Read the passage about media then answer the questions
Email is a short word for electronic mail. You create texts and send them over a network of computers. The first emails go back to the 1960s. The invention has greatly changed our lives and emails have become a popular means of communication.
Emails offer users a lot of advantages. First of all, they are really easy to use. You can organize your daily correspondence, send and receive electronic messages and save them on computers. Second, emails are also very fast. They are delivered at once around the world. It is believed that no other form of written communication is as fast as an email. Last but not least, emails do not use paper. They are environmentally friendly, which helps save a lot of trees from being cut down. So you find emails really useful? Have you ever sent or received an email? Send one to your best friend and wait for nice things to come.
1. What does email mean?
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2. When did the first email appear?
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3. How many benefits of emails are mentioned in the reading?
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4. According to the writer, is Email the fastest way to communicate?
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5. Are they environmentally friendly, which helps save a lot of trees from being cut down?
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II.Read the passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each blank.

Society has changed in many ways since the (1)___of computers, and people’s lives at home and at the office have been (2)____. Most people are working for fewer hours per week than they used to, and manufacturers and advertising agencies are becoming much more interested in how people spend this extra leisure time. One recent report stated that, (3)_____the number of hobbies had not increased, each hobby had become much more specialized.

A second finding is that nowadays, many managers would (4)____spend time with their families than stay late in the office every day. Home life is seen (5)_______as important as working. Some companies now make managers take their annual holidays (6)____they don’t want to, because this leads to quite an improvement in their (7)_____if they have some rest.(8)____these changes, some people are working harder than (9)__. The standard of exams is getting higher, and increased competition is making it harder to get into university than it was 20 years ago. Schoolchildren and students are now having to work (10)___hard that in many cases they work longer hours than their parents.

1.    A. existence               B. introduction           C. recommendation    D. manufacture

2.    A. damaged               B. changed                  C. transferred              D. affected

3.    A. since                     B. if                             C. although                 D. because

4.    A. like                        B. rather                      C. better                      D. prefer

5.    A. be                          B. being                      C. to be                       D. been

6.    A. unless                    B. however                  C. even if                    D. as

7.    A. performance         B. rehearsal                 C. display                    D. expression

8.    A. In addition to        B. Instead of               C. In spite of               D. In place of

9.    A. ever before           B. lately                      C. ever since               D. never before

10.    A. very                       B. too                          C. as                            D. so

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Society has changed in many ways since the (56) ________ of computers, and
people’s lives at home and at the office have been (57) ________. Most people are working
for fewer hours per week than they used to, and manufacturers and advertising agencies are
becoming much more interested in how people spend this extra leisure time. One recent
report stated that, (58) ________ the number of hobbies had not increased, each hobby had
become much more specialized.
A second finding is that nowadays, many managers would (59) ________ spend time
with their families than stay late in the office every day. Home life is seen (60) ________ as
important as working. Some companies now make managers take their annual holidays (61)
________ they don’t want to, because this leads to quite an improvement in their (62)
________ if they have some rest.
(63) ________ these changes, some people are working harder than (64) ________.
The standard of exams is getting higher, and increased competition is making it harder to get
into university than it was 20 years ago. Schoolchildren and students are now having to work
(65) ________ hard that in many cases they work longer hours than their parents.
56. A. existence B. introduction C. recommendation D. manufacture
57. A. damaged B. changed C. transferred D. affected
58. A. since B. if C. although D. because
59. A. like B. rather C. better D. prefer
60. A. be B. being C. to be D. been
61. A. unless B. however C. as D. even if
62. A. performance B. rehearsal C. display D. expression
63. A. In addition to B. Instead of C. In spite of D. In place of

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64. A. ever before B. lately C. ever since D. never before
65. A. very B. too C. as D. so

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Developments in micro technology-computers and telecommunication are bound to have a huge influence on various ________ of our lives.

A. numbers

B. aspects

C. angles

D. results

11. I have used the laptop _____ two hours _____ 8 o’clock.
12. How many times have you read the book _____ you bought it?
13. I haven’t eaten meat _____ Friday.
14. We’ve known each other ______ ages.
15. Things have changed a lot ____ our previous meeting.
16. It’s three years ____ she started learning English.
17. Nobody has seen her _____ last week.
18. India has been independent ____ 1947.
19. He has driven a car ______ his birthday.
20. Tom has been married ____ five months.

Task 2. Choose the letter A, B, C or D to complete the passage below

Robots ___________ (6) an important role in our life. They have changed people’s lives in many ways. First of all, they ___________ (7) time and human labor. Thanks to robots, we don’t have to spends days and months ___________ (8) repeated work. For example, to produce French fries, we need human ___________ (9) potatoes, wash, then peel, cut them into pieces and finally fry them all. If we have robots to do the task, we will save a lot of time and produce more products. Secondly, robots help to replace human in dangerous work. Now we __________ (10) human to do such work as mining minerals. It’s helpful because there have been lots of people lose their lives in such jobs. However, it’s costly to buy a robot.

Question 6. A. play                         B. plays                      C. playing                  D. to play

Question 7. A. have                        B. save                       C. make                      D. give

Question 8. A. do                            B. to do                      C. doing                     D. did

Question 9. A. to buy                      B. buy                        C. buying                   D. buys

Question 10. A. won’t need           B. don’t need            C. didn’t need           D. not need