UNIT 7: MOVIES
❶. LISTENING
Listen to someone talking about robot pets.
I. Listen to the recording and fill in each blank with a NUMBER.
II. Listen again and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE.
Statements | True/ False |
6. This is an advertisement. |
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7. You can get a bird robot. |
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8. The pet robots stay the same. |
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9. You have to give food to it. |
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10. The pet robots take a lot of care. |
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❷. PHONETICS
I. Choose the words whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others in each group.
1. A. horror B. hour C. here D. hard
2. A. action B. fiction C. suggestion D. animation
3. A. birthday B. three C. theater D. there
4. A. terrible B. comedy C. president D. general
5. A. movie B. notice C. close D. show
6. A. teacher B. great C. leader D. beat
7. A. invaders B. queens C. events D. kings
8. A. actions B. blanks C. soldiers D. reviews
9. A. changes B. battles C. armies D. movies
10. A. swapped B. liked C. watched D. animated
II. Choose the word whose main stressed syllable is placed differently from that of the other in each group.
1. A. action B. drama C. horror D. arrive
2. A. awful B. boring C. become D. funny
3. A. exciting B. terrible C. fantastic D. historical
4. A. Vietnamese B. general C. president D. character
5. A. leadership B. animated C. comedy D. invader
❸. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I. Choose the option (A, B, C or D) that best completes each of the following sentences.
1. Who wants to be a millionaire? is __________ at eight o’clock every Tuesday night.
A. in B. on C. at D. from
2. Could you turn __________ the volume please? I can’t hear that singer very well.
A. up B. down C. on D. off
3. I like watching the news __________ I want to know what is happening around the world.
A. and B. so C. but D. because
4. It’s a fantastic __________. If you answer ten questions correctly, you can win a million pounds
A. fashion show B. talk show C. game show D. reality show
5. The film was __________. I felt asleep in the middle.
A. scary B. boring C. exciting D. entertaining
6. The Voice is currently one of the most __________ programs in Vietnam. It attracts a number of viewers.
A. popularity B. popular C. unpopular D. popularly
7. Sushi is a Japanese __________ which is famous all over the world.
A. special B. specially C. specialty D. specialize
8. VTV2 is a channel which provides many __________ programs for teenagers and children.
A. educational B. educated C. education D. educate
9. My brother is an __________ boy. He always longs to go trekking through African jungles.
A. adventure B. adventurer C. adventurous D. adventuress
10. The __________ of insulin was considered to be one of the most dramatic and important milestones in medicine.
A. discover B. discoverer C. discoverable D. discovery
11. __________ control is used to change the channel from a distance.
A. Distant B. Far C. Remote D. Rural
12. Today my friend and I are going to the skating __________ as we love ice-skating.
A. rink B. yard C. court D. field
13. My father likes watching daily __________ programs to update current affairs.
A. game B. news C. talk D. new
14. Weather __________ is my favorite TV program because it prepares me for the weather on the next day.
A. prediction B. foresee C. guess D. forecast
15. __________ shows document unscripted real-life situations, and often features an otherwise unknown cast of individuals.