Bài tập Tiếng Anh 11 Bài 14: Recreation

Unit 14

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:

1. a. meets     b. books     c. roofs     d. friends

2. a. bridged     b. marched     c. finished     d. based

3. a. weekends     b. sports     c. offers     d. skills

4. a. manages     b. courses     c. reaches     d. decides

5. a. enjoyed     b. viewed     c. watched     d. ranged

II. Choose the word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase:

6. He plays tennis ______ recreation only.

a. in     b. to     c. on     d. for

7. I'm very fond ______ natural spectacular scenery.

a. of     b. in     c. with     d. at

8. We were all attracted ______ the beauty of nature there.

a. in     b. to     c. with     d. on

9. Watching television is by far the most popular ______.

a. intensity     b. occupation

c. recreation     d. passion

10. I am very ______ in the information you have given me.

a. interested     b. surprised

c. depressed     d. concerned

11. I like him ______ for his shyness.

a. by far     b. far better

c. furthermore     d. all the better

12. He ______ us for hours with his stories and jokes.

a. supported     b. entertained

c. regarded     d. raised

13. His recreations include golf, football and shooting.

a. sports     b. activities

c. pastimes     d. pleasures

14. Walking and swimming are the two most popular sporting activities undertaken by men and women.

a. taken over     b. taken in

c. taken up     d. taken out

15. I bought the ring as a memento of Greek.

a. souvenir     b. relic

c. heirloom     d. remainder

16. The train passed through a rich variety of spectacular scenery.

a. amazing     b. powerful

c. impressive     d. considerable

17. The course can be as simple as bricklaying or as sophisticated as making your own stock market decisions.

a. external     b. complicated

c. intensive     d. advanced

18. She enjoyed a few moments of peace in the solitude of the garden.

a. privacy     b. bottom

c. center     d. end

19. There has been an increase in the ______ of folk music over recent years.

a. popular b. popularity

c. popularize d. popularization

20. _________ applicants should send their completed forms to the personnel office.

a. Quality b. Qualitative

c. Qualifications d. Qualified

III. Complete the sentences with both... (and); neither... (nor) or either...(or):

21. I tried twice to phone Ryan, but ______ times he was out.

22. Do you want tea or milk? – ______ I really don't mind.

23. I was invited to two parties last Sunday, but I couldn't go to ______ of them.

24. Where is Lizzie? Is she at school or at home? - ________ . She's away on holiday.

25. To get to the city center, you can go along the footpath by the river or you can go along the road. You can go _______ way.

IV. Choose word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that needs correcting:

26. Not only (A) Lewis's parents but also her husband think (B) she should return to (C) school and finish her graduate degree (D).

27. Each year (A) million of tons (B) of fertile topsoil that could (C) produce good crops washed (D) away by rains.

28. It was in 1971 (A) that transatlantic supersonic (B) transportation became (C) commercially availability (D).

29. Either (A) Mr. Anderson or (B) Ms. Baker are (C) going to teach our class today (D).

30. The antique collector must be able (A) to distinguish real (B) antiques from later imitations (C), which can be either reproductions nor (D)fakes.

V. Read the passage, then choose the correct answer:

In the 20th century, magazines have been a major growth area of popular publishing. Specialist magazines cater to every imaginable field and activity. In the United Kingdom, over 12,000 periodicals, magazines, bulletins, annuals, trade journals, and academic journals are published on a regular basis. There are some 40 women's magazines and over 60 dealing with particular sports, games, hobbies, and pastimes. Although some US magazines, such as The Saturday Evening Post, has succumbed to competition of television, many continue to have enormous international circulations, The Reader's Digest over 16 million, The National Geographic over 10 million. For many people, magazines have been the most available and widely used form of continuing education, providing information about history, geography, literature, science, and the arts, as well as guidance on gardening, cooking, home decorating, financial management, psychology, even marriage and family life.

Until the rise of television, magazines were the most available form of cheap, convenient entertainment in the English-speaking world. Radio served a similar function, but it was more limited in what it could do. Magazines and television, however, both address the more powerful visual sense. During the third quarter of the 20th century, coincident with a dramatic rise in the popularity of television, many general interest, especially illustrated magazines went out of business. The shift in attention of a mass, audience from reading such magazines to watching television has been a major factor in this decline, but it is an implicit tribute from television to the older genre that its programs are generally organized in a single format and content.

(*) Từ mới:

cater: phục vụ, cung cấp;

succumb: thua, không chịu nổi, không chống nổi;

circulation: sự lưu thông, sự thông hành;

guidance: sự điều khiển, hướng dẫn;

function: hàm, tính năng;

coincident: trùng khớp;

implicit: ngấm, ngấm ngầm; ẩn tàng;

tribute: vật cống, đồ cống;

31. From the passage, it can be inferred that ______________.

a. movies have replaced magazines

b. the author is fond of magazines

c. almost all magazines are printed in English

d. home decorating magazine are dramatic

32. According to the passage, which of the following magazines is no longer printed?

a. The Saturday Evening Post

b. The Reader's Digest

c. The Nation

d. The National Geographic

33. The passage implies that magazines _________________.

a. are less visual than radio

b. put television out of business

c. influence television programs

d. have a limited range of subjects

34. The passage mainly discusses ____________________.

a. the rise and fall of the radio business

b. the growth and decline of magazines in the 20th century

c. magazines and continuing education

d. the decline of international circulation

35. What does the author say about mass audiences?

a. They have little influence on communications in the 20th century.

b. They have gone out of business.

c. They get information about gardening and psychology from radio.

d. They have shifted their attention from magazines to television.

VI. Finish the second sentence so that is has a similar meaning to the first one, beginning with the given words or phrases.

36. Wheat is grown on our farm, and so is corn.

Both __________________.

37. Levine has that book, or Teddy has that book.

Either ________________.

38. Timothy wasn’t at the party last night, and Jessie wasn’t either.

Neither _______________.

39. His brother is living in Hanoi and his sister is, too.

Not only ______________.

40. Did Thomas Edison invent the telephone?

Was it the ____________.

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