LIFE IN THE COMM UNI TY
I. PHONETICS
A. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
1. A. opposite B. shopping C. close D. problem
2. A. rose B. crop C. phone D. note
3. A. should B. house C. shout D. fou nd
4. A. town B. snow C. bowl D. grow
5. A. load B. coast C. abroad D. road
6. A. potato B. rose C. motor D. introduce
7. A. towel B. crow C. drown D. brow
8. A. knowledge B. arrow C. bowl D. throw
9. A. mouth B. fountain C. loudly D. poultry
10. A. roast B. foam C. abroad D. toad
B. Choose the word with the different stress pattern.
11. A. follow B. manage C. lifestyle D. arrange
12. A. effect B. event C. disease D. shortage
13. A. essential B. difference C. expensive D. discussion
14. A. resurfaceB. restaurant C. villager D. cinema
15. A. argumentB. dominate C. understand D. atmosphere
16. A. wealthy B. difficult C. beautiful D. economical
17. A. return B. ruler C. money D. teacher
18. A. camera B. violent C. agree D. elephant
19. A. volcano B. mineral C. industrial D. establish
20. A. companyB. compare C. computer D. compose
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
 Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
21. If I had enough money, I ____________ a good dictionary.
A. would buy B. will have bought C. will buy D. would have bought
22. Do you think he is _____________ of doing the job?
A. able B. capable C. suitable D. competent
23. There are ____________ kinds of countryside markets.

UNIT 8
38. A: Excuse me! Is there a post office around here?
B: Yes! It’s ____________ the street from the supermarket.
A. next B. across C. in front D. as far
39. _____________ the old man spoke very slowly and clearly, I couldn’t understand him at all.
A. Although B. if C. Since D. Because
40. Life here is _______________.
A. peace B. peacefulness C. peacefully D. peaceful
41. Children will work hard if the lessons are ______________.
A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. memorizing
42. Your last job was a bank manager, ______________ it?
A. isn’t B. doesn’t C. wasn’t D. didn’t
43. My daughter often says that she won’t get married until she ______________ 25 years old.
A. is B. will be C. will have been D. has been
44. 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.
45. Ann: Do you think you’ll get the job?
Mary: ______________
A. Well, I hope so. B. Yes, that’s right C. I think not D. I know so.
46. Tom: “Happy Christmas!”
Peter: ”________________.”
A. You’re the same! B. The same to you! C. Same for you! D. Happy Christmas with you!
47. We’ll be late _______________we hurry.
A. when B. unless C. if D. Despite
48. Don’t worry! By the time you arrive tomorrow, we _______________ the work.
A. have finished B. will finish C. will have finished D. would finish
49. I couldn’t go to the park yesterday afternoon ______________ the heavy rain.
A. though B. because of C. In spite of D. because
50. the children were swimming for hours _____________ the water was cold.

rapid changes in our way of life as at the present moment. Scientists have been using what is known a scientific
method to make new discoveries are new medicines. Many illnesses that people died (64) __________ 50 years ago
no longer dangerous.
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The study of science help us (65) ____________ our outlook and opens a whole new world for us.
The progress of science is leading to a better and better life for man.
61. A. make B. do C. get D. conduct
62. A. despite B. in addition C. besides D. also
63. A. numbers B. amounts C. lots D. tasks
64. A. out B. in C. for D. from
65. A. open B. enlarge C. lengthen D. widen
2. Read the passage and make the correct choice.
Last week I made the mistake of visiting the village where I grew up. It was a small, friendly community
with two farms and a number of old cottages round the village green, I realized very quickly that although
in many ways it appears unchanged, in reality hardly anything is the same. All the pretty cottages are there,
of course, and both the picturesque farmhouses. But none of the inhabitants are country people. All of them
are commuters, who leave early every morning for the nearby town. Neither of the farmhouses is attached
to a farm these days; the land has been sold and is managed by somebody in an office somewhere who has
little interest in the village itself. There are a few new houses, but they have no local character; you can see
the same style anywhere in the country. The whole of the village, in fact, has been tidied up so much that it
has become nothing more than just another suburb.
66. The writer __________________
A. grew up in a small rural community. B. used to live in a cottage
C. like living in a farmhouse. D. came back from the village.
67. When he revisited his village, he quickly realized that ______________________
A. all the pretty cottages as well as the farmhouses have been rebuilt B. everything has almost changed.
C. the village changed a lot in appearance. D. the residents of the village are all commuters.
68. Neither of the farmhouses ___________________
A. has a connection with a farm. B. has been sold
C. is attached to the farmers. D. is managed by the commuters.