UNIT 16
HISTORICAL PLACES
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different
pronunciation from the others in each group:
1/ A. hi

storical B. arri

val C. brilliant D. sti

ll
2/ A. places B. houses

C. increases

D. chooses

3/ A. laurea

te B. teach C. sea

son D. mea

n
4/ A. fa

mous B. pa

ssage C. ta

lent D. ca

havior B. be

tween C. be

came D. re

lic
10/ A. established

B. talented

C. educated

D.
needed

II/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the
others in each group:
1/ A. historical B. renovation C. traditional D. continuous
2/ A. famous B. become C. relic D. passage
3/ A. Confucian B. cultural C. architect D. festival
4/ A. behavior B. brilliant C. existence D. impressive
5/ A. establish B. impressive C. successful D. typical
6/ A. educated B. initially C. wonderfully D. beautifully
7/ A. memorialize B. university C. originally D.
occasionally
8/ A. laureate B. together C. engraving D. italic
9/ A. achievement B. important C. following D.
consider
10/ A. tortoise B. between C. scholar D. doctor

5/ It’s a long walk from here to
the station-
E/ I used to play more often.
6/ I don’t play tennis much these F/ worse than expected.
days.
7/ The exam was quite difficult- G/ so I went to bed earlier than
usual.
8/ It’s too noisy here. H/ than by train.
9/ I was feeling tired last night, I/ Can we go somewhere
quieter?
10/ I’d like to have a more
reliable car.
J/ since you tied it up.
VI/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:

1/ She specializes in _______ novels set in eighteenth-century
England.
A. history B. historian C. historic D. historical
2/ She's studying modern Japanese language and _______.
A. culture B. cultured C. cultural D. culturally
3/ He is best known as the _______ of a long-running TV series.
A. origin B. original C. originality D. originator
4/ Ask me again tomorrow. I'll have to give it some _______.
A. think B. thinking C. thought D. thoughtful
5/ Reducing the size of classes may improve _______ standards.
A. educate B. educated C. educational D. educative
6/ I didn't get much of an _______ of the place because it was dark
when we drove through it.
A. impress B. impression C. impressive D. impressively
7/ A number of patients have been _______ treated with the new

A. much cheaper B. more cheaper
C. much cheaper than D. more cheaper than
7/ _______ I get, _______ I am.
A. The older- the more happy B. The more old-
the happier
C. The older- the happier D. The more old- the more happy
8/ ______ money we earn, _______ we live.
A. The more- the better B. The many- the better
C. The more- the more good D. The many- the more good
9/ It I were _______, I’d fall in love with her.
A. more younger B. any younger
C. much older than D. older than
10/ What was _______ holiday you’ve ever had?
A. most enjoyable B. the most enjoyable
C. the more enjoyable D. more enjoyable
VIII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and
then correct them:
1/ She’s nothing (A) like (B) so good (C) at tennis (D) like her friend.
2/ (A) Have (B) as (C) many potatoes (D) that you like.
3/ His hand is (A) so (B) steady (C) as (D) a rock.
4/ The dictionary wasn’t (A) nearly (B) as (C) helpful (D) than I had
hoped.
5/ Tom drank (A) half (B) as (C) much beer (D) like Hugo.
6/ (A) The more (B) difficult it is, (C) more (D) harder he tries.
7/ You’re (A) the (B) more (C) infuriating person I’ve (D) ever met.
8/ He’s (A) a great deal (B) the best (C) boxer (D) in the world.
9/ I (A) would like (B) to go to a school (C) as (D) the one my sister goes
to.
10/ That garden is (A) as (B) beautiful (C) like the one (D) in the park.
IX/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best

2/ A) cities B) counties C) places D) regions
3/ A) one B) most C) only D) best
4/ A) fulfill B) cover C) place D) put
5/ A) coast B) beach C) seaside D) shore
6/ A) and B) but C) or D) so
7/ A) said B) called C) told D) considered
8/ A) territories B) mountains C) provinces D) cities
9/ A) peoples B) artists C) fishermen D) tourists
10/A) coasts B) provinces C) towns D) territories
11/A) lands B) fields C) spaces D) places
12/ A) make B) shoot C) produce D) do
13/ A) Two-three B) Second-three C) Second-thirds D)
Two-thirds
14/ A) industrial B) agricultural C) mechanical D) modern
15/ A) Quebec B) Toronto C) Montreal D) Ottawa
16/ A) two B) three C) four D) five
17/ A) that B) when C) where D) which
18/ A) cool B) warm C) hot D) cold
X/ Read the paragraphs below carefully, and then put them in the
correct order to make a proper reading:
LONDON LANDMARKS
4/ Millions of people visit London every year from all over the world. If
you travel there, you’ll find many fascinating things to see and do.
7/ During August and September, you can visit Buckingham Palace.
That’s where the queen lives most of the year. It has about 600 rooms, but
you’ll see only state rooms where the queen entertains guests. In the
morning, a colorful ceremony called “changing of the guard” takes place
in the courtyard. One group of palace guards off duty, and another troop
arrives to replace them.
1/ You can tour the Tower of London, a historic fortress that was once a

1/ B. arri

val ; 2/ A. places ; 3/ A. laurea

te ; 4/ A. fa

mous
5/ D. particular ; 6/ A. backs

; 7/ A. Co

nfucian ; 8/ A. thou

ght
9/ D. re

lic ; 10/ A. established

II/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the
others in each group:
1/ B. renovation ; 2/ B. become ; 3/ A. Confucian
4/ B. brilliant ; 5/ D. typical ; 6/ B. initially ; 7/ B.
university
8/ A. laureate ; 9/ C. following ; 10/ B. between
III/ Match the words in column A with their synonyms in column B:
1-H ; 2-D ; 3-B ; 4-I ; 5-F ; 6-A ; 7-E ; 8-J ; 9-G ; 10-C
IV/ Match the words in column A with their antonyms in column B:
1-D ; 2-A ; 3-C ; 4-I ; 5-F ; 6-H ; 7-B ; 8-E ; 9-J ; 10-G
V/ Match the sentences, clauses or phrases in column A with the ones in
column B to make meaningful sentences:

4 – 7 – 1 – 6 – 2 – 5 – 3