TEST YOURSELF 1 : Unit 16

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

1. change                      
2. surface                     
3. arcade                      
4. cable

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

1. love                          
2.  roller                       
3.  folk                         
4. program

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

1. marine                      
2. organize                   
3. worldwide                
4. satellite

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

1. increase                    
2. breathing                  
3. undersea                   
4. pearl

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

1. social                        
2. ocean                        
3. decide                      
4. special

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

They don’t know students have to work ............... at school and at home.

1. hard                         
2. hardly                     
3. boring                      
4. interesting

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

She shouldn’t eat too much cake and candy.

1. doesn’t ought to       
2. oughts not               
3. ought not to            
4. ought to not

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

I ............. to go shopping with her.

1. prefer                       
2. like                           
3.  hate                         
4. All Are Correct

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

He .........doing housework.

1. hates                        
2. prefers                      
3. likes                         
4. All Are Correct

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

#  Ought I to  # tell my parents?

1. Do I ought to           
2. Ought to I                
3. Ought I to               
4. Ought I

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

What .......................on Saturday afternoons?

1. do you                      
2. you do                     
3. do you do                
4. are you

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

He ................. interested in your new drawings.

1. mays be                    
2. mays is                     
3. may be                     
4.  may is

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

She’s a quick runner.

1. She runs quick                                           
2. She runs quickly
3. Her job is a quick runner                           
4. All Are Correct

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

It takes me ten minutes to walk to school.

1. I couldn’t walk to school in ten minutes.
2. I have to walk to school in ten minutes instead of doing this.
3. It should give me ten minutes to walk to school.
4. I walk to school in ten minutes.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

It’s very interesting to visit ancient monuments.

1. He finds visiting ancient monuments interesting.
2. He thinks that visiting ancient monuments is interesting.
3. Visiting ancient monuments is very interesting.
4. You should visit ancient monuments because it’s very interesting.

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

Who is your favorite author?

1. Who is your popular author?                    
2. Who is your most famous author?
3. Which author is the most famous?            
4. Which author do you like best?

Choose one sentence that has the same meaning as the root one.

You shouldn’t spend a long time watching TV.

1. You shouldn’t watch TV for a long time.
2. Watching TV for a long time is not good for your health.
3. Spending a long time on watching TV is not good for your health.
4. All Are Correct.

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

Charles Dickens was one of the most famous English authors. Many of his characters were not rich, but poor and hungry people. His family lived in London. There were eight children in the family, so life was har Charles went to school and his teachers thought he was very clever. But when he was eleven, his father went to prison for his debts and the family went, too. Only Charles didn’t go to prison. He went to work in a factory. Charles hated it and never forgot the experience. He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

Dickens had ten children, but he didn’t have a happy family life. He was successful in his work but not at home, and his wife left him. He died suddenly at the age of sixty-eight.

prison (n) nhà tù      

debt (n) nợ               

experience (n) kinh nghiệm

Who did Charles Dickens write about?

1. The rich people
2. The poor people.
3. The hungry people.
4. The poor and hungry people.

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

Charles Dickens was one of the most famous English authors. Many of his characters were not rich, but poor and hungry people. His family lived in London. There were eight children in the family, so life was har Charles went to school and his teachers thought he was very clever. But when he was eleven, his father went to prison for his debts and the family went, too. Only Charles didn’t go to prison. He went to work in a factory. Charles hated it and never forgot the experience. He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

Dickens had ten children, but he didn’t have a happy family life. He was successful in his work but not at home, and his wife left him. He died suddenly at the age of sixty-eight.

prison (n) nhà tù      

debt (n) nợ               

experience (n) kinh nghiệm

Which of the following could replace the word “authors” in line 1?

1. inventors
2. pilots
3. characters
4. writers

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

Charles Dickens was one of the most famous English authors. Many of his characters were not rich, but poor and hungry people. His family lived in London. There were eight children in the family, so life was har Charles went to school and his teachers thought he was very clever. But when he was eleven, his father went to prison for his debts and the family went, too. Only Charles didn’t go to prison. He went to work in a factory. Charles hated it and never forgot the experience. He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

Dickens had ten children, but he didn’t have a happy family life. He was successful in his work but not at home, and his wife left him. He died suddenly at the age of sixty-eight.

prison (n) nhà tù      

debt (n) nợ               

experience (n) kinh nghiệm

Where did he grow up?

1. He grew up in London
2. He grew up in Scotlan
3. He grew up in American
4. No Information

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

Charles Dickens was one of the most famous English authors. Many of his characters were not rich, but poor and hungry people. His family lived in London. There were eight children in the family, so life was har Charles went to school and his teachers thought he was very clever. But when he was eleven, his father went to prison for his debts and the family went, too. Only Charles didn’t go to prison. He went to work in a factory. Charles hated it and never forgot the experience. He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

Dickens had ten children, but he didn’t have a happy family life. He was successful in his work but not at home, and his wife left him. He died suddenly at the age of sixty-eight.

prison (n) nhà tù      

debt (n) nợ               

experience (n) kinh nghiệm

What does the word “clever” in line 4 mean?

1. friendly and good to other people
2. good at learning
3. silly
4. pleasant

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

Charles Dickens was one of the most famous English authors. Many of his characters were not rich, but poor and hungry people. His family lived in London. There were eight children in the family, so life was har Charles went to school and his teachers thought he was very clever. But when he was eleven, his father went to prison for his debts and the family went, too. Only Charles didn’t go to prison. He went to work in a factory. Charles hated it and never forgot the experience. He used it in many novels, especially David Copperfield and Oliver Twist.

Dickens had ten children, but he didn’t have a happy family life. He was successful in his work but not at home, and his wife left him. He died suddenly at the age of sixty-eight.

prison (n) nhà tù      

debt (n) nợ               

experience (n) kinh nghiệm

What does the word “his” in line 5 refer to?

1. Charles Dickens’s father.
2. Charles Dickens.
3. Charles Dickens’s teacher
4. No Information