Read the passage and choose the best option (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
Probably the most famous film commenting on the twentieth-century technology is Modern Times, made in 1936. Charlie Chaplin was motivated to make the film by a reporter who, while interviewing him, happened to describe working conditions in industrial Detroit. Chaplin was told that healthy young farm boys were lured to the city to work on automotive assembly lines. Within four or five years these young men’s health was destroyed by the stress of work in the factories.
Scenes of factory interiors account for less than one-third of the footage of Modern Times, but they contain some of the film’s most pointed social commentary as well as its funniest comic situation. No one who has seen the film can ever forget Chaplin vainly trying to keep pace with the fast-moving conveyor belt, almost losing his mind in the process.
Clearly, Modern Times has its faults, but it remains the best film treating technology within a social context. It does not offer a radical social message, but it accurately reflects the sentiments of many who felt they were helpless victims of an over-mechanized world.
The author’s main purpose of writing the passage is to________________________ .
A. criticize the factory system in the 1930s
B. describe an important film
C. explain Chaplin’s style of acting
A. chỉ trích hệ thống nhà máy vào những năm 1930
B. mô tả một bộ phim quan trọng
C. giải thích phong cách diễn xuất của Chaplin
D. thảo luận về cách phim tiết lộ những lợi ích của công nghệ
Chọn B
In case you're suffered from the injury, you _____ see the doctor today.
Find the mistake and correct
Soon after becoming a member, Viet Nam signed the Treaty on the Southeast Asian Nuclear-Weapon-Free Zone and being one of the founding members of the ASEAN Regional Forum.
A recent issue of a language learning magazine has consulted a number of experts in the (1) ........ of second language acquisition. Their advice may prove invaluable for those (2) ........ a language course. One suggestion is that you assess whether you are likely to be successful at learning a language. Did you enjoy studying languages at school, for example? Do you have enough time to learn a language? The major cost will be your own time and effort. If proof of your level of proficiency is important you must make sure that the course on offer leads to a (3) ........ qualification. Also, be realistic in your goals. If you don't set achievable aims you are more likely to give up. Do not be deceived (4) ........... thinking that the most expensive courses are the best. (5) ........... around to get the best possible value for money. You should also bear in mind that the quicker you learn a language the more quickly you forget it. Sandra Miller, a French teacher, tried to teach herself German by enrolling on a (6) .......... course. Already fluent in four languages and with a sound knowledge of teaching methodology her chances of making progress were high. Three years (7) ........ she remembers very little. She feels her biggest mistake was not to follow (8) ............ her first experience. "I should have consolidated what I'd learn by continuing to study, even if it were by myself."
The child was .................... by a lorry on the safety crossing in the main street.
It takes a great deal of ______ for the class to make a trip abroad.
We’ve divided the group report into three parts and you're ___ for the conclusion one
Read the passage and write T (True) or F (False)
Television is one of man’s most important means of communication. It brings pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President compose a speech or visit a foreign country. He can see a war being fought and watch statesmen try to bring about peace. Through television, home viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in faraway lands. TV even takes its viewers out of this world. It brings them coverage of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space.
In addition to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are designed to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more entertainment programs than any other kind. The programs include action-packed dramas, light comedies, sporting events, and motion pictures.
Television brings pictures and sounds from around the world into all homes.
The most people need healthy eating and enough exercise every day.
If you want (A) some useful advice (B), you have better (C) talk to your parents about (D) your problem.
Martin Luther King devoted his life to the ______ of voting right for black people.