UNIT 1

I. PHONETICS
1.Pick out the word whose underlined and
bold part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1. A. fills
B. adds
C. stirs
D. lets
2. A. shops B. notes C. mouths D. backsmiths
3.A.cease B. chase C. increase D. raise
4.A.airports B. suitcases C. things D. calculators
5.A.plays
B. says
C. pays
D. lays

2. Pick out the word that has the stress

differently from that of the other words.
6. A. decision
B. reference
C. refusal
D. important
7. A. intelligent
B. comfortable
C. necessary
D. secretary
8. A. cooperate
B. permanent
C. recognize
D. industry
9. A. birthday
B. cowboy
C. enjoy
D. pleasure
10. A. expression
B. decisive
C. dependent
D. independence

II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE

11-30. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D
that best completes each sentence.
11. A................. knit community is the one in which relationship
are very close.
A. close
B. closely
C. tightly
D. B and C
12. Miss Brown is bored with doing the............. chores
A. household
B. domestic C. housework
D. A and B
13. the father used to be the ........................ of the household in
Vietnam
A. head
B. leader
C. president
D. boss
14. There has been a shift of .................... from manufacturing to
service industries
A. change
B. alteration
C. emphasis
D. Movement

15. There was a wealth of ........................... evidence

A. Supportive B. support C. supported D. supporting
16. They tried to ........... astonishing feats of engineering by
building the tunnel
A. Perform
B. attempt
C. achieve D. All are correct
17. Its time for you to............................. a profession
A. enter
B. go into
C. join
D. All are correct
18. Hes........................ slowly after the operation
A. mending
B. recovering
C. relieving D. A and B
19. When I last saw him, he ...........................in London
A. has lived
B. is living
C. was living
D. has been living
20. We................................. Dorothy since last Saturday
A. Dont see B. havent see
B. C. didnt see
D. hadnt see
21. The train .............help an hour ago
A. has been leaving
B. left
C. was living
D. had left

22. Jack ....................... the door

A. has just painted
B. paint
C. will have painted
D. painting
23. My sister ...................... for you since yesterday
A. is looking
B. was looking
C. has been looking
D. looked
24. I...............Texas State University now.
A. am attending
B. attending
C. Was attending
D. attended
25. He has been selling motorbikes..................
A. ten years ago
B. Since ten years
C. for ten years ago
D. for ten years
26. As soon as you ...................all your homework, you will be
allowed to go out.
A. are doing
B. has done
C. did
D. have done

27. Dont worry! By the time you arrive tomorrow, we...........the

work.
A. have finished
B. would finish
C. will finish
D. will have finished
28.While I along........... the road, I saw a friend of mine.
A. had cycled
B. have cycled
C. cycled
D. was cycling
29. He ................to the last meeting , but he didnt.
A. must go
B. should have gone
C. would go
D. had gone
30. Her parents would not be upset if she .........harder.
A. works
B. is working
C. will work
D. worked

31-35).Choose the sentence which has the closest

meaning to the original:
31. They are not allowed to go out in the evening by their parents.
A. Their parents do not want them to go out in the evening.
B. Their parents never let them to go out in the evening.
C. Going out in the evening is permitted by their parents.
D. Although their parents do not allow, they still go out in the
evening.
32.Although my parents are busy at work, they try to find time for
their children.
A. My parents are so busy at work that they can not find time for
their children.
B. Busy at work as my parents are, they try to find time for their
children.
C. My parents are too busy at work to find time for their children.
D. My friends rarely have time for their children because they are
busy at work.

33. His eel soup is better than any other soups I have ever eaten.
A. Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.
B. I have ever eaten many soup that are better than his eel soup.
C. His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.
D. His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.
34. She gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children cannot
come to school on time.
B. Because she wanted her children to come to school on time,
she gets up early to prepare breakfast.
C. If she does not get up early to prepare breakfast, her children
will not come to school on time.
D. Unless she gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children will
not come to school on time.
35. The last time I I went to the museum was a year ago.
A. I have not been to the museum for a year.
B. A year ago, I often went to the museum for a year.
C. A year ago, I often went to the museum lasted a year.
D. At last I went to the museum after a year.

III READING
41-45: Chose the word or phrase among A, B, C, or D
that best fits the blank space in the following
passage:
In the home a dad is very important. He is the (41)...............
who provides us with money to feed and clothe ourselves. He
can decorate your bedroom, mend your radio, makes cages for
your pets, repair a puncture in your bicycle tyre and help you
with maths homework. A dad can be very useful for
(42) ............... you in the car to and from parties, music and
dancing lessons.
A dad is the person whom you ask for pocket money. He is
the one who (43).........about the time you spend talking on the
phone, as he has to pay for the bills. Dad is someone who will
support you in a(an)(44)................., if he
believes....................you to be right. He is someone who read
your school(45).............and treats if it is good. A dad likes to
come a nice happy home evening, and settle back in his car
with newspaper. He likes to recall his National Service days.

41.
42.
43.
44.
45.

A. man
C. person
A. bringing
C. picking
A. explain
C. complains
A. talk
C. disagreement
A. report
C. record

B. Someone
D. anyone
B. taking
D. carrying
B. shouts
D. Groans
B. discussion
D. argument
B. result
D. review

46-50. Choose the item amongA, B, C or D that best

answers the questions about the passage:
The nuclear family, consisting of a mother, father and their
children, may be more an American ideal than an American
reality. Of course the so- called traditional American family was
always more varied than we had been led to believe, reflecting
the very different racial, ethnic, class and religious custom
among American groups.
The most recent government statistics reveal that only about
one third of all current American families fit the traditionl mold
and another third consists of married couples who either have
no children or have none still living at home. Of the final one,
about 20 percents of the total number of American households
are 3 percents of the total, consists of unmarried people who
choose to live together today. Today, these varied family types
are typical, and therefore, normal. Apparently, many Americans
are achieving supportive relationships on family forms other
than the traditional one.

46. With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?

A. The traditional American family
B. The nuclear family
C. The current American family
D. The ideal family
47. The author implies that
A. there have always been a wider variety of family arrangements in the
United States
B. racial, ethnic, and religious groups have presented the traditional family
structure.
C. the ideal American family in the best structure.
D. fewer married couples are having children.
48. The word current in the second sentence of paragraph two should be best
replaced by which the following?
A. typical
B. present
C. perfect
D. traditional
49. According to the passage, married couples whose children have grown or
who had no children represent .
A. 33 percents of households
B.20 percents of households
C. 7 percent of households
C. 3 percent of household
50. Who generally constitutes a pone-person household?
A. A single man in his twenties
B. A elderly man
C. A single woman in her late sixties
D. A divorce woman