UNIT 8: CELEBRATIONS

PRONUNCIATION
I. Circle the word whose bold part is pronounced differently from those of the other three.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
A. favorite
A. box
A. rivalry
A. much
A. lovely
B. amazing
B. hospital
B. river
B. museum
B. novel
C. late
C. local
C. mind
C. excuse
C. cover
D. happy
D. shop
D. shrine
D. uniform
D. money

II. Circle the word whose stress is on the first syllable.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A. astronaut
A. violinist
A. picturesque
A. envelope
A. excellent
B. adventure
B. automobile
B. industrial
B. entertain
B. favorite
C. elemental
C. commissary
C. paragraph
C. museum
C. beautiful
D. industrial
D. commission
D. Internet
D. medium
D. disappear

VOCABULARY
Choose the best answer that is suitable for each blank or the underlined word or phrase.
11. Our house is right in the country. There are plenty of nice places to walk in the _________ area.
A. around B. near
C. surrounding D. nearby
12. ______________ my advice – don’t get involved with her.
A. Take B. Have
C. Do D. Hold
13. I’m having ___________ difficulty understanding what he means.
A. great B. broad
C. large D. full
14. It wasn’t I who stole the jewels. You’ve made a _____________ mistake.
A. high B. great
C. large D. big
15. Watch out! The ink from your pen is __________________.
A. dripping B. leaking
C. tricking D. slipping
16. I wasn’t impressed by the exhibition – most of the paintings were of a very ___________ standard.
A. little B. low
C. small D. narrow
17. I’ve given ___________ all my old books. We just didn’t have enough space in the apartment.
A. out B. away
C. in D. up
18. Ron ____________ a business trip to Italy with a visit to his uncle in Venice.
A. joined B. united
C. attached D. combined
19. “Don’t ____________ at people – it’s rude.”
A. show B. point
C. indicate D. aim
20. I couldn’t decide between the two records, so I bought ___________ of them.
A. each B. either
C. both D. all
GRAMMAR AND STRUCTURE
Choose the best word or phrase to complete each sentence.
21. Have you told ____________ about the letter?
A. no one B. someone
C. everyone D. anyone
22. I would never borrow money from _______________.
A. anybody B. anything
C. somebody D. something
23. The boy said that he hadn’t done ________________ wrong.
A. something B. nothing
C. anything D. other things
24. He asked me if I had seen his wife ______________.
A. nowhere B. somewhere
C. where D. anywhere
25. ____________ couldn’t understand what she was saying.
A. Nobody B. Anybody
C. Everybody D. Someone
26. _____________ had been changed since my last visit.
A. Anywhere B. Anything
C. Nothing D. Somewhere
27. Tell me if you see ________________ usually.
A. nothing B. everything
C. something D. anything
28. The police told ________________ to remain in their car.
A. everyone B. anyone
C. no one