TEST FOR UNIT 8 I. PRONUNCIATION A. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others. 1. a. famous b. nervous c. dangerous d. mountain 2. a. town b. cow c. snow d. brown 3. a. spread b. disease c. health d. pleasure 4. a. flood b. good c. foot d. look 5. a. crop b. export c. shorta g e d. resort B. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. 1. a. community b. villagers c. diseases d. important 2. a. electricity b. instead c. decided d. enclose 3. a. shortage b. product c. technology d. manage 4. a. resurface b. knowledge c. technical d. export 5. a. suburb b. entertainment c. medical d. atmosphere II. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION Choose the one word or phrase - b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or subtitutes for the underlined word or phrase. 1. The recent heavy rains have helped to ease the water a. supply b. poverty c. plenty d. shortage 2. I wanted to work somewhere where I could serve the a. village b. community c. town d. country 3. They tried to find a way of bettering their lives. a. moving b. changing c. achieving d. improving 4. He came in tired and hungry and badly need of a bath. a. for b. to c. on d. in 5. Last year we had a bumper crop of strawberries. a. large crop b. poor crop c. early crop d. record crop 6. I don't like quizzes because my general is so poor. a. appearance b. memory c. knowledge d. thinking 7. The house had been three apartments. a. turned in b. put in c. pulled down d. turned into 8. I'll speak to her as soon as she comes out of the meeting. a. goes to b. appears c. leaves d. attends 9. Most of the roads in the city have been recently. a. replaced b. resurfaced c. removed d. returned 10. Is all this technology making our simpler? a. life b. life’s c. livings d. lives III. GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE A. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence. 1. My mother and I are really looking forward you again. a. to see b. seeing c. to seeing d. if we can see 2. I'll look after the children while you dinner. a. make b. making c. will be makin g , d. made 3. 'It's really raining.' `Yes. If the weather we'll have to camp somewhere else.' a. would get worse b. might get worse c. get worse d. should get worse 4. I'm going away for a few days phone you back. a. when I get b. while I'm getting c. if I get d. since . I get 5. soon, I'm not going to wait. a. When they don't come b. If they don't come c. If they won't come d. When they'll come 6. 'Please don't leave your boots in the hall.' My mother is always tellin g me a. not to leave my boots in the hall. b. don't leave my boots in the hall. c. not to leave your boots in the hall. d. not leave my boots in the hall 7. About 120 people with the virus of bird flu since it in Asia in 2003. a. have infected/ spread b. were infected/ has spread c. have been infected/ spread d. have been infected/ was spread . 8. 'Did you meet Ann here at the university?' 'No, we when I started college.' a. have already met b. had already met c: had already been met d. had already meet 9. If it very hard, the streets flood. a. rains b. will rain c. is raining d. would rain 10. I notified the bank that I my address. a. was changing b. have changed c. had changed d. change 11. We'll be late unless we now. a. leave b. don't leave c. had left d. have left 12. 'Did you tell Carol where us this evening?' 'Yes, I did.' a. should she meet b. she to meet c. she meets d. to meet 13. When we . were children we skating every winter. a. had gone b. are used to going c. would go d. were going 14. This technology is useless if you to operate it. a. don't train b. won't train c. haven't trained d. aren't trained 15. 'How many people are there in your family?' The interviewer asked me a. how many people there were in your family. b. how many people were there in my family. c. how many people were there in your family. d. how many people there were in my family. B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. 1. If I have to fly, I would get very nervous, so I usually drive. A B C D 2. Two days ago, the weather forecaster warned us that a tornado is coming. A B C D 3. I asked Sean how to pronounce his name? A B C D 4. They used to live in Chester for three years, didn't they? A B C D 5. At the interview they asked me when can you start work. A B C D 6. If I will have to make a difficult decision, I always discuss it with my friends. A B C D 7. Unless we work harder, we will finish on time. A B C D 8. Sandy called from Miami during the storm and said she was swimming here A B C D 9. She wanted to know whether I have seen Paul recently. A B C D 10. The house was enough comfortable bill not luxurious. A B C D W SPEAKING Choose the best phrase or sentence - a, b, c or d - that best completes the conversation. A: Excuse me , excuse me, please? B: (1)________________________ A: Urn, I'm I'm a visitor here. And I want to go to the bank. (2) __________________ B: Yes. The nearest one is in Robson Street, Do you know-Robson Street? A: I'm afraid I don't. (3)____________________ B: Well, you walk down Howe Street as far as the first traffic lights. Then turn right and the bank is at the end of the street on the right. In fact it's on the corner of Robson and Burrard. A: I see. (4)__________________ B: That's it. (5)____________. It's Midland Bank. 1. a. Here I am. b. Yes? c. Am I? d. Me? 2. a. Where is the bank? b. Do you know any bank? c. There is a bank near here, isn't there? d. Is there a bank near here? 3. a. Where is Robson Street? b. How do I get to Robson Street? c. But I'm trying to find it. d. Where can I find it? 4. a. Walk down and turn right at the first traffic lights into Howe Street and it's at the end of the street on the right. b. . It's on the Robson Street, opposite Burrard Street. c. Walk down Howe Street, turn ri g ht at the traffic lights into Robson Street and it's at the end of Robson Street on the right. d. Walk down as far as the traffic lights and turn right into Howe Street. The bank is on the ri g ht of the street. 5. a. You can't miss it b. Right here c. It's very easy d. You can remember it V. READING COMPREHENSION A. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage. The world is divided (1)_ two main parts: one part is poor and the (2) is rich. The poor countries (3) 'the developing countries'. The big problem that they have to (4) is lack of food and medical care. A lot of people do not have (5) _ food to eat and medicine to cure illnesses. In some parts, children are (6) starving. The land of those countries is (7) _ cultivate anything on. They do not know (8) new farming Methods as well as inventions and discoveries of science and technology.(9) ,they do not have enou g h money to do it. They certainly need help from (10) countries. 1 . a. into b. to c. in d. from 2. a. another b. other c. others d. one 3. a. call b. have called c. called d. are called 4. a. meet b. discuss c. encounter d. do 5. a. very b. too c. many d. enough 6. a. even b. also c. such d. all 7. a. poor enough to b. so poor as to c. enough poor to d. too poor to 8. a. applying b. to apply c. how to apply d. how applying 9. a. However b. Moreover c. Therefore d. As a result 10. a. rich b. the rich c. another rich d. a rich B. Choose the correct answer - a, b, c, or d. Last week I made the mistake of visiting the village where I grew up. It was a small, friendly community with two farms and a number of old cottages round the village green. I realized very quickly that although in many ways it appears unchanged, in reality hardly anything is the same. All the pretty cottages are there, of course, and both the picturesque farmhouses. But none of the inhabitants are country people. All of them are commuters, who leave early every morning for the nearby town. Neither of the farmhouses is attached to a farm these days; the land has been sold and is managed by somebody in an office somewhere who has little interest in the village itself There are a few new houses, but they have no local character; you can see the same style anywhere in the country. The whole of the village, in fact, has been tidied up so much that it has become nothing more than just another suburb. 1. The writer_______________ a. like living in a farmhouse. b. used to live in a cottage. c. g rew up in a small rural community. d. came back from the village. 2. When he revisited his village, he quickly realized that a. the village changed a lot in appearance. b. everything has almost changed c. all the pretty cottages as well as the farmhouses have been rebuilt. d. the residents of the village are all commuters. 3. Neither of the farmhouses___________________ a. has a connection with a farm. b. has been sold. c. is attached to the farmers, d. is managed by the commuters. 4. According to the writer,______________ a. the village now has no local character. b. all the new houses are the same style. c. the village is more tidy than it used to. d. the village has become nothing but a suburb. 5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage? a. The writer has visited the village several times before. b. The writer revisited his village last week. c. The village has undergone significant changes. d. The village nowadays has become another suburb. VI. WRITING Choose the sentence (a, b, c, or d) which is closest in meaning to the one printed above. 2. My father gave up smoking. a. My father smokes a lot. b. My father used to smoke. c. My father stopped smoking for a while. d. My father likes smoking. 2. If Mark keeps studying as he has been, he'll have no trouble passing his exams. a. Mark won't pass his exams because he isn't studying. b. Mark is studying hard to pass his exams. c. Mark has passed his exams. d. Mark has trouble passing his exams. 3. 'Would you like some coffee?' Peter asked me. a. Peter asked me if I liked coffee. b. Peter offered to give me some coffee. c. Peter asked me to make him a cup of coffee. d. Peter wanted to know if I - would like to make coffee. 4. The coffee was not strong enough. It didn't keep us awake. a. The coffee was too strong to keep us awake. b. We were kept awake because the coffee was strong. c. The coffee was very strong. but it couldn't keep us awake. d. The coffee was not strong enough to keep us awake. 5. Harry spent five hours knocking on doors, but he didn't sell a single magazine. a. Harry sold no magazines even though he spent five hours knocking on doors. b. Harry sold only one magazine. c. Harry has knocked the doors for five hours to sell a magazine. d. Harry spent five hours to sell magazines at one house. 6. If you need help, please stay on line until an operator answers. a. For help, dial on the line. b. For help, wait for an operator to answer. c. For help, answer the operator. d. For help, stand in line. . TEST FOR UNIT 8 I. PRONUNCIATION A. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently. an operator answers. a. For help, dial on the line. b. For help, wait for an operator to answer. c. For help, answer the operator. d. For help, stand in line. . or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. 1. If I have to fly, I would get very nervous, so I usually drive. A B C D 2. Two days ago, the weather forecaster warned us that a