UNIT 1. FRIENDSHIP
I. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
01. A. machine B. change C. teacher D. choose
02. A. condition B. option C. suggestion D. relation
03. A. believe B. readily C. friend D. pleasure
04. A. good B. gossip C. game D. geometry
05. A. trust B. mutual C. number D. uncertain
II. Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, C, or D - that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
06. It was so relaxing to be________ old friends.
A. in B. between C. among D. around
07. She`s made friends________ a little girl who lives next door.
A. to B. of C. by D. with
08. The children seem to be totally capable________ working by themselves.
A. on B. of C. in D. for
09. Your friendship should be based on________ trust.
A. basic B. fragile C. mutual D. blind
10. The company expects________ from its employees.
A. constancy B. quality C. interest D. loyalty
11. I`ve got lots of_______, but only a few are really good friends
A. close friends B. acquaintances C. neighbors D. partners
12. Friendship is a two-sided________, it lives by give-and-take.
A. affair B. event C. aspect D. feature
13. Unselfishness is the very essence of friendship.
A. romantic part B. important part C. difficult part D. interesting part
14. They________ a close friendship at university.
A. created B. became C. promoted D. formed
15. We stayed friends even after we________ and left home.
A. brought up B. turned up C. grew up D. took up
III. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C, or D - that best completes the sentence.
16. He finds it________ lasting friendships.
A. difficult to make B. difficulty in making
C. is difficult to make D. difficult making
17. You________ any friends if you________ talking like that.
A. will win/ carry on B. won`t win/ carry on
C. wouldn`t win/ carried on D. would have won/ had carried on
18. The aim of the culture festival is________ friendship between the two countries
A. promote B. promoting
C. to promote D. being promoted
19. People he ________ turned out to be only fair-weather friends.
A. trusted B. has trusted C. was trusting D. had trusted
20. How can you let such a silly incident ________ your friendship?
A. wreck B. to wreck C. wrecking D. that wrecks
21. It has become necessary ________ water in the metropolitan area because of the severe drought.
A. rationing B. ration C. to ration D. to have rationed
22. All the passengers were made ________ their seat belts during the turbulence.
A. buckle B. to buckle C. buckling D. for buckling.
23. ________ good ice cream, you need to use a lot of cream.
A. Make B. Making C. To make D. For make
24. I got my friend ________ her car for the weekend.
A. to let me to borrow B. to let me borrow C. let me borrow D. let me to borrow
25. They _______ good friends, but they`ve fallen out recently.
A. used to be B. would be C. were D. are
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
26. Whatever happened, I didn`t want to lose friendship of Vera.
A B C D
27. The basic aims of science and magic are very similar - to understand and to control nature.
A B C D
28. It was a period of her