Unit 4 : Learning a foreign language

1. my memory is poor. i can't learnthese new words....

a.in mind b.in heart c.of mind d.by heart

2.can you...any foreign languages?

a.say b.tell c.speak d.talk

3. our classes always....at 7 a.m and....at 11 a.m

a.begin/finish b.start/end c.come/leave d.both A&b

4. after completing the basic class of computing,you can.....a high course

a.come b.have c.attend d.go

5.our teacher often gives us ....beside the in-class assignments

a.housework b.homework c.part-time work d.full time work

6. she told me to pass the written......before talking the oral exam

a.show b.examination c.work d.task

7. in order.....your writing, you have to read a lot and write E as much as possible

a.to improve b.to excel c.to pass d.to increase

8.what....of learning E do you find most difficult?

a.form b.type c.kind d.aspect

9.i want to go to the International language school. all th teachers there are....

a. good-qualified b.well-qualified c.enough qualified d.qualified

10. they couldn't pass the final....

a.exam b.examine c.examining d.examination

11.we have many well....teachers here

a.qualify b.quality c.qualified d.qualification

12.this shirt costs....88.000 VND

a.approximative b.approximately c.approximation d. approximate

13. if you study at the Brighton Language Center-UK, you can live in.....on campus

a.dormitory b.mobile room c.hotel d.private room

14. i saw your school's....in today's edition of VN News

a.advertise a.advertisement c.advertiser d.advertising

15. i can copmplete a....E test if you want

a.speak b.spoke c.spoken d.speaking

16.the government supplied the victims.....food and water

a.to b.with c.on d.for

17. i wonder why he.....love his family

a.doesn't b.don't c.didn't d.hasn't

18.my father said i .....learn hard

a.have to b.must had to d.can

19.if you don't know the meaning of a word, you can look it up in

a. a book b. a record c. a dictionnary d.a diary

20. she asked me if i.....pop music

a.liked b.likes c.like d.há liked

21.his father asked him if he....the exam

a.pass b.passed c.will pass d.passes

22. what ......of learning E do you find most difficult?"pronunciaton"

a.section b.aspect c.area d.hobby

23. do we have to learn these new words...?

a.by heart b.in mind c.wih heart d.to mind

24. do you....Frech

a.talk b.say c.speak d.tell

25. bill is good at mathematics. he wants ....a higher course os maths

a.to go b. to work c.to visit d.to attend

The radio is one of the wonders of modern (1)........inventions............... It is a novel system of sending news like telephone or telegraph but without (2)...........wire............

Marconi, an Italian scientist invented the radio. in 1896, the first wireless (3)..........message............. was sent across Penrith and Weaton through an apparatus he invented.

The receiving sets catch the sounds, which are then; broadcast. The more powerful a receiving set is, the greater it can catch broadcast sounds from a long (4)........distance...............

The incention of wireless or the radio is a (5)......marvel................. in this world. One can know everything instantly through a radio set. Programs from distant countries can be heard (6)..............promtly......... . The radio is also a source of cheap amusement and entertainment. Besides news and messages, there are entertainment programs like music, dialogues and (7).........educational.............. items for (8).......children................

1.inventions

2. writes

3. message

4. distance

5. marvel

6. promptly

7. educational (hình như đề sai)

8. children

1. The word "telephone" means hearing the sounds produced at a distance

2. By Alexander Gragam Bell

3. More thanone hundred years ago

4. Because it makes us possible to talk to our friends far away without all they way to their homes.

5. Yes they do

Television is one of man's most (1)...................... means of communication. it brings events and sounds (2)...................... around the world into millions homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house án watch the President making a (3)...................... or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being (4)...................... and watch statesmen try (5)...................... about peace. Thruogh television, home viewers can see and learn about people about people, places, and things all over the world. TV even takes ít (6)...................... out of this world. It brings them coverage of America's astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space.

In (7)...................... to all these things, television brings its viewers a steaday stream of programs that are (8)...................... to entertain. In fact, TV providé (9)...................... entertainment program tan any other kind. The program include action-packes dramas, light comedies, (10)...................... events and motion pictures.

1. a. importance b. important c. unimportance d. unimportant

2.a. from b. at c. in d. to

3. a. speak b. speaking c. speech d. spoken

4. a. fight b. find c. found d.fought

5. a. bring b. brought c. bringing d. to bring

6. a. viewers b. seers c. lookers d. watchers

7. a. add b. edit c. addtion d. watchers

8. a. made b. designed c. did d. built

9. a. many b. much c. more d. most

10. a. sport b. sporting c. sported d. sportier

Television is one of man's most (1)...................... means of communication. it brings events and sounds (2)...................... around the world into millions homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house án watch the President making a (3)...................... or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being (4)...................... and watch statesmen try (5)...................... about peace. Thruogh television, home viewers can see and learn about people about people, places, and things all over the world. TV even takes ít (6)...................... out of this world. It brings them coverage of America's astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space.

In (7)...................... to all these things, television brings its viewers a steaday stream of programs that are (8)...................... to entertain. In fact, TV providé (9)...................... entertainment program tan any other kind. The program include action-packes dramas, light comedies, (10)...................... events and motion pictures.

1. a. importance b. important c. unimportance d. unimportant

2.a. from b. at c. in d. to

3. a. speak b. speaking c. speech d. spoken

4. a. fight b. find c. found d.fought

5. a. bring b. brought c. bringing d. to bring

6. a. viewers b. seers c. lookers d. watchers

7. a. add b. edit c. addtion d. watchers

8. a. made b. designed c. did d. built

9. a. many b. much c. more d. most

10. a. sport b. sporting c. sported d. sportier

a. Do you know what two new forms of new media appeared in the early 20th century?

b. When ***** television become commercially viable can you guess?

c. In the mid and late 1990s.

d. What is the assignment about?

e. It first appeared in the 7th or 8th century AD, in China.

f. Perhaps it was in the late 19th century.

g. It was in 1950s.

Chau: Dad, I'm doing an assignment. Can you help me with the information?

Chau's father: (1).......................D...................................

Chau: it's about the important dates of the media. Where and when did the first printed newspapers appear, Dad?

Chau's father:(2)...................E.......................................

Chau: And when was the telegraph invanted?

Chau's father: (3).................F.........................................

(4)......................A....................................

Chau: Radio and newsreels?

Chau's father: Excellent! And (5)......................B....................................

Chau: In the 1940s?

Chau's father: No, (6)...................G.......................................

Chau: When did the Internet become a major force in journalism?

Chau's father: (7).......................C...................................

Chau: Thank you, Dad. Now I can answer all the question for my assignment.