Read the following passageand mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

Read the following passageand mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. 

When you hear how I learned a foreign language, you have to remember a few things. In 1993, when I started learning English, no one had heard of the Internet. I wasn’t able to read websites on topics that I found interesting or follow blogs. And I have no idea how I decided which movies to see without my favourite movie review website.  

My reading practice was limited. All I had were a few books on sale locally. For listening practice, I only had the news and cartoons on cable TV. People bought and rented videos but in Poland there was no spoken English on them. The only way to hear that was to visit the movies.  

My dictionaries were all in book form until I received my first PC dictionary. It came on at least six disks and had unhelpful explanations and few example sentences. It doesn’t sound very useful but I loved it because of its ability to work with other programs and find English words more quickly. Today, computerized dictionaries have simple explanations and lots of examples. Now I can spend hours on the web, reading about my favourite topics, downloading up-to-date movies, emailing English-speaking friends and posting comments on forums.   

23. The writer says he doesn’t know ____________________.  

A.where he bought English book online from  B.which topics he found interesting 

C.when he first heard about the internet D.how he used to choose films to watch 

24. The writer liked his first computer dictionary because it ____________________. 

A.came with other computer programs  B.was better than today’s dictionaries 

C.found information at a faster speed D.gave you useful example sentences  

 25. To watch films in English, Polish people in the 1990s had to ____________________.  

A.have cable television   B.rent films on videotape    C.watch TV for children      D.go to the cinema 

26.What is the writer trying to do in the text? ____________________.  

A.Complain about the use of technology in language learning.  

B.Explain how language learning materials have changed.  

C.Encourage people to start learning in a foreign language.  

D.Compare two different ways of teaching a language.  

27.The word “up-to-date” means ____________________. 

A.latest B.longest C.oldest D.daily  

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits blanks (26). 

Many books, newspapers, airports and air-traffic control, technology, sports, pop music and advertising have English as the (28) ______ language. In general, the universal language on the Internet is English. The majority of the electronically stored information around the world is in English. You can travel to any English-speaking country without the need of having a (29)______. Usually, if you don’t know the language your trip would be hard and maybe you wouldn’t enjoy it. Nowadays in the competitive job market, it is necessary to speak English. So (30)______ you learn English, you will have a better chance of getting a job that pays more. English is also helpful when you go to a different country because it is a global language. A lot of educational information is in English; therefore, to have access to this material or maybe communicate with (31)_______students, it is necessary to have knowledge of English. It is necessary to learn English if you are (32)______to study at a foreign university or school. Usually many educational institutions will provide you preparatory courses to improve your English language skills, but you have to have at least a medium level of knowledge. 

28. A.enough B.most C.other D.only 

29. A.unless B.however C.if D.although 

30.A.major B.regional C.unofficial D.local 

31 A.dreaming B.planning C.thinking D.object. 

32. A.translator B.businessman C.writer D.specialist