CONSOLIDATION 44

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. comprise B. comment C. compulsory D. symbol
2. A. champagne B. exchange C. chart D. challenging
3. A. grind B. wire C. marine D. stripe
4. A. sightseer B. plough C. ghost D. highlight
5. A. ringgit B. meaning C. tongue D. ranger
II. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. remove B. install C. connect D. notice
2. A. federation B. inspiration C. occasion D. competition
3. A. climate B. region C. puppet D. canoe
4. A. equipment B. comment C. treatment D. document
5. A. logical B. unique C. tasty D. conscious
III. Choose the best answer.
1. My younger sister spends…………….time shopping.
A. a great number of B. a lot C. a great deal of D. a large sum of
2. If you want a cheap but exciting holiday, …………..this number.
A. you will phone B. phone C. you would phone D. phoning
3. I don’t know if I can find…………this problem. It’s too difficult.
A. a solution to B. solution of C. a solution for D. a solution of
4. ……………my advice, you wouldn’t have had to sit the exam again.
A. You had followed B. Unless you follow C. Had you followed D. If you followed
5. The little children……………….to the water park.
A. enjoyed taking B. enjoyed to be taken C. enjoyed being taken D. were enjoyed to take
6. ………………….team sports require cooperation.
A. Of all B. All C. They are all D. Why are all
7. Mike got up as soon as the alarm clock…………………
A. went out B. went up C. went on D. went off
8. Joe got his sister…………..and washing for him.
A. do the cooking B. to do cooking C. does the cooking D. to do the cooking
9. Hardly……………..at the bus stop when the next bus came.
A. they had arrived B. had they arrived C. do they arrive D. arrived they
10. I couldn’t……………them when we climbed the mountains.
A. keep up with B. keep on with C. keep away from D. keep out of
IV. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence. Identify your answer by
choosing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D.
1. You don’t have to drive faster than 65 mph or you might get a ticket.
2. When I was ten, I could swim, but I wasn’t able dive.
3. We’ll have to camp somewhere else if the weather gets worst.
4. Most of the world’s water supply have been contaminated by factory waste, ships and oil spills.
5. My parents wouldn’t let me staying up late when I was a child.
V. Give the correct form of the words in capital letters.
1. She divorced him because of his ...................... to the children. (KIND)
2. The evening was ...................... spent playing cards and talking. ENJOY
3. We have had a lot of ......................from customers today. COMPLAIN
4. The weather was terrible, so we had a very ...................... holiday. PLEASE
5. We appreciate the ...................... of his writings. EXCELLENT
6. She made a deep ...................... on the members of her class. IMPRESS
7. The countryside in this area is ...................... CHARM
8. It is becoming ...................... obvious that changes will have to take place. INCREASE
9. Many people are ...................... that the factory have spoiled this area. DISAPPOINT
10. The earth is being ...................... and the future looks bad because of pollution. THREAT
11. There was an ......................accident which made me injured. EXPECT
12. Dong Nai is an ......................city in the south of Viet Nam. INDUSTRY
13. Tet is ......................on the first day of the Lunar New Year. CELEBRATION
VI. Give the correct form of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences.
1. My clothes are not in the room. Someone (take) ......................them away.
2. The results (announce) ......................tomorrow morning at nine o’clock.
3. She (sleep) ......................for 10 hours. You must wake her.
4. “You have just missed the last train” – “Never mind, I (walk) ......................
5. What tune (play) ......................when we came in?
6. I wish Lan (not fail) ......................the exam last year.
7. It’s necessary (review) ......................the previous lessons before school.
8. Did she agree (go) ......................camping with you?
9. The doctor made my sister (stay) ......................in bed until she felt better.
10. His trousers are worn, they need (mend) ......................
11. Neither John nor his friends (come) ......................... yet.
12. Do you have your house (paint) .............. at the moment?
VII. Read the text and decide which answer best fits each space by choosing A, B, C or D.
It’s always worth preparing well for an interview. Don’t just hope (1) ………… the best. Here are
a (2) ………… tips. Practise how you say things, as well as what you (3) ………… to say. If you don’t
own a video camera, perhaps a friend of (4) ………… does. Borrow it and make a video tape of yourself.
Find (5) ………… to watch it with you and give you a (6) ………… of pieces of advice on how you
appear and behave. Before the interview, plan what to wear. Find out how the company expects its (7)
………… to dress. At the interview, believe (8) ………… yourself and be honest, open and friendly. (9)
………… attention and keep your answers to the point. The interviewer doesn’t want to waste time and
(10) ………… do you.
1. A against B. for C. to D. at
2. A little B. several C. few D. lot
3. A intend B. consider C. imagine D. think
4. A his B. yours C. mine D. ours
5. A anybody B. nobody C. everybody D. somebody
6. A number B. slice C. plenty D. bit
7. A colleagues B. employees C. customers D. employers
8. A in B. of C. with D. by
9. A Attract B. Give C. Turn D. Pay
10. A so B. either C. neither D. or
VIII. Choose from sentences A–F the one which fits each gap 1–6. There is one extra sentence you
do not need to use.
A The crew were helpful and pleasant and the price was also very reasonable.
B Altogether, it was a wonderful trip.
C I’m not sure I would go again.
D It stretches for 2000 kilometers and is up to 800 meters wide.
E However, I didn’t think I could take part in a dive cruise and not dive.
F At no point were we permitted to swim away on our own.
A Natural Wonder
When I was asked to visit and write about the Great Barrier Reef, I was thrilled. I had heard reports
of damage done by tourism and other industries, but felt that the Reef would still be a wonderful place to
see. I was right it was an incredible sight.
From the air, the Great Barrier Reef seems huge. I wasn’t sure how best to explore
such a giant place, so after I had landed, I made enquiries and was told the best way to see the Reef is to
take a dive cruise. I booked a place on a three-day cruise, and, despite warnings about the state of some of
these boats, the boat I was on was comfortable and clean. I was entitled to eight dives plus
use of wet suit, flippers and other equipment, three meals a day and two nights’ accommodation.
 Although I have been diving before, I am not an experienced diver. I was nervous to
begin with, but soon felt completely safe. We were divided into groups according to our ability and each
group was given an instructor. They had very strict rules .
With our guides, we saw some amazing sea life including small sharks, crabs and thousands of
colorful tropical fish swimming around in the coral. The other divers were friendly and the evenings on
board were very pleasant. . The Great Barrier Reef is a wonderful place to go. For me at least
it is one of the most significant natural wonders our earth has to offer.
IX. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word.
Football is the most popular game in Britain. You can see that if you go to ..............(1) of the
important matches. Young and old people shout and cheer ............(2) one side or the other. Nearly every
school ................. (3) its football team and every boy in Britain ..............(4) much about the game. He can
tell you the name of the ..................(5) in most important teams. He has a picture of ............(6) and know
the results of many matches.
In Britain the football season ................(7) in the middle of August, usually ...........(8) the second
Saturday and ends on the last Saturday in April. At the beginning of the ................(9) all the school teams
and the professional teams ..............(10) very hard. They want to win their matches.
X. Rewrite the sentences.
1. We are going to have the car repaired next week.
The garage is .......................................................................................................................
2. Nancy is proud of being a good cook.
Nancy prides..........................................................................................................................
3. He’d rather play golf than tennis. => He prefers.....................................................................................
4. It's believed that he was staying in London at the time of the crime.
He is .................................................................................................................................
5. Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car.
Despite ...........................................................................................................................
6. It was such hot food that I couldn’t eat it.
The food was so....................................................................................................................
7. If you don’t leave immediately, I will call the policeman.
Unless..................................................................................................................................
8. She knows a lot more about it than I do.
I don’t know ...........................................................................................................................
9. They believe he is mad
He ................................................................................................................................................
10. She can't have any more children because of her age
She is too....................................................................................................................................
11. That woman is our new manager. They were talking about the woman yesterday.
That woman, .........................................................................................................................................
12. She always gets up early so that she won’t be late for school.
She always gets up early so as …………………………………………………………………
XI. Complete the sentences using the words provided. Write your answers in the spaces provided.
1. I / just / return / four-day / trip / to Da Lat / my parents /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
2. No one / watch / the television / I / switch / off /
.………………………………………………………….
3. You / show me / how / operate / computer /?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
4. She / have / hairdresser / cut / hair / different / way /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
5. wish / go / beach / you / last Sunday /
.…………………………………………………………………
6. We / not used / wear / jeans / when / study / primary school /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. lot / new styles / clothes / design / his shop / every week /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
8. I / not have / a computer / not finish / my report / yet /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
9. teacher / told / students / there / examination / following week /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
10. However/ hard / she / try / couldn’t / pass / driving test /.
……………………………………………………………………………………………………….
XII. Read the text below and look carefully at each line. Some of the lines are correct, and some
have a word which should not be there. If a line is correct, put a tick ( √) by the number. If a line has
a word which should not be there, write the word by the number. ADVENTURE IN PERU
I’ve just been to see a film is called Touching the Void. It’s 0 … is….
about two climbers who decided to go climbing in the mountains 00 …√….
in Peru. It took them two days to reach the mountain they 1 ………..
had been decided to climb because it was in such a remote place. 2 ………..
They left a companion and the most of their supplies at a base camp, 3 ………..
optimistically thinking about they would be back in a couple of 4 ………..
days. After a difficult climb, they reached at the top of 5 ………..
the mountain. It was then that everything started to go wrong. 6 ………..
Because of one climber had broken his leg, he had to be 7 ………..
lowered down the mountain by means of a rope. His leg it was so 8 ………..
much painful that he couldn’t stand on it. After a very exciting bit 9 ………..
of the film, which I won’t describe, he found by himself alone 10 ……....
at the bottom of a crevasse. He managed to climb out and eventually 11 ……....
crawl to safety. The cold was so intense that he got frostbite in his hands, 12 ……....
but he was carried on, dragging himself down a glacier and across rocks. 13 …..…..
When he arrived at the base camp, his friends were too amazed to see him. 14 ……....
They couldn’t believe that in despite his broken leg, he had managed to reach the camp. 15 ……....
XIII. Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space.
LOST AND FOUND
My father considered (0) himself to be a lucky man. He wasn’t rich or famous, but he was lucky. (1)
…………..... he lost anything, he was usually (2)……............to find it again. (3) ………….....such
example was a fountain pen, a present from my mother on (4) .................. wedding anniversary. We
had had a family day out in the mountains. My brother, (5) ………... was about ten years old at the
time, and I enjoyed going to a lake where you could hire a boat and row out across the water.
(6) .................. had once been a village in the valley, but the valley had been flooded in order
(7) .................. create a reservoir for a city many miles away. When the water was clear, you could still
make out the top of the church spire and the walls of houses. (8) ……….... we were returning home
that night, my father discovered that he had lost his treasured fountain pen. About two weeks later, he
announced that in spite (9)..............the gloomy weather, we were going back to the lake for the day. We
were surprised, but said nothing. We set (10)................ about nine in the morning, and as (11)..............as
we arrived at the lake, we headed (12) ............. the spot where we had had our picnic on the previous
occasion. As we were deciding whether to hire a boat for the afternoon or (13)..............., my father gave a
shout. There, lying on the ground, was a pen. There was (14)................ doubt at all in my mind that
(15) .................. was the pen he had lost two weeks beforehand.
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