PEOPLE’ S B ACKGRO UND
I. PHONETICS
A. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
1. A. sea B. disease C. instead D. team
2. A. Africa B. famous C. place D. vacation
3. A. invented B. shared C. named D. imprisoned
4. A. lives B. minutes C. rabies D. pictures
5. A. character B. chemist C. chance D. Christmas
6. A. library B. time C. animal D. kind
7. A. answered B. retired C. lived D. developed
8. A. graduated B. completed C. needed D. retired
9. A. too B. good C. food D. room
10. A. university B. lunch C. funny D. umbrella
B. Choose the word with the different stress pattern.
11. A. achievement B. activist C. arrest D. award
12. A. background B. biologist C. battle D. chemist
13. A. complete B. creator C. democracy D. emigrate
14. A. honor B. discover C. infection D. research
15. A. liver B. invent C. prevent D. political
16. A. process B. rabies C. release D. senior
17. A. compare B. improve C. include D. surgeon
18. A. surgery B. technique C. effective D. results
19. A. information B. technique C. vaccine D. transition
20. A. achievement B. important C. teammate D. attentive
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
 Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
21. Louis Pasteur is a world – famous ______________ chemist.
A. French B. American C. English D. Chinese
22. He invented the process of pasteurization and developed vaccines for several diseases including _____.
A. cancer B. rabies C. lung D. throat
23. Marie Curie was born _____________ November 7

A. came B. had come C. have come D. has come
35. My brother ______________ swimming since he was young.
A. has enjoyed B. enjoyed C. enjoys D. would enjoy
36. The children want to learn ______________ to play chess.
A. what B. why C. who D. how
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37. Would you mind ___________ me a hand with these bags?
A. give B. giving C. gave D. to giving
38. While she _____________ on the phone, someone knocked on the door.
A. talked B. was talking C. had talked D. had been taking
39. I prefer tea ____________ coffee.
A. to B. than C. over D. again
40. She has gone ____________ in a neighboring town.
A. to shop B. for shopping C. shopping D. to shopping
41. He ______________ Chinese since he was a little boy.
A. spoken B. used to speak C. has to speak D. has been speaking
42. Have you ______________”Congratulations!” to Ann.
A. said B. told C. spoken D. made
43. When the phone rang, she _______________ a letter.
A. was written B. wrote C. write D. was writing
44. Miss White is busy ________________ that report.
A. to type B. typing C. typed D. type
45. Those people are working very ______________.
A. hardest B. harder C. hard D. hardly
46. Wedding rings are usually made of _____________.
A. gold B. a gold C. the gold D. golds
47. I am _____________ to see you here.
A. surprise B. surprised C. to surprise D. surprising
48. Please remember ______________ this exercise first, Jane.

you may bring a bottle of (62) _______ if you know that your friend likes drinking.
You are expected to arrive for dinner on time or just a few minutes late. Don’t get there early. If you are
going to be more than fifteen minutes late, you should call and tell them.
Try to relax and enjoy yourself at the dinner table. If you don’t know about choosing the (63) ______ fork
or knife, just watch the other, and follow them. If you still have no idea of (64) ________ to do, ask the
person next to you.
When it comes to the food, if you like it, say so. They are looking forward to hearing your compliments.
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Of course, you will thank them for the meal and for their kindness. It is also a good idea to send a
(65) ______note the day after.
61. A. made B. demanded C. invited D. forced
62. A. juice B. wine C. lemonade D. Coke
63. A. new B. main C. big D. right
64. A. what B. which C. why D. where
65. A. welcome B. goodbye C. thank you D. message
2. Read the passage and make the correct choice.
People usually sing because they like music or because they feel happy. They express their happiness
by singing. When a bird sings, however, its song usually means much more than that the bird is happy.
Birds have many reasons for singing. They sing to give information. Their songs are their language.
The most beautiful songs are sung by male birds. They sing when they want to attract a female bird.
It is their way of saying that they are looking for a wife.
Birds also sing to tell other birds to keep away. To a bird, his tree or even a branch of a tree is his home.
He does not want strangers to come near him, so he sings to warn them.
If a bird cannot sing well, he usually has some other means of giving important information. Some birds
dance, spread out their tails or make other signs.
66. People sing because
A. they know many songs. B. they are good at singing
C. they want to tell a story. D. they feel happy.
67. What is one of the main reasons why birds sing?
A. They are sad B. They can sing many songs.

80. My sister can speak English better than me.
 I cannot speak English as well as my sister.
81. He spent two hours doing that test.
 It took him two hours to do that test.
82. I have played tennis for three years.
 I began playing / to play tennis three years ago.
83. Because I am sick, I don’t want to go out.
 Because of my sickness, I don’t want to go out.
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84. I’m sorry I didn’t go to your birthday party last night.
 I wish I had gone to your birthday party last night.
85. “You’d better look for a new job, Andrew.”
 Jane advised Andrew to look for a new job.
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