PEOPLE’ S B ACKGRO UND I. PHONETICS A. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part. 1. A. sea B. disease C. instead D. team 2. A. Africa B. famous C. place D. vacation 3. A. invented B. shared C. named D. imprisoned 4. A. lives B. minutes C. rabies D. pictures 5. A. character B. chemist C. chance D. Christmas 6. A. library B. time C. animal D. kind 7. A. answered B. retired C. lived D. developed 8. A. graduated B. completed C. needed D. retired 9. A. too B. good C. food D. room 10. A. university B. lunch C. funny D. umbrella B. Choose the word with the different stress pattern. 11. A. achievement B. activist C. arrest D. award 12. A. background B. biologist C. battle D. chemist 13. A. complete B. creator C. democracy D. emigrate 14. A. honor B. discover C. infection D. research 15. A. liver B. invent C. prevent D. political 16. A. process B. rabies C. release D. senior 17. A. compare B. improve C. include D. surgeon 18. A. surgery B. technique C. effective D. results 19. A. information B. technique C. vaccine D. transition 20. A. achievement B. important C. teammate D. attentive II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE  Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence. 21. Louis Pasteur is a world – famous ______________ chemist. A. French B. American C. English D. Chinese 22. He invented the process of pasteurization and developed vaccines for several diseases including _____. A. cancer B. rabies C. lung D. throat 23. Marie Curie was born _____________ November 7 th , 1867. A. in B. at C. to D. on 24. Marie Curie ______________ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. A. awarded B. had awarded C. was awarded D. had been awarded 25. Marie Curie harbored the dream of a _________ career which was impossible for a woman at that time. A. scientist B. scientifically C. science D. scientific 26. Elizabeth Blackwell was born _________ England ________ 1821. A. in / on B. in / in C. on / in D. on / on 27. One day Elizabeth Blackwell decided that she wanted ____________ a doctor. A. to become B. become C. became D. becoming 28. Alexandre Yersin was born in 1863 in _______________. A. America B. Switzerland C. France D. Germany 29. Alexandre Yersin died on January 3 rd , 1943, _________ the age of 80. A. in B. of C. at D. on 30. Alexandre Yersin discovered Da lat in the ____________ century. A. 16 th B. 17 th C. 18th D. 19th 31. Shakespeare is a world – famous ______________. A. singer B. actor C. playwright D. scientist 32. “Would you like ____________ lunch with us?” – Yes, I’d love to.” A. to have B. have C. had D. having 33. When Tom arrived at the cinema, the film _______________. A. starts B. started C. has started D. had started 34. I wish she ______________ to the party yesterday. A. came B. had come C. have come D. has come 35. My brother ______________ swimming since he was young. A. has enjoyed B. enjoyed C. enjoys D. would enjoy 36. The children want to learn ______________ to play chess. A. what B. why C. who D. how 1 UNIT 2 37. Would you mind ___________ me a hand with these bags? A. give B. giving C. gave D. to giving 38. While she _____________ on the phone, someone knocked on the door. A. talked B. was talking C. had talked D. had been taking 39. I prefer tea ____________ coffee. A. to B. than C. over D. again 40. She has gone ____________ in a neighboring town. A. to shop B. for shopping C. shopping D. to shopping 41. He ______________ Chinese since he was a little boy. A. spoken B. used to speak C. has to speak D. has been speaking 42. Have you ______________”Congratulations!” to Ann. A. said B. told C. spoken D. made 43. When the phone rang, she _______________ a letter. A. was written B. wrote C. write D. was writing 44. Miss White is busy ________________ that report. A. to type B. typing C. typed D. type 45. Those people are working very ______________. A. hardest B. harder C. hard D. hardly 46. Wedding rings are usually made of _____________. A. gold B. a gold C. the gold D. golds 47. I am _____________ to see you here. A. surprise B. surprised C. to surprise D. surprising 48. Please remember ______________ this exercise first, Jane. A. to do B. do C. doing D. to be doing 49. He told me a very _________________ story. A. to interest B. interest C. interesting D. interested 50. We are excited ____________ that trip. A. in B. about C. on D. to III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect. 51. The book on physics I bought yesterday is a very interested one. A B C D 52. Jane wants to sell the television who was bought last year. A B C D 53. How about make posters on energy saving and hanging them around our school? A B C D 54. The television is too expensive for we to buy at this time. A B C D 55. The weather was too bad that we couldn’t go out for a walk. A B C D 56. Hanoi was different with Kuala Lumpur. A B C D 57. It’s not worth to ask the manager for the day off. A B C D 58. He has made a lot of mistakes in his writing because his carelessness. A B C D 59. Mr. Smith is going to buy a new Japanese car, doesn’t he? A B C D 60. Despite of his age, he works very hard. A B C D IV. COMPREHENSION: 1. Read the following passage and choose the best answer. There are a lot of things you should follow to be a welcome guest in America. When you are (61) _____ to have dinner at your friend’s house, it’s necessary to bring a small present. Flowers are always nice, or you may bring a bottle of (62) _______ if you know that your friend likes drinking. You are expected to arrive for dinner on time or just a few minutes late. Don’t get there early. If you are going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them. Try to relax and enjoy yourself at the dinner table. If you don’t know about choosing the (63) ______ fork or knife, just watch the other, and follow them. If you still have no idea of (64) ________ to do, ask the person next to you. When it comes to the food, if you like it, say so. They are looking forward to hearing your compliments. 2 Of course, you will thank them for the meal and for their kindness. It is also a good idea to send a (65) ______note the day after. 61. A. made B. demanded C. invited D. forced 62. A. juice B. wine C. lemonade D. Coke 63. A. new B. main C. big D. right 64. A. what B. which C. why D. where 65. A. welcome B. goodbye C. thank you D. message 2. Read the passage and make the correct choice. People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy. They express their happiness by singing. When a bird sings, however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy. Birds have many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are their language. The most beautiful songs are sung by male birds. They sing when they want to attract a female bird. It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife. Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a branch of a tree is his home. He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them. If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information. Some birds dance, spread out their tails or make other signs. 66. People sing because A. they know many songs. B. they are good at singing C. they want to tell a story. D. they feel happy. 67. What is one of the main reasons why birds sing? A. They are sad B. They can sing many songs. C. They are in a bad temper. D. They want to give information. 68. Which birds sing the most beautiful songs? A. Female birds which attract male birds. B. Male birds C. Female birds D. Young birds which attract male birds 69. According to the passage, a bird sings _____________________. A. to stop sadness. B. to tell other birds to come quickly. C. to warn about the approach of people. D. to tell strangers to keep away. 70. Most birds usually _______________ if they cannot sing well. A. flies in the sky B. find a wife C. give information in another way D. warn other birds to go away V. WRITING 71. They have just sold that old house.  That old house has just been sold. 72. Study hard, or you will fail the next exam.  If you don’t study hard, you will fail the next exam. 73. Let’s go abroad for our holiday this year.  Why don’t we go abroad for our holiday this year? 74. Why don’t we use energy-saving bulbs?  I suggest we should use energy-saving bulbs.  I suggest using energy-saving bulbs. 75. The last time they played tennis was two years ago.  They haven’t played tennis for two years. 76. The weather was too bad for us to go for a picnic.  The weather was so bad that we couldn’t go for a picnic. 77. He is not good at speaking English.  He does not speak English well. 78. Peter is the same age as Mary.  Peter is as old as Mary. 79. They take pride in their school uniform.  They are proud of their school uniform. 80. My sister can speak English better than me.  I cannot speak English as well as my sister. 81. He spent two hours doing that test.  It took him two hours to do that test. 82. I have played tennis for three years.  I began playing / to play tennis three years ago. 83. Because I am sick, I don’t want to go out.  Because of my sickness, I don’t want to go out. 3 84. I’m sorry I didn’t go to your birthday party last night.  I wish I had gone to your birthday party last night. 85. “You’d better look for a new job, Andrew.”  Jane advised Andrew to look for a new job. 4 . 29. Alexandre Yersin died on January 3 rd , 1943, _________ the age of 80. A. in B. of C. at D. on 30. Alexandre Yersin discovered Da lat in the ____________. A B C D 57. It’s not worth to ask the manager for the day off. A B C D 58. He has made a lot of mistakes in his writing because his carelessness. A B C