TEST BASED ON TEXTBOOK

UNIT 8 CELEBRATIONS
I. Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others.
a. celebrate b. decorate c. entertain d. influence
a: polite b. popular c. pagoda d. agrarian
a. longevity b. calendar c. parade d. occasion
a. represent b. exchange c. receiving d. prepare
a. constancy b. festival c. activity d. comment
II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined part.
Before Tet, supermarkets and shops are full _______ goods.
a. of b. with c. in d. for
On the first -day of Tet, children ____ their new clothes and make New Year`s wishes to their parents.
a. take on b. pick on c. put on d. try on
People believed that what they do on the first day of the year will __ their luck during the whole year.
a. control b. influence c. exchange d. result
I looked everywhere but I couldn`t find _______ at all.
a. no one b. anyone c. someone d. somebody
Tet is really a time of fun and _______ throughout the country.
a. holidays b. celebrations c. preparations d. festivals
The whole family usually tries to get together at Christmas.
a. contact b. gather c. relate d. communicate
In Britain Christmas dinner usually _______ turkey, Christmas pudding and brandy butter.
a. brings on b. serves with c. consists of d. puts up
We wish you both- health and longevity.
a. long life b. happy life c. easy life d. exciting life
Vietnamese people usually make _______ for Tet several weeks beforehand.
a. preparing b. preparation c. preparatory d. preparations
She has as good chance as _______ of winning the race.
a. someone b. anyone c. everyone d. no one
III. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentences.
Nobody was late for the meeting last night, _______?
a. wasn`t he b. weren`t they c. were they d. was he
No girl should have to wear school uniform, because it _______ like a sack of potatoes.
a. makes them look b. makes her look c. makes them to look d. makes her to look
I phoned Sarah at home, but _______.
a. there were no answers b. there were no answer
c. there was no answers d. there was no answer
_______ thinks that Phil should be given the job.
a. A number of people b. Neither of us c. Most of us d. The majority of people
Neither Jane nor her brothers _______ a consent form for tomorrow`s field trip.
a. need b. needs c. is needing d. has need
My cousin who I used to visit every summer _______ from America on Saturday.
a. arriving b. is arriving c. has arrived d. is going
The holiday nowadays is not as long as it _______.
a. is used to be b. was used to be c. used to be d. is used to being
If I were you, _______ and tell her you`re going to be late.
a. I phone b. I`ll phone c. I`d phone d. I`d have phoned
Let the boy _______ it himself before you offer to help.
a. try b. to try c. trying d. will try
When someone ____ you a present, it is a custom to give them in return.
a. give b. gives c. will give d. has given
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase -A, B, C or D- that must be changed for the sentence to be correct.
Most of the trees in our garden are less than 10 years old but ones are much older than that.
A B C D
My shoes were so uncomfortable that I had to go out and buy new one.
A B C D
Mrs. Stevens, along with her cousins from New Mexico, are planning to attend the festivities.
A B C D
Eric and his sister won first prize for the most elaborate customs they
A B
had worn to the Halloween party.