UNIT 11: BOOKS
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest
1. A. same B. taste C. swallow D. page
2. A. sleep B. keep C. pleasure D. people
3. A. too B. book C. look D. good
4. A. described B. picked C. swallowed D. informed
5. A. words B. reviewers C. describes D. types
Choose the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the rest.
6. A. subject B. swallow C. story D. digest
7. A. example B. holiday C. careful D. interest
8. A. describe B. chapter C. wonder D. easy
9. A. understand B. television C. improvement D. introduce
10. A. imaginary B. advantageous C. information D. incredible
Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
11. My parents........they will move to the seaside when my father retires next year.
A. think B. thinking C. will think D. thought
12. I couldn`t resist reading the book even........ I was very sleepy.
A. though B. although C. however D. otherwise
13.........that the hope for cancer control may lie in the use of vaccine.
A. To believe B. It is believed C. Believing D. The belief
14. I went to........ some pictures by a new painter the other day.
A. watch B. see to C. look at D. visit
15. My roommate`s handwriting was very bad, so he had me........ his paper for him last night.
A. to type B. type C. to have typed D. typed
16. The book is so interesting that I can`t........
A. put down it B. put it down C. put down D. be put down
17. Would you be........to hold the door open?
A. too kind B. as kind C. kind enough D. so kind
18. What do you mean, he`s watching television? He`s........ to be washing the car.
A. hoped B. expected C. supposed D. thought
19. Children are........in watching cartoon films.
A. interested B. keen C. fond D. concerned
20. The ........thing about travelling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the journey.
A. enjoyment B. enjoyed C. enjoying D. enjoyable
21. I wonder who drank all the milk yesterday. It........ have been Jane because she was out all day.
A. must B. could C. needn`t D. can`t
22. Books in the home are a wonderful....... of knowledge and pleasure.
A. source B. resource C. list D. sum
23. Reviewers describe books ....... "hard-to-put-down", or "hard-to-pick-up-again".
A. as B. for C. into D. in
24. Books are still a cheap........ to get knowledge and entertainment.
A. means B. way C. method D. measure
25. A fine tomb,........, marks the grave of the poet Chaucer.
A. which in the fifteenth century was erecting B. erecting in the fifteenth century
C. erected in the fifteenth century D. being erected in the fifteenth century
II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correction.
26. People respected him because he was a honest man.
A B C D
27. Today the number of people whom enjoy winter sports is almost double that of twenty years ago.
A B C D
28. My uncle has just bought some expensive furnitures for his new house.
A B C D
29. Have you ever read any novels writing by Jack London?
A B C D
30. He studied very hard, so he passed the exam easy.
A B C D
Choose the correct sentence
31. He last had his car repaired 2 weeks ago.
A. He