REVISION Unit 1-3

EXERCISE ( Revision unit 1 , 2&3)
* Question 1: PHONETICS
Circle the word with the underlined letter (s) pronounced differently from those of these others:
1 a.fish b. beat c. meet d.week
2 a. wonderful b. party c. suffer d. August
3 a. all b. talk c. salad d. false
4 a.school b. scholarship c. chemistry d. choose
* Question 2 : GRAMMAR
Choose the best correct word or phrase to complete these sentences
5 My grandfather often ----------- asleep when watching television.
a. fell b. is falling c. falls d. has fell
6 The bomb went off in the crowded street, but fortunately no one was seriously hurt.
a. rang b. exploded c. burned d. landed
7 I ------------- football since I --------------- 6 years old.
a. play / am b. has played/ was c. played / was d. had played / was
8 Please keep silent ! the baby -------------.
a. sleep b. is sleeping c. was sleepingd. had sleeping
9 ------------- class allows students to acquire knowledge about the living things.
a. Geography b. Chemistry c.Biology d.History
10 It dried yesterday after it ----------------- for weeks.
a. rained b. was raining c. has rained d. had rained
11 He stops -------------- when he feels tired.
a. work b. to work c. works d. working
12 There is no point in ---------------- the children now. What is done is already done.
a. punishing b. teaching c. helping d. paying
13 We are ---------------with what we do.
a. content b. interested c. keen d. excited
14 The doctor advised him to give up ----------------------.
a. drink b. drinking c. to drink d. drank
15 ----------- long have you learnt English ?
a. How b. where c. What d. Why

16 ------------------ do you do when you have free time ?
a. How b. where c. What d. Why
* Question 3: SPEAKING
Matching each of the sentences in A with a suitable response in B .
A B
17 Good morning , Hoa. How are
you ?
18 May I speak to your sister ?
19 I want to ask her something about
her passport . Can you help me?
20 When will she come back , Hoa ?
21 What does your sister go to Nha
Trang for?
22 Thanks , bye
a. uh… about this weekend, Tam
b. She visits my uncle . He is
seriously ill.
c. What a pity! She isn’t at home.
d. Sorry I can’t.
e. I’m very well . Thanks
f . Bye . See you again.
Answer : 17e, 18c, 19d, 20a, 21b, 22f
* Question 4: READING
a/ Read the passage carefully then decide wherether the statements below are true(T) or false(F).
I’m writing to tell you some exciting news.Two days ago, Mr. Smith called me into his office.He told
me about a job in main office in New York. They needed a personal manager. He told me that I was the
best person for the job. It’s strange! A week ago, your father and I were discussing the job.
Mr. Smith wanted me to take the job immediately, but I told him I wanted to talk to my family about
moving to New York city. Of course, the boys don’t want to move.
Your father thinks this opportunity is wonderful for me, but he’s not happy about starting a new job in a

new city. Call us on Sunday evening, and we’ll talk more about this exciting news. To tell you the truth,I
can’t decide what to do. What do you think I should do?
23. This is the letter from a father to a son. ---F------
24. The writer is Mr. Smith’s boss.---F-------
25. If the writer takes the job, she has to move to New York.--T---------
26. The writer hasn’t decided to get the job.----T----------
27. Her husband thinks the job is not good for her.---F-------

b/ Fill each gap in the passage with a suitable word.
Liz always gets up very (28) -------early---------------- at five o’ clock in the morning. She has a (29)
-----------small-/big--------- breakfast and then goes to work by bus (30) ---------at
----------- five thirty. She works from six o’clock in the morning till two o’clock in the afternoon. She
(31) -------often/ usually-------------- eats lunch after work in a small restaurant near her office.
In the afternoon, Liz (32) ---------helps--------- her family. She often goes shopping at three, and plays
(33) –tenis / game--------------------- with friends at four thirty…
* Question 5 : WRITING
Read Ms Mai ‘s curriculum vitae and write a paragraph about Ms Mai.
Name : Ngoc Mai
Date of birth : 20 / 2 / 1964
Place of birth : Dong Nai
Present address : 41/3 Tran Hung Dao , District 5 , HCM city.
Education :
School attended : Le Hong Phong High School
Favourite subjects : chemistry , English , French
Previous jobs :
Job Date from Date to
teacher March 1987 June 2000
University
professor
March 2001 September 2005

Interests : music and travel
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