UNIT 3 PEOPLE''''S BACKGROUND

UNIT 3: People’s background
Vocabulary
brilliant (a) thông minh
mature (a) trưởng thành
habour (v) nuôi dưỡng, ấp ủ
tutor (n) = private tutor gia sư
take up (v) đảm nhận
professor (n) giáo sư
determine (v) xác đònh
award (v) trao giải
actomic (a) thuộc nguyên tử
found – founded – founded thành lập
ease (v) làm giảm
scientist (n) nhà khoa học
scientific (a) (thuộc về ) khoa học
science (n) khoa học
with flying colours rất thành công, với thành tích cao
strong willed ý e3
I. Choose the best answer
1. Marie Curie was born …………… November 7, 1867.
a. from b. in c. on d. at
2. He passed his exams with flying colours
a. difficult b. successfully c. easily d. badly
3. the new surgeon will ………… her post in May.
a. go on b. get over c. take up d. look after
4. The new road should help …………… traffic problems.
a. raise b. ease c. create d. cause
5. She was awarded a Nobel Prize in ………………
a. chemistry b. chemical c. chemist d. chemically
6. I wish to apply ……… the post of receptionist in your company.
a. of b. on c. with d. for

7. After her husband’s tragic death, Marie ………. Up his position at the Sorbonne.
a. got b. received c. took d. accepted
8. He behaves like an adult. I think he is more ……………. Than the other boys in his class.
a. intelligent b. mature c. ambitious d. developed
9. Jane is always determinted to do anything she wants. She’s a ………… woman.
a. ambitious b. strongly willed c. brillian d. humane
10. There is no ……………… explanation for what happened.
a. scientist b. scientifically c. science d. scientific
II. Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that
the others
1. a. death b. beach c. receive d. teacher
2. a. radium b. founding c. determine d. education
3. a. chemistry b. prepare c. receive d. degree
4. a. dream b. death c. ease d. read
5. a. earn b. research c. realize d. early
III. Choose the word with the main stresses syllable differently from that the
others
1. a. human b. award c. husband d. tragic
2.a . tutor b. award c. research d. degree
3. a. obtain b. determine c. award d. harbour
4.a. ambitious b. difficult c. brilliant d. chemistry
5. a. scientific b. atomic c. impossible d. professor
The Past Perfect Tense
1. After he had finished his work, he watched TV.
2. Before I came to her house, she had left.
3. It was late. When the police came, the robbers had escaped
4. My husband had cleaned the house before yesterday.
5. My daughter had washed all the cloths by last night.
6. I couldn’t phone you last night because I had lost your phone number.
IV. Supply the correct verb tense The simple past or past perfect

1. I (meet) …………………… my wife tense years ago.
2. I (know) ……………… my wife five years before we got married
3. I (never see) ……………………. Such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.
4. I didn’t have any money because I (lose) …………… my wallet.
5. Toney knew Istanbul so well because he (visit)………………. The city several times.
6. what (you do) ………………. Yesterday?
7. Had Mary ever studied English before she (move) ……………… to America?
8. I met a man. He (look) ……………………. very strange.
9. we (go) ………… to the cinema last week.
10. The child (fall) …………… ill several months ago.
11. almost everybody (leave) ……………… for home by the time we arrived.
12. I have not driven a car since I (have) ………… an accident.
13. In the past, people (have) …………… no cars.
14. John (repair) ………………….many cars before he received his mechanic’s license.
15. It’s ten years since I (meet) …………… her.
16. In 2009 Her family (fly) ……………. To Holland.
17. They felt bad about selling the house because they (own) ………………… it for more than twenty years.
18. She (visit) ……………… her sister once in 1999 before she moved in with her in 2000
19. He (never see) ……………… a bear before he moved to Alaska.
20. By the time he finished his studying, he (be) ……………………………. in Australia over ten years
ANSWER KEY
I. Choose the best answer
11. Marie Curie was born …………… November 7, 1867.
a. from b. in c. on d. at
12. He passed his exams with flying colours
a. difficult b. successfully c. easily d. badly
13. the new surgeon will ………… her post in May.
a. go on b. get over c. take up d. look after
14. The new road should help …………… traffic problems.
a. raise b. ease c. create d. cause

15. She was awarded a Nobel Prize in ………………
a. chemistry b. chemical c. chemist d. chemically
16. I wish to apply ……… the post of receptionist in your company.
a. of b. on c. with d. for
17. After her husband’s tragic death, Marie ………. up his position at the Sorbonne.
a. got b. received c. took d. accepted
18. He behaves like an adult. I think he is more ……………. than the other boys in his class.
a. intelligent b. mature c. ambitious d. developed
19. Jane is always determinted to do anything she wants. She’s a ………… woman.
a. ambitious b. strongly willed c. brillian d. humane
20. There is no ……………… explanation for what happened.
a. scientist b. scientifically c. science d. scientific
II. Choose the word with the underlined part pronounced differently from that
the others
1. a. death b. beach c. receive d. teacher
2. a. radium b. founding c. determine d. education
3. a. chemistry b. prepare c. receive d. degree
4. a. dream b. death c. ease d. read
5. a. earn b. research c. realize d. early
III. Choose the word with the main stresses syllable differently from that the
others
1. a. human b. award c. husband d. tragic
2.a . tutor b. award c. research d. degree
3. a. obtain b. determine c. award d. harbour
4.a. ambitious b. difficult c. brilliant d. chemistry
5. a. scientific b. atomic c. impossible d. professor
V. Supply the correct verb tense The simple past or past perfect
21. I (meet) ………MET…………… my wife tense years ago.
22. I (know) ……HAD KNOWN………… my wife five years before we got married
23. I (never see) ………HAD NEVER SEEN……………. Such a beautiful beach before I went to Kauai.

24. I didn’t have any money because I (lose) ……HAD LOST……… my wallet.
25. Toney knew Istanbul so well because he (visit)……HAD VISITTED…………. The city several times.
26. what (you do) …DID YOU DO……………. Yesterday?
27. Had Mary ever studied English before she (move) ………HAD MOVED……… to America?
28. I met a man. He (look) ……………HAD LOOKED………. very strange.
29. we (go) ………WENT… to the cinema last week.
30. The child (fall) ……FELL……… ill several months ago.
31. almost everybody (leave) …………HAD LEFT…… for home by the time we arrived.
32. I have not driven a car since I (have) …HAD……… an accident.
33. In the past, people (have) ………HAD…… no cars.
34. John (repair) ……HAD REPAIRED…………….many cars before he received his mechanic’s license.
35. It’s ten years since I (meet) ……MET……… her.
36. In 2009 Her family (fly) ……FLEW………. To Holland.
37. They felt bad about selling the house because they (own)…HAD OWNED it for more than twenty years.
38. She (visit) …………HAD VISITED…… her sister once in 1999 before she moved in with her in 2000
39. He (never see) …HAD NEVER SEEN…………… a bear before he moved to Alaska.
40. By the time he finished his studying, he (be) ………HAD BEEN………. in Australia over ten years