QuizforUnit3.doc

Quiz for Unit 3
I. Vocabulary and structure
Directions: There are 20 incomplete sentences in this part. For each sentence there are four choices marked A), B), C) and D). Choose the ONE answer that best completes the sentence . Then mark the corresponding letter on the Answer Sheet with a single line through the centre.
1. He is ______ about his chances of winning a gold medal in the Olympics next year.
A. optimistic B. optional C. outstanding D. obvious
2. The hopes, goals, fears and desires _____ widely between men and women, between the rich and the poor.
A. alter B. shift C. transfer D.vary
3. This article _____ more attention to the problem of cultural interference in foreign language teaching and learning.
A. calls for B. applies for C. cares for D. allows for
4. _____ difficulties we may come across, we’ll help one another to overcome them.
A. Wherever B. Whatever C However D. Whenever
5. The leader of the expedition _____ everyone to follow his example.
A. promoted B. reinforced C. sparked D. inspired
6. Tryon was extremely angry, but cool-headed enough to _____ storming into the boss’s office.
A. prevent B. prohibit C. turn D. avoid
7. My brother’s plans are very _____; he wants to master English, French and Spanish before he is sixteen.
A. arbitrary B. aggressive C. ambitious D. abundant
8. Though _____ in a big city, Peter always prefers to paint the primitive scenes of country life.
A. grown B. raised C. tended D. cultivated
9. In no country _____ Britain, it has been said, can one experience four seasons in the course of a single day.
A. other than B. more than C. better than D. rather than
10. Franklin’s ability to learn from observations and experience _____ greatly to his success in public life.
A. contributed B. owed C attached D. related
11. This ticket _____ you to a free meal in our new restaurant.
A. gives B. grants C. entitles D. credits
12. American women were _____ the right to vote until 1920 after many years of hard struggle.
A. ignored B. neglected C. refused D. denied
13. Although they plant trees in this area every year, the tops of some hills are still _____ .
A. blank B. hollow C. vacant D. bare
14. In general, the amount that a student spends for housing should be held to one-fifth the total _____ living expenses.
A. acceptable B. available C. advisable D. Applicable
15. John Dewey believed that education should be a preparation for life, that a person learns by doing, and that teaching must _____ the curiosity and creativity of children.
A. seek B. stimulate C. shape D. secure
16. There’s little chance that mankind would _____ a nuclear war.
A. retain B. endure C. maintain D. survive
17. The computer works very fast, _____ data at the speed of light.
A. having handled B. handled C. handling D. handles
18. Generous public funding of basic science would _____ considerable benefits for the country’s health, wealth and security.
A. lead to B. result from C. lie in D. settle down
19. The early pioneers had to _____ many hardships to settle on the new land.
A. go along with B. go back on C. go through D. go into
20. All the tasks _____ ahead of time, they decided to go on holiday for a week.
A. had been fulfilled B. were fulfilled C. having been fulfilled D. been fulfilled

II. Fill in the following blanks with correct adverbs or prepositions.
1. We’ve never been able to figure her _____ .
2. She has gone _____ a bad period recently.
3. The teacher gave _____ the exam papers.
4. Eating too much sugar can lead _____ health problems.
5. In the future, pay increases will be related _____ productivity.
6. He always falls _____ when we’re going uphill.
7. The local kids hang _____ at the mall.
8. I could not put my finger _____ what was wrong with it.
9. Since her husband died, she has immersed herself _____ her work..
10. The National Day is coming; they have thrown themselves _____ the organization of Celebration Activities.

III. Reading Comprehension
The American Thanksgiving Day celebration goes back to 1621. In that year, a special dinner was prepared in Plymouth, Massachusetts. The people who had settled there had left England because they were forbidden to keep their religious belief. They came to the new land. With the help of the Indians, they learned to live on the new land. These Puritans, as they were called, had much to be thankful for. They could enjoy religious freedom. They learned how to grow their crops in accordance with the climate and soil. Now when they selected the fourth Thursday of November for their Thanksgiving celebration, they invited their neighbors, the Indians, to join them in dinner. They also wanted to pray God for the new life. They recalled the group of 102 men, women and children who left England. They remembered those who did not live to see the shores of Massachusetts. They thought of the 65 day’s journey which tested their strength.
1. The first celebration of a day of Thanksgiving is about _____.
A. 100 years old B. 200 years old C. 300 years old D. 400 years old
2. Why had they left England?
A. Because of religious problem B. To set up a new religion
C. To learn new farming D. Because of the Indians
3. The climate and soil in Massachusetts are _____.
A. similar to that of England B. different from that of England
C. similar to that of Plymouth D. different from that of Plymouth
4. They gave thanks while remembering _____.
A. the new society of Indians B. their friends who died on the way to the new land
C. their former religion D. to invite the Indians
5. How long did the trip last?
A. 6 weeks B. 2 months or more C. half a year D. 102 days

IV. Cloze
Traveling can be fun and easy. A vacation trip to another part of the country is especially 1 when the traveling conditions are good. Good traveling conditions 2 (1) a comfortable and familiar mode of transportation, (2)knowledge of the 3 language and system of money, (3) 4 with the customs and habits of the people in the country, and (4) nice travel 5 . All of us have had nice trips like this. We have good 6 of an enjoyable, relaxing trip.
Most of us have also had trips that we would 7 to forget. Many conditions can produce a bad 8 experience. For example, if the four conditions 9 above do not 10 , we will probably have a bad experience, or at best a difficult 11 . Students who travel to 12 country to study often have a difficult trip. They usually travel 13 , they don’t know the language of the new country 14 , they are not familiar with the money system and so on. They often arrive in the new country at a huge 15 airport. From the airport, they need to 16 their way to the city where their school is. Maybe they need to 17 airplanes, to take a bus, a train, or a taxi. They need to do all this in a country 18 everything is unfamiliar: the language, the money, the people, the cities, and the weather. Later, after the experiences are 19 , they can laugh. But at the 20 , they feel terrible.
1. A. enjoyable B. amusing C. happy D. favorable
2. A. include B. exclude C. conclude D. contain
3 A. place’s B. country’s C. area’s D. city’s
4. A. awareness B. understand C. familiar D. familiarity
5. A. friends B. companions C. colleagues D. company
6. A. memories B. impressions C. opinions D. pictures
7. A. like B. have C. want D. need
8. A. trip B. tour C. travel D. visit
9. A. outlined B. talked C. discussed D. listed
10. A. take place B. happen C. exist D. appear
11. A. one B. that C. condition D. situation
12. A. different B. another C. foreign D. other
13. A. along B. alone C. lonely D. themselves
14. A. yet B. too C. either D. already
15. A. national B. international C. domestic D. local
16. A. watch B. notice C. see D. find
17. A. get off B. board C. take D. change
18. A. where B. when C. that D. which
19. A. end B. complete C. over D. gone
20. A. airport B. country C. time D. day