UNIT 3 : ISAAC NEWTON – GRAVITY TEST 1 I . Choose the word which is pronounced differetly from the others 1 . a. young b. about c. account d. sound 2 . a. astronaut b. anchor c. spaceman d. capsule 3 . a. christmas b. anchor c. chemistry d. cheque 4 . a.deliver b. diffierent c. diagram d. disease 5 . a. hurl b. pull c. june d. would II . Choose the right word or phrase that best completes the sentence 6 . It’s time we this old car and bought anew one . a. will sell b. had sold c. have sold d. sold 7 . I himten days ago . a. see b. saw c. have seen d. will see 8 . It a long time since I lastsawhim . a. is b. was c. will be d. had been 9 . I don’t know where . a. is he living b. he,s living c. did he live d. has he lived 10 . Please wait for him until he back . a. came b. will came c. coming d. comes 11 . The pull the earth is very strong . a. in b. at c. at d. on 12 . Gravity keeps us being hurled offthe earth as it whirls around . a. from b. to c. in d. with 13 . My father often drives his car a speed of 50 kilomettres an hour . a. at b. on c. in d. with 14 . Water never runs . a. downhll b. uphill c. upside d. downside 15 . Astroauts traverlling in space capsule are . a. weight b. overweight c. weightlessness d. weightless III . Find the one choice that best completes the sentence 16 . It is city that he’s got lost . a a such big b such big c such a big d. a very big 17 . If we had had time , w e to the party . a would have gone b. can go c. will go d. will have gone 18 . If I were you , I that job . a. would apply for b. will ask for c. will have changed d. can take 19 . That man can tell us where . a. does John live b. John living c. John lives d. does John live 20 . There are in the universe that we cannot could them a. so much stars b. so many stars c. such stars many d. such stars much 21 . If there were no gravity , water never run downhill. a. will b. can c. won’t d. would 22 . Scientists wondered a person could stand weighing nothing. a. what b. if c. that d. about 23 .You can find out hard the earth is pulling you by weighing yourself . a. how b. wich c. what d. that 24 . what if the earth suddenly stopped going round the sun? a. happens b. will happen c. would happen d. happened 25 . He has to do that he can’t go to the cinema with us . a. so much work b. so many work c. such much work d. such a work IV . Choose the words or phrases thet are not correct in standard English 26 . A champon high jumper can jump than ten feet off the ground . a b c d 27 . Astronmauts orbited the earth don’t have weight . a b c d 28 . Newton laid the foundations to his discoveries in mathematics and physics . a b c d 29 . Babanas are usually sold in weight . a b c d 30 . He exerted all his influence to make them to accept his plan . a b c d 31 . The noise from his stereo were a nuisanace to the neighbours . a b c d 32 . There are many hand – make things in this shop . a b c d 33 . The satellite travelled so far into space that nobody could see it with barely a b c d eyes 34. The apples in the orchard are such rice that their sweet smell spreads in the air a b c d 35 . If there werenot gravity , objects you throw will go in an exactly straight line a b c until thery hit something d V . Choose the word (a , b , c or d) that bets fits each of the bank spaces Issac Newton , one of the (36) scientists , was born (37) December 25 th , 1642 in a small village (38) Woolthorpe in England . His father was a poor (39) . When the boy was fourteen , his father died . Newton (40) school and helped his mother on the farm . (41) he was fond (42) physics and mathematics , Newtonwas sent to school . (43) he left high school , Newton studied at Cambridge Universuty . In 1667 he became (44) professor on math- ematics at Cambridge Universuty . His greatest discovery is the (45) of gravitation . He died in 1727. 36 . a. great b. greatest c. most great d. greater 37 . a. in b. on c. at d. botha and are correct 38 . a. in b. at c. on d. of 39 . a. blacksmith b. apperentice c. bookbinder d. farmer 40 . a. went b. sent c. left d. run 41 . a. so b. so that c. because d. because of 42 . a. in b. of c. at d. about 43 . a. for b. while c. before d. after 44 . a.an b. one c. a d. the 45 . a. law b. invention c. foundation d. operation VI . Read the following passage and choose the item (a,b,c or d) that best answers each of the questions about it In the future astronauts may be expected to spend great lengths of time in zero g. their bodies may change permanently . Ed Gibson , an astronaut , said “The body does a great job of adjusting to zero gravity . It does lust what it should to adjist to the new environment . What we worry about is what happappens when you come back” . 46 . The word “adjust” means most nearly . a. adapt b. satisfy c. fit d. admit 47. Which of the following statements is the best main idea? a. The body of an astronaut changes a lot when he is in zero gravity b. The problem of adjusting the body to the new environment of future astronauts . c. The worry about what happens when the astronauts come back . d. Future astronauts will have to spend geat lengths of time in zero g . 48 . Which of the following statements is not true? a. Their bodies may change a lot in zero g . b. Their bodias can adjust to zero gravity . c. Their bodies can adjust to new environment . d. Their bodies can’t stand the time in zero g . 49 . What may the future astronauts be exbected? a. To look after their bodies b. To spant lengths of time in zero g . c. To adjust to new environment d. To change their bodies 50 . What do the scientists worry about? a. What happens in zero g b. Whet happens to the future astronauts c. What happens when the astronauts d. What happens when the astronauts spendin zero g TEST 2 I . Choose the word which is pronounced differetly from the others 1 . a. comfortable b.come c. some d. comb 2 . a. practice b. device c. service d. office 3 . a. power b. tower c. flow d. flour 4 . a. fame b. tame c. table d. farm 5 . a. gravity b. physics c. discover d. history II . Choose the right word or phrase that best completes the sentence 6. I you for a long time a. didn’t see b. haven’t seen c. doesn’t see d. hadn’t seen 7 . She so hard this week that she doesn’t have time togo the hairdresser’s a. works b. worked c. has been working d. had worked 8 . Mr . Johnson to Los Angeles in 1992 . a. had gone b. has gone c. went d. was going 9 . What to you yesterday? a. happened b. did happen c. had happened d. has happened 10 . The boys broke a window when they football . a. played b. were playing c. had played d. are playing 11 . They arrived three o’clock the afternoon . a. in/at b. on/in c. in/on d. at/in 12 . It will be rwady two weeks . a. for b. in c. on d. to 13 . Can you deliver this letter hand? a. by b. with c. in d. to 14 . One of zero gravity is that astronauts must find ways to keep things from floating about a. condition b. facility c. nuisance d. advantage 15 . Issac Newton had to leavs for home to the farm . a. word b. head c. do d. run III . Find the one choice that best completes the sentence 16 . If there were no gravity , water never fun downhill . a. would b. will c. won’t d. wouldn’t 17 . If I a wish , I’t wish for happiness for my family . a. have b. am having c. had d. was having 18 . I’ll take the job the pay is too low . a. since b. because c. if d. unless 19 . I can’t speak french , and a, neither can’t she b. neither can she c. either can’t she d. she can , either 20 . The film was boring that we had left bofore the end . a. such b. so c. too d. enough 21 . Faraday’s father was boor to send him to school a. too b. much c. so d. very 22 . If I an astronaut travelling in a space capsule , I’d not be annoyed by the weightlessness . a. am b. be c. will be d. were 23 . What happen if you come late for the meeting tomorrow? a. will be b. wouid be c. will d. would 24 . gravity related to weight? Yes , it is . a. Is b. Was c. Were d. Will be 25 . If we enough rain , we could have grown rice . a. had had b. had c. have had d. didn’t have IV . Choose the words or phrases thet are not correct in standard English 26 . Mr . Carter , his picture you saw in the newspaper , lives next door to us a b c d 27 . They listened to the teacher carefully , as they understood the lesson easily a b d 28 . It was so an interesting film that my mother had seen it three time a b c d 29 . It was very kind for you to held me . a b c d 30 . How glad I am to spend my holyday in Nha Trang , is one of the beautiful a b c d seasides in Vietnam. 31 . If the driver had seen the stop sign , the accident wouldn’t happen . a b c d 32 . She wishes she will go to the party tomorrow . a b c d 33 . If I am in your place , I would not do so . a b c d 34 . The girl is sitting next to me is very good at nahtematics a b c d 35 . We went out for a walk after we had our hinner . a b c d V . Choose the word (a , b , c or d) that bets fits each of the bank spaces Issac Newton . everybody all over the wold knows that he was the first person to (36) . The law of (37) . He’s not only a (38) , but a mathermatician as well Can you imagine what (39) happen if there weren’t gravity . People would be (40) off the earth as it (41) around . and the moon would shoot into space instead of (42) around the earth . Although astronauts (43) the earth don’t have weight , (44) has been no problem except (45) a very little nuisance but it’s notvery important. 36 . a. invent b. find c. discover d. look 37 . a. weight b. foundation c. gravity d. champion 38 . a. operrator b. physicist c. chemist d. astronaut 39 . a. will b. can c. may d. would 40 . a. orbited b. shot c. hurled d. whirled 41 . a. whirled b. jumped c. flown d. travelled 42 . a. shooting b. travelling c. orbiting d. flying 43 . a. orbit b. orbiting c. orbited d. are orbiting 44 . a. weight b. weigh c. weightlessness d. weighless 45 . a. for b. to c. from d. in VI . Read the following passage and choose the item (a,b,c or d) that best answers each of the questions about it Today scientists ars working harder than ever to solve these probkems of space travel. Some day they are going to discover a powerful fuel for rockets that will send men through space at the speed of light . So much progress is being made that there may be sbace flights to Mars and other planets within uor own lifetime . 46 . Why are scientists working harder than ever? a. to understand about uninerse b. to find out the answer of mathematical problems c. to send more spacemen into space d. to solvethe problems of space travel 47 . What problems are scientists working hard to solve? a. the problems oe space flights b. the problems of weightlessness c. the problems of space travel d. the problems of big nuisance 48 . What kind of fuel are scientists going to discover someday? a. coal fuel b. fossil fuel c. powerful fuel d. b.and c. are correct 49 . There may be space flights to . a. the moon b. the sun c. the universe d. Mars and other planets 50 . Which of the following statements is not true? a. gravity is related to weight b. gravity is not related to weight c. gravity pull everything down d. gravity keeps us from being hurled off the earth as it whirls around TEST 3 I . Choose the word which is pronounced differetly from the others 1 . a. house b. tour c. hour d. our 2 . a. circus b. ticket c. pick d. invite 3 . a. cheer b. cheat c. chess d.scholarship 4 . a. deliver b. envelope c. decide d. enclose 5 . a. decision b. excursion c. television d. pleasure II . Choose the right word or phrase that best completes the sentence 6 . I never go to Autralia . I to Australia yet . a. will go b. went c. haven’t beend. have been 7 . It was the most exciting film I a. never saw b. ever saw c. had ever seen d. have never seen 8 . What do at 7:00 tomorrow morning? a. will you b. shall you c. were you d. did you 9 . to bed yet? a. Did he go b. Has he gone c. Will he gone d. Does he go 10 . Why you come yesterday? a. cannot b. can’t c. don’t d. couldn’t 11 . The sun exerts a pull other planets the solar system a. in/on b. on/in c. at/from d. to/about 12 . Issac Newton went on his study at home . a. in b. about c. with d. for 13 . He laid the foundations his famous discoveries mathematics and physics a. in/for b. to/at c. about/with d. for/in 14 . The new law will many women to return to word . a. able b. enable c. be able d. unable 15 . It is for me to help you now . I’m trying to get the work done in time . a. powwible b. possiblity c. impossible d. impossibility III . Find the one choice that best completes the sentence 16 . It took time to learn this lesson . a. so much b. so many c. so d. such 17 . If you Henry , ask him to come and see me . a. think of b. catch sight of c. have an idea of d. find out 18 . I’ve never seen people in one place . a. so many b. so much c. so much of d. this many of 19 . If he us the truth in the first place , things wouldn’t have gone so wrong .a. has told b. had told c. would have told d. should have toul 20 . Graduate students ofter spend their weekends in data for their researches . a. gather b. to gather c. gathering d. to gathering 21 . He had to explain the lesson very clearly . a. in order for his studentsto understand b. so that his students to understand it c. in order that his students to understand d. for his students in order to understand 22 . If I for an accounitng firm , I would be working in a bank . a. wasn’t working b. hadn’t worked c. worked d. weren’t working 23 . They asked me I had done my homework . a. what b. if c. whether d. both b. and c. are correct 24 . I’m not able to visit London . I wish I go there. a. could b. can c. will d. were 25 . He can’t buy that car because he has money . a. a lot of b. alittle c. little d. few IV . Choose the words or phrases thet are not correct in standard English 26 . Mary is so an intelligent pupil that can answer this question . a b c d 27 . How long it took you to get to yor school a b c d 28 . Other bodies in the univer has a pull just the earth does . a b c d 29 . Mar is so far from the earth that our spaceships cannot reach it with a few a b c d months 30 . In zero G , washing your hands is difficult if not possible . a b c d 31 . Is gravity related to weight? Yes , it was . a b c d 32 . If I am in your place , I would not do so . a b c d 33 . The weather was so could for us to go out . a b c d 34 . The film is so good that I see it twice . a b c d 35 . The pull of the earht make the ripe apples drop from trees . a b c d V . Choose the word (a , b , c or d) that bets fits each of the bank spaces The progress of (36) never stops . Every day (37) bringnew inventions and discoverries that make tomorrow (38) from todaywe know that we are just beginning a space (39) , a period in which we need to know the air (40) and exactly . Some man – made (41) have escaped from the (42) and gone into outer space never (43) return . but to do so they had to take off from the earth (44) speed of (45) than 25,000 miles an hour . 36 . a. inventor b. discoverer c. science d. accoountant 37 . a. discoverers b. spacemen c. scientists d. inventors 38 . a. different b. unlike c. difference d. likely 39 . a. century b. world c. unverse d. ege 40 . a. brightly b. clearly c. beautifully d. quickly 41 . a. cansules b. satellites c. spaces d. aeroplane 42 . a. world b. planet c. universe d. earth 43 . a. at b. in c. to d. for 44 . a. at b. in c. on d. with 45 . a. much b. more c. better d. worse VI . Read the following passage and choose the item (a,b,c or d) that best answers each of the questions about it Galileo Galilei wasborn in 1564 in the city of pisa , Italy . About twenty year later he attended the University of Pisa . At first he wanted to become a doctor , but while he was there he became interested in science and decided to become a scientist In 1592 , a year after his farther death , the Universisy of Padua invited him to be a professor of mathermatics , He stayed there for 19 years , where he became interested in the stars . He made an intrument which made far-away things look larger and easier to examine . This was called the telescope . When he was studying the stars , he discovered that the “stars” wich moved were not really stars , but words like the earth . He proed that Copernicus was right ; the earth and the planets indeed moved around the sun . 46 . Galileo Galilei attended the University of Pisa in a. 1564 b. 1584 c. 1592 d. 1593 47 . Galido’s father died a. in 1591 b. in 1592 c. in 1593 d. when he was studying the stars 48 . He made the telescope because he wanted a. to become a good professor of mahtematics b. to prove that Copernicus was right c. to discover some new planets . d. to study the stars . 49 . The telescope helpe him a. to examine far-away things easily b. to look everything around him clearly c. to see the earth d. to discover new planets 50 . Which of the following statements is not true? a. Galilei was interrested in the stars . b. Galilei made an intrument to study the stars . c. Galilei proved that the earht and the planets moved around the sun . d. Galilei discovered that the stars wich moved were not really stars . TEST 4 I . Choose the word which is pronounced differetly from the others 1 . a. apple b. appositive c. angry d. animal 2 . a. gather b. dash c. far d. statue 3 . a. orator b. gate c. navy d. race 4 . a. ten b. enter c. deliver d. men 5 . a. plenty b. second c. he d. met II . Choose the right word or phrase that best completes the sentence 6 . My brother in this factory since 1990 . a. works b. worked c. has worked d. had worked 7 . I my hair before breakfast this morning . a. washed b. hadwashed c. was washing d. have washed 8 . We understood the lesson after the teacher it . a. explained b. had explained c. has esplained d. was explaining 9 . My farther three years ago . and he’s now living on his pension a. rsted b. left c. worked d. retired 10 . He said that he his homework since 7 o’clock . a. did b. was doing c. has done d. had done 11 . Are you afraid snakes? a. by b. for c. of d. about 12 . What’s T.V tonight ? a. at b. in c. on d. from 13 . We admire his new . a. discover b. discovery c. discovered d. discovering 14 . Come as quick as . a. impossible b. possibility c. possibility d. possible 15 . She sings . a. beauty b. beautyful c. beautyfully d. unbeauliful III . Find the one choice that best completes the sentence 16 . We couldn’t understand the teacher if he too fast . a. spoke b. has spoken c. doesn’t speak d. didn’t speak 17 . As as I know , we have not received a bill for the new computer a. much b. long c. soon d. far 18 . She is to understand it . a. too intelligent b. too young c. very pretty d. enough ability 19 . My mother has work to do today . a. so many b. so much c. so d. such 20 . It is book that just a few people like it . a. so an old b. so old c. such oid d. such anould 21 . I won’t wake unless I the alerm . a. don’t hear b. heard c. hear d. didn’t hear 22 . The satellite traverlled into space that nobody could see it with naked eyes . a. sofar b. such far c. too far d. far enough 23 . Unless you quiet , I’ll scream . a. don’t keep b. keep c. kept d. didn’t keep 24 . I wish I at you so loudly with no reason yesterday . a. wouldn’t shout b. don’t shout c. didn’t shout d. hadn’t shouted 25 . I’ll be able to speak english well if I hard . a. studied b. dtudy c. have studied d. had studied IV . Choose the words or phrases thet are not correct in standard English 26 . There was so many traffic that it took him only ten minutes to get there . a b c d 27 . He was brought home from school to work the farm . a b c d 28 . If we had a big house , we can invite our friends to stay . a b c d 29 . The pull of the earth is too strong that no one can jump as high as three metres a b c d 30 . You can find out how hard the earth is pulling you by weight yourself a b c d 31 . Excepting for the graduate students , everyone will have to take the tests on a b c d the same day . 32 . Our neibhbour asked us to look over their dog for them while they were away a b c on vacation . d 33 .You eat fruit when they are ripe . If you eat them when they are still sour a b c you might have stomachache . d 34 . The progress made in space travel for the early 1960s is remarkable . a b c d 35 . There are less students present today than there were yesterday . a b c d V . Choose the word (a , b , c or d) that bets fits each of the bank spaces Once a spaceman is (36) of the earth’s gravity , he is (37) by still another problem , (38) . Here if he (39) go of a pencil , it done not (40) . A glass of water can be turned (41) down and the water does not fall upside . All of us who are (42) to the gravity expect thing s to have (43) and to fall when (44) . our bodies , which are accuctomed to gravity , would become (45) in weightless condition . 36 . a. out b. away c. off d. in 37 . a. effested b.exerted c. affected d. pulled 38 . a. weight b. weightless c. weightlessness d. weighing 39 . a. puts b. lets c. gives d. falls 40 . a. drop b. fall c. go down d. giver back 41 . a. downhill b. uphill c. downside d. upside 42 . a. used b. uses c. use d. using 43 . a. weigh b. weightless c. weight d. weightlessness 44 . a. dropped b. fall c. went down d. returned 45 . a. happy b. upset c. pleasant d. ignore VI. Read the following passage and choose the item (a,b,c or d) that best answers each of the questions about it Modern science is divided into so many brabches that it is virtually impossible for anyone to master all of the world’s scientific information .The present – day scientist spends a lifetime in the an effert to master one of the important branches of science : chemistry .physics , biology , astronomy , etc . Science held usnunderstand how knowledge of the facts and laws of uor environment are and heips us live happier and healthier .Thisknowledge improves our living conditions through better use of our natural resources 46 . The word “master” means most nealy. a. understand b. study c. research d. gain considerable knowledge 47 . Which of the following is not true ? a. Modern science is divided into many branches . b. It is difficult for scientists to master these branches of science . c. It is impossible for anyone to master all of the scientific information d. Science helps us improve our living conditions . 48 . Why is imbossble for anyone to masthe world’s scientific infor-mation? a. Became he doesn’t want . b . Became the world’s scientific information is rather vague c. Because modern science is divided into many branches d. Became he is not intelligent enough . 49 . Science helps us a. understand how knowledge of the facts and laws of our environment are b. know how to live worse c. caues a lack of information d. preserve diseases 50 . What do you think about science ? a. asefully b. useless c. useful d. uselessly . unverse d. ege 40 . a. brightly b. clearly c. beautifully d. quickly 41 . a. cansules b. satellites c. spaces d. aeroplane 42 . a. world b. planet c. universe. earth and the planets indeed moved around the sun . 46 . Galileo Galilei attended the University of Pisa in a. 15 64 b. 15 84 c. 1592 d. 1593 47 . Galido’s