BT Unit 3 - E10

I. Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
1. Marie Curie was born ………………………… November 7, 1867. a. in. b. from c. at d. on
2. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.
a. make up b. find out c. take over d. put up
3. Let me give you a little ………………………… about the president of the company.
a. specialization b. concentration c. background d. degree
4. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She's a.………………………… woman.
a. ambitious b. strong-willed c. brilliant d. humane
5. He passed his exams with flying colours. a. successfully b. difficultly c. badly d. easily
6. She harbored her hope of being a teacher.
a. gave up her hope of being a teacher b. built her hope of being a teacher
c. had her hope of being a teacher d. kept her hope of being a teacher in her mind
7. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more ………………………… than the other boys at his class.
a. intelligent b. mature c. ambitious d. developed
8. The new road should help ………… traffic problems. a. raise b. create c. ease d. cause
9. There is no ………………………… explanation for what happened.
a. scientist b. scientific c. scientifically d. science
10. The new surgeon will ………………………… her post in May.
a. go on b. get over c. take up d. look after
11. When I was young, I received some ………………………… training from my father.
a. scientist b. scientific c. science d. scientifically
12. We must send ………………………… aid to the refugees.
a. humanism b. human c. humanitarian d. humane
13. Nowadays, more and more young people want to have a university ………………………… .
a. educate b. educational c. educator d. education
14. The purpose of the test is to ………………………… the weight of the chemical element.
a. ease b. interrupt c. dertermine d. receive
15. In the 19th century, it was ………………………… for a woman to become a doctor.
a. incapable b. couldn't c. unable d. impossible
16. He took ………………………… the position that his father had obtained at the college.
a. up b. to c. on d. in

II. Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question .
Marie Curie, the Polish-born physicsist and chemist, was a courageous and determined woman. She was born
on November 7
th
, 1867. She left her home for Paris to pursue her interest in science. Living in poverty, she still
managed to graduate at the top of the class. She met Pierre Curie shortly after graduation and married him a year
later. Together, Pierre and Marie formed the most famous husband-and-wife partnership in science history. They
discovered the radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They were awarded the Nobel Prize in 1903.
1. The word "determined" in line 1 means most nearly ………………………… .
a. honest b. found out c. brave d. resolute
2. What did Marie curie go to France for?
a. To study b. To earn her living c. To take up a new hobby d. To find a job
3. How was Marie Curie when she first lived in Paris ?
a. Poor b. Bored c. Rich d. Lively
4. How old was Marie Curie when she won the first Nobel Prize ?
a. 30 years old b. 36 years old c. 44 years old d. 67 years old
5. Polonium is a ………………………… .
a. science history b. radioactive element c. country d. prize
III. Choose the one option - b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank.
I (1)_... my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years (2)... in a remote village (3)... the villagers were
very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very disappointed (4)... bad living condition and low
pay. I was really homesick. However, at that time. with my youth (5)..., I tried my best to devote (6)... to the noblest
career, that was "teaching". I loved my poor little students. They were living in (7)...

but they could not (8)... from
empty mind. I am proud (9)..._ myself to be a teacher, a hard working "boatman" taking my students to the
"destination" of (10) ... .
1. a. begin b. began c. have begun d. had begun
2. a. teach b. to teach c. teaching d. taught
3. a. which b. there c. when d. where

4. a. in spite of b. because of c. because d. though
5. a. enthusiasm b. movement c. emotion d. culture
6. a. me time b. my career c. my duty d. myself
7. a. poor b. poverty c. debt d. shortage
8. a. bear b. cope with c. suffer d. manage
9. a. in b. on c. about d. of
10. a. knowledge b. competence c. background d. experience