15.MINUTE TEST (UNIT 7)
1-5. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words.
1. A. affect
B. method
C. double
D. current
2. A. decrease
B. increase
C. control
D. limit
3. A. developing
B. available
C. population
D. particular
4. A. answer
B. million
C. expect
D. figure
5. A. technological
B. organization
C. international
D. university
6-15. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
6. The government has set strict _____ on levels of population in big cities.
A. limitation
B. limits
C. restrictions
D. B and C
7. Only 10% of the earth's land can be used for farming and another 20% for _____ animals.
A. feeding
B. raising

C. rising
D. growing
8. There are many _____ that people want to have several children.
A. ideas
B. results
C. reasons
D. opinions
9. This TV program is to _____ public awareness about illiteracy, overpopulation and their negative influences on the
society.
A. rise
B. raise
C. decrease
D. grow
10. The organization _____ food to the earthquake victims.
A. supplied
B. distributed
C. delivered
D. All are correct.
11. He took up the work _____ enthusiasm.
A. in
B. with
C. about
D. on
12. Because his argument was so confusing, _____ people understood it.
A. many
B. clever
C. less
D. few
13. _____ interested in that subject, I would try to learn more about it.
A. Were I

B. Should I
C. I was
D. If I am
14. It's time we _____ out the solution to the problem of overpopulation.
A. find
B. will find
C. found
D. have found
15. I could understand the French teacher if she _____ more slowly.
A. speaks
B. spoke
C. will speak
D. would speak
16-20. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
16. (A) By the year of 2015, the world population (B) expects to be (C) over 7 (D) billion.
17. (A) The earth has (B) resources enough to support (C) billions of its (D) inhabitants.
18. Nowadays, (A) in our world there (B) is a limit (C) in the (D) amounts of fresh water.
19. (A) Most countries (B) in Asia and Africa (C) have (D) poor living standard.
20. (A) How many people (B) are expecting to be (C) in the world (D) by the year 2020?
21-25. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
Man cannot go on increasing numbers at the present rate. In the next 30 years, man will face a period of crisis.
(21) _____ experts believe that there will be a widespread food (22) _____ . Other experts think this is too pessimistic,
and that man can prevent things from getting worse than they are now. But remember that two-thirds of the people in
the world are undernourished or starving now.
One thing that man can do is to limit (23) _____ of babies born. The need (24) _____ this is obvious, but it is
not easy to achieve. People have to be persuaded to limit their families. In the country of the population (25) _____,
many people like big families. The parents think that this brings a bigger income for the family and ensures there will
be someone in the family who will look after them in old age.
21. A. Any
B. Some

C. More
D. All
22. A. need
B. want
C. absence
D. shortage
23. A. a number
B. the number
C. an amount
D. the amount
24. A. for
B. in
C. of
D. about
25. A. bursting
B. raising
C. explosion
D. extension
26-30. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D made from the words and phrases given.
26. If / we have/ better picture/ we give it/ you.
A. If we have a better picture, we would give it to you.
B. If we had a better picture, we gave it to you.
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C. If we had had a better picture, we would give it to you.
D. If we had a better picture, we would give it to you.
27. If / you help/ poor children/ I / extremely pleased.
A. If you can help poor children, I will be extremely pleased.
B. If you will help poor children, I will extremely be pleased.

C. If you would help poor children, I would be extremely pleased.
D. If you had helped poor children, I would be extremely pleased.
28. If /she tell us that/ I / not need/ ask for help.
A. If she would tell us that, I wouldn't need to ask for help.
B. If she told us that, I wouldn't have needed to ask for help.
C. If she would have told us that, I hadn't needed to ask for help.
D. If she had told us that, I wouldn't have needed to ask for help.
29. If / I know/ I / not give you/ job.
A. If I knew that, I won't give you the job.
B. If I knew that, I wouldn't give you the job.
C. If I would know that, I wouldn't give you the job.
D. If I had known that, I wouldn't give you the job.
30. The computer/ break down/ if / you/ not kill viruses regularly.
A. The computer will break down if you don't kill viruses regularly.
B. The computer will break down unless you don't kill viruses regularly.
C. The computer won't break down if you don't kill viruses regularly.
D. The computer will break down unless you killed viruses regularly.

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15-MINUTE TEST (UNIT 8)
1-5. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words.
1. A. occasion
B. decorate
C. influence
D. demonstrate
2. A. combination
B. longevity
C. essential

D. necessity
3. A. celebrate
B. agrarian
C. longevity
D. announcement
4. A. between
B. exchange
C. parade
D. banner
5. A. company
B. opinion
C. family
D. business
6-15. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence.
6. In national festivals, people often wear the traditional _____ from their country.
A. clothes
B. suit
C. outfit
D. costume
7. Festivals often start with a long _____ through the streets.
A. walk
B. march
C. stroll
D. run
8. Tet, the Lunar New Year, is the most important _____ in the year in Vietnam.
A. change
B. experience
C. occasion
D. point
9. People believe that what they do on the first day of the year will _____ their luck during the whole year.

A. support
B. influence
C. effect
D. react
10. During the holiday, streets are _____ with colored lights and red banners.
A. lightened
B. displayed
C. painted
D. decorated
11. This exercise is so easy that _____ can do it.
A. no one
B. someone
C. none
D. anyone
12. We all did well on the examination. _____ in our class passed .
A. Someone
B. No one
C. Everyone
D. No
13. He didn't come to work for a week and _____ knows what happened to him.
A. everyone
B. someone
C. no one
D. anyone
14. Sue told me _____ about her new job. It sounds very interesting.
A. everything
B. something
C. nothing
D. no
15. Be quick! _____ wants to speak to you on the phone.

A. Everyone
B. No one
C. Someone
D. Anyone
16-20. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C that needs correcting.
16. Christmas is (A) also the time (B) for children (C) to receive gifts (D) of parents and relatives.
17. Agrarian people, who (A) live at farming, depend (B) on the (C) lunar calendar (D) to manage their crops.
18. (A) Most Americans always (B) come home (C) on a Christmas (D) family reunion.
19. Homes are (A) often decorating (B) with flowers (C) and plants (D) during Tet.
20. (A) On the first days (B) ofTet, only (C) positiie comments should (D) be done.
21-25. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
The first full moon after the Chinese New Year, the 15th day of the first lunar month, is the occasion (21) _____
the Lantern Festival. It is customary to eat special sweet dumplings called yuanxiao, and enjoy (22) _____ lanterns
during this festival. Yuanxiao, round balls made of glutinous rice flour stuffed with sugar fillings, symbolize reunion.
The custom of enjoying lanterns at this time of the year dates (23) _____ to the first century, and has continued to be
popular throughout China up to the present day. On this festive night, many cities hold lantern fairs to display many
exotic and sometimes weirdly shaped multi-colored lanterns. In rural areas, the local people gather together and enjoy
themselves (24) _____ spectators and participants setting off fireworks, walking on stilts, (25) _____ with dragon
lanterns, dancing and playing on swings.
21. A. for
B. off
C. of
D. to
22. A. displaying
B. displayed
C. showed
D. shown
23. A. forward
B. as far as
C. backward

D. back
24. A. as
B. unlike
C. like
D. of
25. A. performance
B. performing
C. perform
D. performed
26-30. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
26. He has to decorate the house with flowers a week before Tet.
A. His house has been decorated with flowers a week before Tet.
B. His house has to be decorated with flowers a week before Tet.
C. His house has to decorate with flowers a week before Tet.
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D. His house had to be decorated with flowers a week before Tet.
27. We told each other happy and sad stories about our life in the past few years.
A. We told each other happy and sad one about our life in the past few years.
B. We told each other happy and sad ones about our life in the past few years.
C. We told each other happy stories and sad ones about our life in the past few years.
D. We told no stories, but happy and sad ones about our life in the past few years.
28. There will be trouble if you do that again.
A. You'd better not to do that again.
B. You'd better not do that again.
C. You'll have trouble unless you do that again.
D. You'll be trouble when you do that again.
29. Housewives are always busy cooking traditional foods before Tet.
A. Housewives are too busy to cook traditional foods before Tet.

B. Cooking traditional foods before Tet is easy for housewives.
C. Housewives always enjoy cooking traditional foods before Tet.
D. Cooking traditional foods makes housewives busy all the time before Tet.
30. It was such strong coffee that he couldn't drink it.
A. The coffee was too strong for him to drink.
B. He couldn't drink the coffee although the coffee was so strong.
C. He couldn't drink too strong coffee before.
D. The strong coffee made him able to drink it.

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