TEST YOURSELF_Unit 15-16.doc

TEST YOURSELF
I. Choose the words that best answer the following questions.
1. Which of the following words is stressed differently from the rest?
a. mausoleum b. memorial c. achievement d. development
2. Which of the following words is stressed on the first syllable?
a. engrave b. flourish c. represent d. preserve
3. Which of the following words doesn't have the same vowel sound?
a. found b. town c. grow d. crowd
4. Which of the following words has the underlined part pronounced differently from that
of the others?
a. theater b. southern c. northwest d. cathedral
5. Which of the following words has the final pronounced /s/?
a. caves b. matches c. relics d. festivals
II. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best corn,: sentence or substitutes
for the underlined word or phrase.
6. Van Mieu was representative of Confucian ways of thought and behaviors.
a. traditional b. typical c. memorial d. cultural
7. The stone stelae were with the names of the doctor laureates.
a. written b. cut c. designed d. engraved.
8. The collection has been sold to the British Museum where it will be for the
nation.
a. conserved b. existed c. preserved d. impressed.
9. She felt intense fear mingled with excitement.
a. contacted b. added c. contained d. mixes
10. Hoi An is a famous tourist attraction with many sites.
a. royal b. natural c. cultural d. attractive
11. These plants in a damp climate.
a. root b. found c. exist d. flourish
12. New York is by its hundreds of tall offices and aspartame.
a. symbolized b. characterized c. impressed d. famous
13. Washington State is famous its apples.

a. with b. to c. on d. for
14. About 90 percent of all the people New Jersey live
a. in/ in b. on/ in c. in/ at d. in/ or.
15. The match has been from Wednesday night to Friday cause of the bad
weather.
a. cancelled b. competed c. postponed d. watched
III. Choose the correct answer a, b, c, or d - that best completes each sentence.
16. Don't phone me at home at 6:00 p.m. tomorrow. I then
a. will be working b. am working c. will have worked d. have been
working
17. I asked him what time it was but he said he a watch.
a. doesn't have b. didn't have c. haven't had d. hadn't had
18. I'm in that film because it was based on the story written by my favorite
novelist.
a. interest b. interesting c. interested d. interests
19. If you , I would have brought my friends over to your house this evening to
watch TV, but I didn't want to bother you.
a. had studied b. studied c. hadn't been studying d. didn't
studied
20. Kay really likes children, so I'm sure happy to baby-sit for us.
a. she's going to be b. she'll be c. she's d. she'll have
been
21. We noticed away from the house.
a. him to run b. he runs c. him running d. him ran
22. Many leading members of the opposition party to justify the decision.
a. had tried b. has tried c. have been trying d. try
23. The government has introduced
a. a children's clothes tax b. a tax on children clothes
c. a children clothes tax d. a tax on children's clothes.
24. the most popular form of fiction writing.

a. Novel is b. The novels is c. The novels are d. Novels are
25. We need the house
a. to be redecorating b. redecoratin
g
c. is redecorated d. to redecorate
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be
changed for the sentence to be correct.
26. She asked .me what did I think of the performance the previous day.
A B C D
27. Snowshoes allow a person walking on snow without sinking into it because they
distribute the
A B C
person's weight over a wide area.
D
28. The French Quarter is the most famous and the most old section of New Orleans.
A B C D
29. I used to do my own taxes, but now I have done them by an accountant.
A B C D
30. I don't know the name of the woman whom I spoke on the phone last night.
A B C D
31. When you will return home next month, we will have finished the project.
A B C D
32. A twenty-one-Years old man became the second casualty yesterday when he lost
control of his
A B C D
truck.
33. If you had taken my advice before doing the work, you would have been to do it more
better
A B C
D

34. Because of rain or snow there are always more than fifty thousand fans at football
games.
A B C D
34. I wish I have a car. it would make life so much easier.
A B C D
V. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best completes the passage.
FILM MUSIC
In the (36) days of the cinema, before sound was introduced, silent films
were (37) by a pianist, or even a small orchestra playing in the cinema itself. One
reason for this was to cover up the noise of the projector. However, a more important role
was to provide (38) for what was going on in the film and (39) the
audience through the story. Different kinds of music were associated with different
situations, such as fights, chases, roman- tic scenes and so on. Music was also used to
identify the geographical location or historical (40) of the story. In addition,
individual characters often had their own tune, which could also (41) what sort
person they were.
Music added something extra to what was happening on the flat screen. It could
create atmosphere and (42) the involvement of the audience one moment
encouraging them to relax, the next developing a (43) of tension. And all this
was done without any words being spoken.
Audiences at that time would have been (44) with the musical language
connected

with the traditions of popular theatre, and many of these were transferred to the
new medium of the cinema. Today, (45) the films produced may be technically
very different from before, much of musical history still remains.
36, a. early b. beginning c. starting d. original
37. a. imaged b. taken c. made d. accompanist
38. a. comment b. support c. description d suggestion
39: a. persuade b. send c. follow d. guide

40. a. making b. setting c: adding d. taking
40. a. point b. put c. indicate d. draw
41. a. increase b. rise c. grow d. lift
43. a. sight b. sense c. emotion d. sign
44. a. popular b. educated c. familiar d. experienced
45. a. because b. despite c. instead d. although
VI. Choose the best answers, a, b, c, or d.
REUNIFICATION CONFERENCE HALL
Previously on the ground of the present structure was Norodom Palace built in
1868 as a residence of the French- Governor General of Cochinchina. On September 7,
1954 Norodom Palace was renamed the Independence Palace and became the
Presidential Palace in which President Ngo Dinh Diem of the Sai Gon. administration and
his family lived and worked. in February 1962, a dissident of the Diem regime launched
an air bombardment of the palace and heavily damaged it. After that, Diem decided to
demolish the damaged structure and built a new one which was designed by Western-
trained architect Ngo Viet Thu. The construction. was undertaken by Sai Gon sappers and
completed in 1966. At 11:30 on April 30, 1975, tanks of the Liberation Army over-rim
the palace. The then Sal Con president. Mr. Duong Van Minh, who had just assumed the
post of president together with his 45-member cabinet surrendered unconditionally. After
the liberation of Sai Gon, the Independence Palace was turned into the Headquarters of
Municipal Military Administrative Committee. In December 1975, the palace was the
venue of a consultative conference for national reunification. To mark the historical
significance of that event, the building was renamed Reunification Conference Hall.
46. Reunification Conference Hall
a. is also called Norodom Palace.
b. is on the ground of Norodom Palace.
c. was built in 1873.
d. was a residence of the French Governor General of Cochin china.
47. What happened to the original structure?.
a. It was named the Independence Palace.

b. It was designed by architect Ngo Viet Thu.
c. It was demolish ad by a dissident of the Diem regime.
d. It was heavily damaged by an air bombarrnenta
48. According to the passage,
a. The Independence Palace witnessed the collapse of the government of South Viet
Nam on 30 April 1975.
b, The Independence Palace was built by the army.
c. The Independence Palace used to be the place from which military action was
controlled.
d. All are correct.
49. The word 'overran" in line 10 means
a. occupied b. passed c. approached d. attacked
50. Which of the following is not true?
a. The Independence Palace used to be the president's home.
b. After 1975, the Independence Palace was renamed Reunification Conference Hall.
c. The US-backed government of South Viet Nam surrendered without conditions
d. Reunification Conference Hall marked the historical significance of the liberation
of Sai Gon.