Unit 5 : Study habits : Test 2

TEST 2

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. late                                   b. paper                                                      c. lunar                                                        d. pronunciation

2. a. term                                  b. necessary                    c. semester                               d. mother

3. a. list                                    b. underline                              c. highlight                                d. night

4. a. proud                      b. pronoun                               c. around                                            d. enough

5. a. revision                    b. festival                                           c. postcard                               d. promise

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

6. The water was rising ______.

a. fast                                                b. slow                                                       c. fastly                                             d. lovely

7. As you’re so unhappy there, you _____ look for another job.

a. should                                   b. ought                                             c. need                                                        d. has to

8. Sally_____ him to come home early.

a. tell                                                b. told                                                         c. say                                                          d. ask

9. I tried my ______ not to laugh.

a. good                                              b. well                                                         c. better                                             d. best

10. We should learn this poem______ .

a. by heart                      b. by soul                                         c. by many times   d. by millions

11. She arrived early ______ a good seat.

a. so that to get      b. in order get                          c. in order to get    d. so that getting

12. You must improve your spelling.

a. make something better                              b. become better

c. make something worse                                       d. become worse

13. ______ is the study of the earth and its countries, mountains, rivers,

weather, etc.

a. Geography                            b. Physics                       c. Chemistry                             d. Mathematics

14. We left at 6 a.m _______ late.

a. so as not to be                                                                       b. so as not being

c. so as to be                                                                                               d. so as not being

15. He usually ______ or highlights only the words he wants to learn.

a. underlines                             b. understands       c. underlined                             d. understood

III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

16. They are very proud about their new house.

                A                       B               C       D

17. The first question in the exam was very hardly.

               A                  B  C                               D

18. However, he need to improve his listen skills.

                       A          B                 C     D

19. We should clean the floor as quick as possible.

                A                       B           C     D

20. How much time do you spend for learning new words?

                  A            B                     C       D

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

We got up early in the morning. We (21) _____ prepared our food boxes to take with us. We left the house and had to drive (22)____through the town traffic. However in the countryside we drove (23) ____. After an hour we reached the foot of the mountain. We climbed the first part easily, but when we were nearly at the top we naturally slowed down (24) ___it was difficult. We tried (25)___to reach the top and when we did, Dad said we had done (26) ____.

21. a. care                       b. careless            c. careful                        d. carefully

22. a. slow                     b. slowly                          c. lovely                          d. lately

23. a. fast                        b. fastly                          c. quick                          d. slow

24. a. but                                  b. however             c. because             d. for example

25. a. hard                      b. hardly                         c. best                                      d. most

26. a. good                    b. well                                     c. fine                             d. bad

V. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of the questions about it.

According to Dr. Lee, here are the most important things a student should do to be a good language learner. First, you should always go to class and get to it early. Second, you should sit straight and pay attention. And you ought to ask and answer questions in class. Third, you should do all homework and try to use your new language outside of class at least once every week. Finally, you mustn’t give up!

according to (prep) :  theo                         pay attention: chú ý

at least (idm): ít nhất                                 give up (phrv) : từ bỏ

27. The author was trying to ______ .

a. show how important the language is

b. introduce a new way of language learning

c. give the reader advice on language learning

d. persuade the readers to join their new language class

28. The author wrote the passage to ______ .

a. students                      b. language learners                            c. doctors                       d. engineers

29. Which of the following could be the best title of the passage?

a. How To Be a Good Language Learner

b. How To Be a Good Teacher

c. A New Way of Language Learning

d. Dr. Lee’s Ideas

30. We could replace ‘ought to’ in line 4 with _____ .

a. should                                  b. have to                                                                        c. need                                                 d. can

31. Language learners shouldn’t _____ .

a. get to class early                                                          b. ask and answer questions in class

c. be absent from school                              d. use the new language outside of class