UNIT 12: THE ASIAN GAMES

PRONUNCIATION
I. Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A. pretty
A. few
A. amusement
A. through
A. appear
B. get
B. new
B. surprise
B. other
B. address
C. send
C. threw
C. resort
C. theatre
C. area
D. well
D. knew
D. socialize
D. than
D. agree

II. Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A. receive
A. typical
A. conceal
A. cancel
A. holiday
B. complain
B. apartment
B. immense
B. surprise
B. publisher
C. impress
C. newspaper
C. before
C. propose
C. example
D. monthly
D. statement
D. fearsome
D. although
D. difficult

VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer that is suitable for each blank or the underlined word or phrase.
11. Newspapers should ____________ printing statements that they cannot check.
A. decide B. refuse
C. avoid D. neglect
12. If they aren’t more careful with their money, they’ll get into _______________.
A. debt B. loss
C. overdraft D. problem
13. During the boss’s _____________, his assistant took over.
A. vanishing B. disappearance
C. absence D. loss
14. The commander gave ________________ talk to his men.
A. encouraged B. encouragement
C. encouraging D. encouragingly
15. What a _______________ that your father is ill again!
A. pain B. sorrow
C. sadness D. pity
16. The cost of the hotel room usually _____________ the price of breakfast.
A. includes B. holds
C. contains D. shares
17. They talked for three days before finally _______________ to a decision.
A. reaching B. coming
C. bringing D. arriving
18. If you require any more ____________ about the holiday, please telephone us.
A. news B. fact
C. information D. description
19. After a lot of difficulty, he ____________ to open the door.
A. managed B. succeeded
C. obtained D. realized
20. When she saw the clouds, she went back to the house to __________ her umbrella.
A. fetch B. reach
C. gather D. carry
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
21. The man __________ me spoke English.
A. phoned B. that phoned
C. phoning D. phone
22. The woman ___________ wrote this letter is left-handed.
A. which B. where
C. who D. whose
23. The train ____________ leaves at 10:00.
A. that you want B. this you want
C. those you want D. who you want
24. I’m working for a man _____________ for twenty years.
A. whose I have known B. to I have known
C. which I have known D. I have known
25. They played a lot of music _______________.
A. which I didn’t like it B. who I didn’t like
C. I didn’t like D. what I didn’t like
26. My company has just bought a machine _______________ paper.
A. makes B. that makes
C. made D. who makes
27. The book _____________ is on the table.
A. you wanted B. that you wanted it
C. what you wanted D. what you wanted it
28. The campsite _______________________ was very dirty.
A. we found it B. which