Bài tập môn tiếng anh lớp 11 (10)

BÀI TẬP TỰ LUẬN TIẾNG ANH LỚP 11 UNIT 16 THE
WONDER OF THE WORLD
I. Complete the sentences with the appropriate forms of the words in parentheses.
1. The Great Pyramid of Giza is one of the seven .......................of the ancient world.
(wonderful)
2. The tourists lost all their...................... in the hotel fire.

(belong)

3. The structure consisted of....................... 2 million blocks of stone.

(approximate)

4. He was very ......................., and wouldn't tell me what he was up to. (mystery)
5. Cremation is more common than....................... in some countries.

(bury)

6. He sets standards that are unlikely to be........................

(surpass)

7. The village has become terribly........................

(tourist)

8. I'll meet you at the main.......................to the theatre.

(enter)

II. Write each sentence, beginning as shown. Use the underlined word in your

sentence.
1. It is expected that the strike will end soon.
The strike..............................................................................................................
2. It is thought that the prisoner escaped by climbing over a wall.
The prisoner.........................................................................................................
3. It is reported that many people are homeless after the floods.
Many people.......................................................................................................
4. It is said that the man robbed the store of $3,000 in cash.
The man.................................................................................................................


5. It is reported that the company was badly damaged by the fire.
The building.........................................................................................................
6. It is said that the company is losing a lot of money.
The company.......................................................................................................
7. It is said that she works 16 hours a day.
She.............................................................................................................................
8. It is reported that two people were injured in the explosion.
Two people............................................................................................................
III. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. People think the government will build a supermarket here.
The government..............................................................................................
It......................................................................................................................
2. People believed that fresh air was bad for sick people.
Fresh air..........................................................................................................
It.....................................................................................................................
3. They say he is in an agitated state.
He....................................................................................................................
It......................................................................................................................
4. We expect that the rate of inflation will fall.

The rate of inflation.........................................................................................
It.......................................................................................................................
5. They say he is somewhere in Germany.


He....................................................................................................................
It......................................................................................................................
6. People rumoured that he was involved in the bank robbery.
He....................................................................................................................
It......................................................................................................................
7. People think that she died in a plane crash.
She...................................................................................................................
It......................................................................................................................
8. People believed that the earth was the centre of the universe.
The earth.........................................................................................................
It......................................................................................................................
IV. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.
To the people of ancient Egypt, life (1) .....................earth was short. Life after death, (2)
............., was eternal. Therefore they built their tombs of stone and they (3) ...............their
possessions with them into another world. The (4) ............... important the person was,
the greater the tomb they (5)..............The Pharaoh's tombs were the (6)................The
Pharaohs were the rulers of the country and (7) .............. they died, they became Gods.
Many of (8) ............. tombs remain, some of them have become one of the wonders of the
world.
V. Read the passage and answer the questions below.
The Empire State Building is a 102-storey Art Deco skyscraper in New York City. Its
name is derived from the nickname for the state of New York. It stood as the world's
highest building for more than forty years, from its completion in 1931 until the
construction of the World Trade Center North Tower in 1972, and is now once again the
highest building in New York after the destruction of the World Trade Center on

September 11,2001.
Questions


1. How many storeys does the Empire State Building have?
2. Where is it?
3. Is its name derived from the nickname for the state of New York?
4. When was it completed?
5. Which building is the highest in New York now, the Empire State Building or the
World Trade Center?