UNIT 6: THEN AND NOW
TEST 1
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A. straw
B. thatch
C. glad
D. paddy
2. A. change
B. brave
C. labor
D. aware
3. A. system
B. trench
C. sudden
D. recent
4. A. slight
B. tile
C. equip
D. minor
5. A. sure
B. rubber
C. under
D. tunnel
II. Choose the correct answer to complete each sentence:
6. I was glad that you______the scholarship.
A. gaining
B.to gain
C. gained
D. to be gained
7. The economy has experienced steady______
A. improvement
B. difference
C. foundation
D. suggestion
8. My______has grown up without the experience of a world war.
A. generation
B. destine
C. system
D. children
9. We need to make people more aware______these problems.
A. to
B. of
C. that
D. about
10. When we arrived at the station, the train______
A. has gone
B. would go
C. went
D. had gone
11. The government is running a campaign to promote aduh______
A. literature
B. illiteracy
C. literacy
D. sense
12. They enjoy a very comfortable______
A. street
B. lifestyle
C. lesson
D. economy
13. Your decision will______affect your future.
A. considerable
B. significantly
C. surprising
D. cooperatively
14. We lived in a______cottage when I was young.
A. thatched
B. rubber
C. paddy
D. building
15. We used______fishing on the lake in summer.
A. to do
B. went
C. did
D. to go
16.1 used to smoke, but I______up a couple of years ago.
A. had given
B. gave
C. was giving
D. have given
17. We______ to the noise from the traffic now.
A. are used
B. used
C. have used
D. don’t use
18.
Two______ were injured in the accident yesterday
A. mushrooms
B. vehicles
C. pedestrians
D. walkways
19.
My friends are more. ______ more willing to accept me tor what I am.