Unit 2:
Choose the word whose underlined part in pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. furious B. suffer C. culture D. compulsory
2. A. secure B. effort C. pension D. welfare
3. A. festival B. reject C. senior D. secret
4. A. imagined B. installed C. discussed D. involved
5. A. arguments B. books C. elephants D. televisions
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR:
Choose the best anwer A,B,C or D to complete the sentences.
1. These students are keen ____ learning foreign languages.
A. with B. of C. on D. by
2. I bought three books. Here are two, but where is ___ one?
A. other B. another C. the another D. the other
3. Where ____ all this morning? It’s nearly midday.
A. were you B. are you C. have you been D. are you being
4. I hear that your examinations are next week. You ____ very hard at the moment.
A. are studying B. study C. must study D. must be studying
5. Please move the chairs ____ the aisle. They’re ____ my way.
A. away from / on B. out / of C. under / of D. from / on
6. The teacher suspected the student ____ cheating in examination.
A. on B. about C. in D. of
7. Go and get me some chalk, _________?
A. shall you B. shan’t you C. won’t you D. don’t you
8. All students in the school are free to join any clubs they wish, or ____ club at all.
A. none B. not C. no D. without
9. The problem is easy enough, but ______ students could answer it.
A. a lot of B. few C. a few D. a great number of
10. No educational system is perfect. Each one has its _____.
A. borders B. limitations C. limits D. fences
11. Most students do their homework ______ .
A. hurry B. hurryingly C. hurrying D. hurriedly
12. It is not very easy to study a foreign language all by _____ .
A. oneself B. itself C. himself D. herself
13. ________, I had a very good year at school.
A. As a whole B. On the whole C. Wholly D. In whole
14. Each of them _____ to bring _____ own book to the next class.
A. are/ his B. is / their C. is / his D. are / its
15. Two of the boys in the art class were doing self-portraits by looking at _____ in the mirror.
A. each other B. themselves C. oneself D. one another
WRITING:
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
D
1. Two thirds of the money were spent on laboratory equipment.
A B C D
2. I don’t understand how she could treat him so bad.
A B C D
3. I usually play more better when nobody is watching me.
A B C D
4. The number of the candidates were very large in the examination last month. A B C D
5. Schools teach mathematics because it plays such a important part in our life. A B C D
Complete each sentence using the most appropriate ending. Cirle A, B, C or D to identify your answer.
1. Mark really wants to pass this test, but he’s tried so many times _____
A. that he’s given up to think he’ll pass.
B. that he’s given up thinking he’ll pass.
C. that he’s given up to thinking he’ll pass.
D. that he’s given up think to he’ll pass.
2. He closed the door quietly so that ___________
A. nobody would hear him.
B. nobody wouldn’t hear him.
C. somebody would hear him.
D. somebody wouldn’t hear him.
3. A credit card is necessary, so ________