Work in pairs. Choose one means of communication below. Ask and answer questions about it.

1. Automatic translation function

- When: in 10 years

- Who: social network users

- How: translate comments and private messages in all languages

- Why: remove language barriers

2. Chatbot

- When: in 10 years

- Who: sellers of online shops

- How: instantly reply to customers in all languages

- Why: help sell more products to customers from other countries

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges

Jack is having trouble getting some change for the automatic vending machine, so he asks a passerby.

- Jack: "Excuse me, could I trouble you for some change?"

- The passerby: "______. Will pennies do?”

A. I know 

B. Never mind 

C. I am sure 

D. Let me see 

Listen again and complete the sentences with the correct adjectives in exercise 1.

  
1. Murray talks about special shoes that can help children and are _______ at the same time.

2. A lot of children have problems because they wear __________ shoes which are not the right size for their feet.

3. Murray says that the shoes are very simple and not __________ at all.

4. The shoes are practical and useful, but they aren't ____________.

5. The next story will be about clothes made from __________ and natural materials.

Read Ed's text message. Then write questions for answers 1-5. Use Who and How many.

Kyle told Lucy about the football match and they came with me. Kyle bought the tickets and they met me at the ground. There were 70,000 people at the match. Mesut Ozil scored two goals.

Kyle told her.

Who told Lucy about the match?

1. Kyle, Lucy and Ed went.

2. Kyle bought them.

3. Kyle and Lucy met Ed there

4. There were 70,000 people

5. He scored two.

The world's best-known inventions of the Vietnamese

The father of ATM (automatic teller machine) is Do Due Cuong, who has made 50 inventions. He was found as the student with the highest (1) ________ index in a test carried out by a Japanese group of scientists. This gave him the  (2) _________to receive a scholarship to follow the university study at Osaka University. In Japan, Mr. Cuong (3)__________ to university and took an extra job for Toshiba Company. An invention then unexpectedly brought him to the US. (4)__________Mr. Cuong was invited to the US to “use a technique to obtain one billion clients for the bank”. Mr. Cuong said his work is to popularize banking services, so as to (5) __________ the services accessible to everyone. He has invented the ATM, which is considered a breakthrough in the banking history.

1.

A. intelligent                      

B. intelligence                        

C. intelligently                       

D. intelligences

2.

A. invention                       

B. development                      

C. happiness                           

D. opportunity

3.

A. went                              

B. goes                                   

C. had gone                            

D. go

4.

A. or                                   

B. but                                     

C. and                                    

D. so

5.

A. have                                    

B. do                                      

C. make                                  

D. take

Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.

The role of translation enabling literature to pass beyond its natural frontiers is receiving growing recognition. In view of the general increase in this (30)_____, it is not surprising that many   people with literary interests and a knowledge of languages should think of adopting translating as a full-or part-time (31)_____. Some advice may usefully be given to such would-be translators.

The first difficulty the beginner will (32)_____is the unwillingness of publishers to entrust a translator to anyone who has not already (33)____a reputation for sound work. The least publishers  will (34)____ before commissioning a translator is a fairly lengthy specimen of the applicant’s work, even if unpublished. Perhaps the best way the would-be translator can begin is to select some books of the type (35)_____ he or she feels competent and eager to translate, translate a (36)_____section of   the book and then submit the book and the translation to a suitable publisher. If he or she is extremely lucky, this may result in a commission to translate the book. More probably, however, publishers   will

(37)             the book as such but if they are    favorably (38)             by the translation, they  may very possibly commission some other books of a (39)                           nature which they already have in mind.

Điền vào ô 38

A. affected            

B. convinced                  

C. taken                

D. impressed

Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.

The role of translation enabling literature to pass beyond its natural frontiers is receiving growing recognition. In view of the general increase in this (30)_____, it is not surprising that many   people with literary interests and a knowledge of languages should think of adopting translating as a full-or part-time (31)_____. Some advice may usefully be given to such would-be translators.

The first difficulty the beginner will (32)_____is the unwillingness of publishers to entrust a translator to anyone who has not already (33)____a reputation for sound work. The least publishers  will (34)____ before commissioning a translator is a fairly lengthy specimen of the applicant’s work, even if unpublished. Perhaps the best way the would-be translator can begin is to select some books of the type (35)_____ he or she feels competent and eager to translate, translate a (36)_____section of   the book and then submit the book and the translation to a suitable publisher. If he or she is extremely lucky, this may result in a commission to translate the book. More probably, however, publishers   will

(37)             the book as such but if they are    favorably (38)             by the translation, they  may very possibly commission some other books of a (39)                           nature which they already have in mind.

Điền vào ô 37

A. reject                

B. exclude            

C. disapprove                

D. object

Read the following passage, and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase for each of the blanks.

The role of translation enabling literature to pass beyond its natural frontiers is receiving growing recognition. In view of the general increase in this (30)_____, it is not surprising that many   people with literary interests and a knowledge of languages should think of adopting translating as a full-or part-time (31)_____. Some advice may usefully be given to such would-be translators.

The first difficulty the beginner will (32)_____is the unwillingness of publishers to entrust a translator to anyone who has not already (33)____a reputation for sound work. The least publishers  will (34)____ before commissioning a translator is a fairly lengthy specimen of the applicant’s work, even if unpublished. Perhaps the best way the would-be translator can begin is to select some books of the type (35)_____ he or she feels competent and eager to translate, translate a (36)_____section of   the book and then submit the book and the translation to a suitable publisher. If he or she is extremely lucky, this may result in a commission to translate the book. More probably, however, publishers   will

(37)             the book as such but if they are    favorably (38)             by the translation, they  may very possibly commission some other books of a (39)                           nature which they already have in mind.

Điền vào ô 34

A. direct               

B. instruct            

C. oblige               

D. demand