1. Read the following passage and choose the item (a, b, c, or d) that best answers each of thequestions about it.

Is computer shopping the way of the future? About 37% of American households now have personal computers. Andshopping by computer (or “shopping on-line) is interesting to more people every day. Already, shoppers I can usetheir computers to order many different products, such as computer products, flowers, food, T-shirts, and posters. Andnew 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. Whatdoes the word "their" in line 4 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

4. Which of the following is not true?

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

B. Now many people 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.

People in the United States often shop from catalogs. There are special catalogs for (1)...............every need, including clothing, furniture, health, (2).................products and things for the kitchen. People also order (3)..............40% of their music club catalogs. Customers say that music stores are too noisy.

Television shopping began in 1986. About 5% to 8% of the American public now shops by television. Some (4)..............shopping channels are the Home Shopping Network and QVC. Customers say that television shopping is (5).................than shopping in a store. How do they buy things? They (6)......................a phone call and charge the item to their credit card. And TV shopping channels are on late at night (7)...............people can go shopping anytime.

Is the computer shopping the way of furniture? About 37% of American (8)....................now have personal computers. And shopping by computer (or shopping on-line) is(9).................to more people every day. Already, shoppers can use their computers to order many different products, such as computers products, flowers, foods, T-shirts and posters. And new on-line shopping services (20).....................everyday. Soon people may be able to shop for anything, anytime, anywhere in the world.

1. A. most B. almost C. mostly D. most of

2. A. beauty B. beautiful C. beautify D. beautified

3. A. to B. of C. for D. about

4. A. popular B. liked C. favourite D. beloved

5. A. larger B. more C. easier D. popular

6. A. do B. make C. have D. have

7. A. so B. but C. because D. though

8. A. houseful B. housework C. housewife D.households

9. A. exciting B. surprising C. amazing D. interesting

10. A. raise B. come C. appear D. forecast

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.

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 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 23 to 27.

   Shopping centers have become a (23)_____________ more than just places to shop and look for bargains. They are places of entertainment where people meet and have fun. Some modem shopping centers are so big they can takes days to (24) _____________ properly. For example, the Cehavir Shopping and Entertainment Centre in Istanbul covers 420,000 square meters and is considered to be the largest shopping center in Europe. It has around 350 shops and 50 restaurants to choose from. And if you fancy (25) _____________ your friends in the evening, there are 12 cinemas, a bowling alley and even a roller coaster ride.

   Another huge shopping center is the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. As (26) _____________ as around 700 shops and restaurants, you can go to Magic Planet, which is a mini theme park, or watch a film in one of the fourteen cinemas. And if that isn’t enough, (27) _____________ about visiting Ski-Dubai, the world-famous indoor ski slope? Some people want to have a more cultural experience. This is easy at the Mall of the Emirates. There is a Community Theatre and an Arts Centre on the second floor of the building with a theatre, art galleries, a music school and a library.

(Source: Pre-intermediate Solutions by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)

Điền vào ô 24

A. invent

B. explore

C. find

D. search

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 23 to 27.

   Shopping centers have become a (23)_____________ more than just places to shop and look for bargains. They are places of entertainment where people meet and have fun. Some modem shopping centers are so big they can takes days to (24) _____________ properly. For example, the Cehavir Shopping and Entertainment Centre in Istanbul covers 420,000 square meters and is considered to be the largest shopping center in Europe. It has around 350 shops and 50 restaurants to choose from. And if you fancy (25) _____________ your friends in the evening, there are 12 cinemas, a bowling alley and even a roller coaster ride.

   Another huge shopping center is the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. As (26) _____________ as around 700 shops and restaurants, you can go to Magic Planet, which is a mini theme park, or watch a film in one of the fourteen cinemas. And if that isn’t enough, (27) _____________ about visiting Ski-Dubai, the world-famous indoor ski slope? Some people want to have a more cultural experience. This is easy at the Mall of the Emirates. There is a Community Theatre and an Arts Centre on the second floor of the building with a theatre, art galleries, a music school and a library.

(Source: Pre-intermediate Solutions by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)

Điền vào ô 23

A. much

B. lot

C. few

D. many

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 23 to 27.

   Shopping centers have become a (23)_____________ more than just places to shop and look for bargains. They are places of entertainment where people meet and have fun. Some modem shopping centers are so big they can takes days to (24) _____________ properly. For example, the Cehavir Shopping and Entertainment Centre in Istanbul covers 420,000 square meters and is considered to be the largest shopping center in Europe. It has around 350 shops and 50 restaurants to choose from. And if you fancy (25) _____________ your friends in the evening, there are 12 cinemas, a bowling alley and even a roller coaster ride.

   Another huge shopping center is the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. As (26) _____________ as around 700 shops and restaurants, you can go to Magic Planet, which is a mini theme park, or watch a film in one of the fourteen cinemas. And if that isn’t enough, (27) _____________ about visiting Ski-Dubai, the world-famous indoor ski slope? Some people want to have a more cultural experience. This is easy at the Mall of the Emirates. There is a Community Theatre and an Arts Centre on the second floor of the building with a theatre, art galleries, a music school and a library.

(Source: Pre-intermediate Solutions by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)

Điền vào ô 25

A. meet

B. to be met

C. to meet

D. meeting

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 23 to 27.

   Shopping centers have become a (23)_____________ more than just places to shop and look for bargains. They are places of entertainment where people meet and have fun. Some modem shopping centers are so big they can takes days to (24) _____________ properly. For example, the Cehavir Shopping and Entertainment Centre in Istanbul covers 420,000 square meters and is considered to be the largest shopping center in Europe. It has around 350 shops and 50 restaurants to choose from. And if you fancy (25) _____________ your friends in the evening, there are 12 cinemas, a bowling alley and even a roller coaster ride.

   Another huge shopping center is the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. As (26) _____________ as around 700 shops and restaurants, you can go to Magic Planet, which is a mini theme park, or watch a film in one of the fourteen cinemas. And if that isn’t enough, (27) _____________ about visiting Ski-Dubai, the world-famous indoor ski slope? Some people want to have a more cultural experience. This is easy at the Mall of the Emirates. There is a Community Theatre and an Arts Centre on the second floor of the building with a theatre, art galleries, a music school and a library.

(Source: Pre-intermediate Solutions by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)

Điền vào ô 27

A. how

B. where

C. when

D. which

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 23 to 27.

   Shopping centers have become a (23)_____________ more than just places to shop and look for bargains. They are places of entertainment where people meet and have fun. Some modem shopping centers are so big they can takes days to (24) _____________ properly. For example, the Cehavir Shopping and Entertainment Centre in Istanbul covers 420,000 square meters and is considered to be the largest shopping center in Europe. It has around 350 shops and 50 restaurants to choose from. And if you fancy (25) _____________ your friends in the evening, there are 12 cinemas, a bowling alley and even a roller coaster ride.

   Another huge shopping center is the Mall of the Emirates in Dubai. As (26) _____________ as around 700 shops and restaurants, you can go to Magic Planet, which is a mini theme park, or watch a film in one of the fourteen cinemas. And if that isn’t enough, (27) _____________ about visiting Ski-Dubai, the world-famous indoor ski slope? Some people want to have a more cultural experience. This is easy at the Mall of the Emirates. There is a Community Theatre and an Arts Centre on the second floor of the building with a theatre, art galleries, a music school and a library.

(Source: Pre-intermediate Solutions by Tim Falla and Paul A Davies)

Điền vào ô 26

A. soon

B. long

C. well

D.good