Luyện tập AV8, 9 Tập 23

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UNIT 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF 5
UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS 16
UNIT 3: PEOPLE`S BACKGROUND 28
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION 44
UNIT 5: TECHNOLOGY AND YOU 56
UNIT 6: AN EXCURSION 69
UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA 84
UNIT 8: THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE 97
UNIT 9: UNDERSEA WORLD 121
UNIT 10: CONSERVATION 133
UNIT 11: NATIONAL PARKS 146
UNIT 12: MUSIC 163
UNIT 13: FILM AND CINEMA 175
UNIT 14: THE WORLD CUP 187
UNIT 15: CITIES 203
UNIT 16: HISTORICAL PLACE 220
ANSWER KEY 241
I. Write the word so that hi becomes l`v.l and vice versa.
hi - h:l
1. rich reach
• 2. peak
3. hit
4. beat
5. rid
6. sheep
7. live
seek
9. sin
10. chip
II. Match the italicized verbs in column A with their meanings in column B.
A B.
When did the plane take off? a. building
The thieves ran away when the burglar alarm b. move downward
went off.
Let`s take a break Wellgo on when you are ready, c. made stop burning
Could you get me up early tomorrow? d. leave the ground
She laughed and chatted happily with other women, e. talked in a friendly way
Did anyone see Sue getting on the bus? f. stopped
Suddenly the plane seemed to dip. g. getting into
I`ve given up trying to understand her. h. get out of bed
We had trouble putting up the tent hi the dark. i. continue
10. Fire fighters soon put out the fire. j. rang
III. Complete the passage with the correct form of the verb in the brackets.
There (1) (be) three adults and two children in the Bartons.
The children.are Ben, aged twelve, and little Stella, who is four. Their parents are Andrew and Marion. The other adult is Leslie, who is.
Andrew`s brother. He is twenty-four. They (2) (live) in Newcastle,
a large city in the north-east of England.
She _______ at Kennedy Airport at 2 o`clock this morning, (arrive)
I refuse to believe that he the car was stolen, (not know)
`How are you getting on with the book?`` At the moment I _____________
chapter four, (read)
8. My mother ... all the doors and windows before she goes
to bed. (lock) 9- I ______ away most of my old books when I moved house, (throw)
10. Scientists ________ some fundamental discoveries in the 18th cen tury, (make)
Alice _________ her mother in London most weekends, (see)
`What`s that terrible noise?` The neighbors ____________ a party.` (have)
At the start of his career, Cousteau ____________ the aqualung, opening the oceans to explorers, scientists, and leisure divers, (invent)
14. durian when you lived in Malaysia? (ever/ eat)
15. Both ancient and recent records show that farmers
long hours, (work)
VI. Choose the correct verb form.
1. I`d like to borrow this book. it yet?
a. Did you read b. Had you read c. Have you read d. Do you read
We _____ in this town for a long time. We _____ here sixteen years ago. a. had been/come b. have been/ came c were/ came d. are/ came
No breakfast for Mark, thanks. He breakfast.
a. hasn`t eaten b. didn`t eat c. isn`t eating d. doesn`t eat
4. The news came as no surprise to me. i: for some time that the
factory was likely to close.
a. knew b. had known c. have known d. know
5. Fish were among the earliest forms of life. Fish __ on earth for ages
and ages.
a. existed b. are existing c. have existed d. exist
6. Glenda.,, extremely hard when she was a student
a. worked b. has worked c. was working d. had been worked
7. The World War II in 1939 and in 1945.
a. begins/ ends b. had begun` ended
c. has begun/ had ended