UNIT 1

HOMELIFE
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. tells B. talks C. stays D. steals
2. A. conceal B. pizza C. zoo D. success
3. A. strives B. states C. stays D. studies
4. A. results B. cats C. laughs D. beds
5. A. hills B. days C. months D. pens
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
6. a. hospital b. mischievous c. supportive d. special
7. a. family b. whenever c. obedient d. solution
8. a. biologist b. generally c. responsible d. security
9. a. confident b. important c. together d. exciting
10. a. possible. b. university c. secondary d. suitable
III. Choose the best answer:
11. The number of one person households_________ recently
A. has grown B. grew C. have grown D. grow
12. About 200 people ________ outside the stadium for tickets when we got there
A. were queuing B. queued C. have queued D. queue
13. This time last week I ___________ to Dalat
A. have driven B. drove C. was driving D. have been driving
14. I _____________ a shower when the telephone rang
A. had B. was having C. have had D. have
15. In 1981, 34% of children aged 20-24__________ with their parents
A. have lived B. lived C. are living D. has lived
16. It is very late and it’s high time___________
A. we go B. we went C. we must go D. we will go
17. I ____________ learning Spanish a few months ago but I did not obtain a qualification in it yet.
A. started B. have started C. is starting D. start
18. Long ago, we________ most house out of wood
A. built B. have built C. would build D. build
19. In 1976, 60% of families___________ couples with children
A. are B. is C. were D. have been
20. I _________ to the news on television at nine o’clock last night
A. was listening B. listened C. listen D. will be listening
21. Even though she hated the food, her father___________ her to eat it
A. let B. made C. allowed D. forced
22. I’d rather you____________ in the car
A. not to smoke B. no smoking C. wouldn’t smoke D. didn’t smoke
23. The family is__________ of the marvelous way she behaved
A. bored B. suggest C. tired D. delighted
24. Her mother asked her to _________ the table for the evening meal
A. lain B. laid C. lie D. lay
25. I think he is _____________ his time looking for a job there, they do not take any staff on at present
A. wasting B. losing C. spending D. missing
26. He has been very interested in doing research on _______ since he was at high school.
a. biology b. biological c. biologist d. biologically
27. Are you sure that boys are more _______ than girls? a. act b. active c. action
d. activity
28. It is generally believed that "Men make _______ house and women make _______ home".
a. Ø / Ø b. a / an c. the / the d. an / the
29. Most doctors and nurses have to work on a _______ once or twice a week at the hospital.
a. solution b. night shift c. household chores d. special dishes
30. It is parents' duty and responsibility to _______ hands to tae care of their children and give them a
happy home.
a. shake b. hold c. join d. take
 31. He is a _______ boy. He is often kind and helpful to every classmate.
a. frank b. lovely c. obedient d. caring
32. _____ sure that you follow the instructions carefully. a. Believe b. Try c. Do d.
Make
33. Sometimes Mr. Pike has to work very late _______ night to do some important experiments.
a. in b. at c. for d. on
34. _______ the eldest child, he works hard to help his parents support the family.
a. Be b. Is c. To be d. Being
35. No matter what happens next I _______ help you.
a. am b. have c. will d. would
36. _______ get tired of answering the same questions every day?
a. Have you ever b. Had you ever c. Do you ever d. Are you ever
37. She _______ working on that manuscript for 2 years now.
a. will be b. has been c. had been d. is
38. She _______ trying to pass her driving test but fails every time.
a. kept b. is keeping c. had kept d. keeps
39. You are old enough to take _______ for what you have done.
a. responsible b. responsibility c. responsibly d. irresponsible
40. These quick and easy _______ can be effective in the short term, but they have a cost.
a. solve b. solvable c. solutions d. solvability
Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answer.
Mrs Brown had a small garden behind her house, and in the spring she planted some vegetables in it.
She looked after them very carefully, and when the summer came, they looked very nice.
One morning, her son ran into the kitchen and shouted, “Mother, mother! Come quickly! Our
neighbour’s ducks are eating our vegetables! ”
Mrs Brown ran out, but it was too late! All the vegetables were finished. Mrs Brown cried, and her neighbour
was very sorry, but that was the end of the vegetables.
Then a few days before Christmas, the neighbour brought Mrs Brown a parcel. In it was a beautiful, fat
duck, and on it was a piece of paper with the words “Enjoy your vegetables!”
41. Mrs Brown began to plant vegetables in the garden …………………….
A. in front of her house B. behind her neighbour’s house
C. behind her house D. behind the pond
42. Her vegetables looked very nice ………………………
A. about three months later B. when the spring came
C. when Christmas came D. one morning
43. The vegetables ………………… one morning.
A. were sold to the neighbour
B. were picked by Mrs Brown’s son
C. were dried by the summer
D. were eaten by the neighbour’s ducks
44. Mrs Brown cried ………………….
A. when her son shouted B. when her neighbour sent her a parcel
C. when she saw all her vegetables were eaten by the ducks
D. when her son wanted to eat the vegetables
45. There was …………………….in the parcel
A. a duck B. a nice duck and a note
C. a duck and some vegetables D. only a piece of paper

Read the passage and choose the part (A, B, C or D) that best fits each numbered blank.
“My home is in the air – I do an enormous amount of traveling. It is a fast life and full of work, but I
like it and that is the only way (1) ………… me. Everything is tiring – music, traveling – but what can I do? I
am not (2) ………… to complaining. It is hard to imagine now that I will ever be very long in one place. My
home town is on the Caspian Sea. There is sea, wind, sun and too many tourists and hotels. I have my own flat
with four or five rooms, but I am seldom there. If I am there for a day or two I prefer to (3) ………… with my
mother and grandmother. They live in a small house, (4) ………… it is very comfortable and my mother cooks
for me. I like good, simple food.
 I have no wife, no brothers or sisters and my father died when I was seven. He was an engineer and I
don’t (5) ………… him very well. He liked music very much and wanted me to become a musician.”
46. A. for B. to C. in D. by
47. A. wanted B. taken C. used D. known
48. A. stay B. go C. do D. spend
49. A. but B. since C. even D. which
50. A. know B. remember C. remind D. see

UNIT 1
1. B
2. C
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. C
7. A
8. B
9. A
10. B
11. A
12. A
13. C
14. B
15. B
16. B
17. A
18. A
19. C
20. A
21. D
22. D
23. C
24. D
25. A
26. A
27. B
28. A
29. B
30. C
31. D
32. D
33. B
34. D
35. C
36. C
37. B
38. D
39. B
40. C
41. C
42. A
43. D
44. C
45. B
46. A
47. C
48. A
49. A
50. B