UNIT 13: HOBBIES PRACTICE TEST A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1) A. admired B. looked C. missed D. hoped 2) A. admire B. avid C. variety D. while 3) A. engrave B. pastime C. undertake D. spectator II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words. 4) A. envelope B. album C. usually D. accompany 5) A. admire B. regular C. mountain D. corner 6) A. hobby B. oversea C. collect D. myself B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence. 7) My father is an ____ guitarist. A. accomplishing B. accomplished C. accomplish D. accomplishment 8) He is very good at ____ people singing with his guitar. A. making B. getting C. accompanying D. having 9) My uncle is interested in ____ stamps. A. collect B. collecting C. collected D. to collect 10) She is a very accomplished pianist. The word “accomplished” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. skilled B. beautiful C. interesting D. admired 11) A ____ is a series of musical notes that is pleasant and easy to remember. A. musical instrument B. guitar C. practice D. tune 12) If you ____ a singer or a musician, you play one part of a piece of music while they sing or play the main tune. A. accomplish B. accompany C. collect D. admire 13) My ____ for my mother is infinite. A. admire B. admirer C. admiration D. admirable 14) I am quite keen on my father’s valuable stamp ____. A. collect B. collecting C. collection D. collector 15) I had forgotten all about it about it because I had been so ____ with other things. A. occupied B. interested C. accomplished D. successful 16) You should not indulge yourself ____ anything that can form a bad habit. A. in B. on C. for D. at 17) He keeps a lot of pictures and paintings. He is at art ____. A. keeper B. collector C. guitarist D. relative 18) I really admire him, for his ____. A. succeed B. success C. successful D. successfully 19) I don’t know the title but I recognize the ____ of this song. A. sound B. rhyme C. tune D. theme 20) I don’t have much money, so I bought the camera ____. A. newly B. second-hand C. immediately D. profitably 21) ____ I bought the golden fish. A. It was from this shop that B. I was from this shop where C. It was this shop which D. It was this shop that 22) It was Tom ____ to help us. A. comes B. that comes C. to come D. who came 23) ____ the police had rescued from the fire. A. The baby B. The baby that C. It was the baby whom D. The baby whom 24) ____ my parents gave me the fish tank. A. It was on my birthday when B. It was my birthday on that C. It was my birthday thatD. It was on my birthday that 25) ____ I first met my girlfriend. A. It was in London that B. It was in London where C. It was London that D. It was London which 26) ____ on the phone. A. It is his mother whom is B. It was his mother whom is C. It was his mother who is D. It is his mother who is 27) ____ a high level of blood cholesterol. A. It is eggs that contain B. Those are eggs it contains C. It is eggs that contains D. It is eggs contain 28) It is the library ____. A. that I often borrow books B. that I often borrow books from C. where I often borrow books from D. from that I often borrow books 29) ____ England won the World Cup. A. It was in 1966 that B. It was on 1966 that C. It was in 1966 when D. It was 1966 in that 30) ____ took my car. A. It was you B. It were you C. It was you that D. It was you whom C. READING * Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage. I like to be near water – sea, lake or river. That I probably because I was born in a village by the sea, and I have lived most of my life close to water. When I am in some place which is far from lake, river and sea, I am restless and I always feel that there is something missing, even though it is sometimes hard for me to decide what it is. Of course, the sports I like are the ones which need water – sailing, rowing and swimming. It is possible to swim in small swimming pools, but rowing and sailing are impossible without a lot of water. Rowing is best in a river and sailing on the sea or a big lake, but one can do some sailing on a river and one can certainly row on a lake or the sea when the weather is good. Of the three sports – swimming, rowing and sailing – I like rowing best because it is the easiest to continue during the winter, when the water is too cold for comfortable swimming and the sea is often too rough for sailing. Even on the coldest day one row, only ice on the water or thick fog can stop one. Sometimes it is so cold when I go out rowing that drop of water freeze wherever they fall. In such weather, it is not very pleasant to swim as one cannot stay in the water very long. However, when is rowing, one gets warmer the longer one goes on. 31) Where was the writer born? A. In a village by the river B. In a village near a lake C. In a village by the sea D. In a sea town 32) How does the writer feel when he is in some place which is nor near the water? A. Comfortable B. Convenient C. Losing something D. Missing something 33) What type of sport does he like? A. Water sports B. Sports without water C. Sports played only on the sea D. Sports played near lakes and river 34) Where can people row and sail? A. In a swimming pool B. In the river C. On the sea D. Both B and C 35) Why does he like rowing best? A. Because it makes him warmer B. Because he can still it in cold days C. Because it makes him stronger D. Because it is easier to play 36) Why are swimming and sailing not easy sports to continue in winter? A. Because the sea is too rough B. Because the sea is coo cold C. Because the water is too cold D. Both A and C 37) What can stop people from rowing? A. Ice on the water or thick fog B. Cold weather C. Hot weather D. Cold water 38) What sometimes happens when he goes out rowing in very cold weather? A. Water drops B. Water is too cold C. Drops of water freeze in the places they fall D. Drops of water fall 39) Why is it unpleasant to swim in cold weather? A. One can only stay in the water for a short time C. The water becomes icy B. One stays in the weather for a long time D. The water gets warmer 40) What does the word “which” in paragraph 1 refer to? A. Lake B. River C. Sea D. Some place D. WRITING * Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting . 41) It was at this shop where I bought a T-shirt three days ago. A B C D 42) It is my closest friend goes abroad to study next month. A B C D UNIT 14: ENTERTAINMENT PRACTICE TEST A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1) A. seats B. meets C. sits D. feats 2) A. ranged B. managed C. changed D. raged 3) A. rugby B. music C. undertaken D. dull II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words. 7) A. ability B. activity C. sophisticate D. entertainment 8) A. undertaken B. population C. karaoke D. spectator 9) A. pastime B. enormous C. activity D. important B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence. 11) British people are very interested in ____ in sports. A. entering B. interfering C. involving D. taking part 12) Which of the following leisure activities do you think British people often do in their spare time? The word “spare” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. empty B. absent C. free D. lost 13) He got a scholarship so his parents did not have to pay his school ____. A. report B. fee C. equipment D. master 14) My son like sports very much and he can also take part in every school sporting activity. He is very ____. A. sophisticated B. interested C. athletic D. popular 15) There are several sophisticated hobbies that require hobbyists a lot of time and money. The word “sophisticated” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. complex B. simple C. easy D. pleasant 16) There are many other pursuits such as listening to music, reading, and gardening. The word “pursuits” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. hobbies B. sports C. courses D. decisions 17) What are you interested ____ doing in your free time? A. for B. in C. over D. on 18) Some training courses can provide people ____ practical skills. A. from B. on C. for D. with 19) Our recreation is quite different ____ yours. A. between B. among C. with D. from 20) Television viewing is by far the most popular pastime, and nearly all households have a television set. The word “pastime” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. translation B. invention C. emotion D. recreation 21) I left it ____ on the table ____ in the drawer. A. either – nor B. neither – or C. either – or D. either – either 22) He ____ could not come ____ did not want to. A. either – or B. neither – or C. either – nor D. nor – nor 23) Not ____ did she refuse to speak to him, but she also vowed never to see him again. A. even B. only C. at all D. always 24) He neither drank ____ smoked so he had good health. A. nor B. or C. but D. also 25) Neither the TV nor the video sets ____ properly. A. works B. work C. has worked D. is working 26) She ____ hard but also gets on well with her classmates. A. doesn’t only study B. studies not only C. not only studies D. not studies only 27) Either you leave now ____! A. I will also call the police B. but I will call the police C. or will I call the police D. or I will call the police 28) Not only John but also his two brothers ____ football as their recreation every weekend. A. play B. plays C. were playing D. has played 29) ____ Julia ____ her sister are going to the part. A. Both-and B. Neither-nor C. Either –or D. Not-only-but also C. READING * Read the passage below and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each question. I’m interested in sports, especially athletics, and I run seven or eight kilometres every day. I particularly enjoy cross country running, where you have to run across fields, jump over streams and so on. While I’m running I think about all sorts of things, and at the end of a run I’m sometimes surprised to find that I’ve managed to solve a problem that was on my mind. Next year, I’m going to try the London Marathon. It’s hard race 26 miles, or 42 kilometres-and you have to be tough to finish, but I very much want to do it. I worry a bit about getting too old, and I’d like to prove to myself that I’m still almost as fit as I was twenty years old. I’m interested in mountaineering s well as running. I’ll never become an except climber, but I know what I’m doing in the mountains. I successfully completed a course in snow and ice climbing when I was younger; and I’ve done a series of easy climbs in the Alps during the last few years. My wife doesn’t share my interest in mountains. She agreed to go climbing with me once, but she found that she felt ill as soon as she got above 1,000 metres. 30) If you do cross country running, you must ____. A. cross your country B. run along the coast C. cross your countryside D. cross fields, stream, etc … 31) At the end of a run the writer sometimes finds that ____. A. he is able to get the answer to a problem B. he grows bigger C. he feels better D. he gets a surprising problem 32) The writer wants to take part in the London Marathon because ____. A. it helps to keep him fit B. he wants to do it before getting old C. the reward is great D. it helps him solve his problems 33) The writer takes up mountaineering because ____. A. he wants to become an expert climber B. he simply likes it C. his wife is interested in it D. it is easy to practise 34) The writer’s wife is not interested in mountaineering for ____. A. it doesn’t bring her any interest D. The air is cold B. she almost feels ill at the height of above 1,000 metres C. She doesn’t want to climb together with her husband C. WRITING * Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 35) Both Tom with Ann were late for class A B C D 36) Mai is no only beautiful but also intelligent. A B C D 37) Both Lan and Minh is good students. A B C D 38) Neither James or his brother have become to Paris. A B C D UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST PRACTICE TEST A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1) A. stones B. learns C. phones D. tense 2) A. lifted B. lasted C. happened D. decided 3) A. speed C. person C. temperature D. psychology II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words. 4) A. uncertain B. technical C. attention D. attraction 5) A. psychology B. cosmonaut C. accident D. national 6) A. uncertainty B. satisfaction C. psychology D. approximate B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR * Circle the best answer for each sentence. 8) No one knew precisely what would happen to a human being in space. The word “precisely” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. nicely B. exactly C. rigidly D. roughly 9) Many spacemen could never get back to the Earth because of ____ accidents. A. tragedy B. tragic C. tragically D. tragedies 10) He finds it difficult for him to recover from his son’s ____. A. die B. dead C. deadly D. death 11) He failed again, which was a/an ____ disappointment. A. enormous B. big C. wide D. large 12) The flight will take approximately three weeks. The word “approximately” is closest in meaning to “____”. A. closely B. exactly C. about D. precisely 13) How long did Yuri Gagarin’s trip into space ____? Only 180 minutes. A. lengthen B. last C. late D. strengthen 14) When ____ astronaut travels into space, if a technical failure happens, he can never get back to ____ Earth. A. an / the B. Þ / an C. an / Þ D. the / Þ 15) Neil Armstrong was the first man to set foot on ____ moon. A. a B. an C. the D. Þ 16) Everybody congratulated the astronauts ____ their successful trip into space. A. on B. for C. of D. in 17) Yuri Gagarin became the first man to travel into space ____ April 12 th , 1961. A. at B. on C. in` D. from 18) A / an ____ is a person who is trained for traveling in a spacecraft. A. astronaut B. scientist C. engineer D. technician 19) When spacemen travel into space they have to face enormous ____ because they do not know what may happen. A. certainties B. uncertainties C. possibilities D. precisions 20) Lisa’s been able to play the flute since she was six, ____? A. can’t she B. isn’t she C. wasn’t he D. hasn’t she 21) Neil seemed to have a good time at the party, ____? A. hadn’t he B. had he C. did he D. didn’t he 22) There has not been a great response to the sale, ____? A. does there B. hasn’t there C. has there d. hasn’t it 23) She had done more work in one day than her husband ____ in three days. A. do B. could do C. may do D. done 24) You are going to come to the party, ____? A. aren’t you B. do you C. will you D. won’t you 25) Despite the bad weather, he ____ get to the airport in time. A. could B. couldn’t C. was able to D. almost 26) You’re Cynthia, ____ you? A. aren’t B. are C. didn’t D. were 27) We didn’t eat here last week, ____ we? A. didn’t B. did C. haven’t D. do 28) You have ever heard about Yuri Gagarin, ____? A. do you B. haven’t you C. don’t you D. didn’t you 29) Jenny ____ leave the hospital only fours days after the operation. A. was able to B. could C. can D. will be able to 30) At last, they ____ get through the mountain in such a heavy rain. A. can B. could C. are able to D. were able to C. READING * Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. Until recently, you may only read in (31) ____ fiction that an ordinary person could (32) ____ a trip into space. We have heard ideas about holidays to the Moon, but these were just a story, and everyday flights into space seemed just a distant (33) ____ .Aspirations of space tourism are remembered in science fiction works such as Arthur C. Clarke’s A Fall of Moondust and Islands of the Sky. But now, this fiction could become achievable as major steps are being taken to make the dream (34) ____ traveling into space (35) ____ a practical reality. On 28 April 2001, Dennis Tito, (36) ____ millionaire, became the world’s first space (37) ____. Tito was (38) into space onboard a Russian Soyuz capsule. He showed that anyone could make a space journey. Five years on, scientists are attempting to shape the future in order to give everyone a (39) ____ to fulfill their dreams of traveling into space, whether (40) ____ not they are millionaires. 31) A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientific 31) A. do B. take C. invent D. establish 33) A. views B. weightlessness C. actions D. possibility 34) A. in b. for C. of D. on 35) A. become B. to become C. became D. becoming 36) A. a B. an C. the D. Þ 37) A. cosmonaut B. astronaut C. tourist D. engineer 38) A. flown B. thrown C. whirled D. launched 39) A. chance B. opportunity C. must D. change 40) A. nor B. or C. neither D. and D. WRITING * Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 41) Your grandfather could speak five languages, could he? A B C D 42) She spoke in a very low voice, but I can understand what she said. A B C D 43) I used to be to stand on my head but I can’t be able to do it now. A B C D 44) The trip was cancelled lask week. John couldn’t go away because he was ill. A B C D . UNIT 13: HOBBIES PRACTICE TEST A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. A B C D 42) It is my closest friend goes abroad to study next month. A B C D UNIT 14: ENTERTAINMENT PRACTICE TEST A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. students. A B C D 38) Neither James or his brother have become to Paris. A B C D UNIT 15: SPACE CONQUEST PRACTICE TEST A. PHONETICS I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently