A lot of people like to play their records as loudly as possible. The (1) ________ is that the rest of the family and the neighbors often complain (2) ________ they don't like the music. One (3) ________ to this problem is to wear headphones, but headphones are usually uncomfortable.

An arm-chair which has a record-player built into it has just been (4) ________ by a British engineer, Stephen Court.

The armchair looks like an ordinary armchair with high back. However, each of the two sides of the chair has three loudspeakers inside to reproduce middle and high sounds. Low sounds are reproduced by a pair of loudspeakers in a hollow (5) ________ under the seat. Anyone who sits in the chair hears sounds coming from all around his/her head.

Because we cannot tell the exact (6) ________ from which low sounds come, it doesn't (7) ________ that they come from underneath or behind. It is the higher sounds coming from the sides of the chair that create a stereo effect.

These sounds travel only a few inches to reach the listener's ears. (8) ________, it takes only a little power to make the music sound very loud. Only a small amount of sound leaks out from behind the chair into the room to (9) ________ others. Most of the sound is (10) ________ by the listeners.

Today computers come ____(1)___ all shapes and sizes.There were still big computers for companies or universities. There are other special computers for factories. These large computers tell the fatory machines ___(2)___ to do. But there are also small ___(3)___ computers to use at home or in an office. There are even computers in telephones, television ___(4)___, and cars. These computers have to be small. They are so small that you cannot ___(5)___ see all their parts.

Computers are very useful, but they also can ____(6)___ problems. One kind of problems is with the computer's memory. It is not perfect so sometimes computers ___(7)___ important information. Another problem is with the machinery. Computers are machines, and machines can break down. When the computers break down, they may ___(8)___ information, ___(9)___ chalk on a blackboard. Or they may stop doing anything at all. And there is ___(10)____ different kind of problem with computers. Some doctors say they may be bad for your health. They say you should not work with computers all day.

III. Pick out the word that has the stress differebtly from that of the other words:

1. a. banquet         b. schedule      c. diameter       d. blessing

2. a. birthday         b. cowboy         c. enjoy            d. pleasure

3. a. disease          b. humour         c. cancer          d. treatment

4. a. persuade       b. reduce           c. offer             d. apply

5. a. farmer            b. farewell          c. factory         d. fairy

6. a. cattle             b. country           c. canal           d. cover

7. a. money           b. machine         c. many          d.mother

8. a. brrow             b. agree              c. await           d. prepare

9. a. paper            b. tonight            c.lecture          d. story

10. a. money        b. army                c. afraid           d. people

11. a. enjoy          b. daughter          c. provide        d. decide

12. a. begine       b. pastime            c. finish           d. summer

13. a. reply          b. appeal              c. offer           d. support

14. a. profit          b. comfort             c. apply         d. sugges

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II) Find a mistake in the four underliner parts of each sentence and cottect.

1. The children felt ( A ) very terrifying ( B ) when they watched ( C ) that horror ( D ) film.

2. Lots ( A ) of people enjoy ( B ) Titanic despite ( C ) it has an unhappy ( D ) ending.

3. We found ( A ) the film bored ( B ), so we left ( C ) halway through ( D ) it

4. Although ( A ) his Old ( B ) age, Mark performed excellently ( C ) in his latest ( D ) film

5. Almost people ( A ) were shock ( B ) by the way ( C ) the film star behaved ( D )

I. Combine the sentences. Use the words in brackets.

1) It was a comedy. Almost audience fell asleep. ( ALTHOUGH)

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2) The film was made twenty years ago. Many people have enjoyed seeing it. ( HOWEVER )

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3) She has been nominated for Best Actress five times. She has never won once. ( IN SPITE OF )

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4) This is his first role. His acting is excellent. ( NEVERTHELESS )

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5) The film didn't receive good investment. The film was a great success. ( DESPITE )

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