English 12 ( Ban Co Ban) Unit 11: Vocabulary Mrs. Hung - 1 - UNIT 11: BOOKS I. Vocabulary No Words and phrases Pronunciation Meaning, eg. 1. to taste 2. To swallow 3. To chew 4. To digest digestible (a), digestive 5. To pick up 6. To dip into 7. To imagine imaginary (a) imagination (n) imaginative (a) 8. To put sth down 9. To describe description (n) 10. Personal (a) personality (n) 11. To reunite reunion (n) 12. Unnoticed (a) 13. Wilderness (n) 14. Fascinate (v) fascinating (a) fascination (n) 15. Edit (v) editor (n) edition (n) II. Matching a word in column A with a suitable meaning in column B A Answer B 1. taste 2. swallow 3. chew 4. digest 5. dig into sth 6. pleasure ……d… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… a. grind (food) between the teeth b. feeling of being happy or satisfied c. make a brief study of d. be able to perceive e. change (food) so that it can be used by the body; fully understand f. allow (food or drink) to go down the throat. III. Choose the best option 1. Taking soup is easy and fast; just put it in your mouth and …………………. a. chew b. taste c. swallow d. digest 2. It gives her great…………to work with these young children. a. time b. pleasure c. taste d. happy 3. I can ………… onion in this soup. a. chew b. taste c. swallow d. feel 4. You are ill; you shouldn't eat meat. Fish is easy to ……………. a. digest b. chew c. swallow d. taste English 12 ( Ban Co Ban) Unit 11: Vocabulary Mrs. Hung - 2 - 5. He found it difficult to ………. food with a loose tooth. a. swallow b. taste c. chew d. digest 6. I think he has just had time to …………. into the story, not to digest it yet. a. chew b. taste c. swallow d. dip 7. Have you ever ……… pizza – an Italian special food?" a. chewed b. digested c. dipped d. tasted 8. It is a good book. I think it is interesting enough for you to ________. a. dig b. swallow c. taste d. chew 9. 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 10. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ____ it a. pick up b. chews and digests c. swallows d. dips into III. GIVE THE CORRECT WORD FORM 1. The results of the survey made _______ reading (fascinate) 2. The children all have very different _____ (personal) 3. of his biography was timed to coincide with his 70 th birthday celebrations. (publish) 4. He talked of the past and his youth (romantic) 5. There are mild substances in the saliva that begin the whole process of (digest) 6. This book is a account of the life of St Francis (fiction) 7. Fish struggle for when the water level drops in the lake. (survive) 8. All the papers deal with the same subject in their . (edit) 9. To become a novelist, you need to be ________. (imagine) 10. Not many people find reading more ________ than watching TV. (interest) IV. Fill in each gap with a suitable preposition 1. This girl listened …………. fascination as the story unfolded. 2. Large areas of countryside have been swallowed …………. by towns. 3. Last night she was reunited …………… her children. 4. She contributed a number of articles ………… the magazine. 5. When is the book coming out ……………. paperback? 6. She seemed absorbed ……………… her book. 7. She wrote the book ………… collaboration …………… one of her students. 8. A child's vocabulary expands ……………… reading. 9. I recommend the book ………… all my students. 10. Do you have any information ………… train times? V. Change the following active sentences into the passive. 1. People should save pandas from extinction. ……………………………………………………………………………………. English 12 ( Ban Co Ban) Unit 11: Vocabulary Mrs. Hung - 3 - 2. People must obey all traffic laws. ……………………………………………………………………………………. 3. Someone ought to repair this broken window. ……………………………………………………………………………………. 4. Someone should have supplied the hotel guests with clean towels. ……………………………………………………………………………………. 5. Someone had better take this garbage to the dump soon. ……………………………………………………………………………………. 6. People can pick tomatoes before they are completely ripe. ……………………………………………………………………………………. 7. Someone is supposed to divide the profits among the shareholders. ……………………………………………………………………………………. 8. Someone must have hurt Peter's feeling. ……………………………………………………………………………………. 9. Someone has to finish this work today. ……………………………………………………………………………………. 10. Someone ought to have reported the accident to the police. ……………………………………………………………………………………. VI. Fill in each gap with a word from the box. Theme appendix fiction reunite unnoticed absorption digestive romantic science-fiction swallowed contents periodically 1. The elderly often have ………………… problems. 2. Most of my salary gets …………………… up by the rent and bills. 3. His departure passed ……………………………. 4. Mailing lists are updated …………………………… 5. There have been rumors that the band will …………… for a world tour. 6. The President stressed a favorite campaign …… _ greater emphasis on education 7. A table of ………………… is the list at the front of a book. 8. Full details of geographical names are given in ………………. 3. 9. Arthur C. Clarke is the most respected and most experienced of …… …. writers. 10. When I was younger, I had ……………. ideas of becoming a writer. 11. Truth is stranger than ………………. (saying) 12. Her …………………. in her work is so great that. VII. Find an error in each sentence 1. Too much television can has negative effects on young minds because of higher A B levels of television viewing correlate with lowered academic performance, C especially reading scores. English 12 ( Ban Co Ban) Unit 11: Vocabulary Mrs. Hung - 4 - D 2. Neil Postman, an author of some great books, pointed out that reading teaches A B C us to think in a logically connected way, and cultivating a sustained attention span. D 3. Reading cannot make your life longer, but reading really makes your life A B C more thicker. D 4. It is really sad how many people have the misconception that reading is bored . A B C D 5. There are many benefits that we may be gained by actually taking the time to A B Read a book instead of sitting in front of the TV or doing some other forms of C D mindless entertainment. 6. I am angry because you didn’t tell me the truth, I don’t like having deceived. A B C D 7. Water that has had the minerals removed called “soft” water. A B C D 8. Wine tends to be lost its flavour when it has not been properly sealed . A B C D 9. These televisions are all too expensive for we to buy at this time. A B C D 10. After she had bought himself a new car, she sold her bicycle. A B C D Happy New Year . English 12 ( Ban Co Ban) Unit 11: Vocabulary Mrs. Hung - 1 - UNIT 11: BOOKS I. Vocabulary No Words and phrases Pronunciation Meaning,. levels of television viewing correlate with lowered academic performance, C especially reading scores. English 12 ( Ban Co Ban) Unit 11: Vocabulary Mrs. Hung - 4 - D 2. Neil Postman, an. save pandas from extinction. ……………………………………………………………………………………. English 12 ( Ban Co Ban) Unit 11: Vocabulary Mrs. Hung - 3 - 2. People must obey all traffic laws. …………………………………………………………………………………….