UNIT 8 : THE STORY OF MY VILLAGE


< I >: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
1. a. famous b. nervous c. dangerous d. mountain
2. a. town b. cow c. snow d. brown
3. a. spread b.disease c. health d. pleasure
4. a. flood b. good c. food d. look
5. a. crop b. export c. shortage d. resort
6. a. around b. mouse c. count d. country
7. a. mechanic b. achievement c. chemistry d. school
8. a. cut b. fun c. pull d. button
9. a. camera b. famous c. glad d. family
10. a. seat b. leave c. increase d. ready

< II >: Complete the passage with the suitable words from the box.

preserved housed labourers outbuildings village life community fields
In most of Europe, farmers’ homes and (1) ___ outbuildings _____ are generally located within a village, and tools and animals are (2) __ housed ______ there. Every morning, the farmers and farm (3) ___ labourers ____ leave their (4) __ village ______ to work their land or tend their animals in distant (5) _ fields _____ and return to the village at the end of the day. Social (6) __ life _____ is thus centripetal; that is, it is focused around the (7) ___ community ____ center, the village. Only in certain parts of Quebec has this pattern been (8) ___ preserved _____ in North America.
< III > : Choose the correct tense of the verbs to complete these sentences:
1. If I _____ the bus this afternoon, I’ll get a taxi instead.
a. miss b. will miss c. missed d. had missed
2. We’ll have to go without John if he _____ soon.
a. won’t arrive b. will arrive c. arrives d. doesn’t arrive
3. They _____ your money if you haven’t kept your receipt.
a. won’t refund b. didn’t refund c. no refund d. not refund
4. If I make some coffee, _____ the cake ?
a. do you cut b. will you cut c. are you cutting d. don’t you cut
5. If you _____ your homework, I _____ you watch TV.
a. won’t do/ let b won’t do / won’t let c. don’t do/ won’t let d. won’t do/ don’t let
6. If you want to see clearly, you _____ your glass.
a. wear b. will wear c. would wear d. must wear
7. If you’re scared of spiders, _____ into the garden.
a. won’t go b. you won’t go c. don’t go d. not go
8. If I _____ time tonight, I _____ the novel I’m reading.
a. will have/ finish b. have/ will finish c. have had/ will finish d. have/ have finished
9. If it _____ next week, we _____ plant the vegetables.
a. rains/ won’t be able to b. will rain/ aren’t going to
c. rains/ aren’t going to d. will rain/ don’t plan
10. Get me a glass of lemonade if you _____ to the kitchen.
a. go b. will go c. have gone d. went
11. _____ your computer if I’m careful ?
a. Will I use b. Do I use c. Use I d. Can I use
12. I _____ angry if it _____ that you are wrong.
a. will/ turns out b. am/ will turn out c. won’t be/ turned out d. will be/ turns out
13. If you _____ this switch, the computer _____ on.
a. press/ comes b. will press/ comes
c. press/ can come d. have pressed/ will come
14. If you _____ with the computer, I’ll put it away.
a. will finish b. have finished c. had finished d. finished
15. If Matthew is going to a job interview, he _____ a tie.
a. will wear b. can wear c. should wear d. might wear
< IV >: Look at the information in brackets and complete the sentences using if and a verb in the present simple.
1. (I may see Tom tonight