The crops in the fields were not doing so
well, the children of the village were ill more often, and there
were more insects around.
A.
little B. plenty C. rarely D. hard
5/ They hadn’t been useless.
A.
practical B. good C. harmful D. needed
6/ The villagers decided to stop catching and selling
the frogs.
A.
taking B. receiving C. getting D. purchasing
7/ They had to think of some other ways of bettering
their lives.
A.
worsening B. cutting` C. killing D. hurting
8/ The sentences in A all appear
in the text.
A.
lose B. hide C. die D. disappear
9/ Now, when so many frogs were killed, there
were more and more insects.
A.
lesser and lesser B. fewer and fewer
C.
lesser and fewer D. fewer and lesser
10/ The villagers agreed to sell
frogs.
A.
did not B. not C. denied D. stopped
V/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:
1/ Laughter is the best _______.
A. medicine B. medicated C. medication D.
medicinal
2/ There’s a problem with the _______.
A. electric B. electrics C. electrician D.
electrical
3/ She gets this _______ expression on her face when she talks about
food.
A. dream B. dreamer C.
dreamy D. dreamlike
4/ How can we display this data in a _______ form?
A. use B. usage C.
usable D. useless
5/ You
need to be more _______.
A. decide B. decision C. decisive D. decided
6/ If the three parties cannot reach _______ now, there will be a civil
war.
A. agree B. agreement C.
agreeable D. agreeably
7/ It seems _______ that I could have walked by without noticing her.
A. possible B. impossible C. possibly D.
impossibly
8/ Plant _______ is most noticeable in spring and early summer.
A. grow B. grown C.
growing D. growth
9/ This theory is no longer _______ accepted.
A. wide B. widen C.
widely D. width
10/ The _______ of the
strike caused a lot of poverty.
A. continue B. continuous C. continuation D.
continual
VI/ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
1/ I'll pay you double _______ you get the work finished by Friday.
A. unless B. if C. even if D.
as long as
2/ He's welcome to come along, _______ he behaves himself.
A. supposing that B. even if
C. unless D. provided
that
3/ I don't want to go and _______, I haven't been invited.
A. on condition B. in any case C. supposing D.
unless
4/ You can't get a job _______ you've got experience.
A. unless B. so long as C. if D.
in case
5/ _______ you take a taxi, you'll still miss your train.
A. As long as B. Provided C. Supposing D. Even if
6/ He _______ us of his extraordinary childhood.
A. told B. said C.
asked D. greeted
7/ I _______ when the train would leave.
A. said B. asked C.
told D. reported
8/ I've _______ the application forms into three groups.
A. greeted B. reported C. ordered D.
said
9/ The teacher _______ each child with a friendly “Hello!”
A. greeted B. said C. told D.
asked
10/ I _______ the guard the time of the train's departure.
A. said B. told C.
ordered D. asked
VII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then
correct them:
1/ (A) Unless
bothered, (B) the bird may desert the nest, (C) leaving the
chicks (D) to depart this life.
2/ They (A) can't
get (B) one job (C) unless (D) they've got skill.
3/ We (A) don't
believe we'll want (B) some money but we'll bring (C) some
just (D) in case.
4/ I'd love (A) to
come and see them (B) on Sunday, (C) provided I don't have to
work (D) that day.
5/ (A) As long as
we have the money (B) in our account, we can take out (C) up to
£200 (D) a day.
6/ He (A) asked us (B) that we were cold and (C) said
that he could soon (D) make a fire.
7/ I (A) told
my sister (B) not to spend all her money (C) in video games (D) but
to save some for the books.
8/ My mother (A) politely
(B) told Huy (C) would come back (D) a little later.
9/ We (A) wondered
(B) why Ms. Linh had been looking (C) so depressed (D) late.
10/ They (A) said that you (B) not to have to come with
them (C) if you didn’t (D) want to.
VIII/ Read the
following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to
complete it:
Community
Colleges, institutions of higher (1) _______ offering two-year
programs of general study or technical or vocational training. Many (2) _______
receive the first two years (freshman and sophomore years) of postsecondary
education at community colleges (3) _______ pursuing a bachelor's degree at a
four-year institution. Community colleges (4) _______ a variety of programs and
degrees, (5) _______ certificate programs that require less than two years of
work in a specific (6) _______ of study; terminal associate degrees in
professional (7) _______ technical programs; and associate degrees that may be
transferred toward the completion of a bachelor’s (8) _______. Most community
colleges are nonprofit, public institutions supported by state and local (9)
_______, but there are also independent schools that operate (10) _______ a
for-profit basis.
Two-year postsecondary
institutions were first (11) _______ in the United States in the (12) _______
20th century. These schools were called junior colleges (13) _______ their main function was
to offer only the beginning (14) _______ of general college study. Credits
earned at junior colleges could be transferred to another institution (15)
_______ students could complete their final years of college. Now called community
colleges, these two-year institutions (16) _______ offer courses of general
academic study to recent high school graduates. However, they (17) _______ try
to serve the educational needs of a (18) _______ segment of the community,
including older students and workers. Today, (19) _______ community colleges
offer technical, vocational, preprofessional, and adult-education programs in
addition to (20) _______ academic programs....
1/ A. learning B.
education C. study D. schooling
2/ A. teachers B.
doctors C. engineers D. students
3/ A. before B.
after C. while D. during
4/ A. supply B.
send C. offer D. give
5/ A. including B.
having C. consisting D. combining
6/ A. zone B.
field C. region D. area
7/ A. and B.
but C. or D. so
8/ A. certificate B.
degree C. credit D. work
9/ A. money B.
payment C. taxes D. rules
10/ A. in B.
with C. on D. by
11/ A. established B.
built C. created D. made
12/ A. front B.
before C. soon D. early
13/ A. because B.
although C. however D. besides
14/ A. school B.
level C. stage D. space
15/ A. what B.
which C. where D. when
16/ A. still B.
already C. yet D. recently
17/ A. and B.
also C. too D. as well
18/ A. less B.
fewer C. greater D. more
19/ A. almost B.
most C. nearly D. really
20/ A. general B.
private C. public D. own
II/ Fill each gap
with suitable words from the list below:
encloses, past, atmosphere, community, risk, proper, coast, resurfaced,
better, revisions
1/ Rimini is a thriving holiday resort on the
east _______ of Italy.
2/ He was the fifth climber to die on these mountains
over the _______ two days.
3/ He made some minor _______ to the report
before printing it out.
4/ These factories are releasing toxic gases
into the _______.
5/ If you're going to walk those sort of
distances you need _______ walking boots.
6/ The bed was hard, but it was _______ than
nothing.
7/ The park that _______ the monument has
recently been enlarged.
8/ Drivers will experience delays while
stretches of the road are being _______.
9/ There's a high _______ of another accident
happening in this fog.
10/ Unlike the present government, we believe
in serving the _______.
IV/ Turn these
following sentences into reported speech:
1/ Mr. Thanh said, “I want to buy a new shirt
for my daughter.”
→
________________________________________________________.
2/ “This shop isn’t going to open next
Sunday,” the woman informed me.
→
________________________________________________________.
3/ He said, “I once spent a summer here in
this province.”
→ ________________________________________________________.
4/ The pupils said, “We’ll be sitting for our
exams next Friday.”
→
________________________________________________________.
5/ The nurse said, “The patient in this room
didn’t follow your advice, Doctor.”
→
________________________________________________________.
6/ “The room will seem so empty without you
and your friend,” Mai said to Phong.
→
________________________________________________________.
7/ “If my sister knew the truth, she would be disappointed,”
Khoa said to me.
→
________________________________________________________.
8/ Long said to Hoa, “I may come to your
birthday party when I’ve finished my work.”
→
________________________________________________________.
9/ “This schoolchild speaks English very
fluently,” the foreigner remarked.
→
________________________________________________________.
10/ Mother said, “I think it won’t be too
sunny tomorrow.”
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