UNIT 1

UNIT 1. A DAY IN THE LIFE OF…
I. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
A.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

A. chat
A. technology
A. laugh
A. watch
A. h ouse
A. minute

B. panic
B. teaching
B. plough
B. want
B. hour
B. muddy

C. park
C. purchase
C. enough
C. bank
C. hotel
C. fu nny

D. passenger
D. lunch
D. cough
D. what
D. h orse
D. pump

7. A. foot
8. A. plough
9. A. fellow
10. A. contented

B. food
B. housewife
B. harrow
B. realised

C. afternoon
C. about
C. nowadays
C. announced

D. tooth
D. neighbour
D. tomorrow
D. hoped

1. A. routine

B. literature

C. kindness

D. kitchen

2. A. exactly

B. medicine

C. pretty

D. become

3. A. typical

B. family

C. bicycle

D. cycling

4. A. frightening
5. A. promise
6. A. evening
7. A. shortage
8. A. without
9. A. reliable
10. A. describe
11. A. study
12. A. stage

13. A. license

B. brigade
B. devise
B. interested
B. collage
B. library
B. living
B. excite
B. ready
B. village
B. combine

C. pilot
C. surprise
C. envelope
C carriage
C. willing
C. revival
C. timber
C. puppy
C. manage
C. seaside

D. fire
D. realise
D. secret
D. manage
D. interest
D. final

D. dive
D. occupy
D. package
D. police

14. A. peasant

B. appeal

C. reason

D. teapot

15. A. weather
16. A. scream
17. A. heat
18. A. breakfast
19. A. feather

B. bread
B. death
B. great
B. lead
B. leather

C. ahead
C. ready
C. beat
C. leave
C. feature

D. mean
D. peasant
D. read
D. seatbelt
D. measure

B.

20. A. heat
B. repeat
C. heart
D. eating
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

A. tobacco
A. serious
A. technology
A. repair
A. interested
A. kitchen

7. A. routine
8. A. dinner

9. A. dinner
10. A. afternoon
11. A. alarm
12. A. morning
13. A. buffalo
14. A. minute
15. A. quarter
16. A. peasant

B. contented
B. purchase
B. comfortable
B. harrow
B. passenger
B. dinner

C. buffalo
C. district
C. activity
C. arrive
C. wonderful
C. peasant

D. transplanting
D. routine
D. experience
D. announce
D. immediate
D. alarm

B. arrive
B. harrow
B. during
B. usually
B. discuss
B. repair
B. exactly
B. below
B. before
B. finish

C. morning
C. neighbor
C. although
C. evening
C. friendly
C. happy
C. tobacco
C. Physics
C. partner
C. compare

D. prefer
D. correct
D. number
D. timetable
D. begin
D. pupil
D. continue
D. English

D. weather
D. adverb


17. A. activity
B. education
C. Geography
D. technology
18. A. Literature
B. experience
C. immediate
D. occasional
19. A. district
B. office
C. pedal
D. announce
20. A. overjoyed
B. discotheque
C. frequency
D. frightening
III. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best substitutes for the underlined word or
phrase.
1. John isn't contented with his present salary.
A. excited about
B. satisfied with
C. disappointed about D. interested in
2. We seldom set: each other anymore.
A. sometimes
B. occasionally
C. frequently

D. rarely
3. She purchased a number of shares in the company.
A. invested
B. sold
C. exchanged
D. bought
4. We had a nice chat over a cup of tea.
A. formal talk
B. informal talk
C. serious talk
D. long talk
5. It was a difficult tune, but we never gave up hope.
A. stopped
B. continued
C. had
D. offered
6. It takes me 45 minutes to get ready.
A. to go
B. to start
C. to prepare
D. to wake up
7. When they came back from college or technical high school, they introduced new farming methods, which
resulted in bumper crops.
A. bad crops
B. poor crops
C. rich crops
D. good crops
8. “Our lives have changed a lot thanks to the knowledge our children brought home,” said an old farmer
A. because
B. by

C. thank for
D. because of
9. I plough and harrow my plot of land and during my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants and
smoke local tobacco.
A. villagers
B. children
C. farmers
D. workers
10. Although it’s a long day for us, we are contented with what we do. We love working and we love our
children.
A. bored
B. happy
C. tired
D. sad
Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence:
1. She got......................as soon as the alarm clock went …………….
A. over/ on
B. up/ down
C. up/ off
D. on/ off.
2. I was late for school this morning because my alarm clock didn’t ………
A.go on
B. go off
C. go away
D. go up
3. Are you contented ………………….. your present job, Mrs. Tuyet?
A.to
B. for
C. with
D. of

4. My house isn’t very far …………. school, so I usually go to school ……………. bike.
A. from- on
B. away - in
C. of - by
D. from – by
5. The discotheque was crowded ……………….. people.
A. with
B. by
C. for
D. to
6. He finds the new computer game so................
A. excite
B. excited
C. exciting
D. excitement
7. The holidays at the seaside made us................ . We really had a good time.
A. happily
B. unhappily
C. unhappy
D. happy
8. It was the most............... experience of my life.
A. frighten
B. frightening
C. frightened
D. frightful
9. I know ………….. how she felt.
A. exact
B. exactly
C. exactness
D. exacting

10. I felt quite …………… with my day’s work.
A. satisfy
B. satisfactory
C. satisfied
D. satisfaction
11. After each period, we have a ..............break.
A. fifth-minute
B. fifth-minutes
C. five minutes
D. five-minute
12. Another word for “fasten” is ………………
A. frighten
B. loosen
C. lengthen
D. tighten
13. I was born and grew up on the ……………….. of the Red River.
A.shops
B. restaurants
C. offices
D. banks
14. Mr. Lam goes to work on foot once a week. It means he ………… walks to work.
A. never
B. sometimes
C. often
D. usually
15. “……………… do you get to school ?” “ By bike.”


A.What
B. How

C. How often
D. How far
16. It was time to................the kids ready for bed.
A prepare
B. get
C. take
D. make
17. We.................the seedlings into peaty soil.
A. take
B. plough
C. raise
D. transplant
18. Houses .................as a bomb exploded in the neighborhood.
A. dipped
B. disappeared
C. dropped
D. shook
19. ..................is the study of heat, light, sound.
A. Literature
B. Physics
C. History
D. Maths
20. …………… class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things.
A. Geography
B. Chemistry
C. Biology
D. History
IV. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
1. The baby is so big! How much...........................now?
A. is she weighing

B. she weighs
C. does she weigh
D. did she weigh
2. I'll see him when he .......................here tomorrow..
A. comes
B. will come
C. has come
D. had come
3. Harry works all the time. He.......................
A. never relaxes
B. relaxes never
C. often relaxes
D. relaxes sometimes
4. The last time I ........... swimming was when we were in Spain.
A. had gone
B. went
C. has gone
D. was going.
5. I ....................at six o'clock, but ......... to be up by five.
A. normally get up/ I have sometimes
B. normally get up/ sometimes I have
C. get normally up/ sometimes I have
D. get normally up/ I sometimes have
6. .............. a long time for the bus.
A. We have to always wait B. We always have to wait
C. We have always to wait D. We have to wait always
7. I have not met him since he ……………. school.
A. left
B. was leaving
C. had left

D. has left
8. It ……………… me 15 minutes to get to school every morning.
A. takes
B. took
C. spends
D. spent
9. We ………………… dinner at home on Saturdays.
A. haven’t had
B. didn’t had
C. aren’t have
D. don’t have
10. When I was a child, I usually ………….. fishing with my brother.
A. go
B. went
C. gone
D. use to go
11. He’s not really interested in …………..on the farm.
A. to work
B. being worked
C. working
D. worked
12. Maria is going to stop....................dinner, so she may be late.
A. eating
B. to eat
C. for eating
D. eat
13. These glasses are so dirty. You need.................them.
A. wash
B. washing.
C. to wash

D. washed
14. We were told.................and fasten our seat belts.
A. to sit down
B. sitting down
C. sit down
D. that sit down
15. It takes me 45 minutes……………………. ready.
A. get
B. gets
C. to get
D. getting
16. After a cup of coffee, I continue …………….. my homework.
A. to do
B. doing
C. A and B are correct
D. A and B are incorrect
17. All the passengers were made …………………their seat belts during the turbulence.
A. buckle

B. to buckle

C. buckling

D. for buckling

18. If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we stop …………….lunch.
A. having

B. to have

C. having had

D. for having

19. The father told his son………..his time ……………games all day.
A. not to waste/ play

B. not to waste/playing C. not waste/play D. not waste/ playing

20. Why do you continue …………..there if you don’t like your job?


A.to work

B. working

C. worked

D. both A and B

V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B. C or D - that must be changed for the
sentence to be correct.
1. Mr. Vy leaves the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A
B
C
D
2. We haven’t seen Jim since he has returned the countryside.
A
B

C
D
3. I spend 20 minutes to read books every day.
A
B
C
D
4. I enjoy to talk with my classmates about their future plans.
A
B
C
D
5. David immediate comes home after finishing school.
A
B
C
D
6. It was an extremely frightened experience in my life.
A
B
C
D
7. Mark went on working despite he felt unwell.
A
B
C D
8. Frank is usually swimming before work, but this morning he is jogging.
A
B
C

D
9. Once when I was ten, I used to get sick and went to the hospital.
A
B
C
D
10. As soon as the alarm clock had gone off, she woke up and go out of bed.
A
B
C
D
VI. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the numbered blank.
David Evans is a farmer. He does farming on his own land in Wales. The farm has (1).............. his
family for generations. The soil is poor. David (2)................ sheep on his land. He does not employ any
fulltime workers. His sons help him when they are not at school. His wife adds to the family income by
(3) ............... eggs which her hens produce. In summer she often (4) ............... paying guests into the
farmhouse. The guests from the city enjoy their quiet holiday in the clean country air and Mrs. Evans
enjoys having some extra money to spend on clothes for her children and herself. However, it is a lonely
life for the Evans family when the guests have gone. The question is that if his children want to
(5) ............... the farm when Mr. Evans gives up working. Country life is quiet and dull to them. It is quite
likely that they will leave the farm for the city some day.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

A. been to
A. feeds
A. selling

A. take
A. take off

B. belonged to
B. grows
B. sells
B. takes
B. take over

C. possessed
C. raises
C. to sell
C. took
C. take after

D. depended on
D. leads
D. sell
D. is taking
D. take care

VII. Read the passage, then choose the correct answer :
ROUTINES
Think about your daily life. Do you follow the same read :o work every day? Do you sit in the same
place in class? When you get dressed, do you always put the same leg or arm in first? You probably do,
because we all have routines in our lives.
Routines save time and energy because you do them without thinking, that's why they are so
important in the morning when your brain isn't active. Here's Jo talking about her morning routine.
'Oh yes. I always do exactly the same things. 1 wake up at seven o'clock every morning, but I don't
get quarter past seven. I switch on the radio and listen to the news. Then I go to the too and I brush myteeth. I have a shower and dry my hair. Then I choose my clothes and I get dressed. I don't eat anything

for breakfast. I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work. Yes, it's always the same.'
Routines are very useful. but they also make you uncreative. So sometimes it's a good idea to
break your routines. Get out of bed on the opposite side. Listen to a different radio station. Take a
different route to work. Eat something different for breakfast. Change your routine. You never know, it
could change your life.
1. This passage is mainly concerned with .................
A. our usual ways of doing things
B. our daily activities
C. Jo's timetable
D. changes in our lives


2. According to the passage, routines are useful because................
A. we can do them in the morning
B. they make a habit of never thinking
C. they save time and energy
D. we all have them in our lives
3. The word 'loo' in line 9 can best be replaced with ................
A. balcony
B. bedroom
C. sink
D. toilet
4. What is the main disadvantage of routines?
A.Routines make us unable to create things or to have new ideas.
B. Routines may change our life.
C. Routines make a habit of never thinking before doing.
D. Routines make us do the same things day after day.
5. Which of the sentences is true?
A. Routines make our brain creative.
B. People who have routines are unable to think.

C. We shouldn't break our routines.
D. Our lives could be changed if we change our routines.
VIII. Choose the best answer to complete the sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the
first one.
1. Their game of badminton is always on Tuesday. They__________________
A. always play their game of badminton B. have always played badminton on Tuesday
C. always play badminton on Tuesday. D. play badminton always on Tuesday.
2. Adrian wears jeans all the time.
Adrian _____________________________________
A. always wears jeans. B. often wears jeans.
C. sometimes wears jeans
D. usually wears jeans.
3. It takes Mr. Vy 15 minutes to get to the field.
A. Mr. Vy leaves the house at a quarter to five and arrives in the field at 5.30
B. Mr. Vy spends fifteen minutes getting to the field
C. Fifteen minutes is long enough for Mr. Vy to get to the field
D. Mr. Vy wastes 15 minutes on the way to the field
4. I am very interested in the book you lent me last week.
A. The book is interesting enough for you to lend me last week.
B. It was the interesting book which you lent me last week.
C. The book which you lent me last week is too interesting to read.
D. The book that you lent me last week interests me a lot
5. They are not allowed to go out in the evening by their parents.
A. Their parents do not want them to go out in the evening.
B. Their parents never let them to go out in the evening.
C. Going out in the evening is permitted by their parents.
D. Although their parents do not allow, they still go out in the evening.
6. Barry continued to smoke even though we had advised him to quit.
A. Barry took our advice so he stopped smoking.
B. If we had advised Barry, he would have quit smoking.

C. Barry did not quit smoking because of our advice.
D. Despite being told not to smoke, Barry continued to do.
7. Housewives do not have to spend a lot of time doing housework any more.
A. Housework will never be done by housewives any more.
B. Housewives have to spend more and more time to do housework.
C. Never have housewives spent as much time doing housework as they do now.
D. No longer do housewives have to spend a lot of time doing housework.
8. Jane hardly ever enjoyed eating vegetables
A. she enjoys eating vegetables B. She has fun of growing vegetables
C. She almost never eats vegetables
D. She sells vegetables for living
9. I’m always nervous when I travel by air
A. I feel safe when I travel by air
B. I’ve never travel buy because some times feel nervous
C. Traveling by air always makes me nervous
D. I always feel nervous, so I never travel by air
10. She started work three months ago.
A. It is three months since she started work.
B. She had been working for three months.
C. She is working here for three months now. D. It’s three months that she worked for.