BTAV 12 - UNIT 8 ~ LIFE IN THE FUTURE (Test & Keys)

UNIT 8 ~ LIFEINTHEFUTURE

PRACTICETEST 1
A.PHONETICS
I.Pick out the word whose underlinedpart is pronounceddifferently fromthat of the others.
1.A.answered B.threatened C.wiped D.saved
2.A.looked B.thanked C.watched D.expected
3.A.believe B.leisure C.eating D.speed
4.A.life B.thing C.device D.micro
5.A.burden B.certain C.better D.work
II.Pick out the wordthat has the stress pattern different from that of theothers.
6.A.answer B.threaten C.believe D.healthy
7.A.optimistic B.experience C.environment D.technology
8.A.computer B.contrary C.efficient D.contribute
9.A.economic B.corporation C.pessimistic D.development
10.A.methane B.complete C.appear D.result
B.VOCABULARYANDSTRUCTURE
I.Choosethemostsuitablewordorphrase(A,B,CorD)tocompleteeachsentence.
I1.Couldyoulendmesomemoney?I`mveryshortofcash.........
A.atthemoment B.inthemoment C. onthemoment D.atmoment
12.Parislies........theRiverSeine.
A.over B.next C. on D.at
13.Whenheleftschool,Johndecidedtobecomeapriest........studyinglanguages.
A.but B.insteadof C. no D.than
14.Takethisroadandyouwill ...... atthehotelinfiveminutes.
A.arrive B.come C. find D.reach
15.Theliftlegirlwouldn`tgointothesea........herfatherwenttoo.
A.except B.but C. also D.unless
16.Thenewfactorymustbefinished........astheprofitabilityofthecompanydependsonit."
A.ontime B.intimes C. attime D.foratime
17.Itwasquite........playI`veeverseen.
A.toolong B.along C. thelongest D.solonger
18.WhenIsawhersmilingface, I knewshe........goodnewsofherhusband.
A.has B.hadhad C. hashad D.washaving
19.Hehasjustbought........expensivenewfurniture.
A.an B.some C. these D.those
20.500yearsago,theaveragehuman........wasabout40years.
A.lifelength B.lifetime C. lifecycle D.lifespan
21.Astrikeintheminingindustryis........tobringaboutashortageofcoalinthenearfuture.
A.causing B.threatening C. resulting D.proposing
22. I havebeenlookingforthisbookformonths,and........Ihavefoundit.
A.intime B.atlast C. attheend D.atpresent
23.Thedriveris........forthesafetyofhispassengers.
A.responsible B.takingcharge C. accused D.capable
24. I hadtowear........uniformwhenIworkedinthehotel.
A.a B.some C. any D.an
25.Sherefusestoeatmeatunderany.........
A.opportunity B.occasion C. circumstances D.possibility
II.ChoosetheunderlinedpartamongA,B,CorDthatneedscorrecting.
26.We(A) wentthere(B) in(C) acarmysister(D) uses.
27.We(A) left(B) UnitedKingdomand(C) crossedto(D) theNetherlands.
28.Wearrived(A) ontimetohave(B) amealbefore(C) theplane(D) left.
29.(A) I’vebeen(B) livinghere(C) sincethree(D) months.
30.We(A) waitedforTim(B) forages,and(C) attheendwe(D) left.
III.ChoosethecorrectsentenceamongA,B,CorDwhichhasthesamemeaningasthegivenone.
31.MaryteachesEnglish.
A.Mary`slanguageisEnglish. B.MaryisanEnglishteacher.
C. MaryisateacherofEnglish. D.BandCarecorrect.
32.Wewalkedtothestation.
A.Thestationistheplacewhereweoftenwalked. B.Wewenttothestationonfoot.
C. Wewentforawalkatthestation. D.Wetookawalkatthestation.
33.Peterisaverygoodguitarist.
A.Peterhasaverygoodguitar. B.Peterplaystheguitarverywell.
C. TheguitarPeterplaysisverygood. D.Peterplaysthegoodguitar.
34.Thecollegeisnotresponsibleforprivatepropertyleftinthisbuilding.
A.Ifanythingisstolen,wewillhelpyoufindit. B.Youarenotallowedtoleaveanythinghere.
C. Be careful with your private property here. D.It is better to leave your property outside the building.
35.We are now open on Saturdays in the afternoon as well as the morning.
A. On Saturdays we now stay open longer than before.
B. On Saturdays we are now open in the afternoon instead of the morning.
C. On Saturdays we now close for lunch.
D. We are now open all weekend.
C. READING
I. Read the passage below and decide which