Bài tập môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 12 - Unit 11

UNIT ELEVEN – BOOKS –EXERCISE 1 (The 12th form)
PRONUNCIATION 
1. A. swallow	B. taste	C. pages	D. detail 	6. A. please	B. reading	C. cheap	D. pleasure 
2. A. conclusion	B. measure	C. resource	D. usually 	7. A. swallow	B. knowledge	C. slowly 	D. following 
3. A. queue	B. quick	C. question	D. request 	8. A. book 	B. good	C. wood	D. school
4. A. digest	B. wilderness	C. reunite	D. describe 	9. A. chew	B. few	C. nephew	D. continue 
5. A. swallow	B. sweater	C. sword	D. switch 	10. A. incredible	B. fascinating 	C. difficult	D. carefully 
STRESS 
1. A. amazing 	B. fascinating C. incredible D. romance 6. A. entertainment B. information C. difficulty D. understanding
2. A. digest 	B. survive	C. swallow	D. unnoticed 7. A. swallow B. subject 	C. digest 	D. enough	
3. A. reunite	B. recommend C. understand	D. wilderness 8. A. imagine B. important C. example 	D. wonderful
4. A. imaginary B. personality C. scientific	D. entertainment 9. A. knowledge B. forever C. journey 	D. action
5. A. knowledge B. pleasure	C. character	D. biography 10. A. different B. carefully C. holiday 	D. reviewer	
MULTIPLE CHOICE 
1. Professor Moore recommended the book ___ all his students (with / to / for / from) 
2. I’m really fond ________ reading detective stories by Agatha Christie A. to 	B. for 	C. of 	D. with 
3. Skimming is sometimes useful ___ processing larger quantities of text A. for 	B. in 	C. to 	D. of 
4. I have been looking ___ this book for months, and at last I have found it A. over	B. up	C. for	D. at 
5. I cannot bear the noise of my brother’s radio; it __ me from reading my book 
A. disturbs 	B. perturbs	 C. interrupts 	D. distracts 
6. A(n) ____ is a book that someone writes about their own life 
A. biography 	B. autobiography 	C. romance 	D. historical novel 
7. People enjoy a book ________ different ways.A. on 	B. with 	C. upon 	D. in
8. This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.
A. inform 	B. information C. informative 	 D. informatively
9. Reading ____ is influenced by multiple factors, and is nor limited to a child’s general intelligence 
A. knowledge 	B. material	C. completion	 	D. achievement 
10. ___ of reading include reading for memorization (under 100wpm) , reading for learning (100-200wpm) and reading for comprehension (200-400wpm) A. Rates B. Pressures	C. Rhymes	D. Paces 
11. A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book ________.
A. review 	B. reviewing 	C. reviewer 	D. reviewed
12. Studies have shown that American children who learn to read by the third grade are less likely to __ school 
A. drop away 	B. drop behind 	C. drop out 	D. drop off 
13. As for me, I consider reading ________ important part of ________ life.
A. an / Ø 	B. the / a 	C. Ø / the 	D. an / a
14. Reading for comprehension is the ___ of most people’s daily reading 
A. advantage	B. essence	C. benefit	D. assistance 
15. Victorian writers fired he popular ____ with their tales of adventure 
A. image	B. imagery	C. imaginings	D. imagination 
16. Our school has managed __ a lot of books to distribute to the children in a village school
A. to collect	B. collecting	C. with collecting	D. on collecting 
17. ___ to get through to Jack for days now. Either she’s away or her phone’s out of order 
A. I tried	B. I had tried	C. I’m trying 	D. I’ve been trying 
18. Over the past 50 years, many serious illnesses (bring) ___ under control 
A. brought 	B. was brought 	C.have brought 	D. have been brought 
19. Do you like the “Harry Porter” film series? Well, after ____ the books, I was a bit disappointed
A. have read 	B. having read 	C. being read	 D. I have read 
20. Because of road work, traffic __ to one lane in each direction 
A. restricts	B. will restrict	C. has restricted	D. is restricted 
21. I will show you around the city when you (come) ___ to visit me 
A. come	B. are coming	C. will come	D. will be coming 
22. After he ___, he continued to take classes to upgraded his skills 
A. hired	B. has hired	C. had hired	D. was hired 
23. He ____ in public on the occasion of his daughter’s wedding 
A. last saw	B. has last seen	C. was last seen	D. was seeing last 
24. Two-thirds of the work ___ by the second team 
A. is done	B. are done	C. has been done	D. have been done 
25. Professor Byrd, along with several colleagues , __ to a national conference each year 
A. travels	B. travel	C. is traveling	D. have traveled 
26. The reason for all the changes being made __ to us 
A. explained	B. had explained	C. was explaining	D. was explained 
27. Diabetes , which may be caused one of several conditions, _____ many people each year 
A. affects	B. affect	C. is affected	D. are affected 
28. “All these photographs __ with a very cheap camera”, he said 
A. have taken	B. were taken	C. were taking	D. had taken 
29. In spite of her protests, her father made her ___ for the race three hours a day 
A. train	B. training	C. to train	D. trained 
30. The manager expected the team __ because they (not do) enough training 
A. to be lost	B. have lost	C. by losing	D. to lose 
31. Yesterday, I had to cram all day for my French final. _______, I did not get to sleep until after midnight.
A. Nevertheless 	B. However 	C. Therefore 	D. But
32. While hiking in Alaska, you have to keep an eye out for bears. If you see one, you _______ approach it. It is dangerous. A. might not 	B. may not 	c. needn't 	d. must not
ERROR RECOGNITION 1. In the late nineteenth century, many important theories in both the biological and the physical science have been produced 
2. Reading requires more lighting than many other activities, therefore, the possibility of comfortable reading greatly vary depending on available lightning and time of day 
3. Since about 1990, there was a movement to create reading environments with appropriate lightning levels 
4. Liberal arts colleges cultivate general intellectually abilities rather than technical or professional skills 
5. T.S Eliott was equally distinguished as a poet, he wrote criticism¸ and a dramatist 
6. At present, solar cells are too expensive and inefficient to use in the commercial generation of electricity 
7. One characteristic of the poems of Emily Dicknson is the sharp of her images 
8. Listening to recorded books while driving is a means of utilize time wisely 
9. A prolific writer, even when he was teaching a number of classes, Harry Crews never achieving popularity among the masses 
10. John’s wisdom teeth were troubling him, so he went to a dental surgeon to see about having them pull 
11. According many critics, Mark Twain’s novel Huckleberry Finn in his greatest work and is one of the greatest American novels ever written 
12. For decades, journalist Theodore H. White wrote books described American presidential elections 
13. Zoonoses are diseases that can transmit to human beings by animals 
14. Raymond Chandler’s detectives stories are admired both by critics and general readers 
15. The naturalist Edwin Teal illustration his books with photographs he had taken himself 
REWRITE THE SENTENCES 
1. I’d prefer you not to wear jeans to the office. à I’d rather 	
2. We won’t get there on time without taking a taxi. à Unless 	
3. “I wouldn’t go swimming on a day like this, if I were you, Tom.” à Brian	 
4 . Mike enjoys playing tennis more than I do. à I don’t 	
5. If you walk slowly, it takes longer to get there. à The more 	
6. “When are you leaving for Rome,Maria?” asked Diana. à Diana asked 	
7. “Don’t forget to buy some bread, Mum,” said Pauline. à Pauline 	
8. “It’s not true, I didn’t make any long-distance calls,” said Sue. àSue denied 	
9. My parents let me go abroad alone for the first time last year. àI was 	
10. I’m certainly not going to give you any more money. à I have no ....	
11. Jane hasn’t written any novels for ten weeks à Jane last 	
12. They couldn’t arrive on time because it snowed heavily à The heavy snow	 
13. The meal was excellent but the surroundings were depressing (though) 	
14. The affair became public even though they attempted to conceal it à Despite 	
15. It may be necessary to extend the college to accommodate the growing number of students à We may 	
16. I’m absolutely sure that they weren’t playing in this weather à They can’t 	
17. “ We hear that you got the first prize. Congratulations!”, my friends said à My friends 	
18. Jane is the worst volleyball player in the team à No one	
CLOZE TEST If you want to prepare yourself for great achievement and have more to (1) ______ to your education or your work, try reading more books. (2) ______ up some of the interestingly informative books and search for well-researched material that can help you grow.
We should (3) ______ our children to read more books and (4) ______ less time watching TV. Some people have commented that this is inconsistent. "Why is the written word a superior way to get information than television?" That is (5) ______ interesting point of view worth further (6) ______. Reading is a skill that is in much greater demand than the demand for watching TV. There are no jobs that (7) ______ a person to be able to watch TV but reading is an integral part of many jobs. The written word is an incredibly flexible and efficient way of communication. You can write something down and, in no time, it can be (48) ______ to many different people. Not only that, we can (9) ______ vast amounts of information through reading in a very short time. A good reader can acquire more information in reading for two hours than someone watching TV can acquire in a full day. You are able to gain a lot of information quickly because you are a fast reader with good (10) ______ skills. It will save you massive amounts of time and you will be able to assimilate vast quantities of information.
1. A. contribute B. gather 	C. collect 	D. gain	 6. A. explore 	B. explorer 	C. exploration 	D. explorative
2. A. Make 	B. Set 	C. Take 	D. Pick	 7. A. inquire 	B. tell 	C. require 	D. ask
3. A. discuss 	B. encourage 	C. suggest 	D. define 8. A. submitted B. handed 	C. sent 	D. communicated
4. A. spend 	B. apply 	C. train 	D. waste 9. A. inhale 	B. breathe 	C. eat 	D. digest
5. A. a 	B. an 	 C. the 	 D. no article 10. A. apprehension B. enjoyment C. comprehension D. entertainment
UNIT ELEVEN – BOOKS –EXERCISE 2 (The 12th form)
MUTIPLE CHOICE 
1. A. book 	B. good	C. wood	D. school
2. A. digest	B. wilderness	C. reunite	D. describe 
3. A. chew	B. few	C. nephew	D. continue 
4. A. swallow	B. sweater	C. sword	D. switch 
5. A. incredible	B. fascinating 	C. difficult	D. carefully 
6. It was such a great book that I couldn’t put it _____ 	A. on 	B. off 	C. out 	D. down 
7. She’s busy writing a book __ astrology 	A. in 	B. of 	C. on 	D. for 
8. The novel was set ___ a small village in France 	A. in 	B. on 	C. off 	D. by 
9. Books that give fact about real events , things or people are called __ 
A. novel 	B. biography 	C. romance	D. non-fiction 
10. Fiction is a type of literature that describes ____ people and events 
A. imaginary	B. real	C. historic	D. important 
11. A ____ novelist , she wrote more than forty books 
A. famous	B. popular	C. prolific 	D. neglected 
12. ___ knowledge can be acquired from books, skills must be learned through practice 
A. Whereas	B. Whereof	C. Whereby	D. Wherefore 
13. I have only had time to __ the report before going to the meeting
A. taste	B. dip into	C. chew	D. swallow 
14. Have you ever read the book by Nelson Mandela, _____ Long Way to Freedom 
A. reviewed	B. revised	C. illustrated	D. entitled 
15. If you want to learn how to operate a computer, you read its ____ 
A. reference book	B. guidebook	C. instruction manual	D. craft book 
16. Nellie Ross of Wyoming was the first woman __ governor in the United States 
A. was elected	B. who elected	C. to be elected	D. to elect as 
17. A driver’s license can ___ from the Licensing Bureau at the corner of Pine Street and 5th Avenue A. obtain B. be obtained C. have obtained	D. be obtained 
18. Since the 1930s chemical insecticides such as D.D.T __ very effective in destroying disease-carrying insects 
A. proved 	B. was proved 	C. has proved 	D. have proved 
19. I shouldn’t ____ so much coffee last night. I was wide awake till four in the morning 
A. drink	B. drank	 C. be drunk	D. have drunk 
20. I didn’t see anyone but I felt as though I ___
A. have been watched B. was being watched C. be watched D. am watched 
21. The profits are supposed ___ among the shareholders 
A. to divide 	B. to be divided	C. dividing	D. being divided 
22. The popular TV game show ___ by about 10 million people every Saturday evening 
A. has been watching 	B. is watching 	C. watches	D. is watched 
23. When you are on duty, your uniform must ___ at all times 
A. wear	B. be wear	C. be worn 	D. be wearing 
24. The crew of the tanker were fortunate __ just minute before it sank in heavy seas 
A. rescuing	B. to rescue	C. to have rescue	D. to have been rescued 
25. While the builders were repairing the roof they ___ the bathroom window 
A. break	B. broke	C. have broken	D. was broken 
26. You promised her a letter; you ought to __ days ago
A. write	B. be writing 	C. have written	D. be written 
27. My computer is broken . – Really? Why don’t you have it ___? 
A. repair	B. repairing 	 C. repaired 	D. for repairing 
28. The professor has not written a book ____ to the masses to generate interest from a publisher 
A. enough appealing 	B. appealing enough C. appeal enough 	D. enough appeal 
29. Oh! Look at that beautiful vase on the floor. How did it ___? 
A. get broken	B. break	C. broken	D. got broken 
30. After the test papers __ to the students in class tomorrow, the students ___ their next assignment 
A. will return / will be given B. will be returned / are given C. are returning / are giving D. are returned / will be given 
31. The train ________ by bad weather. I am not sure.
A. might delay 	B. might be delaying C. might have delayed 	D. might have been delayed
32. The room ________ once a day.
A. should clean 	B. should be cleaning C. should be cleaned 	D. should have cleaned
33. Polar bears are beautiful animals; _______, they are wild and unpredictable in nature.
A. despite 	B. however 	C. so 	D. therefore
34. You do not have to be afraid of bear, _______ educating yourself about the dangers can help keep you safe. .
A. but 	B. so 	C. therefore 	D. although
35. Theresa walked past me without saying a word. She ________ me.
A. can't have seen 	B. can't see	C. can't have been seen 	D. can be seen
36. 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
37. We found the exam extremely easy. We ________ so hard.
A. needn't study 	B. needn't be studying	 C. needn't have studied 	D. needn't have been studied
38. Different people like specific types of books, and some people just like ________ literature in general.
A. a 	B. an 	C. The 	D. Ø
39. _ books are ones in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures. A. Comic B. Thriller C. Romantic D. Science
40. Boy, stop reading. ________ the book down and go to bed.A. Take 	B. Put 	 C. Set 	D. Pick
41. Too much television can has negative effects on young minds because of higher levels of television viewing correlate with lowered academic performance, especially reading scores. 
42. Neil Postman, an author of some great books, pointed out that reading teaches us to think in a logically connected way, and cultivating a sustained attention span. 
43. Reading cannot make your life longer, but reading really makes your life more thicker. 
44. It is really sad how many people have the misconception that reading is bored . 
45. There are many benefits that we may be gained by actually taking the time to read a book instead of sitting in front of the TV or doing some other forms of mindless entertainment. 
REWRITE THE SENTENCES 
1. “ I’ll never make these mistakes again, teacher”, the students said à The students 	
2. Lan is doing a lot of exercises at the moment à A lot	
3. The students arrived late because they got jammed in the traffic à Because of 	
4. He would pass the contest if he didn’t drink alcohol àUnless	
5. Mark didn’t lock his bike so it was stolen à If 	
6. It was so late that nothing could be done. à It was too	
7. I took the sweater but it was not necessary à I needn’t 	
8. We can’t afford to buy such a luxurious house à The house is too 	
9. I’m having a lot of trouble now because I lost my passport last week à If 	
10. The police were following the suspects à The suspects 	
11. John doesn’t like people telling him what to do at work à John doesn’t like 	
12. My mother bought me this watch à This watch	
13. Helen expects other people to praise her all the time à Helen expects 	
14. “It was very nice of you to take us to the airport. Thanks a lot”, Jane said à Jane 	
15. I would rather stay at home than go out à I prefer 	
16. In spite of the narrow streets in the city, people drive car à Although	
17. John is a careful typist than I à	
18. I last ate this kind of food ten years ago à I have / It’s	
READING : Books which give instructions on how to do things are very popular in the United States today. Thousands of these How-to-books are useful: in fact, there are about four thousand books with titles that begin with words: “How-to”. One book may tell you how to earn more money, another may tell you how to save or spend it, and another may explain how to give your money away. 
 Many How-to books give advice on careers. They tell you how to choose a career and how to succeed in it. If you fail, however, you can buy the book How to Turn Failure into Success. If you would like to become very rich, you can buy the book How to Make a Millionaire. If you never make any money at all, you may need a book called How to Live On Nothing. 
 One of the most popular types of books is one that helps you with personal problems. If you want to have a better love of life, you can read How to Succeed in Love Every Minute of Your life. If you are tired of books on happiness, you may prefer books which give step-by-step instructions on how to redecorate or enlarge a house 
 Why have How-to books become so popular? Probably because life has become so complex. Today people have far more free time to use, more choices to make, and more problems to solve. How-to books help people deal with modern life 
1. From the first passage, we know How-to books are __ 
A. only about four thousand copies	 B. right on the money 	C. very helpful in life	 D. needed a lot 
2. The passage tells us that How-to books sell well on how___ 
A. to succeed in career	B. to solve personal problems	C. to deal with business D. to make money 
3. If you read How-to books, you __ 
A. will be sure to get something you need 	B. will not know how to help yourself in life 
C. will become a man in life	D. needn’t think any more in the world 
4. How-to books appear only because ___ 
A. people have more free time to spend than before 	B. people meet more problems than their parents 
C. people may have more choices from How-to books than any other books 
D. modern life is more difficult to deal with 
5. Which of the following is NOT true about How-to books? 
A. How-to books cost a lot of money	B. There is a wide range of How-to books 
C. How-to books help people achieve success in life D. More and more people enjoy reading How-to books nowadays