UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
I. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
1. a. chance b. teaching c. chemistry d. children
2. a. hard b. start c. party d. talk
a. son b. sunshine c. above d. woman
a. polite b. literature c. guide d. kind
a. great b. teacher c. street d. receive
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. a. Physics b. History c. Boils d. Chemistry
2. a. important b. profession c. Geography d. Literature
3. a. entertain b. communicate c. receive d. complain
4. a. children b. student c. professor d. teacher
5. a. opinion b. relax c. semester d.. nervous
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 . Most students find the course very ......................
a. enthusiastic b. anxious c. enjoyable d. convenient
2. ..................is the beach? ~ Only five minutes` walk.
a. How long b. Where c. How often d. How far
She is interested in teaching.................because she loves working with children.
a. semester b. communication c. work d. profession
She was disappointed to fail in two of her four.........................
a. schools b. classes c. lessons d. subjects
Don`t worry ...............me. I’ll be fine
a. to b. about c. with d. for
Our coach was ..................in a traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes late.
a. fastened b. fixed c. joined d. stuck
Approximately half the people interviewed were in manual occupations.
a. hobbies b. careers c. jobs d. visits
Our main objective is to................. educational standards.
a. avoid b. enjoy c. make d. improve
English is an international ....................
a. language b. means c. subject d. profession
Most people start to lose their memory as they get older.
a. ability to remember b. ability to impress c. feeling of admiration d. ability to affect
IV. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence.
1 . You shouldn`t spend all your time.....................
a. study b. to study c. studying d. studied
2. Would o n like......................somewhere for a rest?
a. going b. to go c. go d. to be gone
3. I didn`t like it in the city at first. But now.....................here.
a. I got used to living. b. I`m used to living
c. I`m used to live d. I used to live
Which team..............the game?
a. did it win b. did they win c. won d. won it
Do you want......................with you or do you want to go alone?
a. me coming b. me to come c. that I come d. that I will come
I`m sure you`ll have no .................... the exam.
a. difficulty to pass b. difficulties to pass c. difficulties passing d. difficulty passing
7 ................a hotel, we looked for somewhere to have dinner.
a. Finding b. After finding c. Having found d. We found
8. I...................... English for four years now.
a. have learned b. am learning c. learned d. have been learning
9. I`ll.........................another time, Kevin.
a. keep pace with you b. keep you pace with c. be-kept up with you d. keep pace you with
10. Just keep on.................what you like.
a. do b. did c. doing d. done
11. The guide encouraged the tourists .............. the ? Prado Museum in Madrid.
a. visit b. to visit c. visiting d. visited
12. Shhh! I hear someone......................in the distance. Do you hear it too?
a. shout b. shouted c. to shout d. shouting
13. Are you looking forward ................... on your cassation?