REVIEW UNIT 10

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. metal B. scatter C. package D. math
2. A. self-directed B. compulsory C. pursuit D. choosing
3. A. smell B. press C. melt D. refill
4. A. temptation B. interaction C. hospitality D. adequate
5. A. facilitate B. imitate C. negotiate D. initiative
II. Choose the words that has the different stress from the others.
1. A. polite B. penfriend C. shorthand D. breakdown
2. A. multimedia B. possibility C. telepathy D. interactive
3. A. opportunity B. enthusiasm C. informality D. independently
4. A. average B. candidate C. severely D. applicant
5. A. insurance B. reference C. consider D. available
III. Indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. We all welcome the government's initiative to boost lifelong learning.
A. intention B. initial C. new plan D. prospect
2. His life is a rich source of inspiration for many writers and poets.
A. nuance B. hindrance C. discouragement D. encouragement
3. Lifelong learning can also help amend some of the weaknesses of the education system.
A. correct B. change C. develop D. intensify
4. A good lifelong learner can advance both at work and in life.
A. process B. progress C. precede D. recede
5. If you have the right qualifications and are good at English, you are very likely to get promoted.
A. elevated B. enlightened C. encouraged D. endorsed
6. What is your barrier to lifelong learning?
A. bar B. obstacle C. badge D. motivation
7. I am lucky to have a very supportive supervisor.
A. survivor B. manager C. saver D. protector
8. Upon the project completion, I was transferred to the sales department.
A. moved B. dismissed C. retrained D. translated
9. Our first priority is to offer free education to all people.
A. attention B. help C. concern D. aid
10. It is equal chance for everyone. No one should be given privilege.
A. time B. money C. disadvantage D. advantage
IV. Indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1 What he can't do is to make attendance compulsory, or threaten that non attendance will delay other qualifications.
A. obligatory B. selective C. required D. mandatory
2. It just gave you a stronger motivation for doing what you already knew was right.
A. discouragement B. emotion C. feeling D. inspiration
3. The plans should remain flexible to accommodate changes in students' needs and circumstances.
A. fixed B. adjustable C. inconstant D. changeable
4. Having adequate funding is crucial throughout the learning process.
A. abundant B. enough C. insufficient D. satisfactory
5. If children are inactive most of the time, it is very easy for them to gain weight.
A. put up B. loose C. lose D. put on
6. Those students who fail the National High School exams may want to retake them the following year.
A. pass B. fall C. sit D. take
7. A new school has just been set up for the kids in the area.
A. started B. established C. built D. demolished
8. Thanks to lifelong learning, people's level of awareness has improved significantly.
A. has increased B. has declined C. has gone up D. has bettered
9. The school picnic has been cancelled because of bad weather.
A. called off B. continued C. destroyed D. broken off
10. The teacher asked us to go on with the next exercise and he would be back in a while.
A. finish doing B. start doing C. continue doing D. stop doing
V. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below.
1. We should do some thing to protect water from being polluted ____ we will have nothing to drink in the future.
A. if B. whether C. or D. unless
2. Hurry up! They've only got ____ seats left.
A. a few B. a little C. a lot of D. plenty of
3. I hope he doesn't keep us ____.
A. to wait B. waiting C. for waiting D. wait
4. These were the days ____ we were very happy,
A. that B. of which C. about which D. when
5. I turn down the job ____ the attractive salary.
A. because B. because of C. although D. despite
6. The scientists and engineers have become key figures in our modern ____ society.
A. industry B. industrial C. industrialize D. industrialization
7. He asked me ____.
A. since when I waited B. since when I am waiting
C. how long I have been waiting D. how long I had been waiting
8. She remembered the correct address only ____ she had posted the letter.
A. since B. afterward C. following D. after
9. His parents never allowed him ____.
A. smoking B. smoke C. to smoke D. some smoke
10. I didn't go to school yesterday ____ I was ill.
A. because B. and C but D. so
11 He will stay at home ____ it rains.
A. or B. however C. if D. but
12. That man lives next door, ____he?
A. does B. doesn't C. don't D. isn't
13. Mary wishes she ____ speak Vietnamese
A. can B. could C. should D. will
14. What is minimum entrance ____ for this course?
A. condition B. requirement C. certificate D. ability
15. The writer could not be at the ceremony, and his wife accepted the prize on his ____.
A. absence B. remembrance C. behalf D. reminder
16. If you had taken my advice, you ____ in such difficulties now.
A. wouldn't be B. won't be C. wouldn't have been D. hadn't been
17. If Jack had tried hard the last season, ____.
A. he would now be in the national team B. he is never in time for the match
C. he will now be in the national team D. he has never been in time for the match
18. One of the most forgotten ____ of education is to teach students how they can learn on their own.
A. directions B. subjects C. objects D. aims
19. When the post finally fell ____. They offered it to Brian.
A. vacant B. vacantly C. vacancy D. vacancies
20. Today's online world is full of opportunities for all of us to ____ our own learning path.
A. discover B. determine C. control D. influence
21. Is English a compulsory subject or a(n) ____ one at high school here?
A. obligatory B. mandatory C. obliging D. optional
22. We ____ won the game if we'd had a few more minutes.
A. had B. could have C. have D. will
23. If Nam hadn't quarreled with the bad boys at school, he ____ a black eye.
A. won't have had B. hadn't had C. would have had D. wouldn't have had
24. As a university student you are expected to take responsibility for your own learning and be ____.
A. self-aware B. self-centered C. self-absorbed D. self-directed
25. If you understand a matter thoroughly, that means you understand it ____.
A. hardly B. hard C. completely D. scarcely
26. "Education is not ____ for life; education is life itself," said John Dewey.
A. arrangement B. agreement C. preparation D. contribution
27. Had you told me that this was going to happen, I ____ it.
A. would never have believed B. don't believe
C. hadn't believed D. can't believe
28. What ____ you do if you saw a UFO?
A. will B. do C. would D. can
29. Nobody came here yesterday, ____?
A. didn't they B. didn't he C. did he D. did they
30. Do you remember the name of the girl ____ we met at the party last night?
A. which B. where C. whose D. whom