1 REVISION UNIT 8 CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION: 1. They didn’t serve enough food because there were some ……… guests. A. expect B. expected C. unexpected D. unexpectedly 2. …is a day or time of the year when people have a holiday from work and celebrate some special event, often a religious event. A. Festival B. Decoration C. Occasion D. Celebration 3. By ……………, people often try to do good things on the first day of the year. A. tradition B. traditional C. traditionally D. traditionalist 4. Banh Chung and Mut are ……… food on Tet holiday. The majorities of families have them during Tet. A. exciting B. popular C. ripe D. colored 5. Of the three sisters, Mary is the most beautiful ……… A. someone B. anyone C. everyone D. one 6. On the first days of Tet, children ………… their new clothes and make New Year’s wishes to their parents. A. take on B. put on C. pick on D. try on 7. We wish you both health and longevity. A. long life B. happy life C. easy life D. exciting life 8. I need ………… to help me because it is a hard work. A. someone B. anyone C. anybody D. no one 9. Children are always …… about Tet holiday. A. excited B. interested C. keen D. concerned 10. …… waiting to hear the resulr. A. Everyone was B. All was C. Everyone were D. All were 11. The whole family try to get together at Christmas. A. contact B. gather C. relate D. communicate 12. The doctor advised him and to take up some sport. A. stop smoke B. stop smoking C. to stop smoking D. to stop to smoke 13. I have told him never to buy some potatoes on the way home. A. come B. comes C. came D. to come 14. Professional people expect when it is necessary to cancel an appointment. A. you to call them B. that you would call them C. you calling them D. that you are calling them 15. She said she would come to see us …………………………………… A. when she has time B. if she had time C. unless she would have time D. will she have time. 16. Daisy told me ……………… she would leave for London to find a job. A. that if she were me B. if that she were me C. that if she had been me D. that had she been me 17. I need …………….to help me because it is a hard work. A. someone B. anyone C. anybody D. no one. 18. Laziness and crime are inseperable. You cannnot have…………….wihout the other. A. everyone B. someone C. ones D. one. 19. ………………….in the street was shocked when they heard th news. A. Ones B. Someone C. Everyone D. Anyone 20. If he had tried harder, he ___________________________ A. will not be sacked B. will not sack C. would not sack D. wouldn’t have been sacked Find the underlined words, phrases that needs correcting. 1. I would like to seeing that new kind of film. A B C D 2. If he would be taller, he would be a good basketball player. A B C D 3. If you were here yesterday, you would have seen Jean. A B C D 4. He said he was accused of have deserted his ship two months before. A B C D 5. My lawyer advised me to not say anything further about the accident. A B C D 6. She always wants helping those orphans. A B C D 7. You must keep to practise on the computer until you know how to use all of the programmes. A B C D 8. The teacher agreed dividing our class in two groups. A B C D 9. I saw he climb over the wall yesterday. A B C D 10. Do you think the company will make her to pay some extra money? A B C D 11. Paul said that he is enjoying an interesting film on TV the night before. A B C D 12. We're happy to knowing that you have got good marks in the final exam. A B C D 13. The boy insisted on have a break after dinner. A B C D 14. She looked forward to meet her mother again. A B C D 15. It was too cold going out for a walk. A B C D 16. I was listening to the radio last night when the door bell rings. A B C D 17. My lawyer advised me not to saying anything further about the accident. A B C D 18. The teacher congratulated Jack for winning the gold medal. A B C D 19. My brother accused me of stole the money he had put on the table that morning. A B C D 20. Mary told to Tom to tell his mother about the story. A B C D Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question. 1. After spending a day at the beach, I stopped to buy some food on my way home. But when I reached for my wallet, it wasn’t there. I checked my other pockets, the car and then headed back to the beach. My driver’s license and my ID card disappeared. My mind was racing through all the things I had lost and I felt rotten. A search of the beach and the parking lot proved fruitless, so I headed home. I tried to forget it because there was nothing I could do, but I was mad at myself for losing it. After dinner when I was watching TV, the phone rang and a voice 2 asked: “Did you lose a wallet? I found it on the beach.” What a great feeling that gave me – not only for my luck, but also for my faith in all humanity! 1. How much time did the writer spend on the beach? A. two days B. one day C. three days D. a day and a half 2. What did he lose? A. his car B. his wallet C. his key D. his food 3. He felt _____ when he knew that he lost his driver’s license and ID card? A. happy B. satisfied C. angry D. excited 4. He went _____ after searching the beach and the paring lot? A. to his house B. to his office C. to the police station D. to a fruit store 5. What did the person who found his wallet do? A. He called him B. He came to his house C. He called the police D. He gave the police his wallet 2. It is a custom in Britain and in most European countries to celebrate a person’s birthday. Members of the family and close friends are supposed to be present at the party. If they can’t come, they may send a gift by post. At the birthday party, the person who gives the birthday party opens all the gifts in front of all the people present and thanks them for the gifts. The mother usually makes a birthday cake, or if she can’t, she may order one from a cake shop. A number of candles and placed on the top of the cake and they will be lit when the party starts. The number of the candles is also the age of that person. After the light is out, they sing the song “Happy birthday to you”, and then play some games or sing or dance together. 1. Celebrating a person’s birthday is a custom in _____. A. every country B. Britain C. most European countries D. both B and C 2. The people who are invited to the party are _____. A. family members B. close friends C. neighbors D. both A and B 3. The number of the candles on the cake stands for _____. A. the number of the guests B. the number of the family members C. the number of the gifts D. the age of the person celebrating the birthday 4. According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true? A. If the guests can’t come, they may send a gift by post. B. The person giving the party hides all the gifts. C. The person giving the party opens all the gifts. D. The person giving the party thanks the guests for the gifts. 5. What is the passage about? A. The gifts in a birthday party B. the person giving a birthday party C. a birthday party D. birthday celebration in Britain and European countries 3. In ancient, people used to offer elaborately made cakes to the moon spirit on this day. After making this symbolic offering, a family would enjoy eating the cakes together. The festival eventually came to carry the idea of a happy family reunion and the custom has been passed down to this day. On this mid- autumn night, the full moon is especially bright. The whole family may sit together beneath the clear moonlight eating tasty moon cakes and appreciating the beauty of the full rounded moon. Of course, those who are far away from their homes that night are only too easily reminded of their families when they look up at the luminous moon. The words of the great Tang Dynasty poet Li Bai are often recited on such evenings, even today: “ I raise my head to gaze at the bright moon, and I drop my head to think of my old home.” 1. The best title for this passage is ____________ A. Moon Cakes B. Mid-Autumn Night C. Mid-Autumn FestivalD. A Meaningful Festival 2. What does the word elaborately in line 1 mean? A. doing something carefully B. doing something carelessly C. doing something with a great effort D. doing something in advance 3. When does the festival occur? It occurs ____________________ A. on August B. in the moonlit night in Autumn C. in moonlit nights in Autumn D. in the full moon night in mid-Autumn 4. The Festival is an occasion for__________________________ A. the family eating cakes B. the family making cakes C. the family reunion D. the family enjoying the Moon 5. People who are far away from their homes often feel __________ on this occasion. A. lonely B. sad C. upset D. homesick 4. Each summer, the Winant and Clayton Volunteer program sends a group of Americans to volunteer in London for seven weeks and provides housing and small stipend to help defray the high cost of living. After seven weeks of volunteering, participants have two weeks to travel independently before returning to London to evaluate the program and get their flight back to the United States. The application includes a few short essays, a series of questions about the type of placement one would prefer, and an informal interview with former volunteers that gives applicants a chance to find out more about the program. 1. How long do a group of Americans volunteer in London? A. Seven weeks B. Two weeks C. Three weeks D. Each summer 2. Which of the following is NOT included in the application? A. A few short essays. B. A series of questions about the type of placement one would prefer. C. An informal interview with former volunteers. D. The roster of volunteer placements. 3. What does the Winant and Clayton Volunteer program provide them with? A. Foods and clothes. B.A few short essays C. Transportation D.Housing and a small stipend 4. What can the volunteers do after seven weeks of volunteering? A.They can return to London B.They can have two weeks to evaluate the program. C.They can have two weeks to travel independently . D.They can get their flight back to the United States. 5. The word defray in line three is nearest in meaning to _____________ A. provide B. give C.ask D. pay or settle 5. A worldwide education survey released on December 8 th , 1998, by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) found that about 130 million children between the ages of 6 and 11, including 73 million girls, go without basic education. This shortfall has broad implications for those children’s welfare, UNICEF argued. The 1948 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1989 Convention on the rights of the Children established the right to education as a basic human right. Nevertheless, more than 850 million people- about one-sixth of the world’s population- will enter the 21 st century unable to read or write, UNICEF said in its annual State of the World’s Children Report. The illiteracy rate is highest in developing countries. 1. How many girls aged from 6 to 11 were found illiterate in 1998? A. 130 million B. 850 million C. 73 million D. 203 million 2. “welfare” in line 4 exactly means……… A. happiness B. luck C. love D. money 3. How many people won’t be able to read and write until the 21 st century? A. 850 million B. about on-sixth of the world’s population C. 130 million D. 1 billion 4. Where is the illiteracy rate highest? 3 A. in the USA B. in India C. in developed countries D. in developing countries 5. What is the main topic of this passage? A. human right B. human beings C. education D. world’s population 6 . A new study shows that women can reduce their chances of developing heart disease by jogging for about three hours every week. The researchers at Harvard University Medical in Boston have just reported the results of the study on the New England Journal of Medicine. The study is the first to show the effectiveness of jogging in the developing of heart disease in women. Only a few earlier studies have examined the effects of jogging on the heart, but nearly all have been done on men. The new study involves more than 72,000 women between the ages of forty and sixty-five during a period of eight years. The researchers have found that women who jog at least three hours a week have a thirty to forty percent lower chance of suffering a heart attack than those who do not. 31. The new study is about ________. A. men and heart attack B. effects of jogging on women’s heart C. men and jogging D. medicine in Harvard University 32. Who have done the research? A. The journalists on the New England Journal of Medicine B. Some joggers C. Women between the ages of forty and sixty-five D. The researchers at Harvard University Medical in Boston 33. How many hours should women jog at least a week to reduce heart attacks? A. 3 B. 40 C. 65 D. 72 34. Most of the early researches have been done on ________. A. babies B. children C. women D. men 35. How long does the new research take? A. 3 years B. 8 years C. 10 years D. 12 years SPEAKING 1. A: I am glad to be with you.B: ___________________________ A. Really? B. I’m sorry C. Me too. D. Thank you 2. A: Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker? B:____________________________ a. Yes, I talked to an English girl last summer b. I haven’t never spoken English c. I don’t know d. No, I haven’t spoken English 3. A: Do you enjoy helping people how to read and write? B: __________________________ a. Never b. Yes, I like that work c. Helping people how to read and write is boring d. No, thanks 4: A: Would you like to drink some tea? B: ________________________ a. Yes, please b. I don’t like tea c. No, thanks d. a& c are correct 5. A: What do you think of the General Knowledge Quiz?B: __________________________ a. It is great b. it sounds great c. I hate that contest d. I really like it. 6. A: What would you like to drink? B: __________________ a. I’d like orange juice, please. b. I like orange juice. c. orange juice d. thank you. 7. A: would you like to go to the theater with me tonight? B:___________________ a. I’d love to b. I am sorry c. really? d. Ok. 8. A: How often do you support charities? B:________________________ a. Sometimes b. Yes, I do. c. No, I don’t d. Through donations 9. A: Thank you very much. B: _______________ a. I’m sorry b. You’re welcome c. Me too d. Thank you 10. A: What do you think we should do to help poor students? B: __________________________________________ a. We should provide free textbooks for them. b. We help them do their homework. c. We should build new school d. We should enforce strict school regulations. WRITING 1. “ I am sorry I come late,” he said. He ______________________ late. a. thanked for coming b. apologized for coming c. congratulated on coming d. denied coming 2. “ I would like to be thinner,” Mary said. a. Mary did not want to be thinner b. Mary told to be thinner c. Mary wanted o be thinner d. Marry suggested to be thinner 3. “ I won’t do this work under any circumstances, “ the worker said. a. the worker promise to do that work b. The worker advised me to do that work c. the worker agreed to do that work d. The worker refused to do that work 4. “ Thank you very much for your help, John,” said Daisy. a. Daisy thanked John for helping her b. Daisy told John to help her c. Daisy wanted John to help her and said thanks d. Daisy would like John to help her. 5. “ If the weather is nice tomorrow, we will go camping,” my leader said. My leader said if the weather _____________________________. a. was nice the next day, they would go camping b. was nice the next day, we would go camping c. is nice the next day, they will go camping d. is nice tomorrow , they would go camping 6. “ If I were 20 years old, I would take part in the volleyball club,” she said. a. she said that if she were 20 years old, she would have taken part in the volleyball club. b. She said that if she were 20 years old, she would take part in the volleyball club. c. She said that if I were 20 years old, I would take part in the volleyball club. d. She said that if she is 20 years old, she will take part in the volleyball club 7. “ I will do it for you, Mary,” Peter said. a. Peter advised Mary to do it b. Peter advised Mary not to do it c. Peter promised to do it for Mary d. Peter wanted Mary to do it 8. “ You had better stop smoking”, his father said. a. His father ordered him to stop smoking b. His father wanted him not to stop smoking b. His father advised him to stop smoking d. His father advised him not to stop smoking 9. “ I am sorry I broke the vase,” the boy said. a. The boy denied breaking the vase b. The boy admitted breaking the vase c. The boy refused to break the vase d. The boy threatened to break the vase 10. “ It is you that stole my purse,” Mrs. Pike said to the boy. a. Mrs. Pike accused the boy of stealing her purse b. Mrs. Pike asked the boy to steal her purse c. Mrs. Pike insisted on stealing her purse d. Mrs. Pike advised they boy to steal her purse 11. “Would you like to have a drink with me?” is changed into reported speech as _____. a. He asked me if I liked to have a drink with him. b. He invited me to have a drink with him. c. He invited to have a drink with him. d. He invited me having a drink with him. 12. “You took my book, Jane!” a. He told me to take his book. b. He admitted taking my book. c. He accused her of taking his book. d. He thought that I had taken his book PRONUNCIATION 1. A. world B. work C. war D. whom 2. A. threaten B. throw C. thankful D. though 3. A. country B. lunar C. luck D. plum 4. A. sugar B. such C. spring D. similar 4 5. A. invited B. celebrated C. attended D. married 6. A. growth B. although C. third D. earth 7. A. native B. provide C. English D. think 8. A. quickly B. lady C. daily D. reply 9. A. suggested B. multiplied C. studied D. opened 10. A. decorate B. occasion C. special D. calendar 11. A. machine B. change C. teacher D. choose 12. A. trust B. mutual C. numbe D. uncertain 13. A. school B. teacher C. each D. which 14 A. grade B. great C. sneaky D. embrace 15. A. change B. English C. single D. angle 16. A. money B. notice C. glance D. ankle 17. A. candle B. cake C. decorate D. celebration 18. A. hour B. honest C. vehicle D. happy . 1 REVISION UNIT 8 CHOOSE THE BEST OPTION: 1. They didn’t serve enough food because there were some ………. The 19 48 Universal Declaration of Human Rights and the 1 989 Convention on the rights of the Children established the right to education as a basic human right. Nevertheless, more than 85 0 million. give C.ask D. pay or settle 5. A worldwide education survey released on December 8 th , 19 98, by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) found that about 130 million children between the