VIII. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. (2 pts)

            Television  owes its origins to many inventors. But it was the single -minded determination of an amateur’ John Logie Baird ‘that led (1)…….. the first live television broadcast.

            Born in Scotland in 1888 and educated in Glassgow’ John Logie Baird earned a living (2)………a razor-blade salesman. In the 1890s Guglielmo Marconi showed that sound could (3)……..sent by radio waves. Baird became convinced that a similar system could transmit a picture. He spent most of (4)……..spare time working on his ideas in his tiny workshop without any commercial support. He had to use his own earnings to continue his research. In 1924 ‘Baird successfully transmitted the general outline of a figure over more (5)……… three meters. He continued to experiment and (6) ………October 25 ‘1925  transmitted a recognizable image of a doll. He ran down to the office on the office on the ground floor and persuaded one of the boys to come upstairs. (7)………boy became the first  living image transmitted by television. Overnight ‘Baird became famous and the money (8) ……..he needed to continue his research was at (9)……...made one from London to New York. He continued experimenting  (10) ………spent his last years exploring the possibility of color television.

I,Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences: (2.5)
1. I put my hat on _________ protect my face from the sunlight.
a.for b.in order c.in order to d. to
2.Don’t give the victim any food or drink if he or she gets________.
a. fainting b.shock c.burn d.cold
3.The boy _______ next to Hoa is a new comer.
a.sits b. to sit c. sitting d. sit
4. We ________ in Le Nin park when it rained.
a.walked b.were walking c.have walked d. are walking
5.would you mind if I________ on the television?
a.will turn b.was turning c.turned d. turn
6. Color television __________ by John Logie Baird in 1928.
a. invented b. was invented c. has invented d. is invented
7. The bike__________ in Japan is USD100.
a.making b. made c.to make d. make
8. We have learned English__________ 2000.
a.since b.for c.in d. from
9.Their parents are happy _________ good news from their teacher.
a.hear b. to hear c.hearing d. heard
10.She is looking forward to________ a good job
a.get b.getting c.gets d. to get

I,Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences: (2.5)
1. I put my hat on _________ protect my face from the sunlight.
a.for b.in order c.in order to d. to
2.Don’t give the victim any food or drink if he or she gets________.
a. fainting b.shock c.burn d.cold
3.The boy _______ next to Hoa is a new comer.
a.sits b. to sit c. sitting d. sit
4. We ________ in Le Nin park when it rained.
a.walked b.were walking c.have walked d. are walking
5.would you mind if I________ on the television?
a.will turn b.was turning c.turned d. turn
6. Color television __________ by John Logie Baird in 1928.
a. invented b. was invented c. has invented d. is invented
7. The bike__________ in Japan is USD100.
a.making b. made c.to make d. make
8. We have learned English__________ 2000.
a.since b.for c.in d. from
9.Their parents are happy _________ good news from their teacher.
a.hear b. to hear c.hearing d. heard
10.She is looking forward to________ a good job
a.get b.getting c.gets d. to get

   2. Complete with a question word.

       1. …………….…is the news programme on ?     - At 7 o’clock.

       2. ………………did John Logie Baird create the first television ? – In 1962

       3. ……………….TV channels are there in Viet Nam  ?  - There are about nine.

       4. …………. opened Sydney Opera House ?    Queen Elizabeth II   

       5…………….do children like cartoons ?   - Because they are colorful and funny.

6……………..do you watch cartoons ?   - Two or three times a week.

II. Choose A, B, C, or D for each gap in the following sentences

1. A: _____ did John Logie Baird create the first television?    

     B: in 1926

2.  A: _____ makes up the largest TV audience in the USA?                

     B: Pre-school children.

3.  My brother likes watching TV, _____ I like going out with my friends.

4.  The weather was bad, _____ they didn't keep their picnic plan.

5.   Kien is not very _____.  He never plays sports.

6.  Vietnamese students play different sports and games _____ break time.

7. This is a photo of my city. Do you have a photo of _____?

8.  Her costume is colourful and _____ costume is colourful, too.

9. Rio de Janeiro is an exciting city with a lot of _____.

10. Most big cities in Viet Nam has _____. There you can buy souvenirs and eat local food.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

If you ask anyone who invented television, they will tell you that it was John Logie Baird. While Baird was, of course, extremely important in the history of television, it would be more accurate to see his role as part of a (31) _____ of events which finally led to television as we know it today.

The history of television really begins in 1817 with the discovery by Berzelius, a Swedish chemist, of the chemical selenium. It was found that the amount of electric current that selenium could carry depended on how much light struck it.

This discovery directly led to G. R. Carey, an American inventor, (32) _____ up with the first real television system in 1875. His system used selenium to transmit a picture along wires to a row of light bulbs. This picture was not very clear, however.

Over the next few years, a number of scientists and inventors simplified and improved on Carey's system. It was not until1923 that Baird made the first practical transmission. Once again, the picture was (33) _____ through wires, but it was much clearer than Carey's had been almost fifty years before.

The Second World War (34)  _____the development of television. After the war, television sets began to flood the market, with the first mass TV audience watching the baseball World Series in the USA in 1947. Within a few years, television had captured the (35) _____ of the whole world.

Điền ô số 33

A. pushed

B. sent 

C. transported

D. transferred 

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.

If you ask anyone who invented television, they will tell you that it was John Logie Baird. While Baird was, of course, extremely important in the history of television, it would be more accurate to see his role as part of a (31) _____ of events which finally led to television as we know it today.

The history of television really begins in 1817 with the discovery by Berzelius, a Swedish chemist, of the chemical selenium. It was found that the amount of electric current that selenium could carry depended on how much light struck it.

This discovery directly led to G. R. Carey, an American inventor, (32) _____ up with the first real television system in 1875. His system used selenium to transmit a picture along wires to a row of light bulbs. This picture was not very clear, however.

Over the next few years, a number of scientists and inventors simplified and improved on Carey's system. It was not until1923 that Baird made the first practical transmission. Once again, the picture was (33) _____ through wires, but it was much clearer than Carey's had been almost fifty years before.

The Second World War (34)  _____the development of television. After the war, television sets began to flood the market, with the first mass TV audience watching the baseball World Series in the USA in 1947. Within a few years, television had captured the (35) _____ of the whole world.

Điền ô số 35

A. observation

B. awareness

C. notice

D. attention