Unit 16: People and places - The second semester

Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences. 
I ________go to Bangkok next year. 
	A. need 	B. ought 	C. may 	D. want
It’s his job ________there. 
	A. fly 	B. to fly 	C. flying 	D. B&C 
We usually fly to Bejing ________Kuala Lumpur. 
	A. and 	B. also 	C. but 	D. with 
I would love ________all those places. 
	A. see 	B. to see 	C. sees 	D. seeing
Nam likes playing tennis and ________. 
	A. so do I 	B. I do, too 	C. I do either 	D. a & b 
You ________take photographs in the museum. 
	A. may not 	B. don’t may 	C. may not to 	D. can’t to 
Costs range from 50________several hundred dollars. 
	A. for 	B. up 	C. to 	D. until
He’s famous ________his inventions. 
	A. of 	B. for 	C. on 	D. in
Food leaves here________Laos and Thailand. 
	A. for 	B. of 	C. in 	D. to
My ________author is jack London. 
	A. favor 	B. favorite 	C. popular 	D. famous 
As well as ________the battle site, tourists can enjoy the beautiful scenery of the valley. 
	A. visit 	B. visiting 	C. to visiting 	D. A&B
Alexander Fleming was famous ________penicillin. 
	A. of discover 	B. of discovering 	C. for discovering 	D. in discovering
She is not very good ________history. 
	A. for 	B. to 	C. at 	D. on
She ________in Spain. 
	A. growed 	B. growed up 	C. grew up 	D. grew
They lived in a huge house. 
	A. very beautiful 	B. very big 	C. colorful 	D. small
She watched him ________her bicycle. 
	A. fixed 	B. fixes 	C. fix 	D. to fix
I’m glad ________hear you are better now. 
	A. hear 	B. hearing 	C. to hear 	D. heard
Doing morning exercise regularly keeps me________. 
	A. fit 	B. healthful 	C. healthy 	D. A&C
Lan likes durian, and________. 
	A. So I do 	B. I do, too 	C. I do, either 	D. a & b 
The drink tastes ________. 
	A. good 	B. awfully 	C. delicious 	D. A&C
Put in each gap one correct preposition.
Thank you very much________your letter you sent me last week.
You shouldn’t worry________what happen yesterday. Nothing was serious.
If you come to visit Hanoi next month, I will show you________the city.
Please take care________her because she is too young.
Write your name________the top of the page.
There was an accident ________the street this morning.
________the end________the street, there is a crossroad.
8.My mother lives________a small village________the south-west of England.
Choose the best option to complete each of the following blanks.
South-east Asia (29)______many attractions, you could visit many ancient monuments. The attractions range from the beautiful Khmer temples of Angkor Wat to the huge Buddhist temples of Borobudur in Java. 
You may be interested (30)______the traditions of different cultures. You can (31)______different shows – from colorful dances in Thailand to shadow puppet shows in Indonesia. During these shows, you can listen to and enjoy traditional music. 
You may prefer the ocean. There (32)______a lot of resorts and thousands of kilometers of beaches. You can (33)______. You can dive and admire colorful corals and fish. You can sail and enjoy healthy outdoor life. 
A. has	B. have	C. having	D. to have
A. on	B. in	C. at	D. to
A. saw	B. seeing	C. see	D. to see
A. is	B. be	C. will be	D. are
A. swimming	B. swim	C. to swim	D. swam
Read the passage and then answer the following questions.
Hans Christian Andersen was a Danish author. He grew up in a poor family, and he wanted to be an actor. Later, a friend of his paid for his education at Copenhagen University. He wrote novels, plays, poetry and travel books. However, he became most famous for the fairy tales he wrote between 1835 and 1872.
Where is he from?
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Did he grow up in a rich family?
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Who paid for his education at Copenhagen University?
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What did he write?
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What was he famous for?
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Fill in each blank with a suitable word in the box.
wrote–family- his - by - leaving
One of the first novels in the history of literature was written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe (39)______Daniel Defoe. 
Daniel Defoe was born in London in the (40)______of a rich man. When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (41)______ school he worked in his father’s shop and (42)______ articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him much in (43)______ writings. 
Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
Dennis Heal________ (be) born in 1930 and he now________ (be) a politican. He ________(go) to Oxford University in 1950 and ________ (become) a member of Parliament for the Labor Party in 1957. He ________ (write) three story books including his autobiography. He ________ (marry) the artist, Anda Heal, and they________ (have) two children. They ________ (live) in Oxford for 15 years, then ________(move) to London in 1970. They now ________(live) in a small house in the center of London. 
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