EXERCISE 1:
1. My mother works _______a nurse in a big hospital. She examines the patients.
A. for
B. as
C. in
D. at
A. the roof
B. the table
C. the bed
D. night shift
2. She had to work on _______last night, so she is very tired this morning.
A. late
B. early
C. on time
D. past
3. My father is very busy with his work at the office. He usually comes home very _______at night.
A. cries
B. sleeps
C. gets up
D. stays up
4. My mother _______very early in the morning to prepare our breakfast.
A. caring
B. careless
C. harmful
D. boring
5. My mother is a _______woman. She does all the household chores to make us more comfortable.
A. to clean
B. clean
C. cleaning
D. cleans
6. In my free-time, I often help mom with _______the house.
A. look after
B. get up
C. sit down
D. shut up
7. I take responsibility to _______my little brothers because they are sometimes very naughty.
A. take off
B. take out
C. take care of
D. take over
8. My responsibility is to wash dishes and _______the garbage.

A. mend
B. mended
C. to mend
D. mending
9. My brothers love joining my dad in _______things around the house at weekends.
A. solve
B. solution
C. solved
D. to solve

10. Whenever problems come up, we discuss frankly and find _______quickly.
A. tear
B. cut
C. share
D. shake
11. Mai is my closest friend. We are always willing to _______feelings to each other.

A. confide
B. confidence
C. confident
D. confiding
12. My family is the base from which we can go into the world with _______.
A. house-keeper
B. white house
C. lord of house
D. household chores
13. I like doing _______such as cooking, washing and cleaning the house.

A. botanist
B. biologist
C. chemist
D. mathematician
14. My father is a _______. He often does researches with animals and plants.


A. join hands
B. get out
C. shake hands
D. clutch hands
15. In my family, both my parents _______to give us a nice house and a happy home.

A. obey
B. obedience
C. obedient
D. obstacle
16. My brothers are often very _______to what I say. They are really lovable.

A. having a shower
B. drinking beer
C. playing cards
D. cooking
17. Unlike most men, my uncle likes _______very much. I like his eel soup very much.

A. take care of
B. join hands
C. take over
D. work together
18. My responsibility is to _______my little brothers.

A. to spend
B. spending
C. to get up
D. getting up
19. Although my father is very busy, he tries _______much time taking care of his children.

A. will to
B. will
C. willing
D. willing to
20. My father is very helpful. He is always _______give a hand with cleaning the house.

EXERCISE 2:
A
B
C
D
My brothers love joining my dad in to mend things around the house
at weekends.

A
B
C
D
2. I am now in my attempt winning a place at the same university to my brother.

A
B
C
D
3. My mother works in a doctor in a big hospital. She examines the patients.

A
B
C
D
4. My responsibility is to wash dishes and take off the garbage.

A
B
C
D
5. In my free-time, I often help mom with cooking the house.

A
B
C
D
6. My father and my mom joins hands to give us a safety, security and happy family.

A
B
C
D
7. Once a week, my mother have to work on a night shift at hospital.

A
B
C
D
8. His eel soup is the best one I
have ever eat.

A
B
C
D
9. I’m now under study pressure, so I feel very fine all the time.

A
B
C
D
10. After hospital, my mother rushes to the market, then hurried home for the dinner.

EXERCISE 3:
A. consist of
B. consisting of
C. consisting
D. including of
The United States has many different types of families. While most American families are traditional, (1)_______ a father, a mother and one or more children, 22 percent of all American families in 1998 were headed by one parent, usually a woman.
A. childish
B. childlike
C. childless
D. childhood
In a few families in the United States, there are no children. These (2) _______ couples may believe that they would not make good parents;
A. are not
B. can’t
C. couldn’t
D. weren’t
they may want freedom from responsibilities of childbearing; or, perhaps they (3)_______ physically able to have children.
A. who is
B. is
C. which is
D. which has
Other families in the United States have one adult (4)_______ a stepparent. A stepmother or stepfather is a person who joins a family by marrying a father or a mother.
A. for
B. of
C. in
D. to
Americans tolerate and accept these different types of families. In the United States people have right to privacy and Americans do not believe in telling other Americans what type of family group they must belong to. They respect each other’s choices regarding family groups. Families are very important (5)_______ Americans.

EXERCISE 7
A. proofs B. books
C. points D. days
Q1
A. helps B. laughs
C. cooks D. finds
Q2
A. neighbors B. friends
C. relatives D. photographs
Q3
snacks
follows
titles
writers
Q4
A. streets B. phones
C. books D. makes
Q5
A. cities
B. satellites
C. series
D. workers
Q6
A. develops B. takes
C. laughs D. volumes
Q7
A. phones B. streets
C. books D. makes
Q8
A. proofs B. regions
C. lifts D. rocks
Q9
A. involves B. believes
C. suggests D. steals
Q10
A. remembers B. cooks
C. walls D. pyramids
Q11
A. miles B. words
C. accidents D. names
Q12
A. sports B. plays
C. chores D. minds
Q13
A. nations B. speakers
C. languages D. minds
Q14
A. proofs B. looks
C. lends D. stops
Q15
A. dates B. bags
C. photographs D. speaks
Q16
A. parents B. brothers
C. weekends D. feelings
Q17
A. chores B. dishes
C. houses D. coaches
Q18
A. works B. shops
C. shifts D. plays
Q19
A. coughs B. sings
C. stops D. sleeps
Q20
A. signs B. profits
C. becomes D. survives
Q21
A. walks B. steps
C. shuts D. plays
Q22
A. wishes B. practices
C. introduces D. leaves
Q23
A. grasses B. stretches
C. comprises D. potatoes
Q24
A. desks B. maps
C. plants D. chairs
Q25
A. pens B. books
C. phones D. tables
Q26
A. dips B. deserts
C. books D. camels
Q27
A. miles B. attends
C. drifts D. glows
Q28
A. mends B. develops
C. values D. equals
Q29
A. repeats B. classmates
C. amuses D. attacks
Q30
A. humans B. dreams
C. concerts D. songs
Q31
A. manages B. laughs
C. photographs D. makes
Q32
A. dishes B. oranges
C. experiences D. chores
Q33
A. fills B. adds
C. stirs D. lets
Q34
A. wants B. books
C. stops D. sends
Q35
A. books B. dogs
C. cats D. maps
Q36
A. biscuits B. magazines
C. newspapers D. vegetables
Q37
A. knees B. peas
C. trees D. niece
Q38
A. cups B. stamps
C. books D. pens
Q39
A. houses B. faces
C. hates D. places
Q40
EXERCISE 8
A. came B. has came
C. comes D. come
1. He has lived here since he ________ here.
A. is working / graduate
B. worked / graduated
C. had worked / will be graduate
D. has been working / graduated
2. John________ as a journalist since he ________ from university in 2000.

A. did
B. does
C. uses
D. did used
3. He does not save as much money as he________ last year.