Unit 11: BOOKS
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. a. entertainment b. information c. difficulty d. understanding
2. a. swallow b. subject c. digest d. enough
3. a. imagine b. important c. example d. wonderful
4. a. different b. carefully c. holiday d. reviewer
5. a. knowledge b. forever c. journey d. action
6. a. picture b. action c. question d. future
7. a. swallow b. below c. slowly d. allow
8. a. enough b. loud c. about d. amount
9. a. reading b. easy c. pleasure d. please
10.a. killed b. enjoyed c. described d. digested
11. a. book b. too c. who d. lose
12.a. fewer b. wonderful c. swallow d. chew
13.a. tasting b. subject c. sleep d. pleasure
14.a. source b. resource c. course d. colour
15.a. advice b. pick c. might d. kind
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the
underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
16.Which subject is this book ________?
a. for b. on c. of d. up
17.Francis Bacon lived ________ about the same time as Shakespeare.
a. at b. for c. in d. over
18.People enjoy a book ________ different ways.
a. on b. with c. upon d. in
19.This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.
a. inform b. information c. informative d. informatively
20.Sometimes it is ________ to find suitable books for our children.
a. difficult b. difficulty c. difficultly d. difficulties
21.A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book ________.
a. review b. reviewing c. reviewer d. reviewed
a. must take b. must be taken c. must have taken d. must be taking
36.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
37.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
38.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
39.There is plenty of money in our account so those cheques ________ to the bank today.
a. needn't be taken b. needn't be taking c. needn't take d. needn't taking
40.The picnic ________ because Peter has just had a traffic accident.
a. will cancel b. will be cancelling c. will be cancelled d. will have cancelled
41.It is important ________ students to read as many books as possible.
a. up b. about c. to d. for
42.Who does the book belong ________?
a. for b. to c. on d. through
43.He picked ________ the book and turned page after page.
a. up b. on c. away d. in
44.Read the book ________ and you can find the information you need.
a. care b. careful c. carefulness d. carefully
45.Not many people find reading more ________ than watching TV.
a. interest b. interested c. interesting d. interestingly
46.To become a novelist, you need to be ________.
a. imagine b. imagination c. imaginative d. imaginarily
47.A ________ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are
usually imaginary.
a. pleasure b. novel c. page d. review
48.A ________ is the story of a person's life written by somebody else.
a. romance b. fiction c. biography d. science
49.When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ____ it
a. reviews b. chews and digests c. swallows d. dips into
c. Can this issue express d. Couldn't this issue be expressed
63.All traffic laws ________.
a. is observed b. must be observed
c. must have observed d. had better observe
64.Tomatoes ________ before they are completely ripe.
a. can be picked b. can pick c. needn't pick d. should be picking
65.This letter ________, not handwritten.
a. should be typing b. should be typed
c. needn't type d. needn't be typed
66.Many people are not interested ________ reading books as much as seeing films.
a. in b. with c. for d. about
67.We spend more time watching TV than reading books. But ________ fact. TV has not kill reading.
a. for b. upon c. at d. in
68.Books are a wonderful source ________ knowledge and pleasure.
a. with b. of c. in d. about
69.After leaving school, many of us only read for ________.
a. please b. pleasant c. pleasure d. pleasing
70.Mary enjoys reading ________, adventure, and whatever else she can either buy or borrow.
a. romance b. romantic c. romanticize d. romanticism
71.The novel has had a tremendous impact on ________ and publishing markets.
a. entertain b. entertainer c. entertainment d. entertainingly
72.Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl.
a. recommendation b. information c. fiction d. interest
73.Tommy likes the books that he borrowed from the school library very much. He has read them with
________.
a. entertainment b. romance c. tasting d. pleasure
74.The reviewer ________ Mathew's new novel as a new style of modern science fiction.
a. chewed b. digested c. described d. drew
75.I have nearly finished reading the book. There are only a few ______ left.
a. pieces b. pages c. slices d. sheets
87.The weather forecast says that ________ tomorrow.
a. it will snow b. it will be snowed c. it needs snowing d. it must be snowed
88.The car ________ by Karen. The keys are still on the table.
a. must have taken b. must have been taken
c. can't have been taken d. can't have taken
89.The garden ________. It has just started raining.
a. needn't water b. needn't be watered c. needn't be watering d. needn't have watered
90 I saw Grace this morning at the bank.
- It ________ Grace. She has been to Paris on her honeymoon.
a. can't be b. must be c. can't have been d. must have been
91.It wasn't obligatory to submit my assignment today.
a. My assignment must have been submitted today.
b. I needn't have submitted my assignment today.
c. My assignment was required to submit by today.
d. I mustn't submit my assignment today.
92.It's time we left for the disco.
a. We may leave for the disco now.
b. We needn't leave for the disco now.
c. We should leave for the disco now.
d. We must have leave for the disco now.
93.It was a mistake of you to lose your passport.
a. You shouldn't have lost your passport.
b. There must be a mistake in your passport.
c. You needn't have brought your passport.
d. Your passport must be lost.
94.My car keys are possibly in the kitchen.
a. My car keys should be put in the kitchen.
b. My car keys cannot be in the kitchen.
c. I do not know whether my car keys are in the kitchen.
d. My car keys might be in the kitchen.