TAILIEUCHUNG - BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ VÀ NÂNG CAO - UNIT 9

Tham khảo tài liệu 'bài tập bổ trợ và nâng cao - unit 9', tài liệu phổ thông, ôn thi đh-cđ phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | BÀI TẬP BỔ TRỢ VÀ NÂNG CAO - UNIT 9 I. Reading comprehensively and answer the questions Ogden Nash was a poet storyteller humorist and philosopher. Born in Rye New York and raised in Savannah Georgia he tried but failed to adapt himself to the academic and later the business world. After attending Harvard University briefly he became a mail clerk on Wall Street later advancing to bond salesman. His first job as a writer was to produce advertising copy for streetcar cards. Then in 1925 he joined the advertising department of Doubleday Page and Company one of the largest publishing house in New York. Later as a member of the editorial staff of The New Yorker magazine he began writing short poems. His verses are filled with humor and wry wit as well as the unexpected or improbable rhymes that have come to characterize them. One of his most famous is a two-line verse titled reflections on Ice-Breaking in which he offers the following advice to young lovers Candy is candy but liquor is quicker . Beginning in 1931 and extending over the next four decades. Nash produced nineteen books of poetry. During the same time period he was a favorite contributor to many leading magazines and his name became a household world. 1. Which of the following would be the best title for the passage A. Poems in The New Yorker B. Humor in poetry C. The life and work of Ogden Nash D. Reflections on Ice-Breaking 2. Nash s first job was as a A. mail clerk B. bond salesman C. writer of advertising copy D. magazine writer 3. Nash is described as all of the following EXEPT A. a humorist B. a popular poet C. a prolific writer D. an alcoholic 4. The word leading in line 18 could best be replaced by which of the following A. witty B. contemporary C. prominent D. extravagant 5. The words them in line 9 refers to A. Rhymes B. verses C. editorial D. publishing house 6. In the second paragraph what does Nash mean by liquor is quicker A. Young people should be warned against drinking alcohol. B. It is .

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