UNIT 16 : HISTORICAL PLACES- Edited by LY VIET DUNG - 0983344217 I/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group: 1/ A. hi storical B. arri val C. brilliant D. sti ll 2/ A. places B. houses C. increases D. chooses 3/ A. laurea te B. teach C. sea son D. mea n 4/ A. fa mous B. pa ssage C. ta lent D. ca rry 5/ A. cultural B. such C. su ggest D. particular II/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group: 1/ A. historical B. renovation C. traditional D. continuous 2/ A. famous B. become C. relic D. passage 3/ A. Confucian B. cultural C. architect D. festival 4/ A. behavior B. brilliant C. existence D. impressive 5/ A. establish B. impressive C. successful D. typical III/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence: 1/ She specializes in _______ novels set in eighteenth-century England. A. history B. historian C. historic D. historical 2/ She's studying modern Japanese language and _______. A. culture B. cultured C. cultural D. culturally 3/ He is best known as the _______ of a long-running TV series. A. origin B. original C. originality D. originator 4/ Ask me again tomorrow. I'll have to give it some _______. A. think B. thinking C. thought D. thoughtful 5/ Reducing the size of classes may improve _______ standards. A. educate B. educated C. educational D. educative 6/ I didn't get much of an _______ of the place because it was dark when we drove through it. A. impress B. impression C. impressive D. impressively 7/ A number of patients have been _______ treated with the new drug. A. success B. successful C. successfully D. unsuccessful 8/ It's just a _______ of the bigger river, but called by a different name. A. continue B. continuous C. continual D. continuation 9/ I'm just going to _______ myself - it should only take a few hours. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully 10/ All she needed to _______ her happiness was a baby. A. complete B. completely C. completion D. completeness VII/ Select the best option to complete the sentences: 1/ My house is _______ yours. They have the same size. A. as big as B. so big as C. bigger than D. the biggest 2/ Your watch is _______ mine. Yours is 300 dollars and mine is 200 dollars only. A. cheaper than B. more expensive than C. as expensive as D. the cheapest 3/ The film is _______ the one we saw last week. A. so interesting as B. less interesting than C. fewer interesting thanD. much interesting than 4/ Petrol is _______ it was a few years ago. A. as twice expensive as B. more expensive twice than C. twice as expensive as D. expensive more than twice 5/ The exam paper is _______ we expected. A. more easily than B. more easy than C. more easier than D. easier than 6/ Let’s go by bus. It’s _______. A. much cheaper B. more cheaper C. much cheaper than D. more cheaper than 7/ _______ I get, _______ I am. A. The older- the more happy B. The more old- the happierC. The older- the happierD. The more old- the more happy 8/ ______ money we earn, _______ we live. A. The more- the betterB. The many- the better C. The more- the more good D. The many- the more good 9/ It I were _______, I’d fall in love with her. A. more younger B. any younger C. much older than D. older than 10/ What was _______ holiday you’ve ever had? A. most enjoyable B. the most enjoyable C. the more enjoyable D. more enjoyable VIII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them: 1/ She’s nothing (A) like (B) so good (C) at tennis (D) like her friend. 2/ (A) Have (B) as (C) many potatoes (D) that you like. 3/ His hand is (A) so (B) steady (C) as (D) a rock. 4/ The dictionary wasn’t (A) nearly (B) as (C) helpful (D) than I had hoped. 5/ Tom drank (A) half (B) as (C) much beer (D) like Hugo. 6/ (A) The more (B) difficult it is, (C) more (D) harder he tries. 7/ You’re (A) the (B) more (C) infuriating person I’ve (D) ever met. 8/ He’s (A) a great deal (B) the best (C) boxer (D) in the world. 9/ I (A) would like (B) to go to a school (C) as (D) the one my sister goes to. 10/ That garden is (A) as (B) beautiful (C) like the one (D) in the park. Choose the sentence (a, b, c or d) which has a similar meaning first one. 1. I've yet to meet a more exasperating person than my brother-in-law. a. My brother-in-law is the most exasperating person I've ever met.b. My brother-in-law is more exasperating than I am. c. I've never met a more exasperating person than my brother-in-law.d. a and c are correct. 2. Our meal will be over by eight o'clock. a. We finish our meal at eight o'clock.b. We will be havin g our meal by eight o'clock. c. We will have finished our meal by eight o'clock.d. We will have our meal at eight o'clock. 3. Their excitement was increasing all the time. a. They were getting more and more excited.b. They feel more excited than they used to. c. They felt most excited.d. They were getting the most excited. 4. Impressed as we were by the new cinema, we found it rather expensive. a. We were very impressed by the new cinema. but found it rather expensive. b. We were not very impressed by the new cinema at all because it looked rather expensive c. We weren't as much impressed by the new cinema's look as its cost. d. The new cinema was more expensive than we expected. 5. My father doesn't play tennis as well as he used to. a. My father used to play tennis very well. b. My father used to play tennis worse than he does now. c. My father is used to playing tennis better than now. d. My father used to play tennis better than he does now. 6. Fewer people came to the meeting than we had expected a. Too many people came to the meeting. b. There were more people at the meeting than we had expected. c. We had expected more people to come to the meeting. d. We had expected less people to come to the meeting A. Choose the words or phrases that best complete the passage. Westminster Abbey is a very big (1) in Westminster, London. It is one of the (2) famous buildings in London. Most of the present building.(3) replaced an earlier one. was built in the 13th and 14th centuries, in the Gothic (4) Every English king and , queen has been crowned there (5) William the Conqueror in 1066. (6) famous English people are buried in the Abbey or have (7) in it, and it contains . Poets Corner and the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier. In 1997, the (8) of Diana. Princess of Wales. (9) there. The Abbey was (10) a World Heritage Site in 1987. 1. a. tomb b. mausoleum c. building d. church 2. a. most b. best c. least d. worst 3. a. that b. whose c. which d. where 4. a. kind b. style c. method d. taste 5. a. during b. from c. for d. since 6. a. Every b. Many c. More d. A lot 7. a. memory b. memories c. memorials d. memorization 8. a. wedding b. ceremony c. baptism d. funeral 9. a. took part b. took place c. got over d. set up 10. a. rewarded b. called c. made d. comprised B. Read the text carefully, then choose the correct answer. Las Vegas, Nevada, is the most famous city for gambling in the United States. Some people say that Las Vegas is a mispronunciation of 'lost wages'. The casinos and hotels have so many neon lights that people call this city in the desert 'The City of Lights'. Each of the big hotels in Las Vegas is special. Going into one is like enter ing another world. One hotel is like ancient Egypt. Another is like a tropical island. Still another is like New York City. These hotels have shows with famous entertainers. Everything looks expensive. But the rooms cost half the price of the rooms in other places. And the restaurants have all-you-can-eat meals for very little money. That's because the hotels make their money from the gambling casinos. Las Vegas started in 1905 as a small train stop. There. were only a few buildings in the middle of the desert. In 1946. a famous gangster named Bugsy Seigel built the first casino. Re was. murdered in 19-17. "Iris made him and Las Vegas more famous! In the early 1950s, tourist went to Las Vegas not only to gamble. They went to watch atomic bomb tests in the desert outside the city. In those days, people didn't know it was dangerous. They thought it was exciting. Las Vegas is also famous for its many wedding chapels. Like all of Las Vegas, they are open twenty-four hours a day. Getting married is easy. A couple just pays a few dollars for a license, and they can get married immediately. They don't have to wait. Many famous movie stars were married in Las Vegas. It is interesting that Las Vegas has more churches for its population anywhere else in the United States. That's not counting welding chapels. Another interesting fact is that tourists have a greater chance of having a heart attack in Las Vegas than in any other American city. 1. Some people think Las Vegas means a. 'Lost Desert' b. 'The City of Lights' c. 'Diamond in the Desert' d. 'Lost Wages' 2. Why is Las Vegas called 'The City of Lights'? a. Because it gets a lot of light in the night. b. Because of bright lights of the city. c. Because it has so many street lights. d. Because the casinos and hotels have their neon lights on all day and night. 3. A big hotel in Las Vegas a. costs a lot of money to stay in b. is like a tropical island c. looks expensive d. earns profits from its casino. 4. Originally, Las Vegas a. was a train stop b. was a desert c. had few buildings d. located in the middle of desert 5. After Bugsy Siegel was murdered, a. no one wanted to go to Las Vegas b. the first casino was built c. Las Vegas was more famous d. people went to Las Vegas to see atomic bomb tests 6. Las Vegas is also the place a. where Churches open twenty-four hours a day b. where many couples go to get married quickly c. in which many famous stars live d. which is famous for its wedding chapels 7. Which of the following is not true about Las Vegas? a. Las Vegas has more churches for its population. b. In the 1950s, tourists went to Las Vegas to see atomic bomb test. c. Las Vegas is just famous for its casinos. d. Tourists who come to Las Ve g as have a great chance of having heart attack. the end . _______ myself - it should only take a few hours. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautifully 10/ All she needed to _______ her happiness was a baby. A. complete B. completely C. completion. _______, I’d fall in love with her. A. more younger B. any younger C. much older than D. older than 10/ What was _______ holiday you’ve ever had? A. most enjoyable B. the most enjoyable C. the more. in the world. 9/ I (A) would like (B) to go to a school (C) as (D) the one my sister goes to. 10/ That garden is (A) as (B) beautiful (C) like the one (D) in the park. Choose the sentence (a,