UNIT 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY
Exercise 1: Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets to complete the
following sentences:
1. Hello! I ( try )............................... to telephone you all week. Where you
(be)............................... ?
2. “I don’t think we ( meet)..................... ......... before?” “ Well, , I
(see)....................................... you once at a party, but we not
( be)........................................ introduced then”
3. It (look)......................................... as if this light (burn)........................... all
night. I must (forget)....................................... (switch)............................. it off
before I (go).................................. to bed last night.
4. I (buy) ...................................... the book, but when I ( hear)..............................
the opinion pf the critics, I (change).................................. my mind.
5. My father (work)........................................ in Canada for the last year, so by the
time he ( return)..................................................the month after next I not
(see)................................... him for fourteen months.
6. When you (see).................................. him again, you (be
struck)............................... by the way his health
( improve)...................................... since he ( go)......................................... to
Australia.
7. By the time the firemen (arrive)......................., the house
(be)..................................... ablaze from the top to bottom, but it
(be)................................ clear that if someone (give)................................. the
alarm earlier, they might ( stand)........................ a chance of (save)..................
the building.
8. Not until we (arrive)..................................... at his house we
( discover) ........................................ that he (be).................................. on
holiday, and that we ( waste)....................................... our time in
( call)...................................... on him.
9. Why you not (tell)................................ me you ( can)............................ lend me
the money? I ( not need)............................. (borrow)............................. it from

12. He .................... to his friend that he didn’t have much hope for his marriage.
a. told b. confided c. thought d. assured
13. Things are going from bad to ..................................
a. terrible b. bad c. better d. worse
14. I am ........................... of money at the moment. Could you lend me some?
a. short b. long c. need d. wanting
15. This matter is between you and me, and don’t give it ....................... to anybody
a. Away b. out c. up d. over
16. Lunch will be ..................... by a short speech from the chairman.
a. headed b. taken c. preceded d. opened
17. We tried to ....................... what he meant.
a. make for b. make out c. make of d. make from
18. How .................... my debts?
a. I am to pay b. I will pay
c. I am going to pay d. am I to pay
19. ..................... you need help, please let me know at once.
a. While b. As c. Even if d. If
20. Many parents feel .................. to pay for at last part of the wedding.
a. depressed b. angry c. obliged d. needed
21. There is no use ....................... him at this hour.
a. to call b. call c. called d. calling
22. University teachers have a ..................... obligation to research and publish.
a. contractual b. contract c. dutiful d. contraction
23. ............................ I try, I cannot find the answer.
a. However b. However often c. No matter d. Even
24. Be ........................ never to use bad language.
a. careful b. attentive c. attractive d. attachment
25. This place was regarded as ................... for settlement.
a. unable b. uncertain c. unfit d. unlike


16. It’s a .......................... to start the wedding ceremony in front of the altar.
a. routine b. habit c. tradition d. Practice
17. Guests often give the newly ........................... couples envelopes containing money.
a. wedding b. wed c. wedded d. married
18. The ......................... leaf hat is very popular in the middle of Vietnam.
a. cone b. conics c. conical d. conically
19. We have little .................. in those who write for this newspaper.
a. trust b. confidence c. belief d. dismissed
20. I offered to help her on next wedding day but she ....................... it.
a. denied b. rejected c. refused d. dismissed
21. People of the same ...................... easily live and work with one another.
a. size b. sex c. generation d. organization
22. Physical ..................... sometimes blinds us.
a. attractiveness b. attract c. attractive d. attractively
23. Is that a good mother who only cares about her .......................?
a. beautiful b. beautify c. beauty d. beautification
24. Could you tell me how long Mary and John ...................... married?
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a. have been b. are c. were d. will be
25. Since I came here, I ....................... a lot of acquaintances.
a. have had b. had c. have d. am having
C. READING:
Read the following passage carefully and do the tasks that follow:
I am going to a wedding (26)................. Saturday. My great friend, Mtie, and her
finances. George, are (27).......................... married. They have known each other
(28)....................... five years, but they have only been going out together a short time. I
must say, we were all rather (29).......................... when they announced that they were
engaged.
The wedding will be in the church near Maria’s parents’ home and (30)..................
there will be a party in the Church Hall. There will be almost a hundred

40. It is better and wise for a couples not to discuss certain matters.
A b c d
II. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first.
Begin with the words given words.
41. He first met her 3 years ago.
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It’s ...............................................................................................................................
42. The last time he went to a wedding party was 1 month ago.
He hasn’t ....................................................................................................................
43. How long have you been studying this project?
When ....................................................................................................................
44. He came in and found his son watching TV.
When he ....................................................................................................................
45. She finished work and then went home .
After she ....................................................................................................................
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