UNIT 1: FRIENSHIP – PRACTICE TEST No. 3

UNIT 1: FRIENSHIP – PRACTICE TEST No. 3
Exercise 1. Choose the best answer
1. The local people are very __________to strangers.
A. comfortable
B. hospitable
C. enjoyable
D. familiar
2. Children need a _______environment.
A. caring
B. learning
C. hearing
D. understandings
3. The statement is open to various _______.
A. information
B. learning
C. hearing
D. understandings
4. She sat _______waiting for her turn.
A. patient
B. patience
C. patiently
D. calm
5. She wanted the celebration to be a simple family _______.
A. work
B. affair
C. duty
D. job
6. Please try to be _______to our guests.
A. pleasant
B. pleasantly
C. please

D. pleased
7. The research was carried out on a _______scale.
A. mode
B. modesty
C. modestly
D. modest
8. She is never completely _______in what she says about people.
A. sincerely
B. sincere
C. real
D. reality
9. Didn’t you notice anything _______in his behavior?
A. suspiciously
B. suspicious
C. suspicion
D. suspect
10. You’ll just have to be _______and wait till I’m finished
A. patience
B. patiently
C. patient
D. calmly
11. Their quality of life improved _______when they moved to France.
A. drama
B. dramatic
C. dramatist
D. dramatically
12. He expressed his _______at the news of her death.
A. sorrow
B. unhappy
C. unpleasant

D. uncomfortable
13. She has always remained _______to her political principles.
A. loyal
B. loyalty
C. faith
D. faithfully
14. Claire has a wide circle of friends and _______.
A. neighborhood
B. acquaintances
C. friendship
D. relations
15. She was _______of hearing about their trip to India.
A. bored
B. interested
C. keen
D. tired
16. Many of the stories are based _______rumor.
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. under
17. He was arrested _______suspicion_______ murder.
A. in/of
B. on/of
C. at/of
D. under/of
18. I was _______of his motives.
A. suspect
B. suspicion
C. suspicious

D. suspiciously
19. He tried to keep it _______from his family.
A. secret
B. secretly
C. quietly
D. far
20. I didn’t expect them to jump for _______at the news.
A. joy
B. joyful
C. enjoy
D. enjoyable
21. I have typed out some lecture notes for the _______of those people who were absent last week.
A. beneficial
B. beneficially
C. benefit
D. advantageous
22. She was in a _______ mood.
A. talking
B. talkative
C. talked
D. talk
23. It is a village of _______streets.
A. crook
B. crooking
C. crooks
D. crooked
24. Her words left a _______impression on me.
A. last
B. lasting
C. lasted

D. lastly
25. He is so_______ in giving help.
A. generous
B. generosity
C. generously
D. general
26. It was generous _______him to offer to pay for us both.
A. to
B. about
C. of
D. at
27. I can’t stand people with no _______of humor.
A. ability
B. spirit
C. keenness
D. sense
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28. I have nothing in _______with Tim.
A. together
B. common
C. commonly
D. altogether
29. When I bought the house, my sister helped me_______ with a loan.
A. out
B. out of
C. up

D. off
30. The organization offers _______ help in dealing with paperwork.
A. practice
B. practical
C. theoretical
D. sensitive
Exercise 2. Supply the correct form of the word in bold.
1. Our heartfelt _________________goes out to the victims of the war. (sympathize)
2. I did not feel at all _________________towards Kate. (sympathy)
3. We hope this application will be treated _________________. (sympathy)
4. That is an area of the country that he knew _________________. (intimate)
5. She was _________________involved in the project. (intimate)
6. They are close friends and they always offer _________________support. (mutuality)
7. The weather is very _________________at this time of year. (change)
8. My opinion remains _________________. (change)
9. They have followed _________________laws for several centuries. (change)
10. I’ll leave the organization in your _________________hands. (able)
Exercise 3. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition.
1. Prepositions have to be learnt _________________heart.
2. She spent a lot of money_________________ cosmetics.
3. He was accused _________________stealing a car.
4. She walked out of the hospital and waited _________________the bus stop.
5. Some students are particular keen _________________college education.
6. Most young people are ill-prepared _________________employment.
7. Any airplane approaching the airport must ask Air-Traffic Control ___________landing instructions.
8. She wanted to help her mother out_________________ the money at home.
9. In this garage, they work _________________everything.
10. The plane will take _________________at six o’clock.
11. She is not much good_________________ tennis because _________________her weak wrist.
12. You’ll be responsible_________________ the manager _________________what you have done.

Exercise 4. Put the verbs in the correct form: the infinitive with “to” or without “to”.
1. He made us (do)__________it allover again.
2. He will be able (swim) __________very soon.
3. I want (see) __________the house where Shakespeare was born.
4. He made her (repeat) __________the message.
5. Would you like (go) __________now or shall we (wait) __________till the end?
6. They won’t let us (leave) __________ the Customs shed until our luggage has been examined.
7. Will you help me (move) __________the bookcase?
8. He wouldn’t let his boy (play) __________with matches.
9. He is expected (arrive) __________in a few hours.
10. Please let me (know) __________your decision as soon as possible.
11. He made us (wait) __________for hours.
12. You seem (know) __________this area very well. – Yes, I used (live) __________here.
Exercise 5. Choose the best answer that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Meeting old friends again can be a strange experience. Some have changed so much that you can
hardly recognize them; they speak with a different (1.)______,are interested in different things, and all you
can do is make (2.) ______talk and hope they’ll go soon. Others, though you might have been out of (3.)
______with them for years, are just the same as they always were – it’s (4.) ______if you saw them
yesterday.
Before you know it, you’re exchanging (5.) ______about your families and friends, and setting out
the (6.) ______for another game of chess. A few changes for the better. There’s one person that I get (7.)
______with very well now, though we weren’t on speaking (8.) ______for our last two years at school. One
day, we met at a party and made it (9.) ______and (10.) ______engaged the same evening.
1. A. language
B. accent
C. way
D. tongue
2. A. small
B. little
C. silly

D. gossip
3. A. sight
B. touch
C. sound
D. feel
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4. A. just
B. like
C. so
D. as
5. A. words
B. speech
C. talk
D. gossip
6. A. counters
B. draughts
C. squares
D. pieces
7. A. on
B. off
C. up
D. down
8. A. relations
B. terms
C. situation
D. condition

9. A. on
B. off
C. up
D. down
10. A. came
B. went
C. got
D. made
Exercise 6. Choose the best answer
1. Look at that ________lit room. It’s his.
A. bright
B. brightly
C. brightness
D. brightening
2. He has a wide circle of ________.
A. acquaint
B. acquainting
C. acquaintance
D. acquaintances
3. She’s an old ________of mine.
A. acquaint
B. acquainting
C. acquaintance
D. acquaintances
4. I appreciate highly his ________.
A. constant
B. constancy
C. constancies
D. constantly
5. You’re nothing but an old ________!

A. gossip
B. gossiper
C. gossipy
D. gossiping
6. It’s just a ________letter.
A. gossip
B. gossiper
C. gossipy
D. gossiping
7. He’s a ________supporter of the Labor Party. There’re now very few such________.
A. loyal-loyalties
B. loyal-loyalists
C. loyalty-loyalties D. loyalty –loyalists
8. Can I count on your ________?
A. loyal
B. loyalist
C. loyalty
D. loyalties
9. He managed to avoid all his ________.
A. pursue
B. pursuit
C. pursuer
D. pursuers
10. He has no________ around him.
A. sympathize
B. sympathizer
C. sympathizing
D. sympathetic
11. She never expressed any________ when I was injured.
A. sympathy

B. sympathizer
C. sympathizing
D. sympathetic
12. A good friendship is also based on________.
A. true
B. truth
C. trust
D. truly
13. You’ve betrayed my________.
A. trust-worthy
B. truth
C. trust
D. truly
14. It was her ________that separated her from her classmates.
A. selfish
B. selfishness
C. unselfish
D. unselfishness
Exercise 7. Chose the most suitable preposition for each blank to complete the following sentences.
1. Fresh flowers brighten ________a room.
A. out
B. on
C. up
D. over
2. She seems to very acquainted ________the works of Shakespeare.
A. to
B. with
C. of
D. by
3. This entrance is ________constant use. Please don’t block it.

A. in
B. of
C. for
D. with
4. Many people are traveling about the country ________pursuit ________work.
A. with-for
B. for – of
C. in – for
D. in – of
5. Such a cold-blooded person will never feel sympathy ________anybody.
A. with
B. for
C. to
D. towards
6. She always feels sympathetic ________those who are suffering.
A. to
B. towards
C. with
D. all are correct
7. I’m sure she will be ________sympathy ________your disposal.
A. in-with
B. in –to
C. in – of
D. with –for
8. You must trust ________your own judgment.
A. in
B. to
C. for
D. with
9. He’s living ________that apartment block over there.

A. on
B. in
C. into
D. up
10. The women gossip ________ their neighbors’ family day by day.
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A. with
B. to
C. about
D. of
Exercise 8. Choose one suitable verb to fill each blank to complete the following sentences. Use the
correct form of the verbs.
remember agree
deny
advise
like
persuade face
notice
hope
try
1. The government ____________to reduce inflation by strict control of the economy.
2. I couldn’t ____________ actually living in a place like that !
3. The arrested man____________ having been anywhere near the bank.
4. Carol____________ the customs officer to ignore the gold bars in her bag.
5. ____________you____________ anyone waiting for me when you passed my office?
6. We____________ to split the cost of all the bills.

7. I ____________to get to the station when I fell and injured my knee.
8. We strongly____________ all clients to take out their own travel insurance.
9. I don’t ____________ turning off the gas, now you mention it.
10. Margaret doesn’t really ____________to ask the staff to work overtime of Friday.
Exercise 9. Circle the most suitable form of the verbs to fill each blank to complete the following
passage.
When we were at school as children we (1.make/wear)_______ in door shoes inside the school
building. The teachers (2. let us/wear) _______our outdoor shoes at all and they (3.make us/change)
_______in the changing rooms from the moment we entered the building. I (4. never know teachers/be)
_______more strict about any other school rule. The trouble that my indoor shoes really (5. make me/suffer)
_______because they were so tight. (6. let/expand) _______our shoes! A fellow sufferer suggested. He (7.
have) _______a brilliant idea. We put plastic bags inside our shoes and poured water into the bags. We
sealed the bags carefully and put our shoes into the freezer. Of course the ice (8. make the shoes/expand)
_______and they were a pleasure to wear. This clever idea (9. help me/get) _______through my schooldays
with less discomfort and up to now I (10. never forget) _______it!
1. A. made to wear
B. were made to wear
C. were made wear
2. A. never let us to wear
B. had never let us wear
C. would never let us wear
3. A. made us change
B. made us to change
C. had made us change
4. A. never knew/to be
B. had never known/to be
C. never knew/to have been
5. had made me suffer
B. made me suffering
C. made me suffer

6. A. Let’s expand
B. Let expand
C. Let to expand
7. A. had
B. had had
C. was having
8. A. made/expand
B. made/expanded
C. had made/expand
9. A. helped me get
B. helped me to get
C. both A and B
10. A. will never forget
B. have never forgotten
C. never forget
Exercise 10. Complete each sentence so that it has the same meaning as the sentence printed before it.
Do not use more than five words.
1. Winning the football pools meant we could buy a new car.
→Winning the football pools ______________________________a new car.
2. They made me study hard when I was at school.
→I was ______________________________ when I was at school.
3. I believed you were the murderer because of this clue.
→This clue led me ______________________________the murderer.
4. I don’t mind looking after the baby for you.
→I’m quite happy ______________________________the baby for you.
5. Does using the hotel swimming pool cost extra?
→Do I have ______________________________ the hotel swimming pool?
6. I think that this is the right street.
→This ______________________________the right street.
7. I appreciate your giving me a lift.

→It’s very kind ______________________________me a lift.
8. Jean succeeded in finishing all her work on time.
→Jean managed ______________________________on time.
9. They said they would like me to stay with them in Florida.
→They ______________________________with them in Florida.
10. All students are required to leave cash deposit.
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→It is compulsory ______________________________a cash deposit.
Exercise 11. Find out ONE mistake in each sentence.
1. In order to(A) avoid boredom(B), you should take on(C) an(D) interest.
2. To tell(A) you the truth(B), I don’t feel any(C) attraction on(D) this object.
3. His face looks(A) pale. He seems to(B) tired of(C) what has happened to(D) his family.
4. If(A) you still insist in(B) our own(C) way, I have nothing to say(D) to you.
5. I like(A) everything about(B) him expect for(C) his crook(D) nose.
6. Do you notA) think that good-look(B) appearance can get(C) people a good job(D)?
7. She can never(A) forget the moment when(B) she won(C) the first international price(D).
8. Vietnamese(A) students are well-known(B) for(C) their eager to(D) learn.
9. Each student(A) in the classroom takes(B) turning(C) to answer(D) the teacher’s questions.
10. I’m so(A) sorry because I’m not in a position(B) to let you to go(C) without permission(D).
11. You can tell him to fetch(A) food for(B) you but(C) you can’t make him eating(D) it.
12. Thinking about(A) the moment(B) I saw the car to run over(C) the dog is hair-raising(D).
13. Whenever(A) Janet goes to bed(B), she feels a(C) hand touched(D) her head.
14. Working overtime(A) means that(B) the employer has to pay(C) some addition(D) money.
15. When(A) you are lonely(B) and sad, you will(C) need a help(D) hand.
Exercise 12. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
Friendship is a gift of God. Some of us are blessed with good friends. But as it happens, these

friendships are taken for granted in some cases and not valued. It is similar to a case of two couples. Say one
has no child even after many years of marriage and the other has many children, more than they can manage.
What do you think? Will the couple with many children value the children as much as the couple which has
none? Everything is relative in life. We value what we don’t have and give less valuable to what is freely
available with us. Friendship is one such relationship. Why should we value friendships? What qualities does
a good friend bring in our relationship that makes the friendship so valuable? Let us examine some of these.
Judgment – a good friend is rarely judgmental. We can be open in our behavior with our good friends
because we know that they will not judge us. We can enjoy this freedom only with friends. It is nothing short
of a blessing, because with other people our actions and behavior are always calculated and guarded and that
takes away lot of pressure from our life.
Share, Sorrow and Losses –A friend can be depended upon to share all our problems and sorrows.
This sharing may not reduce the impact of loss but helps us to unburden ourselves. This is no small gift of
friendship. Once I saw the image of a man left alone in the village after an earthquake. The whole villages
got killed except this man. With who, will this man share this sorrow? A friend gives us this gift.
Hope – During our times of trouble, only a friend comes forward and gives us encouragement and
hope. With that inspiration one begins afresh. At times in life when we feel totally devastated and hopeless,
and when our self-esteem reaches a big low, a friend helps us regain confidence in ourselves.
1. Which statement is the best summary of the reading text?
A. Friendship is a precious thing in our life.
B. It’s hard to keep a valuable friendship.
C. Friendship and its qualities.
D. Friendship gives us hope.
2. Which statement is NOT MENTIONED in the text?
A. What is not owned is valued.
B. Friendship is relative.
C. Good friends rarely judge one another.
D. A good friend can share your happiness.
3. Which statement is TRUE according to the text?
A. All of us have good friends.
B. There are three main qualities that keep our friendships valuable.

C. A good friend always helps us reduce the pain.
D. A good friend can’t help you when you are hopeless.
4. Some of us are blessed with good friends.” “To be blessed” means
A. to be happy to have B. to be lucky to have
C. to be easy to have D. to be chosen to have
5. Which statement is the author’s idea?
A. The couple with a lot of children don’t value them as much as the couple which don’t have any.
B. Friendship gives us freedom.
C. A friend gives us presents.
D. A friend gives us hope and helps us overcome our difficulties.
Exercise 13. Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
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Nothing good may last forever. If we think that a good friendship will last forever, we may be wrong.
Every friendship may end. Very few friendships survive. And they are lucky friendships. We develop many
friends in our childhood, and go on our separate ways in high school. Most of the childhood friendships end
at that stage, and new friendships are formed. Same pattern is repeated after college. We go in different
directions to pursue different careers. The contact with friends is lost and slowly these friendships also end.
Friendship is like a river. It flows towards its destination and on the way it meets many interesting
people. But relations between friends change with changing circumstances. Don’t you think that the
friendship undergoes a change if one of the friends gets married? The entry of a new person may bring
irreversible changes in friendship. Similarly disagreement over issues may bring very old friendships to a
sudden end. A friendship is formed because friends have common interests and opinions. Once they begin
having different opinions, there are more of disagreements compared to agreements in the relationship. This
sours the friendship.
There are some other factors that damage friendships. For example, friends sometimes have
expectations. Relationships are not always totally selfless. If a friend fails to meet needs of another friend

when required, it hurts the friendship badly. Imagine two friends, both beginning their career with same
income. Say that after few years, one of them becomes much richer than the other. Will the friendship retain
its old charm? It looks difficult.
Every relationship has its ups and downs. It is for us to think optimistically or be a pessimist,
knowing well that every friendship may end one day. Why should we think about how friendships may go
bad tomorrow? Why not enjoy the relations today and let tomorrow worry about itself? Friendship do die for
different reasons. But it is not a universal law. Many friendships survive over a long period and give
immense joy to the friends. Why not take your friendships as one of those types and nurture them?
1. Which statement is TRUE according to the text?
A. All friendships do not die.
B. Friendship comes and goes, few survives.
C. Old friendship can’t end because of disagreement over issues.
D. It is a universal law that friendship dies.
2. Which statement is FALSE according to the text?
A. Friendships are formed in every stage of our life.
B. Friendships end because of contact loss.
C. Changing situations change the friends’ relations.
D. Different opinions and interests raise friendships.
3. Which statement is NOT mentioned in the text?
A. Friendships end because of fighting.
B. Friendship is likened to a river.
C. Expectations influence our friendships.
D. Not all friendships have happy ending.
4. What is the best summary of the text?
A. We should keep our friendships alive because they may come and go.
B. Friendships develop at different stage.
C. Friendships are based on common interests and opinion.
D. Friendships have their ups and downs.
5. What is the main purpose of the text?
A. It gives definition of friendships.

B. It explains the problems of friendships.
C. It gives readers some information about friendships and welcomes them to join the author’s activities.
D. It gives readers some pieces of advice to protect our friendships.

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