UNIT 11: BOOKS
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
a. picture b. action c. question d. future
a. reading b. easy c. pleasure d. please
a. killed b. enjoyed c. described d. digested
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
a. entertainment b. information c. difficulty d. understanding
a. knowledge b. forever c. journey d. action
III. 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.
Which subject is this book ________?
a. for b. on c. of d. up
Francis Bacon lived ________ about the same time as Shakespeare.
a. at b. for c. in d. over
People enjoy a book ________ different ways.
a. on b. with c. upon d. in
This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.
a. inform b. information c. informative d. informatively
Sometimes it is ________ to find suitable books for our children.
a. difficult b. difficulty c. difficultly d. difficulties
A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book ________.
a. review b. reviewing c. reviewer d. reviewed
As for me, I consider reading ________ important part of ________ life.
a. an / Ø b. the / a c. Ø / the d. an / a
Anne says that she reads about half ________ hour a day, at least.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
Different people like specific types of books, and some people just like ________ literature in general.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
____ books are ones in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures.
a. Comic b. Thriller c. Romantic d. Science
Boy, stop reading. ________ the book down and go to bed.
a. Take b. Put c. Set d. Pick
A book may be studied by students as the ___ of a writing and analysis exercise in the form of a book report.
a. limit b. time c. subject d. interest
It is a good book. I think it is interesting enough for you to ________.
a. put down b. swallow c. look up d. understand
A __ is a report in a newspaper or magazine in which a writer gives his opinion of a book, a film, or a play. a. page b. subject c. review d. journey
If you ________ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
a. dip into b. put away c. pick up d. put down
Those letters ________ now. You can do the typing later.
a. need typing b. needn`t be typed c. need to type d. needn`t typing
The museum is open to everybody. It ________ between 9am and 5pm.
a. visits b. visited c. can visit d. can be visited
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
The room ________ once a day.
a. should clean b. should be cleaning c. should be cleaned d. should have cleaned
Two tablets ________ twice a day to have you recover from the illness quickly.
a. must take b. must be taken c. must have taken d. must be taking
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
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