Read the following passage and choose the word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 19 to 22----- Nội dung dịch tự động từ ảnh ----- Questions 19 - 22: Read the following passage and choose the word that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 19 to 22. Modern technology is changing and improving all the time. Every month, scientists invent new gadgets and (19) to help us with our daily lives and discover ways to make existing technology faster and better. Our homes are full of hardware (such as DVD players and computers) and software (such as computer games and MP3). Research suggests, (20) that it's young people who are best able to deal with this change. Whereas teenagers have no problem operating a DVD player, their mums and dads and grandparents often find using new technology complicated and difficult. If you're a teenager who criticizes your parents for their (21) of technological awareness, don't be too hard on them! Sometimes in the future, when you've got children, your ability to deal with new technology will probably (22) and your children will feel more comfortable with new technology than you do. You won't want them to criticize you, will you? 19. A. experiments 20. A. moreover 21. A. research 22. A. decrease B. equipment B. therefore B. experiment B. involve Task 2: D 25. food 26. 27. imm 28. Eu Quest corre 29. T 30. C C. laboratories C. however D. effect D. although Que C. effect D. lack CO C. raise D. estimate 31 Questions 23 - 28: Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. MULTICULTURAL BRITAIN Britain has always been a mixed society. In the distant past, Celts, Romans, Saxons, Vikings and Normans all settled in Britain. During the past 150 years, people from Ireland, the former British colonies and the European Union have also come to Britain. In the 1840s, there was a terrible famine in Ireland. A million more left Ireland, and never returned. Most went to the USA, but many came to Britain. In the 1950s and 1960s, the British government invited people from the West Indies, Pakistan, India and Hong Kong. People from countries in the European Union are free to travel, live, and work in any other EU country. Recently, a lot of people have arrived from Central and Western Europe. There are thousands of Indian and Chinese restaurants in the UK. Immigrants from the West Indies started the Notting Hill Carnival in 1965. It is now the biggest street festival in Europe. There are lot of Irish pubs in Britain and Irish folk music is popular. Task 1: Find the word in the passage that means 23. 24. : came and lived : people who come and live in another country 20 32 |