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__________________________________________________________________________________________________ -1- PRACTICE TEST UNIT 1 : LOCAL COMMUNITY A. PHONETICS. I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group. 1. A. artisan B. handicraft C. attraction D. fragrance 2. A. speciality B. attraction C. facility D. handicraft 3. artisans B. suburbs C. delivers D. tourists II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group. 4. A. grandparent B. pottery C. neighbourhood D. collector 5. A. craftsman B. sculpture C. police D. layer B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR. I. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences. 6. Vong , a small village in Ha Noi is ______ for a speciality: com (young sticky rice flake). A. known B. famous C. located D. make 7. To make com (young sticky rice flake) ,_______ follow a series of steps. A. skills B. artisans C. parents D. generations 8. The Tower of London is one of the top_____ in the UK. A. tourist places B. tourism places C. guided tours D. tourist attractions 9. This restaurant serves _______ of Italy such as lasagna and risotto. A. speciality dish B. speciality food C. special dish D. special things 10. They didn't like the noisy city centre, so they moved to live in a(n) ______of London. A. outskirt B. neighbourhood C. area D. suburb 11. The condo is so small and there are not enough ______ for families with young children. A. facilities B. equipment C. tools D. space 12. Do you know _______ to sort rubbish? A. how B. who C. which D. that 13. She didn’t tell me _______ to meet, in the library or in the lab. A. how B. when C. where D. what 14. There is a market in our area where you can buy all kinds of handmade products. It may be the biggest________ market in our country. A. thing B. product C. handicraft D. selling

__________________________________________________________________________________________________ -3- IV. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in each sentence that needs correcting. 27. We don’t know if to wait for the others to go out and enjoy street food in Ho Chi Minh City. A. in B. enjoy C. go out D. if to visit 28. She looked about the school’s neighbourhood because she didn’t know where to buy a pencil case. A. where to buy B. didn’t C. because D. about 29. They asked a lot of questions, checked their figures, and come up the best solution. A. the best B. come up C. check D. ask 30. Do you know who to find information on local community initiatives and projects? A. on B. who C. initiatives D. to find C. READING. I. Read the text and decide which answer A, B, C, or D best fills each gap. Where did you grow up? I have a lot of great memories of the house where I grew up. Now we live (31) _____ the suburbs, but when I was little, my dad got a job in the countryside and we lived in a big old house on the edge of a village. We lived there for ten years and I used to go to the village school. We were (32) _____ the sea and my friends and I often explored the beach and the caves in the cliffs. The area is famous (33) _____ its beaches and white cliffs and it was the setting for a popular TV series last year! I loved that old house. Some people think it’s lonely to be in the countryside, but I (34) _____ being on my own sometimes. If I felt miserable , I could go up to my bedroom and look out of the window. I had a breath-taking (35) _____ from there across the fields and to the sea. It was very relaxing and made me feel better. I was really unhappy when we moved to the town! 31. A. on B. in C. by D. over 32. A. at B. over C. close D. near 33. A. of B. on C. for D. with 34. A. enjoyed B. decided C. hoped D. wanted 35. A. scene B. sight C. view D. picture II. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. Many individuals frequently express their frustration about not having enough time to complete their tasks. The hours and minutes seem to slip away before many planned chores get done. According to time management experts, the main reason for this is that most people fail to set priorities about what to do first. They get tied down by trivial, time-consuming matters, leaving the important ones unfinished.