TEST YOURSELF ENGLISH 12- Unit 1. LIFE STORIES
PART 3: TEST YOURSELF
I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. candy B. sandy C. many D. handy
2. A. earning B. learning C. searching D. clearing
3. A. waited B. mended C. naked D. faced
4. A. given B. risen C. ridden D. whiten
5. A. cough B. tough C.
rough D. enough
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the
others.
1. A. designer B.
origin C. history D. quality
2. A. capital B.
construction C. announcement D. eventful
3. A. apartment B. tradition C. different D.
expensive
4. A. monitor B. organize C. following D. inviting
5. A. accurate B. discussion C.
sentiment D. industry
III. Choose the correct words in the box to complete the sentences.
gained patriotism
favourable
talented celebrated
leadership
1. Her mother is always the first
reader of her books, and she creates the most ____ favourable ____ conditions for her daughter to work.
2. Nguyen Dinh Chieu was a
Vietnamese poet who was known for his ____
patriotism ____ and anti-colonial writings against the French
3. The work, Luc Van Tien,
remains one of the most ____ celebrated
____ works in Vietnamese literature.
4. He was the most ____ talented ____ football player that our
school had produced in years. His talent for football was great.
5. Nguyen Hue, with his genius
____ leadership ___, created a
people's army, no matter small or large.
6. Nguyen Binh Khiem ____ gained _____ a reputation as someone
who could foretell the future.
IV. Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. The impact of the assembly
line helped Ford become the dominant
firm in the motorcar industry.
A. most influential B. subservient C. best-selling D.
depressive
2. They all encouraged my
creativity and inspired me in
many ways.
A. overlooked B. motivated C.
rejected D. disappointed
3. She idolizes her artist mother, Ingrid, who is as strong and
dangerous as she is beautiful.
A. impresses B. detests C. worships D.
hates
4. Clara did not care how low the
Phineas fortune had fallen; no proper respectable
girl would allow herself to be a maid.
A.
disreputable B. unworthy C. paltry D. reputable
5. He was by nature a reserved man but not a cold one.
A. shy B. easygoing C. sociable D. lavish
6. She was brought up in a well-off family. She can't
understand the problems we are facing.
A. poor B. broke C. wealthy D. kind
V. Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s)
in each of the following questions.
1. P.G. Wodehouse's broadcasts
attracted the strongest criticism from countrymen who felt it appeared he was indifferent to the war.
A. attentive B. regardless C. unresponsive D. apathetic
2. Although many criticized his
seemingly over-generous pay.
Henry Ford also pointed out that the high wage helped the workers to be able to
afford the cars.
A. lavish B. open-handed C. big-hearted D.
mean
3. Annie ran Tobin's Café on the
Quay for some 30 years where she was known to be a very generous and charitable lady.
A. free-handed
B. generous C. non-profit-making D. penny-pinching
4. Rich, worldly and sophisticated, he could have
been the ideal husband for Gwendolyn but feels compelled to crush her
independent spirit and mold her into his perfect wife.
A. elegant B. naive C.
knowledgeable D. worldly-wise
5. There has been insufficient rainfall over the
past two years, and fanners are having trouble.
A. abundant B. adequate C.
unsatisfactory D. dominant
6. We strongly believe that he's innocent of the crime. We do not
think that he did it
A. crimeless B. skillful C. clean D. guilty
7. The situation seems to be
changing minute by minute.
A. from time
to time B. time after time C. again and again D. very slowly
8. Jose had a hard time comparing
the iPhone to the Samsung phone because to him they were apples and oranges.
A. containing
too many technical details B. very similar
C. completely
different D.
very complicated
VI. Indicate the correct answer to complete each of the following questions.
1. Hawking was honored with many
____ awards like the Gold Medal of the Royal Astronomical Society.
A. exceptional
B. imperative C. indispensible D. prestigious
2. Her range of media enterprises
has made Oprah one of the richest ____ women.
A. ready-made B. self-made C.
tailor-made D.
independent-made
3. When I ____ home last night, I
____ that Jane ____ a beautiful candle light dinner.
A. had
arrived/discovered/preparing B.
was arriving/has discovered/was preparing
C. have
arrived/was discovering/had prepared D. arrived/discovered/was
preparing
4. Tran Hung Dao was a great ____
to lure the enemy to enter deeply into his land, then attacked to destroy them.
A. strategy B. strategist C.
soldier D. king
5. ____ Emperor Quang Trung was
____ second emperor of ____ Tay Son Dynasty, reigning from 1788 to 1792.
A. The - a -
the B. X - a - the C. X - the - the D. X – the - X
6. While I ____ TV last night, a
mouse ran across the floor.
A. watch B. watched C. was watching D. am watching
7. When it began to rain, they
____ in the yard.
A. played B. had played C. were playing D. have played
8. Liz and Laura is going
shopping together.
Liz: "Look! This sweater is
beautiful." - Laura:"____?"
A. Why not
trying it on B.
Why not trying on it
C. Why not try it on D.
Why not try on it
9. Anna is seeing Bill off at the
airport.
Anna: “____” - Bill: "I will."
A. I'll miss
you much. B. Give my best wishes to
your parents.
C. Have a nice
trip! D.
Wish you a happy journey.
10. When I woke up this morning,
it ____.
A. rained B. was raining C. has rained D. is raining
11. Her ____ to medicine was so
great that she had little time for anything else.
A. importance B. dedication C.
emphasis D. reputation
12. Bill Gates was ____ middle
child of William H. Gates II, ____ prominent Seattle Lawyer, and Mary
Gates, who worked as teacher before she had children.
A. the / a / a B. a / a / a C. the / the / a D. the / the / the
13. While Tom ____ tennis,
Ann ____ a shower.
A. played /
took B. playing / taking C. was playing / was
taking D. was
play / was take
14. When they ____ in the garden,
the phone ____.
A. worked /
was ringing B. were working /
rang C. worked /
rang D. work / rings
15. Oprah Winfrey has been an
important role model for black American women, breaking down many
invisible ____.
A. trends B. gaps C. obstacles D. barriers
16. It was on Oprah that
Armstrong finally made a dramatic ____ that he had used
performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career.
A. encouragement
B. confession C.
receipt D. acceptance
17. In 2004, Barack Obama was
elected to the US Senate where he ____ a reputation as one of rising stars
in the Democrat Party.
A. acquired B. refrained C. gained D.
highlighted
18. Michael Porter has ____ as
the strategic adviser to many successful U.S. companies and other
international companies.
A. served B. employed C. described D. appointed
19. Gia Long had to ____ many
difficulties in his early life, as he became the target of rival groups
attempting to wipe out the Nguyen clan completely
A. deal B. cope C. encounter D. surpass
20. A year into his presidency,
Barack Obama was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize (2009) ____ his promise to
promote world peace.
A. about B. for C. with D. on
21. George VI ____ royal duties
such as representing his father at coalmines, factories, and rail yards.
A. paid off B. got over C. gave in D. took up
22. Nelson Mandela is one of the
most ____ political leaders of the Twentieth and Twenty-First Century.
A. admired B. perfect C. talent D. skilled
23. Emergency crews are ____
progress in fixing the broken levees, but they are in a desperate race to
stop the flooding.
A. making B. doing C. getting D. becoming
24. The dream of a successful
Scotland is capable of ____.
A. effort B. achievement C. performance D.
realization
25. If necessary, part of the
responsibility is ____ by the internal security troops.
A. taken on B. taken over C.
taken in D. taken up
26. She is a ____ example of what
people with disabilities can achieve.
A. shining B. brightening C. glamorous D. gloomy
27. He is a captain who leads
____.
A. by instance
B. by mirror C. by example D.
by sample
28. Japan is often quoted as the
prime ____ of a modern industrial nation.
A. example B. performer C. instructor D. pioneer
29. Some argue that the
intellectual life of Bulgarians in the nineteenth century was ____ influenced
by Russian culture.
A.
superficially B. mightily C. terribly D. strongly
30. Peter is an artist himself
and has some of his own very interesting ____ on sale in the shop.
A. create B. creators C. creations D.
creativity
31. We must continually evaluate
the ____ of each change on the product as a whole.
A. performing B. possibility C. impact D.
affect
32. A couple who gave their 50th
blood ____ were presented with awards to mark their achievement.
A. deficiency B. adequacy C. plenty D. donation
VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that needs
correction.
1. Only after Theodore
Roosevelt became president did conservation developed into a
major environmental issue in the United States
A. Only after B. developed C.
into D.
environmental
2. Contemporary poet James
Merrill writes autobiographical verse that building on
remembrances of his childhood.
A.
Contemporary B. writes C. building on D. his
3. Together Rogers and
Hammerstein wrote nine musicals, the first of whose was
Oklahoma (1943).
A. Together B. musicals C. first D. whose
4. Benjamin Franklin was
the editor of the largest newspaper in the colonies, a diplomatic
representative to France and later to England, and he invented many
useful devices
A. was B. the largest C. he invented D.
many
5. Albert Einstein was such
brilliant a scientist that many of his colleagues had to study
for several years in order to form opinions about his theories.
A. such brilliant a
scientist B.
many of his colleagues
C. study D.
about
VIII. Choose the word or phrase from the box that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
earned
took based regard examples saw
rest by
Jack Ma is one
of the world's greatest living (1) ___ examples
_____ of entrepreneurship today. Once a poor lad who survived (2) ___by_____ guiding tourists, Ma left no
stone unturned to rise above his humble condition and achieve success. One of
the first steps he (3) ___took____ in
this (4) ____ regard ____ was to
improve his communication skills by learning English. Jack was one of the first
few individuals who (5) ____saw____
Internet as a business opportunity even at a time when the (6) ____rest__ of the world didn't believe in
his thoughts. After starting his first venture using a mere $20000, the
entrepreneur (7) __ earned ____
around $800,000 in a matter of just three years. However, it is the e-commerce
(8) ____ based ____ venture,
'Alibaba', which he founded in the early 2000s that catapulted this entrepreneur
to global fame.
IX. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the
blank Spare the following passage.
Donald John
Trump is the 45th President of the United States, in office since January 20,
2017. (1) ____
to being a politician, he is a
successful business magnate and television personality as well. The son of a
wealthy real estate developer, Trump attended the Wharton School of the
University of Pennsylvania before taking (2) ____ of his family's business. He
owned several beauty (3) ____ and ventured into (4) ____ television as well.
Expanding the (5) ____ of his ambitions, he entered national politics in the
early 2000s and (6) ____ his eyes on the presidential office. As a politician,
his career was marred by allegations of sexual (7) ____ and he also earned much
(8) ____ for his extravagant lifestyle and (9) ____ comments on immigrants from
Islamic nations. (10) ____ the controversies surrounding him, Trump (11) ____
for the 2016 presidential election as a Republican and (12) ____ Democratic
candidate Hillary Clinton in a surprise victory. Donald Trump is the first
person to assume presidency without prior military or government service and at
70, he is also the oldest one to assume the office.
1. A. In addition B.
In contrast C. Apart D. Other
2. A. steps B. charge C.
measures D. advantages
3. A. pageants B.
competitions C. tests D. examinations
4. A. realistic B. true C. actual D. reality
5. A. scale B. scope C. horizons D. amount
6. A. put B. set C.
lay D. lain
7. A. abuse B. prejudices C. misconduct D.
mistakes
8. A. criticism B.
accusation C. blame D. conviction
9. A. burning B. confusing C. respectful D. controversial
10. A. Thanks to B. Other than C.
Despite D. With
11. A. went B. applied C. ran D.
struggled
12. A. won B. defeated C.
suggested D. appointed
X. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each
question.
Joyce Carol
Oates published her first collection of short stories, By The North Gate, in 1963, two years after she had received her
master's degree from the University of Wisconsin and become an instructor of
English at the University of Detroit. Her productivity since then has been prodigious,
accumulating in less than two decades to nearly thirty titles, including
novels, collections of short stories and verse, play and literary criticism. In
the meantime, she has continued to teach, moving in 1967 from the University of
Detroit to the University of Windsor, in Ontario, and, in 1978, to Princeton
University Reviewers have admired her enormous energy, but find a productivity
of such magnitude difficult to assess.
In a period
characterized by the abandonment of so much of the realistic tradition by
authors such as John Barth, Donald Barthelme, and Thomas Pynchon, Joyce Carol
Oates has seemed at times determinedly old-fashioned in her insistence on the
essentially mimetic quality other fiction. Hers is a world of violence,
insanity, Fractured love, and hopeless loneliness. Although some of it appears
to come from her own direct observations, her dreams, and her fears, much more
is clearly from the experiences of others. Her first novel With Shuddering Fall (1964), dealt with stock car racing, though
she had never seen a race. In Them (1969) she focused on Detroit from the
Depression through the riots of 1967, drawing much of her material from the
deep impression made on her by the problems of one of her students. Whatever
the source and however shocking the events or the motivations, however, her fictive world remains strikingly
akin to that real one reflected in the daily newspapers, the television news
and talk shows, and popular magazines of our day.
1. What is the main purpose of
the passage?
A. To review
Oates' By the North Gate B. To
compare some modern writers
C. To outline Oates career
D. To
describe Oates' childhood
2. Which of the following does
the passage indicate about Joyce Carol Oates' first publication?
A. It was not
successful B. It was a volume of
short fiction
C. It was part
of her master's thesis. D.
It was about an English instructor in Detroit
3. Which of the following does
the passage suggest about Joyce Carol Oates in terms of her writing career?
A. Most of her
work is based on personal experience.
B. Her style
is imitative of other contemporary authors.
C. She has produced a
surprising amount of fictions in a relative short time.
D. She has
experienced long nonproductive periods in her writing.
4. The word "fictive" in the passage is
closest in meaning to ____.
A. imaginary B. attractive C. helpful D. impressive
5. What was the subject of Joyce
Carol Oates' first novel?
A. Loneliness B. Racing C.
Teaching D. Insanity
6. Why does the author mention
Oates' book Them?
A. It is her
best piece of nonfiction
B. It is an
autobiography
C. It is a
typical novel of the 1960's.
D. It is a fictional work
based on another person's experiences.
7. Which of the following would
Joyce Carol Oates be most likely to write?
A. A romance
novel set in the nineteenth century B. A story with an unhappy
ending
C. A dialogue
for a talk show D.
A science fiction novel
XI. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for
each question.
Any list of
the greatest thinkers in history contains the name of the brilliant physicist
Albert Einstein. His theories of relativity led to entirely new ways of
thinking about time, space, matter, energy and gravity. Einstein's work led to
such scientific advances as the control of atomic energy, even television as a
practical application of Einstein's work.
In 1902
Einstein became an examiner in the Swiss patent office at Bern. In 1905, at age
26, he published the first of five major research papers. The first one
provided a theory explaining Brownian movement, the zig-zag motion of
microscopic particles in suspension. The second paper laid the foundation for
the photon, or quantum, theory of light. In it he proposed that light is
composed of separate packets of energy, called quanta or photons, that have
some of the properties of particles and some of the properties of waves. A
third paper contained the "special theory of relativity" which showed
that time and motion are relative to the observer, if the speed of light is
constant and the natural laws are the same everywhere in the universe. The
fourth paper was a mathematical addition to the special theory of relativity.
Here Einstein presented his famous formula, E = m(cc), known as the energy mass
equivalence. In 1916, Einstein published his general theory of relativity. In
it he proposed that gravity is not a force, but a curve in the space-time
continuum, created by the presence of mass.
Einstein spoke
out frequently against nationalism, the exalting
of one nation above all others. He opposed war and violence and supported
Zionism, the movement to establish a Jewish homeland in Palestine. When the
Nazis came to power in 1933, they denounced his ideas. He then moved to the
United States. In 1939 Einstein learned that two German chemists had split the
uranium atom. Einstein wrote to President Franklind. Roosevelt warning him that
this scientific knowledge could lead to Germany developing an atomic bomb. He
suggested the United States begin its own atomic bomb research.
1. According to the passage I,
Einstein's primary work was in the area of ____.
A. chemistry B. biology C. physics D.
math
2. Which of the following
inventions is mentioned in the passage as a practical application of Einstein's
discoveries?
A. Radio B. Television C. Automobiles D.
Computer
3. According to the passage,
Einstein supported all of the following except ____.
A. nationalism
B. the
establishment of a Jewish homeland in Palestine
C. atomic bomb
research in the United States
D. the defeat
of the Nazis
4. According to the passage in
which country did Einstein live in 1930s?
A. Switzerland
B. the United States C. Germany D.
Israel
5. The word "exalting" in the passage is
closest in meaning to ____.
A. criticism B.
elimination C. support D. elevation
6. It is clear from the tone of
the passage that the author feels ____.
A. Einstein's
work in physics was somewhat tarnished by his conservative political views.
B. Einstein's
work in physics, though theoretically impressive, led to few practical
applications.
C. Albert Einstein was one
of the most brilliant thinkers in history.
D. Einstein's
theories have been consistently proven incorrect.
7. According to Einstein, light
is composed of separate packets of energy called ____.
A. electrons B. photoelectrons C. gamma rays D.
quanta
XII. Indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following questions.
1. Even if the job market is not
stable, those who persist will be able to land jobs eventually.
A. When it's
hard to find a job, jobs on land are even harder.
B. Patient people will
secure jobs even in an instable job market.
C. Only
persistent job seekers can find jobs.
D. In land
jobs are only available to persistent jobs applicants.
2. Only their own mother can tell
Simon and Mike apart.
A. No one
other than their own mother can separate Simon and Mike.
B. Simon and
Mike bear some resemblance to each other.
C. It's very difficult to
distinguish Simon and Mike.
D. Except for
their own mother, no one can talk to Simon and Mike.
3. "How beautiful is the
dress you have just bought!" Peter said to Mary.
A. Peter
promised to buy Mary a beautiful dress.
B. Peter said
thanks to Mary for her beautiful dress.
C. Peter asked
Mary how she had just bought her beautiful dress.
D. Peter complimented Mary
on her beautiful dress.
4. Those who are riding a
motorbike are not allowed to take off their helmet.
A. People must never take
their helmet off while they are riding a motorbike.
B. Those who
are wearing a helmet are not allowed to ride a motorbike.
C. It is the
helmet that one needn't wear when he is riding a motorbike.
D. You should
not wear a helmet when you are riding a motorbike.
XIII. Indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of the following sentences.
1. The soccer team knew they lost
the match. They soon started to blame each other.
A. Not only
did the soccer team lose the match but they blamed each other as well.
B. No sooner
had the soccer team started to blame each other than they knew they lost the
match.
C. As soon as
they blamed each other, the soccer team knew they lost the match.
D. Hardly had the soccer
team known they lost the match when they started to blame each other.
2. We have been friends for years.
It is quite easy to share secrets between us.
A. Being
friends for years, we find it quite easy to share secrets.
B. We find it
quite easy to share secrets, being friends for years.
C. We have
been friends so that it is quite easy to share secrets between us.
D. Having been friends for
years, we find it quite easy to share secrets between us.
3. The government knows the
extent of the problem. The government needs to take action soon.
A. Knowing the extent of
the problem, the government needs to take action soon.
B. The
government knows the extent of the problem whereas it needs to take action
soon.
C. The
government knows the extent of the problem so that it needs to take action
soon.
D. The
government knows the extent of the problem or else it needs to take action
soon.
4. He didn't notice anything. We
might have been in trouble otherwise.
A. If he
noticed anything, we would be in trouble.
B. If he
hadn't noticed anything, we couldn't have been in trouble.
C. If he had noticed
anything, we could have been in trouble.
D. If he
noticed anything, we could have been in trouble.
