Unit 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE

PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose underlined part differently from that of the others in the group.
1. A. burden B. bureau C. burning D. stgrn
2. A. device B. servile C. entice D. service
3. A. terrorism B. tertiary C. terrible D. terrify
4. A. blood B. food C flood D. enough
5. A. tried B. laughed C. typed D. liked

GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes each sentence.
6. ``You must have had a very good time on holiday." " it was a disaster. Everything went wrong."
A. By tradition B. In short
C. On the condition D. On the contrary
7. There are ways of spending your free time, so you can choose to do whatever you like. ,
A. scanty B. various C. ridiculous D. variety
8. They are trying to persuade the rich to their money to the charities.
A. provide B. invest C. finance D. contribute
9. Local authorities have to learn to allocate resources .
A. efficient B: efficiency C. inefficient D. efficiently
10. Thousands of factory workers are attending evening classes in an attempt to themselves.
A. better B. be better C. being better D. better than
11. He eats nothing hamburgers.
A. but B. unless C. despite D. apart
12. He worked hard a mechanic for ten years before being appointed manager.
A. like B. alike C. as D. same as
13. This organization is quick sending relief goods to the flooded areas.
A. with B. at C. for D. about
14. When are you leaving Singapore? This week or next week?
A. for B. in C. to D. at
15. He suddenly saw Cindy the room, so he pushed his way the crowd of people to get to her.
A. across / through B. over / through
C. over / over D. through I across
16. The doctor will not give the patient the test results tomorrow.
A. until B. from C. at D. on
17. Can you help me, please? I can`t see the difference these words.
A. from B. in C. between D. about
18. I don`t understand this point. Could you please ?
A. explain to me it B. explain me with it
C. explain it to me D. explain it for me
19. That house reminds me the one where I used to live.
A. of B. for C. about D. with
20: It was very kind you to lend me the money I needed.
A. for B. of C. to D. with
21. The bus hit a truck coming the opposite direction
A. in B. at C. for D. by
22. The company made very good profit in .
A. the 1990 B. 1990s C. the 1990s D. 1990`s
23. Alex failed his English exam, but his teacher is going to give him chance to .pass it.
A. another B. the other C. the others D. other
24. Her eyes are different colors. One eye is gray, and is green.
A. another B. the other C. the others D. other
25. him the whole truth or he`ll get angry with you.
A. If you don`t tell B. Unless you tell
C. Don`t tell D. When you tell
26. This is the strangest case that the detective .
A. has ever investigated B. is ever investigating
C. ever investigates D. has never investigated
27. To reduce air pollution, .
A. all automobiles necessary to be banned from the city center
B. banning all automobiles from the city center should be done
C. it is necessary banning all automobiles from the city center
D. the authorities should ban all automobiles