UNIT 1. FAMILY LIFE
Exercise 1: Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from others.
Question 1: A. benefit B. winner C. extended D. gender
Question 2: A. chore B. grocery C. household D. control
Question 3: A. financial B. benefit C. critical D. contribute
Question 4: A. heavy B. breadwinner C. pear D. weather
Question 5: A. burden B. homemaker C. grocery D. equal
Question 6: A. lifting B. iron C. family D. responsibility
Question 7: A. nurture B. extended C. lifting D. critical
Exercise 2: Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has different stress pattern from others.
Question 8: A. equal B. extend C. gender D. heavy
Question 9: A. financial B. convergence C. family D. contribute
Question 10: A. parent B. burden C. iron D. nuclear
Question 11: A. nurture B. laundry C. confide D. finance
Question 12: A. benefit B. contribute C. enormous D. financial
Question 13: A. breadwinner B. heavy C. household D. conduct
Question 14: A. laundry B. extended C. equal D. nurture
Question 15: A. grocery B. convergence C. critical D. parenting
Exercise 3: Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the sentences
Question 1: Sam didn`t get much formal _______.
A. school B. schooling C. schooldays D. schoolgirl
Question 2: All her life she had a _______ trust in other people.
A. child B. childlike C. childish D. childless
Question 3: My father is the __________ of my family and my mother is the homemaker.
A. breadwinner B. finance C. household D. nurture
Question 4: He is having a lot of difficulties, ___________?
A. doesn’t it B. isn’t it C. isn’t he D. doesn’t he
Question 5: Both men and women should __________ responsibility for equal shared parenting.
A. have B. get C. hold D. take
Question 6: We wish _______ to college next year.
A. go B. to go C. going D. shall go
Question 7: An __________ family is a family with more than two generation living together under the same roof.
A. nuclear B. happy C. extended D. shared
Question 8: He suggests _______ to France this summer time.
A. travel B. to travel C. travelling D. traveled
Question 9: Despite _________ burden, his mother tried to raise him by herself.
A. finances B. financial C. financially D. finance
Question 10: We would love _______ three cups of coffee.
A. have B. to have C. having D. had
Question 11: I don’t know how to _______ the laundry or iron clothes.
A. do B. make C. have D. look
Question 12: ___________he is tired, he can’t work longer.
A. Because B. Even though C. Although D. Besides
Question 13: His idea contributes a lot ________ our project.
A. in B. of C. with D. to
Question 14: When he was a boy, he was always willing to join in a ________ of football.
A. match B. play C. game D. group
Question 15: __________ in Shanghai than in any other city in China.
A. More people live B. More people living
C. It has more people D. More living people
Exercise 4: Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?
I’m Brian. I belong to a middleclass family. There are six members in my family. They are our parents, grandparents, I and my younger sister. Our grandfather is the head of the family. He enjoys a commanding position. His decision is final in family matters. Nobody can dare to go against him. Everybody respects him. He is the guardian of the family. He is a cool and