unit 2 unit 2 personal experiences part 1 phonetics exercise 1 choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter a b c or d 1

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<b>Unit 2</b>

PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

<b>Part 1. PHONETICS:</b>

<b>Exercise 1: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. Identify your </b>
<b>answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D:</b>

1. A. affect B. appreciate C. attitude D. acquaintance
2. A. cofidence B. protect C. clock D. constancy
3. A. embrace B. embarrassing C. enthusiasm D. memorable
4. A. idol B. side C. brighten D. activity
5. A. treasure B. scream C. sneaky D. cheat

<b>Exercise 2: Choose one word whose stress pattern is different. Identify your answer by circling </b>
<b>the corresponding letter A, B, C or D:</b>

<b>6. A. embrace</b> B. affect C. brighten D. protect
7. A. menmorable B. appreciate C. embarrassing D. apartment
8. A. floppy B. outlook C. loyalty D. protect
9. A. enthusiasm B. residential C. acquaintance D. unselfishness
10. A. sneaky B. brighten C. idol D. protect

<b>Part 2. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE</b>

<b>Choose from the four given options marked A, B, C and D one best answer to complete each </b>
<b>sentence by circling the correcponding letter A, B, C or D:</b>

11. ---you ever had any embarrassing experiences?

A. Have B. Has C. Do D. Did

12. Yes, my most embarrassing experience happened some

months---A. ahead B. before C. ago D. past

13. Do you have any idols---you really love and imitate in many ways?

A. which B. who C. what D. why

14. Last year I went to a party alone. I didn’t know any people there except the host. I felt

very---A. embarrass B. embarrassed C. embarrassing D. embarrassingly
15. She broke a glass of wine at the party and the wine poured into a strange man sitting next to
her.

She was in a very---situation.

A. embarrass B. embarrassed C. embarrassing D. embarrassingly
16. I don’t like that man. He has a ---behaviour.

A. clever B. good C. interesting D. sneaky

17. The woman living next my door is always making---. She complains and talks noisily
about

everything she doesn’t like.

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A. saw B. talked C. said D. glanced
19. Have you ever---a fire?

A. see B. saw C. seeing D. seen

20. The fire---some years ago at Dong Xuan Market.

A. happen B.happened C.happening D.happens
21. Did the firemen---in time?

A. comes B. come C. coming D. came

22. The fire was great and it---a lot of things there.

A. destroy B. destroys C. destroyed D. destroying
23. The businessmen---many things in the fire.

A. to lose B. lose C. lost D. losing

24. Can you write an article telling about one of your most memorable past---?
A. experiences B. experience C. experiencing D. experienced
25. How did the experience---you?

A. affects B. affect C. affected D. affecting
26. I was going home when I---an accident.

A. see B. was seeing C. saw D. seen

27. My sister wrote the first article for the Pioneer Newspaper when she---10 years old.

A. be B. is C. are D. was

28. I phoned you last night but you were out. Where---you go?

A. do B. are C. did D. were

29. When I got to the airport, the plane---taken off.

A. had B. have C. has D. having

30. The police---no attention to her complaint because she always made a fuss.

A. pay B. paid C. pays D. paying

31. The house was in great disorder because he---it.

A. was redecorating B. was redecorate C. redecogated D. redecorates
32. Who were you talking to on the phone as I---in?

A. come B. am coming C. came D. was coming
33. Where---when you saw him last?

A. dose he live B. he live C. did he live D. was he living
34. The traffic was making so much noise that I couldn’t hear what he---.

A. said B. say C. says D. was saying

35. When I arrived at the meeting the first speaker---speaking and the audience was
clapping.

A. just finishes B. had just finished C. has just finished D. just finished
36. ---I was looking for my passport I found this old photo.

A. which B. where C. what D. when

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A. leave B. left C. am learning D. was leaving
39. You looked very busy when I saw you yesterday morning. What---?

A. were you doing B. were you do C. did you do D. do you do
40. I was making a cake when the light wen out. I had to---it in the dark.

A. finished B. finishes C. finish D. finishing
41. He was watching TV when the phone---.

A. rings B. ring C. ringing D. rang

42. As I---the road I stepped on a banana skin and fell heavily.

A. crosses B. was crossing C. crossed D. cross
43. Cathy is trustworthy. She is person upon---yo can always depend.

A. who B. whom C. that D. which

44. Our office needs a secretary who---how to use various word processing programs.

A. knows B. knew C. knows D. knowing

45. Jim is a kind of person---whom one can talk about anything.

A. with B. at C. to D. in

46. When I was a boy, I often went to school---foot.

A. on B. by C. with D. of

47. I---the restaurant wold be expensive but it was reasonably cheap.

A. think B. was thinking C. thought D. am thinking
48. He looked at me angrily when I---him.

A. interrupt B. was interrupting C. am interrupting D. interrupted
49. I wasn’t a serious accident. Only the car was badly---.

A. damage B. damaging C. damaged D. to damage
50. When I retuned home after 20 years, everything---completely.

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