Unit 1 - Looking back

Question 1: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

• A. away

• B. quay

• C. playground

• D. display

Question 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

• A. explain

• B. complain

• C. plain

• D. captain

Question 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

• A. now

• B. grow

• C. snow

• D. flow

Question 4: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to the following question:

Steve Jobs, known for his innovation in technology, was __________ as a baby and raised by loving parents.

• A. dropped

• B. adopted

• C. chosen

• D. abandoned

Question 5: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to the following question:

Nelson Mandela’s life story is truly __________. He fought for freedom and equality in South Africa.

• A. ordinary

• B. unimpressive

• C. impressive

• D. unknown

Question 6: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to the following question:

Marie Curie was admired for her groundbreaking __________ in the field of science, especially her work on radioactivity.

• A. failures

• B. friendship

• C. achievements

• D. childhood

Question 7: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to the following question:

Despite being considered a __________, Albert Einstein had to struggle in school.

• A. failure

• B. genius

• C. producer

• D. conductor

Question 8: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation.

• A. obey

• B. valley

• C. Disney

• D. alley

Questionn 9. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to the following question: While Marie Curie __________ on her research, she __________ two Nobel Prizes.

• A. worked / was winning

• B. was working / won

• C. works / wins

• D. working / won

Question 10. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to the following question:

When we went across, the teacher ________ the lesson and the students ________ notes.

• A. is explaining/ are  taking

• B. explained/ were taking

• C. were explaining/ took

• D. was explaining/ were taking