Unit 8: Celebrations I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A.honest B.hourC.onoD.honey 2. A. eardB. searchC. pearlD. heard 3. A. foodB. poorC. shootD. mood 4. A. puddingB. putC. pullD. puncture 5. A. closeB. roseC. loseD. chose 6. A. greatB. treasure C. measureD. pleasure 7. A.ancientB. caveC. cavernD.aging 8. A. spectacular B. structure C. sculptureD. picturesque 9. A. shrineB. surprising C. pilgrimD.island 10. A. structure B. culture C. sculptureD. future II. Choose the words that has a different stress pattern from the others. 11. A. festival B. decorate C. special D. important 12. A. celebrate B. freedom C. apart D. slavery 13. A. chocolate B. receive C. colorful D. contest 14. A. parade B. charity C. active D. generous 15. A. instead B. conserve C. innovation D. ultimately III.Choose the best answer to complete these following sentences. 16. In the United States, most people eat_______ on Christmas day. A. roast turkey B. fried chicken C. roast chick D. fried turkey 17. People like to play ______ on each other on April Fool’sDay. 18. The Chinese eat special ____ for the moon festival. They are sweet and are made with alot of eggs. A. candies B. sweets C. apple pies D. cakes 19. Janice and Mike are getting married soon. They plan to have a small ______with just afew family members. A. marriage B. celebration C. anniversary D. wedding ceremony 20. Auld Lang Syne is a song _______is sung on New Year’s eve. A. whose B. who C. which D. whom 21. They must gather the crop before it rains ________September. A. in B. on C. the D. at 22. . ________he come in half an hour, I shall go alone. A. If B. Unless C. Because D. When 23. Can you tell me the reason for_______the Mother’s Day? A. celebrating B. celebration C. celebrate D. celebrated 24. We think that Mother's Day should be celebrated_______ A. nationwide B. nationhood C. nationality D. nation 25. We are going to _______the anniversary of our 50 th wedding. A. celebrate B. celebrated C. celebrating D. to celebrate 26. He lives in a very ............... village in Hue. A. picture B. picturely C. picturesque D. picturesquely 27. They failed to gain international ............... as an independent country. A. recognition B. agreeing C. setting D. accepting 28. This would be the perfect .............. for our wedding party. A. set B. tombC. setting D. recognition 29. A ............ is a building or place that has been made stronger and protected against attack. A. citadel B. structure C. fortress D. tower 30. What ............... should we take to reduce pollution? A. measures B. plans C. methods D. activities

Identify the one underlined word or phrase. A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct. If Monique had not (A) attended the party, she never would meet (B) her old friend Dan, whom (C)  she had not seen (D) in years.

A. Had not

B. Never would meet

C. Whom

D. Had not seen