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TEST 1 (UNIT 2) I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. row B. brown C. down D. cow 2. A. pear B. bear C. wear D. eager 3. A. go B. so C. do D. note 4. A. care B. package C. rare D. share 5. A. around B. south C. loud D. rush-hour II. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 6. The London Underground is the second largest _______________ system in the world. A. transport B. metro C. metropolis D. metropolitan 7. Most of the people who live in the _______________ work in the city. A. suburbs B. districts C. areas D. spaces 8. When food is _______________, many of the nutrients are lost. A. prepared B. washed C. chopped D. processed 9. What shall we do with the _______________ after a big party? A. customers B. recipes C. leftovers D. remainder 10. Concrete _______________ refers to the world’s most densely populated cities with little space for parks. A. jungle B. wood C. forest D. building 11. Young people enjoy the city’s _______________ nightlife with many activities for entertainment and leisure. A. liveable B. living C. lively D. live 12. This used to be a _______________ town, but a lot of people have moved away over recent years. A. residential B. quiet C. noisy D. bustling 13. It was rated the most _______________ city in our country. A. live B. liveable C. lively D. living 14. We make our small garden become a green _______________ for relaxation. A. space B. area C. region D. field 15. He needed a _______________ place to study for his exams. A. relaxed B. beautiful C. lively D. peaceful
III. Complete the text with the words given. There are some extra words that you do not need. destinations use arrivals threat directions home routes pressure Ha Noi is (16) _______________ to 5.5 million motorbikes and more than 500,000 cars. With a rapidly increasing population, these figures will continue to rise. Authorities in Ha Noi plan to ban motorcycles from downtown areas by 2030. A ban is essential to solving the problems of traffic jams and air pollution, and will push people towards public means of transport. Another ban on cars which are both a bigger (17) _______________ to the smooth flow of traffic on narrow city streets and greater contributors to air pollution. Ha Noi also plans to boost the (18) _______________ of public transport, opening new bus (19) _______________ and trying to make the existing ones more prompt and efficient. The biggest contributor to the problem - the use of fossil fuels - is a more difficult one to solve, because the development of renewable power does not meet the needs of reliable energy. Efforts have been made to ensure that the capital remains a healthy and desirable place to live, topping the charts for tourist (20) _______________ in the years to come. IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 21. It didn’t take long to _______________ the office. A. come down B. carry out C. get around D. get up 22. The hospital is _______________ tests to find out what is wrong with her. A. carrying out B. hanging out C. getting around D. coming down with 23. I feel like I’m coming _______________ with a cold. A. around B. back C. up D. down 24. It’s great to _______________ with people better than you. A. hang up B. hang around C. hang out D. hang together 25. I am trying to cut _______________ caffeine. A. down B. down on C. off from D. in on V. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. There are 21,900 households in an area of less than 100 hectares of the Old Quarter in Ha Noi. In many houses, an entire family may (26) _______________ no more than a single room. A house on Hang Ca Street, (27) _______________ in the 1940s, originally belonged to one
wealthy man and his wives, and now there are six households there with about 30 people. Many say the convenience of the Old Quarter (28) _______________ compensates for the shortage of facilities. Tradition is also a(n) (29) _______________ because some residents have (30) _______________ houses elsewhere but wants to sell the old houses or rooms (31) _______________ these are the houses of the ancestors. The authorities of Ha Noi have had a plan to (32) _______________ 25,000 of the Old Quarter’s 84,000 residents, beginning in 2009 when 1,900 households will go to a new development area, across the Red River. However, people don't want to live in a high-rise block because they (33) _______________ to it. Authorities will take (34) _____________ to find out what people will need to (35) _____________ them feel comfortable in their new neighbourhood. (Source: Internet) 26. A. fill B. exist C. control D. occupy 27. A. build B. built C. to be built D. was built 28. A. live B. lives C. living D. liveliness 29. A. factor B. element C. situation D. occasion 30. A. no B. none C. bigger D. biggest 31. A. but B. because C. so D. although 32. A. move B. leave C. change D. bring 33. A. didn’t use B. were not used C. are used D. are not used 34. A. influence B. effort C. time D. notice 35. A. make B. cause C. let D. allow VI. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question. Unlike life in the countryside which is often considered to be simple and traditional, life in the city is modern and complicated. People, from different regions, move to the cities in the hope of having a better life for them and their children. The inhabitants in city work as secretaries, businessmen, teachers, government workers, factory workers and even street vendors or construction workers. The high cost of living requires city dwellers, especially someone with low income, to work harder or to take a part-time job. For many people, an ordinary day starts as usual by getting up in the
early morning to do exercise in public parks, preparing for a full day of working and studying, then travelling along crowed boulevards or narrow streets filled with motor scooters and returning home after a busy day. They usually live in large houses, or high-rise apartment blocks or even in a small rental room equipped with modern facilities, like the Internet, telephone, television, and so on. Industrialization and modernization as well as global integration have a big impact on lifestyle in the cities. The most noticeable impact is the Western style of clothes. The “Ao Dai” - Vietnamese traditional clothes are no longer regularly worn in Vietnamese women’s daily life. Instead, jeans, T- shirts and fashionable clothes are widely preferred. (Source: Internet) 36. The most important reason why people move to the city is that ________. A. to look for a complicated life B. to take part-time jobs C. to have busy days D. to look for a better life 37. According to the passage, city life can offer city dwellers all of the following things EXCEPT _______. A. the internet B. friendly communication with neighbours C. a variety of jobs in different fields D. modern facilities 38. We can infer from the passage that ________. A. there is a big gap between the rich and the poor in the city B. people do morning exercise in public parks because they have much free time C. people leave the countryside because life there is simple D. most of the urban dwellers have low income 39. Industrialization and modernization may lead to ________. A. the fact that women no longer wear Ao Dai B. the disappearance of Western-styled clothes C. some changes in lifestyles D. global integration 40. The word “impact” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________. A. force B. action C. situation D. effect VII. Report the discussion about the problem of overpopulation and its solutions to the class. Use the cues given below. The introduction and conclusion have been done for you. Many countries in the world are experiencing the problem of overpopulation caused by rapidly