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Like most people, i've been using a mobile phone and a laptop (1)..........they became cheap to use, and i know plenty of people (2)...........to spend every evening using the Internet or playing computer games. (3).............,lately i have started to worry that(4).......these electronic gadgets are taking over our lives. (5).........people used to write letters and read books and worked out problems using theirs brains, but (6)..........most of us have become (7)............accustomed to using machines that we can't do without them. There are lots of people, (8)......example, who depend on them entirely for their entertainment. It's easier to sit (9)..........home taking to people (10)..........the phone, or watching television, rather than going out and meeting them (11)........... person!. I wonder whether this makes everyone feel more lonely, (12)............ though it is easier now to stay in touch with people. Of course, there are many other kinds of gadgets, such as electonic organizers or microwave ovens,(13)......... we use to save time, though they may not be really necessary . I'm (14) ............the idea of everything in life depending on the push of a button, though i think it's probably(15) .........late to avoid it

TÌM VÀ SỬA LỖI SAI CÁC TỪ IN ĐẬM

1.We all very agree that some tests are not difficult enough and others are just too hard

2. I get up early, shower first, then i drink usually some tea and get dressed as fast as i can

3. The Puffer is a type of fish that can inflate one's body like a balloon

4. The result of the evaluations and recommendations show that more effort needs to go into research

5. The Louisana Purchase, made in 1803, almost was doubled the size of the United States

6. Two meters are about the size of most doorways

TÌM VÀ SỬA LỖI SAI TRONG NHỮNG TỪ IN ĐẬM

1. For a whole week Loretta came to class on every day with her hair a different color

2. In 1729 Benjamin Franklin published Pennsylvania Gazette, which soon became the most read widely newspaper in the colony

3. I was going to ask you if you would read over my essay before i have to hand it in, but when you read it, you ought not be too critical or negative

4. Frances Perkins, the first woman to become a US cabinet member, was instrument in the adoption of the Social Security Act

VIẾT LẠI CÂU

. She suggested that i take the train instead of driving

=> She said,..........................

TÌM VÀ SỬA LỖI SAI

1. A pheromone is a chemical substance released by many kinds of animals to communicate with another members of their species

2. It is common with people to arrive late

3. The children were laughing at a cartoon in which a cat on a wobbly ladder kept trying to get a small bird out its gate

Viết lại câu

1 I didn't think it would be good, but it's really bad

=> It's even worse.....

2.The bus takes longer than the train

=> The train................

SỬA LỖI SAI TRONG CÁC TỪ IN ĐẬM

1. If he were(a) alive today, F.Scott Fitzgerald might be surprised(b) to learn that his novel The Great Gatsby having transcended(c) its own age(d) and turned into a timeless classic

2.'Did you see those students cheating during the exam?'- No,but didn't you tell(a) the teacher?' I decided not to tell(b)her because I didn't really think it was my business and no one wants to be a tell tale,does he(c)?. Don't say anything about this to anyone, will you(d)?

3.The world's rain(a) forests are being(b) cut down at the rate on(c)3000 acres per hour(d)

4. In all(a) human communities, power yields certain(b) advantages and privileges, such as honor, material(c) benefits, and prestigious(d)

5. My neighbor used to say, 'How about helping(a) my carry this?' or 'Give me a hand with this, would(b) you?', but at no time he asked(c) me if i ever needed(d) help with anything

6. Scientists used(a) light spectra identifying(b) the(c) element helium in(d) the sun

7. The compute(a) of the passage of the time has always been(b) associated with the movement(c) of celestial(d) bodies

CHOOSE THE CORRECT PREPOSITION

1. I saw him riding into town on/by his bicycle yesterday

2.He'd rather go on/by bus than drive there hímelf

3. She sent him home in/by a taxi

4. That's much too far to travel on/in foot

5. Did you take the tunnel to France, or did you go on/in the ferry?

6. She rode through town on/by her horse

7. Let's go home in/by taxi - I can't be bothered to walk

8. She sometimes gets sick when travelling on/by sea

9. He flies round the world in/by his own private jet

10. The quickest way to get there is on/by air

SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION

1.Air travel frightens many people PLANE

=> Many people find..........................

2.The train is the quickest way to get to London from here ON

=> The quickest way........................

3.Sometimes it is quicker to walk than to drive to work FOOT

=> Sometimes it is quicker to.......................

4. The bicycle is my favourite form of transport BY

=> I prefer........................thanh any other way

5. The departure time for the train is 7:00 AT

=> The train .........................

6.What do you intend to do with all that money? ARE

=> What.................with all that money?

1.My grandmother knitted me a jumper..................are too long

A.which the sleeves B.that the sleeves

C.the sleeves of that D.the sleeves of which

2.He always checked his car tyres before setting off on a journey

=>He never set off on a journey................................................his car tyres UNTIL

3.I've read all of Jane Austen's novels and there were only a couple that i didn't ẹnoy

=>I've read all of Jane Austen's novels,.................................................I enjoyed MOST

ALL THE MISSING WORDS ARE RELATIVE OR ADVERBS

Marilyn Monoroe,who was one of the word's most famous film stars, was born in 1926. She grew up in Los Angeles,where she spent most of her early years in foster homes. That's.................she still felt lonely even when she became famous.Her film career ended tragically in 1962,..................... she died at the age of 36