English Exercises - Grade 11 Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch
UNIT 14: ENTERTAINMENT
A. PHONETICS
I. Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that
of the other words.
1) A. seats B. meets C. sits D. feats
2) A. ranged B. managed C. changed D. raged
3) A. rugby B. music C. undertaken D. dull
II. Circle the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other
words.
7) A. ability B. activity C. sophisticate D. entertainment
8) A. undertaken B. population C. karaoke D. spectator
9) A. pastime B. enormous C. activity D. important
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
* Circle the best answer for each sentence.
11) British people are very interested in ____ in sports.
A. entering B. interfering C. involving D. taking part
12) Which of the following leisure activities do you think British people often do
in their spare time? The word “spare” is closest in meaning to “____”.
A. empty B. absent C. free D. lost
13) He got a scholarship so his parents did not have to pay his school ____.
A. report B. fee C. equipment D. master
14) My son like sports very much and he can also take part in every school
sporting activity. He is very ____.
A. sophisticated B. interested C. athletic D. popular
15) There are several sophisticated hobbies that require hobbyists a lot of time
and money. The word “sophisticated” is closest in meaning to “____”.
A. complex B. simple C. easy D. pleasant
16) There are many other pursuits such as listening to music, reading, and
gardening. The word “pursuits” is closest in meaning to “____”.
A. hobbies B. sports C. courses D. decisions

weekend.
A. play B. plays C. were playing D. has played
29) ____ Julia ____ her sister are going to the part.
A. Both-and B. Neither-nor C. Either –or D. Not-only-but also
C. READING
* Read the passage below and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each
question.
I’m interested in sports, especially athletics, and I run seven or eight
kilometres every day. I particularly enjoy cross country running, where you have
to run across fields, jump over streams and so on. While I’m running I think about
all sorts of things, and at the end of a run I’m sometimes surprised to find that
I’ve managed to solve a problem that was on my mind.
Next year, I’m going to try the London Marathon. It’s hard race 26 miles, or
42 kilometres-and you have to be tough to finish, but I very much want to do it. I
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English Exercises - Grade 11 Leâ Ngoïc Thaïch
worry a bit about getting too old, and I’d like to prove to myself that I’m still
almost as fit as I was twenty years old.
I’m interested in mountaineering s well as running. I’ll never become an
except climber, but I know what I’m doing in the mountains. I successfully
completed a course in snow and ice climbing when I was younger; and I’ve done
a series of easy climbs in the Alps during the last few years. My wife doesn’t
share my interest in mountains. She agreed to go climbing with me once, but she
found that she felt ill as soon as she got above 1,000 metres.
30) If you do cross country running, you must ____.
A. cross your country B. run along the coast
C. cross your countryside D. cross fields, stream, etc …
31) At the end of a run the writer sometimes finds that ____.
A. he is able to get the answer to a problem B. he grows bigger
C. he feels better D. he gets a surprising problem