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Unit 1.

HOME LIFE

I. Phonetics:
* Choose the word whose main stress is different from the others:
1. A. family
2. A. possible
3. A. suitable
4. A. mischievous
5. A. obedient

B. hospital
B. generally
B. attempt
B. secure
B. university

C. biologist
C. household
C. supportive
C. confidence
C. responsible

D. project
D. believe
D. solution
D. close-knit
D. discussion

* Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced different from the others:

6. A. secrets
7. A. hands
8. A. dishes
9. A. share
10. A. nice

B. members
B. hours
B. shares
B. special
B. busy

C. chores
C. looks
C. watches
C. close
C. takes

D. enjoys
D. problems
D. misses
D. relationship
D. study

II. Vocabulary:
Choose the word or phrase that is closed in meaning to the underlined word or phrase.
1. Dad is always willing to give a hand with cleaning the house.
A. help
B. give part of the body
C. use his hand

D. use part of the body
2. My mother takes the responsibility for running the household.
A. moving quickly
B. making the house run
C. managing
D. making the house move quickly
3. In my attempt to win a place at university, I am under a lot of pressure.
A. difficulties
B. force
C. strong influence
D. power
4. We are a very close-knit family.
A. happy
B. having a close relationship
C. knitting D. relating
5. Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly.
A. arise
B. arrive
C. are solved
D. bring up
6. My mother has to work on a night shift once a week.
A. job
B. hospital
C. period
D. time
7. After work, she rushes to the market.
A. walks
B. hurries
C. drives
D. rides

8. A. My brother is quite good at mending electrical appliances such as TV and fridge.
A. repairing
B. preparing
C. supporting
D. changing
9. Hurry up! We must attempt to reach the top of the hill before it gets dark.
A. make a support B. make an effort C. give an assistance
D. give help
10. She revised her lesson well and could answer all the questions with confidence.
A. encouragement B. feeling of concern C. feeling of certainty
D. sympathy
11. My mother often cook big meals, so we have .............................for days.
A. remainders
B. surplus
C. leftovers
D. dishes
12. Mark enjoys having fun by causing trouble. He’s a very ........................boy.
A. stubborn
B. mischievous
C. spoiled
D. bright
13. Her family and friends have given her lots of .............................
A. support
B. supports
C. supporters
D. supportive
14. Would you like to share your opinion ........................the rest of the group?
A. with
B. to
C. among

D. of
15. Many of our students come ..........................poor families.
A. in
B. for
C. from
D. over

III. Language Focus:
A. Choose the option that best completes each sentence:
1. I .....................your cousin at the library yesterday afternoon.


A. saw
B. see
C. had seen
D. have seen
2. I’m afraid I must ask you what you ...........................yesterday at 5:30 p.m.
A. do
B. did
C. were doing
D. had done
3. The soldier ......................his gun when it accidentally ......................off and almost killed
him.
A. was cleaning/ went
B. cleaned/ went
C. had cleaned/ went
D. cleaned/ was going
4. Who ...................to on the phone as we came into the room?
A. did you talk
B. have you been talking C. had you talked D. were you talking

5. He went into the yard to see what the children .........................
A. are doing
B. were doing
C. have been doing
D. did
6. My brother .......................for a few weeks; he is trying to give it up.
A. didn’t smoke
B. hadn’t smoked C. was not smoking
D. hasn’t smoked
7. He .......................his leg in a skiing accident last winter.
A. had broken
B. broke
C. was breaking
D. has broken
8. While I ..................a bath, someone ....................on the door.
A. was having/ knocked
B. had/ knocked
C. was having/ has knocked
D. was having/ had knocked
9. When we arrived at the meeting, the first speaker ....................and the audience................
A. had just finished/ were clapping
B. had just finished/ clapped
C. was finishing/ clapped
D. finished/ had clapped
10. Laura felt so tired that she ......................asleep on the sofa.
A. falls
B. had felt
C. felt
D. has felt
11. While Pat .................. the house, she .....................a secret door behind the wardrobe.

A. cleaned/ noticed
B. was cleaning/ noticed
C. cleaned/ was noticing
D. was cleaning/ was noticing
12. They had a good rest when all their guests ....................
A. have left
B. were leaving
C. had left
D. have been leaving
13. When ..................you last ..................for the national team?
A. have/ played
B. were/ playing
C. did/ play
D. had/ played
14. It ......................hard all day yesterday.
A. rained
B. has rained
C. had rained
D. was raining
15. I ......................, so I missed what the teacher said.
A. didn’t listen
B. wasn’t listening C. hadn’t listened
D. am not listening

B. Identify the one underlined word or phrase that must be changed for the sentence to
be correct.
1. Average family size has increased from the Victorian era.
A
B
C

D
2. Woody Guthrie has written thousands of songs during her lifetime, many of which became
A
B
C
D
classic folk songs.
3. In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between Chicago and New York was formally
A
B
C
opening.
D
4. Henry invite me to the movie, but I said I was planning to go shopping that evening.
A
B
C
D
5. The father doesn’t allow his son waste his time playing game all day.
A
B
C
D
6. Paul congratulated Mary on having been passed the entrance examination.
A
B
C
D
7. Mary reminded Susan to going to post the letter that afternoon.
A

B
C
D