i. Click the correct option for each gap to complete the following passage.
One of the first novels in the history of literature was written (23) ______ England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born in London in the family of a rich man. When Daniel was (24) ______ schoolboy, he began to write stories. After leaving school, he (25) ______ in his father’s shop and wrote articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries (26) ______ met many people. That helped him much in his writings. In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which made him famous.
23. A. in B. at C. on
24. A. the B. an C. a
25. A. sold B. worked C. bought
26. A. so B. and C. because
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The Old Man and the Sea is a short novel written by the American author Ernest Hemingway in 1951 in Bimini, Bahamas, and published in 1952. It was the last major work of fiction by Hemingway that was published during his lifetime. One of his most famous works, it tells the story of Santiago, an aging Cuban fisherman who struggles with a giant marlin far out in the Gulf Stream off the coast of Florida.
In 1953, The Old Man and the Sea was awarded the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction, and it was cited by the Nobel Committee as contributing to their awarding of the Nobel Prize in Literature to Hemingway in 1954.
Where was Ernest Hemingway from?
A. Florida
B. Santiago
C. Bahamas
Twilight is a famous novel. It was written by the (23) …........................., Stephenie Meyer in 2005. It's the first of four (24) .............................novels. Each book was read by millions of (25)................................ Twilight won many (26) …............. and was made into a movie with the same name. The (27) …. …...................is about a girl who (28) ........................... in love with a vampire. Many people around the world loved this movie.
1. A. awards B. author C. fairy tale D. singer
2. A. fiction B. humor C. text D. reading
3. A. students B. children C. teachers D. people
4. A. novels B. books C. awards D. tests
5. A. story B. acting C. animation D. play
6. A. falls B. fells C. gets D. drops
Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)……….. written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2).............. London in the family of a rich man, When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)............... school, he worked in his father's shop and (4)............. articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)............. in his writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)............. him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)........... on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)............... novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)..............., his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)............ famous. Defoe was not a rick man when he died in 1731.
Điền vào số 5
A. few
B. much
C. plenty
D. many
Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)……….. written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2).............. London in the family of a rich man, When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)............... school, he worked in his father's shop and (4)............. articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)............. in his writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)............. him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)........... on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)............... novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)..............., his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)............ famous. Defoe was not a rick man when he died in 1731.
Điền vào số 9
A. And
B. Because
C. So
D. However
Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)……….. written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2).............. London in the family of a rich man, When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)............... school, he worked in his father's shop and (4)............. articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)............. in his writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)............. him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)........... on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)............... novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)..............., his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)............ famous. Defoe was not a rick man when he died in 1731.
Điền vào số 10
A. very
B. much
C. most
D. best
Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)……….. written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2).............. London in the family of a rich man, When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)............... school, he worked in his father's shop and (4)............. articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)............. in his writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)............. him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)........... on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)............... novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)..............., his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)............ famous. Defoe was not a rick man when he died in 1731.
Điền vào số 6
A. made
B. did
C. brought
D. let
Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)……….. written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2).............. London in the family of a rich man, When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)............... school, he worked in his father's shop and (4)............. articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)............. in his writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)............. him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)........... on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)............... novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)..............., his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)............ famous. Defoe was not a rick man when he died in 1731.
Điền vào số 4
A. sold
B. wrote
C. bought
D. read
Read and circle the best option A, B, C or D to complete the passage.
One of the first novels in the history of literature (1)……….. written in England in 1719. It was Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe. Daniel Defoe was born (2).............. London in the family of a rich man, When Daniel was a schoolboy, he began to write stories. After (3)............... school, he worked in his father's shop and (4)............. articles for newspapers. Defoe visited many countries and met many people. That helped him (5)............. in his writings.
In 1719, when Defoe was sixty years old, he wrote the novel Robinson Crusoe which (6)............. him famous. Defoe used in his book a true story about a sailor who (7)........... on an island for twenty- eight years. People liked (8)............... novel in England and in many other countries, Daniel Defoe wrote other books. (9)..............., his novel Robinson Crusoe was the (10)............ famous. Defoe was not a rick man when he died in 1731.
Điền vào số 2
A. in
B. at
C. on
D. from