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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
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”!
I/ Choose the best answer :
Hairstyles are not just about looking smart we also use them to do/cause/make/give statements about ourselves. We can wear/support/hold/carry our hair longer or shorter than other people to give the thought/meaning/design/impression that we are different or we can style our hair in imitation of a pop celebrity and propose/hope/wish/suggest that people will think we are fashionable. In the UK in the early 1960s, the Beatles' “mop-hair” style was copied by boys who, on the whole, wanted and required/expected/supposed/anticipated to shock their parents. Later, middle-class “hippies” let their hair grow long to explain/create/perform/show their commitment to an alternative lifestyle. In the 1970s, “skinheads” shaved their heads and allowed/admitted/claimed/said to represent the working class; and for those who felt themselves part of a multi-cultural society dreadlocks were in/with/at/onfashion. In recent years, though, men's hairstyles have been more dictated by fashion icons like the footballer David Beckham who changes his look every few months, borrowing/using/lending/operating from styles anywhere in the world. In fact, one consequence of the Beckham phenomenon is that boys spend as much time and money for/in/on/of their appearance as girls and it's not uncommon for boys to cover their hair in so much gel that it's rock solid!
II/ Rewrite the sentences, using the word given
1. She's worked very hard in the garden.
She's done .a great deal of work.. in the garden. (DEAL)
2. The launch of the new product is scheduled for the end of August.
The new product .is due to be launched at the end of August.. at the end of August. (DUE)
I. Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C and D) one best answer to complete each sentence. Identify your answer by writing the corresponding letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet.
1. Faraday attended a lecture ___________ by a famous scientist.
A. giving B. gave C. given D. to give
2. We couldn’t help___________ when he told us what had happened.
A. laugh B. to laugh C. to be laughing D. laughing
3. “___________ bad weather we are having this summer!” said the woman.
A. What a B. How C. What D. How this
4. I understand most of this, _________ there are still one or two points I would like you to clear up for me.
A. however B. but C. therefore D. so
5. Could you buy me a copy of the newspaper___________ your way to work?
A. for B. by C. along D. on
6. The car was easy to recognize so it wasn’t ___________ difficult for the police to catch the thieves.
A. much B. many C. too D. such
7. I was so tired that I ___________ asleep in the chair.
A. got B. went C. felt D. fell
8. This is Mr. White ___________ invention has helped hundreds of disabled people.
A. who B. which C. that D. whose
9. I need some help with the table. ___________ you lift the other end, please?
A. May B. Should C. Could D. Shall
10. She used to___________ her living by delivering vegetables to local hotels.
A. earn B. to earn C. earning D. earns
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III. ERROR
Choose the underlined words or phrases that are not correct in standard written English.
1. Tom had just had his hair cut. We couldn’t help laughing when see->saw him.
A B C D
2. I am not planning to go abroad. I can’t afford spending->to spend too much money.
A B C D
3. Don’t expect to learn all words in a day. Learning language is time-consumed->time-consuming work.
A B C D
4. Millions of people have visit->visited Disney World in Orlando, Florida, since it opened.
A B C D
5. Gertrude Stein, a well-known American novelist, was born in 1874 and has died->died in 1946.
A B C D
6. At summer camp last year children swam, rode horses, and were playing->played baseball.
A B C D
7. Inspiring=> inspired by her example, other zoologists have begun working with apes in the wild.
A B C D
8. This is the first time I tried ->have tried to play badminton.
A B C D
9. None of the pictures are the same. They are all very different with ->from each other.
A B C D
10. The last time we decorated the flat was 5 years ago. The flat wasn’t decorated->haven't been decorated for five years.
A B C D
Câu 11:B
Câu 12: A
Câu 13: D
Câu 14:C
Câu 15: B
Dịch
Bạn có thể tưởng tượng một thế giới mà không có từ ngữ ? Cách chính mà chúng ta giao tiếp với nhau là cách sử dụng từ. Chúng ta có thể giao tiếp bằng cách nói và nghe hoặc bằng cách viết và đọc. Với từ ngữ, chúng ta có thể cung cấp và nhận thông tin, ý tưởng, đơn đặt hàng và hướng dẫn.
Mọi người đã sử dụng văn bản để liên lạc trong khoảng 7000 năm. Ban đầu, họ đã từng vẽ những hình ảnh đơn giản để đại diện cho các vật thể, chẳng hạn như người và động vật. Sau đó, mọi người bắt đầu đặt hình ảnh lại với nhau để đại diện cho một cái gì đó khó khăn hơn, giống như một câu. Bước tiếp theo trong việc phát triển văn bản là sử dụng các biểu tượng, hoặc dấu hiệu. Những biểu tượng này thể hiện âm thanh của từ chứ không phải ý nghĩa của chúng.
Cuối cùng, bảng chữ cái từ đó tiếng Anh hiện đại được phát minh ra vào khoảng năm 1500 TCN Những người đã phát minh ra bảng chữ cái đã sử dụng một bộ ký hiệu để biểu diễn âm thanh "o". Biểu tượng này vẫn được sử dụng cho cùng một âm thanh ngày nay. Nhiều ngôn ngữ được viết bằng chữ cái của một bảng chữ cái, bao gồm tiếng Việt.