CONSOLIDATION 42

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. A. edition B. exhibition C. exist D. environment
2. A. pleasure B. wear C. pear D. bear
3. A. honest B. honor C. host D. vehicle
4. A. continue B. information C. forest D. forget
5. A. stove B. government C. moment D. folder
6. A. risen B. written C. driven D. arise
7. A. weighed B. laughed C. coughed D. forced
8. A. sugar B. sure C. serious D. special
9. A. sleeveless B. Vietnamese C. sweater D. jeans
10. A. culture B. industrial C. adult D. musician
II. Pick out the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
1. A. chicken B. vegetable C. primary D. complete
2. A. disagree B. experience C. biology D. improve
3. A. purpose B. remote C. control D. respond
4. A. mausoleum B. population C. secondary D. correspondent
5. A. bamboo B. enjoyable C. banyan D. arrive
6. A. material B. economic C. traditional D. minority
7. A. decide B. combine C. apply D. happen
8. A. logical B. convenient C. occasion D. continue
9. A. accept B. provide C. open D. expect
10. A. typhoon B. prefer C. opinion D. shorten
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the following sentence:
1. Don't be late for the interview, ................... people will think you are a disorganized person.
A. otherwise B. unless C. if not D. or so
2. ................. of the hundred members of the club was given a souvenir.
A. All B. Each C. Either D. Neither
3. His failure ............... great disappointment to his parents.
A. forced B. made C. caused D. provided
4. After a lot of difficulties, he ...................... to open the door.
A. succeeded B. managed C. obtained D. realised
5. Nobody arrived at the meeting late, .........................?
A. didn't she B. did she C. didn't they D. did they
6. He looks very familiar. I remember ............. him somewhere.
A. see B. to see C. seeing D. saw
7. I hear Mary's been offered a place at university. She ................. be very pleased.
A. must B. might C. may D. can
8. I'm going to tell you the reason ................... my decision and you will understand me more.
A. for B. with C. about D. on
9. For people with hearing difficulties, telephones with volume controls provide the best .........
A. result B. response C. reply D. solution
10. " How did the window..............?", Tom's father angrily asked him.
A. get broken B. break C. be broken D. to break
IV. Supply the correct form of the word in brackets to complete the passage:
With the growth in air travel, airports have become symbols of international importance, and are (1-
frequent) ......................... designed by well-known architects. Airports have (2- impress) .....................
facilities nowadays. There are (3- comfort) ......................... departure lounges, where passengers wait
before boarding their (4- fly) ................................., restaurants, shopping areas and banks. Good road
and rail (5- connect) ........................... with nearby towns and cities are also essential. However, it is
becoming (6- increase) ........................... difficult to find land on which to build airports, as aircraft,
despite (7- improve) ........................ in engine design, are (8- noise) ............................, and need a
considerable amount of space in which to land and take off. (9- crowd) ............................ residential
areas need to be avoided, so (10- fortunate) ............................. , suitable land might be an inconvenient
distance away from the city.
V. Each of the following lines contains a mistake. Find and correct them. ENGLISH
1 The English language is the most wide spoken language in the world. It is used as either
2 a primary or second language on many countries. During the 1500s, fewer than two million
3. people spoke English. All of they lived in what is now called United Kingdom. Through
4 the centuries, as the result of various historical events, English has spread throughout world.
5 Today, about 400 million people speak English as their nation language. Most of those people
6 live in Australia, Canada, USA, UK, Ireland, New Zealand but South Africa. Another 100
7 million people, chiefly living in Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, and in many African country, speak
8 English in additional to their own language. Today, English is the international language of
science, technology, business and diplomacy throughout the world.
SECTION III: READING
VI. Fill a suitable word in each gap to complete the passage:
One of the (1)................... difficult things to do, when you take an English listening exam,
(2) ....................... to stop thinking about one question after the (3) ................... question comes on and
you still haven't figured out the answer yet. Everyone wants to (4) ................... every question
correctly, of course; if you haven't finished a question, you will want to continue (5) .....................
about it.
You cannot, however, (6) ...................... the tape continues. If you continue to think about the question
you are working on, you will not be ready to (7) ....................... to the next speaker. You can become
lost in this cycle, which can continue and become very frustrating. You must force yourself to stop
thinking about an (8) ...................... question and concentrate on the next recorded question. Do this on
every practice test: you must be willing to miss one question in (9) ..................... to keep up with the
tape. Your ability to listen and work quickly will improve as (10) ........................ practice.
VII. Read the passage below carefully and choose the best answer.
If when you hear the word “international athlete”, you imagine a runner in an exotic location, enjoying
life in a five- star hotel, think again. I won the Dublin Marathon and the European Games and I now
want to win a place in the Olympic Games. I also have a demanding job and a family life to organize.
My life is exciting, but I don't live in luxury.
My route to the top was not what you might expect. I ran until I was sixteen, then went to college and
got married. At 25 I made a come-back. That year my daughter was four and although fitting in a full-
time job, family and running was not easy, I was managing it all fine. Then I had to stop when I hurt
my left knee while running. I started back again a year later, and I'm now running really well.
I'm pleased that I am now performing at a high level, but I know that if I make it to the Olympic team
there will be more training to do. I may have to decide to work only part-time then, until midday, and
get somebody to help with the housework. You have to take an opportunity to compete in the
Olympics when it comes because you don't know if it will ever come again.
 For the moment, though, training has to fit around everything else in my life. I usually run into work,
nearly eight miles along a main road, in my running shoes and tracksuit. Then I quickly change into
my work uniform - my employers are used to that! They are also understanding about the demands of
life as an athlete, which means I do not work on weekends because of races.
1. What is the writer's main purpose in writing the text?
A. to complain about her lack of time for running
B. to describe her fitness training program
C. to show how difficult being a runner can be
D. to give advice to other female runners
2. Why did the writer give up running when she was 25?
A. She had a child to look after B. She suffered an injury
C. She wanted to study at college D. She was working full- time
3. If she joins the Olympic team, the writer is thinking of .........................
A. training more at weekends B. giving up her present job.
C. spending more time at home D. reducing her working hours
4. What does the writer say about her employers?
A. They allow her free time for running B. They would like her to give up running
C. They pay for some of her equipment D. They want her to work on weekends
5. Which of the following is the best description of the writer?
A. An athlete who has not won important competitions because of the pressure of family and work
B. An excellent runner who has won a number of competitions thanks to a lot of hard work
C. A woman who puts her ambition to win competitions before her duties as a mother
D. A disappointed runner who would like to have the luxuries that other international athletes have
SECTION IV: WRITING
VIII. Finish the second sentence so that it has the same meaning as the first one.
1. My hair hasn't been cut for months.
=> I .............................................................................
2. It's more than a month since someone saw him.
=> He was .........................................................
3. The computer was too expensive for her to buy.
=> She could ................................................................
4. Their teacher is making them prepare carefully for exam.
=> They are ................................................................................................
5.You won't be able to go on holiday if you don't start saving now.
=> Unless you.............................................................
6. Alcohol is bad for you and so are cigarettes.
=> Neither ............................................................................................................
7. Spending a week in New York is going to be great.
=> I'm looking .....................................................................
8. I'm sure it was Tom who cleaned everything up.
=> Tom must ..................................................................
9. It was careless of you to leave the windows open last night.
=> You should not .......................................................................................
10. I'm having a lot of trouble now because I lost my passport last week.
=> If I .......................................................................................................................
11. I don’t find it difficult to study late at night.
 → I am used …………………………………………………………………………………
12. I’ve never met such a famous person before.
→ It is ………………………………………………………………………………………..
13 We don’t buy the house because we don’t have enough money.
→ If we …….........................................………………………………………………………
14. Only two out of the five rooms we have booked have air conditioners.
→ We have booked five rooms, only two ............................................................................................
15. “Don’t walk in the sun without your hat”. His mother said
→ His mother asked …………………………………………………………………………
IX. Give the correct form of the words in the bracket.
1. In ancient Greece, the owl was a symbol of __________________. REFUSE
2. I couldn’t help it. The accident was __________________. AVOID
3. She was _____________ knowledgeable about the history of China. EXTREME
4. He was very_______________ when his cat was run over. SET
5. Jackson had another violent _______________ with the referee. AGREE
6. Many people were buried ______________ after the earthquake. LIVE
7. She studied ______________ at university. ECONOMY
8. Rob was dismissed by his_______________ that he must leave in a month’s time. EMPLOY
9. The judge told him it was _______ to drink and drive, and banned him for a year. RESPONSIBLE
10. English is a ___________________easy language for us to learn. COMPARE
11. Some young people today have a very strange ___________________. APPEAR
12. Many designers took __________________ from Vietnam’s ethnic minorities. INSPIRE
13. He has great _________________ in God. BELIEVE
14. She divorced him because of his _______________________ to the children. KIND
15. Women nowadays have more _________________ to participate in social activities. FREE
16. English and French are Canada’s _____________________ language. OFFICE
17. I had my trouser ___________________ because it is too short. LONG
18. __________________ is a source of income for radio, TV and newspapers. ADVERTISE
19. There used to be a big tree at the ____________________ to this village. ENTER
20. Jeans made in China are sometimes ______________ cheap. SURPRISE
X. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. EDUCATION AND WORK
Education is not an end, but a means to an end. In other words, we do not educate children only for
educating them. Our purpose is to fit them for life.
In some modern countries, it has for some time (1) ______ fashionable to think that by free
education for all- whether rich or (2) ______, clever or stupid- one can solve all problems of society
and build a perfect nation. But we can already see that free education for all is not enough. We find in
such countries a large (3) ______ of people with university degrees refuse to do (4) ______ they
think "low" work. In fact work with hands is thought to be dirty and shameful in such countries. But
we only have to think a moment to understand that the work of a completely educated farmer is much
more important (5) ______ that of a professor. We can live without education but we die if we have
(6) ______ food. If no one cleaned our streets or collected the rubbish from our house, we should get
terrible diseases in our towns.
(7) ______ fact, when we say that all of us must be educated to be fitted for life, it means (8) _______
we must be educated in such a way each of us can do whatever work suited to our brains and ability
and we can realize that all jobs are necessary to society, and that it is bad to be ashamed (9) ______
one's work. Only such a type of education can (10) _______ considered valuable to society.