Task 4Writing (Luyện viết)

Let’s imagine that you are living in the year 2200. Are there many changes in your life? Use the following information to write a short paragraph about your prediction of the future life.

(Hãy tưởng tượng bạn đang sống ở năm 2200. Liệu có nhiều sự thay đổi trong cuộc sống của chúng ta không? Bạn hãy sử dụng thông tin dưới đây để viêt một đoạn văn ngắn về sự tiên đoán cuộc sống tương lai của bạn.)

You could start with (Bạn có thể bắt đầu bằng): Have you ever thought of living on Mars? Welcome you to the life in 2200…  

fill in the blank a suitable form of word

1. force

a, he spoke................ about the problem of child labor .

b,he was a very ......................... speaker.

c, the kidnapper....................... the wealthy womam to stay quiet.

2. imagine

a, the child ............................. she lived in a big house with the swimming pool.

b, he wrote................................ about life in the year 2350.

c, it's wonderful to have lots of ...........................

d, the story was very .........................

e, ice cream of every........................ flavor.

f, as a child i had an....................... friend.

Read the passage, then decide if the statements that follow them are True or False.

Passage 1

Personal computers, or Pcs are important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates.

Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making money.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computer and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gate dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computer. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen become ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile Microsoft become a giant company. By 1990 at the age of thirty- four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the “King of Software”. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen – hour days, seven days a week. By 1977, he was the richest man in the United States.

True or False:

1. According to the writer, Bill Gates invented personal computers. ______

2. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they want to sell their program for personal computers._____

3. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.______

4. His parents wanted him to become a computer programmer._______

Choose the correct answers:

5. The words “dropped out of” in line 8 mean ……………………

A. graduated from                 B. got over                         C. took part in                   D. stopped taking class at

6. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States?

A. 34                                      B. 51                                  C. 41                                  D. 44

USE IT! Imagine your country has a new rule: All fourteen-year-olds must do work experience in the school holidays. Prepare a class debate. Follow instructions 1–3.

1. Group A: you agree with the rule.

Group B: you disagree with the rule. In pairs, write a list of reasons to support your opinion.

2. Take turns to present your reasons.

3. Decide which group presented the best argument.

dịch loiwif bài hát này sang tiếng việt nhé:

 Sometimes you wonder
what if you could rewrite the moment
Sometimes you figure out
there's another luck in imperfection
Sometimes you've been hurt
then you learn to think about and feel more
Sometimes you've been bored
with the life you hate
always be amazed
always take a risk
always keep the pace in a lifetime game
123456
life is rolling the dice
babe
you can not imagine what would happen in a second
123456
life is rolling the dice
babe
while you're lost in the dark
close your eyes
you'll find the lights shine in the other side
sometimes you wonder
what if you could rewrite the moment
Sometimes you figure out
there's another luck in imperfection
Sometimes you've been hurt
then you learn to think about and feel more
Sometimes you've been bored
with the life you hate
always be amazed
always take a risk
always keep the pace in a lifetime game
123456
life is rolling the dice
babe
you can not imagine what would happen in a second
123456
life is rolling the dice
babe
while you're lost in the dark
close your eyes
you'll find the lights shine in the other side

B. Read the passage, then choose the one best answer  - a, b, c or d.

Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One of the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Gates. Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Allen. When they were in eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making more.

In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with computers and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.

Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the "King of Software". He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States.
1. According to the writer,    
    a. people cannot live without personal computers.
    b. computers play an important part of our lives.
    c. Bill Gates invented personal computers.
    d. Bill Gates is the most important people in computer science.
2. The words “dropped out” of in line 8-9 mean?     
    a. graduated from           b.  got over                      c. took part in       d. stopped taking class at
3. According to the passage,  
    a. Bill Gate's parents wanted him to become a computer programmer.
    b. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft because they want to sell their program for personal computers.

    c. Alien left Microsoft because he wanted to start his own company.

    d. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.
4. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States?

    a. 34                                 b. 51                                 c. 42                                d. 44

5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?

    a. In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company.

    b. Bill Gates and Paul Allen first wrote programs for business computers when they were about fifteen.

    c. Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard.

    d. Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States.        

VIII. Choose the correct answer.

Can you imagine what Edison’s life was like in the years after he had invented the electric lamp?

Many things had to be invented and built before electric lamps could really …1… (use, used, be used, be using) by all; machines to …2… (measure, test, obtain, take) the electricity each home or office used; things …3… (make, to make, making, to be made) it certain that the electricity in the wires did not …4… (like, put, start, begin) fires; things to send electricity …5… (to, by, at, in) the right places.

Everything that was …6… (obtained, accepted, tried, needed) had to be thought of and …7… (building, built, was building, builds) by Edison and the men who worked …8… (about, near, with, together) him. There was no place where they could buy the things they …9… (need, are needing, were needing, needed). Edison made 360 inventions …10… (less, least, much, more) in order to send electric power to …1… (whoever, wherever, whatever, whenever) it was wanted.

Edison directed all the work himself, …12… (to test, test, testing, tested) new machines, pulling wires underground, fixing lights, and so on. He …13… (seemed, worked, thought, looked) to be everywhere at the same time. He wanted his men to do as much as he …14… (was done, is doing, does, did). But he …15… (neither, never, nor, ever) asked them to do things he …16… (oneself, themselves, itself, himself) would not do or could not do.

He had never thought much about regular hours for sleep; and he often …17… (forgot, remembered, thought, wanted) completely about sleeping. He …18… (sleeps, was sleeping, slept, can sleep) for a few minutes at a time, in the middle of the night, in an underground room at his power station, …19… (in, at, with, within) a metal box for his bed. …20… (For, At, During, Between) these days, he almost never saw his wife and their children.