Audio books are relatively new but people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing all the time.. One of the attractions of audio books is that they are like listening to
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- taste ( v)
- chew (v)
- swallow(v):
- digest (v) :
Ex: After we eat this candy, it will be digested in the stomach
- dip into ( v)
- “ hard – to – pick – up - again “ # “ hard- to – put- down”
- incredible (a) = unbelievable (a)
- impressive (a): surprising & admiring
- survive (v): to continue to live after a difficult / dangerous situation
- reunite (v) : e.g.: The missing child was found by the police and reunited
with his parents
II GRAMMAR: MODALS IN THE PASSIVE VOICE
FORMATION: MODALS + BE + PP
1 → future/ present actions
* Active : MODAL + INF You should study English.
* Passive: MODAL + BE + PP English should be studied.
2 → past actions
* Active : MODAL + HAVE + PP You should have studied
harderbefore.
* Passive: MODAL + HAVE BEEN + PP English should have been
studied harder before.
! Notes: Ta phải chú ý sự khác nhau của các cặp câu sau khi sử dụng
MODALS: COULD – SHOULD – MUST
Ex:
+ I could swim when I was ten
I could have ridden my bike to school but I took a bus (= I could but I
didn’t)
+ You should study harder
You should have studied harder last year (= you didn’t study hard last year
and now you don’t understand anything)
+ He got a good mark this morning
He must be happy
He must have prepared the lesson very carefully last night
PRACTICE TEST UNIT 11
I PRONUNCIATION
A Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
2 A source B resource C course D colour
B Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
4 A imagine B important C example D wonderful
5 A different B carefully C holiday D reviewer
II VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer.
6 After the operation, you may it difficult to and
7 He has a very good in music
8 He the brush into the paint
9 what life would be like without music
A Image B Imagine C ImaginaryD Imagination
10 He paused, waiting for her to the information
11 Are you in Paris on business or ?
A please B pleasure C pleased D pleasant
12 She always does exactly as she
A please B pleases C pleased D pleasing
13 The new president might fulfill this as quickly as people would like
A promise B chance C change D profession
14 Food should be well cooked to suit the guests’
15 Last year, we had an time in Sydney
A excited B interested C impossible D unbelievable
16 books are ones in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures
A Comic B Thriller C Romantic D Science
17 Boy, stop reading the book down and go to bed
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19 A house can easily
A be draw B be drawn C been drawn D be drown
20 German taught at this school
21 The best way will after all
A find B be finded C be found D be founded
22 The mosquito bite could not
23 What he has done to me cannot
A forgive B forgiven C be forgave D be forgiven
24 Everything that been overheard remained a secret
25 The treasure have
A be hidden B been hid C been hide D been hidden
26 The garage is going to repair the car for us next week
A We are going to have the car repair at the garage next week
B We are going to have the car repaired at the garage next week
C We are going to make the car repaired by the garage next week
D We are going to make the ca repair at the garage next week
27 He could not afford to buy the car
A He didn’t have enough money to buy a car
B He had enough money to buy a car but he couldn’t
C The car was expensive enough for him to buy
D The car was too expensive for him to buy it
28 The postman was bitten by our dog
A Our dog bit the postman
B Our dog bitten the postman
C Our dog was bitten about the postman
D Our dog was bitten the postman
29 They’ll have to change the date of the meeting
A The date of the meeting will have changed
B The date of the meeting will be changed
C The date of the meeting will have to be changed
D The date of the meeting will to change
30 Yogurt is supposed to be good for you
A Yogurt is supposed to do you good
B Yogurt is supposed to do good for you
C Yogurt is just for you
D You are supposed to be good for yogurt
III Find the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected.
31 Don’t (A) you get tired (B) with (C) watching TV every (D) night?
32 The little boy isn’t allowed to (A) seeing (B) this kind of film because he
is not old enough (C) to see (D) it
33 Images and sound often are added (A) to games to make (B) them more realistic (C) and more exciting (D)
34 Mr (A) Green has been taught (B) at (C) the (D) university since 1998
35 A (A) new book will be published (B) by (C) that company last year (D)
IV Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answers.
In the modern world, there’s a wealth of leisure activities to choose from Entertainment industries compete for leisure time You can watch TV, listen
to music, go to an art gallery or, of course, read a book Sometimes it seems that reading is neglected because even if you are a fast reader, it can take a considerable amount of time to finish a novel, for example But in the modern world, time is something that can be in short supply
Book publishers haven’t been slow to realize this and are now selling a product which needn’t take up as much of your time but still tells you an excellent story The new product is the audio book-cassette recording of shortened novels, often read by well-known personalities or the author themselves Audio books are relatively new but people are becoming more aware of them and sales are increasing all the time
One of the attractions of audio books is that they are like listening to the radio, only better You can listen to what you want when you want and you won’t ever miss anything Much of their appeal lies in their flexibility They allow you to do other things while you’re listening, such as driving or doing the housework
36 Nowadays, there is a wealth of leisure activities to choose from
A so there’s no one that wants to read books for entertainment
B such as watching TV, listening to music, going to an art gallery or concert or reading books
C all people spend little time reading books for pleasure
D so reading books for pleasure is completely neglected
37 In the modern world,
A books that take readers a lot of time mustn’t be published
B publishers find it unnecessary to make books for pleasure
C the audio book is considered one of useful forms of entertainment
D people don’t know how to read books for pleasure
38 Audio books
A is a kind of cassette recording of shortened novels
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C whose novels are by well-known personalities or the authors themselves
D All are correct
39 The following sentences are correct EXCEPT
A You can listen to the radio book while you’re doing something else
B Listening to the audio book is similar to listening to the radio
C Audio books are relatively new so sales are increasing all the time
D Audio books are sometimes considered to be enjoyable way of
knowledge than reading
40 The new main idea of the passage is
A a new product for pleasure-audio books
B the growth of audio books
C some advertisements on audio books
D some benefits of audio books
V Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
When our first visits the U.S., bookstore is one of his very best (41)
about America The bookstore has almost everything he wants to look for
about books, with a/an (42) helpful and (43) _ staff Another (44)
thing that cannot be found anywhere is (45) it has a café right inside with
small tables for (46)
Several times a week, there are bands (47) popular songs They sing
(48) and receive warm applause from the audience who come there for
(49) The bookstore is filled with music and pleasant scent of coffee
There, one can read any books he wants whether he would like to buy one
(40) not, he is always welcome Many students do not consider it a
bookstore but a library
41 A excites B impresses C impressions D excitement
43 A kindly B nicely C friendly D warmly
44 tiring B boring C interesting D uninteresting
46 A readers B customers C students D booksellers
48 A lively B lovely C beautiful D beautifully
UNIT 12: WATER SPORTS
I VOCABULARY:
- vertical (adj.)
- cap (n)
- Sprint (v, n)
- opponent (n)
- punch (n)
- scuba-diving (n)
- windsurfing (n)
- synchronized swimming (n)
- rowing (n)
- incredible(adj.): impossible or very difficult to believe
- centenarian(adj.): belong to the century, 100 years
- eradicate(v): to destroy or get rid of sth completely
- life expectancy(n): the number of years that a person is likely to live
- eternal life(n): life without beginning or end; existing or continuing for ever
- mushroom(v): rise quickly
- curable(adj.): (used about a disease) that can be made better
II GRAMMAR: TRANSITIVE AND INTRANSITIVE VERBS
• Transitive verbs: verbs used with a direct object
Ex: He wrote a letter last night.(Vt)
• Intransitive verbs: verbs used without a direct object
Example: He wrote to me (Vi)
! Notes: - Some verbs can be transitive and intransitive verbs.
Ex: a According to the instructions, we must leave this goo in our hair for
twenty minutes. > (Transitive)
b We would like to stay longer, but we must leave. > (Intransitive)
- All passive verbs are transitive verbs
Exercise : Transitive or Intransitive verbs?
1 A serious accident happened yesterday
2 The customer bought a lot of butter
3 Our team won the game
4 Their team won this morning
5 Alice arrived at three
6 They are staying at the resort hotel in Florida
7 The wind is blowing hard today
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9 Everyone noticed my mistakes
10 Sue laughed loudly
11 The chidren divided the candy
12 A strange thing happened in the town yesterday
13 In 1908, the Model T Ford arrived on the market
14 The production of Models Ts eventually came to an end in 1927
15 Manchester United won the game last night
16 Our team won yesterday
17 I met Ba at the bus stop early in the morning
18 He drove the boat very fast
19 The children opened their books
20 We’ve known each other for a long time
PRACTICE TEST UNIT 12
I PRONUNCIATION
A Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced
differently from the rest.
1 A interfered B allowed C visited D played
B Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
4 A interfere B penalty C referee D competition
5 A scuba-diving B swimming C gymnastics D skating
II VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best
answer
6 One of the four period of time in which a game of American football is
divided is known as a
7 Suddenly, Julia jumped out of the car and sprinted for the front door
A walked hurriedlyB ran very fastC move slightly D ran slowly
8 The is the official who controls the game in some sports
9 The whole audience objected to their foul play during the football match
A clumsy B dependent C imperfect D unfair
10 Those two teams played so well and the scores were tied at 1-1 at last
11 A kick taken as a penalty in the game of football is called a penalty kick
or kick
A punishment B foul C opposition D spot
12 In water polo, a player is ejected after committing five personal fouls
A punished B criticized C thrown out D defeated
13 A is a device that automatically controls something such as speed, temperature or pressure
14 Rowing is the sport or activity of travelling in a boat by using
15 Windsurfing or is the sport of sailing on water standing on a windsurfer
A boat-sailing B sail-boarding C board-sailing D wind-sailing
16 Their play lost them the match against an amateur team
17 Don’t in matters that do not concern you
18 I don’t know why he isn’t here at the moment He stuck in the traffic jam
A must get B may be C should be D must have got
19 Never agree something you know to be wrong
20 The place good films is the Odeon Cinema
21 It was my secretary sent the document to Mr Smith
22 They spent a lot of money their children with the best education
A providing B provided C to provide D on providing
23 I just bought new shirt and some new shoes Shirt is quite expensive but the price of
shoes are reasonable
A a/ A/ the B a/ The/ a C the/ The/ the D a/ The/ the
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my work
A with whom B with him C with his help D without whom
25 Don’t spend time about things that may never happen
26 Never I experienced such a storm since I was a child
27 We need information about this English course
28 Water polo is played in pool 1.8 meters deep
29 The player was ejected because he committed a foul
30 You need proper shoes to go hiking in the mountain, the ground
is rough and hard
III Find the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected.
31 This class has cancelled (A) because too few (B) students had
registered (C) before (D) registration
closed
32 The (A) first nation park in(B) the world, calling (C) Yellowstone Park,
was established (D) in 1872
33 A food additive (A) is any (B) chemical that food manufacturers
intentional (C) add to (D)their products
34 If you had put(A) the plant in a cooler(B) location, the leaves(C) have
burned (D)
35 The house was (A) very quiet when(B) I got home because of(C)
everyone had gone(D) to bed
IV Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answers.
Synchronized swimming is a hybrid of swimming, gymnastics, and
dance This sport has an artistic effect, and really relates to those three
sports It consists of swimmers performing a synchronized routine of
elaborate and dramatic moves in the water, accompanied by music
Synchronized swimming demands first-rate water skills, and requires
strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and precise timing, not to
mention exceptional breath control while upside down underwater
Developed in the early 1900s in Canada, it is a sport performed almost exclusively by women, although there is some participation by men In its early form it was sometimes known as “water ballet”
It is a Summer Olympic Games sport First demonstrated in 1952, it has been an official event since 1984 Olympic and world Championship competition is not currently open to men, but other international and national competitions allow male competitors Both USA Synchro and Synchro Canada allow men to compete with women
Competitors point to the strength, flexibility, and aerobic endurance required to perform difficult routines for the judges, one technical and one free
36 The world ‘hybrid ‘in the first line could be best replaced by .
A continuity B modernization C mixture
D succession
37 Synchronized swimming is a sport that
A relates to swimming, gymnastics, and danceB began in Canada in the early of the 20th century
C is performed almost exclusively by women D All are correct
38 It’s untrue to say that
A Synchronized swimming has completely influenced by ballet
B Synchronized swimming used to be known as “water ballet”
C The requirements for synchronized swimmers are strength, endurance, flexibility, grace, artistry and
precise timing
D Men can also take part in synchronized swimming
39 Which of sentences is TRUE?
A Besides demanding strength, endurance, flexibility, grace and artistry, synchronized swimming requires exceptional breath control
B Olympic and World Championship competition allow male synchronized swimmers
C Synchronized swimming emerged as an exhibition sport at the Olympic Games in 1984
D Competition for both events consists of difficult technical routines
40 The best title for the passage is
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Synchronized Swimming
C The Requirement of Synchronized Swimming
D Synchronized Swimming
V Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
Windsurfing is surface water sport using a windsurf board, also
commonly called a (41) , usually two to five meters long and powered
by a (42) sail The rig is connected to the board by free-rotating
flexible joint called the Universal Joint(U-Joint) Unlike a rudder-steered (43) a windsurfer is (44) by the tilting and rotating of the mast and sail as well as titling and carving the board
The sport (45) aspects of both sailing and surfing, along with certain athletic aspects (46) with other board sports like skateboarding,
snowboarding, waterskiing, and wakeboarding (47) it might be
considered a minimalist version of sailboat, a windsurfer offers
experiences that are (48) speed record for sailing craft; and,
windsurfers can (49) jumps, inverted loops, spinning maneuvers, and other “freestyle” (50) that cannot be matched by any sailboat
41 A board B sailboard C windsurfer D All are correct
43 A boat B sailboat C sail boarding D sailing board
46 A connected B shared C involved D dealt
47 A Because B Therefore C However D Although
50 A changes B moves C activities D performances