English 10

UNIT 8 : NEW WAYS OF LEARNING

1. Listen, repeat and choose the word you hear with a different stress pattern from the others. (Track 34)
1. A. undertake B. interact C. disappear D. enlighten
2. A. encourage B. remember C. successful D. colourful
3. A. dangerous B. enable C. surprising D. depressing
4. A. underline B. disappoint C. poisonous D. undercook
5. A. annoying B. meaningful C. unequal D. repeating
2. Complete the sentences by using relative pronouns (who/that/which/whose).
1. You should find a neighbor ________ you home while you are away.
2. Do you remember the presenter ________ you had a conversation with last month?
3. You can purchase or download the software ________ can help you to record your voice.
4. It is sensible for students to choose the channels ________ benefit both their learning and relaxing.
5. They donated some sacks of rice to the people ________ houses were destroyed by the typhoon last week.
6. My cousin, ________ lives nearby, often looks after my flat.
7. That’s David, ________ father is an expert in behavioral psychology.
8. I have applied to Harvard University, ________ is the most prestigious university in the world.
9. Great Britain, ________ is one of the most powerful countries in the world, has a standard educational system.
10. I work with friendly and helpful colleagues, ________ is a great source of happiness for me.  
5. Find and correct mistakes in the following sentences.
1. My English teacher, who lectures are interesting, is humorous.
2. He is the farmer which I told you about.
3. This is the bridge who was built by a famous king 1000 years ago.
4. The cacao tree, that grows in equatorial regions, produces a fruit about the size of a small pineapple.
5. He has a lot of friends from English speaking countries, who is a great help for him to learn English.
6. Choose the best answer.
1. People at the conference agreed that they used smartphones mostly for communication. The underlined word has
the closest meaning to:
A. shortly B. likely C. mainly D. manly
2. Mary: “What do you think could be the negative effect of overusing computers?” - Peter: “____”
A. I think it is negative. B. It might be bad for your eyes and harmful to your brain.
C. It may not be effect. D. You should not use computers.
3. Bill Gate, _______ is the owner of Microsoft Corporation, donates nearly all of his money to charity.
A. who B. that C. which D. whose
4. This is the picture they intend to buy.
A. who B. whom C. which D. whose
5. “He wants to see the stamps. We have collected them recently.” has the closest meaning to:
A. He wants to see the stamps which we have collected them recently.
B. He wants to see the stamps we have collected recently.
C. He wants to see the stamps that we have collected them recently.
D. He wants to see the stamps who we have collected recently.
6. The book _______ she wrote 10 years ago has just been published.
A. who B. whom C. that D. whose
7. Older athletes, _______ achievements used to be considered low, are getting faster and fitter than in the past.
A. who B. whom C . that D. whose
8. Big Ben, _________ has been visited by millions of people, is in England.
A. which B. whom C . that D. whose
9. I have got today’s newspaper, _______ has a list of films.
A. which B. whom C . that D. whose
10. Some experts advise that student should take advantage of their smartphones to have fun and good learning
results. The underlined word has the closest meaning to:
A. take care of B. make use of C. make fun of D. take photos of
11. Some kinds of software can be used with only some certain types of media ______.
A. plays B. playing C. played D. players
12. What was the name of the company _________ factory burned down yesterday?
A. which B. whom C. that D. whose
13. Choose the word with a stress pattern different from the others.
A. introduce B. underline C. undertake D. following
14. They take part in social activities and interact with different cultures, _______ widens their knowledge and
gradually matures them. A. who B. that C. which D. whose
15. Choose the word with a stress pattern different from the others.
A. dangerous B. encourage C. successful D. defining
16. Some students take a year out before university, ______ allows them to work or travel.
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A. who B. that C. which D. whose
17. Choose the answer which needs correcting.
He is a (A) kind of (B) person who (C) job involves travelling (D) a lot.
18. Choose the answer which needs correcting.
I have (A) never been to Da Nang, that (B) is said to be the most (C) peaceful city in (D) Vietnam.
19. Choose the word with a stress pattern different from the others.
A. poisonous B. relative C. remember D. meaningful
20. Choose the word with a stress pattern different from the others
A. official B. embarrass C. unequal D. natural
7. Rearrange the words/phrases to make meaningful sentences.
1. smartphone / This / the / which / is / I / given / years / was / ago. / 2
……………………………………………………………………………………………
2. friend, / live / with / my /I / dear / is / quite / who /hardworking.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Tom?/ Is / the / girl / that / you / to / want / to / introduce
……………………………………………………………………………………………
4. She / whose / is / nurse / the / homeland / Mexico. / is
……………………………………………………………………………………………
5. could not / He / his / partners, / persuade / which / his / was / failure.
……………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
Computer Facts
Enjoy some great computer facts and interesting information about these ______ (1) devices which play such
an important role in our modern day lives. Learn about parts of the computer such as the RAM, ROM and CPU as well
as fun info about how we use computers to make our lives _______ (2) and more enjoyable.
Early electronic computers, developed around the 1940s, were the size of a large room and consumed huge
amounts of _______ (3). They were vastly different to the modern computers we use today, especially when compared
to small and portable laptop computers.
Computers ______ (4) to carry out instructions. These instructions are usually very simple and require adding
numbers together, moving data from one place _______ (5) another etc. A computer program can include as little as a
few instructions to upwards of millions of instructions depending on the complexity of the program. Modern ______
(6) such as word processors, web browsers and graphic editors take large teams of programmers a long time to
complete.
A computers memory stores numbers in huge amounts of cells that are addressed and can be quickly ______
(7) by the CPU to perform calculations. There are two main types of computer memory ROM (read only memory)
and RAM (random access memory). ROM contains pre-written software and data that the CPU can only read, while
RAM can be accessed and written to at any time. Computers interact _______ (8) a number of different I/O (input/
output) devices to exchange information. These peripheral devices include the keyboard, mouse, display, hard drive,
printer and more.
Computers are used to help link the world in the form of networks. Networked computers allow users to
share and exchange data that is stored in different locations. You may have heard of a local area network (LAN) or
wide area network (WAN) _________ (9) connects areas of various sizes. The Internet is a vast network of computers
spanning the globe _______ (10) allows users to access email, the World Wide Web and other applications. Although
we normally think of computers as the ones we use in our everyday lives to surf the web, write documents etc., small
computers are also embedded into other things such as mobile phones, toys, microwaves and MP3 players. We use
computers all the time, of' ten without even knowing it!

1. A. amazed B. amazing C. amazingly D. amaze

2. A. easier B. more easier C. much easy D. a lot easy
3. A. elect B. electrical C. electrically D. electricity
4. A. programmed B. are programmed C. program D. are programming
5. A. on B. for C. to D. about
6. A. applications B. application C. apply D. applied
7. A. accesses B. accessed C. accessing D. accessory
8. A. on B. for C. to D. with
9. A. whose B. who C. which D. whom
10. A. whose B. who C. that D. whom