On tap HK 1 - English 12

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<b>UNIT 1: HOMELIFE</b>

<i><b>I. Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined</b></i>
<i><b>part, or has a close meaning to the original one.</b></i>

1. He has been very interested in doing research on ________ since he was at high school.
A. biology B. biological C. biologist D. biologically
2. A scientist who studies living things is a ___________.

A. biology B. biological C. biologist D. biologically
3. Most doctors and nurses have to work on a ________ once or twice a week at the hospital.

A. solution B. night shift C. household chores D. special dishes
4. My mother takes the ____________ for running the household.

A. responsible B. irresponsible C. responsibly D. responsibility
5. Can you _________ me a hand with these boxes?

A. take B. give C. make D. put
6. He is a(n) _______ boy. He is often kind and helpful to every classmate.

A. frank B. lovely C. obedient D. caring

7. John is a(n) _________ boy. He often plays tricks and annoys other people.
A. hard-working B. obedient C. mischievous D. caring
8. Jimmy is a(n) _________ child. He always does what he is told to do.

A. active B. lazy C. naughty D. obedient
9. _______ sure that you follow the instructions carefully.

A. Believe B. Try C. Do D. Make

10. In my family, both my parents join _______ to give us a nice house and a happy home.
A. legs B. ideas C. hands D. money

11. We are a very ________ family. All of us have very close relationship with one another.

A. friendly B. close-knit C. strange D. typical

12. Billy, come and give me a hand with cooking.

A. help B. prepared C. be busy D. attempt
13. Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.

A. happen B. encounter C. arrive D. clean
14. With greatly increased workloads, everyone is _______ pressure now.

A. under B. above C. upon D. out of
15. Finally, thanks to their parents’ help, they found the ______ to that problem.

A. way B. decision C. condition D. solution

16. Some candidates failed the oral examination because they didn’t have enough ________.
A. confide B. confident C. confidence D. confidential
17. I don’t have my own room. I have to _________ the bedroom with my older brother.

A. divide B. share C. separate D. live

18. They are a very close-knit family and very ___________ of one another.

A. support B. supportive C. supported D. supporter

19. My mother _______very early in the morning to prepare our breakfast.

A. sleeps B. gets up C. has D. stays up

20. What a lovely and_____________ child!

A. mischievous B. respect C. obedient D. secure

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A. housework B. household C. homework D. householder
22. My responsibility is to wash dishes and _______ the garbage.

A. take out B. take over C. take care of D. take off
23. My mother works _______ a nurse in a big hospital. She examines the patients.

A. for B. as C. in D. at

24. She had to work on _______ last night, so she is very tired this morning.

A. the roof B. the table C. the bed D. night shift

25. In my free-time, I often help mom with _______ the house.

A. to clean B. clean C. cleaning D. cleans

26. I take responsibility to _____ my little brothers because they are sometimes very naughty.
A. look after B. get up C. sit down D. shut up

27. My brothers love joining my dad in _______things around the house at weekends.

A. mend B. mended C. to mend D. mending

28. Pho, a kind of noodle, is one of her favourite _______ when she visits Vietnam.

A. courses B. plates C. bowls D. dishes

29. "Men make house and women make ________" is a popular saying.

A. family B. garden C. home D. room

30. She got up late and rushed to the bus stop.

A. came into B. went leisurely C. went quickly D. dropped by

<i><b>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs</b></i>
<i><b>correction. </b></i>

1. Her father died when she was being 6 years old.
A B C D

2. He stopped working because he is very tired.
A B C D

3. Hoa has studied music since she has been 5 years old.
A B C D

4. When I come, Mary was doing exercises in the living room.
A B C D

5. Mr. Nam has taught Math in this school for 1960.
A B C D

6. The furniture in my grandparents’ house are very beautiful.
A B C D

7. How many long did you stay in Vietnam during your last summer holiday?
A B C D

8. Have you finished reading the book which I lend you last week?
A B C D

9. Before he retired last month, Mr. John is working for Institute of Agricultural Science.
A B C D

10. Nowadays, grandparents can live h a ppy with t h e ir children a nd grandchildren.
A B C D

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<i><b>Choose A, B, C, or D that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined</b></i>
<i><b>part, or has a close meaning to the original one.</b></i>

1. Marriage should be an equal _____________.

A. partnership B. belief C. trust D. concept

2. She ____________ her career to bring up the children.

A. confided B. obliged C. determined D. sacrificed

3. In my hometown, many people still believe in _____ marriage or arranged marriage.
A. romantic B. obliged C. contractual D. sacrificed
4. London is home to people of many _______ cultures.

A. diverse B. diversity C. diversify D. diversification
5. My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks pale.

A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautifully D. beautify

6. Some researchers have just _____ a survey of young people's points of view on contractual
marriage.

A. sent B. directed C. managed D. conducted

7. It is not easy to ________ our beauty when we get older and older.

A. develop B. maintain C. gain D. collect

8. Do you agree that a happy marriage should be based __________ love?

A. in B. on C. at D. of

9. Many young people have objected to _______ marriage, which is decided by the parents of
the bride and groom.

A. agreed B. shared C. contractual D. sacrificed

10. She sacrificed her career _________ her children.

A. to B. for C. on D. with

11. Some people are concerned with physical _____ when choosing a wife or husband.
A. attract B. attraction C. attractiveness D. attractive

12. There are small ___________ between British and American English.

A. differences B. different C. difference D. differently
13. My parents will have celebrated 30 years of _______ by next week.

A. marry B. married C. marriageable D. marriage

14. Socially, the married _______ is thought to be the basic unit of society.

A. couple B. pair C. twins D. double

15. Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world.
A. variety B. changes C. conservation D. number
16. You are not _______ to say anything unless you wish to do so.

A. obliged B. willing C. equal D. attracted

17. After they have been _______ love for two years, they decide to get married.

A. for B. with C. on D. in

18. She accepted that she had acted ______ and mistakenly, which broke up her marriage.
A. romantically B. unwisely C. wisely D. attractively
19. Young Asians are not as romantic as their American ________.

A. counterparts B. couples C. mates D. partnership

20. By nature, boys and girls _________ to each other.

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21. Once, an Asian couple’s marriage _________ by the parents of the bride and the groom.

A. was arranged B. is arranged C. appeared D. were appeared
22. A large amount of Indian men agree that it’s unwise_________ in their wives.

A. to confide B. to interest C. confiding D. interesting
23. The American wife trusts her husband to do the right things because he _________ her.

A. dislikes B. detests C. loves D. hates

24. In America, it is _________ to ask questions about age, marriage and income.

A. polite B. impolite C. enthusiastic D. excited

25. In Vietnam, two or more _________ may live in a home.

A. generations B. generous C. generation D. generators
26. In a contractual marriage, love is supposed to _________ marriage.

A. precede B. hate C. follow D. fore-see

<i><b>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs</b></i>
<i><b>correction. </b></i>

1. A survey was made to determining their attitudes toward love and marriage.
A B C D
2. An Asian husband is oblige to tell his wife where he has been.

A B C D

3. In Vietnam, two or more generators may live in a home.
A B C D

4. What are the Indian students’ attitudes on a partner of equal.
A B C D

5. Love is supposed to follow marry, not precede it.
A B C D

6. Young Americans are much more romantic as their Asian counterparts.
A B C D

7. A romantic marriage is the one that the parents of the bride and the groom decide on the
A B C D

marriage.

8. American husbands encourage their wives to maintain their beauty and appearant after
A B C D

marriage.

9. To show the different, a survey was made to determine their attitudes on love and marriage.
A B C D

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