UNIT 10 : COMMUNICATION
I. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose stress is different from the others.
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1 |
A. oversleep |
B. disappear |
C. interact |
D. conference |
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2 |
A. discussion |
B. penfriend |
C. netiquette |
D. landline |
|
3 |
A. competitive |
B. immediate |
C. conversation |
D. dimension |
|
4 |
A. submission |
B. additive |
C. ability |
D. telepathy |
|
5 |
A. infinitive |
B. activity |
C. separation |
D. communicate |
II. Choose the word (A, B, C or D) whose underlined part is pronoundced different
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1 |
A. happiness |
B. separate |
C. barrier |
D. disappear |
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2 |
A. oversleep |
B. discussion |
C. interact |
D. similar |
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3 |
A. exchange |
B. giraffe |
C. message |
D. channel |
|
4 |
A. sharpen |
B. battery |
C. landline |
D. transmit |
|
5 |
A. foundation |
B. visible |
C. telephone |
D. firefighter |
III. Choose the correct form of the words (A, B, C or D) to complete the sentences.
1. The Internet is one of the most_____means of communication.
A. effect
B. effective
C. affect
D. affected
2. There are a lot of ways to______through the Internet.
A. communicated
B.communicative
C. communication
D. communicate
3. I am a member of a language community where I’m able to______native speakers.
A. connect
B. connection
C. connected
D. disconnect
4. Technological and scientific tools such as computers, cell phones, satellites, etc.help to boost the_______of communication all over the world.
A. develop
B. development
C. developing
D. developed
5. Many older people may not understand the_______of social network in terms of communication.
A. benefits
B.benefited
C. beneficial
D.beneficiary
IV. Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence.
1.Speak slowly__ your friends can understand you.
A. so that
B.such that
C.so as to
D.for fear that
2. Thanks to the globalisation, we now can_____territory and language barrier.
A. overextend
B.overcome
C.overrate
D.overexpose
3. I______for you at this place and time tomorrow morning.
A. will wait
B. will be waiting
C. am going to wait
D. am waiting
4. I_______at the supermarket with my mom at this time next Sunday morning.
A. am shopping
B.shop
C.will shop
D.will be shopping
5. You_____ advantage of free applications on your smartphone in order tomake video calls.
A. gain
B.make
C.take
D.get
6. Many people__ listen to the radio nowadays.
A. no more
B.no longer
C.not longer
D.not anymore
7. A_____person likes meeting and talking with other people.
A. helpful
B.shy
C.sociable
D.humourous
8. I enjoy socialising_______ the other students.
A. with
B.without
C.within
D.towards
9. I tried not to_______attention_______the weak point in my argument.
A. pull/to
B. draw/to
C. pull/at
D. draw/at
10. We can_______not only through words but also through body language.
A. talk
B. transfer
C. interpret
D. Communicate
11. Teenagers at the age of 13-18 are active and use every type of moderntechnology to stay in touch with their friends.
A. vacant
B.ready
C.available
D. likely
12. Today, the need to_ each other remains the same but technology has allowed us to do much more of it.
A. contact
B.join
C.touch
D. link
13. Recent research has revealed that a third of people in Britain have not met their next-door neighbours, and those who know each other_______speak.
A. roughly
B.barely
C.nearly
D.virtually
14. The elementary means of communicating with other people is_______messages by voice.
A. communicating
B. conveying
C. informing
D. discharging
15. Colour,_____only a small part of our communication system, plays a large role.
A. although
B.but
C.whether
D. but
V. Choose the best response (A, B, C or D) to complete each conversation.
1. – ________________________
You can contact him on Skype.
A. My cell phone has just broken down.
B. Liz cannot speak Japanese.
C. I hate talking with such a boy like him.
D. My friend is studying abroad. We cannot meet each other anymore.
2. – How can you talk with your French friend? You cannot speak French.
__________________________________
A. It’s OK. We can chat on Facebook.
B. It’s not interesting to chat with him.
C. But both of us understand English.
D. I will learn French when I come to university.
3. – How long have you not met your grandmother?
__________________________________
A. Not a problem. I call her every day.
B. She will visit me this weekend.
C. I don’t remember. Perhaps in March.
D. On Monday.
VI. Read the passage and choose the correct answers (A, B, C or D) to fill in the blanks.
In the early 1990s, having a landline telephone installed in your house was considered a luxury. Now, a large percentage of Vietnamese people own at leat one cell phone. Viet Nam is ranked 6th in the world in terms of cell phone user despite only being the 14th most populous country. Internet usage in the country has also increased. The first Internet provider in Viet Nam was established in 1997. Almost twenty years later, 40 percent of the country’s population now has accessed to the Internet. It’s a very encouraging number compared to Viet Nam’s neighbouring countries. With a recorded developing rate second only to China, communication in Viet Nam has truly come a long wray.
1.What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Cell phone development in Viet Nam.
B. Development of communication in Viet Nam.
C. Internet usage in Viet Nam.
D. Viet Nam’s neighbouring countries.
2. What is the development of telephone in Viet Nam?
A. People changed from landline telephone to cell phone.
B. People rarely had telephone in the past, a big number now use at leastone cell phone.
C. The number of Vietnamese cell phone users ranks 6th in the world.
D. All are correct.
3. Which number proves the development of Internet in Viet Nam?
A. 6th world ranking.
B. 2017.
C. 2/5 of Vietnamese people.
D. 20 years.
4. What can be inferred from the passage that Vietnamese people prefer using cell phones?
A. The number of Vietnamese cell phone users ranks 6th in the world but Vietnamese population only ranks 14th.
B. Vietnamese people consider cell phone as luxury home appliance.
C. Vietnamese people started using landline telephone in the early 1990s.
D. Cell phone usage has increased at the same time with Internet usage.
5. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage?
A. Vietnamese people started using landline telephone in the early 1990s.
B. Nowadays, every Vietnamese household uses both landline telephone and Internet.
C.Vietnamese people started using Internet in 1997.
D. The developing rate of communication in Viet Nam ranks after that in China.
VIII. Choose the underlined word or phrase (marked A, B, C or D) in eachsentence that needs correcting.
1. An aggressive handshake is considerimpolite in France.
ABCD
2. The elementary mean of communicating with other people is conveying messages.
ABCD
3. For millions of people, the Internet have opened up a whole new world
AB C
for communication.
D
4. I have dedicated my life in studying the ways the human body gives more reliable
ABC
information than the words we speak.
D
5. Know when someone is lying and knowing how to convince people you’retelling
A B C
the truth are two of the most important skills in life.
D
6. The words say one thing but the meaning may say something completely differ.
A B CD
7. Poor neighbourhoods once had strong kinship, but now prosperity buy privacy.
ABC D
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