UNIT 2: CULTURAL DIVERSITY

Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. a. naked b. looked c. booked d. hooked
2. a. concerned b. raised c. developed d. maintained
3. a. appeared b. agreed c. coughed d. loved
4. a. sacrificed b. trusted c. recorded d. acted
5. a. laughed b. weighed c. helped d. missed
6. a. advised b. devised c. raised d. practised
7. a. shared b. viewed c. confided d. measured
8. a. determined b. expressed c. approved d. married
9. a. smoked b. called c. photographed d. based
10.a. demanded b. lived c. questioned d. supposed
Choose the best answer:
11.London is home to people of many _______ cultures.
a. diverse b. diversity c. diversify d. diversification
12.John cannot make a _____ to get married to Mary or stay single until he can afford a house and
a car. a. decide b. decision c. decisive d. decisively
13.My mother used to be a woman of great _______, but now she gets old and looks pale.
a. beauty b. beautiful c. beautifully d. beautify
14.My father phoned me to say that he would come _______ home late.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
15.At last they divorced after ten years of _______ marriage.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
16.A curriculum that ignores ethnic tensions, racial antagonisms, cultural _____ and religious
differences is pot relevant.
a. diversity b. contacts c. barriers d. levels
17.Some researchers have just _____ a survey of young people's points of view on contractual
marriage. a. sent b. directed c. managed d.
conducted
18.It is not easy to ________ our beauty when we get older and older.
a. develop b. maintain c. gain d. collect
19.Many young people have objected to _______ marriage, which is decided by the parents of the
bride and groom.

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 a. agreed b. shared c. contractual d. sacrificed
20.All parents are _____ to at least try to behave in ways that will give their own children an
important protection
a. decided b. supposed c. followed d. rejected
21.It is thought that traditional marriage _______ are important basis of limiting divorce rates.
a. appearances b. records c. responses d. values
22.Affected by the Western cultures, Vietnamese young people's attitudes _______ love and
marriage have dramatically changed.
a. for b. with c. through d. towards
23.Sometimes she does not agree ____ her husband about child rearing but they soon find the
solutions. a. for b. on c. with
d. of
24.The young are _______ more concerned with physical attractiveness than elderly people.
a. much b. as c. many d. as much as
25.It will take more or less a month to prepare for the wedding.
a. approximately b. generally c. frankly d. simply
26.The number of the participants in the survey _______ 250 students for Oxford University.
a. are b. was c. were d. have been
27.The grass was yellow because it _______ all summer.
a. does not rain b. has not rained c. had not rained d. would not rain

28.Many people even wonder these days _______.

a. what marriage is b. what is marriage c. what marriage was d. what was
marriage
29.The lights _______ out because we _______ the electricity bill.
a. have gone / did not pay b. will go / did not paid
c. go / would not pay d. went / had not paid
30._____ Tom Cruise's last movie? Yes, I _____ it three days ago
a. Have you ever seen / saw b. Did you ever see / have seen
c. Had you ever seen / would see d. Will you ever see / saw
31.In the past, people _______ to the beach more often.
a. have gone b. used to go c. were going d. had gone
32.Soon, people ____ most of the time at home.

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 a. will work b. are working c. have worked d. work
33.I _______ a terrible accident while I _______ on the beach.
a. see / am walking b. saw / was walking c. was seeing / walked d. have
seen / were walking
34.After all, she ____ him since her childhood. a. knows b. knew c. was knowing d.
had known
35.We _______ touch since we _______ school three years ago.
a. lost / have left b. have lost / leave c. have lost / left d. were losing / had left
36.Although they are twins, they have almost the same appearance but they are seldom in _____.
a. agree b. agreeable c. agreement d. agreeably
37.The more _______ and positive you look, the better you will feel.
a. confide b. confident c. confidently d. confidence
38.My parents will have celebrated 30 years of _______ by next week.
a. marry b. married c. marriageable d. marriage
39.Mr. Pike held his wife's hands and talked urgently to her in a low voice, but there didn't seem
to be any response.
a. feeling b. emotion c. reply d. effect
40.Family is the place where _______ children is not only tolerated but welcomed and
encouraged.
a. taking b. having c. giving d. showing
41.Socially, the married _______ is thought to be the basic unit of society.
a. couple b. pair c. twins d.
double
42.Professor Berg was very interested in the diversity of cultures all over the world.
a. variety b. changes c. conservation d. number
43.You are not _______ to say anything unless you wish to do so.
a. obliged b. willing c. equal d. attracted
44.A woman can never have a happy married life without _______ her husband.
a. demanding b. agreeing c. trusting d. determining
45.__________ large number of India men agreed that it was unwise to confide in their wives.
a. A b. An c. The d. Ø
46.Not all men are concerned with _______ physical attractiveness of their girlfriends and wives.
a. A b. An c. The d. Ø

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47.My mother is the only one that I can absolutely confide _______. a. in b. for c. with
d. up
48.After they have been ___ love for two years, they decide to get married.
a. for b. with c. on d. in
49.In some cases, Mary is thought not to be _______ her sister.
a. as much intelligent than b. so intelligent than c. intelligent more than d. as
intelligent as
50.She is _______ I expect.
a. more prettier than b. far prettier than c. much more prettier than d. a lot prettier as
51.There were about 100 attendees at the wedding, and ______ half of them were the bride's and
groom's relatives.
a. less b. not less than c. no less than d. nor less than
52.The bride looked _____ on her wedding than she does as usual.
a. nicer and more attractive b. more nicer and more attractive
c. more nicer and more attractive d. more attractive and nicer
53._______ people used to read more.
a. Twenty years before b. Twenty years ago c. For twenty years d. Since twenty
years
54._______ in Rome than he _______.
a. No sooner he had arrived / was being kidnapped b. No sooner had he arrived / was kidnapped
c. Had he no sooner arrived / kidnapped d. No sooner was he arriving /
had been kidnapped
55._______ John usually watch TV at the weekend?
a. Will b. Is c. Does d. Has
56.I _______ there once a long time ago and _______ back since.
a. was / have not been b. had been / was not
c. would be / had not been d. have been / will not be
57.As many as ten-million children _______ with the virus by the end of this decade.
a. have been infected b. will be infecting c. had been infected d. will have been infected
58.What _______ when the fire alarm _______ off?
a. are you doing / will go b. have you done / would go
c. were you doing / went d. will you do / are going

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59._______ you send this wedding card to Peter, please? a. Will b. Are c. Did
d. Had
60.When Peter _______, I _______ him to your new house.
a. will arrive / take b. arrives / will take c. has arrived / am taking d. had
arrive / had taken
61.Many Vietnamese people ______ their lives for the revolutionary cause of the nation
a. sacrifice b. sacrificed c. sacrificial d. sacrificially
62.They had a ______ candlelit dinner last night and she accepted his proposal of marriage.
a. romance b. romantic c. romantically d. romanticize
63.I do not think there is a real ______ between men and women at home as well as in society.
a. attitude b. value c. measurement d. equality
64.The ____ to success is to be ready from the start.
a. key b. response c. agreement d. demand
65.She accepted that she had acted ______ and mistakenly, which broke up her marriage.
a. romantically b. unwisely c. wisely d. attractively
66.They decided to divorce and Mary is ______ to get the right to raise the child.
a. equal b. determined c. obliged d. active
67.I fell in ______ love with him because of his kind nature.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
68.His ideas about marriage are quite different ______ mine.
a. with b. from c. for d. on
69.I believe that he was concerned ______ all those matters which his wife mentioned.
a. with b. over c. upon d. above
70.Everyone has been more ______ less the same from the point of view of satisfaction.
a. or b. and c. nor d. but
71.He ______ email before, so I ______ him how to use it.
a. did not use / had shown b. had not used / showed
c. has not used / showed d. was not using / will show
72.She ______ me anything about that problem so far.
a. is not telling b. does not tell c. will not tell d. has not told
73.I think that everything ______ ready for the project procedure by the end of next month.
a. will have been b. has been c. had been d. is
74.Be quiet! Someone ______ at the front door. I ______ it.

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 a. is knocking / will answer b. knocks / am answering
c. has knocked / am going to answer d. will knock / have answered
75.Dan and Crystal ______ married in June.
a. are getting b. has got c. was getting d. will have got
76.Oranges ______ rich in vitamin C, which ______ good for our health.
a. have been / is b. are / is c. are / will be d. were / has
been
77.Let's go to Fuji for our summer holiday! - OK. It ______ good.
a. sounds b. is sounding c. has sounded d.was
sounding
78.I have not met her for three years.
a. The last time I met her was three years ago. b. It is three years when I will
meet her.
c. I did not meet her three years ago. d. During three
years, I met her once.
79.This pasta is a new experience for me.
a. I used to eat a lot of pasta. b. I am used to eating
pasta.
c. It is the first time I have eaten past d. I have ever eaten pasta many
times before.
80.I have not seen Tom for ages.
a. It has been a long time since I last saw Tom. b. Tom and I do not look the same age.
c. Tom and I are friends for a long time. d. I often met Tom ages
ago.