ENGLISH 10 - REVISION UNITS 6, 7, 8
A. VOCABULARY
I. Circle A, B, C or D to choose the words with the underlined part pronounced differently.
1. A. project B. information C. opportunity D. suppose
2. A. according B. report C. perform D. college
3. A. employment B. secondary C. eliminate D. women
4. A. enroll B. suppose C. provide D. only
5. A. discrimination B. eliminate C. primary D. employment
6. A. mobile B. device C. lifestyle D. ritual
7. A. software B. aware C. cigarette D. careful
8. A. assignment B. submit C. survey D. sugar
9. A. application B. suggestion C. invention D. calculation
10. A. native B. nature C. national D. naked
II. Circle A, B, C or D to choose the words with different stress
1. A. woman B. agree C. topic D. equal
2. A. carry B. enroll C. supply D. prefer
3. A. affect B. perform C. housework D. suppose
4. A. collect B. decide C. relax D. travel
5. A. nation B. intend C. allow D. improve
6. A. persuasive B. period C. personal D. permanent
7. A. concentrate B. condition C. confession D. conclusion
8. A. recognize B. realize C. reconnect D. reference
9. A. diploma B. division C. digital D. disable
10. A. critical B. creative C.criminal D. criticize
III. Choose the best answer.
1. I never____________ the floor during the first three days of the New Year.
A. cross B. exist C. sweep D. lay
2. _________ is a ceremony or service which is held shortly after a person’s death.
A. funeral B. wedding C. house moving day D. farewell party
3. You should ____________ attention to what your teacher is saying.
A. take B. give C. have D. pay
4. Chung Cake (square sticky rice cake), pho (rice noodles), Nem (spring rolls) are _______food in Vietnam.
A. tradition B. traditional C. traditionally D. traditionalism
5. Table __________ are always paid attention to by the British.
A. meaning B. meals C. manners D. decoration
6. Amish’s wedding __________ in the spring.
A. take after B. take over C. take place D. take along
7. The newly-wedding couple plan to spend their ____________ in India.
A. honeymoon B. ceremony C. bride D. groom
8. Shall we start working __________ our project “Equal opportunity in education?”
A. on B. out C. at D. in
9. ____________ against women and girls should be eliminated when government and people co-operate.
A. Equality B. Discrimination C. Dissatisfaction D. Disbelief
10. She has a preference ___________ a teacher over a doctor.
A. for B. in C. at D. of
11. The government will soon __________ the problem of inequality in wages.
A. establish B. address C. sue D. abolish
12. The team paid a ________ price for its lack of preparation.
A. heavy B. dirty C. light D. expensive
13. As a child, I always ____________ of becoming a good teacher.
A. dreamt B. took care C. insisted D. preferred
14. When asked about their preference for movies, many young people say that they are in favour ____ science fiction.
A. with B. of C. in D. for
15. He ______ her dream of becoming a surgeon when she had an accident in her eyes.
A. took up B. gave up C. set up D. made up
16. In order to ________ a man’s job, Brenda had to work very hard.
A. work B. pursue C. enroll D. prefer
17. Gender discrimination cannot______________ people from doing a job of dream.
A. enroll B. prevent C. address D. insist
18. She chose to learn the violin in ____________ to the piano.
A. relation B. preference C. reference D. regard
19. She had a preference __________ boys over girls.
A. for B. to C. about D. of
20. Women’s natural roles are __________ and housewives.
A. breadwinners B. decision-makers C. care-givers D. supporters
21. Men are decision-makers and _________.
A. care-givers B. bread-winners C. trouble-makers D. house-keepers
22. Playing games online has begun to have a serious ................ on students’ sleeping habits
A. impact B. act C. attack D. affect
23. The advantage of the smaller tablets is its greater ..........................
A. portability B. portable C. portably D. pocket
24. The teacher had to separate the two friends because they tend to ..................... each other in class.
A. addict B. rebel C. violent D. distract
25. ________ the screen with your finger!
A. Use B. Take C. Hold D. Touch
IV. Circle the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word or phrase in each of the following questions.
1. Men should share household tasks with their wives.
A. domestic B. oversea C. traditional D. equal
2. There have been significantchanges in women's lives since the women's liberation movement.
A. controlled B. economic C. important D. natural
3. Many people applied for that job and eventually she was chosen in preference to the others.
A. rather than B. other than C. more than D. less than