Part 2. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure. Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially – exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just ‘goofing off’. But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect. In ‘the old days’, the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today’s highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security. Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use. This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful – and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it – then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us. 1. According to the first three paragraphs, technological tools that were designed to make our lives easier______. A. have brought us complete happiness B. have fully met our expectations C. have not interfered with our privacy D. have turned out to do us more harm than good 2. Which of the following is NOT true about technological tools, according to new surveys? A. They make our life more stressful. B. They bring more leisure to our life. C. They are used even during vacations. D. They are being increasingly used. 3. Which of the following is true, according to the passage? A. People have more opportunities to get access to technological applications. B. Employees were supposed to make technology do what they expected. C. People now enjoy greater freedom thanks to the technological boom. D. Students used to have to study more about technological advances. 4. The word “inconceivable” in the passage is closest in meaning to”______”. A. unforgettable B. unimaginable C. predictable D. foreseeable 5. With the phrase “at a predictable time”, the author implies that______. A. people had to predict the time they were allowed to leave offices B. people wanted to be completely disconnected from their work C. people were unable to foresee their working hours D. people used to have more time and privacy after work 6. It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that______. A. it is compulsory that employees go to the office, even on days off B. employees have more freedom to decide what time they start and finish work C. employers are more demanding and have efficient means to monitor employees D. life is more relaxing with cell phones and other technological devices 7. The word “They” in the fourth paragraph refers to______. A. employers B. employees C. workers D. tasks 8. Which of the following could be the main idea of the fifth paragraph? A. New technological applications are wise entertainment choices of our modern time. B. The coming of new technological advances has spoiled family and social relationships. C. New technological advances have added more stress to daily life. D. New technological advances have reduced work performance. 9. This passage has probably been taken from______. A. a science review B. a political journal C. an advertisement D. a fashion magazine 10. Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? A. Expectations and Plain Reality B. Benefits of Technology C. Research on the Roles of Computers D. Changes at the Workplace Part 3. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. All languages change over a period of time, for reasons which are imperfectly understood. The speech is really so integral (1) _____ form of human activity that it cannot be regarded as an entity in itself. For this reason, it is more exact to say that (2) ____ generation behave linguistically in a slightly different manner from (3) _____ predecessors. Young people are impatient of (4) _____ they often consider to be the stilted vocabulary and pronunciation of their elders, and like to show (5)_____ up-to-date they are by using the latest slang. (6) ________, as the years go by, some of that slang becomes standard usage. In any case, people slowly grow far (7) _____ receptive to linguistic novelties. So that by the time they reach their forties, they decry the slovenly speech of the younger generation. In this respect, language is a little (8) ______ fashion in dress. The informal clothes of one generation become the everyday wear of the next. Similarly, just as many young doctors and office workers (9) ______out their duties in casual clothes, so expressions which were once confined to slang and familiar conversation are assimilated (10) ______ their normal vocabulary. SECTION 5. WRITING Part 1. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it. 1. It was an impressive building but it wasn’t to my taste. - Impressive _________________________________________________________ 2. Vitamin intake and intelligence are not connected.  There _____________________________________________________________ 3. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child. → Only when _________________________________________________________ 4. Only an unforeseen problem can stop the scheme now. Nothing_______________________________________________________________ 5. His efforts to find a solution to the problem didn’t deserve such savage criticism. He shouldn’t___________________________________________________________ Part 2. Complete the second sentence, using the word given in bold. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. 1. Have you decided to enter the poster competition? GO _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Hal found something unexpected when he cleared out the attic. DISCOVERY _____________________________________________________________________ 3. She is proud of being able to communicate in English effectively PRIDES _____________________________________________________________________ 4. My father is not feeling well these days. WEATHER _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Sean did all the illustrations for the book but no one acknowledged his work. CREDIT Sean wasn’t _______________________________________________________________ giải

Question

Part 2. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are working longer hours, taking fewer and shorter vacations (and when we do go away, we take our cell phones, PDAs, and laptops along). And, we are more stressed than ever as increased use of e-mail, voice mail, cell phones, and the Internet is destroying any idea of privacy and leisure. Since the Industrial Revolution, people have assumed that new labor-saving devices would free them from the burdens of the workplace and give them more time to grow intellectually, creatively, and socially – exploring the arts, keeping up with current events, spending more time with friends and family, and even just ‘goofing off’. But here we are at the start of the 21st century, enjoying one of the greatest technological boom times in human history, and nothing could be further from the truth. The very tools that were supposed to liberate us have bound us to our work and study in ways that were inconceivable just a few years ago. It would seem that technology almost never does what we expect. In ‘the old days’, the lines between work and leisure time were markedly clearer. People left their offices at a predictable time, were often completely disconnected from and out of touch with their jobs as they traveled to and from work, and were off-duty once they were home. That is no longer true. In today’s highly competitive job market, employers demand increased productivity, expecting workers to put in longer hours and to keep in touch almost constantly via fax, cell phones, e-mail, or other communications devices. As a result, employees feel the need to check in on what is going on at the office, even on days off. They feel pressured to work after hours just to catch up on everything they have to do. Workers work harder and longer, change their work tasks more frequently, and have more and more reasons to worry about job security. Bosses, colleagues, family members, lovers, and friends expect instant responses to voice mail and e-mail messages. Even college students have become bound to their desks by an environment in which faculty, friends, and other members of the college community increasingly do their work online. Studies of time spent on instant messaging services would probably show staggering use. This is not what technology was supposed to be doing for us. New technologies, from genetic research to the Internet, offer all sorts of benefits and opportunities. But, when new tools make life more difficult and stressful rather than easier and more meaningful – and we are, as a society, barely conscious of it – then something has gone seriously awry, both with our expectations for technology and our understanding of how it should benefit us. 1. According to the first three paragraphs, technological tools that were designed to make our lives easier______. A. have brought us complete happiness B. have fully met our expectations C. have not interfered with our privacy D. have turned out to do us more harm than good 2. Which of the following is NOT true about technological tools, according to new surveys? A. They make our life more stressful. B. They bring more leisure to our life. C. They are used even during vacations. D. They are being increasingly used. 3. Which of the following is true, according to the passage? A. People have more opportunities to get access to technological applications. B. Employees were supposed to make technology do what they expected. C. People now enjoy greater freedom thanks to the technological boom. D. Students used to have to study more about technological advances. 4. The word “inconceivable” in the passage is closest in meaning to”______”. A. unforgettable B. unimaginable C. predictable D. foreseeable 5. With the phrase “at a predictable time”, the author implies that______. A. people had to predict the time they were allowed to leave offices B. people wanted to be completely disconnected from their work C. people were unable to foresee their working hours D. people used to have more time and privacy after work 6. It can be inferred from the fourth paragraph that______. A. it is compulsory that employees go to the office, even on days off B. employees have more freedom to decide what time they start and finish work C. employers are more demanding and have efficient means to monitor employees D. life is more relaxing with cell phones and other technological devices 7. The word “They” in the fourth paragraph refers to______. A. employers B. employees C. workers D. tasks 8. Which of the following could be the main idea of the fifth paragraph? A. New technological applications are wise entertainment choices of our modern time. B. The coming of new technological advances has spoiled family and social relationships. C. New technological advances have added more stress to daily life. D. New technological advances have reduced work performance. 9. This passage has probably been taken from______. A. a science review B. a political journal C. an advertisement D. a fashion magazine 10. Which of the following could best serve as the title of the passage? A. Expectations and Plain Reality B. Benefits of Technology C. Research on the Roles of Computers D. Changes at the Workplace Part 3. Fill in each numbered blank with ONE suitable word. Write your answers in the space provided. All languages change over a period of time, for reasons which are imperfectly understood. The speech is really so integral (1) _____ form of human activity that it cannot be regarded as an entity in itself. For this reason, it is more exact to say that (2) ____ generation behave linguistically in a slightly different manner from (3) _____ predecessors. Young people are impatient of (4) _____ they often consider to be the stilted vocabulary and pronunciation of their elders, and like to show (5)_____ up-to-date they are by using the latest slang. (6) ________, as the years go by, some of that slang becomes standard usage. In any case, people slowly grow far (7) _____ receptive to linguistic novelties. So that by the time they reach their forties, they decry the slovenly speech of the younger generation. In this respect, language is a little (8) ______ fashion in dress. The informal clothes of one generation become the everyday wear of the next. Similarly, just as many young doctors and office workers (9) ______out their duties in casual clothes, so expressions which were once confined to slang and familiar conversation are assimilated (10) ______ their normal vocabulary. SECTION 5. WRITING Part 1. Finish the second sentence in each pair in such a way that it means the same as the sentence before it. 1. It was an impressive building but it wasn’t to my taste. -> Impressive _________________________________________________________ 2. Vitamin intake and intelligence are not connected.  There _____________________________________________________________ 3. Alice and Charles did not decide to move to a bigger house until after the birth of their second child. → Only when _________________________________________________________ 4. Only an unforeseen problem can stop the scheme now. Nothing_______________________________________________________________ 5. His efforts to find a solution to the problem didn’t deserve such savage criticism. He shouldn’t___________________________________________________________ Part 2. Complete the second sentence, using the word given in bold. Do not change the word given. You must use between two and five words, including the word given. 1. Have you decided to enter the poster competition? GO _____________________________________________________________________ 2. Hal found something unexpected when he cleared out the attic. DISCOVERY _____________________________________________________________________ 3. She is proud of being able to communicate in English effectively PRIDES _____________________________________________________________________ 4. My father is not feeling well these days. WEATHER _____________________________________________________________________ 5. Sean did all the illustrations for the book but no one acknowledged his work. CREDIT Sean wasn’t _______________________________________________________________ giải

Accepted Answer

Here are the answers to the questions:

1. D. have turned out to do us more harm than good
2. B. They bring more leisure to our life.
3. A. People have more opportunities to get access to technological applications.
4. B. unimaginable
5. D. people used to have more time and privacy after work
6. C. employers are more demanding and have efficient means to monitor employees
7. B. employees
8. C. New technological advances have added more stress to daily life.
9. B. a political journal
10. A. Expectations and Plain Reality

Here are the answers:

1. a
2. Each
3. their
4. what
5. how
6. Meanwhile
7. less
8. like
9. carry
10. into

1. Impressive as the building was, it wasn’t to my taste.
2. There is no connection between vitamin intake and intelligence.
3. Only when their second child was born did Alice and Charles decide to move to a bigger house.
4. Nothing but an unforeseen problem can stop the scheme now.
5. He shouldn’t have been subjected to such savage criticism for his efforts to find a solution to the problem.

1. Have you decided to enter the poster competition? Will you go with it?
   or Will you go for it?
   or Should you go ahead?

2. Hal found something unexpected when he cleared out the attic. This discovery was amazing.
   or That was a discovery.
   or The discovery was amazing.

3. She is proud of being able to communicate in English effectively. It prides her heart.
   or She prides herself greatly.
   or What prides her most.

4. My father is not feeling well these days. Bad weather is coming.
   or The weather doesn&#x27;t suit him.
   or The bad weather continues.

5. Sean did all the illustrations for the book but no one acknowledged his work. CREDIT Sean wasn’t given any.
   or  Sean wasn’t given credit.
   or Sean wasn&#x27;t credited anywhere.

Part 2. Read the following passage and choose the best answer to each question. New surveys suggest that the technological tools we use to make our lives easier are killing our leisure time. We are wor...