UNIT 3. PEOLE’S BACKGROUND
I. Choose the word that has the letter (s) pronounced differently from the others.
A. background B. about C. harbour D. founding
A. scientist B. institute C. radium D. tragic
A. private B. diploma C. scientist D. writer
A. education B. humanitarian C. tutor D. subject
A. received B. worked C. obtained D. harboured
A.harbour B. hour C. hobby D. husband
A. born B. world C. fork D. short
A. radium B. atomic C. mature D. attend
A. place B. name C. exam D. agency
A. conditions B. colours C. hobbies D. dislikes

A. suffering B. determine C. terrible D. service
A. professor B. remember C. attention D. behind
A. detail B. expensive C. bracket D. everyone
A. chemistry B. prepare C. receive D. degree
A.education B. experience C. intelligent D. general
A. determine B. become C.together D. basketball
A. death B. dream C. ease D. repeat
A. general B. extremely C. degree D. research
A. memorial B. essay C. economics D. return
A. letter B. secondary C. centre D. certificate

A. language B. package C. mathematics D. marvelous
A. specialisation B. background C. radium D. humane
A. family B. romantic C. example D. paragraph
A. basketball B. dancing C. handbag D. carpet
A. travel B. marry C. champion D. diploma
A. career B. mature C. tragic D. abroad
A. awarded B. academic C. address D. another
A. imagine B. classmate C. ambitious D. humanitarian
A. private B. champion C. calculation D. manage
A. mature B. married C. tragic D. travel
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
A. background B. career C. harbour D. private
A. scientific B. difficulty C. education D. mathematics
A. obtain B. mature C. award D. suffer
A. ambitious B. atomic C. brilliant D. determine
A. professor B. champion C. institute D. exactly
A. secondary B. impossible C. conditional D. intelligent
A. suffering B. general C. interrupt D. brilliant
A. position B. another C. determine D. appearance
A. tragic B. severe C. tutor D. humane
A. primary B. diploma C. interview D. favourite

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.
Marie Curie was born................November 7, 1867.
A. in B. from C. at D. on
The new surgeon will ...................her post in May.
A. go on B. get over C. take up D. look after
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
He took …………the position that his father had obtained at thecollege.
A.on B.to C.up D.in

Let me give you a little .................................about the president of the company.
A. specialization B. concentration C. background D. degree
Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She`s a.....................woman.
A. ambitious B. strong-willed C. brilliant D. humane
He passed his exams with flying colour.
A. successfully B. difficultly C. badly D. easily
She harbored her hope of being a teacher.
A. gave up her hope of being a teacher B.had her hope of being a teacher
C. kept her hope of being a teacher in her mindD.built her hope of being, a teacher
He behaved like an adult. I think he is more