English 12 - Practice Tests Unit 9, 10, 12

ink it is interesting enough for you to ________.
a. put down 	b. swallow 	c. look up 	d. understand
48. A ________ is a report in a newspaper or magazine in which a writer gives his opinion of a book, a film, or a play.
a. page 	b. subject 	c. review 	d. journey
49. 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. put down
50. Those letters ________ now. You can do the typing later.
a. need typing 	 b. needn't be typed 	c. need to type d. needn't typing
51. The museum is open to everybody. It ________ between 9am and 5pm.
a. visits	b. visited 	c. can visit d. can be visited
52. The train ________ by bad weather. I am not sure.
a. might delay 	b. might be delaying
c. might have delayed 	d. might have been delayed
53. The room ________ once a day.
a. should clean 	b. should be cleaning
c. should be cleaned 	d. should have cleaned
54. Two tablets ________ twice a day to have you recover from the illness quickly.
a. must take 	b. must be taken 	c. must have taken d. must be taking
55. Theresa walked past me without saying a word. She ________ me.
a. can't have seen 	b. can't see
c. can't have been seen 	d. can be seen
56. 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
57. We found the exam extremely easy. We ________ so hard.
a. needn't study 	b. needn't be studying
c. needn't have studied 	d. needn't have been studied
58. There is plenty of money in our account so those cheques ________ to the bank today.
a. needn't be taken 	b. needn't be taking 	c. needn't take 	d. needn't taking
59. The picnic ________ because Peter has just had a traffic accident.
a. will cancel 	b. will be canceling 
c. will be cancelled 	d. will have cancelled
60. It is important ________ students to read as many books as possible.
a. up 	b. about 	c. to 	d. for
61. Who does the book belong ________?
a. for 	b. to 	c. on 	d. through
62. He picked ________ the book and turned page after page.
a. up	b. on 	c. away 	d. in
63. Read the book ________ and you can find the information you need.
a. care 	b. careful	 	c. carefulness 	d. carefully
64. Not many people find reading more ________ than watching TV.
a. interest 	b. interested 	c. interesting d. interestingly
65. To become a novelist, you need to be ________.
a. imagine 	b. imagination 	c. imaginative 	d. imaginarily
66. 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
67. A ________ is the story of a person's life written by somebody else.
a. romance 	b. fiction 	c. biography 	d. science
68. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he ____ it
a. reviews 	b. chews and digests 	c. swallows 	d. dips into
69. Since their appearance, books are a previous ________ of knowledge and pleasure.
a. source 	b. pile 	c. amount 	d. sum
70. Many teenagers are not much ________ in reading books, except for what they are made to read at school
a. excited 	b. important 	c. slow 	d. interested
71. This book ________ to Peter. It is not mine.
a. possesses 	b. owns 	c. has 	d. belong
72. Have you ever read ________ "Oliver Twist", ________ interesting novel written by Charles Dickens?
a. the / the 	b. Ø / an 	c. Ø / Ø 	d. an / the
73. I like ________ books better than ________ films.
a. Ø / Ø 	b. the / the 	 	c. Ø / the 	d. the / Ø
74. The room is too dirty. It ________ now.
a. should clean 	b. should have cleaned
c. should be cleaning 	d. should be being cleaned
75. The situation ________ to continue.
a. cannot allow 	b. cannot be allowed
c. cannot have allowed 	d. cannot be allowing
76. The machine ________ on by pressing this switch.
a. can turn 	b. can be turned 	c. must turn 	d. should be turning
77. Everybody agrees that no more staff ________.
a. should employ 	b. should not be employed
c. will not be employed 	d. will be employed
78. Things ________ clear to them so that they can do the work in the way that you have told them. 
a. are making 	b. ought to be made c. have made d. needn't be made
79. Cigarettes ________ at a bakery.
a. most buy 	b. cannot buy 	 c. cannot be bought d. should not buy
80. The next meeting ________ in May.
a. will hold 	b. will be held 	c. will be holding 	d. will have held
81. ________ in simpler words?
a. Has this issue expressed 	b. Can't this issue express
c. Can this issue express 	d. Couldn't this issue be expressed
82. All traffic laws ________.
a. is observed 	b. must be observed
c. must have observed 	d. had better observe
83. Tomatoes ________ before they are completely ripe.
a. can be picked 	b. can pick 	c. needn't pick d. should be picking
84. This letter ________, not handwritten.
a. should be typing 	b. should be typed 
c. needn't type 	d. needn't be typed
85. Many people are not interested ________ reading books as much as seeing films.
a. in 	b. with 	c. for 	d. about
86. We spend more time watching TV than reading books. But ________ fact. TV has not kill reading. 
a. for 	b. upon 	c. at 	d. in
87. Books are a wonderful source ________ knowledge and pleasure.
a. with 	b. of 	c. in 	d. about
88. After leaving school, many of us only read for ________.
a. please 	b. pleasant 	c. pleasure 	d. pleasing
89. Mary enjoys reading ________, adventure, and whatever else she can either buy or borrow.
a. romance 	b. romantic 	c. romanticize 	 d. romanticism
90. The novel has had a tremendous impact on ________ and publishing markets.
a. entertain 	b. entertainer 	 c. entertainment 	 d. entertainingly
91. Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl.
a. recommendation 	b. information 	c. fiction 	d. interest
92. Tommy likes the books that he borrowed from the school library very much. He has read them with ________.
a. entertainment 	b. romance 	c. tasting 	d. pleasure
93. The reviewer ________ Mathew's new novel as a new style of modern science fiction.
a. chewed 	b. digested 	c. described 	d. drew
94. I have nearly finished reading the book. There are only a few ______ left.
a. pieces 	b. pages 	c. slices 	d. sheets
95. 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
96. Peter enjoys ________ science fictions, ________ type of book based on imagined scientific discoveries in the future.
a. Ø / Ø	 	b. the / Ø 	c. Ø / a 	d. the / the
97. Different people never read a book in ________ same way.
a. a 	b. an 	c. the	d. Ø
98. Before eating, ________ thoroughly with soap and clean water.
a. you should wash your hands 	b. your hands should be washing
c. you need washing your hands 	d. Your hands need washed
99. Fruits ________ in a freezer.
a. should not put 	b. should not be put
c. must put 	d. must be putting
100. The fire ________ by lightning.
a. must cause 	b. must be causing
c. must have caused 	d. must have been caused
101. The last decision ________.
a. will be made by the manager 	b. needn't be finished / will be having
c. that will be made by the manager 	d. must be finished / can have
102. I wish I ________ many times.
a. will not be interrupted 	b. would not be interrupted
c. will not have interrupted 	d. would not have been interrupted
103. The package ________ carefully before it ________.
a. must be wrapped / is posted 	b. needs wrapping / will be posted
c. should wrap / is going to be posted 	d. will be wrapping / needs posting
104. The weather forecast says that ________ tomorrow.
a. it will snow 	b. it will be snowed 
c. it needs snowing 	d. it must be snowed
105. The car ________ by Karen. The keys are still on the table.
a. must have taken 	b. must have been taken
c. can't have been taken 	d. can't have taken
106. The garden ________. It has just started raining.
a. needn't water 	b. needn't be watered
c. needn't be watering 	d. needn't have watered
IV. Error Identification.
Too much television can has negative effects on young minds 
 A 
because of higher levels of television viewing correlate with lowered 
 B C
academic performance, especially reading scores.
 D
Neil Postman, an author of some great books, pointed out that reading 
 A B 
teaches us to think in a logically connected way, and cultivating a 
 C D
sustained attention span.
Reading cannot make your life longer, but reading really makes your 
 A B C
life more thicker.
 D
It is really sad how many people have the misconception that reading.
 A B C 
is bored . 
 D
V. Choose the best sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
It wasn't obligatory to submit my assignment today.
a. My assignment must have been submitted today.
b. I needn't have submitted my assignment today.
c. My assignment was required to submit by today.
d. I mustn't submit my assignment today.
It's time we left for the disco.
a. We may leave for the disco now. 
b. We needn't leave for the disco now.
c. We should leave for the disco now. 
d. We must have leave for the disco now.
It was a mistake of you to lose your passport.
a. You shouldn't have lost your passport. 
b. There must be a mistake in your passport.
c. You needn't have brought your passport. 
d. Your passport must be lost.
My car keys are possibly in the kitchen.
a. My car keys should be put in the kitchen.
b. My car keys cannot be in the kitchen.
c. I do not know whether my car keys are in the kitchen.
d. My car keys might be in the kitchen.
Is it possible for me to come to your house at about 7pm?
a. Must I come over to your house at about 7pm?
b. Could I be come to your house at about 7pm?
c. Can I come to your house at about 7pm?
d. Will I come to your house at about 7pm?