Class:……………………
Name:…………………………………………………………..
Date:……………………………..
UNIT 1: FRIENDSHIP
PRACTICE TEST 1
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. a. changeable
b. church
c. chemical
d. kitchen
2. a. game
b. gentle
c. garden
d. August
3. a. picture
b. time
c. town
d. title
II. Find the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
4. a. humourous
b. generous
c. sympathy
d. enthusiasm
5. a. acquaintance
b. suspicious
c. incapable
d. studious
III. Choose the best answer.
6. My mother is a very…….........…woman. She always makes everything ready for the family and looks
after us carefully.
a. hospitable
b. modest
c. caring
d. sincere
7. Good friendship should be based on…………….understanding.
a. mutual
b. true
c. impossible
d. uncertain
8. The children are totally incapable ……………working quietly by themselves.
a. for
b. at
c. on
d. of
9. We have a lot of lessons……………………for the 45-minute test.
a. prepare
b. to prepare
c. preparing
d. prepares
10. Whatever changes are brought about, he is perfectly………………..to his master.
a. selfish
b. studious
c. loyal
d. suspicious
11. Mary introduced Peter……………a number of her friends.
a. to
b. with
c. by
d. before
12. Sad movies often make her………………………………
a. crying
b to cry
c. cried
d. cry
13. You have a friend whom you admire……………………
a. greatly
b. slowly
c. quickly
d. carefully
14. It was………………..of him to offer to pay for us.
a. sincere
b. pleasant
c. generous
d. modest
15. Minh always helps Long……………… of difficulties.
a. in
b. out
c. with
d. on
16. Unselfishness, trust, loyalty, constancy and sympathy are some very special…………..for true
friendship.
a. facts
b. rumours
c. gossips
d. qualities
17. When we visited that village. The people were very…………………to visitors.
a. helpful
b. honest
c. hospitable
d. humorous
18. ……………people always take up an interest with enthusiasm, but they are soon tired of it.
a. Unselfish
b. Uncertain
c. Loyal
d. Friendly
19. The stranger crept into the house. I saw it.
a. I saw the stranger crept into the house.
b. The stranger I saw creep into the house.
c. I saw into the house crept the stranger.
d. I saw the stranger creep into the house.
20. He is a(n)………………….man. he always helps people without thinking of his own benefit.
a. constant
b. suspicious
c. unselfish
d. reliable
21. My father decided………………..smoking many years ago.
a. giving up
b. gave up
c. to give up
d. give up
22. The coffee is too strong for me ………………………….
a. to drink
b. drinks
c. drinking
d. to drinking
23. She is very successful in her job, but she is very…………….about her success.
a. pleasant
b. modest
c. honest
d. joyful
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24. A(n)………………..is a person that you know but who is not a close friend.
a. best friend
b. mutual friend
c. acquaintance
d. stranger
25. It is important………………English because it’s an international language.
a. to master
b. mastering
c. master
d. masters
26. I have a sneaking……………that she is not telling the truth.
a. trust
b. suspicion
c. sympathy
d. quality
27. They allowed us to park our car over there.
a. They let park our car over there.
b. Our car was allowing parking over there.
c. They let us parking our car over there.
d. They let us park our car over there.
28. There must……..….mutual trust between friends, so that each can..………..safe when telling the other
his/her secrets.
a. be/ to feel
b. to be/ feel
c. being/ feeling
d. be/ feel
IV. Error Identification.
29. I am tired of do the same thing day after day.
a
b
c
d
30. Friendship is a two-sided affair; it lives on give-and-take.
a
b
c
d
31. The customs officer told him opening the briefcase.
a
b
c
d
32. Those who cannot keep a secret will never keeping a friend long.
a
b
c
d
V. Read the passage and fill in the gap with one proper word.
Loyalty is among some very (33)………qualities. Two friend must be loyal to each other, and they must
know each other so well that there can be no (34)……….between them. We do not think much of people
who readily (35)……….. rumours and gossips about their friends. Those who are (36)……influenced by the
rumours can never be a good friend.
33. a. special
b. normal
c. different
d. high
34. a. loyalty
b. suspicions
c. interests
d. enthusiasm
35. a. tell
b. speak
c. believe
d. sympathize
36. a. easily
b. sometimes
c. strongly
d. slowly
VI. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer.
Friendship is very important to us. Everyone needs friendship. In all of our lives, we cannot live without
friendship just as we cannot survive without air and water. Friendship always gives us a feeling of security
and warmth; it encourages us to go ahead all the time.
However real friendship is not easy to come by. True friendship must be sincere, and unconditional. It is
based on mutual understanding, not on mutual benefit and a perfect sympathy between friends. True
friendship consists in sincerity, mutual trust, self-sacrifice, both in times of happiness and at the moment of
crisis.
37. We need friendship because…………………………………………………………………….
a. We cannot survive without air and water. b. Friendship is very unnecessary to us.
c. Friendship is not easy to come by.
d. Friendship gives us a feeling of security and warmth.
38. The word “Come by” in the second paragraph means…………………………………………..
a. manage to get
b. break
c. lose
d. last long
39. True friendship is based on many qualities mentioned in the passage except:…………………
a. a perfect sympathy b. mutual trust
c. mutual benefit
d. mutual understanding
40. The writer of this passage says that………………………………………………………………
a. Friendship plays an important part of our lives.
b. To live without friends is possible.
c. Friendship can last long without any qualities.
d. We should go ahead to have good
friends.
PRACTICE TEST 2
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I. Choose the best option a, b, c or d: (5ms)
1. How often _________ to the dentist?
A. were you going B. are you going
C. do you go D. did you go
2. He is good________ Maths. He is capable ________calculating.
A. at / of
B. with / of
C. at / for
D. for / with
3. It’s very difficult ____with him because he got used to ____everything in his own way.
A. to deal / doing
B. to deal / do C. dealing / doing
D. dealing / do
4. I heard it on the radio when I ____________ dinner with my family.
A. have
B. am having C. had
D. was having
5. They allowed him _________ a letter to his wife.
A. write
B. to write
C. writing
D. written
6. They made her _________ there for the weekend.
A. staying
B. to stay
C. stay
D. stayed
7. Choose the word pronounced differently from the rest:
A. change
B. character
C. cheese
D. purchase
8. Choose the word stressed differently from the rest:
A. ocean
B. nation
C. guitar
D. hobby
9. Mathematics are very interesting to me.
A
B
C
D
10. She is thin, but I am thinner.
A. I am thinner than she is.
B. I am thinner than she was.
C. I am thinner than she does.
D. I am as thin as she is.
II. Rewrite the following sentences: (5ms)
1. He said to them:” Who will you see before you leave there?”
He asked_______________________________________________________________________
2. Someone stole my money this morning.
My money_____________________________________________________________________
3. Janet spends three hours a week sorting out stamps.
It takes________________________________________________________________________
4. The suitcase is so heavy that I can’t carry it.
It is such_______________________________________________________________________
5. She walked to the meeting, so she was late.
If_____________________________________________________________________________
I. Pronunciation:
1.
A. game
B. generous
C. go
D. good
2.
A. what
B. where
C. who
D. why
3.
A. mushroom
B. mutual
C. church
D. much
4.
A. chili
B. machine
C. cheese
D. children
5.
A. Christmas
B. choose
C. French
D. chip
6.
A. busy
B. fuss
C. such
D. fussy
7.
A. village
B. dangerous
C. gossip
D. passenger
8.
A. beaten
B. sneaky
C. leak
D. readily
9.
A. face `
B. nation
C. date
D. awareness
10.
A. acquaintance
B. easily
C. capable
D. quality
11.
A. incapable
B. important
C. suspicious
D. constancy
12.
A. impossible
B. changeable
C. acquaintance
D. enthusiasm
13.
A. exist
B. gossip
C. rumour
D. sorrow
14.
A. unselfish
B. apartment
C. residence
D. acquaintance
15.
A. center
B. summer
C. treasure
D. event
16.
A. common
B. friendship
C. constant
D. believe
17.
A. constancy
B. quality
C. uncertain
D. changeable
18.
A. hospitable
B. incapable
C. unselfishness
D. intelligent
19.
A. sincere
B. helpful
C. honest
D. pleasant
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20.
A. medium
B. beautiful
C. generous
II. Vocabulary and grammar:
1. There must be________ trust between friends.
A. mutual
B. each other
C. exchanged
2. Would you mind___________ the window?
A. to close
B. close
C. closing
3. He has given up________.
A. smoke
B. smoking
C. to smoke
4. We watched the little girl ________ across the street.
A. to walk
B. walk
C. is walking
5. I’m looking forward to_________ you.
A. seeing
B. see
C. to be seeing
6. Do you think his parents will let him__________?
A. go for a picnic
B. to go for a picnic
C. going for a picnic
D. can go for a picnic
7. He was allowed_________.
A. write a letter to his family
B. for write a letter to his family
C. to write a letter to his family D. writing a letter for his family
D. suspicious
D. two-sided
D. to be closing
D. being smoked
D. walked
D. to have seen
8. _________since we were five years old.
A. We were becoming close friends
B. We have been close friends
C. We had wanted to be close friends
D. We meant to be close friends
9. _________ pay some extra money.
A. The company made him
B. The company forced him
C. He was made by the company
D. The company expected him
10. My brother didn’t let me to go fishing with him.
A
B
C
D
11. She was made stay at home all day to look after the children.
A
B
C
D
12. Do they allow us use the office telephone for personal purposes?
A
B
C
D
13. Good friendship should be based ________ mutual understanding.
A. at
B. in
C. on
D. under
14. He started to get __________ when she told him that she had been to Britain for many times.
A. suspect
B. suspicious
C. suspicion
D. suspiciously
15. It is very kind of him to pay for us when we go out together. He’s __________
A. sociable
B. understanding
C. calm
D. generous
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