Unit 6: AN EXCURSION

1. The chemical ____ from cars and factories make the air, water and soil dangerously dirty. A. pollution B. polluted C. pollutants D. pollute 2. ____ heat comes from deep inside the earth. A. Geothermal B. Solar C. Nuclear D. Hydro 3. Most people buy their houses with a loan which they then pay back ____ 25 years. A. over B. during C. with D. when 4. He is very good at ____________ people singing with his guitar. A. making B. getting C. accompanying D. having 5. “Shall we go out tonight?” - “_____________.” A. Yes, I can B. Yes, we are C. Yes, we go D. Yes, let’s 6. All three TV channels provide extensive ____ of sporting events. A. broadcast B. network C. coverage D. vision 7. Your grandfather is rather tired so do not _____ your visit. Let him have a rest. A. prolong B. lengthen C. delay D. shorten 8. It was only _____ he told me his surname that I realized that we had been to the same school. A. then B. until C. as soon as D. when 9. He got an excellent grade in his examination _____ the fact that he had not worked particularly hard. A. on account of B. because of C. in spite of D. although 10. My father is an ____________ guitarist. A. accomplishing B. accomplished C. accomplish D. accomplishment

A. MULTIPLE CHOICES:

I/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group:

1/ A. excursion B. promotion C. occasion D. intention

2/ A. wonder B. period C. company D. ton

3/ A. site B. kilo C. might D. nine

4/ A. various B. bad C. hang D. jam

5/ A. forest B. sell C. very D. left

6/ A. lastly B. sorry C. fly D. firstly

7/ A. fear B. gear C. hear D. tear

8/ A. food B. mood C. noon D. cook

9/ A. sunshine B. lotus C. perfume D. must

10/ A. worked B. matched C. placed D. needed

II/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:

1/ A. excursion B. occasion C. protective D. multiple

2/ A. number B. recent C. problem D. ahead

3/ A. mountain B. event C. nation D. country

4/ A. beauty B. painting C. wonder D. relax

5/ A. different B. together C. computer D. occasion

6/ A. otherwise B. botanic C. excellent D. suitable

7/ A. various B. inventive C. convenient D. permission

8/ A. arrangement B. delicious C. occupy D. component

9/ A. glorious B. official C. rapidly D. hospital

10/ A. invent B. pressure C. remain D. prefer

III/ Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

1/ On this occasion, my class is making an excursion to visit some caves near our city.

A. departure B. tour C. shift D. diversion

2/ The sight of the Grand Canyon stretching out before them filled them with wonder.

A. miracle B. dynamite C. dynamo D. rarity

3/ Dear Minh, I'm sorry I didn't have time to write to you earlier.

A. Beloved B. Liked C. Needed D. Wanted

4/ I'm sure you understand that the period just ended is the time for the terminal exams.

A. gather B. follow C. command D. know

5/ I'm sure you understand that the period just ended is the time for the terminal exams.

A. end B. finish C. limit D. time

6/ On this occasion, my class is making an excursion to visit some caves near our city.

A. gala B. date C. event D. cause

7/ Moreover, we hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working hard for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.

A. loosen B. soften C. lower D. rest

8/ Moreover, we hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working hard for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.

A. stopping B. beginning C. building D. running

9/ Moreover, we hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working hard for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.

A. go out B. take after C. reenter D. reopen

10/ Why could some of the students sleep soundly?

A. loudly B. nicely C. pretty D. well

IV/ Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:

1/ Mountain resort (altitude: 1,500 m) with various ideal excursion places are Xuan Huong Lake, pine forests, waterfalls...

A. similar B. like C. unique D. likely

2/ We have recently studied rock formations but many of us have never been inside a cave.

A. out B. outside C. out of D. one side

3/ Moreover, we hope the excursion will help us relax a lot after working hard for a term so that we will be able to resume our work with a new start.

A. ending B. complete C. pause D. shutting

4/ At first, we wanted to travel to Thay Pagoda because it is only over 20 kilometers away and we could make a day excursion.

A. unessential B. least C. extreme D. last

5/ However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay Pagoda are closed until after Tet.

A. long distance B. distant C. far D. away

6/ Well, it will be a great event in our schooldays because this is the first time we can spend a night together by a campfire.

A. tiny B. lesser C. poor D. unimportant

7/ Well, it will be a great event in our schooldays because this is the first time we can spend anight together by a campfire.

A. morning B. afternoon C. evening D. day

8/ We are trying to travel as cheaply as possible.

A. inconceivable B. absurd C. unimportant D. irregular

9/ My father is easy to persuade but my mother is too protective towards me.

A. dislike B. deny C. discourage D. ignore

10/ What is An anxious about? Why?

A. confident B. cool C. no worry D. happy

V/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

1/ Most police _______ get a prize for their information.

A. inform B. informers C. information D. informational

2/ Tents come in _______ shapes and sizes.

A. vary B. variety C. various D. variously

3/ He is in a much _______ mood than usual.

A. well B. good C. better D. best

4/ The girl just sat there giggling like a naughty _______.

A. schoolchild B. school day C. school house D. schooling

5/ Her explanation certainly sounded _______.

A. belief B. believe C. believer D. believable

6/ He asked to be put under police _______.

A. protect B. protected C. protection D. protective

7/ _______, we'll arrive before dark.

A. Hope B. Hopeful C. Hopefully D. Hopefulness

8/ The weather is very _______ at this time of year.

A. change B. changed C. changeable D. changeless

9/ Someone had _______ left a window open.

A. care B. careless C. carelessness D. carelessly

10/ I like most sports but tennis is my first _______.

A. love B. lover C. lovely D. loveless

VI/ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:

a/ Yesterday afternoon while Dung (1) _______ in her study, Quang (2) _______ in and (3) _______ her to lend him an English exercise book. "I (4) _______ tomorrow's English lesson," he (5) _______, "and I (6) _______ a few words that I (7) _______."

1/ A. read B. was reading C. have read D. am reading

2/ A. came B. had come C. comes D. has come

3/ A. asked B. had asked C. asks D. has asked

4/ A. prepared B. prepare C. was preparing D. am preparing

5/ A. had said B. said C. have said D. say

6/ A. had found B. found C. find D. have found

7/ A. hadn't known B. wasn't known C. don't know D. am not known

b/ "On Saturday and Sunday there is no class. So I likely (8) _______ to the concert with my friends tomorrow evening and I (9) _______ back at about 11 p.m." – "(10) _______ too late, dear."

8/ A. go B. will go C. am going D. have gone

9/ A. am B. will be C. was D. have been

10/ A. Not to come back B. Won't come back

C. Didn't come back D. Don't come back

VII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:

1/ We won't mind your (A) being late – (B) beside, it's (C) hardly your (D) mistake.

2/ (A) The whole report is (B) badly typed. (C) Moreover, it's (D) imaccurate.

3/ I'm not (A) astonish she (B) shouted at us! (C) How would we like (D) to be pushed into a wall?

4/ Nguyen is (A) everything we'd ever (B) want (C) in a man - brilliant, (D) fun and attractive.

5/ They just hope (A) that the money (B) goes to those (C) who are mainly in (D) needs.

6/ A doctor (A) with profession, this is his first (B) pleasure trip (C) into writing (D) for the theatre.

7/ She (A) views her life (B) like a spiritual (C) voyage towards a superior (D) understandingof her confidence.

8/ Trung was a (A) youthful sailor (B) on his first (C) sea (D) excursion.

9/ The (A) journey guide (B) pointed out the message (C) that runs round (D) the inside of the sports ground.

10/ (A) Supersonic airplanes can (B) go (C) more fast than (D) the speed of sound.

VIII/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:

FIRST STEP BEAMED TO A WAITING WORLD

About six and a half hours after Eagle landed, its hatch (1) _______ and the Apollo 11 commander backed slowly out to its little porch. On the (2) _______ he paused, pulled a lanyard, and thus deployed the MESA, or modularized equipment stowage assembly, just to the left of the ladder. As the MESA lowered into (3) _______ with its load of equipment for lunar prospecting, a seven-pound Westinghouse TV camera mounted atop the load began shooting black-and-white (4) _______. Fuzzy and scored with lines, the pictures nonetheless held earthlings spellbound.

No one who sat that July night welded to his TV screen will ever forget the (5) _______ of that ghostly foot groping slowly past the ladder to Eagle's footpad, and then stepping tentatively (6) _______ the virgin soil. Man had made his first footprint on the moon.

Neil Armstrong (7) _______ into his microphone. And in less than two seconds the message that will live in the annals of exploration flew with the (8) _______ of radio to the huge telescope dish at Honeysuckle Creek, near Canberra, Australia, thence to the Comsat (9) _______ over the Pacific, then to the switching center at the Goddard Space Flight Center outside Washington, D.C., and finally to Houston and the (10) _______ of the world:

“That's one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind.”

New vocabulary:

- hatch (n.): cửa sập, cửa hầm, cửa đập nước

- porch (n.): cổng (ra vào), cổng vòm, hành lang

- lanyard (n.): dây buộc còi, dây neo thuyền

- stowage (n.): sự xếp hàng hóa dưới tàu, hàng hóa xếp vào

- atop (adv., prep.): ở đỉnh, ở chóp

- nonetheless (adv.): nevertheless

- earthling (n.): con người, người phàm tục

- spellbound (adj.): mê, mê say (quá khứ, quá khứ phân từ của “spellbind”)

- to weld (v.): hàn, gắn chặt

- to grope (v.): sờ soạng tìm, dò dẫm, mò mẫm

- tentative (adj.): ướm, thử

- thence (adv.): từ đó, do đó, do đấy