UNIT 11 ~ BOOKS PRACTICE TEST A PHONETICS I Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others A same B taste C swallow D page A sleep B keep C pleasure D people A too B book C look D good A described B picked C swallowed D informed A words B reviewers C describes D types II Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the others A subject B swallow C story D digest A example B holiday C careful D interest A describe B chapter C wonder D easy A understand B television C entertain D introduce 10 A imaginary B advantageous C information D incredible B VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE I Choose the most suitable word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence 11 My parents they will move to the seaside when my father retires next year A think B thinking C will think D thought 12 I couldn't resist reading the book even I was very sleepy A though B although C however D otherwise 13 that the hope for cancer control may lie in the use of vaccine A To believe B It is believed C Believing D The belief 14 I went to some pictures by a new painter the other day A watch B see to C look at D visit 15 My roommate's handwriting is very bad, so he had me his paper for him last night A to type B type C to have typed D typed 16 The book is so interesting that I can't A put down it B put it down C put down D be put down 17 Would you be to hold the door open? A too kind B as kind C kind enough D so kind 18 What you mean, he's watching television? He's to be washing the car A hoped B expected C supposed D thought 19 Children are in watching cartoon films A interested B keen C fond D concerned 20 The .thing about travelling by train rather than by car is that you can sleep or read during the journey A enjoyment B enjoyed C enjoying D enjoyable 21 I wonder who drank all the milk yesterday It have been Jane because she was out all day A must B could C needn't D can't 22 Books in the home are a wonderful of knowledge and pleasure A source B resource C list D sum 23 Reviewers describe books "hard-to-put-down", or "hard-to-pick-up-again" A as B for C into D in 24 Books are still a cheap to get knowledge and entertainment A means B way C method D measure 25 A fine tomb, marks the grave of the poet Chaucer A which in the fifteenth century was erecting B erecting in the fifteenth century C erected in the fifteenth century D being erected in the fifteenth century II Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting 26 Passive (A) smoking is (B) define as the exposure of (C) nonsmokers to (D) environmental tobacco smoke 27 Estimates (A) for scientists (B) suggest that only one percent of the world's (C) extinct animals and plants have been (D) identified 28 Many (A) opinions have (B) voiced on the likely (C) effects of the (D) computer 29 Many (A) disabled children cannot (B) derive full (C) enjoyment from toys (D) make for nondisabled children 30 On February 21, 1995, the (A) oldest person in the world, (B) a French woman (C) was named Jeanne Calment, (D) celebrated her 120th birthday III Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one 31 He last had his car repaired weeks ago A He hasn't had his car repaired for weeks B He had repaired his car § weeks before C He had not repaired his car for weeks then D He didn't have any repair to his car in weeks 32 John lent me this book A This book was lent to me by John B I lent this book to John C This book is lent to me by John D I was lent by John this book 33 They had seen the man in a parking lot A The man was seen in a parking lot B The man has been seen in a parking lot C The man was to be seen in a parking lot D The man had been seen in a parking lot 34 People say that prevention is better than cure A It is said that prevention is better than cure B Prevention is said to be better than cure C Prevention is to have said to be better than cure D A and B are correct 35 My mother gave a watch to me A My mother was given a watch by me B A watch was given to me by my mother C A watch was given my mpther by me D A watch was given to my mother by me C READING I Read the passage below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space BOOKS Nearly all the discoveries that have been (36) through the ages can be found in books The invention of the book is one of humankind's (37) achievements, the importance of (38) cannot be overestimated Books are very adaptable, (39) us with both entertainment and information The production of books (40) in Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that is (41) to us today The books read by the Romans, (42) , have some similarities to the ones we read now Until the middle of the 15 th century, in Europe, all books were written (43) hand They were often beautifully illustrated and always rare and expensive With printing (44) the possibility of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books, (45) knowledge more widespread and accessible 36 A made B done C achieved D attained 37 A largest B greatest C giant D huge 38 A whose B that C which D who's 39 A giving B offering C meeting D providing 40 A arose B carried out C began D set 41 A known B recognised C.considered D belonged 42 A however B though C therefore D also 43 A with B by C in D on 44 A began B appeared C existed D came 45 A getting B causing C making D leaving II Read the following extracts from the book descriptions and choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to each question Book A .The Roman Emperor Claudius writes the inside story of his public life Men classed him as a pitiful fool But the actions he.describes are far from foolish Reluctantly crowned Emperor, he appears as a man whose errors came from good nature and innocence It is the common people and the common soldiers who help him to repair the damage done by the Emperor Caligula by conquering Britain, and who stand by him in his final hard judgement on his unfaithful wife Book B .A fortune-telier once told Mary (as the author calls herself in this book): 'You are going to be loved by people you've ever seen and never will see.' That statement came true when she published her delightful and exact record of country life at the end of the last century - a record in which she describes the fast - dissolving England of farm - worker and country tradesman and colours her picture with the cheerful courage and the rare pleasures that marked a self-sufficient world of work and poverty Book C .'Leave it to my man, Johnson,' Cecil used to say, whether the problem was the colour of a shirt, the shape of a hat, the style of a coat What did it matter if Johnson tended to take charge of his life and that without his approval his employer could not even grow a moustache? Was he not always there for him to lean on in moments of difficulty? And such moments were frequent in the leisured life of Cecil and his friends in the London of the first motor buses Book D The novel is the story of a man for whom both real life and university researcli have lost their meaning Separated from his over-emotional wife, Gerald Middleton is painfully aware that the centre of his life is empty But the world is reaching out for him again Gerald is the only person still alive who was present when Bishop Eorpwald's grave was opened and the strange wooden figure found which has offended, puzzled and fascinated students of early English history for years But he also keeps another even worse secret 46 Which book will probably be light and humourous? A Book A B Book B C Book C D Book D 47 Which book seems to be set in the present day? A Book A B Book B C Book C D Book D 48 From the information given here, the Emperor Claudius appears to have been A a foolish ruler B an ambitious man C a successful general D a forgiving husband 49 Gerald Middleton appears to be a A professor of history B private detective C writer of crime stories D university student 50 What was the relationship between Johnson and Cecil? A Johnson ordered Cecil to things B Johnson never questioned orders C Cecil depended on Johnson D Cecil paid Johnson well The End ANSWER KEY C D 11 A 16 B 21 D C A 12 A 17 C 22 A A A 13 B 18 C 23 A 28 B 26 B 27 A defined by been voiced 31 A 36 A 41 B 46 C 32 A 37 B 42 A 47 D 33 D 38 C 43 B 48 C B B 14 C 19 A 24 B D 10 C 15 B 20 D 25 C 29 D 30 C made was 34 D 39 D 44 D 49 A 35 B 40 C 45 C 50 C ... overestimated Books are very adaptable, (39) us with both entertainment and information The production of books (40) in Ancient Egypt, though not in a form that is (41) to us today The books read... questioned orders C Cecil depended on Johnson D Cecil paid Johnson well The End ANSWER KEY C D 11 A 16 B 21 D C A 12 A 17 C 22 A A A 13 B 18 C 23 A 28 B 26 B 27 A defined by been voiced 31 A 36 A... all books were written (43) hand They were often beautifully illustrated and always rare and expensive With printing (44) the possibility of cheap, large-scale publication and distribution of books,