Thanks to a computer, we can visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty.. We can pay bills prepared by computers.[r]
(1)Name: TEST IN 45 MINUTES (B) Class: 10/9
I.Read the passage and choose the best answer:
The computer, one of the most marvellous inventions in our modern age, has become part of our daily lives It was put in use in 1946 Thanks to a computer, we can visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty We can pay bills prepared by computers We can read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers We can receive letters from and send letters to almost every part of the world with the help of computers And we can even learn foreign languages on computers
Further more, we can compose music, play games, write plays and design
fashions on computers It is no wonder that computers are sometimes called thinking machines because they can also nearly as many things as we can
1 What is the best title for the passage?
A What can the computer do? B The computer – Part of our life C The computer – A new invention D The uses of the computer 2 Which sentence is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A We visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty with the help of computers B We read newspapers and magazines produced on computers
C We can talk on computers
D We can learn foreign languages on computers 3 The computer has been used
A in 1946 B since 1946
C for sixty-one years D B and C are correct 4 The computer is sometimes called thinking machine A because they can almost as many things as we can B because it has more than 10 billion cells
C because it has been used by many people D All are correct
5 The computer is A a thinking machine
B one of the most marvellous inventions in our modern age C very useful in our daily life
D All are correct
II Rearrange the following sentences to make a reply to an invitation letter, and then wite down a complete letter.
1 Ann
2 Thank you for inviting me Dear Mary,
4 I’ll never forget the good time we had last year I’ll be waiting for you
(2)……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… ……… III Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets, using the active or the passive of the present perfect tense.
1 The airplane ……….(arrive) twenty minutes late That book ………(translate) into many languages
3 Jack ……… (walk) to school for almost three years Beer and wine ……… (serve) at that restaurant
IV Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:
1 A food B school C tooth D cook A wrong B call C walk D talk A fur B turn C burn D about A girl B April C shirt D skirt V Choose the best option:
1 I used to ………… very careless when I was younger A study B studying C be D being When she lived in Asia, she ………… very little
A got used to eating B was using to eat C used to eat D is used to eat He passed the exam with high grades, ……… made everybody in the family pleased
A which B that C what D it
4 We’ve already met the man ………… often appears on TV every night A who B whom C which D what
5 The students decided to go ……… an excursion to relax after the final exam A in B at C on D with
6 I ……… tomorrow – I’ve already got my plane ticket
A leave B am leaving C will leave D shall leave Look at those black clouds! It ……… soon
A is raining B has rained C will rain D is going to rain The windows are dirty.Yes, I know I ………… them
A clean B am cleaning C will clean D am going clean He’s been busy during the last two weeks He ………… an exam in December A takes B took C will take D is going to take
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