You recently bought a new smartphone. Write a forum post (150-180 words) in which you

Reading

Read the article and choose the correct answers (A—C).

(Đọc bài viết và chọn câu trả lời đúng (A-C)

In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People ‘invented’ farming 12,000 years ago, but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called ‘potters’ used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before some clever person thought, ‘if we join two wheels together and make them bigger, we can use them to move things’.

Thirty years ago, people couldn't have imagined social media like Twitter and Facebook. Now we can’t live without them. But this is only the start. Right now, scientists are putting microchips in some disabled people’s brains, to help them see, hear and communicate better. In the future, we may all use these technologies. We won't need smartphones to use social media or search the internet because the internet will be in our heads!

More people will go into space in the future, too. Space tourism has already begun, and a hundred years from now, there may be many hotels in space. One day, we may get most of our energy from space, too. In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a space solar power station. After all, the sun always shines above the clouds!

1. The writer says that in the past

A. people didn't invent many things.

B. people didn't want to use wheels.

C. it took time for new ideas to change things.

2. What does the writer say about the future of communication?

A. We won't need devices like smartphones.

B. We can't know what the most popular social media will be.

C. Microchips will become faster.

3. In the future, people will use space for

A. making things in space factories.

B. living and visiting on holiday.

C. producing energy and visiting.

4. The best title for the article would be:

A. More and more inventions

B. Progress now and then

C. Will computers rule the world?

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Listening

You will hear a conversation between two friends about smartphones. Are the sentences true (T) or false (F)? You will hear the recording twice.

(Bạn sẽ nghe một đoạn hội thoại giữa hai người bạn về điện thoại thông minh. Các câu đúng (T) hay sai (F)? Bạn sẽ nghe đoạn ghi âm hai lần)

1. Sal paid too much for her phone.

2. Sal’s parents encouraged her to get a new phone.

3. Tim is not happy with his sister’s use of her phone.

4. Sal’s family avoid using their phones at dinner.

5. Sal does not like talking when she’s eating.

6. Tim could cause a problem by using his phone.

7. Sal advises Tim not to listen to music on his phone.

8. Tim disagrees with Sal's suggestion.

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Speaking

Work in pairs. Take turns to describe and compare the photos. Then ask and answer the following questions.

(Làm việc theo cặp. Thay phiên nhau mô tả và so sánh các bức ảnh. Sau đó hỏi và trả lời các câu hỏi sau)

1. Do you agree that in the modern world, science is a more important subject than languages? Give reasons.

2. Do you think technology sometimes makes it harder for people to communicate with each other? Why? / Why not?

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