Unit 13 practice 1

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UNIT 13: THE 22nd SEA GAMES

PRACTICE 1

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is

pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.

1. A. hold B. honor C. host D. high

2. A. gold B. game C. organize D. region

3. A. purpose B. compose C. propose D. suppose

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which is stressed

differently from the rest.

4. A. common B. command C. upgrade D. connect

5. A. enthusiast B. community C. combination D. competitor

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the

following sentences.

6. The 22nd SEA Games consisted of athletes from eleven …………. countries.

A. participate B. participant C. participation D. participating

7. ……………., the athlete broke the world's record with two attempts.

A. Surprise B. Surprised C. Surprising D. Surprisingly

8. The 2nd part of the programme in the 22nd SEA Games opening ceremony was named “…….

for Peace”

A. Cooperate B. Cooperation C. Cooperative D. Cooperatively

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

A. succeed B. success C. successful D. successfully

10. All athletes were ………. to get the best results in competitions

A. tried B. promised C. impressed D. determined

11. Sports enthusiasts from other countries were greatly ……… with the spirits of the 22nd SEA

Games held in Vietnam.

A. impressed B. enjoyed C. achieved D. applauded

12. The athlete had tried his best to …………. his SEA Games title and records.

A. carry B. perform C. defend D. support

13. ….. is the activity of doing special exercises regularly in order to make your muscles grow

bigger.

A. Wrestling B. Bodybuilding C. Weightlifting D. Badminton

14. The Southeast Asian Student Sport Festival is the biggest sport event ......... the youths in the

region.

A. for B. on C. in D. of

15. The deep Oceans contain some of the ……………… of all living creatures.

A. strangest B. strange C. as strange as D. stranger

16. John does not work ……………… his brother.

A. as hard as B. as hardly as C. more hardly than D. hardlier than

17. It gets ……………… to understand what the professor has explained.

A. the more difficult B. more difficult than

C. difficult more and more D. more and more difficult

18. His performance was the same ………………. his brother’s.

A. with B. to C. like D. as

19. Of the four dresses, which is ………………expensive?