UNIT 11:BOOKS

I/ Choose the best answer to complete each sentence

1. This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.
A. inform B. information C. informative D. informatively
2. Sometimes it is ________ to find suitable books for our children.
A. difficult B. difficulty C. difficultly D. difficulties
3. A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book ________.
A. review B. reviewing C. reviewer D. reviewed
4. To become a novelist, you need to be ________.
A. imagine B. imagination C. imaginative D. imaginarily
5. Jane enjoys reading ________, adventure, and whatever else she can either buy or borrow.
A. romance B. romantic C. romanticize D. romanticism
6. 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
7. A ________ is the story of a person's life written by somebody else.
A. romance B. fiction C. biography D. science
8. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ____ it
A. reviews B. chews and digests C. swallows D. dips into
9. Since their appearance, books are a previous ________ of knowledge and pleasure.
A. source B. pile C. amount D. sum
10. ____ books are ones in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures.
A. Comic B. Thriller C. Romantic D. Science
11. Whenever he picks up a book, he reads bits here and there or in the other words he ________
A. digests B.tastes C. chews D.swallows
12. Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl.
A. recommendation B. information C. fiction D. interest
13. The reviewer ________ Mathew's new novel as a new style of modern science fiction.
A. chewed B. digested C. described D. drew
14. Can you ________ what it would be like to live without books?
A. imagine B. advise C. describe D. understand
15. A ________ is a book, film, or play that tells an exciting fictional story about something such
as criminal activities or spying.
A. non-fiction B. science C. thriller D. romance
UNIT 12: WATER SPORTS
I/ Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
1. We are going to _______ the pool to 1.8 meter.
A. deep B. depth C. deepen D. deeply
2. The referee had no hesitation in awarding the visiting team a _______.
A. penalty B. penalize C. penal D. penalization
3. The crowd cheered as the goalkeeper deflected the _______.
A. shoot B. shooting C. shooter D. shot
4. __________players are not allowed to interfere with the opponent's movements unless the player
is holding the ball.
A. Defense B. Defensive C. Defender D. Defensively
5. The main task of a defender in a sport game is to _______ the opponents from scoring.
A. prevent B. preventing C. prevention D. preventable
6. In water polo, a shot is successful if the ball completely passes between the goal posts and
underneath the _______.
A. net B. crossbar C. ball D. goalie
7. A defensive player may only hold, block or pull a / an _______ who is touching or holding the
ball.
A. audience B. referee C. goalie D. opponent
8. If a defender _______ a foul within the five meter area that prevents a likely goal, the attacking
team is awarded a penalty throw or shot.
A. commits B. interferes C. punches D. touches
9. The more' goals the players _______, the more exciting the match became.
A. marked B. made C. scored D. sprinted
10. The goalkeeper can also be ejected for twenty seconds if a major foul is committed.
A. advanced B. sprinted C. played D. excluded
11. A penalty shot is _______ when a major foul is committed inside the 5-meter line.
A. prevented B. awarded C. committed D. ranged
12. _______ is a sport in which you move along the surface of the sea or a lake on a long narrow
board with a sail on it.
A. Water polo B. Diving C. Windsurfing D. Scuba diving
13. _______ is the activity of swimming underwater using special breathing equipment.
A. Synchronized swimming B. Rowing
C. Water polo D. Scuba diving
14. In water polo game, only the _____________ can hold the ball with two hands.
A. scorer B. player C. goalie D. host
15. A water polo cap is used to ____ the players' heads and to identify them.
A. tie B. penalize C. protect D. move
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. Excessive amounts of lead in the air can decrease a child’s intelligence.
A. boom B. diminish C. abate D. swamp
2. People in Korea gave books to schools in Indonesia, and Indonesians taught Koreans a
traditional dance. This exchange helped them learn about each other’s cultures.
A. giving and receiving things at the same time
B. trying many different things at the same time
C. the process of changing an amount of one currency
D. an arrangement for two parties

3. By the end of the storm, the hikers had depleted even their emergency stores.
A. lost B. greatly dropped
C. destroyed D. used almost all of
4. Her parents are growing increasingly concerned by her erratic behaviour.
A. answerable B. angelic C. anxious D. ancestral
5. Educators have made great strides in recent years in combating the ignorance of the nation's
young about AIDS.
A. fearlessness B. indoctrination C. unawareness D. arrogance
6. Because of cutbacks in council spending, plans for the new swimming pool had to be shelved.
A. delayed B. canceled C. disapproved D. stopped
7.The charming old buildings and cottages are a throwback to the colonial past.
A. cunning B. exciting C. interesting D. fascinating
8.The 1960s building boom in Zürich completely changed the rural landscape.
A. thoroughly B. quickly C. easily D. highly
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1. Two weeks ago, when I was looking for a new pair of jeans in the night market, I ran into
Mai.
A. called loudly B. met very quickly
C. saw by chance D. arranged to meet
2. He was arrested for his illicit drug trade in the police raid yesterday.
A. legal B. irregular C. elicited D. secret

3. This product is hazardous to the eyes and should be kept out of reach of children.
A. dangerous B. useful C. safe D. interesting
4. After their long-standing conflict had been resolved, the two families decided to bury the
hatchet.
A. become enemies B. become friends
C. give up weapons D. reach an agreement
5. Do you know of any actual cases of this happening?
a. false B. untrue C. hypothetical D. imitate
6. One by one, the stars appeared in the sky.
a. vanished B. blossomed C. broke out D. performed
7.Overpopulation in big cities has severely affected the air and water quality.
A. seriously B. insignificantly C. largely D. commonly
8.I'm sure it won't rain, but I'll take an umbrella just to be on the safe side.
A. careful B. easy C. careless D. difficult

II/ Choose the best word or phrase to fill in the blank:

1. I still can’t believe it! My bicycle ---------------- last night.
a. was stolen b. was stealing c. stolen d. stole
2. ---------- at Heathrow airport? – Yes, the English representative will meet you there.
a. Will you be met b. Will I be met
c. Will I meet d. Will somebody meet you
3. Polar bears ---------- in Northern Canada, Greenland, Russia and the North Pole.
a. is found b. have found c. can be found d. must be found
4. Today, many childhood diseases --------------- by early immunization.
a. are preventing b. can prevent c. prevent d. can be prevented
5. Let’s go ahead and do it now. Nothing --------------- by waiting.
a. accomplishes b. accomplished .
c. has accomplished d. will be accomplished
6. “When --------------- ?” – “In 1928”
a. penicillin was discovered b. did penicillin discovered
c. was penicillin discovered d. did penicillin discover
7. Vitamin C --------------- by the human body. It gets into the blood stream quickly.
a. absorbs easily b. is easily absorbing
c. is easily absorbed d. absorbed easily
 8. This book is very interesting. It ------------ into Vietnamese.
a. will translate b. can be translated
c. should be translated d. has to be translated
9. Will this report have ------------- to our representative office in London?
a. to fax b. to be faxed c. faxed d. be faxed
10. We can’t even walk in this storm. Let’s wait in the hallway where we’ll be ------------- the
strong winds until things quiet down.
a. protected from b. protected by c. protecting from d. protecting by.
11. Last night the tornado swept through Rockville . It -------------- everything in its paths.
a. destroyed b. was destroyed
c. was being destroyed d. had been destroyed
12. Be sure to wash these vegetables thoroughly. A lot of pesticide residue -------------- on
unwashed products.
a. can find b. can found c. can be found d. can be finding
13. On Friday afternoon before a three-day holiday weekend, the highways --------------people on
their way out of the city.
a. are crowding by b. are crowded with
c. are being crowded with d. crowd by
14. About 5,000 species of plants and animals ------------------ each year.
a. are being eliminated b. had eliminated
c. were being eliminated d. have eliminated
15. He is playing a piece of music --------------- by Mozart.
a. composed b. which composed c. was built d. was composed
16. A new industrial zone ------------- in the suburb of our city next month.
a. is going to build b. is going to built
c. is going to be built d. is built
17. The murderer ------------ immediately or more people -------------.
a. must be arrested / will kill b. must be arrested / will be killed
c. may be found / will be killed d. should be arrested / will killed
18. Those who don’t obey the traffic rules ----------- strictly.
a. must be fined b. will fine c. have to fine d. should be punish
19. You ------------- if you are always late for work.
a. may be sack b. may be sacked c. may sack d. may sacked
20. Smoking cigarettes ------------- in public places.
a. should ban b. are banned c. should be banned d. have been banned
III/ Choose the one word or phrase that best completes the sentences
1. _______ you study for these exams, _______ you will do.
A. The harder / the better B. The more / the much
C. The hardest / the best D. The more hard / the more good,
2. My neighbor is driving me mad! It seems that _______ it is at night, _______ he plays his music!
A. the less / the more loud B. the less / less
C. the more late / the more loudlier D. the later / the louder
3. Thanks to the progress of science and technology, our lives have become _______.
A. more and more good B. better and better
C. the more and more good D. gooder and gooder
4. The Sears Tower is _______ building in Chicago.
A. taller B. the more tall C. the tallest D. taller and taller
5. Petrol is _______ it used to.
A. twice as expensive as B. twice expensive more than
C. twice more than expensive D. more expensive than twice
6. Peter is _______ John.
A. younger and more intelligent than
B. more young and intelligent than
C. more intelligent and younger than
D. the more intelligent and younger than
7. San Diego is __________ town in Southern California.
A. more nice and nice B. the nicer C. the nicest D. nicer and nicer
8. It gets _______ when the winter is coming.
A. cold and cold B. the coldest and coldest
C. colder and colder D. more and more cold
9. Robert does not have _______ Peter does.
A. money more than B. as many money as
C. more money as D. as much money as
10. The Mekong Delta is _______ deltas in Vietnam.
A. the largest of the two B. the more larger of the two
C. one of the two largest D. one of the two larger
11. As she did so, her parents became _______.
A. the angriest B. the most angry
C. the more angry D. angrier and angrier
12. People should eat ____ and do ____ to reduce the risk of heart disease.
A. less fat / more exercise B. less and less fat / the more exercise
C. the less fat / the more exercise D. fatter / more exercise
13. He spent a year in India and loves spicy food. _______ the food is, _______ he likes it.
A. The hotter / the more and more B. The hotter / the more
C. The more and more hot / the more D. The hottest / the most
14. Of course you can come to the party. _______.
A. The more the merrier B. The more and the merrier
C. The more and merrier D. The more and more merrier
15. I feel _______ I did yesterday.
A. much more tired than B. many more tired than
C. as many tired as D. as more tired as
16. She is _______ a spectator.
A. more an athlete than B. more of an athlete than
C. an athlete more than D. an athlete of more than
17. His house is _______ mine.
A. twice as big as B. as twice big as
C. as two times big as D. as big as twice
18. ____ live in Ho Chi Minh City than in the whole of the rest of the country.
A. As much as people B. More people
C. As many as people D. People more
19. It gets _______ to understand what the professor has explained.
A. the more difficult B. more difficult than
C. difficult more and more D. more and more difficult
20. You must drive slower in built up areas. _______ you drive in the city, it is _______ that you
will have an accident.
A. The faster and faster / the more
B. The faster / the more probable
C. The more and more fast / the more and more probable
D. The more fastly / the probable
21. The party was _______ I had expected.
 A. more a hundred times fun than B. a hundred times fun more than
C. a hundred times more fun than D. more fun than a hundred times
22. He finds physics _______ other science subjects.
A. far more difficult than B. many more difficult than
C. too much more difficult than D. more much difficult than
23. _______ he drank, _______ he became.
A. More / more violent B. The most / the most violent
C. The more / the more violent D. The less / less violent
24. Mary was _______ of the two sisters.
A. the clever B. as clever as C. the cleverer D. the cleverest
25. French is a _______ language to learn than English is.
A. difficult B. more difficult
C. most difficult D. more and more difficult
26. The cuisine of France is _______.
A. more famous than that of England B. famous than the cuisine of England
C. more famous than which of England D. as famous than that of England
27. Earning money has always been the thing that pleases him most. ___ he becomes,__ he is.
A. The more rich / the more happy B. The richest / the happiest
C. The richer / the happier D. Richer and richer / happier and happier
28. The faster we finish, _______.
A. the sooner we can leave B. we can leave sooner and sooner
C. the sooner can we leave D. we can leave the sooner
29. Of all athletes, Alex is _______.
A. the less qualified B. the less and less qualified
C. the more and more qualified D. the least qualified
30. The climber was seventy miles in the wrong direction and got _______.
A. more panicked B. the more panicked
C. more than panicked D. more and more panicked
31. She is ....... singer I’ve ever met.
A. worse B. bad C. the worst D. badly
32. Mary is ....... responsible as Peter.
A. more B. the most C. much D. as
33. It is ....... in the city than it is in the country.
A. noisily B. more noisier C. noisier D. noisy
34. She sings ……….. among the singers I have known.
A. the most beautiful B. the more beautiful
C. the most beautifully D. the more beautifully
35. She is ....... student in my class.
A. most hard-working B. more hard-working
C. the most hard-working D. as hard-working
36. The English test was ....... than I thought it would be.
A. the easier B. more easy C. easiest D. easier
37. English is thought to be ....... than Math.
A. harder B. the more hard C. hardest D. the hardest
38. Jupiter is ....... planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest B. the bigger C. bigger D. biggest
39. She runs …… in my class.
A. the slowest B. the most slow C. the slowly D. the most slowly
40. My house is ....... hers.
A. cheap than B. cheaper C. more cheap than D. cheaper than
41. Her office is ....... away than mine.
A. father B . more far C. farther D. farer
42. Tom is ....... than David.
A. handsome B. the more handsome
C. more handsome D. the most handsome
43. He did the test ……….. I did.
A. as bad as B. badder than C. more badly than D. worse than
44. A boat is ....... than a plane.
A. slower B. slowest C. more slow D. more slower
45. My new sofa is ....... than the old one.
A. more comfortable B. comfortably
C. more comfortabler D. comfortable
46. My sister dances ……….. than me.
A. gooder B. weller C. better D. more good
47. My bedroom is ....... room in my house.
A. tidier than B. the tidiest
C. the most tidy D. more tidier
48. This road is ....... than that road.
A. narrower B. narrow C. the most narrow D. more narrower
49. He drives ……. his brother.
A. more careful than B. more carefully
C. more carefully than D. as careful as
50. It was ....... day of the year.
A. the colder B. the coldest C. coldest D. colder
51. The more we learn, __________
A. we become wise B. we become wiser
C. wiser we become D. the wiser we become
52. __________ 1.000 species of fish have been identified
A. much as B. as many C. as much as D. as many as
53. We have kept this seat for you. It’s ___________ comfortable chair we have
A. the more B. the most C. the very much D. most
54. The ears of African elephants are _________ Indian elephants
A. bigger than B. bigger as C. bigger than of D. bigger than those of
55. The more he tried to help her, ___________ she seemed to appreciate it
A. the little B. less C. lesser D. the less