English 12 - Exercise 16 I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1.a. picture b. action c. question d. future 2.a. swallow b. below c. slowly d. allow 3.a. enough b. loud c. about d. amount 4.a. reading b. easy c. pleasure d. please 5.a. killed b. enjoyed c. described d. digested 6.a. book b. too c. who d. lose 7.a. fewer b. wonderful c. swallow d. chew 8.a. tasting b. subject c. sleep d. pleasure 9.a. source b. resource c. course d. colour 10.a. advice b. pick c. might d. kind II. Choose the best option 1. It is important …… students to read as many books as possible. a. up b. about c. to d. for 2. Who does the book belong ……? a. for b. to c. on d. through 3. He picked …… the book and turned page after page. a. up b. on c. away d. in 4. Read the book …… and you can find the information you need. a. care b. careful c. carefulness d. carefully 5. Not many people find reading more ……than watching TV. a. interest b.interested c. interesting d. interestingly 6. To become a novelist, you need to be …… a. imagine b.imagination c. imaginative d.imaginarily 7. 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 8. A …… is the story of a person's life written by somebody else. a. romance b. fiction c. biography d. science 9. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he …… it a. reviews b. chews and digests c. swallows d. dips into 10. Since their appearance, books are a previous …… of knowledge and pleasure. a. source b. pile c. amount d. sum 11. 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 12. This book………… to Peter. It is not mine. a. possesses b. owns c. has d. belong 13. Have you ever read …… "Oliver Twist", …… interesting novel written by Charles Dickens? a. the / the b. x / an c. x / x d. an / the 14. I like …… books better than …… films. a. x / x b. the / the c. x / the d. the / x 15. The room is too dirty. It …… now. a. should clean b. should have cleaned c. should be cleaning d. should be being cleaned 16. The situation ………… to continue. a. cannot allow b. cannot be allowed c. cannot have allowed d. cannot be allowing 17. The machine …… on by pressing this switch. a. can turn b. can be turned c. must turn d. should be turning 18. Everybody agrees that no more staff ……. a. should employ b. should not be employed c. will not be employed d. will he employed 19. 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 20. Cigarettes …… at a bakery. a. most buy b. cannot buy c. cannot be bought d. should not buy 21. The next meeting …… in May. a. will hold b. will be held c. will be holding d. will have held 22. …… 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 23. All traffic laws ……. a. is observed b. must be observed c. must have observed d. had better observe 24. Tomatoes …… before they are completely ripe. a. can be picked b. can pick c. needn't pick d. should be picking 25. This letter ……, not handwritten. a. should be typing b. should be typed c. needn't type d. needn't be typed 26. Before eating, …… thoroughly with soap and clean water. a. you should wash your hands b. your hands should be washing c. you need washing your hands d. Your hands need washed 27. Fruits …… in a freezer. a. should not put b. should not be put c. must put d. must be putting 28. The fire …… by lightning. a. must cause b. must be causing c. must have caused d. must have been caused 29. The last decision ……. a. will be made by the manager b. that the manager will be made c. that will be made by the manager d. will be making by the manager 30. This work …… today so that we ……a holiday tomorrow. a. will finish / are having b. needn't be finished / will be having c. should finish / can be had d. must be finished / can have 31. I wish I …… many times. a. will not be interrupted Bài tập Tiếng Anh 12 – Số 16 b. would not be interrupted c. will not have interrupted d. would not have been interrupted 32. The package …… carefully before it ……. a. must be wrapped / is posted b. needs wrapping / will be posted c. should wrap / is going to be posted d. will be wrapping / needs posting 33. The weather forecast says that …… tomorrow. a. it will snow b. it will be snowed c. it needs snowing d. it must be snowed 34. The car …… by Karen. The keys are still on the table. a. must have taken b. must have been taken c. can't have been taken d. can't have taken 35. The garden ……. It has just started raining. a. needn't water b. needn't be watered c. needn't be watering d. needn't have watered 36. - I saw Grace this morning at the bank. - It ……. Grace. She has been to Paris on her honeymoon. a. can't be b. must be c. can't have been d. must have been III. Choose the best sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one. 1.It wasn't obligatory to submit my assignment today. a. My assignment must have been submitted today. b. I needn't have submitted my assignment today. c. My assignment was required to submit by today. d. I mustn't submit my assignment today. 2.It's time we left for the disco. a. We may leave for the disco now. b. We needn't leave for the disco now. c. We should leave for the disco now. d. We must have leave for the disco now. 3.It was a mistake of you to lose your passport. a. You shouldn't have lost your passport. b. There must be a mistake in your passport. c. You needn't have brought your passport. d. Your passport must be lost. 4.My car keys are possibly in the kitchen. a. My car keys should be put in the kitchen. b. My car keys cannot be in the kitchen. c. I do not know or my car keys are in the kitchen. d. My car keys might be in the kitchen. 5.Is it possible for me to come to your house at about 7pm? a. Must I come over to your house at about 7 pm? b. Could I be come to your house at about 7 pm? c. Can I come to your house at about 7 pm? d. Will I come to your house at about 7 pm? IV. Fill in each blank with one suitable word or phrase. Making time to read is something we all know we (1) …… do, but who schedules book reading time every day? There are very few. That is why adding book reading to your daily schedule and sticking to it can improve discipline. Books are (2) ……. You can take them almost anywhere. As such, you can learn almost anywhere too.By reading more books and exposing yourself (3) …… new and more complete information, you will also be able to come up with more (4) …… ideas. When you have read so many books on the subject, you can combine lessons from all of them into new (5) ……. . Reading gives you something to talk about. Have you ever (6) …… out of things to talk about with your best friend, wife or husband? This can be uncomfortable. It (7) …… even make married couples wonder if their marriage is in trouble. (8)……, if you read a lot of books, you will always have something to talk about. You can discuss various plots in the novels you read, you can discuss the things you are learning in the business books you are reading as well. The possibilities of sharing are endless. Bocks are inexpensive (9) …… to help you reduces stress. Many readers relax by reading. Compared with the person who gets home from work and immediately (10) …… on the TV news, you are going from work stress to crime stress. TV as a source of relaxation is too full of loud commercials and fast moving violent images. If relaxation is something you want, turn off the TV or computer and pick up a book. 1.a. should b. mustn't c. needn't d. might 2.a. durable b. portable c.changeable d. capable 3.a. for b. with c. on d. to 4. a. disapproved b. dull c. creative d. required 5.a. solutions b. problems c. troubles d. difficulties 6.a. put b. had c. walked d. run 7.a. should b. might c. need d. must 8.a. So b. Therefore c. However d. Although 9. a. Entertainment b. tension c. machinery d. media 10.a. gets b. turns c. takes d. makes V. Change following sentences into active voice. 1. School regulations must be obeyed by all the students. 2. English should be spoken in the class by you. 3. All your homework must have been done at home. 4. Mobile phones must not be used in the classs. 5. Why couldn’t their work be finished on time? 6. Our classroom need to be cleaned every day. 7. Your writing test must have been written. 8. Nowadays, computers can be used to analise symptoms of diseases. 9. How could your computer be repaired? 10. Do you think the fire could be caused by the lightning? The End Bài tập Tiếng Anh 12 – Số 16 . the book belong ……? a. for b. to c. on d. through 3. He picked …… the book and turned page after page. a. up b. on c. away d. in 4. Read the book …… and you can find the information you need. a been to Paris on her honeymoon. a. can't be b. must be c. can't have been d. must have been III. Choose the best sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one. 1.It wasn't. should be being cleaned 16. The situation ………… to continue. a. cannot allow b. cannot be allowed c. cannot have allowed d. cannot be allowing 17. The machine …… on by pressing this switch. a. can