THE 22nd SEA GAMES TEST 1 pps

THE 22nd SEA GAMES

TEST 1

I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. a. events b. spirit c. Asian d. silver

2. a. gold b. region c. organize d. game.

3. a. trained b. proved c. impressed d. performed

4. a. competitor b. medal c. level d. development

5. a. honor b. high c. host d. hold

II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. a. enthusiast b. successfully c. competitor d. participation

2. a. spirit b. impress c. event d. perform

3. a. development b. cooperation c. surprisingly d. facility

4. a. festival b. badminton c. participant d. organize

5. a. solidarity b. energetic c. excellently d. combination

III. Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close

meaning to the original one.

6. In _______ 22nd SEA Games, Vietnam won 158 _______ gold medals.

a. Ø / the b. the / Ø c. a / the d. the / the

7. The host country, Laos, is expected to announce official sports for 25th SEA Games _______ November 2008.

a. on b. in c. during d. from

8. Johnny used to be one of the most _______ athletes in my country.

a. succeed b. success c. successful d. successfully

9. The 22nd SEA Games consisted of athletes from eleven _____ countries.

a. participate b. participant c. participation d. participating

10. In beach volleyball, Indonesia defeated Thailand in straight sets to take men's gold _______.

11. On behalf of the referees and athletes, referee Hoang Quoc Vinh and shooter Nguyen Manh Tuong swore to an oath of

"_______, Honesty and Fair Play".

a. Performance b. Delegation c. Participation d. Solidarity

12. The ASEAN Para-Games are hosted by the same country where the SEA Games took place.

a. organized b. impressed c. participated d. defended

13. The ASEAN Para-Games is a biannual multi-sport _______ held after every Southeast Asian Games for athletes with

physical disabilities.

a. games b. event c. work d. situation

14. _______, the athlete broke the world's record with two attempts.

a. Surprise b. Surprised c. Surprising d. Surprisingly

a. present b. award c. medal d. reward

15. The 22nd SEA Games was the first time when Vietnam finished top of the medal _______.

a. standings b. events c. spirits d. programs

16. Viet Nam's successful hosting of the 22nd SEA Games is considered a/an _____ example for other countries to follow,

particularly in honesty, consistence and organizing method.

a. festival b. peaceful c. energetic d. outstanding

17. _______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do.

a. The harder / the better b. The more / the much

c. The hardest / the best d. The more hard / the more good,

18. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music!

a. the less / the more loud b. the less / less

c. the more late / the more loudlier d. the later / the louder

19. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______.

a. more and more good b. better arid better

c. the more and more good d. gooder and gooder

20. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam.

a. the largest of the two b. the more larger of the two

c. one of the two largest d. one of the two larger

21. Petrol is _______ it used to.

a. twice as expensive as b. twice expensive more than

c. twice more than expensive d. more expensive than twice

22. Peter is _______ John.

a. younger and more intelligent than b. more young and intelligent than

c. more intelligent and younger than d. the more intelligent and younger than

23. It gets _______ when the winter is coming.

a. cold and cold b. the coldest and coldest c. colder and colder d. more and more cold

24. Robert does not have _______ Peter does.

a. money more than b. as many money as c. more money as d. as much money as

25. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago.

a. taller b. the more tall c. the tallest d. taller and taller

26. Vietnam was _______ host country of the 22nd SEA Games.

a. a b. an c. the d. Ø

27. How many _______ took part in the 22nd SEA Games?

a. compete b. competitors c. competition d. competitor