UNIT 14: RECREATIONS

PRONUNCIATION
I. Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A. ordinary
A. qualify
A. affect
A. ghost
A. comb
B. separate
B. baggy
B. spinach
B. night
B. overseas
C. regularly
C. grocery
C. amount
C. eight
C. holiday
D. standard
D. scenery
D. balanced
D. fight
D. poster

II. Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A. cartoon
A. constantly
A. billboard
A. hiccup
A. network
B. careless
B. document
B. measure
B. heavy
B. event
C. careful
C. variety
C. reveal
C. homework
C. entry
D. contest
D. emphasis
D. program
D. escape
D. teenage

VOCABULARY
11. He ran down the beach and __________ into the sea.
A. dived B. sank
C. headed D. bathed
12. She was born in Japan but has now ______________ in the United States.
A. fixed B. settled
C. stuck D. planted
13. His business is growing so fast that he must take __________ more workers.
A. out B. up
C. on D. over
14. It is dangerous to __________ out of the windows of the train.
A. hold B. slope
C. bend D. lean
15. The cows got out of the field through a _____________ in the fence.
A. gap B. crack
C. cut D. fault
16. In this job you must __________ up to the problems and not run away from them.
A. gaze B. face
C. raise D. play
17. Women workers wear hats in ___________ their hair gets caught in the machinery.
A. course B. occasion
C. case D. event
18. Mary is so ____________ that people tell her all their troubles.
A. dependent B. sympathetic
C. confident D. trick
19. It’s so long since I last saw him that I almost failed to _________ him.
A. receive B. accept
C. approve D. recognize
20. The police must now ________ the escaped convict in the surrounding countries.
A. look up B. look for
C. look in D. look after
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
21. Both the boss and his colleagues ____________ robbed last night.
A. is B. are
C. were D. was
22. Neither you nor I __________ here yesterday.
A. has been B. be
C. am D. was
23. My mother together with her friends often _____________ in this park.
A. jogs B. jogged
C. jog D. jogging
24. Our room is two crowded - either a table or two chairs ___________ to be moved out.
A. has B. having
C. to have D. have
25. My sister either __________ the guitar or ___________ very well.
A. plays / sing B. play / sing
C. plays / sings D. play / sings
26. I can neither draw ___________ sing.
A. either B. nor
C. or D. both
27. He did well in __________ mathematics and history.
A. or B. and
C. neither D. both
28. We have time to see ________ the museum or the cathedral, but not both.