Unit 1

HOME LIFE
PRACTICE TEST 1
PRONUNCIATION
A. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
other three.
1. A . parents B. boys C. mothers D. things
2. A. weekends B. families C. problems D. biologists
3. A. weekends B.schools C.secrets D. solutions
B. Circle the word which has a different stress pattern from that of the other three.
4. A. interest B. important C. decision D. relation
5. A. secret B. secure C. market D. weekend
VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
A. Vocabulary
Choose the word / phrase that best fits each blank.
6. They kept their relationship from their parents.
A. secret B. private
C. friendship D. work
7. Jess is a quiet, intense kid from a large, farm family in Washington.
A. friendly B. close-knit
C. bad D. good
8. Dave had to work a 12-hour yesterday.
A. case B. day
C. shift C. job
9. Give the to the dog.
A. leftovers B. food
C. meal D. dish
10. They want to and share.
A. fasten B. attach
C. connect D. join hands
11. I can always count on John to be when things go wrong.
A. encourage B. supportive
C. care D. support
12. He’s to tell the police everything he knows.
A. willing B. reluctant
C. unwilling C. unhappy
13. The children all slept together in the same bed, snug and .
A. safety C. out of danger
C. security D. secure
14. Husbands should be prepared to do their share of the .
A. job chores B. household chores
C. household task D. household work
15. Sharon was lucky to have such parents at a time when she needed
hepl.
A. careful B. caring
C. careless D. care
B. Grammar
Choose the word / phrase that best fits each blank.

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16. After he painting. He a shower.
A. finished; had had B. had finished; had
C. has finished; had D. finish; have
17. Harry and we him the news.
A. had woken up; told B. wakes up; told
C. was waking up; told D. woke up; told
18. He was late. When he at the airport, the plane .
A. arrived; had already left B. had arrived; left
C. has arrived; left D. had arrived; had left
19. Leif Erickson Vineland while he towards the west.
A. discovered; was sailing B. was discovering; sailed
C. has discovered; was sailing D. discovered; sailed
20. When yesterday ?
A. did you arrive B. did you arrived
C. do you arrived D. has you arrived
21. Which books to school yesterday ?
A. did you take B. Do you take
C. have you taken D. take you took you
22. rugby ?
A. did you ever played B. Do you ever played
C. Has you ever played D. Have you ever played
23. He about everything !
A. always complain B. will always complain
C. is always complaining D. is complaining
24. He mineral water every day.
A. are drinking B. drink
C. drinks D. is drinking
25. Hi jane, you sad ! What’s up ?
A. are looking B. is looking
C. look D. will look
26. I positive reviews about that movie in the papers so I am going to see
it.
A. will read B. reads
C. read D. have read
27. Many things this month.
A. changed B. has changed
C. have changed D. would change
28. She in this house for years.
A. has beeb living B. has lived
C. have lived D. lived lives
29. We my aunt next week on Friday .It will be her birthday.
A. are visiting B. have visited
C. id visiting D. will visit
30. Annemie today ? I her this morning but I her
since.
A. Did you see; I saw; I didn’t see
B. Did you see; I have seen; I haven’t seen
C. Have you seen; Have seen; I didn’t see.

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 D. Have you seen; I saw; I haven’t seen.

READING COMPREHENSION
A. Read the passage and choose the best answers.

THE HOURS THAT COUNT IN MY LIFE

Time is very important in our lives. It organizes our everyday moments. However, time
never had any importance in may life until I received a watch from may father that
organized my life and made me more responsible,

It came from Denmark to the U.A.E. jewelry shop in a gray box. It weighs 8 oz.
It’s round in the center with twig silver bands that go around my wrist. And all of it is
made of silver. This object tells me the importance of time in my life.

I received this gift on a gray-sky day. I had to go the airport at 9:00 AM to pick up my
Uncle Ali and take him to my father’s house. However, I was late because I was hanging
out with my friends. Later on that day, around 11:00 AM, I remembered my uncle, but I
was very late fro him. He had left the airport and taken a taxi to mmy father’s house.

I got to my father’s house at 2:00 PM on the same day and looked at my angry father’s
face. I felt ashamed of myself at that moment. After I said hi to my angry father and tired
uncle, my father asked me to sit next to him where he handed me this watch which was a
gift from him. Then he said, “Essa did you have fun with your friends today?“ I
answered, “Yes father, and I’m sorry about not picking up my Uncle Ali“. He said, “What
you did was not very nice and you should be sorry for your actions”. I was ashamed and
said. “ Father I’ll never do it again. I promise”. He said, “I hope today you learned
something important, and this watch will be a reminder for you”. He told me to take this
watch and use it as an organizer of my life.

I learned a very important lesson from my father: to respect time and never be late to get
someone. This watch is important to me, not because of its price, but because of the
lesson that I learned from it.

31. When did time become important to Essa?

A. When he was playing with his friends.
B. When he lost his watch.
C. When he received a watch from his fether.
D. When he went to Denmark.
32. Which of the following is NOT true abound Essa’s watch?
A. It came from his father.
B. It weighed about one pound.
C. It was made of silver.
D. It way be a reminder to Essa.
33. Which of the following is TRUE?
A. Essa was playing with his friends at 2:00 pm.
B. Uncle Ali took a taxi to Essa’s father’s house.
C. Essa was supposed to pick up his father at the airport.
D. Essa never tried to pick up his uncle at the airport.

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34. Which happened last?
A. Essa was playing with his friends.
B. Essa went to meet his Uncle Ali at the airport.
C. Essa’s father talked with him about being on time.
D. Essa got a watch.
35. At the end of the story, which of the following was NOT important to Essa?
A. Pleasing his father.
B. Playing with his friends.
C. The watch.
D. The price of the watch.

B. Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank.

FAMILY PATTERNS

The United States has many different types of families. While most American families
are traditional, (36) a father, mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all
American families in 1988 were headed by one parent, usually a woman. In a few
families in the United States, there are no children. These (37) couples may believe that
they would not make good parents; they may want freedom from the (38) of
childrearing; or, perhaps they are not physically able to have children. Other families in
the United States have one adult who is a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a
person who joins a family by marrying a father or mother.

Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States,
people have the right to privacy and Americans do not (39) in telling other Americans
what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s (40) regarding
family groups. Families are very important to Americans.

36. A. comprising B. consisting C. composing D. including in.

37. A. children B. offspring C. chidless D. not child
38. A. jobs B. responsibilities C. burdens D. care
39. A. trust B. accept C. consider D. believe
40. A. chooses B. choices C. selections D. options

WRITING
A. Sentence Transformation
Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one.
41. They moved to this suburb in 1997.
A. They have lived in this suburb since 1997.
B. They have lived in this suburb in 1997.
C. They have moved in this suburb from 1997.
D. They lived in this suburb since 1997.
42. I haven’t seen Tom for ages.
A. It’s a long time when Saw Tom.
B. It has been a long time since I last saw Tom.
C. It was a long time since I last saw Tom.
D. I didn’t saw Tom for a long time.

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 43. They were still playing tennis after three hours.
A. They have been playing tennis for three hours.
B. They had been playing tennis for three hours.
C. They had played tennis for three hours.
D. They have played tennis for three hours.
44. What a shame he wasn’t able to come.
A. I wish he were able to come.
B. I wish he was able to come.
C. I wish he had been able to come.
D. I wish he be able to come.
45. The last time I saw him was in 2001.
A. I didn’t see him since 2001.
B. I hadn’t seen him since 2001.
C. I have seen him in 2001.
D. I haven’t see him since 2001.
B. Error Recognition
Identify the word / phrase that must be changed to make the sentence correct.
46. I read a book and then I was going to sleep.
A B C D
47. My daughter has been cutting her hand today. We had to take her to the hospital.
A B C D
48. The train was leaving when I was arriving at the station and I was very angry.
A B C D
49. I’ve been reading more than sixty pages to day.
A B C D
50. He’ll phone you as soon as he will get home. Don’t worry.
A B C D
KEY
1. A 11.B 21.A 31.C 41.A
2. D 12.A 22.D 32.B 42.B
3. C 13.D 23.C 33.B 43.B
4. A 14.B 24.V 34.C 44.C
5. B 15.B 25.C 35.D 45.D
6. A 16.B 26.D 36.A 46.C
7. B 17.D 27.C 37.C 47.A
8. C 18.A 28.B 38.B 48.B
9. A 19.A 29.A 39.D 49.A
10. D 20.A 30.D 40.B 50.C

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UNIT 2

CULTURE DIVERSITY
PRACTICE TEST 2
PRONUNCIATION
A. Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other
three.
1. A. confided B. determined C. obliged D. maintained
2. A. laughed B. sacrificed C. cooked D. explained
3. A. knocked B. missed C. organized D. finished
B. Circle the word which has a different stress pattern from that of the other three.
4. A. counterpart B. determine C. sacrifice D. family
5. A. decent B. reject C. confide D. maintain

VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR

A. Vocabulary
Choose the word / phrase that best fits each blank or replaces the underlined
word.
6. Belgian officials are discussing this with their French .
A. friend’s B. colleagues
C. co-workers D. counterparts
7. Catherine rejected many suitable men before settling on Tom.
A. said no B. accepted
C. met D. saw
8. I’ve never felt able to in my sister.
A. see B. think
C. confide D. consider
9. In English, the subject precedes the verb.
A. comes first B. comes before
C. be in front D. comes after
10. Carney has a commitment to write two new books in the next four years.
A. agreed B. contractual
C. contract D. contracted
11. The china set was set blue with gold .
A. rim B. edge
C. border D. side
12. Career Officers contact with young people when they have left school.
A. keep B. maintain
C. carries D. lost
13. The minister was obliged to report at least once every six months.
A. must B. had to
C. required D was compulsory
14. He sacrificed a promising career to look after his handicapped daughter.
A. gave B. threw away
C. gave up Delete it go
15. The tall conical roof is open at the top, so that a circle of sunlight shines down
Into the pool.

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 A. shaped like a cone B. having the shape of a rectangle
C. shaped like a square D. circle
B. Grammar
Choose the word / phrase that best fits each blank
16. I Carl since I a little child.
A. have known, have been B. have known; was
C. knew, have been D. knew; was
17. Since last year traffic , it from 25 cars per minute in 1997 to 50
now.
A. doubled; increased B. doubled; has increased
C. has doubled; increase D. has doubled; has increased
18. Helen so hard today that she no time to play her weekly game of
tennis.
A. worked; had B. worked; has had
C. has worked; has had D. has worked; had
19. we most of the time working on the project. April 1997 work, no
play!
A. have spend; was B. have spent; was
C. has spent; has been D. spent; was
20. Gracious me, I my passport. How am I supposed to get out of the
country now?
A. lost B. have lost
C. had lost D. was lost
21. The sun was shining. We quickly all the looks and off.
A. checked; have driven B. have checked; drove
C. have checked; have driven D. checked; drove
22. The bus before I reached the bus-stop.
A. arrive B. arrived
C. had arrived D. have arrive
23. My uncle George never the sea. I him make plans last week though.
A. never saw; heard B. never saw; have heard
C. has never seen; heard C. has never seen; have heard
24. Morse to be called by his first name. His best friend once him
‘Endeavor’ though.
A. has always refused; called B. has always refused; has called
B. always refused; called D. always refused; has called
25. You all morning, but you only three letters!
A. have been typing; have only done B. were typing; only did
C. typed; only did D. have typed; have only done
26. I these tenses for three weeks. Do you think I have made any progress?
A. am practicing B. have practiced
C. have been practicing D. was practicing
27. You breath smells awful.
A. Have you smoked? B. Have you been smoking?
C. Did you smoke? D. Were you smoking?
28. it’s very annoying: he always about his rafting adventure.
I the same, twice already, but I don’t make such a fuss!
A. always brags; have done B. has always bragged; did

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 B. is always bragging ; have done C. was always bragging; have done
29. The reason why I a yew hedge here because it a beautiful setting for
my herbaceous border plants.
A. prefer; provides B. preferred; is providing
C. have preferred; provides D. prefer; provided
30. You that he says that he never in all his entire life?
A. Do you know; laid B. Do you know; had never lied
C. O you know; never lays D. Do you know; has never lied

READING COMPREHENSION
A. Read the passage and choose the best answers.

Psychologists tell us that there are four basic stages that human beings pass through when
they enter and live in a new culture. This process, which helps us to deal with culture
shock, is the way our brain and our personality reacts to the strange new things we
encounter when we move from one culture to another.

Culture begins with the “honeymoon stage”. This is the period of time when we first
arrive in which everything about the new culture is trance and exciting.
We may be suffering from “jet lag” but we are thrilled to be in the new environment,
seeing new sights, hearing new sounds and language, eating new kinds of food. This
honeymoon stage can last for quite a long time because we feel are involved in some kind
of great adventure.

Unfortunately, the second stage of culture shock can be more difficult. After we have
settled down into our new life, working or studying, buying groceries, doing laundry, or
living with a home-stay family, we can become very tired and begin to miss our
homeland and our family, girlfriend or boyfriend, pets.
All the little problems that everybody in life has seem to be much bigger and more
disturbing when you face them in a foreign culture. This period cultural adjustment can
be very difficult and lead to the new arrival rejecting or pulling away from the new
culture. This “rejection stage” can be quite dangerous because the visitor may develop
unhealthy habits (smoking and drinking too much, being too concerned over food or
contact with people from the new culture). This stage is considered a crisis in the process
of cultural adjustment and many people choose to go back to their homeland or spend all
their time with people from their own culture speaking their native language.

The third stage of culture shock is called the “adjustment stage”. This is when you begin
to realize that things are not so bad in the host culture. Your sense of humor usually by
learning to take care of yourself in the new place. Things are still difficult, but you are
now are now a survivor!

The fourth stage can be called “at ease at last “. Now you feel quite comfortable in your
new surroundings. You can cope with most problems that occur. You may still have
problems with the language, but you know you are strong enough to deal with them. If
you meet someone from your country who has just arrived, you can be the expert on life
in the new culture and help them to deal with their culture shock.

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There is a fifth stage of culture shock “. Surprisingly, this occurs when you go back to
your native culture and you have changed and that things there have changed while you
have been away. Now you feel a little uncomfortable back home. Life is a struggle!

31. When dose culture shock happen?

A. When you reach your teens.
B. When you move to a big city.
C. When you meet foreign people for the first time.
D. When you go to live in a foreign.
32. How do you feel during the first stage of culture shock?
A. Lonely and depressed.
B. Bored and homesick.
C. Strange and excited.
D. Angry and frustrated.
33. How do you feel during the second stage?
A. Homesick and tired.
B. Interested and amused.
C. Stressed and tired.
D. you have no particular feelings.
34. how could the third stage be described?
A. Adjustment.
B. Rejection.
C. Enthusiasm.
D. Happy.

B. Choose the suitable word to fill in each blank.

NORFOLK – THE IDEAL HOLIDAY PLAYGROUND

This article is the work of someone born and (36) up in Norfolk. It is not impartial.
On the whole, I’m near to being a fanatic about the county and all it has to (37) . It
you want to consider other holiday destinations, you are best advised to go elsewhere for
your information.

So why I am so incredibly keen on my native county ? Firstly, it’s clean. This stems from
the fact that the population is very low – less than half the average for an English county.
Because there are fewer people, there are fewer chimneys, fewer towns and fewer cars.
And whereas other rural counties have motorways (38) through them, Norfolk –
largely bounded by sea – has very little through traffic whatsoever, and not an inch of
motorway.

Norfolk offers a hundred miles of beautiful inland waterways and , in addition a hundred
miles of uncoil coastal scenery. (39) The coast there are nature reserves
where seals, rare birds and other wildlife thrive in profusion.
Long distance footpaths follow almost the whole of this coast and people wander slowly
along them peering through binoculars. This is quite an amusing sight, though one
sometimes fears for their safety near to the edge of the cliffs!
If you’re feeling (40) , Norfolk is the place for you!

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36. A. brought B. raised C. reared D. grown
37. A. praise B. provide C. offer D. give
38. A. with B. Next C. Beside D. Along
39. A. lowly B. worn C. weary D. heavy

WRITING
A. Sentence transformation
Choose the sentence which is closest in meaning to the original one.
41. it’s been two years since I stopped doing competitive sport.
A. I have given up doing competitive sports two years ago.
B. I have up doing competitiver sports two years ago.
C. I have up doing competitive sports for tow years.
D. Jihad given up doing competitive sports two years before.
42. I got to know him ten years ago and I have never yet seen him get angry.
A. for a long time I have known him, I had never yet seen him get angry.
B. In all the years I have known him; I have never yet seen him get angry.
C. In the years I knew him; I have never yet seen him get angry.
D. In all the years I have known him, I never yet saw him get angry.
43. After doing that course, I started to feel much more self-confident.
A. Since I did that course, I started to feel much more confident.
B. When I did that course, I had started to feel much more confident.
C. As I did that course, I have started to feel much more confident.
D. Since I did that course, I have started to feel much more confident.
44. Emma hasn’t said anything to her father about wanting to have a party for several
Days
A. It’s been several days since Emma said anything to her father about wanting to
Have a party.
B. It was several days since Emma said anything to her father about wanting to
Have a party.
C. it’s several days since Emma has said anything to her father about wanting to
Have a party.

D. It’s been several days when Emma said anything to her father about wanting to
Have a party.
45. Sarah and Paul hadn’t considered the matter seriously before discussing it with
Their families.
A. When they discussed it with their families, Sarah and Paul hadn’t considered
The matter seriously.
B. Until they discussed it with their families, Sarah and Paul hadn’t considered
The matter seriously.
C. After they discussed it with their families, Sarah and Paul hadn’t considered
The matter seriously.
D. Until they discussed it with their families, Sarah and Paul haven’t considered
the matter seriously.

B. Error Recognition
Identify the word / phrase that must be changed to make the sentence correct.
46. My father must retire last year but he has found a lot to do at home since then .

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 A B C D
47. When they lived in Indonesia, they were used to eating Indonesian food.
A B C D
48. He is understanding my arguments better now and I thing he will support us when
A B C
A vote is taken.
D
49. Every time I am looking out of the window I am reminded of the fact that I
A B C
haven’t cleaned it for months.
D
50. Mrs. Thatcher has become Prime Minister in 1979 after winning the elections .
A B C D
KEY.

1.A 11.A 21.D 31.D 41.B

2.D 12.B 22.C 32.C 42.B
3.C 13.B 23.C 33.A 43.D
4.B 14.C 24.C 34.A 44.A
5.A 15.A 25.A 35.B 45.B
6.D 16.B 26.B 36.B 46.A
7.A 17.D 27.B 37.C 47.C
8.C 18.C 28.C 38.B 48.A
9.B 19.D 29.A 39.D 49.A
10.B 20.B 30.D 40.C 50.A

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