CONSOLIDATION (Unit 11-13)
I- Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. solidarity B. outstanding C. program D. endangered
2. A. character B. charity C. scholarship D. schedule
3. A. destroyed B. damaged C. endangered D. provided
4. A. extinction B. primary C. animal D. classify
5. A. dynamic B. psychology C. skydiving D. synchronize
II- Choose a word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others.
1. A. vertical B. personal C. penalty D. understand
2. A. entertainment B. durability B. personality D. difficulty
3. A. divide B. propose C. allow D. happen
4. A. encourage B. familiar C. limitation D. opponent
III- Choose an appropriate option to complete the following sentences.
1. How are the books in this library___?
A. divided B. named C. gathered D. classified
2. Robert’s new book will be ___ in August.
A. typed B. published C. broadcast D. announced
3. I’m reading a Stephen King’s novel. It’s really exciting and I couldn’t ___.
A. get it off B. put it down C. take it on D. look it up
4. Children tend to read ___ books that tell stories through pictures.
A. novel B. fiction C. science D. comic
5. What kind of readers would you ___ this book?
A. advise B. introduce C. recommend D. persuade
6. Watching videos is becoming a popular form of ___.
A. entertain B. entertainment C. entertainer D. entertaining
7. After talking to Mary for ten minutes, George paused, waiting for her to ___the information.
A. taste B. chew C. swallow D. digest
8. ___ books tell stories from the author’s imagination.
A. Fiction B. Picture C. Coloured D. Long
9. The museum is open to everybody. It ________ between 9am and 5pm.
A. visits                             B. visited                      C. can visit                  D. can be visited
11.  The room ________ once a day.
A. should clean                                                       B. should be cleaning
C. should be cleaned                                            D. should have cleaned
12.  Two tablets ________ twice a day to help you recover from the illness quickly.
A. must take                       B. must be taken        C. must have taken   D. must be taking
13.  I think the match ________. Everybody′s gone into the stadium and you can hear them cheering.
A. was started                    B. will be started           C. must started            D. must have started
14.  The picnic ________ because Peter has just had a traffic accident.
A. will cancel                                                                                  C. will be cancelling
B. will be cancelled                                                                      D. will have cancelled
15.  If you ________ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it seriously.
A. dip into                         B. put away                  C. pick up  D. swallow

III- Choose the appropriate option for each gap to complete the following passage.
Today we think of books (1)_____ a volume of many sheets of paper (2)______ texts, illustrations, photographs , etc. (3)_______ their durability and portability , the main uses of books are to preserve, and (4)_______ information. In ancient times, people wrote on clay tablets, wood or bamboo tablets tied with cord, or book rolls to store information. Later, with the (5)______ of paper , the Chinese had the first books (6)______ Jingangjing (the Diamond Sutra) printed in AD 868. In the 20th century, (7)_______ the challenge from other media such as radio or television and computer, books continued to be a primary (8)_____ for dissemination of knowledge for instruction and pleasure in skills and arts and for the storage of human’s experience. 1. A. as B. as if C. alike D. with 2. A. contains B. contained C. containing D. which containing 3. A. Because B. Because of C. Despite D. Although 4. A. distribute B. supply C. send D. store 5. A. invention