- I. Read the text and answer the questions choosing the right answer.
- Can dogs see television? We often think they can. But
- animals do not see as much as we do.They don’t see the
- many colours that we see, for they are colour-blind.
- You can see a brown rabbit in a green field. Your dog
- cannot. All he sees is in grey. When the rabbit moves, your
- dog sees it as a moving grey thing in a big grey world.
- On television he sees moving grey shadows but cannot
- Understand what he sees, or what the shadows stand for.
- But your dog has a good sense of smell and hearing, and he
- can tell by the smells from your body and the sounds you
- make if you are happy or angry. When you get excited by
- the pictures you see on television your dog smells and hears
- this, and he too may get excited. When this happens you
- may think it is the picture on television which is making
- him excited but this is not really so.
- According to paragraph 1, lines 1-3 animals
a) are blind
b) don’t see any colours
c) don’t differentiate colours
d) can see many colours
- According to paragraph 2, lines 4-6
a) can see the brown rabbit in grey
b) can’t see the brown rabbit
c) can’t see the rabbit in a green field
d) can see the rabbit onle when it moves
- The word shadow in line 7 means
a) something of dark shape
b) something invisible
c) something movable
d) something that stands still
- Which of the statements is true?
a) Your dog gets excited by the pictures he sees on TV.
b) Your dog gets excited by the sounds he hears on TV.
c) Your dog can smell and hear the pictures on TV.
d) Your dog smells you are excited and and he may get excited too.
- The text is mainly about
a) the meaning of colours
b) the dog’s perception of colours
c) the pictures on TV
d) rabbits
II. Read and decide if the speakers like or don’t like computers and express your opinion.
1.On my computer, I can play games with my friends at home and I can play chess with my cousin in America. I can check the football results and listen to a CD at the same time. Oh, and I can do my homework, if I have time!
2.What can a computer do? It can write letters. A typewriter can write letters. A typewriter is cheaper.
3.I can’t imagine life without my computer. I can access information from all over the world on the Internet.
4.Computers are expensive toys.
5.A computer is just a typewriter with a memory. I have got a typewriter and I have got a memory!
6.A computer is essential for students. You can study alone and you can get information.
7.If you can use a computer, you can get a job.
8.Why are the instructions on my computer in English? Why aren’t they in my language? I get angry when I use a computer.
III. Think about your last English lesson and answer these questions.
1.When was it? Yesterday? Two days ago?
2.What was the lesson about?
3.Was the teacher in a good mood?
4.Who was absent?
5.Who sat next to you?
6.What did you learn?
7. Would you like to change anything in the lesson?
IV. Match the words (1-6) with the definitions (a-f).
1.update a. to fill in a form with your personal information
2.virtual world b.to perform actions to let you use a computer
3.computer skills c.the ability to use a computer
4.register d.to add the most recent information to something
5.log on e. a world on the Internet or on a computer
6.upload f. To move something from a small computer to a
computer network
V. Put questions.
- He discusses a lot of questions. (Special)
- The students are revising the words now.(special)
- He is translating an article now.(alternative)
- You live a long way from the office.(general)
- They often go there by bus.(alternative)
- VI. Choose the right verb form.
Mr. and Mrs. Smith (1)——- to visit some friends who lived forty miles away. James drove the coach. By the end of the day we (2)—– thirty miles. There (3)—-some long heavy hills but James (4)—– so carefully that Ginger and I (5)—– troubled at all.
1. a) decide b) have decided c) would decide d) decided
2. a) had travelled b)travelled c) will have travelled d) were travelling
3. a) are b) was c) were d) has been
4. a) was driving b) were driving c) had driven d) would drive
5. a) was not b) were not c) have not been d)are not
The summer school (6)—– to be as good as I (7)—–, and my English (8)—- enormously. Maria and I had a great time while we (9)—– there, and made lots of new friends from all over the world .She was the last person I (10)—– to see.
6. a) will turn out b) would turn out c) has turned out d) turned out
7. a) hope b) had hoped c) have hoped d) was hoping
8. a) improved b) is improving c)will improve d) has improved
9. a) are b) will be c) were d) have been
10. a) expected b) will expect c) have expected d) was expecting
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