unit 4

the injured người bị thương, the poor người nghèo, the rich người giàu, the sick người bệnh, the unemployed người thất nghiệp, the young người trẻ tuổi, the disabled người khuyết tật, th

UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION

☺ VOCABULARY

A READING

- admiring (adj) ngưỡng mộ

- Braille (n) chữ Bray(chữ nổi cho

người mù)

- chance (n) cơ hội

- describe (v) mô tả

- effort (n) nổ lực

- humorous (adj) hài hước

- infer (v) suy ra

- kid (n) trẻ con

- one by one lần lượt

- prevent … from (v) cản trở

- proud of (adj) tự hào về

- prove (v) chứng minh

- suspicious (adj) nghi ngờ

- thanks to (prep) nhờ vào

B SPEAKING

- activity (n) hoạt động

- break (n) giờ giải lao

- class (n) tiết học

- to be honest (exp) thành thật mà

nói

C LISTENING

- beauty (n) vẻ đẹp

- calm … down (v) trấn tĩnh (ai đó)

- camera (n) máy ảnh

- comprise (v) gồm có

- disability (n) khuyết tật

- escape (v) thoát khỏi

- exhibit (v) triển lãm

- fascinate (v) cuốn hút

- feature (v) làm nổi bật lên

- labourer (n) người lao động

- mute (adj) câm

- on display được trưng bày

- peaceful (adj) hoà bình

- photograph (n) bức ảnh (=photo)

- photographer (n) nhà nhiếp ảnh

- photographic (adj) (thuộc) nhiếp ảnh

- simple (adj) đơn giản

- subject (n) chủ đề

- surroundings (n) vùng xung quanh

- wander (v) đi lang thang

D WRITING

- advertisement (n) mục quảng cáo

- air-conditioned (adj) được trang bị máy lạnh

- complaint (n) sự phàn nàn

- contact (v) liên lạc

- enclose (v) gởi kèm

- look forward to (v) mong đợi

- quality (n) chất lượng

- receipt (n) biên lai

- refund (n) sự trả lại tiền

- resolution (n) cách giải quyết

- resolve (v) giải quyết

- service (n) sự phục vụ

E LANGUAGE FOCUS

- ambulance (n) xe cứu thương

- delay (v) hoãn lại

- give up (v) từ bỏ

- injured (adj) bị thương

- offer (v) tỏ ý muốn

- put … up (v) cho (ai) trọ

- rarely (adv) hiếm khi

- rob (v) cướp

- scene (n) hiện trường

- unemployed (adj) thất nghiệp

☺ GRAMMAR

1 The + adjective

Dùng để chỉ một nhóm người

the injured (người bị thương), the poor (người nghèo), the rich (người

giàu), the sick (người bệnh), the unemployed (người thất nghiệp), the young

(người trẻ tuổi), the disabled (người khuyết tật), the blind (người khiếm thị),

the dead (người chết), …

Ex: The rich should help the poor

2 Used to + infinitive (đã từng/thường)

Diễn tả thói quen trong quá khứ, đã chấm dứt ở hiện tại

Ex: His father used to smoke 20 cigarettes a day Now he gives up

smoking

(Cha của anh ấy từng hút 20 điếu thuốc một ngày Bây giờ bác ấy đã

bỏ thuốc rồi.)

3 Which as a connector

Dùng để thay thế một mệnh đề được nói trước đó

Ex: Sheila couldn’t come to the party, which was a pity.

(Sheila không thể đến dự tiệc, đó là điều đáng tiếc.)

Part I: Vocabulary:

I Choose the best answer:

1 Now Nam has got a car He ……… a motor-cycle

a uses to drive b used to driving c used to drive d uses to driving

2 In the past, ……… had different opinions about the way to educate disabled children

3 According to modern educators, it’s good for ……… disabled and non-disabled children to learn together

4 Do you think the ……… should pay more taxes

5 It’s better for the ……… to be care for at home rather than in hospital

6 The baby doesn’t cry so much now but she ……… cry every night

7 Let me ……… to you some of the difficulties we are facing

a demonstrate b demonstration c demonstrating d demonstrated

8 He became ……… after a car accident

9 6 ……… from 9 is 3

10 ……… blind can see nothing

11 There is no reason ……… we shouldn’t succeed

12 I’m sorry that I wasn’t ……… to phone you yesterday

13 The ……… of policy is not your business - your job is to implement it

14 A ……… person cannot hear any kind of sound

15 There is a lot of ……… to the plan of rebuilding the school

16 One can be successful if he makes his great ………

17 Be ……… with what you have done and you can be happy

18 The teacher helped the disabled children understand by making some ………

19 My sister has talent in ……… and she has won many prizes

20 A person who is more beautiful in photographs is said to be ………

21 Despite his ………, he succeeded in learning foreign languages

22 We should help children from poor families to have proper ………

23 Teachers who are good at ……… can make students understand easily

a demonstrate b demonstrations c demonstrating d demonstrated

24 Be patient with ……… work

a time – consumption b time – consumed c time – consuming d time – consumalable

Choose one option that has the opposite meaning to the word given:

26 mental a physical b chemical c historical d political

28 proud a dissatisfied b disabled c disappointed d dishonest

29 professional a skillful b unable c amateur d complex

30 The government should have special policies to help the ………

31 There was a lot of ……… from the local residents

32 Mrs Thuy’s class is very different ……… other ones

33 The girl was born completely unable to hear

34 The boy was unable to use his body properly after the accident

35 We can easily make our mind richer by watching interesting programs on TV

36 She has been unable to see from birth

37 She was absent from class yesterday because of her state of being ill in the body

38 The child seemed unable to speak because he was in fact deaf

39 Daisy and John were there at the door to greet us

40 Don’t make fun of ………

II Fill each gap in the sentences with the correct form of the word in brackets:

1 We should help people who can’t work properly because of illness or (disable) ………

2 Delegates expressed strong (oppose) ……… to the scheme to build a new airport in the suburb

3 The meeting brought together scientists of all (nation) ………

4 She looked with (proud) ……… at the result of her work

5 He’s extremely (profession) ……… in his approach to his job

6 I’ve been (employ) ……… for six months I have to find work at once

7 (poor) ……… prevented the boy from continuing his education

8 You have to admire her single – minded (determine) ……… to learn English

9 I admire his passionate (believe) ……… in what he is doing

10 (attend) ……… at these lectures is not compulsory

11 I found the visit the most (education) ………

12 There should be parking spaces for the (disable) ………

13 I was (mental) ……… composing the letter I would write later

14 They gave the clear (demonstrate) ……… of their intentions

15 I live alone and I don’t have many (visit) ………

16 Her (active) ……… include tennis and paintings

Part II: Reading

I Read the following passage and then choose the best answer:

Last summer Nga decided to do a two week course in England, because she wanted to improve her English

On her first day at the language school, they gave her a test, and the teacher told her, “We’ll put you in the top class.” She was very pleased to hear that, and she proudly told all her friends at home: “I’m one of the best students!” But soon she was surprised to find how difficult the class was She also felt very homesick “It’s hard

to adapt to life in another country!” she thought At the end of two weeks, her English was much better, but she was happy to return home

1 What did Nga decide to do last summer?

a to go on holiday overseas b to find a summer job

c to study overseas d to spend her holiday in her home village

2 She decided to go England because ………

a it has the best language environment b it has the best environment

c she had a friend there d she had a relative there

3 How long did the course last?

4 On her first day at the language school she was given a ……… test

5 Nga did the test ………

6 How did she feel when she got the result?

7 She was put in the ……… class

8 What soon made Nga surprised?

a the teacher’s attitude b the school facilities c the difficulty of the class d the head master

9 It can be inferred from the passage that Nga ……… her family very much

10 Nga thought it’s ……… to live in another country

a not easy b simple c easy d happy

Fill in the blank with word from the box:

improved realise clenched deaf dumb

wing raised proudest particular stuck

1 I must have been lind not to ……… the danger we were in

2 He was ……… to my request for help

3 She got the key ……… in the lock

4 We all sat there in ……… silence

5 The weather gradually ………

6 She ……… the gun and fired

7 She had a gun ……… tightly in her hand

8 A new ……… was added to the building

9 This is the ……… moment of my life

10 She directed the question at no one in ………

Write sentences using the words given:

1 He/ take/ his dog/ walk/ every evening

2 You /prefer/ this colour/ that colour

3 He/ be/ try/ telephone/ her/ day

4 Man/ find/ guilty/ send/ prison/ 10 years

5 He/ use/ cry/ lot/ when/ he/ be/ child

6 Oldest woman/ the world/ be/ 110/ old

7 I/ pay/ the hotel/ if you/ pay/ food

8 I/ be/ afraid/ not finish/ yet?

9 What/ he/ say/ interesting?

10 Unless/ ground/ warm/ seed/ can’t/ planted

Complete the second sentences so that it has a similar meaning to the first one:

1 The decorators have finished the whole of the first floor  We have

2 The only thing that makes this job worthwhile is the money  Were

3 We have no seats left for the concert on December 14th  All the seats

4 You can’t blame me for your stupid mistakes  It isn’t

5 My income doesn’t enable me to meet all my financial commitments  I

6 I’m not surprised to hear that Harry had failed his driving test  It came

7 It’s nobody’s fault that the meeting was cancelled  Nobody

8 “Please don’t drive so fast” Ann begged her boyfriend  Ann pleaded

9 She is proud of being such a good pianist  She prides

10 Thanks to his aunt’s legacy of 10,000$ he was able to buy the house he wanted  Had his

Part III: Language focus:

I Phonetic:

Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounces differently from the rest:

Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern:

5 a exhibition b demonstration c photography d resolution

II Grammar:

Choose the best answer:

1 My teacher ……… a successful photographer

2 I met a man with ……… I used to work

3 My father didn’t ……… coffee for breakfast

a used to have b use to have c use to having d use be having

4 I ……… up late at night

a used to stay b use to stay c use to staying d used to stayiòng

5 The ……… are those who don’t have a job

6 Bad marks can create a feeling of ………

7 Since the new road was built, traffic is not a problem ………

a any long b no long c any longer d no longer

8 The government is discussing the problem of housing for the ………

9 Now my brother ……… getting up early

10 Sometimes the rich ……… happy

11 He came to congratulate me, ……… seemed a surprise to everyone

12 A deaf person is the one ……… is not able to hear

13 The English ……… drinking tea in the morning

14 There is no reason ……… we shouldn’t succeed

15 The old ……… greatly respect

There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence Find the mistake:

1 Yesterday Duong (a) got mark 10 (b) in math, (c) that made him very (d) happy

2 We (a) should (b) raise money (c) to help the (d) poverty in our city

3 My aunt used to (a) doing (b) voluntary work in the (c) local (d) orphanage

4 The young (a) is not (b) fully aware of the (c) importance of (d) learning English

5 (a) If you have (b) any question (c) during the examination, please (d) rise your hand

Combine the sentences to make one sentence Make any necessary changes:

1 The bus goes up Oxchard Avenue It doesn’t stop at the supermarket

2 I’m lazy This annoys my parents

3 The performance went on for three hours It was carefully prepared

4 The tree had died They cut it down

5 Jill always comes to class late This makes the teacher angry

6 Next weekend I’ll have to visit the dentist again I dislike visiting a dentist

Rewrite the following sentences:

1 They no longer play tennis

 They used

2 He got up early when he was a student, but now he doesn’t

 He used

3 She doesn’t want to live in that house any more

 She no

4 People use money to buy and sell

 Money

5 When did you buy your car?

 How

Arrange the words to make complete sentences:

1 Vietnamese/ eat/ to/ national/ the/ like/ food

2 used/ church/ Sunday/ to/ to/ my friend/ go/ every

3 in/ attended/ first week,/ only/ the/ five children/ the class

4 They/ believe/ children/ didn’t/ anything/ at/ that/ their/ could/ learn/ all

5 their/ help/ parents/ that/ the young/ her/ was trying/ teacher/ realised/ best/ to/ their poor kids

Matthew changed his lifestyle He stopped doing some things and started doing other things Write sentences about Matthew with “used to” and “didn’t used to”= “used not to”:

He stopped studying hard He started sleeping late

going to bed early going out every night

running three miles every morning spending a lot of money

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Keys Part I: Vocabularies:

I 1 c used to drive 2 b educators 3 a both 4 b poor 5 a sick 6 b used to

7 a demonstrate 8 d disabled 9 d subtracted 10 d the 11 c why 12 a able

13 b active 14 b deaf 15 d opposition 16 b effort 17 d satisfied

18 d demonstration 19 d photography 20 b photogenic 21 c disability 22 b schooling

23 b demonstrations 24 c time – consuming 25 b subtract 26 a physical 27 d body

28 c disappointe 29 c amateur 30 b disabled 31 d opposition 32 b from

33 c deaf 34 a disabled 35 d b and c are correct 36 a blind 37 d illness

38 b dumb 39 c welcome 40 a the mentaly retarded

II 1 disability 2 opposition 3 nationalities 4 pride 5 professional

6 unemployed 7 Poverty 8 determination 9 belief 10 Attendance

11 educational 12 disabled 13 mentally 14 demonstration 15 visitors 16 activities Part II: Reading: