Unit 3: PEOPLE’S BACKGROUND

Complete the sentences, using the coordinating conjunctions below (and, or, but, so )

1. Traditional musical forms are often performed on contemporary stages, but Southern amasteur music ( Don ca tai tu Nam Bo ) is presented at homes of the local people

2. Professor Nguyen Vinh Bao, a master of Southern amateur music ( Don ca tai tu Nam Bo ), had great emotions and wish to share them with the public

3. Both the father and grandfather of Beethoven were professional singers, so musicianship was in the family

4. Later on, Beethoven became an assistant orgenist and also played viola for a famous orchestra.

5. My mum and dad hate my long, dyed hair and strange clothes but I'm in a band so I need to look cool !

Use to - infintives or bare infintives to complete the following sentences

1. Can't you see a cat crossing the road ?    ( cross )

2. Nobody noticed someone sneak into the corridor  ( sneak )

3. Please encourage everyone to work together   ( work )

4. The teachers are watching the students play football   (play)

5. Everybody expects him to win the competition  (win)

6. I can feel my heart beating loudly whenever I'm with you    (beat)

7. They boy has made his girlfriend cry many times  (cry)

8. Did you notice someone sneak into your house ?   (sneak)

9. We often watch Barcelona play against Real Madrid   (play)

10. The headmaster had her tell what had happened to her  (tell)

11. The Vietnamese authorrities decided to submit files on " DOn ca tai tu Nam Bo " to UNESCO.      (submit)

12. In " Hat Gheo ", the boy and girl look at each other because they would like to express their feelings during the performance     (express)

1. B

2. B

3. C

4. A 

VI. Read the following passage & choose the best answer

Laptop computers are popular all over the world. People use them on trains and airplanes, in airports and hotels. These laptops connect people to their workplace. In the United States today, laptops also connect students to their classroom.

Westlake College in Virginia will start a laptop computer program that allows students to do schoolwork anywhere they want. Within five years, each of the 1500 students at the college will receive a laptop. The laptops are part of a $10 million computer program at Westlake, a 100-year-old college. The students with laptops will also have access to the Internet. In addition, they will be able to use email to "speak" with their teachers, their classmates, and their families. However, the most important 'part of the laptop program is that students will be able to use computers without going to computer labs. They can work with it at home, in a fast food restaurant or under the trees- anywhere at all!

Because of many changes in computer technology, laptop use in higher education, such as colleges and universities, is workable. As laptops become more powerful, they become more similar to desktop computers. In addition, the portable computers can connect students to not only the Internet, but also libraries and other resources. State higher education officials are studying how laptops can help students. State officials are also testing laptop programs at-other universities, too.

At Westlake College, more than 60 percent of the staff use computers. The laptops will allow all teachers to use computers in their lessons. As one Westlake teacher said, "Here we are in the middle of Virginia and we're giving students a window on the world. They can see everything and do everything."

1. The main purpose of the laptop program is to give each student a laptop to

A. use for their schoolwork B. access the Internet

C. work at home D. connect them to libraries

2. Why is the word" speak" in the second paragraph in quotation marks?

A. They don't really talk. B. They use the computer language.

C. Laptops have speakers. D. None of the above reasons is correct.

3. Which of the following is true about Westlake College?

A. All teachers use computers.

B. 1500 students have laptops.

C. It is an old college in America.

D. Students there can do everything.

4. A window on the world in the last paragraph means that students can_____.

A. attend lectures on information technology.

B. travel around the world

C. get information from around the world

D. have free laptops

5. What can we infer from the program?

A. The program is successful B. The program is not workable

C. The program is too expensive D. We don't know the result yet.

LEARNING HOW TO LEARN

There. is usually one important (1)_____ missing from most school (2) _____. Very few students are (3) _____how to organize their learning, and how to (4) _____the best use of their time. Let's take some simple (5) _____Do you know how to (6) _____up words in a dictionary, and do you understand all the (7) _____ the dictionary contains? Can you (8) notes quickly, and can you understand them (9) _____ ? For some reason, many schools give learners .no (10) _____ with these matters. Teachers ask students to (11) _____ pages from books, or tell them to write ten pages, but don't explain (12)_____ to do it. Learning by (13) _____ can be useful, but it is important to have genuine (14) _____of a subject. You can (15) _____a lot of time memorizing books, without understanding anything about the subject!

1. A. theme B. book C. subject D. mark

2. A. agendas B. timetables C. terms D. organizations

3. A. taught B. learnt C. educated D. graduated

4. A. take B. give C. get D. make

5. A. sentences B. results C. rules D. examples

6. A. find B. look C. research D. get

7. A. information B. advise C. subjects D. themes

8. A. do B. send C. make D. revise

9. A. after B. afterwards C. lastly D. at last

10. A. teaching B. ability C. instruction D. help

11. A. concentrate B. remind C. forget D. memorise

12. A. how B. what C. why D. it

13. A. the way B. heart C. now D. law

14. A. information B. success C. understanding D. attention

15. A. pass B. waste C. tell D. use

0.useful

1. unpainful

2. thoughtful

3. grateful

4. cheerfully

5. disadvantages

6. embarrassment

7. careless

8. effortlessly

9. wonderfully

10. fortunately

1. If only I didn’t have so much work, I could go out with you.

2. We often take it for granted how much technology helps our daily lives.

3. Daria could go to that college if she got a scholarship.

4. It’s time you started revising for the exam.

5. It is high time you did your homework on your own.

I worked as a ______tutor to earn money for a summer trip. a. general b.  private c.  secret d.  single

12. What a ____girl! Nothing can stop her from realizing her decisions. a. strong-willed b. good c. powerful d. mature

13.  Mary ______the dream of becoming an actress as she was a child. a. liked b. received c. fed d. harbored

14. She was so ___that it took her only a short time to learn her lessons. a. ambitious b. romantic c. intelligent d.  quick

15.  Marie Curie was born ____November 7th , 1867. (in/at/on/from)

16. Marie Curie was the first woman professor _____the Sorbonne. a.  in b. at c. of d. on

17. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked very _____. a.  hard b. hardly c.  harder d. hardest

18. She ____ a degree in Physics and another in Mathematics. a. made b. did c. took d. put

19. We must do something. We can’t go on living like that. The Opposite meaning of “go on” is: a.  stopped b. determined c. continued d. harbored

20. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood. The Closest meaning of “determine” is: a. make up b. find out c. take over d. put up

21. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more ____than other boys in his class. a. intelligent b. mature c. ambitious d. developed 

22. In 1903, Marie became the first woman _____ a Doctor of Science degree. a. receive b. to received c. receives d. to receive

23. The employees were made  _____the computer evening class by the manager. a. attending b. attend c. to attend d. attended

24. Marie Curie _____ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911. a.  awarded b. was awarded  c. had awarded d. awards

25. What is your surname? The Closest meaning of “surname” is: a. first name b. second name c. nickname   d. family name

26. Could you please stop ____so much noise? a. taking b. doing c. making d. spending

27. When you finish ____the report, would you mind ____me your computer? a. to write/to lend b. writing/lending c. write/lend d. written/lend

28. When they met again, they ____each other for 5 years. a. haven’t seen b. didn’t see c. hadn’t seen d. had seen

29. Shakespeare _____Hamlet at the end of the sixteenth century. a. writes b. wrote c. had written d. was writing

30. Marie Curie ____the Radium Institute in 1914. a. found b. founded c. organized d. set off 

31. Marie Curie harbored the dream of a __career which was impossible for a woman then a. science b. scientific c. scientist d. scientifically

32. I suddenly remembered I _____my wallet on the bus. a. leave b. had left c. have left d. would leave

33. ____Ali went to sleep, he had called his family. a. Before b. After c. As soon as d. While

34. When she …………., the match ………………     a. had arrived / had already started                       b. had arrived / already started     c. arrived / had already started                       d. arrived / already started

35. By the age of 34, my brother ………… his own business. A. started              B. has started           C. had started         D. would start