Unit 13_ THE 22nd SEAGAMES_Test 1.doc

Unit 13_ THE 22
nd
SEAGAMES
TEST 1
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the rest.
1. a. events b. spirit c. Asian
d. silver
2. a. gold b. region c. organize
d. game.
3. a. trained b. proved c. impressed
d. performed
4. a. competitor b. medal c. level
d. development
5. a. honor b. high c. host
d. hold
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished
sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close
meaning to the original one.
6. In _______
nd
SEA Games, Vietnam won 58 _______ gold medals.
a. Ø / the b. the / Ø c. a / the
d. the / the
7. _______ logo of the nd SEA Games is the stylization of Lac bird,
the ancient bird pictured of the face of Ngoc Lu kettledrum,
_______ most special and typical relic of the ancient Vietnamese
culture.
a. A / the b. The / the c. Ø / Ø
d. The / Ø
8. _______ symbol of the SEA Games Federation is to emphasize

the solidarity, friendship, and nobility.
a. A b. An c. The
d. Ø
9. The host country, Laos, is expected to announce official sports for
5th SEA Games _______ November 008.
a. on b. in c. during
d. from
10. Vietnam recommended archery, vovinam, billiards-snooker and
canoeing _______ official sports at the games.
a. at b. with c. as
d. in
11. The Party and State leaders, delegates, domestic arid
international guests, and sports delegations _______ Southeast
Asian countries to the nd SEA Games were warmly welcomed.
a. over b. at c. for d. from
12. Johnny used to be one of the most _______ athletes in my
country.
a. succeed b. success c. successful d.
successfully
13. The
nd
SEA Games consisted of athletes from eleven _____
countries.
a. participate b. participant c. participation d.
participating
14. _______, the athlete broke the world's record with two
attempts.
a. Surprise b. Surprised c. Surprising d.
Surprisingly
15. On behalf of the referees and athletes, referee Hoang Quoc

Vinh and shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong swore to an oath of
"_______, Honesty and Fair Play".
a. Performance b. Delegation c. Participation d.
Solidarity
16. The ASEAN Para-Games are hosted by the same country
where the SEA Games took place.
a. organized b. impressed c. participated d.
defended
17. The ASEAN Para-Games is a biannual multi-sport _______
held after every Southeast Asian Games for athletes with physical
disabilities.
a. games b. event c. work
d. situation
18. In beach volleyball, Indonesia defeated Thailand in straight sets
to take men's gold _______.
a. present b. award c. medal
d. reward
19. The
nd
SEA Games was the first time when Vietnam finished top
of the medal _______.
a. standings b. events c. spirits d.
programs
20. Viet Nam's successful hosting of the nd SEA Games is
considered a/an _____ example for other countries to follow,
particularly in honesty, consistence and organizing method.
a. festival b. peaceful c. energetic
d. outstanding
21. _______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do.
a. The harder / the better b. The more / the much

c. The hardest / the best d. The more hard / the more
good,
22. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at
night, _______ he plays his music!
a. the less / the more loud b. the less / less
c. the more late / the more loudlier d. the later / the
louder
23. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives
have become _______.
a. more and more good b. better arid better
c. the more and more good d. gooder and gooder
24. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago.
a. taller b. the more tall c. the tallest d. taller
and taller
25. Petrol is _______ it used to.
a. twice as expensive as b. twice expensive more
than
c. twice more than expensive d. more expensive than
twice
26. Peter is _______ John.
a. younger and more intelligent than
b. more young and intelligent than
c. more intelligent and younger than
d. the more intelligent and younger than
27. San Diego is town in Southern California.
a. more nice and nice b. the nicer c. the nicest d.
nicer and nicer
28. It gets _______ when the winter is coming.
a. cold and cold b. the coldest and
coldest

c. colder and colder d. more and more cold
29. Robert does not have _______ Peter does.
a. money more than b. as many money as
c. more money as d. as much money as
30. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam.
a. the largest of the two b. the more larger of the two
c. one of the two largest d. one of the two larger
Error Identification.
31. The Southeast Asian Games, also knowing as the SEA
Games, is a
A (known)
biennial multi-sport event involving participants from the current
eleven
B C
countries of Southeast Asia.
D
32. The SEA Games are under regulation of the Southeast Asian
Games
A (is) B
Federation with supervision by the International Olympic
Committee
C D
and the Olympic Council of Asia.
33. The proposed rationale was that a regional sports event will
help
A B
promote cooperative, understanding and relations among
countries in.
C (cooperation) D
the Southeast Asian region

34. The first SEA Games were held in Bangkok, Thailand, from to
7
A B
December,959 comprising more and more 57 athletes and
officials
C D (more than)
from Southeast countries participating in sports competitions.
35. The next host for the SEA Games is Laos. It is Laos' the first
time as
A B C (first)
the host for the biannual- games.
D
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
The nd SEA Games, hosted this year by Vietnam, has joined the
international movement to rid sports of tobacco. For the first time, the
regional sporting event will be tobacco-free under a landmark
cooperative agreement signed in April 00 between the World Health
Organization (WHO), the nd SEA Games Organizing Committee and
the Vietnamese Ministry of Health. Hanoi Health Department has
organized a press seminar to celebrate and raise awareness about
the tobacco-free SEA Games.
The nd SEA Games is the first games hosted by Vietnam and 0
countries from the Southeast Asian region with nearly 8,000 athletes
and coaches will participate. It will be the first tobacco-free
international sporting event in Vietnam, joining other international
tobacco-free sporting events such as the FIFA World Cup 00, and the
Winter Olympic Games 00.
The nd SEA Games will ban all sales, advertising and other
promotion of tobacco products, and restricts smoking in all Games
venues. The aim is to protect spectators, athletes, event staff, media

and other visitors from the serious health hazards of second-hand
tobacco smoke, as well as to change public attitudes about the social
acceptability of smoking.
Madame Pascale Brudon, WHO Representative in Vietnam,
stated, "Vietnam has established years ago a comprehensive,
ambitious national tobacco control policy and a national tobacco
control program. The tobacco-free nd SEA Games will be yet another
area where Vietnam is leading the way for other countries in the
region and the world in protecting its citizens from the debilitating and
disastrous consequences of tobacco use."
WHO has provided funding and technical assistance to the SEA
Games Organizing Committee and Vietnamese Ministry of Health to
train of over 4,000 SEA Games organizers and volunteers on the
implementation of the tobacco-free policy. An international team of
trainers from the Ministry of Health, International Organization for
Good Temper (lOGT), WHO and International Development
Enterprises (IDE) began a series of national training workshops for
volunteers in April, 00.
The tobacco-free SEA Games are an inspiration and a model for
other sport events, big and small, not only in Vietnam but also in the
Southeast Asian and Western Pacific Region.
36. In the
nd
SEA Games _______.
a. there will be the attendance of athletes from the World Health
Organization
b. smoking is not allowed
c. smoking is only for the leader, not any athletes
d. is held by the Vietnamese Ministry of Health
37. According to the text, _______.

a. Vietnam has ever organized several tobacco-free sport events
before the
nd
SEA Games
b. the tobacco-free SEA Games in Vietnam has not been approved
by any world organizations
c. the tobacco-free SEA Games is not announced to newspapers
and magazines
d. the tobacco-free SEA Games in Vietnam has been
encouraged and supported by many world organizations
38. According to the third paragraph, _______.
a. tobacco companies can have an advertising campaign during
the SEA Games
b. second-hand tobacco smoke cannot cause any harm to the
athletes in the
nd
SEA Games
c. cigarettes are not allowed to sell in the nd SEA Games
venues
d. everyone can buy cigarettes in the
nd
SEA Games venues
except the athletes
39. One of the aims of the tobacco-free SEA Games is
a. to sell more and more tobacco during the event
b. to change public attitudes about the social acceptability of
smoking
c. to reduce the production of tobacco
d. to help athletes to solve the problems of the serious health
hazards

40. Which sentence is not true?
a. Vietnam itself has to pay a lot for the volunteers on the
implementation of the tobacco-free policy.
b. The tobacco-free SEA Games in Vietnam get great support from
several world organizations
c. The tobacco-free SEA Games is considered a model for other
sport events.
d. There are national training workshops for volunteers in April, 00
for the tobacco-free SEA Games.
Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
That is a program of Ho Chi Minh City Youth Union to (4) _____
individuals, domestic and foreign organizations buy and use bicycles
during the time (4) _____ they enjoy the SEA Games in Ho Chi Minh
City then donate the bicycles to poor children.
Preparing (4) _____, this program, the Organizing Committee has
signed a (44) _____ with Martin - a bicycle-making firm - to
purchase ,000 bicycles, at prices from 850,000 to ,000,000 VND per
bicycle -0% (45) _____ than market prices, with nearly 0 different
models. In the mid of November, The Organizing Committee will
announce, promote, and (46) _____ the program "SEA Games Iron
Horses - For Poor Children" through (47) _____ at airport, on buses,
taxis, at information desks, posters, banners, newspapers, and
websites of city Youth Union. Besides ,00 volunteers (48) _____ the
SEA Games , the Organizing Committee also recruits 00 active
volunteers for this program to handle the handover and receiving
bikes, instructing participating tourists, giving (49) _____ to questions
through hot lines.
This program both conveys practical significance and helps
international friends to understand further the nation and people of
Viet, Nam as well as strengthen the friendship and (50) _____ among

nations.
41. a. require b. contribute c. encourage
d. raise
42. a. where b. which c. that
d. when
43. a. for b. on c. of
d. about
44. a. document b. contract c. letter
d. report
45. a. low b. lower c. the lower
d. the lowest
46. a. public b. publicly c. publicizing
d. publicize
47. a. book b. tickets c. leaflets
d. sheets
48. a. serving b. taking c. running
d. hosting
49. a. enquiries b. letters c. responses
d. demands
50. a. cooperation b. participation c. achievement
d. success