Unit 3 – People’s Background

Language Focus
Pronunciation
Grammar
1. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each of the following sentences.
1. The doctor _____ the patient thoroughly before he prescribed the medication.
A. examined B. has examined C. was examining D. had examined
2. He ____ the dream of a scientific career when he was small.
A. sailed B. landed C. harboured D. obtained
3. Marie Curie ______ the Radium Institute in 1914.
A. found B. founded C. organized D. set off
4. What a _____ person the old woman was!
A. human B. humane C. humanitarian D. humanism
5. ______ Ali went to sleep, he had called his family.
A. Before B. After C. As soon as D. While
6. Take the medicine and it will help _______ the pain.
A. ease B. lower C. drop D. pause
7. She was a ________ woman; She continued to study well despite her illness and poverty.
A. short-sighted B. two-faced C. strong-willed D. narrow-minded
8. By the time the bus came, George _________ for it for half an hour.
A. was waiting B. has waited C. has been waiting D. had been waiting
9. With very little money to _________, Marie Curie came to Paris to realize her dream.
A. do with B. work with C. slay on D. live on
10. After Nga _______ her clothes, she ______ to study.
A. washed - had begun B. had washed – began
C. had washed - has begun D. has washed - had begun
11. Many scientists still wonder whether the _________ which astronauts have to experience when they
are in out space influences their health or not.
A. weight B. weightless C. weightlessness D. weightlessly
12. After every semester the best students are _________ prizes and scholarships.
A. prevented B. devoted C. obtained. D. awarded
13. Vaccination is the best _______ of certain infectious diseases.
A. prevent B. prevention C. preventing D. preventor
14. The noise reduced my ______________ on finishing my homework.
A. competition B. publication C. concentration D. compensation
15. Faraday was known for his ingenious experiments, but he did not _______ a good mathematics
education.
A. accept B. receive C. achieve D. compound
16. _____they got to the airport, the plane had taken off.
A. After B. By the time C. Since D. For the time
17. Bases are substances that react with acids _____ salts and water.
A. form B. to form C. which form D. that forming
18. Mr. Pike was the only one ______ keen on the proposal to expand trade to foreign countries.
A. that is being B. that to be C. being D. to be
19. It was heavy traffic that prevented________ on time.
A. our arrive B. us to arrive C. us from arriving D. us arriving
20. She _______ one of the most brilliant scientists of all time.
a is thinking to be B. thought to be C. is thought to be D. is thought of being
2. Complete each sentence with the past simple or past perfect form of the verb in brackets.
1. As soon as the film_________ (start) Britney realized she ________ (see) it before.
2. I _____________(be) surprised to find that Mr. Brown___________ (leave)the day before.
3. Tam ___________ (feel) much better after she __________ (have)a good sleep.
4. The rain ___________ (stop) by the time we __________ (get) to the beach.
5. Anne ______________(be) angry because her brother ___________ (eat) all the chocolates.
6. Chris ___________(not see) his parents for fifteen years so he __________ (feel) rather nervous at
the airport.

3. Choose the correct form of the word in brackets.

1. The Radium Institute was___________ in 1914. (FOUND)
2. Marie Curie always harbored the dream of being a ____________. (SCIENCE)
3. The man completed his formal ______________ in 1994. (EDUCATE)
4. The United Nations has been providing __________________ aid to the war zone. (HUMAN)
5. He was nominated for the best actor __________ . (AWARDED)
6. Do you believe in life after ___________ ? (DIE)
7. My brother enjoys studying physics. He wants to become a ________________. (PHYSICS)
8. Her _______________ helped her to overcome all difficulties and fulfilled her dream. (DETERMINE)
9. ____________ bombs are a terrible threat to mankind. (ATOM)

4. Choose the correct form of the word given in each sentence.

A Popular Writer
Emma Harte, in Barbara Bradford’s novel, was a poor lonely girl who became
the (1)_______________ owner of an international chain of stores. Like the WEALTH
woman she wrote about, Ms Bradford is beautiful and (2)______________. AMBITION
She left school at sixteen and became a (3)_______________. After twenty- JOURNAL
three years doing this job, she made the (4)____________ to start writing DECIDE
novels. She is now one of the most (5)___________-paid novelists in the HIGH
world. Was Emma Harte’s story based on Ms Bradford’s own
(6)____________ successful life? “I’m afraid not,” she said with CREDIBLE
(7)___________. “My life has been quite different from Emma Harte’s. She AMUSE
was (8)___________ to be born into a poor family. I came from a middle- LUCK
class home and I’m (9)_____________ married to a rich American film HAPPY
producer. The only thing I share with my heroine is we both work hard.”
5. Rewrite the sentences using the words given.
1. He graduated from the National University and then worked as an engineer. HAD
 After he _______________________________________________________________________
2. After John had done his homework, he went to bed. BEFORE
 John had _______________________________________________________________________
3. Peter wishes he had studied hard at university. REGRETS
 Peter __________________________________________________________________________
4. My parents made me quit playing video games. MADE
 I was __________________________________________________________________________
5. Jane found driving on the left difficult after she had moved to Singapore. IT
 Jane found ______________________________________________________________________

6. Use the prompts below to write complete sentences about Isaac Newton’s background.
1. Isaac Newton / born / December 25 / 1642 / England/.
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2. 1660 / he / go / Cambridge University/.
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3. He / take / bachelor degree / 1665/.
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4. Newton / lay / foundations / developments / mathematics and physics/.
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5. 1667 / he / go back / Cambridge / become / university professor/.
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6. He / die / 1727 / bury / Westminster Abbey/.
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