BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ VÀ NÂNG CAO - UNIT 9
I. Reading comprehensively and answer the questions
Ogden Nash was a poet, storyteller, humorist, and philosopher. Born in Rye, New
York, and raised in Savannah, Georgia, he tried but failed to adapt himself to the
academic and later the business world. After attending Harvard University briefly, he
became a mail clerk on Wall Street, later advancing to bond salesman. His first job as a
writer was to produce advertising copy for streetcar cards. Then, in 1925, he joined the
advertising department of Doubleday Page and Company, one of the largest publishing
house in New York. Later, as a member of the editorial staff of “The New Yorker”
magazine, he began writing short poems.
His verses are filled with humor and wry wit as well as the unexpected or improbable
rhymes that have come to characterize them. One of his most famous is a two-line verse
titled “reflections on Ice-Breaking” in which he offers the following advice to young
lovers: “Candy is candy, but liquor is quicker”. Beginning in 1931, and extending over
the next four decades. Nash produced nineteen books of poetry. During the same time
period, he was a favorite contributor to many leading magazines, and his name became a
household world.
1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage?
A. Poems in “The New Yorker”
B. Humor in poetry
C. The life and work of Ogden Nash
D. Reflections on Ice-Breaking
2. Nash’s first job was as a
A. mail clerk B. bond salesman
C. writer of advertising copy D. magazine writer
3. Nash is described as all of the following EXEPT
A. a humorist B. a popular poet
C. a prolific writer D. an alcoholic
4. The word “leading” in line 18 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. witty B. contemporary C. prominent D. extravagant
5. The words “them” in line 9 refers to:

3. She eats too much and is now suffering from … (WEIGHT)
4. I hate being stuck behind lorries on country roads because they are so difficult to …
(TAKE)
5. The shares were … (WRITE) by the Bank of England
6. Obese people find it difficult to stop … (EAT)
7. We clearly … (VALUE) him as a member of our team
8. You must employ someone to … (SEE) the project
IV. Connect two clauses using the following words:
although
because
if
in case
since
so
so that
unless
1. Take a map with you
2. The play was very boring
3. I couldn’t unlock it
4. He agreed to go climbing
5. He got a new alarm clock
6. He hasn’t written to us
7. She’ll only do the job
8. I never take an umbrella

a. he left

b. … he hated heights

c. … you pay her more

as
before
after
until
as soon as
since
by the time
as long as
1. You’ll have to stay in bed … your temperature goes down
2. He left … he heard the news
3. John went home … he had gone to the store
4. Mary was watching … Tom was reading a book
5. Abdu had been living in New York for ten years … he moved to California
6. … she got to the party, most of the other guests had gone
7. You can use my car … you drive carefully
8. … it rains, my roof leaks.
VIII. Choose the right words to complete the sentences
1. The others can’t come so you’ll have to go (alone/ lonely)
2. He was very (asleep/ sleepy) so he went to bed early
3. He (laid/ lay) down on the sand and went to sleep
4. Don’t wear green. It doesn’t (match/ suit) you
5. He put up a big (note/ notice) advertising the concert
6. They (robbed/ stole) him of all his money
7. The bus leaves from the (station/ stop) nearest to the office
8. That’s the man (whose/ who’s) dog bit me.

ANSWER FOR UNIT 9
I. 1C 2A 3D 4C 5B 6D
II. 1. went out 2. went off 3. gone down 4. go with
5. went on 6. go over 7. go abroad 8. go through with