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Can you imagine a world without words? The main way that we communicate with each other is by using words. We can communicate either by speaking and listening or by writing and reading. With words, we can give and receive information, ideas, orders and instructions.
People have used writing to communicate for about 7000 years. At first, they used to draw simple pictures to represent objects, such as people and animals. Then people started to put pictures together to represent something more difficult, like a sentence. The next step in the development of writing was to use symbols, or signs. These symbols represented the sounds of words and not their meanings.Finally, the alphabet from which modern English comes was invented in about 1500 B.C. The people who invented the alphabet used a set of symbols to represent the sound “o”. This symbol is still used to the same sound today. Many languages are written with letters of an alphabet, including Vietnamese.
Câu 11. People communicate with each other using ____.
A. books B. words C. instructions D. information
Câu 12. A later form of writing used symbols to represent ____.
A. words B. sounds C. pictures D. meanings
Câu 13. What is the most suitable title for this article?
A. listening and speaking B. writing and reading
C. words and writing D. alphabets and their meaning
Câu 14. The first kind of writing used simple ____.
A. objects B. people C. pictures D. animals
Câu 15. An alphabet is a set of letters that represent the different sounds of a ____.
A. letter B. language C. word D. symbol
the human race is only one small species in the living world. many other soecies (1)exist on this planet. however, human beings have a great influence on the (2) rest od the world. they are changing the environment by building cities and villaghes (3)where forests once stood. they are changing weather(4)conditions by citting down trees in the forests. and they are destroying the air by adding(5)pollutants to it.
it can be said that human beings are changing the environment in all(6)respects in two serious consequences. the first is that many kinds of rare animals are killed. the second is that the environment where these animals are living is (7)badly destroyed. as a result, the number of rare animals is(8)decreasing so rapidly that they are in danger of(9)extinction
If there is just one single thing more astonishing than the ability of the adult human being to talk, it is the process by which someone learns to do this. Some parts of the process are still (1)___quite_____ much a closed book, but it is for the (2)____visible_____ part possible to describe what the child is doing at various stages in its development, even if we cannot account (3)___for_____ how exactly it learns to do these things.
In fact, research carried out by various linguists has (4)___given______ rise to as many theories as there are differences in the rate of development. A baby actually makes sounds from the moment it is born, but for some time these are rather far removed (5)_____by____ arulate speech. In something a year, a baby will probably be at a stage where one or two syllables represent the peak of its achievement as a speaker; one more year and it will be (6)___better____ out with short phrases, and after this it seems (7)________ time at all before the child is capable of uttering complete sentences.
Despite being a truly remarkable feat of learning, this is one that is performed by the vast (8)___diversity______ of human beings. Complex operations are brought (9)________ play in these dealing with speech and language; the key (10)_______ in brain work, though tongue – work and ear – work play a part in the whole process
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1. ...........some precious things stolen from that ancient tomb.
A. People knew he buys
B. It was known that he has bought
C. They knew that he has bought
D. They know that he bought
2. Beethoven's Fifth Symphony ............. next weekend.
A. is going to be performed
B. has been performed
C. will be performing
D. will have performed
3. Reagan ........... an actor years ago.
A. is said to be
B. was said being
C. was said have been
D. is said to have been
4. The trees ..............
A. were grown by John yesterday in the backyard
B. were grown in the backyard yesterday by John
C. were grown in the backyard by John yesterday.
D. in the backyard were grown yesterday by John
5. English has become a second language in some countries where .................... for administration, broadcasting and education.
A. is used
B. it is used
C. used
D. being used
6. Lots of houses.............. by the earthquake.
A. are destroying
B. destroyed
C. were destroying
D. were destroyed
7. Education .............. to be the most important element to develop a country.
A. often be considered
B. can often consider
C. often considers
D. can often be considered
8. More than ten victims ................ missing in the storm last week.
A. are reported to be
B. are reported to have been
C. are reporting to have been
D. are reporting to be
Read the passage and do the tasks that follow:
AMAZING NEW INVENTIONS
Every year, more and more amazing things are invented. Here are three of our favourites for this year.
A. Fukuda’s Automatic Door
Can you imagine a door that fits around your body as you walk through it? Fukuda’s Automatic Door was designed in Japan by an inventor named Rikiya Fukuda. It automatically indentifies movement and only opens just enough to match the shape of the person or object coming through. So, what are the advantages? It saves energy by helping to keep the same temperature in a room. It can also prevent dirt and other materials from being carried inside. As well as people, the Automatic Door works for small objects, like packages delivered to a post office, or for larger things, such as a car coming through a garage door.
=>c. It’s a device that knows when you are coming.
B. The Hand Roll Piano
Traveling musicians will be happy with this invention. The Hand Roll Piano was invented by the Japanese company Yamano Music. What makes it different is that it can be rolled up like a blanket. This makes it easier to carry and easier to store. The keyboard is 100 cm long but weighs just 1 kg. It has 61 very thin keys and is made of rubber. It’s convenient to carry, but it’s also a great instrument. The piano can be played for up to 15 hours on standard batteries. It has more than 100 sounds and its own speaker.
=> d. It makes entertaining easier.
C. The LifeStraw
Today, more than one billion people in the world do not have safe water. However, it’s been discovered that for the price of a cup of coffee, a life can be saved. The LifeStraw, which costs just $3, is a device for purifying water. It is able to turn dirty water into drinking water. The drinking straw was designed by the Swiss-based company Vestergaard Frandsen. It uses seven types of filter to make water clean enough to drink. It can prevent illnesses and it can also create safe drinking water for victims of hurricanes, earthquakes or other disasters.
=> a. It’s an invention that saves lives.
Do you think the animals can understand each other? The answer is yes. They can communicate to each other by signs and sounds. For example, dogs communicate in many ways. They not only bark, even they howl, growl, snarl, and whine. They lift a paw, or bare their teeth. Other dogs can understand what these sounds and actions mean_.
Animals communicate with each other not only with sounds and movements but with smell. Most animals that live in herds depend on smell to keep together. And, of course, we know how dogs recognize each other by smell.
Apes are supposed to be among the most intelligent of animals, yet, they really have no better “language” than other animals. They make many sounds and expressions of the mouth to communicate their feelings of anger or hunger or joy, but they have nothing like the words of human speech.
By the way, unlike human beings who have to learn how to talk, apes and other animals know their “language” by instinct. They will make the right kind of cries and sounds and expression even if they have never seen another animal like themselves before.
Birds, however, learn their way of singing, at least in part. That is why a sparrow brought up among canaries will try to sing like one. It has been learning the wrong “language”!
Noise is constant and loud sound. To measure the loudness, or volume of sounds, people use a unit called a decibel. When a sound is louder than 70 decibels, it can cause noise pollution. Do you know that the noise from a vacuum cleaner or a motorcycle can result in permanent hearing loss after eight hours? The sounds of a concert are even more serious. They can reach as high as 130 decibels and may cause immediate and permanent hearing loss. Noise pollution can also lead to headaches and high blood pressure. If you are listening to music through headphones, and other people can hear it. it means the music is too loud and unsafe. If there seems to be a ringing or buzzing in your ears, it means the noise is affecting you and damaging your hearing- Wearing earplugs when you go to concerts or other loud events, and listening to music through headphones or headsets at safe levels can help you reduce the effects of noise pollution.
1. What do people use to measure the loundness or volume of sounds ?
They use a unit called a decibel to measure the loundness or volume of sounds
2. Does the noise from a vacuum cleaner result in pernament hearing loss after eight hours ?
Yes, it does
3. What can noise pollution also lead to ?
It can also lead to headaches and high blood pressure
4. Is the music safe when you listen to it through headphones , and other people can hear it as well ?
No, it isn't
5. What can you do to help reduce the effects of noise pollution ?
I can wear earplugs when you go to concerts or other loud events, and listening to music through headphones or headsets at safe levels to help reduce the effects of noise pollution
Choose the correct phrase or clause to finish these sentences.
1. Skimming along the surface of the ocean or rising from its depths like delicate balloons, __________ to their aquatic habitat.
A. the perfect adaptation of jellyfish
B. jellyfish are perfectly adapted
C. jellyfish are adapted to perfection
D. the adaptation is perfect for jellyfish
2. __________ around, it gives us vital information about our environment.
A. The sounds are heard
B. That we hear the sounds
C. Hearing the sounds
D. Whatever the sounds are heard
3. Beginning in the Middle Ages, composers of Western music used a system of notating their compositions __________.
A. yet they would be performed by musicians
B. that be performed by musicians
C. when performed by musicians
D. so they could be performed by musicians
4. Civil Rights are the freedoms and rights __________ as a member of a community, state, or nation.
A. may have a person
B. that have a person
C. a person may have
D. and a person may have
5. During the late fifteenth century, __________ had professions in the fields of arts and crafts.
A. only a few of the native societies of America
B. only few of the native societies of America
C. few but only of the native American societies
D. a few only of the native American societies