What do you think of when you read the word ‘robot’? Many people think about big machines in car factories or futuristic monsters in films. Few of us think about the past. But people were building incredible machines with human abilities hundreds of years ago!

            For example, Egyptian texts from 1100 BC mention moving statues which ‘chose’ the next king. None of these statues exists, but probably they were built using the ancient Egyptians’ mechanical technology. Another ancient Greek inventor, Philon of Byzantium, built a female robot. If someone placed a cup in her hand, it mixed water and wine to make a drink. However, the robot wasn’t popular because people didn’t need robots to work. They had lots of slaves.

            After that, more and more mechanical robots were built. They did more and more difficult tasks, such as playing the flute, writing and drawing a picture. Although modern technology has moved on, these historical robots still amaze people today.

1. Were people building robots hundreds years ago?

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2. Whose robots chose the next king- Egyptian robots or Greek ones?

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3. Why wasn’t the female robot popular?

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4. What kind of musical instrument could mechanical robots play?

1. Such success has not been achieved by many players in the world of ice hockey. (FEW)

Only ______________________________________ such success in the world of ice hockey.

2. There is a very good chance that Kate will be accepted by Nottingham University. (LIKELIHOOD)

In _____________________________________________________________ Nottingham University.

3. Certain resources can be scarce in some countries. (FAR)

Certain resources are ___________________________________________________in some countries.

4. Scientists were baffled by her ability to go without sleep for days. (LOSS)

Scientists were ________________________________ explain her ability to go without sleep for days.

5. The source of the funding didn't matter to the citizens, as long as the road was repaired. (FROM)

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37. One you have finish reading, you can go on with your work.
A: continue doing
B: continue to do
C: keep do
D: keep to do
38. The doctor wanted to examine the test results with her patient.
A: go over
B: up
C: go on
D: go out
39. The local meeting is on this weekend. Please put it down in your diary.
A: make a note
B: made a note
C: have made a note
D: to make a note
40. You don't need the light on in here. Press the switch, please!
A: turn on
B: turn down
C: turn off
D: turn up
41. My grandfather has recovered form the illness.
A: get over
B: got over
C: to get over
D: getting over
42. She spent her chilhood in a small village in the south.
A: grew up
B: grow up
C: grown up
D: to grow up
43. We are really expecting to see you again pleasure.
A: looking forward to
B: look up
C: look for
D: look after

Mark letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase to complete each of the sentences.

They went to the bus station to _____ the time of the next bus to York.

A. look after            B. look out          C. look up            D. look for

III: Sắp xếp các từ đã cho thành câu hoàn chỉnh.

1. museum / me / the / it’s / to / interesting / go / to / for.

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2. dangerous / play / It’s / for / to / children / knife / with.

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3. sure / he / my / stolen / I / that / am / has / bike.

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IV: Viết lại câu sao cho nghĩa không thay đổi.

1. Learning English is no difficult for me.

→ It is_____________________________________________________________________________

2. Jim was very confident when he said that he was the best.

→ Jim was very confident to____________________________________________________________

3. Peter received a letter from his foreign friend yesterday. He was very happy about it.

→ Peter was very happy to_____________________________________________________________

4. I can’t come to your party this weekend. I’m afraid.

→ I am afraid_______________________________________________________________________

5. Doing gardening is not as easy as it looks.

→ It is not__________________________________________________________________________

6. I had no difficulty in making the last decision.

→ It was not ________________________________________________________________________

7. I think Peter is very happy. He has won a lottery.

→ I think Peter is very happy that________________________________________________________

8. You were so lucky. You ran into a famous singer

→ You were so lucky to_______________________________________________________________

Exercise 3: Fill in the blank with relative pronouns 

1. The person ….........you want to see has just gone away.

2. The girl ......… was here yesterday has gone to Paris.

3. The flowers .........… you bought yesterday are still fresh.

4. The cat …...... tail is long doesn’t belong to me.

5. She is the most honest friend …...... I‘ve ever had.

6. The girl …....... mother I was talking to has left the room.

7. All the people …...... I met yesterday, dislike him.

8. What is that music .......… you are listening to?

9. He sees men, women, cats, dogs, and cars........… move round and round.

10. The doctor .........… she visited is very famous.

11. That’s the village …....... I used to live.                  

12. That’s the day …...... you came to visit me.

13. That’s the place…........ the car turned over.

14. Are those the reason …......... you went abroad?

15. Tell me the reasons ..........… he told you yesterday

New Year is usually the best time of the year in many coutries. And it involves different traditions in different countries. Scottish people have some very interesting ones. For example, it is important that you clean your house before midnight and pay all your debts before the old year is over.

For Korean people, New Year’s Eve is the night when noone sleeps. In the past people believed that if you sleep that night, your eyebrows will turn white. And to make sure this doesn’t happen, people leave the lights on every room of the house. Mexican people, on the other hand, place twelve grapes in everyone’s plate in that day. Then they eat them in the twelve seconds before midnight. Each grape comes with a wish for a month of the year.

1. In many coutries, people celebrate New Year…………..

A. traditionally B. happily C. importantly D. quietly

2. The word ones refers to………..

A. countries B. Scottish people C. Korean people D. traditions

3. Scottish people like to……………before the New Year comes.

A. sleep B. pay all debts C. clean the doors D. leave the lights on

4. Korean people…………. on the New Year’s Eve’s night.

A. don’t like to sleep B. can’t sleep C. don’t sleep D. mustn’t sleep

5. In the past people leave the lights on every room of the house to make sure that……….

A. their eyebrows will turn white B. the New Year comes C. they are still in the house D. New Year’s Eve comes

6. For Mexican people each grape symbolizes……………….

A. twelve seconds B. a month of the year C. a wish for a month of the year D. twelve wishes

We ' re having a very heavy  winter. The temperature often falls to zero.        ...... hard ..........

    Today it is cold and there ' s a lot of wind. You expect bad weather      

    in winter. You expect to cold when you go out. Even so, I really enjoy         1. .........................

    winter weather and  I don ' t mind if it dark early.                                             2. .........................

2.  What I enjoy most on TV is the news. You can see actual events as

    they occur. You can see famous people being interview and giving their      3.  ........................

    opinions on world events. I enjoy to read daily newspapers as well.              4.  ........................

    There are not only plenty of news but interesting story about                         5. .........................

    ordinary people as well. Life would be boring without all the

    entertainments and information you get in newspapers and on TV.

3. I had a bad accident the other day. I was carrying a tray across the garden

    when a bee sting me on the nose. I dropped the tray on the grass but             6. .........................

    by luck nothing was broken. I had such a shock, I bumped into a table          7. .........................

    and ended up with a headache as well as a sting !

4. Every morning when I wake up, I have a bathe before getting dressed.         8. .........................

    Sometime I have a shower instead, but if I ' ve got up late, I just have            9. .........................

    time for a wash. I like to wash my hairs every day as well. Washing                        10. .......................

    frequently and keeping clean is one of the pleasures of life.

Hue, ________________________, attracts thousands of tourists every year.

A. which was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1993.

C. where was recognized by UNESCO as a World Heritage Site in 1993.

33. What a pity they close the shops at lunch time.

I wish ____________________________________