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(1)UNIT - A PARTY [July 08th, 2012]
I Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced diffrently from that of the others
1 A house B home C hour D hope A calm B fallen C halt D salt A dynasty B dynamo C shy D type A fair B farm C carry D care A fasten B listen C history D often A narrow B marry C carry D Mary A cough B cousin C country D tough A shrewd B few C flew D crew A plate B salad C lemonade D play 10 A honest B heir C honour D H-bomb II Complete each sentence with a suitable word in the box.
anniversary - cake - celebrate - wedding – golden - together – age – presents People of all ages their birthdays every year
2 They celebrated their 25th wedding last week. Lisa received lots of on her 18th birthday.
4 People call the 50th wedding anniversary the anniversary. An important part of a birthday party is the birthday European women over 30 don’t like to talk about their Husbands and wives often give flowers and gifts to each other at the anniversary
8 Mary and Mike are happy to be for their golden anniversary III Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets, either to infinitive or gerund active or passive.
1 Mrs Tâm Vy’s husband decided (give up) smoking when she became pregnant
2 The children were made (go) to bed at 10:00 p.m The president doesn’t mind (attack) by the press The parcel is supposed (deliver) this evening I’ll never forget (see) that rainbow
6 The cost of living is expected (go down)
7 Instead of (worry) about his finance, Tom goes spending a lot of money gambling
8 Why does John keep (talk) about his mother?
IV Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1 You say that I’ve met Tâm Vy, but I can’t remember her I can't remember
2 Please remember that you must buy some sugar
Please remember We wanted to open the door, but we couldn’t
We tried Tâm Vy intended to phone me, but she forgot
Tâm Vy forgot It will not be easy to finish all tbe work today
We’ll try People said Dickens died of lung cancer
Dickens was said The tablet computer was too expensive for me to buy
I couldn’t afford Dad regretted that he had sold our house,
Dad regretted V Complete the following conversation.
A: B: It’s on August 18th.
A: B: Yes My parents often hold a birthday party for me each year A: B I often have my birthday party at home
A: B: I only invite my relatives and some close friends
A:
B We often eat special food cooked by my mother, drink juices, play games and dance
VI Fill in each gap with one suitable word.
My 15-year-old sister asked me to lend my CD player (1) her but I didn’t want to as she never takes care of things she borrows I thought I should explain to her (2) I couldn’t let her have it However, I had made a promise to (3) not to argue with her and, seeing that her birthday was approaching, I didn’t want to upset her And I also had to get (4) a present Then a friend of mine suggested a great idea to (5) I bought a CD player (6) her for her birthday I went to the Post Office and sent (7) to her Some days later, as I was writing her an electronic (8) card on the Internet, I got a text message It read: ”You’re the best sis in the world! Thank you! Xxx” She had got it
(2)KEY TO TEST
I.
A house B home C hour D hope A calm B fallen C halt D salt A dynasty B dynamo C shy D type A fair B farm C carry D care A fasten B listen C history D often A narrow B marry C carry D Mary A cough B cousin C country D tough A shrewd B few C flew D crew A plate B salad C lemonade D play 10 A honest B heir C honour D H-bomb
II celebrate anniversary presents golden cake age wedding together
III.
to give up to go being attacked to be delivered seeing to go down being worried talking
IV.
I can’t remember meeting Tâm Vy Please remember to buy some stamps We tried to open the door
Tâm Vy forgot to phone me We'll try to finish the work
Dickens was said to have died of lung cancer I couldn’t afford to buy the tablet computer Dad regretted selling our house
V A: When is your birthday? B: It's on August l8th
A: Do you often have a birthday party?
B: Yes My parents often hold a birthday party for me each year A: Where you often have your birthday party?
B: I often have tny birthday party at home A: Who doyou often invite toyour birthday party? B: I only invite rny relatives and some close friends A: What you at the party?
B: We often eat special food cooked by my mother, drink juices, play games and dance