Bài soạn môn Tiếng Anh 11 - Unit 6: Test yourself

UNIT 6	TEST YOURSELF
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
a. knowledge 	b. comfort 	c. popular 	d. college
a. orchestra 	b. scholarchip 	c. chemistry 	d. charity
a. announced 	b. struggled 	c. observed 	d. repaired
Choose the word whose main stress pattern is not the same as that of the others.
a. competition 	b. illiteracy 	c. representative 	d. university
a. difficult 	b. relevant 	c. volunteer 	d. interesting
Choose the word or phrase (a, b, c or d) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
She was able to ______ all the tasks assigned to her.
a. keep on 	b. set up 	c. put off 	d. carry out
We managed to ______ over $4,000 through donations and other events.
a. deposit 	b. donate 	c. raise	d. exchange
Laura reminded her roommate ______ her alarm clock for 6:00.
a. to set 	b. setting 	c. to be set 	d. of setting
The boy found a wallet in the street, and then he ______ to return it to the loser.
a. tried 	b. had tried 	c. was trying 	d. had been trying
The two children blamed each other ______ the window.
a. to break 	b. breaking 	c. for breaking 	d. having broken
She swam strongly and ______ cross the river easily, even though it was swollen by the heavy rain.
a. used to 	b. was able to 	c. could 	d. was supposed to
The government .has spent £1 million on an advertising ______ to encourage energy conservation.
a. campaign 	b. promotion 	c. operation 	d. competition
No one could ever accuse this government ______ about the poor.
a. not caring 	b. of not caring c. for not caring 	d. not to care
I heard the tyre ______ and then the lorry skidded across the road.
a. burst 	b. bursting 	c. be burst 	d. being burst
I was ______ to find that the film was quite
a. surprised - frightening 	b. surprised - frightened
c. surprising - frightening 	d. surprising - frightened
Police are reported ______ illegal drugs in a secret hiding place in the star’s home.
a. they have 	b. having 	c. to have 	d. have had
Our education will help with the ______ of knowledge for the young.
a. rich 	b. riches 	c. richness 	d. enrichment
I don't remember ______ of the decision to change the company policy on vacations. When was it decided?
a. telling 	b. being told 	c. to tell 	d. to be told
Ms. Jackson was assigned the fifth-grade science class ______ she has the best qualification among the available faculty.
a. although 	b. whereas 	c. since 	d. if 
______ six months for the washing machine to be delivered, I decided to cancel the order.
a. Waiting 	b. Having waited c. Being waited 	d. Waited
Many firms are now struggling to survive in a highly ______ marketplace.
a. competing 	b. competition 	 c. competitive 	d. uncompetitive
The ______ will observe and score your performance in the contest. 
a. judges 	b. contestants 	 c. sponsors 	d. winners
______ she went home early. 
a. Feel not well 	b. Having felt not well
c. Feeling not well 	d. Not feeling well
He congratulated the team ______ all their games.
a. to win 	b. winning 	c. for their winning d. on having won
I often ______ of being famous when I was younger.
a. accused 	b. dreamed 	c. pretended 	d. assured
Choose the underlined word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that needs correcting.
Having suffered from depression him as a teenager, Keven could
 A B (himself as) C
understand how his son was feeling.
 D
Peter acknowledged that his chances in winning the race to be slim.
 A B C (of winlling) D 
Walking briskly for 30 minutes or to run for 15 minutes will burn an
 A B (running) C
approximately equal number of calories.
 D
I asked the boys to move their bicycles off the football pitch but they flat
 A B C D (flatly)
refused.
Health officials warn that anyone who look directly at the sun during an
 A B C (look)
eclipse may put their sight at risk.
 D
Choose the word or phrase -a, b, c or d- that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
In the summer of 2000, the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion (31) ______ a campaign for illiteracy eradication. In the campaign, six hundred (32) ______ minority students from the northern highlands were asked to provide reading and writing skills to 1,200 illiterate people living in their (33) ______ villages. In 2001, eight hundred volunteer. students took (34) ______ in the campaign. The number of people receiving reading and writing lessons (35) ______ 4,623. This was an effective way to help people
in remote and mountainous areas to read and write.
The fight (36) ______ illiteracy continued in the summer of 2002. This time the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion decided to (37) ______ its activities to the central mountainous provinces. At present, the number of illiterate people in the remote and moutainous areas is (38) ______ decreasing. It is hoped that illiteracy will soon be (39) ______ in our country as more and more people are taking part in the (40) ______ against it.
a. began 	b. had 	c. started 	d. managed
a. national 	b. ethnic 	c. racial 	d. religious
a. home	b. own 	c. remote 	d. house 
a. control	b. care 	c. part 	d. interest
a. ranged 	b. grew 	c. rose 	d. reached
a. in 	b. against 	c. towards 	d. of
a. enlarge 	b. widen.	c. expand 	d. expend
a. gradually 	b. constantly 	c. actually 	d. mainly
a. limitted 	b. eradicated 	c. completed 	d. prevented
a. battle 	b. strike 	c. challenge 	d. struggle
Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.
Instructors at American colleges and universities use many different teaching methods. Some instructors give assignments every day. They grade homework. Students in their classes have to take many quizzes, a midterm exam, and a final text. Other' instructors give only writing assignments. Some teachers always follow a course outline and usually use the text book. Others send students to the library for assignments. 
The atmosphere in some classrooms is very formal. Students call their instructors 'Professor Smith,' 'Mrs Jones,' and so on. Some teachers wear business clothes and give lectures. Other classrooms have an informal atmosphere. Students and teachers discuss their ideas. Instructors dress informally, and students call them by their first names. American teachers are not alike in their teaching styles.
At most American colleges and universities, facilities for learning and recreation are available to students. Students can often use type-writers, tape recorders, video machines, and computers at libraries and learning centers. They can buy books, notebooks, and other things at campus stores. They can get advice on their problems from counselors and individual help with their classes from tutors. Students can relax and have fun on campus, too. Some schools have swimming pools and tennis courts. Most have snack bars or cafeterias. .
According to the passage, instructors at American colleges and universities ______.
a. do not grade homework 	b. never follow a course ouline
c. teach in their own ways 	 d. do not give students quizzes and exams
Which of the following statements is true?
a. American students can call their teachers by their first name..
b. The atmosphere in American classrooms is always relaxed and friendly.
c. American teachers are never allowed to dress informally.
d. The atmosphere in American classrooms is always formal.
The phrase 'business clothes' in the paragraph 2 can be understood as ______.
a. clothes that only business people wear 	b. trendy clothes
c. casual clothes 	d. formal clothes
At most American colleges and universities, students can ______.
a. buy anything they want at campus stores
b. ask their counselors and tutors for advice
c. use computers that are linked to libraries
d. have tutors and counselors solve their problems
According to the passage, which of the following statements is false about schools in America?
a. They are well equipped.
b. They have stores on campus.
c. They have no recreational facilities.
d. They offer sports and leisure facilities' for students.
Choose the answer (a, b, c or d) that is nearest in meaning to the printed before it. 
'If I were you, I would take the job,' said my roommate.
a. My roommate was thinking about taking the job.
b. My roommate advised me to take the job.
c. My roommate introduced the idea of taking the job to me.
d. My roommate insisted on taking the job for me.
He last had his eyes tested ten months ago.
a. He had tested his eyes ten months before.
b. He had not tested his eyes for ten months then.
c. He hasn't had his eyes tested for ten months.
d. He didn't have any test on his eyes in ten months.
He is not flexible in his work; that is why he doesn't have many friends.
a. Having almost no friends makes him inflexible in his work.
b. Such is his inflexibility in his work that he doesn't have many friends.
c. Inflexibility in his work is not why he doesn't have many friends.
d. He is not popular with many people although he is flexible in his work.
Choose the best sentence (a, b, c, or d) made from the given cues.
provide/ your handwriting/ legible/ test scorer/ accept/ your answer//
Providing your handwriting is legible, the test scorer does not accept your answer. 
Provided for your legible handwriting, the test scorer has to accept your answer.
Provided that your handwriting is legible, your answer will be accepted by any test scorer.
Providing with your legible handwriting, every test scorer must accept your answer.
I/ advise/ him/ ask/ bus conductor/ tell/ him/ where/ get off.
I advised him ask a bus conductor to tell him where he gets off.
I advised him to ask bus conductor to tell him where he gets off.
I advised him to ask the bus conductor telling him where to get off.
I advised him to ask the bus conductor to tell him where. to get off.