TUẦN 13 – AV9
THEME 5: THE MEDIA - LISTEN AND READ PHIẾU HỌC TẬP
I. Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
1. Before the appearance of newspaper, people got news from _______________.
A. computers B. criers C. magazines D. television 2. “Muc Tim” is one of the most ____________ magazines for teenagers.
A. costly B. comfortable C. dangerous D. popular 3. Remote controls are used to ________________ with television.
A. invent B. develop C. interact D. respond 4. TV ___________ can enjoy interesting programs by choosing the right channels.
A. lookers B. watchers C. viewers D. seers 5. Nobody can deny the _____________ of the Internet in our life.
A. channels B. benefits C. controls D. purposes 6. We can communicate ________________ our friends by means of email.
A. at B. to C. for D. with
7. People used to get the news ____________ town criers.
A. on B. for C. to D. in
8. Town criers shouted the latest news ______________ they were walking through city streets.
A. as B. because C. so D. since
9. The ___________ tell us that what is happening in our city, in our country, and in the world.
A. advertisement B. communication C. media D. forecasts 10. Remote controls are used to __________ with TV sets.
A. interact B. interaction C. interactive D. interactively 11. You should watch the news every day. It’s very ______________.
A. informative B. costly C. time-consuming D. boring
12. Through television, ____________ can see and learn about people, places, and things in faraway places.
A. TV seers B. home viewers C. audience D. TV lookers
II. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage.
There has been a revolution in the world of newspapers. Not many years (1) _newspapers were still being produced using techniques unchanged for (2) _______________ hundred years.
The journalists gave their stories to a typist, who prepared them for an editor, who passed them on (3) ________________ the printer. The printer, who was a (4) _______________ skilled man, set up the type. (5) _______________ was then collected to make the pages. When the pages were complete, the printing machines could be (6) ________________.
Nowadays, what (7) ________________? The journalists type their stories into a computer. The (8) ________________ checks their spelling, plans the page, shapes the articles. When the pages are ready, another computer many control the printing.
(9) _______________ can be no doubt about it, producing a newspaper is an entirely different (10) ________________ now.
1. A. before B. after C. ago D. yet
2. A. a B. some C. an D. over
3. A. to B. by C. through D. with
4. A. hardly B. mostly C. partly D. very
5. A. They B. Which C. This D. All
6. A. switched B. started C. stopped D. moved
7. A. gives B. occurs C. goes D. happens
8. A. computers B. editor C. typist D. printer
9. A. It B. There C. You D. We
10. A. skill B. work C. management D. business
III. Give the correct form of the words in brackets:
1. Watching TV has become one of the most popular form of ______________ (entertain)
2. Computers are becoming ____popular. They make everything faster and more reliable. (increase) 3. A website is a place where you can create and read ___________on the Internet (inform)
4. Although that laptop is _________________________, I will buy it (cost)
5. He was a town ___________. He had to stand in markets and public spaces, shouting the news to the residents of the town (cry)
6. Bill Gates, the _________of the computer software, was born in Seattle in 1955. (invent) 7. There’s a lot of crime and ____________on TV today. The programs are terrible! (violent) 8. They showed a _______________________ on animal communication (document)
9. The Internet is one of the most important ________________________________ of our life. (invent) 10. Everyone has their _________________ which are hardly recognized by themselves. (limit)
11. Their ____________________________________ is always good. (communicate) 12. She is a ________________________________ girl. (communicate)
13. The Internet is a very useful means of _______________________________________(communicate) 14. ________________________________ TV is available now. (Interact)
15. The _________________________between this computer and the others is good. (interact) 16. The ___________________________________ of TV is always fast. (develop)
17. I have always been regarded as a __________________________________by the local folk. (foreign) 18. __________________are able to asked questions about a show by using their remote control. (View) 19. Teachers must keep a record of the students’_______________________________________(attend) 20. Their music still enjoys widespread______________________________ among teenagers (popular)
