MỘT SỐ BÀI ĐỌC TIẾNG ANH 9

I. Fill in the blank with a suitable word:
Most people agree that computers are the most important (1) _ of the 20th century. The first business computers (2) _ introduced just about thirty years ago, and now they are being (3) in a wide variety of fields, from banking to space travel. (4) _ , until just a few years ago, computers wre very large, expensive machines owned by large corporations and governments. (5) _ everyone knew that computers existed , very few people dah ever seen one and even (6) _ had used one. Then in the 1970s the silicon chip was invented. Because this electronic device (7) _ store a large amount of information in a very space, computers could be much smaller and less expensive (8) _ the huge mainframe computers used (9)_ corporations. Some computer manufacturers believed that people might like to have computes in (10) _ homes, offices and schools, so the personal computer was born.
II. Fill in the blank with a suitable word:
Mother’s day in Britain falls on the last Monday of March On Mother’s day sons and daughters visit (1) _ mothers and bring them flowers and little presents The eldest son must (2) _ his mother a good cake. If sons or (3) _ cannot be with their mother on that day, they usually (4) _ her presents.
Mother’s day must be a day of rest (5) _ the mother of the family, so her daughters cook the dinner on that day and lay the (6) _ and the sons help to wash the plates and dishes (7( _ dinner
In the United States and Canada, Mother’s day is (8) _ second Sunday in May. They (9) _ avery beatiful satmp for Mother’s day in the United States. It shows the portrait of the mother of James Whisher, (10)_ of the greatest American painters.
III. Choose the best answer:
BIRTH OF THE COMPUTER
Most peope think of coputers as very mordern inventions, products of our new tecnological (0) _ . But actually the idea for a computer (1) worked out over two centuries ago by a man (2) _ Charles Babbage.
Babbge was born (3)_ 1791 and grew up to be a brilliant mathematician. He drew up plas for several calculating machine (4) _ he called “ engines”. But despite the fact theat he (5)_ building some of these he never finished any of them. Over the years peoe have argued (6) _ his machines woud never work Recently , however, the Science Museum in ondon has finished building (7( _) engine based on one of Babbge’s design (8) _ has taken six years to compete and more (9) _ four thousand parts have been specially made Whether it works or not, the machine wil be on show at a special exhibition in the Science Museum (10) _ remind people of Babbge’s work.
0. A age
B. year
C. time
D. days

1. A. has
B. was
C. had
D. is

2. A. known
B.. recognized
C. written
D. called

3. A. on
B. in
C by
D for

4. A. whose
B. who
C. these
D. which

5. A. wanted
B. made
C. started
D. missed

6. A. until
B whether
C. while
D. though

7. A. some
B. the
C. an
D. that

8. A. One
B. He
C. They
D. It

9. A. than
B. therefore
C. when
D then

10.A. to
B. as
C for
D so

Answer key:
I.
1. invention
2. were
3. used
4. However
5. Although/ Though
6. fewer
7. could
8. than
9. by
10. their

II.
1. their
2. bring
3. daughter
4. send
5. for
6. table
7. after
8. the
9. have
10. one

III.
1. B
2. D
3. B
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. D
9. A
10. A