Teacher:Quỳnh I. Fill in the blank with a correct word 1/ Computers are sometimes called ___________ brains. Writers often joke about a time in the ____________ when computers will do all our thinking for us. The idea is foolish. Computers _________ plan and build themselves. They cannot gather facts and ________. These must be fed into them. They can do __________ with these facts and figures they are not built to do. But these machines are wonderful proof of _______ clever people are at working out ways of helping themselves. II. Give the correct word forms. 1. I’m sure they will get used to the _____________ condition soon. (work) 2. Your new dress makes you more _____________. (beauty) 3. You should do these exercises _____________. (quick) 4. There are a lot of _____________ differences in England. (region) 5. Driving _____________ is _____________. (fast / danger) 6. One of the _____________ diseases that mankind has ever had is AIDS. (bad) 7. A fertilizer is any substance that _____________ the soil and helps plants grow. (rich) 8. _____________ know what mineral soil needs. (science) 9. He was _____________ for the job by a committee. (select) 10. We won’t buy the car until the _____________ arises. (necessary) 11. _____________ is my favourite subject. (historical) 12. _____________ waste is one of the causes of air pollution. (industry) 13. He has made a great _____________ to the development of the country. (contribute) 14. Are you _____________ of some changes in his appearance? (awareness) 15. _____________ can help improve our health. (jog) 16. Mount Vesurius is an _____________ volcano. (act) 17. He is confident enough to express his opinion _____________. (comfort) 18. Is _____________ free and compulsory in your country ? (educate) 19. The _____________ is really the marvel of the machine age. (compute) 20. He does everything with perfect _____________. (accurate) III. Rewrite the following sentences as directed 1. Tom is sorry that he didn’t watch the football match last night. - Tom wishes _______________________________________________________ 1 Teacher:Quỳnh 2. The test we did yesterday was so difficult that we couldn’t finish it in two hours. - Yesterday we did ______________________________________________ 3. “How many students are there in your class ?” - The man asked me _________________________________________________ 4. “You should go to the lecture” - The teacher advised us ______________________________________________ 5. You must hurry or we’ll miss the train. - Unless we _________________________________________________________ 6. It’s not difficult to make bread. - Bread is ___________________________________________________________ 7. Jack said, “I have studied English for five years, Mary.” - Jack told___________________________________________________________ 8. No one could open the door of the house. - The door __________________________________________________________ 9. The city where we were born is very small. - The city in _________________________________________________________ 10. She has worked here for five years. - She began__________________________________________________________ 11. She said, “ Have you got a new car, Jack ?” - She asked__________________________________________________________ 12. “Don’t talk to that man”, she said. - She told ___________________________________________________________ 13. Jane can’t go to your party because you don’t invite her. - If_________________________________________________________________ 14. They haven’t finished their homework yet. - Their homework ___________________________________________________ 15. Jim was absent because he was ill. - Because of_________________________________________________________ 16. We were late for the play because of the long line at the ticket-window. - Because there ______________________________________________________ 17. I couldn’t see anything because it was so dark. - Because of_________________________________________________________ 18. Because the weather is warm and damp, rice grows very well here. - Because of_________________________________________________________ 19. I have fewer books than she has. 2 Teacher:Quỳnh → She has __________________________________________________________ 20. Although he’s got an English name, he is in fact German. → Despite___________________________________________________________ 21. I found a place to live but it was difficult. → I had difficulty____________________________________________________ 22. The book was so good that I couldn’t put it down. → They had ________________________________________________________ 23. He’s fat because he doesn’t take any exercises. → But if ____________________________________________________________ 24. Tom is not as tall as his brother. - Tom’s brother ______________________________________________________ 25. His father is taller than his mother. - His mother ________________________________________________________ IV.Give the correct tense or form of the verbs in brackets : 1. Last night I (go) ____________ to a party. When I (get) ___________, the room (be) ____________ full of people. Some of them (dance) _____________ and others (talk) ____________. One young woman (stand) ____________ by herself. I (never, meet) ___________ her, so I (introduce) ____________ myself to her. 2. John is in English class. He (study) ____________ English this semester. He (also, take) ____________ some other classes. His Classes (begin) ____________ at 9 o’clock every day. 3. While she (talk) __________ on the phone, the children (start) __________ fighting and (break) __________ the window. 4. I hope they (repair) __________ this road by the time we (come) __________ back next summer. 5. I (see) _______ you in the school play last night. You (do) _______ a terrific acting job. (you ever act) _________ in a play before this one? Yes, I (start) _________ (act) __________ when I was in elementary school. V . Give the correct preposition. 1. He was _________ prison _________ 2 years. _________ that time he became interested _________ pigeons. 2. I want two seats _________ Romeo and Juliet _________ Friday night. 3. Go on _________ you see the church _________ your right. 4. How do you go _____ school ? 3 Teacher:Quỳnh -It depends _______ the weather. ______ wet days, I go _____ tube. _____ fine weather I go ______ foot. 5. I look forward _________ seeing you again next year. 6. I’m tired _________ walking all day long. VI . Read the passage carefully and decide True or False Edison was one of the famous inventors .His first great interest was chemistry and he read all he could find about it. He was only ten when he began to grow and sell vegetables so that he could have money to buy chemicals for making experiments. When he was fifteen, he got a job selling magazines and fruit on a train and began printing a weekly newspaper on the printing press set up in the luggage van. But one day, one of his bottles of chemicals broke and set fire to the van. He was put off the train and lost the job. 1. [T] [F] Edison got a job selling tickets and fruit on a train 2. [T] [F] He was only thirteen when he began to sell magazines and fruit 3. [T] [F] Edison was interested in chemistry 4. [T] [F] He read all he could find about history 5. [T] [F] He began printing a weekly newspaper in the luggage van on the train 6. [T] [F] One day, one of his bottles of chemicals broke and set fire to the van. 7. [T] [F] He was put off the train and lost the job because he was too young. 8. [T] [F]He could have money to buy chemicals for making experiments by selling fruits 9. [T] [F] Edison wasn’t interested in chemistry 10. [T] [F] He began printing a daily newspaper in the luggage van on the train 11. [T] [F] He was only fifteen when he began to grow and sell vegetables 12. [T] [F] He began printing a weekly magazine on the printing press 13. [T] [F] At last, he was put off the train and lost the job. 14. [T] [F] When he was fifteen, he got a job selling magazines and fruit on a train 15. [T] [F] He was a well -known inventor 16. [T] [F] He was only ten when he began to grow and sell vegetables VII. Make the correct choice: A/ 1. You should not give artificial flowers to your sweetheart. a. beautiful b. rose c. man-made d. daisy 2. “122” means ________ a. a hundred twenty-two b. one hundred twenty-two c. one hundred and twenty-two d. one hundred with twenty-two 3. The number 12345 contains five_________. a. letters b. numbers d. calculations d. digits 4. I do not think it is a wise _______. a. deviding b. dividend c. division d. decision 4 Teacher:Quỳnh 5. The computer is the marvel of the machine age. a. odd thing b. strange thing c. uselessthing d. wonderful thing 6. A computer can be used ________ many purposes. a. of b. for c. with d. without 7. The test is not _________difficult ________ it was last month. a. as/as b. so/so c. more/as d. a and b 8. My mother is _______ the meal in the kitchen. a. instructing b. buing c. preparing d. using 9. In the surgery, ________ is required. a. carelessness b. perfect accuracy c. imperfect accuracy d. mistakes 10. Some of computers can work 500,000 ______ faster than any person. a.times b. many c. much d. more 11. I like _______ cross-word puzzles. a. to do b. to make c. to get d. to achieve 12. Tom’s work at school is above the ________. He often gets 6 or 7 marks. a. middle b. centre c. average d. level 13. A ______ is a person who compose music. a. music singer b. composer c. music writer d. compositor 14. We can not ______ up our mind whether to stay at home or to go to London on holiday. a. do b. take c. get d. make 15. Electricity is cut off because he cannot pay the _______ bill. a. electrician b. electric c. electrify d. electrification 16. A computer can keep track of sales trends. a. look after b. take over c. decide d. follow 17. In our country, children start ______ school at the age of seven. a. a b. an c. the d. no article 18. My computer needs ______. a. repair b. to repair c. reparing d. repaired 19. We can not see the road _______ the fog. a. because of b. although c. because d. despite 20. It gets _______ Let’s go swimming. a. hot and hot b. the more hot c. more and more hot d. hotter and hotter 21. Peter usually drives _______ Mary. a. more fast b. more fast than c. more fast d. faster than 22. Here _______ some accounts that you must check. a. is b. are c. was d. have been 23. Tom told me he ________ meet me at the airport when I ______. a. would/arrived b. will/arrive c. will have/arriving d. would be/arriving 24. She ______ him very much, She had been waiting for him for ten years. 5 Teacher:Quỳnh a. must love b. must loved c. must have loved d. must loving 25. The problem seems to be _______. a. most serious b. more serious than c. more serious as d. more and more serious 26. At this time tomorrow, we _______ our final exam. a. will have taking b. will be taking c. will be taken d. would take 27. Your dress is longer than________. a. I b. me c. my d. mine 28. ______ I have time, I will go with you. a. if b. unless c. so d. so that 29. If I knew ______ took your umbrella, I would tell you. a. what b. who c. whom d. that 30. He is the man who has never accomplished anything before. a. done b. composed music c. finished successfully d. computated 31. He has written 3 novels since the beginning of the year. He is a ______ writer. a. produce b. product c. production d. productive 32. His _______ made us surprised. a. decide b. decision c. decisive d. decisively 33. I would rather do any job ______ be jobless. a. better than b. more than c. than d. so than 34. Today, traveling into ________ space is not beyond our reach. a. out b. above c. inside d. outer 35. The offices in our company are ________. a. compute b. computer c. computation d. computerized 36. Take care _________ yourself when you are away ______ home. a. of / from b. of / to c. on / from d. on / to 37. My father gave me a _________ watch which has no hands. a. exiting b. numeral c. digital d. table 38. You can get _______ by connecting the internet. a. time b. digit c. information d. computation 39. A computer can do simple computations with lighting speed. a. very accurate b. very slowly c. very carefully d. very fast 40. The scientists have _______ a method of sending a spaceship to Mars. a. worked out b. turned out c. took out d. went out 41. I marvelled at the computer when I first saw it worked. a. was greatly interested in b. was greatly surprised at c. was tired of d. was fed up with 42. Our brains are much more ________ than a computer. a. complex b. comfortable c. communicative d. competitive 43. Men create computers, so computers can not _________ our brains. a. rebuild b. replace c. rely d. reply 6 Teacher:Quỳnh 44. A computer can be used to run other _______. a. Machines b.works c. brains c. cells 45. The computer is the marvel of the _______ age. a. machination b. machinery c. machine d. mechanic 46. The dinner is in ________. a. prepare b. prepared c. preparatory d. preparation 47. A computer can be used to keep track of ________ needs. a. produce b. product c. production d. productive B/ Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase. A computer is so-called (1) _______ intelligence. It does many (2) ________ kinds of work. You get information from the internet quickly, that may take you a lot of time to read in a library. You can have a computer (3) _______ complex computation and it works much faster than you. It is considered (4) _______ tool in many fields. A computer can take over the work of many people, but it cannot be compared (5) _________ human brains which are the most complex organ; and up to now there have been many unknown things about our brains. 1. a. artificial b. artificiality c. artrificialize d. artificially 2. a. differ b. different c. difference d. differently 3. a. do b. to do c. did d. done 4. a. more useful b. most useful c. the more useful d. the most useful 5. from b. on c. with d. of 7 Teacher:Quỳnh 8 . brother. - Tom’s brother ______________________________________________________ 25. His father is taller than his mother. - His mother ________________________________________________________. Teacher:Quỳnh a. must love b. must loved c. must have loved d. must loving 25. The problem seems to be _______. a. most serious b. more serious than c.