1. 1897 / jack london / 21/ year/old/gold / discover / alaska 2 he/answer/call/adventure 3 he/take/part/ famous/’gold rush ’ 4 experiences/ wild / northern country / provide /material / many/later/stories/ novels 5 best-known /novels / include / the call of the wild / the sea-wolf 6 yesterday /i/write/my friend/ who/live/ho chi minh city 7 although / he /strong/ he/not/open/door 8 every year / thousands / people / kill / natural disasters 9 they/ suggest / we / protect / environment 10 boys/break / window/when /play/football

Choose the letter A, B, C or D to answer these following questions

According to futurist Ray Kurzweil human civilisation will be unavoidably transformed in the year 2045 by an event that he call The Singularity. He suggests that exponential technological development will lead to the inevitable rise of artificial intelligence (A.I.). Such advanced technology may make humanity insignificant.

Kurzweil says that technologies are double-edged swords and envisions the possibility that an artificial intelligence might decde to put an end to humanity simply because it surpasses human intelligence. Kurzweil does have faith in mankind, however. He suggests that people are wise to accept that technological progress is unavoidable and that such acceptance will make the process of transition easier.

Kurzweil has personal reasons to hope for the coming of The Singularity, because he wants his life to be extended by it. Kurzweil envisions that future medical advances could invent tiny computerised machines, or nanobots, which operate inside the body to enhance the immune system. In addition ne believes that future technology might be able to resurrect his deceased father.

Looking at the state of current technological advances in many fields such as medicine, navigation and communication, Kurzweil's visions may not be unbelievable.The critical issue, however, is whether genuine artificial intelligence can ever be truly realised. Kurzweil suggests that critics of his theories, who believe that the human brain is too complex to duplicate, are underestimating what the exponential growth in technology can eventually accomplish.

Question 11: What is The Singularity?

A. An event giving rise to future human beings.

B. An event giving rise to future artificial intelligence.

C. An event giving rise to future alien civilisation.

Question 12: Why could The Singularity put an end to humans?

A. Because A.I. might imitate human intelligence.

B. Because A.I. is similar to human intelligence.

C. Because A.I. will exceed human intelligence.

Question 13: What does Kurzweil say about technologies?

A. Technologies are avoidable.

B. Technologies are safe and friendly.

C. Technologies are double-edged swords.

Question 14: Why does Kurzweil hope for the coming of The Singularity?

A. Because it would have economic advantages.

B. Because life could be extended

C. Because human would have virtual entertainment.

Question 15: How does Kurzweil respond to critics of his theories

A. He thinks that they do not evaluate correctly the rapid growth of technology.

B. He thinks that the realisation of genuine artificial intelligence is a challenge.

C. He thinks that future events cannot be predicted with our current mean.

9. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police but he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen!

The policeman who met Ted at the station was ............................... (2 Điểm)

impolite

friendly

generous

reserved

9. Read the passage and choose the best answer. Ted Robinson has been worried all the week. Last Tuesday he received a letter from the local police. In the letter he was asked to call at the station. Ted wondered why he was wanted by the police but he went to the station yesterday, and now he is not worried any more. At the station, he was told by a smiling policeman that his bicycle had been found. Five days ago, the policeman told him, the bicycle was picked up in a small village four hundred miles away. It is now being sent to his home by train. Ted was most surprised when he heard the news. He was amused too, because he never expected the bicycle to be found. It was stolen twenty years ago when Ted was a boy of fifteen! The policeman who met Ted at the station was ............................... (2 Điểm) impolite friendly generous reserved

Exercise 3: Simple present or Future with will? WRITE THE FULL FORM OF THE VERB. 

For example: will get 

1. I'll call you when I (arrive) Answer at my hotel. 

2. He (text) Answer you as soon as he's on the bus. 

3. Let's eat dinner when John (get) Answer here.

4. Julie (be) Answer  late tomorrow evening, so I've booked a table at a restaurant for 10pm. 

5. As soon as I Answer (be) able to, I'm going to get a new job. 

6. Please wait here until the nurse Answer (call) you. 

7. I (get) Answer up early tomorrow morning and finish the report then. 

8. Before you Answer (leave), please make sure you've locked the door. 

answer the question

Mozart, who was born on January 27, 1756 in the Austrian city of Salzburg, was neither the first nor the last child prodigy, but he was certainly the greatest. He was born into a moderately prosperous family where his unmatched musical genius made itself known extremely early. Mozart began learning to play the harpsichord at three and his earliest known work was composed in 1761 when he was five, the age at which he also first appeared in p ublic. From the age of six, his father took him on the first foreign tour, Mozart toured the courts and musical centres of Austria, Germany, France, England, Holland, Switzerland and Italy. It has been calculated that Mozart spent almost a third of his short life ( he died at the age of 35) travelling. As Mozart matured, he continued to tour and give concerts. Mozart also wrote a lot of operas. His first opera,

Mitridate, Re di Ponto, was performed in Milan when he was 14, and it was he first of many successes in the theatre

1 how rich was Mozart's family

2 when did he take the first step into the world of music as a composer

3 what did he do on his first tour to some major European countries

4 why is it possible to name Mozart" a travelling composer"

5 what expression in the passage means"an exceptionally clever child"

task 2 write

1 1897/Jack London/21/year/old/gold/discover/Alaska

2 he/ answer/ call/ adventure

3 he/take/part/famous/'gold rush'

4 experiences/wild/northern country/provide/material/many/later/stories/novels

5 best-known/novels/include/the Call of the wild/the sea-wolf

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions

James did not come. He did not call either

A. James did not come, so he did not call

B. James did not come and he did not call, too

C. James did not came but he called afterwards

D. James neither came nor called