UNIT TEST 1 Mark

Name: …………………………………..…………………. Class: …………. Total: ……./ 50

I. Choose A, B, C or D to complete each sentence. (10pts)
1. The flower was _____________ out of a single piece of valuable wood.
A. carved B. moulded C. cast D. given
2. In this town, they _____________ all the frames in steel.
A. make B. have C. mould D. cast
3. She is skilled at _____________ cloth.
A. giving B. weaving C. doing D. carving
4. If you like, I can _____________ flowers on the cushion covers for you.
A. grow B. make C. embroider D. knit
5. Is it true that you _____________ this woollen hat yourself?
A. knitted B. wove C. did D. carved
6. The doll has been _____________ out of clay.
A. embroidered B. cast C. woven D. moulded
7. They keep changing the decoration of the shop ___________ they can attract more young people.
A. so that B. because C. although D. when
8. ________ there are modern knitting machines, the artisans in my village like using traditional looms
A. When B. Although C. Whereas D. Despite
9. Do you know who’s _____________ his pottery workshop?
A. bringing out B. taking over C. passing down D. turning down
10. It’s not her fault. Don’t ________ too hard on her.
A. go down B. come down C. get down D. let down
II. Complete each sentence with a word/phrase from the box. (10pts)
paintings / pottery / craft / drum / silk / carved / lacquerware / conical hats / gold / baskets
1. These products are called _________ lacquerware ______ because they are decoratively covered with
lacquer.
2. These _____________________ are made of thin bamboo strips that are woven together.
3. To play this ___________________ you should use your hands, not sticks.
4. This vase is a beautiful piece of _______pottery__________. It’s made from clay dug from our river
banks.
5. Lots of Vietnamese girls like wearing ________conical hats______________ and Ao dai.
6. When I go somewhere on holiday, I usually buy ___paintings_______ as souvenirs because I love
works of art.
7. There were three large figures _________ carved ______________ out of the rock.
8. Her skin was as smooth as _________ silk _______________.
9. He knew how to win by _________ craft _________, not by force.
10. She has been as good as __________ gold ___________ all morning.
III. Give the correct form of the word. (10pts)
HOME-WORKERS
According to government research, more people are working from home than ever before. (1.
CONSEQUENCE) ______consequently__________, there has been an increase in (2. LONELY)
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__________loneliness________ among those people who no longer have to travel to their place of (3.
EMPLOY) ________employment____________ . Official workers spend their day (4. SURROUND)
_________surrouded__________ by friends and colleagues, while home-workers rarely meet anyone face
to face. The most direct means of (5. COMMUNICATE) communication a home-worker has with the world
(6. OUT) ________outside_________ is the telephone. The fax and the internet are two more (7.
TECHNOLOGY) _________technological_______ links that can be used, although they still rely on the
written, rather than the (8. SPEAK)spoken word. What a home-worker really wants is the (9. WARM)
________warth___________ of a human voice, not the (10. DIGIT) ______digital_________ bleeps of a
computer.
IV. Complete each sentence using a verb from A in the correct form and a particle from B. You can use
any particle more than once. (10pts)
A B
find, live,  turn, bring, close, look, deal, face, keep, pass out,  back, down, with, through, up to, on
1. I’ll __________look through______________ this leaflet to see what activities are organised at this
attraction.
2. We must _________find out_________ the train times so that we can take the earliest train to Hai
Phong.
3. My favourite writer has ________brought out____________ another best-seller.
4. We’re ________dealing with____________ lots of complaints from customers about the quality of
these shirts.
5. Why did you _________close down____________ your workshop? I thought that it was running quite
well.
6. I had to ________turn down__________their invitation to take part in the trip because my father
didn’t allow me to go.
7. We must ________face up to_____________ the reality that our handicrafts are in competition with
those of other villages.
8. Do you think we can ___________live on___________ selling silk scarves as souvenirs?
9. The craft of basket weaving is usually __________passed down___________ from generation to
generation.
10. Hearing a sad story, she was unable to ___________keep back___________ her tears.
V. Rewrite the sentences as guided.
1. It might rain. Take an umbrella with you.
- Take an umbrella with you in _______________________________________________________.
2. I’m thinking with pleasure about the weekend!
- I am looking ____________________________________________________________________.
3. Although she’s young, she’s the most famous artisan in the village.
- In ______________________________________________________________________________.
4. In order to make a simple conical hat, we have to follow more than ten stages. 
- We have to follow more than ten stages so ____________________________________________.
5. There is no ice-cream left.
- We have ________________run out of ice cream.
VI. Rewrite the sentences using the words given. (5pts)
1. Because the wind was strong last night, several tiles came off the roof. (result)
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 - Several tiles came off the roof ____as a result of___________________________ the strong wind
last night.
2. Today’s meeting is postponed and it will be held next week. (put)
- Today’s meeting has ______________________been put down________________________until
next week.
3. We discussed the problem but nobody had a solution. (came)
- We discussed the problem but _______________no one came up____________________with a
solution.
4. We’ll have to phone you first. Then we’ll organise the trip.  (before)
- We’ll have to phone you first ____________________before we organnise________ the trip.
5. What Mike does in his spare time doesn’t concern me. (business)
What Mike does in his spare time _________________is none of my business_______.

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