Câu hỏi:

Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has the underlined part different from others.

Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences

Nuclear/ plants/ a lot of/ don’t/ power/ require/ space.

Read the passage below and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE?

Inventions That Changes Our World

People have been inventing things for years. Paper was invented about 2,000 years ago. The wheel was invented more than 5,000 years ago. What would life be like without paper to write on or bikes to ride? Those inventions have made life easier.

Airplane

The Wright Brothers invented the first airplane in December 1903. That makes 2003 the 100th anniversary! Before the airplane was invented, most people traveled by cars, boats, and trains. Today, airplanes help people travel faster. How do airplanes help you?

Telephone

Alexander Graham Bell invented the telephone in 1876. Before the telephone was invented, people kept in touch by writing letters or talking in person. Today the telephone makes it easier for people to talk to one another. How do telephones help you?

Automobile

The first four-wheeled gas-powered car was invented by Karl Benz in 1891. Before people had cars, they couldn’t travel easily. They walked or rode horses for short trips. They took trains or boats for long trips. Today cars are one of the main ways people travel. How do cars help you?

Computer

People worked for years to make the first computer. It was built in 1946. The first computer was called ENIAC. Today computers are an important part of many people’s lives. People use computers as tools to write, get information, and much more. How do computers help you?

Question: Before the airplane was invented, people traveled around on foot

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

Computers are helpful in many ways. First, they are fast. They can work with information even (1) __________ than a person. Second, computers can work with a lot of information at the same time. Third, they can store information for a long time. They do not forget things that the common people do. (2) __________, computers are almost always correct. They are not perfect, but they usually do not make mistakes.

Recently, it is important (3) __________ about computers. There are a number of things to learn. Many companies have computers at work. In addition, most universities (4) __________ day and night courses in Computer Science. Another way to learn is from a bok, or from a friend. After a few hours of practice, you can (5) __________ with computers. .

Question 3:

Rewrite sentences without changing the meaning

Peter said: “I will try to learn hard to pass the entrance exam.”

Choose the letter A, B, C or D the word that has different stress pattern from others.

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

The history of the computer in the twentieth century is one of dramatic adaption and expansion. The computer had modest beginnings in areas where it was used as a specialist tool. The first electronic computer was built in the 1930s and was solely for use of undergraduate students in Iowa State University to handle mathematical computations in nuclear physics. In World War II, computers were developed in order to wage counter espionage and break codes used by the enemy. In the post-war years the scope of computers was expanded to include the military industrial complex and academia. Obviously people needed to travel around these institutions and so there was a need for early network tools. In the 1960’s an early version of the Internet, ARPPANET was used in computers were starting to change our lifestyle, the way we do business and many style things (Elliot, 1994) and by the late 1980s, networks were expanding to embrace sections of the general public. The internet was born.

Question: Why was the scope of computer expanded in the post-war year?