UNIT 1: FRIENDSHIP
A. PHONETIC
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1) A. change B. children C. machine D. church
2) A. guitarist B. passenger C. generous D. village
3) A. other B. long C. possible D. constancy
II. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4) A. number B. eager C. special D. affair
5) A. feeling B. believe C. ready D. easy
6) A. acquaintance B. interest C. capable D. sympathy
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
I. Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
7) Most of the undeveloped countries need a lot of ....................... aid.
A. together B. unselfish C. mutual D. friend
8) He is too ....................... to lend me his bicycle.
A. selfish B. enthusiastic C. helpful D. pleasant
9) Suddenly she recognized the ................ of the situation that made her laugh.
A. wonder B. pleasure C. understanding D. hunour
10) He is a .............person because he is always friendly with everyone.
A. helpful B. good-natured C. honest D. quick-witted
11) If you want to get a good result in every work, you should have a.............
A. loyalty B. sympathy C. constancy D. unselfishness
12) A ..................... friendship is a precious relation ship.
A. mutual B. sincere C. generous D. successful
13) A good marriage is based on ................................ .
A. trust B. loyalty C. secret D. A & B
14) The children seem to be totally .............. of working quietly by themselves.
A. unable B. impossible C. incapable D. not able
15) They let their children ................................ up late at weekends.
A. staying B. stay C. to stay D. stayed
16) The children were eager ............................ their parents.
A. to see B. see C. seeing D. saw
17) I’d rather ........................... at home.
A. to stay B. staying C. stayed D. stay
18) Peter is very funny. He makes me ........................... a lot
A. laugh B. to laugh C. laughing D. laughed
19) They noticed him .......................... the agreement.
A. sign B. to sign C. signing D. signed
20) It’s important for her ............................ the office.
A. ringing B. ring C. rang D. to ring
21) They would .................. go by plane than spend a week traveling by train.
A. like B. rather C. prefer D. better
22) The boss made ......................... for a meeting after work.
A. us to stay B. us stay C. us staying D. us to staying
II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
23) I couldn’t make my car to start this morning.
A B C D
24) There are a lot of work to do here.
A B C D
25) I’m sure he is incapable in running a mile in four minutes.
A B C D
26) Good friendship should be basing on mutual understanding.
A B C D
27) I’m delighted hearing that you have made much progress in your study.
A B C D
III. Put the verbs in parentheses into the correct form.
28) That was a very strange question (ask) ........................... .
29) It was very kind of you (show)................................. the way.
30) The teacher let him (stay) ..................... at home to finish the assignment.
31) It was quite a surprise (see) .............................. him again.
32) I overheard him (say) ..................... that he didn’t want to learn Math.
33) She stood there and watched him (drive) ............................. away.
34) It was very difficult for her (drive)............................ the motorbike.
35) I could feel the robber (come) ............................. from the backdoor.
C. READING
Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question.