UNIT 11

TEST 1
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
a. picture b. action c. question d. future
a. swallow b. below c. slowly d. allow
a. enough b. loud c. about d. amount
a. reading b. easy c. pleasure d. please
a. killed b. enjoyed c. described d. digested
II. Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence:
It is important ________ students to read as many books as possible.
a. up b. about c. to d. for
Who does the book belong ________?
a. for b. to c. on d. through
He picked ________ the book and turned page after page.
a. up b. on c. away d. in
Read the book ________ and you can find the information you need.
a. care b. careful c. carefulness d. carefully
Not many people find reading more ________ than watching TV.
a. interest b. interested c. interesting d. interestingly
To become a novelist, you need to be ________.
a. imagine b. imagination c. imaginative d. imaginarily
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
A ________ is the story of a person`s life written by somebody else.
a. romance b. fiction c. biography d. science
When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ____ it
a. reviews b. chews and digests c. swallows d. dips into
Since their appearance, books are a previous ________ of knowledge and pleasure.
a. source b. pile c. amount d. sum
Many teenagers are not much ________ in reading books, except for what they are made to read at school
a. excited b. important c. slow d. interested
This book ________ to Peter. It is not mine.
a. possesses b. owns c. has d. belong
Have you ever read ________ "Oliver Twist", ________ interesting novel written by Charles Dickens?
a. the / the b. Ø / an c. Ø / Ø d. an / the
I like ________ books better than ________ films.
a. Ø / Ø b. the / the c. Ø / the d. the / Ø
The room is too dirty. It ________ now.
a. should clean b. should have cleaned c. should be cleaning d. should be being cleaned
The situation ________ to continue.
a. cannot allow b. cannot be allowed c. cannot have allowed d. cannot be allowing
The machine ________ on by pressing this switch.
a. can turn b. can be turned c. must turn d. should be turning
Everybody agrees that no more staff ________.
a. should employ b. should not be employed c. will not be employed d. will he employed
Things ________ clear to them so that they can do the work in the way that you have told them.
a. are making b. ought to be made c. have made d. needn`t be made
Cigarettes ________ at a bakery.
a. most buy b. cannot buy c. cannot be bought d. should not buy
The next meeting ________ in May.
a. will hold b. will be held c. will be holding d. will have held
________ in simpler words?
a. Has this issue expressed b. Can`t this issue express
c. Can this issue express d. Couldn`t this issue be expressed
All traffic laws ________.
a. is observed b. must be observed c. must have observed d. had better observe
Tomatoes ________ before they are completely ripe.
a. can be picked b. can pick c. needn`t pick d. should be picking
This letter ________, not handwritten.
a. should be typing b. should be typed