Unit 15 : Computer : Test 4

TEST 4

I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.

1. a. save                                                               b. same                                                        c. campus                                              d. dangerous

2. a. document                                   b. knob                                                        c. store                                                                  d. proper

3. a. computer                                    b. button                                                      c. discuss                                          d. plug

4. a. know                                                    b. how                                                                  c. now                                                             d. power

5. a. screen                                                  b. jack                                                                   c. socket                                                         d. click

II. Choose the word or phrase that best completes each unfinished sentence below or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase.

6. Tom has____had lunch, so he isn’t very hungry.

a. already                                                     b. yet                                                                     c. still                                                               d. since

7. Marie____,at the age of 86, in 1964.

a. dies                                                                             b. has died                                          c. died                                                             d. was died

8. The little girl’s tooth came____when she bit into the apple.

a. out                                                                              b. off                                                                              c. of                                                                      d. on

9. He has no idea how to manage people.

a. doesn’t know at all                                                      b. doesn’t care about

c. doesn’t think about                                                      d. doesn’t take care of

10. Ann no longer works here.

a. no more works here                                           b. doesn’t still work here

c. doesn’t work here any more d. still works here

11. Peop1e were warned to stay_____the streets.

a. out                                                                              b. of                                                                     c. off                                                                     d. on

12. Our baby ______to talk yet.

a. doesn’t start                                                                                   b. didn’t start

c. hasn’t started                                                                        d. isn’t starting

13. ______is the part of a country with hills and mountains.

a. Highland                                         b. Reef                                                                  c. Valley                                                 d. Bay

14. Please _____ the TV before you go to bed.

a. plug                                                                             b. unplug                                                     c. turn out                                 d. come out of

15. He took the early flight London.

a. for                                                                              b. towards                                         c. to                                                                d. come

III. Choose the words or phrases that are not correct in Standard English.

16. Did you ever learn playing a musical instrument as a child?

       A            B                 C                                        D

17. Please discuss about it with your father and tell me what you decide.

                                 A         B                              C          D

18. Two miles of the coast, we sailed right into the storm.

                        A                           B      C            D

19. Trains running amongst Boston and New York were delayed.

                      A          B                                               C         D

20. The flight between New York to London took about 5 hours.

                A         B                        C                  D

IV. Choose the word (a, b, c, or d) that best fits each of the blank spaces.

Computers are very (21)____, but they also can (22) _____ problems. One kind of problem is with the computer’s memory. It is not perfect, so (23) ____ computers lose (24)______information. (25)_____ problem is with the machinery. Computers are machines, and (26)_____can break down. When computers break down, they (27)______erase information, like chalk on a blackboard. Or they may stop doing anything at all. And there is another different kind of problem with computers. Some doctors say they may be bad for your (28)_____. They say you should computers all day.

21. a. Useful                                       b. careful                                                      c. helpful                                           d. a&c

22. a. make                                                            b. cause                                                       c. do                                                               d. take

23. a. nearly                                                           b. hardly                                                      c. never                                        d. sometimes

24. a. boring                                                          b. interesting                                       c. important                        d. amusing

25. a. Other                                                  b. Another                                          c. Some                                             d. Many

26. a. computers                                 b. machines                               c. problem                                 d. information

27. a. may                                                             b. must                                                                  c. should                                            d. need to

28. a. health                                                 b. healthy                                            c. healthful                                d. healthily

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

The first computers were very large machines. Now computers come in all shapes and sizes. There were still big computers for companies or universities. There are other special computers for factories. These large computers tell the factory machines what to do. But there are also small personal computers to use at home or in an office. There are even computers in telephones, television sets, and cars. These computers have to be very small. They are so small you cannot even see all their parts.

29. The first computers were _______.

a. tiny                                                                                                                              b. huge

c. in all shapes and sizes                               d. all are correct

30. There are computers

a. for companies and universities

b. to use at home

c. in telephones, television sets, and cars

d. all are correct

31. What does the word ‘they’ in line 7 refer to?

a. telephones                                                                                                b. television sets

c. cars                                                                                                                            d. computers

32. What is the passage written about?

a. old computers                                                                       b. modern computers

c. computers’ shapes                                                      d. computers’ sizes

33. Which of the following is true?

a. The first computers were very large.

b. Nowadays, there are only small computers.

c. All modern computers are so small that you cannot see all their parts.

d. Modern computers have the same size.