Grade 12 UNIT 11: BOOKS
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. A. swallow B. subject C. enough D. digest (n)
2. A. imagine B. important C. example D. wonderful
3. A. reviewer B. carefully C. holiday D. different
4. A. knowledge B. forever C. journey D. action
Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentences.
5. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ______it.
A. reviews B. chews and digests C. swallows D. dips into
6. It is a good book. I think it is interesting enough for you to ______.
A. put down B. swallow C. look up D. understand
7. If you ______a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
A. dip into B. put away C. pick up D. put down
8. ______books are ones in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures.
A. Comic B. Thriller C. Romantic D. Science
9. Boy, stop reading. ______the book down and go to bed.
A. Take B. Put C. Set D. Pick
10. ______unless we are given more information.
A. Anything can’t be done B. Nothing can be done
C. Anything can’t have been done D. Nothing can have be done
11. A ______is a report in a newspaper or magazine in which a writer gives his opinion of a book, a film, or a play.
A. page B. subject C. review D. journey
12. This book ______to Peter. It is not mine.
A. possesses B. owns C. has D. belongs
13. Books are a wonderful source ______knowledge and pleasure.
A. with B. of C. in D. about
14. After leaving school, many of us only read for ______.
A. please B. pleasant C. pleasure D. pleasing
15. A dictionary contains much ______about words.
A. information B. knowledge C. meanings D. sources
16. Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl.
A. information B. fiction C. recommendation D. interest
17. The reviewer ______Mathew's new novel as a new style of modern science fiction. [nhà phê bình]
A. chewed B. digested C. described D. drew
18. I have nearly finished reading the book. There are only a few ______left.
A. pieces B. pages C. slices D. sheets
19. Can you ______what it would be like to live without books?
A. imagine B. advise C. describe D. understand
20. A ________ is a book, film, or play that tells an exciting fictional story about something such as criminal
activities or spying.
A. non-fiction B. science C. thriller D. romance
21. Who does the book belong ______?
A. for B. to C. on D. through
22. He picked ______the book and turned page after page.
A. up B. on C. away D. in
23. Read the book ______and you can find the information you need.
A. care B. careful C. carefulness D. carefully
24. To become a novelist, you need to be ______.
A. imagine B. imagination C. imaginative D. imaginarily
25. A ______is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary.
A. pleasure B. novel C. film D. review
26. A ______is the story of a person's life written by somebody else.
A. romance B. fiction C. biography D. science
27. We spend more time watching TV than reading books. But ______, TV has not kill reading.
A. in addition B. nevertheless C. however D. in fact
28. People enjoy a book ______different ways.
A. on B. with C. upon D. in
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29. This book is not really ______. It is a waste of money buying it.
A. inform B. information C. informative D. informatively
30. Sometimes it is ______to find suitable books for our children.
A. difficult B. difficulty C. difficultly D. difficulties
31. A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book ______. [evaluate: đánh giá]
A. review B. reviewing C. reviewer D. reviewed
32. Those letters ______now. You can do the typing later.
A. need typing B. needn't be typed C. need to type D. needn't typing
33. You ______up early. Today's Sunday.
A. shouldn't get B. mustn't get C. needn't get D. mightn't get
34. Have you ever read ______"Oliver Twist", ______interesting novel written by Charles Dickens?
A. the / the B. Ø / an C. Ø / Ø D. an / the
35. I like ______books better than ______films.
A. Ø / Ø B. the / the C. Ø / the D. the / Ø
36. Mary enjoys reading ______, adventure, and whatever else she can either buy or borrow.
A. romance B. romantic C. romanticize D. romanticism
37. Before eating, ______thoroughly with soap and clean water.
A. you should wash your hands B. your hands should be washing
C. you need washing your hands D. Your hands need washed
38. Fruits ______in a freezer.
A. should not put B. should not be put C. must put D. must be putting
39. It wasn't obligatory to submit my assignment today.
A. My assignment must have been submitted today.
B. I needn't have submitted my assignment today.
C. My assignment was required to submit by today.
D. I mustn't submit my assignment today.
40. It's time we left for the disco. __________________for the disco now.
A. We may leave. B. We needn't leave C. We should leave D. We must have leave
41. The train ______by bad weather. I am not sure.
A. might delay B. might be delayed C. might have delayed
D. might have been delayed
42. The bicycle ______now. You can do it tomorrow or the day after tomorrow.
A. need repairing B. needn't be repaired C. need to repair D. needn't repairing
43. What are the advantages of books ______television?
A. with B. over C. than D. from
44. Today, more books of every kind ______than ever before.
A sell B. have sold C. have been sold D. are sold
45. A: I am looking for a book? B: ____________.
A. What’s the title? B. What name is it? C. Whose name is it D. What is its name?
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
Books are written to (46)______ knowledge and good books enrich the mind. By putting ourselves under
the influence of superior minds, we improve our mental powers. (47)______ good books, we learn that people
everywhere are the same, and in all ages and in all classes. This knowledge improves our loves of others and
helps us to live in peace with them. We also understand that the world was made not only for man alone but for
every creature that can feel hungry and (48)______, warm and cold.
(49)______ it may be possible for us to travel throughout the world and see the events taking place every
day, it is not possible for us to see the things that happened in the past. However, good books help us to see not
only into the most remote regions of the world today but also the world in which our ancestors (50)______.
46. A. provide B. create C. impress D. describe
47. A. For B. By C. Through D. During
48. A. funny B. disappointed C. thirsty D. happy
49. A. Despite B. In spite of C. But D. Although
50. A. live B. lived C. are living D. had lived
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