Unit 12: The Asian games
I. Phonetics: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the others
1. a. straight b. strain c. scratch d. strange
2. a. scream b. strong c. screw d. scrapbook
3. a. skeptical b. squad c. squeeze d. squid
4. a. stroll b. squeak c. street d. stream
5. a. ski b. skate c. square d. skeleton
II. Vocabulary- Choose the best answer to complete each sentence:
6. He played golf at the golf................
a. track b. court c. course d. pitch
7. The Olympics are.......every four years.
a. held b. made c. taken d. gone
8. After the accident he lost his...........for the sport.
a. enthusiastic b. enthusiast c. enthusiasm d. enthusiastically
9. Soccer is played on a...........
a. course b. track c. field d. pool
10. The soccer player kicked the ball into the...............
a. wicket b. basket c. net d. hole
11. You can’t expect to win in any sport if you don’t make any............
a. try b. effort c. competition d. good
12. What an amazing fight! Lewis has won with a knock –out in the tenth.............
a. part b. round c. circle d. race
13. He won three gold............in the Games.
a. qualifications b. degrees c. medals d. positions
14. Congratulations, I hear you’ve been .............to divisional manager.
a. downgrade b. put c. upgraded d. get
15. He’s trying to........his own knowledge.
a. advanced b. advances c. advance d. advancing
III. Grammar: Choose from the alternatives a, b , c or d the one best way to rewrite each
sentence using omission of relative pronouns.

a. I was telling you about a club Palace I’ve remembered.
b. I was telling you about a club I’ve remember the Palace.
c. I remember telling you about a club called the Palace.
d. The club was telling is called Palace.
24. I took some pills. They have had no effect at all.
a. The pills I took have had no effect at all. b. The pills I took they have had no effect at all.
c. The pills I took having had no effect at all. d. The pills I took which have had no effect at all.
25. Something happened yesterday. It has been worrying me.
a. Something happened yesterday has been worrying me
b. Something that happened yesterday has been worrying me.
c. Something happened yesterday that has been worrying me.
d. Something that happened yesterday, has been worrying me.
26. People smoke. They are endangering their health.
a. People who smoke are endangering their health.
b. People smoking are endangering their health.
c. People smoke who are endangering their health.
d. People smoke are endangering their health.
27. I talked to some people. None of them could give me any useful information.
a. None of the people I talking to could give me any useful information.
b. None of the people talking to could give me any useful information.
c. None of the people I talked to could give me any useful information.
d. None of the people I talked to that could give me any useful information.
28. There was a bad accident. It closed the motorway.
a. There was a bad accident closed the motorway.
b. There was a bad accident which it closed the motorway.
c.There was a bad accident which closed the motorway.
d. There was a bad accident it closed the motorway.
29. No one has said anything. It would persuade me to change my mind.
a. No one has said anything which would persuade me to change my mind.
b. No one has said anything would persuade me to change my mind.

Jesse Owens was born in Alabama in 1913 to a poor, black family. Even when he was a boy,
it was clear that he had a special athletic ability. And because of this, he was able to get a scholarship
to Ohio State University. Owen was the star of the Ohio State track team . In a college track event in
1935, he broke three world records in less than an hour. Owens was chosen for the 1936 U.S.
Olympic team.
The 1936 Summer Olympics were held in Berlin. Adolf Hilter had come to power two years
before. He wanted to show the world the Germans were the best so he ordered the German team to
train hard.
At the Olympics, Jess Owens won both the 100 –meter race and the 200-meter race. His
time in the 200-meter race set a new Olympic record. Owens was also on the U.S. 40-meter relay
team. The U.S. relay team won.
Then came the long jump. A German athlete broke the Olympic record. Hitler said that he
personally would congratulate the winner. But Owens still had one more jump. He jumped even
further than the German athletes . Hitler left the stadium in anger. Jess Owens, a black American,
had won his fourth gold medal at the Olympics, and became the hero.
40. Jess Owens got a.....................to Ohio State University.
a. record b. scholarship c. champion d. race
41. Jess was the star of the Ohio State...........team.
a. country b. meter c. track d. Olympics.
42. The 1936 Olympics were..............in Berlin.
a. left b. held c. chosen d. played
43. Jess Owens jumped several inches.........than the German athlete.
a. faster b. further c. lower d. slower
44. In the 200-meter race, Owens........a new Olympics record.
a. choose b. set c. won d. ran
45. Jess Owens,.......................
a. is a black man b. won four gold medals c. became a hero d. all of the above.
V. Writing: The words in italics below are cues. Choose from the alternatives- a, b , c or d- the one
best way to make a meaningful sentence.
46. you / walking / high wall /St. May street/ see / along.

4. a. stroll b. squeak c. street d. stream
5. a. ski b. skate c. square d. skeleton
II. Vocabulary- Choose the best answer to complete each sentence:
6. He played golf at the golf................
a. track b. court c. course d. pitch
7. The Olympics are.......every four years.
a. held b. made c. taken d. gone
8. After the accident he lost his...........for the sport.
a. enthusiastic b. enthusiast c. enthusiasm d. enthusiastically
9. Soccer is played on a...........
a. course b. track c. field d. pool
10. The soccer player kicked the ball into the...............
a. wicket b. basket c. net d. hole
11. You can’t expect to win in any sport if you don’t make any............
a. try b. effort c. competition d. good
12. What an amazing fight! Lewis has won with a knock –out in the tenth.............
a. part b. round c. circle d. race
13. He won three gold............in the Games.
a. qualifications b. degrees c. medals d. positions
14. Congratulations, I hear you’ve been .............to divisional manager.
a. downgrade b. put c. upgraded d. get
15. He’s trying to........his own knowledge.
a. advanced b. advances c. advance d. advancing
III. Grammar: Choose from the alternatives a, b , c or d the one best way to rewrite each
sentence using omission of relative pronouns.
16. You took some photos, and they were great.
a. The photos were great you took b. The photos you took were great
c. You took some photos were great d. You took some photos great
17. I ve been waiting for a train, but it s been cancelled’ ’
a. I’ve been waiting for a train has been cancelled