Practice test of unit 12

PRACTICE Test of unit 12
I-PHONETICS
A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each line
 1. A. consultant B. photographer C. ambition D. delicate
 2. A. miraculous	B. eject	 C. typhoon	D. abstract
 3. A. criminal	B. canoeing	 C. character	D. vertical
 4. A. opponent	B. mischievous C. family	D. leftovers
B. Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
5. A. bats	B. speaks	C. baths	D. nurses
6. A. garage	B. shortage	C. courage	D. luggage
 7. A. walked	B. explained	C. helped	D. missed
 8. A. church	B. children	C. chemistry	D. chair
II- VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR NOTES 
 Choose A, B, C or D that best completes the unfinished sentence.
9. If he isn’t Spanish, what ___________is he?
A. nation 	B. international	C. nationality	 D. national 
10. How wide is this street? – “_______________”
	A. It’s ten yards wide	 B. It’s wide ten yards	
	C. It’s in wide ten yards D. It’s ten yards in wide 
11. A water polo cap is used to ___the players’ head and to identify them.
    A. tie B. penalize  C. protect D. move
12. I have never taken part in any water sports __________ I cannot swim.
A. because	B. because of	C. due to	 	D. although
 13. Many people do not like scuba diving __________.
	A. because its danger	B. because of it is danger
	C. because it is dangerous	D. due to it is dangerous
14. What kind of sport one chooses to play mostly depends _________his preference and health.
A. with	B. for	C. in	D. on
 15. In water polo game, only the goalie can hold the ball _______ two hands.
A. at	B. in	C. with	D. from
 16. They are going to __________ the pool to 1.8 meter.
A. deep	B. depth	C. deepen	D. deeply
17. The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a ________.
A. penalty	B. penalize	 C. penal D. penalization
18. __________ is a sport in which you move along the surface of the sea or a lake on a long narrow board with a sail on it.
A. Water polo B. Diving	 C. Windsurfing	 D. Scuba diving
19. I __________ think that scuba diving is more of danger than adventure.
A. person	B. personal	C. personally	D. personalize
20. The referee’s ________ is the most important in any sport competition.
   A. decide  B. decisive  C. decision  D. decider
 21. The main task of a defender in a sport game is to __________ the opponents from scoring.
     A. prevent   B. preventing   C. prevention   D. preventable
22. Brenda: “Do you think it will rain? 	Carol: “Oh!________.” 
A. I hope not 	B. I don’t hope so 	C. I don’t hope D. It’s hopeless 
 23. Harry: ‘Thanks for your help, Judy.’- - - 	Judy: ‘________.’
A. With all my heart	B. Never remind me
C. It’s my pleasure	D. Wish you
 24. The more goals the players _______, the more exciting the match became.
A. marked	B. made	C. scored	D. sprinted
25. Ann: Do you think you’ll get the job?	Mary:________
A. I know so	B. Well, I hope so	C. I think not	 D. Yes, that’s right
 26. Hung: ‘ Thank you very much for a lovely party’ Hoa: ‘______.’
A. You are welcome	 B. Have a good day	C. Thanks	D. Cheers
 27: Dora: “What’s your name?” 	Helen: “________” 
A. OK. 	 B. Forgive me. 	C. Really? 	D. Pardon? 
28: We are not used________ on the left. 
A. driving 	 B. to driving 	C. to be driven 	D. to drive 
29: Peter ________ at the moment, so he can’t answer the telephone. 
A. works 	 B. worked 	C. is working 	 D. has worked 
 30: There are________ planets in the universe that we cannot count them. 
A. such 	B. so many 	C. so 	D. so much 
III- READING COMPREHENSION
A. Read the following passage. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete the passage.
Many people love boats .Going out on the water (31) __________ a warm summer day is a lot of fun. (32) __________, different people like different kinds of boats. Two of the most popular kinds of boats are sailboats and speedboats. Sailboats use the (33) __________ to give them power. They only have small engines. In contrast, speedboats have large engines and go very fast. Furthermore, speedboats are usually not as (34) __________ as sailboats. Speedboats are small so that they can go fast. Sailboats, on the other hand, are big so that they are more comfortable.(35) __________ sailboats can travel into the ocean ,but this would be very dangerous in a speedboat. You can only use most speedboats on rivers and lakes.
 31. A. at	B. on	C. in	D. while
 32. A. However	B. Although	C. Because	D. Unless
 33. A. water	B. speeds	C. weather	D. wind
34. A. small	B. fast	C. warm	D. big
35. A. Unfortunately	B. At first	C. In addition	D. Except for
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Basketball was invented by James Naismith in 1891. Naismith wanted to make a game that could be played indoors. He remembered a game he used to play in his childhood. He developed that game to make basketball.
Basketball is played on a basketball court. There is a backboard with an iron basket at each end of the court. The basket is 10 feet high. The only other equipment is a basketball.
Naismith made 13 rules to guide the game. There are 5 people on each team .Basketball players must dribble the ball. The goal of this game is to put the ball into the other team’s basket and to earn points. The team with the most points wins the game.
Basketball is now very popular all over the world. America has very good teams in the National Basketball Association (NBA).
Question 36. The word “indoors” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________ .
A. at the door	B. inside a building 	 
C. out of the door	 	D. through the door
Question 37. The word “dribble” in paragraph 3 could be replaced by __________.
A. move	B. catch	C. stop	D. throw
Question 38. The purpose James Naismith invented basketball was ______
A. to remember his childhood. 	 	
B. to make a game that could be played indoors.
C. to develop it into a popular game throughout the word.	
D. to make 13 rules to guide the game.
Question 39. The author’s main purpose in paragraph 3 is __________
A. to describe how basketball is played.	
B. to tell the history of basketball .
C. to teach people how to play basketball .	
D. to show how popular basketball is now.
Question 40. All of the following are true about basketball EXCEPT
A. Basketball is enjoyed everywhere in the world.	
B. There are 13 rules to follow when playing basketball.
C. The equipment of the basketball game is a court and a basketball.
D. All nations have teams in the National Basketball.
IV- WRITING
A. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the given one.
 41. The gate is closed to stop the children running into the road.
	A. The gate is so closed that the children cannot run into the road.
	B. The gate is closed so that the children cannot run into the road.
	C. The gate is closed for the children not running into the road.
	D. The gate is closed so as the children cannot run into the road.
 42. Jack has stopped writing letters to Jill. 
 	 A. Jack has no longer stopped writing to Jill 	 
	B. Jack has never written letters to Jill before.
	 C. Jack used to write letters to Jill.	 
	 D. Jack stopped writing letters when Jill came. 
 43. They moved to this suburb in 1997.
 	A. They have lived in this suburb since 1997 
 	B. They lived in this suburb in 1997.
 	C. They have lived in this suburb before.	 
 D. They have moved to this suburb since 1997.
 44. Even though they were late, they didn’t hurry.
 	 A. In spite that they were late, they didn’t hurry. 	
B. Despite being late, they didn’t hurry.
 	 C. Because of being late, they were in a hurry. 
 	D. They were in a hurry because they were late.
 45. The roads were slippery because it snowed heavily.
A. It snowed too heavily to make the roads slippery. 
B. The heavy snow prevented the roads from-being slippery.
C. Thanks to the slip of the roads, it snowed heavily.
D. The heavy snow made the roads slippery.
Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
 46. The sport become very popular in Europe and by the late 70's there was windsurfing fever in Europe with one in every three households having a sailboard. 
47. The first world championship of windsurfing held in 1973. Windsurfing first became an Olympic sport in 1984 for men and 1992 for women.
48. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time.
 A B C D
49. After she had bought himself a new car, she sold her bicycle.
 A B C D
50. After George had returned to his house, he was reading a book. 
 A B C D