TECHNOL O GY
I. PHONETICS
A. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part.
1. A. food B. book C. look D. cook
2. A. computer B. beauty C. supreme D. refuse
3. A. put B. foot C. should D. commu nicate
4. A. house B. would C. proud D. cloud
5. A. would B. could C. wound D. should
6. A. confuse B. volume C. tune D. prudence
7. A. remote B. control C. connect D. personal
8. A. food B. foot C. school D. afternoon
9. A. put B. full C. June D. pull
10. A. cartoon B. poor C. door D. floor
B. Choose the word with the different stress pattern.
11. A. technology B. magazine C. computer D. mysterious
12. A. machine B. device C. system D. memorial
13. A. beautiful B. interesting C. wonderful D. development
14. A. display B. message C. amount D. another
15. A. inform B. company C. distance D. system
16. A. collectionB. magazine C. electronic D. entertain
17. A. software B. hardware C. magic D. machine
18. A. mysterious B. computer C. appropriate D. capable
19. A. daily B. receive C. almost D. scenic
20. A. receive B. divide C. listen D. control
II. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE
 Choose one word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
21. By the end of this month, we __________ the training course.
A. have finished B. will have finished C. would have finished D. will have been finishing
22. What makes a computer such a ____________ device?
A. miracle B. miraculous C. miraculously D. wonder
23. Computers are capable ____________ doing almost anything you ask.

A. to go out B. going out C. went out D. to going out
38. I’d like to live in a country _____________ there is plenty of snow in winter.
A. where B. in which C. which D. both A&B
39. Nobody has _______________ done this before.
A. never B. any C. ever D. not
40. I know ____________ how she felt.
A. exactly B. exact C. exactness D. exacting
41. I felt quite ______________ with my day’s work.
A. satisfy B. satisfied C. satisfaction D. satisfactory
42. The alarm goes off at 5.30.
A. knocks B. strikes C. strings D. rings
43. I haven’t met him since he _______________ school.
A. was leaving B. had left C. left D. was left
44. We are contented with what we do.
A. satisfied with B. interested in C. excited about D. keen on
45. She is seldom late _______________ class.
A. to B. for C. in D. at
46. I haven’t decided _______________ to go for my holiday.
A. who B. which C. what D. where
47. Alice suggested ______________ to the zoo.
A. to go B. going C. not to go D. went
48. Have you decided where ____________ for your holidays?
A. to go B. go C. going D. gone
49. This room needs ______________.
A. repair B. to be repaired C. repairing D. B and C
50. Tom usually goes out for dinner with his friends ______________ Saturday nights.
A. at B. for C. on D. in
III. ERROR IDENTIFICATION: identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect.
51. I haven’t met him since a long time.
A B C D

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2. Read the passage and make the correct choice.
With increasing development and use of commuter technology, there is a new disease to worry about.
Computer “viruses” program designed to sabotage computers, are infecting computers in corporation
homes and universities. These viruses spread exponentially, much like biological contagion, and then
disrupt the affected systems. This virus secretly attaches itself to alter files. The damage is generally
activated by using the computer’s clock. Then, any program executed may be exposed to the virus
including program spread through telephone connections. Because of the increasing incidents of virus
infiltration, businesses and agencies are becoming wary of sharing software. Security policies need to
be increased as immunity programs are being developed.
♣ 1. sabotage (n) sự phá hoại 5. executed (v) thực hiện, thi hành
2. corporation (n) liên đoàn, hiệp hội 6 infiltration (n) sự xâm nhập
3. contagion (n) sự lây nhiễm 7. immunity (n) sự miễn dịch
4. disrupt (v) phá hỏng 8. incidents (n) sự bất ngờ xảy ra

66. Which of the following is the best title of the passage?
A. Be aware B. Stop the clock. C. Deleting files. D. Sharing software.
67. The people most interested in reading this passage probably would be
A. medical personnel B. computer users. C. government workers. D. health researchers.
68. It is inferred that a company can best protect itself from the virus by
A. keeping clean. B. spreading program by telephone.
C. setting the clock correctly. D. not using shared software.
69. The virus is
A. a program. B. an insect. C. a disk. D. a microbe
70. If the virus infects a computer, the result would probably be
A. sick personnel. B. lost information. C. a broken computer. D. dead telephone
V. WRITING
71. I walked to work.
 I used to walk to work.
72. Laura often played with dolls when she was a little girl.

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