I. Read the following passage and choose the best answer:

Computing is now at the same stage as printing was when the first printing presses were used. Before printing presses were invented, only rich people like kings and dukes could afford to buy books. Often these people were unable to read and hadn’t enough time to learn. In any case, the books were so big that it was difficult for anyone to relax with a book as we do today. They wanted booked because they were expensive and there was something magical about them. Only a few people were able to write, and it took an extremely long time to write a book. Monks and other people who could write said ordinary people could not learn to read.

The position with computers is very similar today. A few years ago, computers were very large and expensive. Business managers and rich people ordered them but they didn’t know how to use them. In many countries,  however, the situation has now completely changed. Lots of people not only own microcomputer but also know how to use them.

1) What happened before printing presses were invented?

-…………………………………………………………………………………….

2) Why were books wanted before printing presses were invented?

- ……………………………………………………………………………………..

3) What is common feature of a book and a computer?

- ……………They are expensive……………………………………………………

4) What situation has thoroughly changed nowadays?

- …………………………………………………………………………………………

5)When  were computers very large and expensive ? a few year ago

I- Rewrite these sentences

1.My father would rather watch films than football

->My father prefers.........................................................

2. If you don’t work hard, you will fail your exam        

->Unless...............................................................................

3. Bao is too young to cycle to school                                         

->Bao isn’t.......

4. She wasn’t very happy. She was born in a rich family         

( However )…………………………………………………………..

5.I received some money from my aunt this morning   

->My aunt gave.....................................................................

6. Learning English is not easy                                                     

->It is...............................................................

7 I am happy when I get good marks                                            

->Good marks make...........................................................

8. Noone in my class studies better than Hoa                 

->Hoa studies..............................................

9. Her new dress cost her 500,000 VND                         

->She spent.....................................................

10. The school is far. We can’t walk there                                  

->The school is so..................................................

11. How wide is this river?                                                            

->What is the..................................................................?

12. She married a man. The man is 50 years old                        

->She married a.......

II. Give the correct form of the verb in each bracket.

 1. Your report should ( write)……………. in English.

 2. I learned to swim when I (be ) ……………very young. I (teach) …………….by my father.

 3. The boy (fall)…………. and (hurt)………… himself while he ( ride) …………his bicycle.

 4. It ( get)………….. hotter and hotter in June.

 5. I ( see) ………..the famous PhongNhaCave three times, but I’d like (see)………. it again.

 6. Nam does not have his motorbike today. It (repair) ……………right now.

7.They are going to have their house (paint)………….. for Christmas.

8.   We (live)………….. here for twenty years

9.  Is there anything here worth (buy) …………..?

10. Pupils are made (work)……………. hard at this school.

Complete the second sentences without changing the meaning of the first sentences.

1.        The weather is too terrible for you to go out.

@ If the weather …………………………………

2.        All the students have to take the final exam.

@ The final exam…………………………..

3.        Please don’t repeat what I said.

@ Would you mind………………………..

4.        I can’t swim as well as my friend can.

@ My friend………………………………

5.        They didn’t have a map, so they got lost.-> Because……………………………