TEST YOURSELF 8
Question I. Choose one word whose stress part is pronounced differently. Identify your
answer by circling the corresponding letter A,B,C or D .
1.A. difficulty B. equality C. simplicity D. discovery
2.A. tenant B. machine C. rubbish D. common
3.A. animal B. habitat C. bacteria D. pyramid
4.A. writer B. teacher C. builder D. career
5.A. company B. atmosphere C. employment D. customer
6.A. purpose B. postpone C. postcard D. product
7.A. accomplished B. secretary C. comfortable D. necessary
Question II . Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D .
1. John doesn’t play tennis. David doesn’t play tennis.
A. Both John and David doesn’t play tennis.
B. Neither John nor David plays tennis.
C. Not either John or David plays tennis.
D. Not only John but also David doesn’t play tennis.
2. If you do the washing up, I’ll cook lunch.
A. I can’t do the washing up but I’ll cook lunch.
B. If you can’t cook, you can do the washing up.
C. You do the washing up and I’ll cook lunch.
D. If you don’t do anything, I won’t, either.
3. We had nothing to eat but bananas.
A. We ate everything but not bananas.
B. We didn’t eat anything even bananas.
C. Bananas were all we had to eat.
D. Nothing to eat was better than bananas.
4. The coach said, “It’s time for you to go home, boys!”
A. The coach told the boys that it was time for you to go home.
B. The coach tells the boys that it was time for them to go home.
C. The coach told the boys that it is time for them to go home.
D. The coach told the boys that it was time for them to go home.

A. As quickly as B. As far as C. As soon as D. As long as
17. Life here is very ______.
A. peace B. peacefully C. peaceful D. peacefulness
18. It is raining outside, and Tom brought his umbrella with him _____ he wouldn’t get wet.
A. so as to B. in order C. so that D. in order to
19. _____ quarreled with her boyfriend yesterday, she doesn’t want to answer his phone call.
A. Having B. Because having C. Because hadn’t D. Having not
20. I gave up the job, _____ the attractive salary.
A. because B. because of C. although D. despite
21. Everyone was asleep when the enemy ______.
A. was attacking B. attacked C. had attacked D. attacking
22. Jack can speak two languages. One is English. ______ is Vietnamese.
A. Other B. The other C. Another D. Others
23. Dogs are good traveling companions. They will go _____ you take them.
A. whichever B. wherever C. whatever D. whenever
24. He keeps working _____ feeling unwell.
A. although B. because of C. in spite of D. unless
25. He talked as if he ______ where she was.
A. knew B. had known C. would know D. were knowing
26. Please don't be so ______ I can't do all the work by myself.
A. reason B. reasonable C. unreasonable D. reasonably
27. Lomonosov was not _____ a great scientist but also a very talented poet.
A. hardly B. fairly C. merely D. scarcely
28. My father asked me _____ of the film.
A. what do you think B. what I think
C. what did you think D. what I thought
29. Mr. Gibbon usually drinks mineral water, but in this party he _____ champagne.
A. drinks B. will drink C. has drunk D. is drinking
30. The manager did not offer her the job because of her untidy ______.
A. sight B. view C. presence D. appearance

D. Television and its use.
37. What does television have over people's mind?
A. A picture. B. An influence. C. An impression. D. A limit.
38. At school or in offices, television is considered as a topic _____.
A. for people to talk about B. for learning
C. for discussion D. for entertainment
39. What might the main objective of television be?
A. To waste time.
B. To get people away from their free time.
C. To allow much time for many people to watch it.
D. To get people away from their work.
40. How often are the sitcoms and soap operas shown on TV?
A. Usually. B. Sometimes. C. Rarely. D. Never.

Question V. Fill in the blanks of the passage with suitable words in the box:
also succeeds although and because
besides but so same on
_____(1)_____ there are many different kinds of families in the world, there are some things
that are the _____(2)_____ everywhere. Not all societies have western type marriage with one
wife or husband, _____(3)_____ some kind of marriage is universal. And when a person
marries, _____(4)_____ the new wife or husband, he or she also gets a complete new family
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of in-laws. Marriages with close relatives do not always produce healthy children,
_____(5)_____ all societies have rules about who can marry who. Each society _____(6)_____
has a division of work based _____(7)_____ age and sex. In modern western societies, there is
a move to change this last rule _____(8)_____ it can be unfair to woman, _____(9)_____it will
be interesting to see if this _____(10)_____.
Question Vi. Rewrite sentences:
1. "Let's have a meeting" John suggested.
 John suggested that....................................................................................................................

17. They will leave for Ho Chi Minh city next week.
 I wish.......................................................................................................................................
18. He spent much money. He became poor.
 The more.................................................................................................................................
19. The soil was poor. The farmers tried hard.
 The .........................................................................................................................................
20. The exercises are easy. We can do them.
 The exercises .........................................................................................................................
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