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<b>PRACTICE TEST ( UNIT 11)</b>

1. A. reading B. easy C. pleasure D. please
2. A. same B. taste C. swallow <b>D. page</b>
3. A. digested B. chewed C. killed D. enjoyed

<b>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other</b>
<b>three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.</b>

4.A. swallow B. subject C. digest D. enough
5. A. information B. entertainment C. discovery D. scientific

<i><b>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following</b></i>
<i><b>questions.</b></i>

6. Books are a wonderful source ________ knowledge and pleasure.

A. with B. of C. in D. about
7.I have only had time to……the report before going to the meeting.

A.taste B.dip into C.chew D.swallow

8. Players can move the ball by throwing it ………….. a teammate or swimming while pushing the ball in
front of them.

A. for B. into C. to D. From
9. To become a novelist, you need to be …………..

A. imagine B. imagination C. imaginative D. Imaginable
10. Books in the home are a _______ source of knowledge and pleasure.

A. wonderfully B. wonder C. wonderful D. wonderment

11. Books in the home are the wonderful __________ of knowledge and pleasure.
A. supply B. origin C. source D. provision
12. Fiction is a type of literature that describes __________ people and events.

A. imaginary B. real C. historic D. important
13.____ books are ones in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures.

A. Comic B. Thriller C. Romantic D. Science
14. Reading books is still one of ______ most popular forms of entertainment.

A. a B. any C. the D. an
15. Books are still a cheap way to get information and ________.

A. entertainer B. entertainment C. entertainingly D. entertain
<b>16.I saw him hiding something in a __________bag.</b>

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C. black small plastic D. small black plastic
<b>17.Not until the end of the 19th century ______ become a scientific discipline.</b>

A. plant breeding has B. did plant breeding
C. plant breeding had D. has plant breeding

<b>18.The girls remember ……….. to Suoi Tien Water Park when they were ten years old.</b>
A. to have taken B. being taken C. having taken D. to be taken
19. The museum is open to everybody. It ________ between 9am and 5pm.

A. visits B. visited C. can visit D. can be visited

20. I think the match ________. Everybody's gone into the stadium and you can hear them cheering.
A. was started B. will be started C. must started D. must have started

21. The book is so interesting that I can't...

A. put down it B. put it down C. put down D. be put down
<b>22.You must never take your helmets off while you are riding a motorcycle.</b>
A. Helmets must be worn at all times when riding a motorcycle.

B. Helmets must be worn at times when riding a motorcycle.

C. Helmets do not have to be taken off while you are riding a motorcycle.
D. Helmets should be taken when riding a motorcycle.

<b>Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to</b>
<b>the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.</b>

23. It’s no use taliking to me about metaphysics. It’s a closed book to me.
A. an object that I really love B. a book that is never open

B. a subject that I don’t understand D. a theme that I like to discuss
<b>24.This chapter is so difficult to digest, I shall have to read it again later. </b>

<b>A. read and understand</b> <b>B. dips into and ignore</b>

<b>C. read carelessly</b> <b>D. read quickly</b>

<b>25. Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl.</b>
A. recommendation B. information C. fiction D. Interest
<b>WRITING</b>

26.Tom did his homework, then he watched a football match on TV.

After___________________________________________________________________
<b>27. As soon as we got on the plane, the pilot told us to get off again. when</b>

Hardly the pilot told us to get off again.
<b>28. I did not prepare carefully for the final test. I got disappointed result. </b>

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29. An electrical fault could have caused the fire.

The fire__________________________________________________________
<b>30. Someone had better take this garbage to the dump soon</b>

This garbage_____________________________________________________

<b>Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the </b>
<b>correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks</b>

Nearly all the discoveries that have been made through the ages can be found in books. The (31)
_________ of the book is one of humankind’s greatest achievements, the importance of which can not be
overestimated. Books are very adaptable, providing us (32) __ both entertainment and information. The
production of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in the form that is accessible to us today. The
books read by the Romans, however, have some similarities to the ones we read now. Until the middle of
the 15th_{century, in Europe, all books (33)___ by hand. They were often (34)__illustrated and always rare}
and expensive. With printing came the possibility of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books
making (35)__more widespread and recognizable.

Question 31: A. ability B. foundation C. invention D.importance
Question 32: A. for B. with C. on D. about

Question 33: A. were written B. was written C. have been written D. were writing
Question 34: A. beauty B. beautify C. beautiful D. beautifully
Question 35: A. knowledge B. information C. signal D. expression
<i><b>Read the following passage and mark the letter a, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct</b></i>
<i><b>answer to each of the questions:</b></i>

Will people still read books 100 years from now? A few years ago, many people have said no. It
seemed likely that computers and the Internet would replace books. Now, however, most experts think that
books are here to stay.

There are a number of reasons why computers will not replace books entirely. One reason is that
books on paper are much cheaper than computers. And books do not need a power source. You can read a
book for as long as you want and wherever you want. You never have to worry about losing power. Also,
many people feel more comfortable reading words in a book than reading words on a computer screen
because it is less tiring to the eyes.

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Technology. Professor Jacobson’s electronic book will have a small button on the side. When you press the
button, words will instantly appear on the page. When you want to read a different story, you can push the
button again and a new story will quickly appear.

36. What will the book of the future look like?

A. It will look like a book you buy today. B. It will look like a computer.

C. It will look different from today’s books. D. We don’t know what it will look like.
37. The button on the side of the electronic book is used…………

A. to turn a light on and off. B. to change what you read

C. to turn the power on and off D. to make the book more beautiful
38. It can be inferred from the passage, book ………….

A. “ won’t come” B. “ are nearby”
C. “won’t disappear” D. “ are less”

39. The word “ instantly” in paragraph 3, line 6 means…….

A. gradually B. often C. correctly D. immediately
40. What is the main topic of the passage?

A. The decline of today’s books. B. How to use an electronic book.
C. The book of the future. D. Why a power source is important.
<b>Put the verb into the correct tense:</b>

1. The big shopping mall ( build )________________________ in the city center.
2. It’s raining heavily. The match ( cancel ) ____________.

3. If I didn’t do my job properly, I ( sack ) ____________.
4. The television ( repair ) ____________ . It’s not working now.

5. We ( delay ) ____________ the trip if the weather had been nice last Sunday.
6. A new bridge ( build ) ____________ across the river since last month.

7. Last night when I was walking in the park, it suddenly ( rain ) ____________ very heavily.
8. They will call me as soon as they ( finish ) ____________ their work.

<b>Complete the following passage, using the words in the box:</b>

1. More and more people have television in their homes because it can bring them the ________and stories

with color, picture and action.

2. Some books are for reading slowly and ____________.

3. A ____________ is about a person’s life written by someone else.

reviewers dip into pick up carefully novel

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4. Young animals have to learn to survive in the ____________ from their parents.

5. ____________ sometimes describe books as “hard-to-put-down” or “hard-to-pick-up-again”.
6. When you ____________ a book for the first time, check it is not too difficult.

7. A ____________ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are
usually imaginary.

8. “Tasting” means that we ____________ a book.

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