TEST 1 (UNIT 6)

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.

1. A. citadel                B. ancient                C.  appreciate                D. state

2. A. historic                B. complex                C.  monument                D. folk

3. A. restore                B. preserve                C.  historic                D. landscape

II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.

4. A. monument        B. national                C.  historic                D. crowdfunding

5. A. recognized        B. tourism                C.  tradition                D. cultural

III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.

6. Historical and government records can help you trace your ______________.

A. quality                 B. tradition                 C.  heritage                D. feature

7. The remains of the Roman fort are well ______________.

A. preserved                 B. kept                 C.  treated                 D. healed

8. She specialises ______________ in novels set in 18^th century England.

A. history                 B. historical                C.  ancient                D. past

9. At the age of 5, Michael began performing in clubs as part of a folk ______________ trio with parents.

A. melody                B. sound                C.  song                D. music

10. Teachers have organised a ______________ trip to a recycling factory.

A. foreign                B. business                C.  field                D. pleasure

11. Tony pretended ______________ me when I waved to him.

A. not seeing                B. not to see                C.  not see                D. to not see

12. Marie Curie was the first woman ______________ two Nobel prizes.

A. who awarded         B. to be awarded        C.  awarding                D. that was awarding

13. The captain is the last person ______________ the sinking ship.

A. to leave                B. to remain                C.  to wait                D. to stop

14. Part-time workers at the company are the first ______________.

A. that is laid off        B. who lay off                C.  being laid off         D. to be laid off

15. Is English the most popular language ______________ in the world?

A. be spoken                B. to have spoken         C.  to be spoken         D. speaking

IV. Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word below. There are three extra words.

Con Moong Cave is located in the South of Mo Village, Thanh Yen Commune, Thach Thanh District, Thanh Hoa Province, lying in the area of Cue Phuong National Park. Con Moong is an airy and nice cave. The ¹⁶ ______________ have excavated the southwestern entrance which exists in site the evidence of ancient ¹⁷ ______________.

Con Moong archaeological ¹⁸ ______________ is really a key for the understanding of Viet Nam and Southeast Asian prehistory. It has confirmed the continuation of artful technique to make cobble tools with representatives from Son Vi Culture to Hoa Binh Culture, and then Bac Son Culture. Con Moong Cave may show the ¹⁹ ______________ of human beings from the end of Old Stone Age, transiting through the Middle Stone Age, to the beginning of New Stone Age; from hunting and gathering to planting and breeding, getting rid of primitive age to evolve to ²⁰ ______________ age.

V. Write sentences about yourself using to-infinitive phrases from the cues given.

21. yesterday / call the dentist’s office / make an appointment

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22. last Monday / go to the library / borrow some books

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23. this morning / take some medicine / get rid of my headache

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24. yesterday / go to the laundromat / wash my clothes

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25. this morning / have to run / get to class on time

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VI. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.

Hoan Kiem Lake is an attractive body of water right in the ²⁶ ______________ of Ha Noi. Legend has it that in the mid-15^th 27 ______________, Heaven gave Emperor Le Thai To (Le Loi) a magical sword which he used to fight ²⁸ ______________ the Chinese, the Ming aggressors, out of Viet Nam. After that one day when he was out ²⁹ ______________ in the lake, a giant ³⁰ ______________ tortoise suddenly grabbed the sword and ³¹ ______________ into the depths of the lake. Since then, the lake has been known as Hoan Kiem Lake (Lake of the Restored Sword) ³² ______________ it is believed the sword was taken to its original divine owners.

The tiny Tortoise Pagoda, topped with a red star, is ³³ ______________ a small island in the middle of the lake; it is often used ³⁴ ______________ an emblem of Ha Noi. Every morning around 6 am, local residents can be seen around Hoan Kiem Lake ³⁵ ______________ their morning exercise jogging or playing badminton.

26. A. middle                B. main                C.  heart                D. point

27. A. festival                B. century                C.  time                D. occasion

28. A. above                B. down                C.  for                        D. against

29. A. diving                B. playing                C.  sailing                D. walking

30. A. gold                B. golden                C.  huge                D. salty

31. A. disappeared        B. endangered                C.  lost                        D. escaped

32. A. although        B. however                C.  so                        D. because

33. A. at                B. on                        C.  in                        D. above

34. A. as                B. like                        C.  for                        D. to

35. A. to do                B. doing                C.  to make                D. making

VII. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.