UNIT 5 – NATURAL WONDER OF THE WORLD (1)

Vocabulary: Travel items/ Things in nature

Grammar: Superlatives

Pronunciation: /t/; /st/ sounds

I. Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently in each line
1. A. moutain B. counting C. tourist D. foundation
2. A. wonder B. brother C. compass D. once
3. A. museum B. student C. uniform D. surrounding
4. A. diverse B. waterfall C. furniture D. eternal
5. A. moves B. laughs C. looks D. starts
II. Circle the word (A, B, C or D) which is stress differently in each line
6. A. equipment B. diversity C. mountainous D. fantastic
7. A. historic B. backpack C. forest D. plaster
8. A. memorial B. mysterious C. marvelous D. significant
9. A. messy B. valley C. island D. hotel
10. A. essential B. backyard C. cathedral D. calendar
III. Put the verbs in brackets in the correct tense.
Nam _________(11-have) a wonderful holiday last summer. He ________(12.be) in Hanoi, the
capital of Vietnam. He ___________(13- stay) with his uncle for three weeks. He ______(14.visit) a lot
of interesting places such as Uncle Ho’s Mausoleum, Ba Dinh square,West lake, Lenin park… He
_______ (15. Buy) various souvenirs before he ________(16.come) back to Ho Chi Minh city yesterday.
He ________(17. Buy) postcards for his friends and a cap with a national flag on it. Nam _______(18.
Like) the cap very much. He _______(19.wear) it all day during the time travelling in Hanoi. Now he
______(20.be) at home with his family and enjoys the food from Hanoi.
11 12 13 14 15
16 17 18 19 20

IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill in the blank.

21. A strong ______of wind often blows down trees on the top of mountain.
A. gust B. gut C. level D. layer
22. Doi cave in Ca Mau is famous for a very _______species of bat.
A. especially B. special C. specially D. species
23. In some tourist places, the ________of souvenirs is very high.
A. price B. prize C. cost D. money
24. He was bored after a boat trip along the ________.
A. coast B. beach C. ocean D. sea
25. In the ____season, the water flows very strongly and creates the marvelous Cam Ly Waterfall for
tourist to visit.
A. rain B. rainy C. sun D. sunny
26. Angle Falls is __________in the lonely jungles of Venezuela.
A. stood B. lay C. located D. stayed
27. The falls was named _____a pilot Jimmie Angel.
A. by C. after C. of D. for
28. Visitor can see spectacular ___________ at the fall.
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 A. scene B. scenic C. scenery D. scenity
29. To visit Ha Long bay, you must ________ a boat ride around the islands such as: Rooster and Hen
Island, Man’s Head Island…
A. buy B. bring C. ride D. take
30. Many people travel to Hue just for its famous _____, the food here is really good.
A. scenery B. music C. cuisine D. history
31. My sister Jane is _____person in our family.
A. the shortest B. the most shortest C. the shorter D. shorter
32. Don’t be nervous __________taking the exam. I’m sure you’ll pass.
A. to B. in C. for D. about
33. My grandmother takes better photographs than ___________.
A. my B. I make C. me D. me take
34. Minh often goes __________in the mountain on the weekend.
A. walk B. walking C. walked D. to walk
35. Do you have any soap? I’d like a large____
A. tube B. bar C. packet D. tin
V. Give the correct form of the word given to complete the sentences
36. She is standing __________close to the fire DANGER
37. He answered the question with _________. CONFIDENT
38. Taylor Swift smiles _________on the New York Award Stage CONFIDENT
39. Tom rode his bike __________ and had an accident. CARE
40. We are talking about the real _______of flying cars. EXIST
41. I don’t think it will come true soon; however, your ideal is really. IMAGINE
42. Thomas Edison is one of the greatest _________ in history. INVENT
43. The hover scooter is our new ________.I can float above the
ground and travel at 50kph. CREAT
44. I like travelling by motorbike, but it is _________ in bad weather. PLEASE
45. SSS is a sky ______system; it’ll stop everyone from cashing. SAFE
VI. Read and complete the passage
A. Mozart was (46)____in 1756 in (47) A_____. He was a (48) c______. He could play the (49)
p______ when he (50) w_______three. He gave his first (51) c_______ at the age of six. In the same
year, he (52) w________on a tour of Germany, Paris and London. Several (53) y___later, he settled in
Salzburg. He (54) l______and worked in Vienna for seven years. Then he (55) b_________a composer
for the Austrian Emperor.

B. Hue, the former imperial (56) c________city of Vietnam, is on the romantic Huong (57) r____,
not far from the Truong Son (58) r______. Here the river is (59) c__________ and not wide, there are
many (60) br_________over it. Hue is a very beautiful (61) c_____with trees on both sides of many (62)
st______ and large pavements for people to (63) w_______. Coming to Hue, most (64) t________ often
visit the imperial palace of the Nguyen Dynasty, (65) t_________, pagodas, royal tombs, old gallery
houses, etc. where they see shady trees, bonsai, orchid flowers and so on.
VII. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence
66. She is very short. She cannot reach the top of the shelf. SO….THAT
→____________________________________________________________
67. Nam is clever and so is his brother. AS
→____________________________________________________________
68. Can’t you do better than that? BEST
→____________________________________________________________
69. It isn’t necessary for students to wear uniforms on Saturday. NEED
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→____________________________________________________________
70. She feels comfortable to watch TV. WATCHING
→____________________________________________________________
71. We spent a whole day looking for these old pictures. TOOK
→____________________________________________________________
72. What is the distance between your hometown and your school? HOW
→____________________________________________________________
73. When did you buy this computer? HOW
→____________________________________________________________
74. Jane always wears jeans. TIME
→____________________________________________________________
75. Our house is the oldest house in the living center. OLDER
→____________________________________________________________
VIII. Use the words given to make meaningful sentences.
76. Monitor/ always / go/ class/ on/ time/be/ good/ examples/ class.
→____________________________________________________________
77. Siter/ buy/ material/ make/ dress/ me.
→____________________________________________________________
78. Teacher/ be/ please/ improvement/ my work.
→____________________________________________________________
79. He/ be/ absent/ work/ yesterday/ because/ he/ ill.
→____________________________________________________________
80. Anyone/ be/ home/ when/ everyone/ arrive?
→____________________________________________________________

IX. Each of the following sentence contains one error. Underline and correct it.
81. He drinks a lot of mineral waters in a day.
82. We shouldn’t run or walk careless around the pool edge.
83. Hoa told me that her aunt cutted her hair yesterday.
84. There are a large, modern bathroom and a kitchen in the apartment.
85. Many people think that teachers give students too many homework.
86. Mr. Tim works in a factory for five days a week.
87. In my opinion, Tam is more lazier student than Hoa is.
88. My children don’t like those kind of imported toys.
89. I like studying history and I find this subject very interested.
90. Ken is a very more careful diver than Simon.

X. Choose one suitable preposition to fill in each blank.

91. Yesterday, Mary was absent _________English class, she had to borrow my note to copy.
92. The Smith is looking ______ to a new born baby this summer.
93. He needs to catch _______ _________ his classmates after a long time in the hospital.
94. Nowadays, many teenagers would love to live on with their own life without being dependent
____parents.
95. I have called her lately; however, she didn’t pick the phone_______.
96. Before she left her secondary school, she had taken part ______ an Art club.
97. What she did was totally different ____what she had said.
98. Although Tom has much difficulty ________writing, she tries her best to jot down every lesson.
99. Because of the powerful storm last night, the flight to London was put ________.
100. They look extremely excited _________receiving the highest prize of the game.

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X. Complete the passage with the words from the box

Means Limestone As Width Found Largest Much More

Son Doong cave is world’s (101) ________ cave, located in Quang Binh province, Vietnam. It was(102)
________ by a local man named Ho Khanh in 1991 and was recently discovered in 2009 by British cavers, led
by Howard Limbert. The name “Son Doong” cave (103) ________ ‘mountain river cave’. The cave was created
2-5 million years ago by river water eroding away the (104) ________ underneath the mountain. At about 9
kilometers in length, 200 meters in (105) ________ and 150 meters in height, Son Doong Cave is (106) ________
larger than Deer Cave in Malaysia and has replaced Deer Cave to take pole position (107) ________ the world’s
largest cave.

XI. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence, using the word given
108. The film is not as interesting as the novel was. (MUCH)
The novel
109. I thought the station was nearer. (THAN)
The station
110. Phuc wants to visit Ayres Rock. (WOULD)
Phuc
111. It’s against the rules to make noise in the library. (ALLOWED)
You
112. How high is Mount Everest?
What
113. I’ve never seen such a wonderful waterfall before. (MOST)
This
114. Listening to music is more relaxing than watching TV. (PREFER)
I
115. My dad always has a three-week vacation in summer. (THREE WEEKS)
My dad
116. Because he is ill, he couldn’t go to school. (HIS)
Because
117. Knowing English is useful to me. (FIND)
I
118. People in this area often take bus to work. (USED)
People in
119. You don’t need to talk so loudly. (NO)

120. The visitor spoke so quickly that I couldn’t understand what he said. (TOO)
The visitor