Unit 2 : Cultural diversity : Test 1

UNIT 2 : CULTURAL DIVERSITY

EXERCISES

1. Choose the word or phrase that best complete the sentence (A, B, C, or D):

1) He ____ for London one year ago.

       A. left                                    B. has left                           C. leaves                          D. had left

2) She ____ in Hue for twenty years.

       A. lives                                  B. has lived                         C. lived                            D. will live

3) I ____ to the market with my mother yesterday.

       A. goB. WentC. have gone    D. was going

4) What ____ you ____, Nam? – I’m thinking of my mother.

       A. do/thinkB. are/thinkingC. have/thoughtD. were/thinking

5) How long ____ you ____ her? – For five months.

       A. do/knowB. are/knowingC. have/knownD. had/known

6) I usually ____ to school by bus.

       A. wentB. am going                    C. go                             D. have gone

7) Yesterday morning I ____ up at 6.30.    

       A. got        B. get                       C. was getting                    D. had got

8) Please don’t make so much noise. I ____.

       A. studying                            B. study                              C. am studying                  D. studied

9) Water ____ at 100 degrees Celsius.

       A. boils                                 B. boiled                            C. is boiling                      D. will boil

10)  It is raining now. It began raining two hours ago. So it ____ for two hours.

       A. rains                                 B. is raining                         C. has rained                    D. rained

11)  ____ you ____ out last night?

       A. Did/goB. Do/goC. Have/goneD. Were/going

12)  This house ____ 35,000 pounds in 1980.

       A. costs                                 B. cost                               C. had cost                       D. was cost

13)  While Tom ____ tennis, Ann ____ a shower.

       A. played/took                                                                B. playing/taking     

       C. was playing/was taking                                                D. was play/was take

14)  Mike is playing chess. How long ____ he ____?

       A. did/play                            B. is/playing           

       C. has/play                            D. has/been playing

15)  When they ____ in the garden, the phone ____.

       A. worked/was ringing           B. were working/rang         C. worked/rangD. work/rings

16)  After they ____ their breakfast, they ____ shopping yesterday.

       A. have/goB. had had/goC. had/had gone   D. had had/went

17)  They ____ tea when the doorbell ____.

       A. have/is ringingB. were having/rangC. had had/ rangD. having/ringing

18)  Father ____ his pipe while mother ____ a magazine.

       A. smoked/read                                                               B. had smoked/read        

       C. was smoking/was reading  D. smoking/reading

19)  When I ____ into the office, my boss ____ for me.

       A. came/was waiting              B. was coming/waited        

       C. had come/waited               D. came/waiting

20)  When I ____ Brian, he ____ a taxi.

       A. see/drivesB. see/was drivingC. saw/was driving D. saw/is driving

21)  When he ____, we ____ dinner.

       A. arrived/having                   B. arrived/were having

       C. was arriving/had                D. had arrived/had             

22)  While they ____ chess, we ____ the shopping.

       A. playing/doing                     B. were playing/doing                                                

       C. played/did                         D. were playing/were doing

23)  They ____ football when the lights in the stadium ____ out.

       A. were playing/went             B. played/was going           

       C. were playing/ was going D. playing/went

24)  While George and John ____ their room, she ____ the ironing.

       A. cleaning/doing                   B. were cleaning/was doing

       C. were cleaning/doing           D. cleaning/was doing

25)  Today is Thursday and she ____ late twice this week. She ____ late yesterday and on Monday.

       A. is/wasB. has been/isC. has been/wasD. has been/had been

26)  He ____ in the same house since 1975.

       A. has livedB. is livingC. LivedD. had lived

27)  We ____ him since he ____ married.

       A. didn’t see/gotB. haven’t seen/gotC. don’t/getD. hadn’t seen/got

28)  It ____ for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.

       A. is rainingB. had rainedC. has rainedD. was raining

29)  He ____ to HCMC last year and I ____ him since then.

       A. moved/didn’t see              B. moves/haven’t seen       

       C. moved/haven’t seen          D. moved/hadn’t seen

30)  We ____ what to do with the money yet.

       A. not decideB. didn’t decideC. haven’t decided D. hadn’t decided

31)  My father ____ as a teacher for thirty years.

       A. worksB. is workingC. WorkedD. has worked

32)  He ____ to New York three times this year.

       A. had been                           B. was                                C. has been                      D. is

33)  I ____ how to dance when I ____ six years old.

       A. don’t know / was              B. didn’t know / am           

       C. didn’t know / was             D. haven’t known/was

34)  Last month my brother ____ me his photos. He ____ me his photos every year.

       A. sends/sent   B. sent/sendsC. sent/senD. sends/sends

35)  Nam is a careful driver but yesterday he ____ carelessly.

       A. droveB. had drivenC. DrivesD. was driving

36)  Do you like swimming, Ba? – I ____ when I was a child but not now.

       A. do                                    B. did                                 C. have done                    D. had done

37)  I ____ her at the school gate yesterday.

       A. metB. MeetC. had met      D. am meeting

38)  She ____ English when she was six years old.

       A. learnedB. has learnedC. is learningD. had learned

39)  I don’t remember where and when I ____ her.

       A. meet                                 B. had met                          C. met                              D. have met

40)  They ____ to know each other for more than ten years.

       A. get                                    B. got                                 C. have got                       D. had got

41)  ____ you ____ that film yet?

       A. Do/see                              B. Have/seen                      C. Did/see                        D. Had/seen

42)  I ____ the film with my friends last week.

       A. watchedB. WatchC. have watched  D. had watched

43)  He ____ up at five every morning.      

       A. is gettingB. got          C. gets                                       D. was getting

44)  ____ she ____ in Hue at the moment?

       A. Does/liveB. Is/livingC. Did/liveD. Was/living

45)  He  usually  ____  her  at  weekend  but  now  he  ____  in  bed  because  of  his  severe illness.

       A. visits/stays  B. visits/stayingC. visited/staysD. visits/is staying

46)  Don’t make noise, children! Parents ____.

       A. sleep                                 B. are sleeping                    C. were sleeping               D. slept

47)  Why ____ you often ____ so much noise in the house?

       A. do/makeB. did/makeC. are/makingD. were/making

48)  What ____ he ____ before you came?

       A. does/do                            B. had/do                           C. had/done                     D. has/done

49)  While mum was watching TV, I ____ my homework.

       A. am doing                           B. was doing                      C. had done                     D. has done

50)  At this time yesterday I ____ to music.

       A. listenedB. had listenedC. was listeningD. am listening