UNIT 3: PEOPLE`S BACKGROUND
I. Choose the word that has the letter (s) pronounced differently fro the others.
1. a. language b. package c. mathematics d. marvelous
2. a. chemistry b. prepare c. receive d. degree
3. a. private b. diploma c. guide d. writer
4. a. trouble b. study c. tutor d. subject
5. a. received b. worked c. obtained d. harbored
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
1. a. background b. career c. secondary d. private
2. a. scientific b. atomic c. impossible d. professor
3. a. obtain b. determine c. award d. harbour
4. a. ambitious b. difficulty c. brilliant d. mature
5. a. education b. difficulty c. champion d. Institute


III. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.
1. Marie Curie was born................November 7, 1867.
a. in. b. from c. at d. on
2. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.
a. make up b. find out c. take over d. put up
3. Let me give you a little .................................about the president of the company.
a. specialization b. concentration c. background d. degree
4. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She`s a.....................woman.
a. ambitious b. strong-willed c. brilliant d. humane
5. He passed his exams with flying colour.
a. successfully b. difficultly c. badly d. easily
6. She harbored her hope of being a teacher.
gave up her hope of being a teacher c.had her hope of being a teacher
kept her hope of being, a teacher in her mind d.built her hope of being, a teacher
7. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more.................... than the other boys at his class.
a. intelligent b. mature c. ambitious d. developed
8. The new road should help ......................traffic problems.
a. raise b. create c. ease d. cause
9. There is no................... explanation for what happened.
a. scientist b. scientific c. scientifically d. since
10. The new surgeon will ...................her post in May.
a. go on b. get over c. take up d. look after
IV. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.
The man looked familiar. I ................... him somewhere before.
a. saw b. have seen c. had seen d. see
Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It ................. everything in its path.
a. destroyed b. was destroyed c. had destroyed d. has destroyed
In spite of.................., we decided to go out.
a. we felt very tired b. feeling tired c. all of us felt tired d. tired
4. When we.........................the bill. we left the restaurant.
a. had paid b. were paying c. paid d. had been paying.
5. When the firework....................off, the dog....................away.
a. had gone/ ran b. went/ had run c. went/ ran d. went/was running
In 1903, Marie became the first woman...................a Doctor of Science degree.
a. receiving h. receive c. receives d. to receive
The police officer stopped us and asked us where........................
a. were we going b. are we going c. we are going d. we were going
8. . Annie found the souvenirs ................. she wanted at the gift shop.
a. that b. which c. θ d. all are correct
The manager made his employees ................. the computer evening class.
a. attending b. attend c. to attend d. attendance
10. Marie Curie....................a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
a. awarded b. was awarded c. had awarded d. had been awarded
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