UNIT 7: THE MASS MEDIA
A. MULTIPLE CHOICES:
I/ Choose the word
whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each
group:
1/ A. chat B. drama C. fact D. back
2/ A. media B. get C. bed D. desk
3/ A. deadly B. healthy C.
dreamy D. wealthy
4/ A. hour B. height C. hell D. head
5/ A. meet B. deed C. geese D. reelect
6/ A. film B. bite C. fight D. nice
7/ A. quickly B. comedy C. pretty D. try
8/ A. football B. pool C. tool D. moon
9/ A. things B. sons C. poets D. boys
10/ A. liked B. washed C. wiped D. stayed
II/ Choose the
word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:
1/ A. partner B.
something C. classmate D. discuss
2/ A. national B.
Liverpool C. recommend D. internet
3/ A. animal B.
comedy C. importance D. different
4/ A. unknown B. wealthy C. moment D. mountain
5/ A. comment B. reading C.
healthy D. lucky
6/ A. headache B.
present C. nation D. planet
7/ A. playwright B. active C. global D. tonight
8/ A. painting B.
visit C. portrait D. enough
9/ A. canteen B. surprise C. lengthen D. nothing
10/ A. appropriate B. documentary C. entertainment D. confirmation
III/ Select the
synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ The President escaped through a secret
passage underneath the parliament building.
A.
answer B. hidden C. confidence D. basis
2/ Which channel do you recommend
to someone who likes animals?
A.
suggest B. tell C. speak D. talk
3/ Documentary is a film or a radio or
television program giving facts about something.
A.
things B. numbers C. truth D. news
4/ What types of the media are the most and
the least important to you?
A.
successful B. significant C. wonderful D. attractive
5/ Listen to the two radio news stories and
check the right column under News story 1 and News story 2.
A.
honest B. honorable C. good D. precise
6/ Television can make things more memorable
because it presents information in a more effective way.
A.
clever B. expensive C. successful D. pretty
7/ Some television programs may make people violent.
A.
rapid B. insane C. extreme D. good
8/ Television also interferes
with family life and communication.
A.
conflicts B. comes C. goes D. chats
9/ I’m afraid you’ve made a mistake.
A.
wrongness B. error C. badness D. ugliness
10/ It makes us aware of our global
responsibilities.
A.
national B. worldly C. universal D. overall
IV/ Select the
antonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence in the unit:
1/ The mass media has become one
of the main instruments of political change.
A.
less B. fewer C. tiny D. small
2/ We ought to keep these proposals secret
from the chairman for the time being.
A.
lively B. frequented C. accessible D. revealed
3/ Match the word in A with its appropriate
definition in B.
A.
indirect B. illegal C. improper D. unreal
4/ What program do you dislike
watching and why not?
A.
fancy B. think C. imagine D. want
5/ What are the differences among
types of the media?
A.
peace B. sameness C. likes D. need
6/ Heavy rain causes floods all
over the country.
A. light B.
thin C. tiny D. trivial
7/ Television can
make us passive.
A. obtrusive B. enterprising C.
energetic D. strong
8/ It is an enjoyable way to relax.
A. incorrect B. improper C.
hateful D. unpleasant
9/ We don’t have
to think so our brain becomes lazy.
A. quick B.
diligent C. hard D. good
10/ The council demolished it.
A. made B.
did C. started D. construct
V/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:
1/ They take a _______ interest in their grandchildren.
A. live B. alive C.
lively D. living
2/ We're reading a _______ book this week.
A. differ B. difference C. different D. differently
3/ She has been _______ criticized in the press.
A. heavy B. heaviness C.
heavier D. heavily
4/ Ask me again tomorrow. I'll have to give it some _______.
A. think B. thought C.
thoughtful D. thoughtless
5/ After the accident he suffered from loss of _______.
A. memory B. memorize C. memorable D. memorably
6/ Diet plays an important role in the _______ of heart disease.
A. manage B. manager C. management D.
manageable
7/ Students say it is helpful if teachers _______ their pronunciation.
A. correct B. correction C. corrective D.
correctly
8/ Officially, Robert's in charge, but in _______ Hannah runs the office.
A. practice B. practise C. practical D.
practically
9/ Many locals are _______ opposed to the development.
A. strength B. strong C. strengthen D.
strongly
10/ Keep _______ by eating well and exercising regularly.
A. health B. healthful C. healthy D.
healthily
VI/ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
1/ We can't go to Julia's party _______ we're going away that weekend.
A. because B. because of C. although D. in
spite of
2/ _______ repeated assurances that the product is safe, many people have
stopped buying it.
A. By B. Despite C.
With D. For
3/ She walked home by herself, _______ she knew that it was dangerous.
A. because B. although C. and D.
but
4/ _______ his injuries, he bears no animosity towards his attackers. A. Because of B. But for C. In spite of
D. Without
5/ I'll see you after the show and give you £20 for the tickets, or
_______ much they cost.
A. whatever B. nevertheless C. besides D. however
6/ I had a train to catch, so I was _______ the clock all through the
meeting.
A. watch B. to watch C.
watched D. watching
7/ _______ the newspaper article quickly and make a note of the main
points.
A. Scanning B. Scan C.
Scanned D. To scan
8/ If you need any help, please don't hesitate _______.
A. asking B. ask C. will ask D.
to ask
9/ I wish Dad would stop _______ in on my phone conversations.
A. listening B. listen C. listened D.
to listen
10/ Why not _______ (down) your ideas on a piece of paper before you
start?
A. writing B. write C. writes D.
to write
VII/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then
correct them:
1/ You can go to
the seven o'clock (A) show or (B) a eight – (C) whichever
suits you (D) best.
2/ (A) We
can't go (B) to Julia's party (C) because of (D) we're going
away that weekend.
3/ Could I (A) speak
to (B) whomever is (C) in charge of International Sales (D) please?
4/ I was (A) just
getting (B) into the bath (C) where the telephone (D) rang.
5/ We
knew (A) a lot of about the topic (B) already, but (C) his
talk was interesting (D) nevertheless.
6/ I was (A) merely questioning (B) weather we had the
money (C) to fund (D) such a project.
7/ (A) We'll
see you after the performance (B) also give you £50 (C) for the
tickets, or (D) however much they cost.
8/ Do they (A) play
(B) any other sports (C) beside basketball (D) and
volleyball?
9/ (A) In
addition her flat (B) in Hanoi, she has a new house (C) in Vung
Tau and a villa (D) in Ho Chi Minh city.
10/ There's not (A) much flour (B) left (C) but
you're welcome to what (D) few there is.
VIII/ Read the
following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to
complete it:
WORLD WIDE WEB
World
Wide Web (WWW), computer-based (1) _______ of information resources
that combines text and multimedia. The information on the World Wide Web can be
accessed and searched through the (2) _______, a global computer network. The
World Wide Web is often (3) _______ to simply as “the Web.”
The Web started to become
a (4) _______ resource after 1993 when the first widely distributed browser
provided a convenient way to (5) _______ a variety of information on the
Internet. The Web uses (6) _______, which means that information can be
displayed in a wide variety of formats. (7) _______ can read text, view
pictures, watch animation, listen to sounds, and even explore interactive
virtual environments on the Web. A user can (8) _______ seamlessly from a
document or Web page stored on the computer to a document or Web page (9)
_______ on another computer.
The Web offers a place
where companies, universities and (10) _______ institutions, and individuals
can display information about their products, services, facilities, or
research, or their (11) _______ lives. Only a small percentage of information
on the (12) _______ is restricted to subscribers or other authorized users. The
majority of Web pages are available to (13) _______ who can access a computer
that connects to the Internet. The Web has become a (14) _______ for many
companies selling products or services, and a forum for people to exchange
opinions and information. Museums, libraries, government agencies, and schools
post information on the Web to make it (15) _______ to others.
1/ A. system B.
source C. network D. resource
2/ A. Computer B.
Radio C. Television D. Internet
3/ A. said B.
referred C. told D. considered
4/ A. popular B.
normal C. ordinary D. favorite
5/ A. enter B.
access C. come into D. arrive at
6/ A. yahoo B.
Media Player C. information D. multimedia
7/ A. Users B.
People C. Customers D. Shop keepers
8/ A. go B.
move C. fly D. run
9/ A. placed B.
put C. installed D. stored
10/ A. another B.
others C. other D. one another
11/ A. private B.
popular C. common D. possessive
12/ A. Computer B.
Network C. System D. Web
13/ A. no one B.
everyone C. someone D. anyone
14/ A. school B.
hospital C. marketplace D. company
15/ A. good B.
available C. free D. valuable
II/ Fill each gap
with suitable words from the list below:
answerphone, per, media, living, filming, mountains,
watched, radio, listened, movie
1/ We _______ in silence
as the names of the dead were read out.
2/ There are more cafés
_______ square mile here than anywhere else in the country.
3/ _______ was halted
after the lead actor became ill.
4/ I rang several times
last week, but I kept getting his _______.
5/ Greta Garbo was one of
the great _______ stars of the 1930s.
6/ Bonner _______
helplessly as the ball sneaked in at the near post.
7/ The increase in
interest rates will raise the cost of _______.
8/ The Matterhorn is one
of the biggest _______ in Europe.
9/ The mass _______ has
become one of the main instruments of political change.
10/ I heard a good
program on the _______ last night.
IV/ Supply either
BECAUSE or BECAUSE OF as appropriate:
1/ “Why did you do it?” “_______ Carlos told
me to”.
2/ I did it _______ he told me to.
3/ The train was delayed _______ bad weather.
4/ They are here _______ us.
5/ Just _______ I don’t complain, people think
I’m satisfied.
6/ We can't go to Julia's party _______ we're
going away that weekend.
7/ Have you been away, _______ we haven't seen
you recently?
8/ He walked slowly _______ his bad leg.
9/ _______ his wife's being there, I said nothing
about it.
10/ It was not easy to deliver the letter
_______ there was no address on it.
V/ Complete the
following sentences with “for” or “since”, and the correct form of the verb in
brackets:
1/ There (be) _______ a phone message _______
you.
2/ She (be) _______ off work _______ Tuesday.
3/ I (buy) _______ something _______ the new
baby.
4/ We (live) _______ here _______ 1994.
5/ There (be) _______ a prize _______ the
fastest three runners in each category.
6/ She (worry) _______ ever _______ the letter
(arrive) _______.
7/ She (be) _______ out of the office _______
a few days next week.
8/ He (work) _______ in a bank _______ leaving
school.
9/ _______ the party she (only speak) _______
to him once.
10/ I (not play) _______ tennis _______ years.
VI/ Rewrite the
sentences using the word given in brackets:
1/ We don’t trust Lan because she behaves
badly. (because of)
→ I don’t trust
______________________________________________.
2/ Phong passed the exams with good results
because of his hard work. (because)
→ Phong passed
_____________________________________________.
3/ Mr. Nam was successful in his life although
he came from a poor family. (in spite of)
→ Mr. Nam was successful
____________________________________.
4/ Mrs. Hoa is still interested in playing
tennis in spite of her old age. (although)
→ Mrs. Hoa is still
___________________________________________.
5/ Though it was raining hard outside, they
insisted on leaving. (despite)
→ They insisted
_____________________________________________.
6/ She can’t smile because her husband died
three weeks ago. (because of)
→ She can’t
________________________________________________.
7/ Mr. Son resigned earlier than his age
because of his sickness. (because)
→ Mr. Son resigned
__________________________________________.
8/ Don’t shout at her although she is not
studious. (in spite of)
→ Don’t shout
______________________________________________.
9/ This is such an interesting storybook that
we have read it three times. (so)
→ This storybook
___________________________________________.
10/ Khoa is not old enough to join the army.
(too)
→ Khoa is
_________________________________________________.
VIII/ Read the
passage below carefully, and then select the correct option A, B, C or D:
The World Wide Web was
developed by British physicist and computer scientist Timothy Berners-Lee as a
project within the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN) in Geneva,
Switzerland. Berners-Lee combined several existing ideas into a single system
to make it easier for physicists to use data on the Internet. Most important,
he added multimedia—the ability to include graphics—to the hyperlink concept
found in a previous Internet service known as gopher. Berners-Lee had begun
working with hypertext in the early 1980s. An early prototype implementation of
the Web became operational at CERN in 1989, and the idea quickly spread to
universities in the rest of the world.
Groups at the National
Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign researched and extended Web technology. They developed the
first browser that was used at many sites, named Mosaic, in 1993. To allow the
Web to be accessed from a wide variety of computer systems, researchers built
multiple versions of Mosaic. Each version was designed to be used with a
specific operating system, the software that controls the computer. Within a
year, computer programmer Marc Andreessen had formed a commercial company, Netscape
Communications Corporation, to build and sell Web technologies.
1/
The World Wide Web was developed by .........
A. an American B. a British C.
a Canadian D. a French
2/ The scientist
who developed the World Wide Web was majoring in ..........
A. math and physics B. math and computer
C. computer and physics D. math, physics and
computer
3/ Which sentence
below is not correct?
A. Timothy Berners-Lee spoke English very
well.
B. Timothy Berners-Lee was born in Geneva,
Switzerland.
C. Timothy Berners-Lee was the first
person to develop WWW.
D. Some existing ideas were combined into
a single system by him.
4/ Which word
means “a connection that allows you to move easily between two computer
documents or two pages on the Internet”?
A. graphic B.
datum C. project D. hyperlink
5/ Which sentence
is not correct?
A. “hypertext” means “a way of joining a
word or image to another page, document, etc. on the Internet or in another
computer program so that you can move from one to the other easily”
B. Berners-Lee had begun working with
hypertext in the early 1980s.
C. An early prototype implementation of
the Web became operational at CERN in 1989.
D. The idea slowly spread to universities
in the rest of the world.
6/ Who researched
and extended Web technology?
A. Groups at the National
Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at
Urbana-Champaign
B. The European Organization for Nuclear
Research
C. Timothy Berners-Lee
D. Marc Andreessen
7/ Which sentence
is not correct?
A. Mosaic was one of the scientists who
developed WWW.
B. The first browser that was used at many
sites was developed in 1993.
C. Researchers built numerous versions of
Mosaic to allow the Web to be accessed from a wide variety of computer systems
D. Each version was designed to be used
with a particular working system.
8/ “multiple” in
the reading means ..........
A. plural B.
single C. only D. numerous
9/ Which word in
the reading means “the instructions which control what a computer does;
computer programs”?
A. version B.
software C. technology D. concept
10/ What did
“Netscape Communications Corporation” do?
A. to develop WWW
B. to use data on the Internet
C. to control the computer
D. to build and sell Web technologies
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