Choose the correct word for each blank to complete the following passage.

                         Electronic funds transfer

In the future, machines will take the place of many bank tellers. A new (1) __________ electronic funds transfer (EFT) allows the bank or the (2) __________ to move money from one account to another. For example, a worker (3) __________ her monthly paycheck, her salary. Her employer, the company that she works for, can (4) __________ her salary into her checking account (5) __________. She doesn't have to go to the bank. Her bank can also pay her monthly (6) __________: the telephone, the water, the gas, and the electricity... . It will also be possible for her to pay for food at the supermarket by EFT. The supermarket will automatically (7) __________ money from her account at the bank to pay for food that she (8) __________. Some employers already deposit their (9) __________ checks in the bank directly. Maybe, in the future, people will not (10) __________ money, and machines will pay for everything.

1. A. form B. category C. workload D. system 

2. A. customer B. buyer C. cilent D. guest

3. A. obtains B. addresses C. receives D. accepts

4. A. take B. deposit C. give D. distribute

5. A. openly B. directly C. frankly D. straight

6. A. receipts B. bills C. papers D. checks

7. A. be drawn B. draw C. overdraw D. withdraw

8. A. exchanges B. purchases C. gets D. buys

9. A. employees’ B. directors’ C. managers’ workers’

10. A. carry B. bring C. take D. have 

Exercise 12.Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

In the future, people will build houses on the moon. The best place for houses in a moon town will be underground. Underground houses will be safe, and the temperatures will not be very high during daytime and not very low at night.

Moon homes may be balloons with oxygen, and people will wear oxygen masks when they are away from home because the moon has no air around it. The house might have beds, tables, and chairs, so people will sleep, eat, and work in their home. Moon-house building will be easy.

96. In a moon town, what is the best place for house?

A. a balloon               B. on the ground                C. underground              D. in the air

97. Which of the following is true?

A. The people on the moon will not leave their homes.

B. The people on the moon will wear oxygen masks when they leave their homes.

C. The moon homes are very hot during daytime.

D. The temperatures will be very high during daytime and very low at night.

98. Why do people need oxygen when they stay on the moon?

A. Because the moon is too large.

B. Because the moon houses are full of air.

C. Because people sleep, eat, and work outside their houses.

D. Because the moon has no air.

99. How comfortable are the houses on the moon?

A. They have furniture for people to sleep, eat, or work.

B. They have many balloons.

C. They don't have any furniture.

D. They have all kinds of furniture.

100.In the writer's opinion, will people build houses on the moon?

A. No, they can't.                            B. They might not do it.

C. Of course, they will.                   D. People only think so.

VIII.       Choose the correct answer A, B, c or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

                Coin collecting is one of the most popular hobbies in the world. Most coin (1)…………. enjoy trying to have a complete set of a country’s coins. Some people collect coins for pleasure; (2)                              collect coins in order to sell them later. From coins, we can also (3)……………. something about certain famous people and events in a country’s (4)______. Many beginning collector go to the bank and buy coins. Then they (5)                 coins for their collection.

1.A. collectors               B. collecting                                  C. collected                                   D. collections

2.A. another                  B. other                                          C. others                                        D. the other

3.A. teach                      B. learn                                          C. give                                            D. offer

4.A. history                   B. nature                                       C. science                                      D. geography

5.A. look                        B. see                                             C. watch                                        D. find

IX. Read the article and then decide whether the statements are true (T) or false (F).

                After school Susan goes home to do her model-making. She loves making models. She started about a year ago. She needs about two weeks to make a model. Then she puts it on the shelf in her bedroom. She has about twenty models now. She thinks she will need to get another shelf soon. Last term she tried to start a club for model-making at school but the teachers and other children weren’t interested. She thinks she has a lot of fun anyway.

                                                                                                                                                                              True       False

1.Susan makes models when she stays at school.                                                                                        o            o

2.She has made her models for about one year.                                                                                           o            o

3.It takes her two weeks to make two models.                                                                                              o            o

4.She will need another shelf for her models soon.                                                                                       o            o

5.Susan tried to start a club for model making and the teachers

 and other children were interested in it very much.                               

IX. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill each blank in the following passage. Hobbies are activities for entertainment. Hobby can cost you almost nothing. Music is the most popular. For example, many people play the guitar for (1) in their free time. Sports provide other (2) hobbies. Cycling, running, tennis, table-tennis are the sports that millions of people play during their free time. Some people’s coin collections are wonderful. There are still hundreds of (3) collections, such as bottle collections, seashell collections, butterfly collections, and so on. For some people, a hobby is a favourite (4) , like chess. In chess, we need two or more people (5) . 1. A. fun B. funny C. funnies D. funniest 2. A. strange B. normal C. favourite D. unusual 3. A. another B. other C. others D. the other 4. A. exercise B. game C. interest D. sports 5. A. play B. to play C. playing D. to playing

X. Use the cues to make sentences in the present perfect.

1. I/ buy/ a laptop/ but I/ not use/ it. ______________________________________________________________ 2. I/ write/ a blog/ but I/ not upload/ any photos to it. ______________________________________________________________3. We/ start/ the game/ half an hour ago/ hut we/ not finish/ it. ______________________________________________________________4. My dad/ be/ to London/ but he/ not see/ Big Ben. ______________________________________________________________ 5. I/ read/ my English book/ but I/ not do/ my English homework. ______________________________________________________________ XI. Rewrite the second sentences so that it has the same meaning as the first one, using the words given in the brackets. 1. Mai enjoys going on a picnic with her friends at weekends. (interested) ______________________________________________________________2. We couldn’t keep on cleaning the street because it rained heavily. (so) ______________________________________________________________3. I find collecting glass bottles unusual. (think) ______________________________________________________________ 4. There are over two hundred stamps in Mike’s collection. (has) ______________________________________________________________5. This is the first time I have been to Paris. (never) __________________________________________________________________________________

V. Complete the text.

A. Choose the correct word to fill each blank in the following passage.

Our future house will be on the ocean. It will be surrounded by tall trees and blue sea but we only have salt water in the ocean. We need fresh water for (1) ........... (drink/ drinking/ to drink/ to drinking) and for growing food (2) ........... (in/ on/ at/ into) farms.

Ocean water is too salty (3) ........... (drink/ drinking/ to drink/ to drinking). It is also too salty for watering plants. We must have the (4) ........... (things/ suggestions/ ways/ ideas) to make fresh water from salty water. We should be (5) ........... (careful/ careless/ carefully/ carelessly) not to waste water.

B. Questions:

1. Where will our future house be?

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2. What will it be surrounded?

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3. Is ocean water salty?

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V. Complete the text.

A. Choose the correct word to fill each blank in the following passage.

Our future house will be on the ocean. It will be surrounded by tall trees and blue sea but we only have salt water in the ocean. We need fresh water for (1) ........... (drink/ drinking/ to drink/ to drinking) and for growing food (2) ........... (in/ on/ at/ into) farms.

Ocean water is too salty (3) ........... (drink/ drinking/ to drink/ to drinking). It is also too salty for watering plants. We must have the (4) ........... (things/ suggestions/ ways/ ideas) to make fresh water from salty water. We should be (5) ........... (careful/ careless/ carefully/ carelessly) not to waste water.

B. Questions:

1. Where will our future house be?

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2. What will it be surrounded?

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3. Is ocean water salty?

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IV. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

          Hobbies are activities for entertainment. Hobby can cost you almost nothing.

Music is the most popular. For example, many people play the guitar for (1) ____     in their free time. Sports provide other (2)             hobbies. Cycling, running, tennis, table-tennis are the sports that millions of people play during their free time.

          Some people’s coin collections are wonderful. There are still hundreds of (3)          collections, such as bottle collections, seashell collections, butterfly collections, and so on.

          For some people, a hobby is a favourite (4)                  , like chess. In chess, we need two or more people (5)                   .

1.     A. fun                    B. funny                    C. funnies        D. funniest

2.     A. strange              B. normal                  C. favourite     D. unusual

3.     A. another             B. other                     C. others                   D. the other

4.     A. exercise             B. game                     C. interest        D. sports

5.     A. play                  B. to play                  C. playing        D. to playing

EX4: CHOOSE THE CORRECT ANSWER A,B,C OR D FOR EACH OF THE GAPS TO COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING TEST.

There are many Chinese festivals in Hong Kong. The Western New Year starts on the first day of January but the Chinese begin New Year on the first moon of the Chinese calendar. Before New Year's Day comes, people clean and decorate their houses, (1)______ a lot of tranditional food and go shopping for presents and new clothes. New Year's Eve is the time (2)______every family gathers its members together for dinner.

People (3)______the New Year with a music performance and a firework display to light up the sky. 

On New Year's Day, they visit their friends and relatives. The children get lucky money in red envelopes. Many people go to the (4)______to wish for good health and good luck. Chinese people in Hong Kong celebrate the New Year with (5)_______and happiness

1. A, Take                   B,bring                        C, cook              D, sell

2. A, when                   B,after                        C, before              D, during

3. A, meet                   B,see                        C, end              D, celebrate

4. A, houses                   B,pagodas                        C, family              D, camps

5. A, hopeful                   B,hopeless                        C, hope              D, hoping

BÀI 7. Choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill each blank in the following passage.

      Hobbies are activities for entertainment. Hobby can cost you almost nothing.

      Music is the most popular. For example, many people play the guitar for (66)                in their free time. Sports provide other (67)                   hobbies. Cycling, running, tennis, table-tennis are the sports that millions of people play during their free time.

      Some people’s coin collections are wonderful. There are still hundreds of (68)              collections, such as bottle collections, seashell collections, butterfly collections, and so on.

      For some people, a hobby is a favourite (69)                    , like chess. In chess, we need two or more people (70)            .

66. A. fun              B. funny                            C. funnies                         D. funniest

67. A. strange        B. normal                          C. favourite                       D. unusual

68. A. another       B. other                             C. others                           D. the other

69. A. exercise      B. game                             C. interest                         D. sports

70. A. play            B. to play                          C. playing                         D. to playing

* Read the following passage and choose the best option for each blank to complete the passage.
Over the last century, there have been many significant changes in the way we live. Obviously, it is difficult to (1) …………………the life of ancient people and the life of the people living in the twenty-first century because so many changes have occurred. Even the changes that have (2) …………………
over the last ten years are amazing.
People in the past were not (3) …………………to travel such long distances within such a short period of time. Nowadays, we have become very mobile. We have fast and (4) …………………cars. In addition, more and more people travel by plane.
Moreover, in the past people had to work harder as they did not have (5) …………………and machines to make their work easier. Today, most of the difficult and dangerous work is (6) …………………by computers and other powerful machines. In the past (7) …………………of living were not as comfortable as they are now. Besides many people could not afford (8) …………………appliances like a fridge or a vacuum cleaner because those used to be luxurious goods. Another difference (9) …………………living
now and in the past is the fact that nowadays education is accessible to everyone. In the past men were mainly the only ones educated and women were not (11) …………………into public or private schools.
1. A. predict B. discuss C. compare D. suppose
2. A. occurred B. considered C. expressed D. arranged
3. A. used B. able C. might D. capable
4. A. skillful B. difficult C. historical D. comfortable
5. A. rules B. tools C. teams D. ideas
6. A. thought B. played C. done D. seen
7. A. conditions B. performances C. stories D. conflicts
8. A. mobile B. physical C. bare-footed D. household
9. A. within B. among C. between D. behind
10. A. allowed B. attended C. agreed D. appeared