UNIT 2_PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ENGLISH 11 DUCNGUYEN 3 PRACTICE TEST.2 I. PHONETICS A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1) A. hand B. bank C. sand D. band 2) A. money B. month C. monkey D. monitor 3) A. change B. hungry C. stronger D. single 4) A. bring B. language C. string D. sing 5) A. think B. sink C. inland D. ink B. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words. 1) A. experience B. embarrass C. floppy D. embrace 2) A. idol B. video C. birthday D. imagine 3) A. cotton B. happen C. extreme D. quickly 4) A. embarrass B. experience C. imagine D. imitate 5) A. cotton B. happen C. extreme D. quickly MULTUPLE CHOICE 1) A date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important event is a(n) . A. birthday B. celebration C. wedding D. anniversary 2) Dinner will be a cold , not a sit-down meal. A. party B. meal C. dish D. buffet 3) He doesn’t know much about the subject, but he is . A. joyful B. enthusiastic C. reserved D. calm 4) Steve thought his with Helen was changing. A. relate B. relative C. relation D. relationship 5) He is for his elderly parents. A. paying attention B. looking C. caring D. taking care 6) He is smartly when he comes to an interview. A. dressed B. put on C. worn D. undressed 7) John had agreed me in his office. A. to meet B. meeting C. to be met D. being met 8) It’s important for the figures regularly. A. to update B. updating C. to be updated D. being updated 9) It is no good sorry for yourself. A. to feel B. feeling C. feel D. felt 10) The man wanted to avoid on security cameras. A. to see B. seeing C. to be seen D. being seen 11) Peter to go in for the exam. A. avoided B. let C. advised D. decided 12) I tried the bus, but I missed it. A. to catch B. catching C. to be caught D. being caught 13) The plants want daily. A. to water B. watering C. to be watered D. being water 14) Will you remind me this letter at the post office? A. to post B. posting C. to be posted D. being posted 15) The goods ought two weeks ago. A. to deliver B. delivering C. to be delivered D. being delivered II. ERROR 1) While I did my homework, I had a good idea. A B C D UNIT 2_PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ENGLISH 11 DUCNGUYEN 4 2) Don’t make so much fusses over the children. A B C D 3) John’s friends had celebrated a farewell party for him last Sunday A B C D 4) After she bought herself a new motorbike, she sold her bicycle. A B C D 5) She did not know where most of the people in the room are from. A B C D III. READING MARIA’S HOMECOMING When the bus (1) in a small square, Maria was reading her magazine and didn’t realize that she had arrived at her destination. “This is Santa Teresa,” Martin said. “You’ve arrived home!” I suppose your cousin will be (2) for us. Come on. I’ll carry the bags.” Maria thought, “All those years when I (3) in New York, I used to dream of this moment. And now it’s real, I can’t believe it! Here I am, I’m really standing in the square.” Santa Teresa was Maria’s birthplace, but she often left the town at the age of six. She had some (4) of the town, and some photos, but did she belong here still? She didn’t know. Nobody was waiting in the square. Perhaps her cousin Pablo hadn’t received Maria’s letter. “What are we going to do now?” asked Martin. “There isn’t (5) a hotel here!” 1) A. reached B. got C. stopped D. came 2) A. expecting B. waiting C. welcoming D. receiving 3) A. was living B. have lived C. live D. am living 4) A. recall B. memories C. thinking D. remembering 5) A. even B. hardly C. too D. very IV. WORD FORM 1. He had a nice smile and an appealing …………………… . (PERSONAL) 2. She felt acute ……………………… at his behaviour. (EMBARRASSING) 3. I rather ……………… looked in her diary when she was out last night. (SNEAKINESS) 4. They are young ……………………… parents and need support. (EXPERIENCE) 5. The end of the film was much more ……………… than I'd expected. (EXCITED) V. REWRITE 1. I last went shopping two months ago. GONE - I …………………………………………. two months. 2. Our last holiday was in China. TO - We …………………………………………….our last holiday. 3. I’ve been here for two hours, and I’m still waiting. WAITING - I ………………………………………… two hours. 4. I haven’t seen him for ages. SINCE - It’s ……………………………………… saw him 5. The burglar escaped before the police arrived. HAD ………………………………………………………………………. . 6. How long is it since they went to Nairobi? (WHEN) ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 7. Mac Kenzie wrote four best-sellers before he was twenty. (BY THE AGE) ………………………………………………………………………………………. . 8. She is still working on her homework. (STOPPED) ………………………………………………………………………………………… . 9. Could you deliver the goods to my house? (DELIVERED) ………………………………………………………………………………………… . 10. In the middle of our dinner there was a knock at the door. (WHEN) …………………………………………………………………………………………. . THE END 8 • I've never met such a friendly girl. She 's the mo st frie nd ly girl I 'v e ever met. • I've never given a speech before. It' s t he fir st tim e I 've ever given a spe ech . • It's a long time since she wrote to me. Sh e h as n 't written to me for a long t i me . • She ca me to Eng land two yea rs ago. She has been in England for two years. • The l as t time I spoke to him was a month ago. I haven 't s poke n to him for a mo n th . • How long ago did he get married ? How long is it since he go t ma rried? • He hasn't found a job ye t. He st ill hasn't found a job. • She start ed dyeing her hair a few months ago. She's been dyei ng her hair for a few mont hs. 1 Co mple te the sen tences using t he w ord in bold. Use t wo to five w ords. 1 It's a long ti me since he last visited grand pa . FOR He . . . . . . . a long time. 2 How long ago did he meet his wife- ta - be? S INC E How long . hi s wif e- ta-be? 3 She h as neve r bee n to a funeral bef ore. EVE R I t' s the first ti me . to a f un er al. 4 The last ti me he had a haircut was th ree months ago. HAD He for three months. 5 They got married last year . BE EN They . for a y ea r. 6 I' ve ne ver met such an argumentat IVe perso n be fo re . M OS T He is the ever met. 7 She ha s n't lost any weight yet. STI LL She . . . any weight. S He started worki ng for a company thr ee months ago. BEEN He . . . . . a company for t hr ee mont hs. 9 They are the most de voted par en ts I 'v e eve r seen . NEVER I . . . . . de vo t ed parents. 10 How long is it si nce you move d h ou s e? AGO How house? • Lexicogrammatical word transformations 2 Co mp lete the sentences us ing th e w ord in bold. U se tw o t o five words . Karen isn 't similar to her mother AFTER Karen . . her moth er . 2 I lost touch with Ben after I moved hou se TA LKED I . . since I moved hou se . 3 She didn't start crying until everyone had left. BEFORE She waited until ev eryone. . . . in to tear s. 4 You should have asked for your fri en ds ' adv i ce . PI TY What . ask for your friends' advice. 5 Those t rousers are not ve ry fashionable any more. F ASHION Those trous ers . for quite some ti me . 6 My parents' 20th annIve rsary is in September. H AV E Th,s Septe mber my parents . 20 years . 7 As he gets older, he be(Qmes more caring. TH E The . car ing he becomes . 8 Jane described the burglar's appearance in detai l. DE SC RIPTI ON Ja ne . the burglar's appe arance. 9 It was wrong of her to reveal his sec re t. GI VEN She shoul dn 't his secret. 10 He can't decide whether to accept t he offer or not . MI ND He can't . whether to accept the offer or not. 11 He was in his late forties when he decided to take up writing profe ssi onall y. BE CO ME He di dn't . he was in his late forties. 12 Co ns lde nn g that she 's so young, Mary is very mature. AG E For . . , Mary is very mature. 13 DaVld used to play the gu itar, but he doesn't a ny more. GI V EN David . . . the guit ar . 14 laura didn't k.now any of the people at the party. NOB ODY There . . . at t he party. 15 You can buy v ery ch eap birthday card s in th is shop. NO THI NG It cos ts . . birthday gifts in th is shop. • • tr I , r: I I . I • , • Word formation 3 Read the text and complete the gaps by putting the verbs in brackets in the appropriate form . What do Elizabeth I, Napoleon, Th oma s Jefferson and Wi nston Churc hill all have in comm on? Well, apa rt from the fact that they were four of the most renowned 0) in world history, L EAD they were also all 're dhe ads'! Red ha ir is the rarest 1) . . . hair colour in NATURE humans a nd to da y only around 1 % of the wo rld's 2) is redh ea ded . POPUlA TE Throughout history, 3) have ART always been fasci nated by people with red hair. For exa mp le, BotticeUi depicted the goddess Venus with red ha ir in his 4) painting The Birth of fAME Venus. In modern times, red hair has even become a fashion Irend, wilh many people choosing 10 dye their hair re d. On Ihe other hand, 5) in PA RTI CU lA R Britain, redheaded people continue to be the victims of 6 ) DI SCR IMI NATE Redhea ded schoolchildr en are often called 7) names and even OF FENCE some redheaded adults claim 10 have suffered bullying in the wo rkplace. Most people think that joking about redh ea ds is 8) fun, but redheaded Britons HARM can sometimes get upset wh en they are teased about their hair. • Multiple choice cloze 5 Read the text and choose the (o rrect answer. • Lexical multiple choice items 4 Choose the (orrect answer. 1 My teacher feels of my getting good grades in the final exams. A safe B confident C secure D definite 2 Does she believe that I'll help her after the way she spoke to me 7 A seriously B genuinely C steadily o earnestly 3 Peter couldn't utter a(n) word after he learnt he had won the award. A single B particular C only D unique 4 I know how John felt when he scored the winning goal for his team. A distinctly C particularly B essentially 0 exactly 5 Jason felt tired and . after working out all afternoon. A weary B restless C angry D soot hed 6 He treats the customers with respect. A plain B regular C primary 0 normal 7 Parents have to a good example for their kids. A set B p lac e C s ho w 0 put 8 Karen constant ly about her ch il dren. A annoys B bothers C disturbs 0 worries 9 We her for her sister. A misunderstood B mistook C confused D misinterpreted 10 H is rudene ss could . to him being dismissed. A raise B generate C lead D build Many people cla im to be able to know when someone is lying. According 1) . popular belief, all you have to do is look at a person's body language; when a person is lying he becomes nervous and fidgety, touches his nose, and bites his nails. However, a researcher at Portsm outh University, England, has arrived at an entirely different conclusion. Dr Samantha Mann carried 2) resear ch on the behavio ur of suspects who had given 3) statements in police interviews. Mann discovered that liars actualJy stay qu it e still. This is because they are aware that peop le are l ook i ng for body language that could suggest they are lyi ng . Therefore, liars actually touch their noses 20% less than people who tell the truth. The same 4) for eye contact. White it is generally thought that liars avoid eye contact and b link rapidly, in re ality , people who are lying 5) sure to maintain eye contact and contro l their blinking. With th e findings of her research in mind, Mann claims that the be st way to spot a liar is to look for people who are trying t oo hard to 6) truthful. 1 2 3 4 5 6 A from A up A wrong A goes A keep A view B by B down B false B comes B make B display C to C in C mistaken C stays C take C show D with D out D incorrect D moves D do D appear 8 • I've never met such a friendly girl. She 's the mo st frie nd ly girl I 'v e ever met. • I've never given a speech before. It' s t he fir st tim e I 've ever given a spe ech . • It's a long time since she wrote to me. Sh e h as n 't written to me for a long t i me . • She ca me to Eng land two yea rs ago. She has been in England for two years. • The l as t time I spoke to him was a month ago. I haven 't s poke n to him for a mo n th . • How long ago did he get married ? How long is it since he go t ma rried? • He hasn't found a job ye t. He st ill hasn't found a job. • She start ed dyeing her hair a few months ago. She's been dyei ng her hair for a few mont hs. 1 Co mple te the sen tences using t he w ord in bold. Use t wo to five w ords. 1 It's a long ti me since he last visited grand pa . FOR He . . . . . . . a long time. 2 How long ago did he meet his wife- ta - be? S INC E How long . hi s wif e- ta-be? 3 She h as neve r bee n to a funeral bef ore. EVE R I t' s the first ti me . to a f un er al. 4 The last ti me he had a haircut was th ree months ago. HAD He for three months. 5 They got married last year . BE EN They . for a y ea r. 6 I' ve ne ver met such an argumentat IVe perso n be fo re . M OS T He is the ever met. 7 She ha s n't lost any weight yet. STI LL She . . . any weight. S He started worki ng for a company thr ee months ago. BEEN He . . . . . a company for t hr ee mont hs. 9 They are the most de voted par en ts I 'v e eve r seen . NEVER I . . . . . de vo t ed parents. 10 How long is it si nce you move d h ou s e? AGO How house? • Lexicogrammatical word transformations 2 Co mp lete the sentences us ing th e w ord in bold. U se tw o t o five words . Karen isn 't similar to her mother AFTER Karen . . her moth er . 2 I lost touch with Ben after I moved hou se TA LKED I . . since I moved hou se . 3 She didn't start crying until everyone had left. BEFORE She waited until ev eryone. . . . in to tear s. 4 You should have asked for your fri en ds ' adv i ce . PI TY What . ask for your friends' advice. 5 Those t rousers are not ve ry fashionable any more. F ASHION Those trous ers . for quite some ti me . 6 My parents' 20th annIve rsary is in September. H AV E Th,s Septe mber my parents . 20 years . 7 As he gets older, he be(Qmes more caring. TH E The . car ing he becomes . 8 Jane described the burglar's appearance in detai l. DE SC RIPTI ON Ja ne . the burglar's appe arance. 9 It was wrong of her to reveal his sec re t. GI VEN She shoul dn 't his secret. 10 He can't decide whether to accept t he offer or not . MI ND He can't . whether to accept the offer or not. 11 He was in his late forties when he decided to take up writing profe ssi onall y. BE CO ME He di dn't . he was in his late forties. 12 Co ns lde nn g that she 's so young, Mary is very mature. AG E For . . , Mary is very mature. 13 DaVld used to play the gu itar, but he doesn't a ny more. GI V EN David . . . the guit ar . 14 laura didn't k.now any of the people at the party. NOB ODY There . . . at t he party. 15 You can buy v ery ch eap birthday card s in th is shop. NO THI NG It cos ts . . birthday gifts in th is shop. • • hasn't visited grandpa for is it since he met she's ever been hasn't had a haircut have been married most argumentative person I've still hasn't lost has been working for have never seen such long ago did you move doesn't take after haven't talked to Ben had left before she burst a pity you didn't have been out of fashion will have been married for older he gets the more gave a detailed description of have given away make up his mind become a professional writer until her age has given up playing was nobody laura knew next to nothing to buy tr I , r: I I . I • , • Word formation 3 Read the text and complete the gaps by putting the verbs in brackets in the appropriate form . What do Elizabeth I, Napoleon, Th oma s Jefferson and Wi nston Churc hill all have in comm on? Well, apa rt from the fact that they were four of the most renowned 0) in world history, L EAD they were also all 're dhe ads'! Red ha ir is the rarest 1) . . . hair colour in NATURE humans a nd to da y only around 1 % of the wo rld's 2) is redh ea ded . POPUlA TE Throughout history, 3) have ART always been fasci nated by people with red hair. For exa mp le, BotticeUi depicted the goddess Venus with red ha ir in his 4) painting The Birth of fAME Venus. In modern times, red hair has even become a fashion Irend, wilh many people choosing 10 dye their hair re d. On Ihe other hand, 5) in PA RTI CU lA R Britain, redheaded people continue to be the victims of 6 ) DI SCR IMI NATE Redhea ded schoolchildr en are often called 7) names and even OF FENCE some redheaded adults claim 10 have suffered bullying in the wo rkplace. Most people think that joking about redh ea ds is 8) fun, but redheaded Britons HARM can sometimes get upset wh en they are teased about their hair. • Multiple choice cloze 5 Read the text and choose the (o rrect answer. • Lexical multiple choice items 4 Choose the (orrect answer. 1 My teacher feels of my getting good grades in the final exams. A safe B confident C secure D definite 2 Does she believe that I'll help her after the way she spoke to me 7 A seriously B genuinely C steadily o earnestly 3 Peter couldn't utter a(n) word after he learnt he had won the award. A single B particular C only D unique 4 I know how John felt when he scored the winning goal for his team. A distinctly C particularly B essentially 0 exactly 5 Jason felt tired and . after working out all afternoon. A weary B restless C angry D soot hed 6 He treats the customers with respect. A plain B regular C primary 0 normal 7 Parents have to a good example for their kids. A set B p lac e C s ho w 0 put 8 Karen constant ly about her ch il dren. A annoys B bothers C disturbs 0 worries 9 We her for her sister. A misunderstood B mistook C confused D misinterpreted 10 H is rudene ss could . to him being dismissed. A raise B generate C lead D build Many people cla im to be able to know when someone is lying. According 1) . popular belief, all you have to do is look at a person's body language; when a person is lying he becomes nervous and fidgety, touches his nose, and bites his nails. However, a researcher at Portsm outh University, England, has arrived at an entirely different conclusion. Dr Samantha Mann carried 2) resear ch on the behavio ur of suspects who had given 3) statements in police interviews. Mann discovered that liars actualJy stay qu it e still. This is because they are aware that peop le are l ook i ng for body language that could suggest they are lyi ng . Therefore, liars actually touch their noses 20% less than people who tell the truth. The same 4) for eye contact. White it is generally thought that liars avoid eye contact and b link rapidly, in re ality , people who are lying 5) sure to maintain eye contact and contro l their blinking. With th e findings of her research in mind, Mann claims that the be st way to spot a liar is to look for people who are trying t oo hard to 6) truthful. 1 2 3 4 5 6 A from A up A wrong A goes A keep A view B by B down B false B comes B make B display C to C in C mistaken C stays C take C show D with D out D incorrect D moves D do D appear natural population artists famous particularly discrimination offensive harmless UNIT 2_PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ENGLISH 11 DUCNGUYEN 3 PRACTICE TEST.2 I. PHONETICS A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1) A. hand B. bank C. sand D. band 2) A. money B. month C. monkey D. monitor 3) A. change B. hungry C. stronger D. single 4) A. bring B. language C. string D. sing 5) A. think B. sink C. inland D. ink B. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words. 1) A. experience B. embarrass C. floppy D. embrace 2) A. idol B. video C. birthday D. imagine 3) A. cotton B. happen C. extreme D. quickly 4) A. embarrass B. experience C. imagine D. imitate 5) A. cotton B. happen C. extreme D. quickly MULTUPLE CHOICE 1) A date that is an exact number of years after the date of an important event is a(n) . A. birthday B. celebration C. wedding D. anniversary 2) Dinner will be a cold , not a sit-down meal. A. party B. meal C. dish D. buffet 3) He doesn’t know much about the subject, but he is . A. joyful B. enthusiastic C. reserved D. calm 4) Steve thought his with Helen was changing. A. relate B. relative C. relation D. relationship 5) He is for his elderly parents. A. paying attention B. looking C. caring D. taking care 6) He is smartly when he comes to an interview. A. dressed B. put on C. worn D. undressed 7) John had agreed me in his office. A. to meet B. meeting C. to be met D. being met 8) It’s important for the figures regularly. A. to update B. updating C. to be updated D. being updated 9) It is no good sorry for yourself. A. to feel B. feeling C. feel D. felt 10) The man wanted to avoid on security cameras. A. to see B. seeing C. to be seen D. being seen 11) Peter to go in for the exam. A. avoided B. let C. advised D. decided 12) I tried the bus, but I missed it. A. to catch B. catching C. to be caught D. being caught 13) The plants want daily. A. to water B. watering C. to be watered D. being water 14) Will you remind me this letter at the post office? A. to post B. posting C. to be posted D. being posted 15) The goods ought two weeks ago. A. to deliver B. delivering C. to be delivered D. being delivered II. ERROR 1) While I did my homework, I had a good idea. A B C D was doing UNIT 2_PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ENGLISH 11 DUCNGUYEN 4 2) Don’t make so much fusses over the children. A B C D 3) John’s friends had celebrated a farewell party for him last Sunday A B C D 4) After she bought herself a new motorbike, she sold her bicycle. A B C D 5) She did not know where most of the people in the room are from. A B C D III. READING MARIA’S HOMECOMING When the bus (1) in a small square, Maria was reading her magazine and didn’t realize that she had arrived at her destination. “This is Santa Teresa,” Martin said. “You’ve arrived home!” I suppose your cousin will be (2) for us. Come on. I’ll carry the bags.” Maria thought, “All those years when I (3) in New York, I used to dream of this moment. And now it’s real, I can’t believe it! Here I am, I’m really standing in the square.” Santa Teresa was Maria’s birthplace, but she often left the town at the age of six. She had some (4) of the town, and some photos, but did she belong here still? She didn’t know. Nobody was waiting in the square. Perhaps her cousin Pablo hadn’t received Maria’s letter. “What are we going to do now?” asked Martin. “There isn’t (5) a hotel here!” 1) A. reached B. got C. stopped D. came 2) A. expecting B. waiting C. welcoming D. receiving 3) A. was living B. have lived C. live D. am living 4) A. recall B. memories C. thinking D. remembering 5) A. even B. hardly C. too D. very IV. WORD FORM 1. He had a nice smile and an appealing …………………… . (PERSONAL) 2. She felt acute ……………………… at his behaviour. (EMBARRASSING) 3. I rather ……………… looked in her diary when she was out last night. (SNEAKINESS) 4. They are young ……………………… parents and need support. (EXPERIENCE) 5. The end of the film was much more ……………… than I'd expected. (EXCITED) V. REWRITE 1. I last went shopping two months ago. GONE - I …………………………………………. two months. 2. Our last holiday was in China. TO - We …………………………………………….our last holiday. 3. I’ve been here for two hours, and I’m still waiting. WAITING - I ………………………………………… two hours. 4. I haven’t seen him for ages. SINCE - It’s ……………………………………… saw him 5. The burglar escaped before the police arrived. HAD ………………………………………………………………………. . 6. How long is it since they went to Nairobi? (WHEN) ……………………………………………………………………………………… . 7. Mac Kenzie wrote four best-sellers before he was twenty. (BY THE AGE) ………………………………………………………………………………………. . 8. She is still working on her homework. (STOPPED) ………………………………………………………………………………………… . 9. Could you deliver the goods to my house? (DELIVERED) ………………………………………………………………………………………… . 10. In the middle of our dinner there was a knock at the door. (WHEN) …………………………………………………………………………………………. . THE END fuss celebrated had bought had been personality embarrassment sneakily inexperienced exciting haven't gone shopping for went to China for have been waiting for ages since I (last) When did they go to Nairobi? When the police arrived, the burglar had escaped By the age of 20, Mac Kenzie had writen four best-sellers She hasn'tstopped working on her homework Could I have the goods delivered to my house? When we were having dinner, there was a knock at the door. eating . UNIT 2_ PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ENGLISH 11 DUCNGUYEN 3 PRACTICE TEST .2 I. PHONETICS A. Choose the word whose underlined part is. natural population artists famous particularly discrimination offensive harmless UNIT 2_ PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ENGLISH 11 DUCNGUYEN 3 PRACTICE TEST .2 I. PHONETICS A. Choose the word whose underlined part is. II. ERROR 1) While I did my homework, I had a good idea. A B C D UNIT 2_ PERSONAL EXPERIENCE. ENGLISH 11 DUCNGUYEN 4 2) Don’t make so much fusses over the children. A B C D 3) John’s