Unit 1. Home life

ENGLISH 12
UNIT 1
HOME LIFE
I. PHONETICS
1.Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. fills B. adds C. stirs D. lets
2. A. shops B. notes C. mouths D. backsmiths
3.A.cease B. chase C. increase D. raise
4.A.airports B. suitcases C. things D. calculators
5.A.plays B. says C. pays D. lays


2. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words.
6. A. decision B. reference
C. refusal D. important
7. A. intelligent B. comfortable
C. necessary D. secretary
8. A. cooperate B. permanent
C. recognize D. industry
9. A. birthday B. cowboy
C. enjoy D. pleasure
10. A. expression B. decisive
C. dependent D. independence
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
11-30. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
11. A................. knit community is the one in which relationship are very close.
A. close B. closely C. tightly D. B and C
12. Miss Brown is bored with doing the............. chores
A. household B. domestic C. housework D. A and B
13. the father used to be the ........................ of the household in Vietnam
A. head B. leader C. president D. boss
14. There has been a shift of .................... from manufacturing to service industries
A. change B. alteration C. emphasis D. Movement




15. There was a wealth of ........................... evidence
A. Supportive B. support C. supported D. supporting
16. They tried to ........... astonishing feats of engineering by building the tunnel
A. Perform B. attempt C. achieve D. All are correct
17. It’s time for you to............................. a profession
A. enter B. go into C. join D. All are correct
18. He’s........................ slowly after the operation
A. mending B. recovering C. relieving D. A and B
19. When I last saw him, he ...........................in London
has lived B. is living
C. was living D. has been living
20. We................................. Dorothy since last Saturday
Don’t see B. haven’t see
C. didn’t see D. hadn’t see
21. The train .............help an hour ago
A. has been leaving B. left C. was living D. had left


22. Jack ....................... the door
A. has just painted B. paint
C. will have painted D. painting
23. My sister ...................... for you since yesterday
A. is looking B. was looking
C. has been looking D. looked
24. I...............Texas State University now.
A. am attending B. attending
C. Was attending D. attended
25. He has been selling motorbikes..................
A. ten years ago B. Since ten years
C. for ten years ago D. for ten years
26. As soon as you ...................all your homework, you will be allowed to go out.
A. are doing B. has done
C. did D. have done




27. Don’t worry! By the time you arrive tomorrow, we...........the work.
A. have finished B. would finish
C. will finish D. will have finished
28.While I along........... the road, I saw a friend of mine.
A. had cycled B. have cycled
C. cycled D. was cycling
29. He ................to the last meeting , but he didn’t.
A. must go B. should have gone
C. would go D. had gone
30. Her parents would not be upset if she .........harder.
A. works B. is working
C. will work D. worked


31-35).Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original:
31. They are not allowed to go out in the evening by their parents.
A. Their parents do not want them to go out in the evening.
B. Their parents never let them to go out in the evening.
C. Going out in the evening is permitted by their parents.
D. Although their parents do not allow, they still go out in the evening.
32.Although my parents are busy at work, they try to find time for their children.
A. My parents are so busy at work that they can not find time for their children.
B. Busy at work as my parents are, they try to find time for their children.
C. My parents are too busy at work to find time for their children.
D. My friends rarely have time for their children because they are busy at work.


33. His eel soup is better than any other soups I have ever eaten.
A. Of all the soups I have ever eaten, his eel soup is the best.
B. I have ever eaten many soup that are better than his eel soup.
C. His eel soup is the worst of all soups I have eaten.
D. His eel soup is good but I have ever eaten many others better.

34. She gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children cannot come to school on time.
B. Because she wanted her children to come to school on time, she gets up early to prepare breakfast.
C. If she does not get up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.
D. Unless she gets up early to prepare breakfast, her children will not come to school on time.
35. The last time I I went to the museum was a year ago.
A. I have not been to the museum for a year.
B. A year ago, I often went to the museum for a year.
C. A year ago, I often went to the museum lasted a year.
D. At last I went to the museum after a year.
III READING
41-45: Chose the word or phrase among A, B, C, or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
In the home a dad is very important. He is the (41)............... who provides us with money to feed and clothe ourselves. He can decorate your bedroom, mend your radio, makes cages for your pets, repair a puncture in your bicycle tyre and help you with maths homework. A dad can be very useful for (42) ............... you in the car to and from parties, music and dancing lessons.
A dad is the person whom you ask for pocket money. He is the one who (43).........about the time you spend talking on the phone, as he has to pay for the bills. Dad is someone who will support you in a(an)(44)................., if he believes....................you to be right. He is someone who read your school(45).............and treats if it is good. A dad likes to come a nice happy home evening, and settle back in his car with newspaper. He likes to recall his National Service days.


41. A. man B. Someone
C. person D. anyone
42. A. bringing B. taking
C. picking D. carrying
43. A. explain B. shouts
C. complains D. Groans
44. A. talk B. discussion
C. disagreement D. argument
45. A. report B. result
C. record D. review


46-50. Choose the item amongA, B, C or D that best answers the questions about the passage:
The nuclear family, consisting of a mother, father and their children, may be more an American ideal than an American reality. Of course the so- called traditional American family was always more varied than we had been led to believe, reflecting the very different racial, ethnic, class and religious custom among American groups.
The most recent government statistics reveal that only about one third of all current American families fit the traditionl mold and another third consists of married couples who either have no children or have none still living at home. Of the final one, about 20 percents of the total number of American households are 3 percents of the total, consists of unmarried people who choose to live together today. Today, these varied family types are typical, and therefore, normal. Apparently, many Americans are achieving supportive relationships on family forms other than the traditional one.

46. With what topic is the passage mainly concerned?
A. The traditional American family B. The nuclear family
C. The current American family D. The ideal family
47. The author implies that
A. there have always been a wider variety of family arrangements in the United States
B. racial, ethnic, and religious groups have presented the traditional family structure.
C. the ideal American family in the best structure.
D. fewer married couples are having children.
48. The word “current” in the second sentence of paragraph two should be best replaced by which the following?
A. typical B. present C. perfect D. traditional
49. According to the passage, married couples whose children have grown or who had no children represent .
A. 33 percents of households B.20 percents of households
C. 7 percent of households C. 3 percent of household
50. Who generally constitutes a pone-person household?
A. A single man in his twenties B. A elderly man
C. A single woman in her late sixties D. A divorce woman