UNIT 8 CELEBRATIONS
TEST 5
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently
from the rest.
1. A. received B. washed C. asked D. laughed
2. A. state B. statue C. station D. stay
3. A. happen B. event C. chicken D. children
4. A. east B. seat C. great D. meat
5. A. angry B. art C. large D. hard
II. Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others.
6. A. chemical B. alcohol C. document D. determine
7. A. contaminate B. artificial C. intelligent D. encouragement
8. A. slavery B. compliment C. distinguish D. excellent
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9. A. celebration B. activity C. receive D. parade
10. A. humor B. terrific C. freedom D. describe
11. A. satisfied B. wedding C. special D. express
12. A. Jewish B. although C. together D. important
13. A. priority B. federation C. inspiration D. interactive
14. A. charity B. energy C. separate D. pollution
III. Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences.
1. Nobody knows what the _______of the explosion
A. source B. cause C. reaction D. reason
2. The police are looking for a man of _______ height
A. medium B. extra C. tall D. special
3. I don't suppose you like pineapples, _________?
A. do ! B. do you C. don't I D. don't you
4. Let’s wait until the rain _______
A. stops B. will stop C. has stopped D. is stopping
5. Working for 12 hours a day _______her very tired.
A. makes B. made C. make D. making
6. I am right, _______?
A. am not I B. don’t I C. aren’t I D. am I
7. I don’t like hunting. - _______
A. Either do I B. I do, too C. Neither do I D. I don’t neither
8. _______my hat of the peg, I went out of the room.
A. Take B. Taking C. Taken D. Took
9. I'd prefer to stay at home tonight_______ to the cinema
A. rather than go B. rather than would go
C. rather than will go D. rather than went
10. "Do you mind if I smoke?"
A. I'd not rather you do B. I'd rather you won't
C. I'd rather you don't D. I'd rather you didn't
11. I remember _______ them somewhere in the city.
A. to see B. saw C. seen D. seeing
12. The _______ were told to fasten their scat belts as the plane began its descent.
A. customers B. riders C. passengers D. flyers
13. I can _______ with most things but I cannot stand noisy children.
A. put up B. put on C. put aside D. put off
14. It is _______ to wear jeans at a funeral.
A. ridicule B. ridiculed C. ridiculous D. ridiculing
15. It is necessary for students to listen to their teacher _______ .
A. attentive B. attentively C. attention D attend
16. My father sometimes _______ the washing up after dinner.
A. washes B. takes C. makes D. does
17. I like my work because I have the _______ to make my own decision.
A. freed B. freedom C. freely D. free
18. Our company believes it is the best. _______ to handle the account
A. organizing B. organizational C. organization D. disorganization
19. The man ________ your mother is talking to is my English teacher.
A. which B. whom C. when D. who
20. Tet is a Vietnamese festival ________ takes place in late January and February.
A. which B. who C. when D. whose
21. The little girl ________ is wearing the red dress sings beautifully.
A. which B. who C. when D. whom
22. Thu enjoyed her trip to Dalat ________ her grandparent lived long ago.
A. which B. where C. when D. who
23. Lan’s parents came back to Hanoi _______ they visited last year.
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A. Which B. where C. when D. who
24. They like Asian food _______ is sold in that market.
A. Who B. which C. where. D. whose
25. Their aunt is the old lady _______You met in front of her house.
A. whom B. which C. when D. whose
26. The beach _______ the students are cleaning up the trash is a beautiful one .
A. where B. which C. who D.
27. The parrot _______ can speak some words belongs to my close friends.
A.who B. which C. whom D. whom
28. This is the best movie _______I have seen .
A. that B. which C. who D. whom
29. He enjoys reading books_______ are on computer science.
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
30. Mother’s day is the day _______ the children n show their love to their mothers.
A. when B. which C. that D. where
31. Ha Long Bay is a beautiful spot _______ thousands of tourists visit every year
A. where B. which C. that D. whom
32. The students _______ are standing in front of the library is my classmates .
A. who B. which C. whom D. whose
33. Hoa’s parents _______ are farmers work very hard to earn their living
A. who B.whom C. which D. where
34. The children like play football _______is very popular in our country.
A. who B. which C. whom D. what
35. these are the latest news _______ you might want to know.
A.that B. which C. whom D. who
36. Ba and his friends are fond of the performing animals ____ have just come to town.
A. which B. who C. whom D. what
37. Independence Day is a great holiday _______ people hang up the national flag outside
every household.
A. which B. when C. where . D. who
38. These kids kept talking about the show _______they saw on television last night.
A. which B. whom C. who D. where
39. They decided to go out _______ it rained heavily.
A. but B. and C. although D. so
40. they stayed up late for a new television movie _______ they had to go to school in the
morning the next day.
A. even though B. but C. and D. so
41. ________ Lan practices speaking English everyday , she felt shy and timid when
meeting the foreigners.
A. And B. But C. Although D. therefore
42 . ____. The teacher remind her not to talk so much in class , she kept on doing that .
A. Although B. But C. and D. so
43. _______ the weather was so bad , they set off for their trip.
A. Although . B. But C. And D. however
44. Her father enjoys films _______ her mother fond of plays.
A. although B. but C. and D.also
45. Lan wanted to watch the parade in Hanoi on the Independence Day___ she wasn’t there
then.
A. but B. therefore C. though D. so
46. The students wanted to continue their work _______ it got darker and darker .
A. although B. but C. and D. therefore
47. His mother is short .. his sister is tall .
A. although B. but C. and D. therefore
48. _____ their parents allowed them to go on a camping trip , they don’t want to join it.
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A. Even though B. But C. And D. however
49. Can you tell me the reasons for _______ the Mother’s day.?
A. celebrating B. celebration C. celebrate D. celebrated
50. We think that Mother’s day should be celebrated _______.
A. nationhood B. nationwide C. nationally D. nation
IV. Combine each pair of sentences into one by using a suitable Relative Pronouns.
11. Have you ever spoken to the people? They live next door.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
12. It’s a book. It will interest children of all ages.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
13. The people keep having all night parties. They live next door.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
14. These are the keys. They open the front door and back door.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
15. Here’s an article. It might interest you.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
16. Where are the eggs? They are in the fridge.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
17. Have you got something? It will get ink out of the carpet.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
18. Where’s the girl? She sells the tickets.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
19. Half of the people didn’t appear. They were invited.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
20. The festival is called Easter. It is in the late March or early April.
à ……………………………………………………………………………………………
V. Read the text and do the task below
Every December, I begin to feel uncomfortable. Why? Christmas is coming. Most people
enjoy this holiday, but it makes me depressed. First, I’m not a religious person. This holiday
celebrates the birth of Christ, and it’s full of religious symbols. Second, Christmas is
becoming more and more commercial. It’s the most important time of year for owners of
stores, for example. Spending lots of money seems to be people’s main activity in December.
Everywhere you hear the commands “ Buy! Spend! Give!”. It’s awful. Last, I think Christmas
is a difficult time of year for people without families. I’ ve been living away from my family for
several years, and I miss being with them - especially at Christmas.
a) Choose the best answer
1. How does the writer feel when Christmas comes?
A. enjoyable B. happy
C. uncomfortable D. comfortable
2. What does Christmas celebrates?
A. The birth of religiuos people. B. The day when Christ was born
C. The birth of religious symbols. D. The birth of religious places.
3. What is the most important time of year for owners of stores?
A. Christmas B. New Year
C. Easter D. Passover
b) Answer true or false
Statement
1. Christmas makes the writer depressed.
2. Christmas is full of religious symbols.
3. People spend lots of money buying Christmas presents.
4. Only shop owners enjoy Christmas.
5. Christmas is a good time for people living away from the family.
VI. Each sentence has a mistake find and correct it
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1. How about having dinner and then go to the theater?
2. It’s possible store solar energy for a number of days.
3. Our environment has become worse but there are many factors causing from men.
4. My recent electricity is enormous so I’m worried in it.
5. She turned on her radio at the lowest in order not to disturb the others at night.
6. The path was made by walkers where crossed the mountains some years ago.
7. Tan and his lovely cat which the police are finding disappeared last week.
8. Let me congratulate you on pass your exam to university.
9. The woman who son is excellent in math lives next door to us.
10. Lynne, who is a friend of mine, has a great sense of humorous.
11. Do you find Jack, that is a new student, intelligent?
12. Relations between the 2 countries have been badly damage by this incident.
13. According to the weather forecast, it will be sun tomorrow.
14. In Asia, a tropical storm is called “typhoon” where is coming from Chinese language.
15. He has just come back to the village when he was born.
16. I have been in England during the spring of 1989.
17. The bus was crowded with passengers. So, he had to stand all the way.
18. The car stopped for the children whom were waiting to cross the road.
19. Let’s have a picnic on the beach, shan’t we?
20. The reason which I haven’t to Hawaii is that I can’t afford it.
VII. Choose A, B, C or D to complete the following passage:
Christmas is a family (1)___________ and many of the customs center on children. When
they go to bed on Christmas (2)_______, children hang up a pillow case or a sack for their
presents.
(3)__________ , it should be a stocking, but a stocking wouldn’t hold enough to (4)
_____________ today’s kids.
While the children are (5) ______, so the custom goes, Father Christmas or Santa Claus,
comes (but (6) ____________________ to children who have been good). He travels (7) ___
the North Pole in a sleigh which is (8) _______ by reindeer. After landing on the roof, Santa
Claus climbs down the (9) ___________and puts (10) _____________in the sacks that the
children have left out.
1. A. tradition B. nation C. internation D. celebration
2. A. Eve B. evening C. morning D. afternoon
3. A. Actually B. Traditionally C. Fortunately D. Usually
4. A. become B. celebrate C. satisfy D. enjoy
5. A. sleep B. asleep C. sleeping D. slept
6. A. only B. so C. both D. also
7. A. to B. for C. from D. in
8. A. pull B. to pull C. pulling D. pulled
9. A. tree B. chimney C. roof D. reindeer
10. A. presents B. food C. drinks D. decoration
What does the sign say?
A. People ahead B. Elderly people ahead