Trắc nghiệm Unit 11: Books Tiếng Anh 12 - Mai Lan Hương

ệ đ xe ể m chi ti t ế (có l i ờ gi i ả ) UNIT 11: BOOKS TEST 1 I. MULTIPLE CHOICE
Choose the most suitable option to complete the sentence. Tenses
1. Something tells me that you __________ to a single word I __________ in the past ten minutes!
a. haven’t been listening/ have said
b. haven’t listened/ had said c. hadn’t listened/ said d. didn’t listen/ was saying
2. When I __________ 30, I __________ making plans for a new career because I __________ bored with my life.
a. turned/ would start/ probably would have got
b. will turn/ will start/ probably will get
c. turn/ will start/ probably will have got
d. am turning/ start/ probably get
3. How many of those chocolates __________ today? a. did you eat b. do you eat c. had you eaten d. have you eaten
4. The light __________ out while we __________ tea yesterday. a. was going/ had b. went/ were having c. had gone/ have had d. has gone/ are having
5. Every system on the plane __________ before departure.
a. will been checked b. will has checked c. will be checked d. will checked Prepositions
6. Because of the increase __________ the number of films offering financial services, there’s a bigger
demand than ever __________ qualified accountants. a. to/ with b. in/ by c. in/ for d. out/ with
7. As soon as she __________ after the operation, she asked for a drink of water. a. came round b. came to c. was brought round d. All are correct
8. Mr. Green is on the line, shall I __________ or ask him to ring back? a. put him off b. put him down c. put him on d. put him through
9. My Tam was successful with the songs __________ Hoai An. a. by b. of c. about d. at
10. We moved our house because we couldn’t put __________ with the noise __________ the motor way any longer. a. for/ about b. up/ from c. at/ to d. about/ from Grammar
The Piranha is a (n) __________ fish which is very dangerous for other creatures living around it. a. eaten-flesh b. flesh-eating c. eating-flesh d. flesh-eaten
12. Tom is too __________ listen to what c. we have said. a. minded-narrow b. narrowed-mind c. narrow-mind d. narrow-minded M i
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13. There is not enough light for us to read. It’s a __________ room. a. badly-light b. badly-lighted c. bad-light d. bad-lighted
14. Which of the following statement is correct? a. Let’s invite b. Let Sally and Bruce invited
c. Let’s invite Sally and Bruce d. Let invite Sally and Bruce
15. Which of the following statement is not correct? a. Do sit down.
b. Sit yourself down. c. Sit down, please, d. Do sit that chair. Speaking
16. _ “Aren’t you afraid of what people will say?” _ “__________”. a. Of course not b. Yes, I do c. No, I am d. Sure, I am
17. - “Your fur coat looks very expensive”. _ “__________. It was secondhand”, a. Yes, it does b. I’m sorry
c. Really? It wasn’t expensive d. No it isn’t
18. - “Have you got any identication, Sir?”
- “Well, I haven’t got my passport. But I’ve got my driving licence, __________” a. Do you agree with me? b. Sure? c. Of course d. Will that be all right?
19. _ ‘You often come to class late.” _ “__________”. a. Yes, I’m sorry about that b. Yes, I’m late c. I know I did d. Do you
20. _ “Excuse me. Do you do watch-repair?” _ “__________” a. Why not b. That’s all
c. Yes, we do, madam d. Here we are II. VOCABULARY
Complete each of the following sentences with one of the words provided in the box.
character cultivation exceptionally recovery
sensible gossip reveal wisdom open-minded
21. There are very __________ people, so the bad language in that film is unlikely to offend them.
22. The new film is __________ good.
23. In ancient Greece, the owl is a symbol of __________.
24. She refused to __________ the contents of the novel.
25. More important than past experience were a candidate’s __________, education and state of health.
26. My uncle was a great __________ who can gives details of the private lives of famous people.
27. Laura is a __________ girl. She wouldn’t talk to strangers.
28. They expect a quick __________ from the illness because the medicine is excellent. II. WORD FORMS
Complete the following sentences with the appropriate forms of the given words. BOOKS M i
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Nearly all the (29. discover) __________ that have been made through the ages can be found in
books. The (30.invent) __________ of the book is one of humankind’s greatest (31. achieve)
__________, the importance of which cannot be overestimated. Books are very adaptable, providing us
with both entertainment and information. The production of books began in Ancient Egypt, though not in
a form that is (32. recognize) __________ to us today. The books read by the Romans, however, have
some (33. similar) __________ to the ones we read now. Until the middle of the 15th century, in Europe,
all books were (34. write) __________ by hand. They were often beautifully illustrated and always rare
and expensive. With printing came the (35. possible) __________ of cheap, large- scale publication and
distribution of books, making (36. know) __________ more widespread and accessible. IV. CLOZE TEST
Fill in each blank with one suitable word to make a complete passage.
Walt Whitman, born in New York in 1819, was one of America’s unusual literacy figures. As an
individualist, he rambled (37) __________ the country seeing people and places; and making them his
own. His experiences in earning a living were varied; (38) __________ time he was printer, a teacher, a
carpenter, a nurse and a newspaper editor. He was a big-hearted man, open and accepting. He gave freely
his time to (39) __________ for the wounded during the Civil War. Though he lived the city, he often (40)
__________ his time in the countryside, developing his strong sense of nature, which was carried through
his poems. In 1835 he collected verses he had written, and published them in one (41) __________,
“Leaves of Grass”, a book (42) __________ he revised and rewrote all the rest of his life. The book was
ridiculed by some poets and generally ignored by others, probably (43) __________ his verse forms were
not traditional. He had felt that it was necessary to achieve a new poetic form in order to communicate his
views. His reputation didn’t grow until after his death, and it reached a high point in the 1920s. Since then
Whitman style has (44) __________ modern poets.
V. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
Rewrite each of the following sentences with the given words or under the instructions so that
the meaning remains unchanged.
45. The room is full of flies because you left the door open.
→ Had _________________________________________
46. We spent two hours mowing the lawn in our garden.
→ It _________________________________________ 47. He was too ill to work.
→ His illness _________________________________________
48. Asking for help is a waste of time.
→ It is _________________________________________
49. It was his duty to paint the wall
→ He was _________________________________________
50. The only way you can hope to succeed is by trial and error.
→ Only _________________________________________
51. I dislike it when people criticize me unfairly.
→ I object _________________________________________
52. Would you mind not smoking in here? M i
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→ I’d _________________________________________
53. She didn’t say a word as she left the room.
→ She left the room _________________________________________
54. This will be the orchestra’s first performance outside London.
→ This will be the first time _________________________________________ VI. SENTENCE BUILDING
Use the given cues to make complete sentences.
55. When Judy / young, she want / a nurse.
→ _________________________________________
56. She/ tell/ everyone she / be / nurse when she / up.
→ _________________________________________
57. school /she do/ everything possible / help /achieve / ambition.
→ _________________________________________
58. When she / eighteen, she / accept / training
-→ _________________________________________
59. During her / train / she suspect/ she / make a mistake
→ _________________________________________
60. But she / pass/ all / examinations/ and qualify / nurse
→ _________________________________________
61. year later / she leave / profession
→ _________________________________________
62. Poor Judy! She hate / sight / blood
→ _________________________________________ Yours sincerely, Paul
VII. READING COMPREHENSION
Read the following passage and answer the questions.
The following passage discusses the book This Side of Paradise, F. Scott Fitzgerald’s
autobiographical first novel, written when the author was in his early twenties.
The defects of This Side of Paradise should not blind the reader to its importance in Fitzgerald’s
career. It marked his movement, clumsy and pasted together as the novel often is, from a clever short-
storywriter and would-be poet to an ambitious novelist. All his life he was to think of himself primarily as
a novelist, to save his best work for his novels, to plunder his published short stories for usable material
for them. If he achieved nothing else in this first novel, he had at least taken his scattered literary
effusions and his under-scribed experiences, sifted them, shaped and reshaped them, often looked at them
ironically, and fashioned them into a sustained narrative. Compared with the material he took directly
from his Nassau Lit stories, the writing had improved greatly. In many rewritten passages, This Side of
Paradise shows Fitzgerald moving to that freshness of language that became his identifying mark.
The novel took the bold step that Fitzgerald needed: it confirmed his ideas about the importance of
his feelings and about his ability to put them down. It helped Fitzgerald thrash out those “ideas still in
riot” that he attributes to Amory (the novel’s main character) at the close of the book: his ideas about love M i
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