Families gathered around the radio at night to hear important news or to listen to favourite programmes.. Radio was an important form of home entertainment.[r]
(1)Practice exercise (Unit 7)
I/ Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1.A magazine B wildlife C motorbike D climb
2A geography B physics C copy D myself
3A demonstration B disable C place D programme
4A aim B hair C railway D afraid
5A coin B going C boil D voice
II/ Choose the best answer
6 This will be the first time that I Thailand
A has visited B visit C visited D have visited
7 There never such excitement before
A has/been B have/been C will/been D is/been I David James for two weeks
A has seen B saw C don't see D have not seen
9 The baby wonderfully up to now
A bahaves B has behaved C is behaving D behaved 10 He in this town since he was born
A lives B is living C lived D has lived
11 All of them already what to
A has/told B is/told C have/been told D was/told 12.The teacher the students their instructions
A gave B has been given C was given D has given 13 that road ? It was badly damaged by the floods last month
A Is/repaired B Has/repaired C Have/repaired D has/been repaired 14 She finally to join us on the trip to Cat Ba Isaland
A has/been decided B, was decided C has/decided D have/decided 15 This is the first time we a sewing machine
A are using B used C use D have used
16 A film which is made by photographing a series of changing drawings is called a A cartoon B drama C comedy D documentary
17 What programme is VTV3 at 7.30 pm today?
A on B on on C on in D in
18 A film or a play that is intended to be funny, usually with a happy ending is called a
A documentary B quiz show C talk show D comedy
19 Be quick! I don't want to miss "Wheel of Fortune" This is the I love most A quiz show B sport C news D comment 20 VTV1 is Vietnam's channel while HTV is a local one
A national B international C global D general 21 Mickey Mouse is a famous character
A play B comedy C cartoon D news
22 A is a film or a television programme giving facts about something A documentary B comedy C cartoon D news 23 I don't like watching TV with Anna She keeps changing the
A films B programs C channels D videos
24 The sky grew and it began to rain
A darkness B dark C darkly D darken
25 The grass is wet It
A has rained B rained C is raining D rains 26 I my wife ten years ago
A has met B meet C would meet D met
27 How long ago you it?
A have/bought B did/buy C were/bought D could/buy 28 It's been ages since we last each other
A have/phoned B had/phoned C /phoned D were/phoning 29 The good news made her
(2)30 "Have you seen his garden yet?" "I the house on Monday but I the garden yet."
A saw/didn't see B saw/haven't seen C saw/didn't see D have seen/haven't seen
31 He in London for two years and then he to Paris
A lived/went B has lived/went C lived/has gone D has lived/has gone 32 He lost his jog last month then, he has been out of work
A For B Since C From D Already
33 playing the guitar very softly (khÏ, bÐ), Tom woke his parents up A Because B Although C Because of D In spite of 34 Banks encourages people money
A borrow B to borrow C borrowing D borrowed 35 I have nothing common Jane
A in/with B on/with C in/of D on/of
36 Mr Count as a cashier for 20 years Then he retired and went to live in the country
A worked B was working C has worked D would work 37 Mary in Japan for years She is working there and likes it very much
A was B was being C has been D would be
38 I could not eat _ I was very hungry
A even though B in spite C despite D in spite the fact that
39 _ of the difficulty, they managed to climb to the top of the mountain A In spite B Despite C But D Although
40 the cold weather, we all wore shorts
A Because of B Although C Despite of D In spite of 42 his illness, he had to cancel the appointment
A Despite B Because of C Because D Even though
43 He managed to go to school he was ill
A In spite of B because C although D despite 44 There were enough seats for everyone the large crowds
A in spite B because of C although D despite 45 I had two hours for shopping, I couldn't find the shoes I wanted
A Despite B Even C Even though D However
46 the King had raised the awarding amount of money, no one dared to report about the thief
A Even though B While C Although D A & C
47 She could understand the song she didn't speak Chinese very well A because B although C in spite of D despite 48 They couldn't sleep last night the noise
A because of B despite C in spite of D even though 49 He went to work the following day he was very tired
A because B because of C even though D in spite of 50 we live in the same street, we've never talked to each other
A Because B Despite C In spite of D Even though III/ Identify and correct one mistake in each of the following sentences.
51 She said she would phone me this morning but it is now 12.30 and she didn't phoned yet
A B C D 52 I have got this scar in an accident a year ago It's terrible, isn't it?
A B C D 53 I've been very patient with you since several years That's enough A B C D 54 Because of applying for hundreds of jobs, she is still out of work A B C D
55 Because a pain in his leg, he walked very slowly A B C D
56 They didn't eat anything despite they were very hungry A B C D
(3)A B C D 58 Despite they live in the same street, they never talk to each other A B C D
IV/ Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning not change. Although he took a taxe, Bill still arrived late for the concert
In spite In spite of his suffering form a bad cold, William still went to school
Although In spite of his age, Mr Benson runs four miles before breakfast
Although Although he didn't speak Dutch, Bod decided to settle in Amsterdam
In spite Because of the rough sea, the ferry couldn't sail
Because Although he had a good salary, he was unhapply in his life
Despite Although his leg was broken, he managed to get out of the car
In spite of There were a lot of accidents because of the icy road
Because Because the cost of living in Britain is high, there are fewer tourists here this year Because of 10 Although his book was successful, he decided not to write any more
Despite V/ Read the following passage and decide on true/false statements
In the first part of the twentieth century, before a television set was a part of most households, radio programming was different form what it is now Someone read an exciting story, or part of a story, while the children's imaginations provided visual images to fit the spoken ones People listened to serials, stories that were broken into one-hour segment Because each hour ended with a suspense, listeners had to tune in at the same time the next day to find out what would happen Families gathered around the radio at night to hear important news or to listen to favourite programmes Radio was an important form of home entertainment However, because of television, radio programming has changed
Radio stories have become a thing of the past because people prefer both to watch and to hear Radio is now a medium that is used more often in a car than at home Because music and news are the easiest types of programmes to listen to in a car, they are the most common Radio, in fact, has become the music medium It provides music for all tastes, from country-western to classical
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1 Radio programming changed because television became widespread Radio stories not require the listeners to use their imaginations Radio serials ended with suspense so that listeners would want to hear
the continuation of the story the next day
4 Listening to the radio was something that people always did alone With television, people could both see and hear the story Most people listen to radio programmes in their cars Most radio programming consists of news and music Choose the best answer
1 When did people use to get together to listen to their favourite prorammes? A In the first part of this century B on Sundays
C at night D at weekends
2 Why have radio stories become a thing of the past?
A Because there have many new and interesting programmes B Because they were very old stories
(4)D Because people want both to hear and to watch Which of the followings is NOT true?
A Radio provides both country-western music and classical music B Radio is more used in a car than at home