UNIT 2: PERSONAL EXPERIENCES

PRONUNCIATION
I. Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A. ethnic
A. ghost
A. took
A. economic
A. bear
B. think
B. lost
B. look
B. equal
B. tear
C. without
C. boss
C. blood
C. ethic
C. heart
D. method
D. postpone
D. good
D. evening
D. pear

II. Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A. moral
A. protect
A. floppy
A. scientist
A. perform
B. cancer
B. loyalty
B. affect
B. lucky
B. weather
C. money
C. outlook
C. idol
C. delete
C. climate
D. embrace
D. sneaky
D. memorable
D. creation
D. honey

VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer that is suitable for each blank or the underlined word or phrase.
11. I write home once a week because I want to ___________ with my family.
A. see B. touch
C. keep in touch D. neglect
12. Every year millions of people ___________ a cold, so we call it “common”.
A. make B. take
C. prevent D. catch
13. The bread costs 5,000 dong. The milk is 4,000 dong. That is 9,000 dong ___________ then, please.
A. together B. cost
C. total D. altogether
14. After the doctor smiled at me and told me not to worry, I felt ____________ scared.
A. more B. little
C. less D. much
15. He has a high fever, so the nurse needs to ______________ his temperature.
A. take B. get
C. watch D. collect
16. I think I have a ______________ in my tooth. It hurts me.
A. problem B. cavity
C. virus D. drill
17. Mr. Peter is my new neighbor. He moved in a fewer weeks ago. His house is _________ to mine.
A. next door B. behind
C. beside D. to the left
18. Don’t worry. The cold will ___________ for a few days and then disappear.
A. last B. take
C. spend D. have
19. To my _____________ the monkey picked up a banana and gave it to my sister.
A. amaze B. amazing
C. amazement D. amazed
20. Everybody found the talk _______________. Some students even fell asleep.
A. bore B. boring
C. bored D. to bore
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
21. Yesterday I went to Nam’s house, but the front door was locked. He ________ out.
A. went B. had gone
C. was going D. has gone
22. The Second World War ____________ in 1939 and ____________ in 1945.
A. begins / ends B. had begun / ended
C. has begun / had ended D. began / ended
23. By the time we got to the theater, the movie ___________________, so we missed the first five minutes.
A. started B. were starting
C. had started D. starts
24. I __________ Casablanca for the first time last night. I ___________ it before.
A. saw / had never seen B. have seen / had never seen
C. see / have never seen D. was seeing / has never seen
25. Did you _____________ anywhere interesting last weekend?
A. go B. went
C. was going D. gone
26. My girlfriend _________________ born on the 2nd of September 1974.
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