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Thi Online - Unit 1 (3)
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
1. Lucy is my best friend. Even if we move to different countries, we'd always stay
_________.
A. in touch
B. in common
C. our friendship
D. together
2. They didn't like the house, even though they _________ there for years.
A. was living
B. had been living
C. have been living
D. live
3. According to some scientists, _________ killed the dinosaurs could happen again in modern times.
A. whoever
C. however
B. whatever
D. wherever
4. Many people nowadays find it increasingly difficult to make _________.
A. enough living
B. all ends meet
C. both ends meet
D. their livings
5. A certain amount of _________ is essential in any relationship.
A. borrow and return
B. ask and answer
C. trial and error
D. give and take

6. It _________ Sue that you saw at the theatre last night. She was studying in the library with me.
A. couldn't be
B. shouldn't have been
C. can’t have been
D. mustn't have been
7. John suggested _________ Jack and Jill a picture as a wedding present.
A. to buy
B. buying
C. us to buy
D. that we burying
8. Metal and glass containers can be recycled, and several states are currently
contemplating mandatory recycling laws for _________.
A. both
B. either
C. all
D. neither
9. You _________ of snails and turtles being slow animals, but have you heard of the laziest animal in the
world?
A. might hear
B. can't have heard
C. might have heard
D. should have heard
10. ‘Could I get you something to drink?’
A. Yes, I've just had enough.
B. Yes, you could.
C. No, thanks. Not for me.
D. No, never mind.
11. The man _________ that he had done this before and that he had some experience in the field.
A. told
B. said me

C. talked
D. said
12. This surface _________ rough but it _________ smooth.
A. looks / feels
B. feels / touches
C. appears / tastes
D. sees / smells
13. This time next week we __________ on the beach, enjoying the sunshine.
A. will lie
B. will be lying
C. will have lain
D. are going to lie
14. They have just bought __________ new equipment for their new office.
A. any
B. many
C. some
D. a few
15. Our school is __________ because we have students from many countries.
A. anticultural
B. dislike
C. multistoried D. multicultural
16. I'll never get this finished if you __________ interrupting me!
A. will continue
B. keep
C. don't give up
D. stop
17. Peter is very busy. He is involved in so many activities that lie's always __________.
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A. on the go
B. going
C. in the long run
D. on his own
18. Tom's mother asked me why __________ to this town.
A. did I move
B. I moved
C. do I move
D. I have moved
19. The city is really fascinating. It's _________.
A. worth visiting
B. no use visitingC. worth to visit
D. useless to visit
20. Tom wishes ________ his cousin at the party tonight.
A. to meet
B. he would meet
C. meeting D. he had met
21. I'll help you with your homework when I finish __________ my essay.
A. to write
B. writing
C. write
D. in writing
22. Success in learning a foreign language is __________ of practice.
A. a question
B. an issue
C. a matter
D. a problem

23.Goods are …. as long as they are returned in good condition.
A. change
B. changes
C. changing
D. changeable
24.The party …. twenty bottles from various parts of the house yesterday.
A. collect
B. collected
C. collecting
D. collection
25.When did you start ….. antique glass?
A. collecting
B. collection
C. collective
D. collectively
26. The garden is … with trees and flowers.
A. beauty
B. beautified
C. beautifully
D. beautify
27. The railway station was closed because the working staff were __________ for higher pay.
A. asking
B. striking
C. going on strike D. demonstrating
28. I didn't __________ during their disagreement because both of them are good friends of mine.
A. take off
B. take sides
C. take turns
D. take aback
29. I wouldn't describe my family as __________ but as children we never had to go without.

A. well-off
B. better-off
C. well-out
D. well-being
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that is incorrect and needs to be changed.
1. Harry told that he had been to Africa and that it was very charming.
A
B
C
D
2. The book you lent me is very interested; it's worth reading.
A
B
C
D
3. I don't like the taste of this soup though it smells well.
A B
C
D
4. A certain amount of give and bring is essential in any relationship.
A
B C
D
5. Her parents promise buying her a new bike if she passes the entrance exam
A
B
C
to university.
D
6. I don't want to say this but he's unhonest.

A
B
C
D
7. We carried out our friendship through letters; he was a pen pal.
A
B
C
D
8. It's impossible for many women to combine a happy family life in a successful career.
A
B
C
D
Read the text and choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits each space.
I have several good friends but I (1)
________ that my best friend is Ellen. We (2)________ friends
with each other since we were very young because she (3)________ next door to me. We have always been
in the same class at school, although she has always been much cleverer than me. I don't mind (4)________,
because she often helps me with my homework! Anyway, I've always been better at sport than she is. I
always (5)________ her at tennis and she doesn't like that. In fact, she hates losing at anything and gets very
annoyed if she does. That's the only thing that I don't like about her. Otherwise, she has (6)________
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humour and she's always making me laugh. We get on very well together, although occasionally we've had

arguments - usually about silly little things. Ellen and her family moved to another district last year but I still
see her a lot. We're planning to go on a trip around Europe next summer, I'm really (7)________ to it
because I think we'll have a lot of fun and see exciting places. Of course, it's going to be hard -to afford such
a wonderful and exciting trip and so we're both going to get jobs and try to (8)________ enough money for
it.
1.
A. expect
B. consider
C. suppose
D. hope
2.
A. were
B. have been
C. had been
D. are
3.
A. used to live
B. used to living
C. were used to living
D. got used to living
4.
A. though
B. although
C. however
D. but
5.
A. win
B. beat
C. fail
D. hit

6.
A. great sense of
B. a great ability of
C. a good gift of
D. a great sense of
7.
A. looking forward
B. planning
C. going
D. excited
8.
A. raise
B. fund
C. save up
D. borrow
Read the text and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each of the questions.
I was brought up in a very ordinary but very happy home with one elder sister, my mother and my
father. The great love of my life since I was a small girl was writing, which only family thought was
surprising because they didn't consider themselves educated people. I wasn't surprised though because my
parents were great readers which is my idea of being educated. Anyway, I trained to be a nurse but
whenever I had free time I wrote: poems, short stories, I even once wrote a novel called 'The Pleasure
Principle' but I didn't feel comfortable writing longer pieces and I soon went back to my poetry.
Then the strangest thing happened. I had my twenty-first birthday just a few days before and I was
feeling very much that I wanted to change things in my life. I'd been nursing a very old woman for several
months in a private ward, she told me that although she had-lots of relatives, no one came to visit her.
Anyway, when she died she left me an enormous sum of money, nearly three-quarters of a million pounds!
Of course when the lawyer rang me up and told me I just laughed and thought that my friends were playing
a joke on me. So I put down the phone and went in to tell my mother the joke.
But it wasn't a joke! All of a sudden, I was a very rich woman. Well, the first thing was that I was
determined that I wouldn't waste the money. Of course I wanted to do something for my family, but all my

dad said was 'We're not leaving this house after all the work I've put into the garden!' My mother agreed so
all I did was give them something towards a new car and a new greenhouse. My sister was working abroad
at this time and when I wrote to tell her the news and offer her some money she said it was my money and
that she knew I would use it sensibly. None of this really came as a surprise because they've always had a
sensible attitude towards money.
But this left me a fortune on my hands to spend! It soon became obvious to me that much as I loved
nursing, I loved writing more and that's how I got started. I went to America and did a degree in creative
writing. I had a wonderful time and learned a great deal, not from the lecturers necessarily but mainly from
other hopeful writers on the course. All this was a decade ago and I've now had several volumes of poetry
published. I now want to do something to help other young poets so I'm thinking of setting up a small
publishing company which I'll call Grace Park Books after the wonderful old lady who helped me fulfill my
life's ambition!
1. The author thought that her parents
A. were educated people.
B. were uneducated people.
C. were great poets.
D. were surprised that she was an educated person.
2. According to the passage, the author
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A. really enjoyed writing novels.
B. didn't enjoy writing poetry very much.
C. earned a lot of money from her writing.
D. worked as a nurse.
3. According to the passage, all of the following are true EXCEPT
A. The author inherited a fortune from one of her patients.

B. The author's friends joked with her about the money.
C. The author gave her family some of the money.
D. The author was not surprised at her family's reaction to the money.
4. The word sensibly in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to
A. wisely
B. wastefully
C. sparingly
D. immediately
5. It can be inferred from the passage that
A. the author gave up her job as a nurse because she had got a great fortune.
B. the author owns a successful publishing company.
C. the author achieved her life's ambition thanks to the old woman's help.
D. the author has become a famous poet.

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