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. 

How to Make a Puppet

If you have one sock but not the other, what can you do? Have some fun and make a

puppet! A puppet is a toy you put on your hand. Learn how to make one with a sock.

Things you need:

• One sock

• Glue

• A pair of scissors

• 2 buttons

• Colored paper

Directions:

1. Put your hand inside the sock. Practice opening and closing the sock with

your hand so it looks like a mouth talking.

2. Now that you know where the puppet's mouth is, you need to decide where

you want to put the eyes. Take your hand out of the puppet and glue two

buttons where you want the eyes to be.

3. With scissors, cut the colored paper into long pieces. This is the puppet’s

hair.

4. Take one of the long pieces of colored paper and put some glue on one end.

Glue it above the puppet’s eyes. Do this for each piece of paper. Now your

puppet has hair.

5. Your puppet is done. Now you can play with your puppet and pretend that it

can talk. You can even put on a show for your family and friends!

21. What do you need for the first step?

(A) A sock

(B) Two buttons

(C) Colored paper

22. What are the buttons used for?

(A) The puppet's eyes

(B) The puppet's hair

(C) The puppet's clothes

23. What is the last step before your puppet is done?

(A) Gluing buttons on the sock

(B) Gluing colored paper to the sock

(C) Cutting colored paper into pieces

THE GENERATION GAP

people talk about the generation as a kind of division between young people and their parents. It is something which is (GENERAL) ....................a problem when children enter their teenage years, and results in (COMPLAIN)....................on both sides. Parents, for example, can often be heard to say that young people are disrespectful and disobedient, and in (ADD) .............., young people tend to be (RESPONSIBLE)................when spending because they don't appreciate the value of money. Adolsescents, on the other hand, complain that their parents don't understand them.

What has gone wrong? One (EXPLAIN)............lies in how society has changed in the past , children would (TYPICAL)...............continue the way of life of their parents. In today's world, parents are very (AMBITION) ....................for their children because they want them to achieve more than they did. The problem is that children often (AGREE)..............with their parent's plans. (TEENAGE)............also reach maturity at an (EARLY)..............age than they used to and want their independence sooner. The resulting conflict is painful to both sides.

1. The New Year in Japan lasts (1)__________ days.

2. The idea is to get rid of the (2) _________ of the past year and welcome the new one.

3. They usually decorate their houses with some small (3)_________ trees on both sides of the door

4. People also exchange (4) __________.

5. Family members sit around and start watching the national singing (5)_________ on television

6. Then television and (6)________will broadcast 108 bells

7. Some families put on special(7) ___________ to go to visit their shrine.

8. New Year’s Day is mostly celebrated among (8)_________ only.

Exercise 2: Combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence, using the words given in brackets

1.     Hoa and I came. My parents were preparing to decorate our house for Tet. (WHEN)

______________________________________________________________________   

2._ Hai was in Thailand to enjoy the Loy Krathong Festival. Tuan was participating in his local festival. (WHILE)

______________________________________________________________________

5. My grandmother does not like festival so much. Festival is too noisy. (BECAUSE)

______________________________________________________________________

4 _ Da Lat is quite far away from my house. My parents and I often travel to Da Lat at Tet. (ALTHOUGH)

______________________________________________________________________

5._ The weather is bad. Jonny still decides to participate in the Bedford River Festival. (DESPITE)

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Exercise 2: Combine each pair of sentences to make one sentence, using the words given in brackets

1. Hoa and I came. My parents were preparing to decorate our house for Tet. (WHEN)

_____________________________________________________________________

2. Hai was in Thailand to enjoy the Loy Krathong Festival. Tuan was participating in his local festival. (WHILE)

___________________________________________________________________

5. My grandmother does not like festival so much. Festival is too noisy. (BECAUSE)

___________________________________________________________________

4 Da Lat is quite far away from my house. My parents and I often travel to Da Lat at Tet. (ALTHOUGH)

___________________________________________________________________

5. The weather is bad. Jonny still decides to participate in the Bedford River Festival. (DESPITE)

Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences

are/ sides/ the/ positive/ and/ negative/ What/ of/ the/ Internet/?

A. What are the negative sides positive and of the Internet?

B. What are the of the positive and negative sides Internet?

C. What are the positive and negative sides of the Internet?

D. What are the sides positive and negative of the Internet?

Rearrange the sentences to make meaningful sentences

are/ sides/ the/ positive/ and/ negative/ What/ of/ the/ Internet/?

A. What are the negative sides positive and of the Internet?

B. What are the of the positive and negative sides Internet?

C. What are the positive and negative sides of the Internet?

D. What are the sides positive and negative of the Internet?

A lot of people like to play their records as loudly as possible. The (1) ________ is that the rest of the family and the neighbors often complain (2) ________ they don't like the music. One (3) ________ to this problem is to wear headphones, but headphones are usually uncomfortable.

An arm-chair which has a record-player built into it has just been (4) ________ by a British engineer, Stephen Court.

The armchair looks like an ordinary armchair with high back. However, each of the two sides of the chair has three loudspeakers inside to reproduce middle and high sounds. Low sounds are reproduced by a pair of loudspeakers in a hollow (5) ________ under the seat. Anyone who sits in the chair hears sounds coming from all around his/her head.

Because we cannot tell the exact (6) ________ from which low sounds come, it doesn't (7) ________ that they come from underneath or behind. It is the higher sounds coming from the sides of the chair that create a stereo effect.

These sounds travel only a few inches to reach the listener's ears. (8) ________, it takes only a little power to make the music sound very loud. Only a small amount of sound leaks out from behind the chair into the room to (9) ________ others. Most of the sound is (10) ________ by the listeners.