3. Is computer shopping the way of the future? About 37% of American households now have personal computers. And shopping by computer (or "shopping on-line") is interesting to more people every day. Already, shoppers can use their computers to order many different products, such as computer products, flowers, food, T - shirts, and posters. And new online shopping services appear every day. Soon people may be able to shop for anything, anytime, anywhere in the world.

1. What is the passage written about?

A. Computer shopping            B. Personal computer              C. The future in America        D. Shopping

2. What does the word "their" in line 3 refer to?

A. people                                 B. shoppers                             C. households             D. personal computers

3. Shoppers can buy __________ by computer.

A. many different products     B. anything                             C. food                        D. A&C

4. What does the word "appear" in the sentence "new online shopping services appear every day" mean?

A. become available for the first time              B. be bought               C. be sold                  D. arrive somewhere

5. Which of the following is not true?

A. About 63% of American households don't have personal computers now.

B. Now many people (don’t => bỏ đi) find it interesting to shop by computer.

C. "Shopping by computer" is also called as "shopping on-line".

D. Nowadays, it is certain that people can buy anything, anytime, anywhere by computer

Not so long ago, people only used the telephone bự make phone calls. Now, thanks bự computers, people use their phones bự do much more. They can bank by phone, rent videos by phone, and event cửa hàng by phone. It is also possible bự send letters and reports by faxing them over telephone lines. People can even use phone lines bự send message from one computer bự another computer by electric mail, or e-mail.

But you don’t need bự be at home or at the office bự use the phone anymore. You can carry a cellular phone in your pocket or keep one in your car. With a cellular phone, anyone who can talk and walk can also phone and walk. You don’t have bự look for a pay phone bự make a call anymore. Now you can take your calls with you anymore.

Câu 41: With a cellular phone you can …

A. only take photos.                                               B. only carry it in your pocket.

C. make a call phone everywhere you want.     D. only keep it in your car.

Câu 42: People didn’t use bự …

A. make phone calls only in the office.               B. cửa hàng by phone.

C. make only phone calls with the telephone.   D. make phone calls only at home.

Câu 43: The word “pay phone” means ….

A. you can phone miễn phí of charge.                        B. you pay for the call.

C. the phone pays you.                                         D. you don’t pay for the call.

Câu 44: The main topic of the passage is …

A. the convenience of a cellular phone.             B. the use of a telephone in the past.

C. current use of telephones.                               D. the use of a cellular phone.

Câu 45: What are advantages of having a cell phone?

A. You can keep it in you car.                               B. You can carry it in your pocket.

C. With it, you can phone and walk.                    D. All A, B and C.

Cloze-test:

COMPUTERS: GOOD OR BAD

For good or bad, computers are now (1) _____ of our daily life. With the (2) _____ of a small home computer now as low as $50, experts predict that before long all schools and businesses and most families in richer parts of the world will own a (3) _____ of some kind. Among general public, computers arouse strong feelings - people either love them (4) _____ hate them.

The computer-lovers talk about how useful computers can be in business, in education and in the home. Apart (5) _____ all the games, you can do your accounts on them, learn languages from them, write letters on them and in some places you even do your shopping with them. Computers, they say, will also bring more leisure, as more and more unpleasant jobs are taken (6) _____ by computerized robots.

The latter, on the (7) _____ hand, argue that computers bring not leisure but unemployment. They worry, too, that people (8) _____ spend all the time talking to comouters will forget (9) _____ to talk to each other. Their biggest fear (10) _____ that computers may eventually take overfrom human being altogether.

Read the passage and choose the best option.

The world’s first computer was made in 1946 although computer – like machines
were built in the nineteenth century. Computers were sold commercially for the first
time….(1)……the 1950s. Computers are now much… (2) ……and more powerful,
and they can be bought much more cheaply.
Computers are…(3) …………. In many fields: in business, science and
education. They can be used to forecast the weather, or to control …….(4)……which
make cars.….(5)……home computers have been sold recently. People know more 
about computers than they used to. Computers help us greatly in our work and they
are playing a big part in our lives.
1. A. in      B. at      C. on      D. for
2. A. as small       B. smaller      C. smallest      D. more small
3. A. use      B. to use      C. using      D. used
4. A. cities      B. countries      C. robots      D. machines
5. A. Every      B. Many      C. Much      D. A little

10. Dùng động từ trong ngoặc ở dạng dúng The world's first computer (1) ..........(build) at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946,although computer-like machines (2).........(build) in the 19th century.Computers(3)..........(sell)commercially for the first time in the 1950s, and progress (4)..........(make)since than.Computers are now much smaller and more powerful, and they can (5).........(buy)much more cheaply. Computers (6).........(use) in many fields - in business, science, medicine and education. They can (7).........(use) to forecast the weather or to control robots which make cars. The computer's memory is the where information (8).......... (keep) and calculations (9)..... (do). A computer can not think for place itself. It must (10) ..........(tell) exacly what to do.A lot of calculations can (11).........(do)very quickly on a computer Computer don't make mistakes. Stories (12) .........(hear) sometimes about computers paying people too much money or sending them bills for things they didn't by. These mistakes (13) .........(make)by the programmers. Some years ago, an American computer-controlled rocket went out of control and had(14)......... (destroy). The accident (15) .........(cause) by a small mistake in one line of the program,which cost the USA 18 million dollars. Criminals have found that "computer crimes" are a lot easier than robbing banks. Hundreds of millions of dollars (16)..........(steal)from bunesses every by people changing the information in computers. Large numbers of home computers (17).........(sell) recently. People know more about computers than they used to, and computers are playing a bigger part in our lives. Progress (18).......... .(make) all the time. Many people believe we can look forward to the day when even our household jobs like cleaning and decorating (19)........(do) by computer-controlled robots.