Bài tập Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 Global Success - Unit 5: Inventions

 6. The iPad is a mobile computing _____________ , not a computer.
7. It is cheaper if you _____________ your train tickets in advance.
8. The school offers a wide range of _____________ and sporting activities.
9. This is a safe and _____________ way to dispose of chemicals.
10. With suitable software you can use your computer as a word _____________ .
III. Complete the sentences with the words given.
 invention device effective sources tool
 inspiration robots numerous operation intelligence
1. Our country’s success is a source of _____________ for many developing nations.
2. Nature always provides great _____________ of ideas for our inventions.
3. Do you agree that necessity is the mother of _____________ ? When we have a problem, we’ll try to 
think of a solution to it.
4. The computer is now a very important _____________ for our study.
5. This _____________ enables deaf people to communicate by typing messages instead of speaking.
6. He has won _____________ awards for the invention.
7. John showed high _____________ from an early age.
8. _____________ fulfil many dull and tedious jobs on the production line.
9. The company launched a(n) _____________ advertising campaign on a new version of electric cars.
10. The device has a single button, allowing for easy _____________ .
IV. Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions.
1. A team of engineers are testing turbines that can turn tides _____________ usable energy.
2. That type of alternative energy is a good choice _____________ our project.
3. Everyone has something to contribute _____________ life.
4. That fabric is useful _____________ protecting workers in hard conditions.
5. The idea _____________ the machine came _____________ his observation of the animals’ 
behaviour.
6. His main means _____________ communicating _____________ the rest of the world is a laptop.
7. He’s looking forward to getting the benefits _____________ all his hard work.
8. Many patients are dependent _____________ the discovery of antibiotics.
9. Parents sometimes find it difficult to communicate _____________ their teenage children.
10. We’re still trying to decide _____________ the venue of the introductory ceremony of the new 
products.
V. Fill in each blank of the passage with the correct word/phrase below.
 due to transitions glass handle inspired
 factor necessity manufacture ride aspects
 Flying cars
 Most of you might have seen some movies like “The Fifth Element”, read any books or even heard 
it from someone about flying cars. The 1_____________ of a flying car, or more appropriately said 
“readable aircrafts”, needs a heavy attention on both of the 2_____________ that it has to run on a 
standard road as well as fly in the sky without a smallest problem and with fewer number of 
3_____________ from a car to an aircraft.
 The factors that 4_____________ most of the people and automotive companies to think about the 
concept of a car which can fly too, came firstly from the original Flying Car, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang, 
which was used as a movie and stage prop. Chitty Chitty Bang Bang’s Flying car version mainly caught 
the attention due to its toughness 5_____________ . It was built strong enough to 6_____________ dirt 
roads, cobblestone streets and could jump off a couple of stairs too! 4. We moved into this house last summer, (live)
 We___________________________________________________________________________.
5. Hoa started learning the piano when she was seven, (play)
 Hoa __________________________________________________________________________.
6. They stopped eating meat a long time ago. (not eat)
 They _________________________________________________________________________.
7. Nick met Phong four years ago. (know)
 Nick__________________________________________________________________________.
II. Choose the best verb form to complete each of the following sentences.
1. “Where’s Tony?” “He _______ to the travel agent’s, and he hasn’t come back.”
 A. has been B. has been going C. has gone D. had gone
2. We think they _______ all that is necessary.
 A. have done B. doing C. had done D. would do
3. I’d like to see that football match because I _______ one this year.
 A. don’t see B. can’t see C. hardly see D. haven’t seen
4. I can’t believe that you _______ all the three exercises. You just started five minutes ago.
 A. have finished B. have been finishing C. finished D. are finishing
5. Up to now, the discount _______ to children under ten years old.
 A. has only applied B. only applies C. was only applied D. only applied
6. Tom often watches TV after his parents _______ to bed.
 A. had gone B. have gone C. go D. went
7. Their children _______ lots of new friends since they _______ to that town.
 A. have made - moved B. were making – have moved
 C. made - are moving D. made - have been moving
8. Jane is a wonderful singer. Her mother tells me that she _______ professionally since she was four.
 A. has been sung B. was singing C. is singing D. has been singing
9. He _______ off alone a month ago, and _______ of since.
 A. set - hasn’t been heard B. was setting - hasn’t heard
 C. set - hasn’t heard D. was setting - hadn’t been heard
10. None of the students _______ to class yet.
 A. are coming B. hadn’t come C. haven’t come D. have come
III. Complete the dialogues with the past simple or present perfect form of the verbs in brackets.
1. A: Nick ___________ (invite) me to his party yesterday. Are you going?
 B: He ___________ (not ask) me yet.
2. A: ___________ you ___________ (write) to your brother yet?
 B: Yes, I ___________ (email) him last night.
3. A: I ___________ (never be) to Hoi An.
 B: I have. I ___________ (go) there two years ago. It’s a very nice city.
4. A: My parents ___________ (recently start) their own business.
 B: Really? When ___________ it ___________ (open)?
5. A: ___________ your sister ___________ (take) her exams yet?
 B: Yes. She ___________ (get) her results yesterday.
IV. Complete the phone dialogue with the present perfect form of the verbs in brackets and short 
answers.
Mai Hello, Mai speaking. 4. Sam is very talkative. He carries on ___________ even when no one is listening to him.
5. Jack is very funny. He can’t help ___________ jokes all the time!
6. Nam is working hard. He expects ___________ all his exams in the summer.
7. I don’t really fancy ___________ TV this evening.
8. John is so mean! He refused ___________ me £1 for a coffee!
IX. Use the words given to write questions, and then work with your partner to ask and answer 
them.
1. What do you intend / do next weekend?
________________________________________________________________________________
2. What must you remember / do each morning?
________________________________________________________________________________
3. What do you enjoy / spend free time doing?
________________________________________________________________________________
4. What would you like / spend more time doing?
________________________________________________________________________________
5. What do you often / put off / do?
________________________________________________________________________________
X. Write sentences about the uses of the following inventions with the cues given, using
be used for + V-ing, and the correct form of the verbs.
1. digital camera / take / pictures / video clips
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
2. GPS / provide / users / positioning, navigation, and timing services
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
3. webcam / record / moving pictures / sounds / and / allow / these / to be broadcast / Internet
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
4. Microsoft Xbox One / deliver / new gaming and entertainment experience / the best games.
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
5. Lima Billboard / Peru / produce / clean water / Lima’s extremely humid air
 ____________________________________________________
 ____________________________________________________
 ____________________________________________________
6. 4K. TV / display / films / resolutions / four times / bigger / HDTV
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
7. smart watch / give / you access / lots of information / besides / time of day
________________________________________________________________________________
________________________________________________________________________________
8. Google Glass / get / real-time information / everything / you / look at II. Read the text, and do the tasks that follow.
 How do Flat Screen Televisions work?
In the beginning
How have televisions changed over the years? Have you ever seen a very big flat 
screen TV screen? It might seem like flat screen televisions are something new, 
but actually they produced the very first flat screen television back in 1964. The 
difference is that the first flat television screens could only produce two colours. 
Nowadays high-definition screens are used, so this isn’t a problem. 
What are they made of?
Flat television screens are made from two sheets of glass. Between the glass there 
are neon and xenon gases. When you switch on the television, the electricity mixes 
with the gases, and atoms release energy. The energy creates the coloured lights 
which make the TV picture. They work like fluorescent tubes.
Why flat screen TVs?
People like flat screen televisions because they aren’t heavy and they don’t take 
up much space. They are also popular because you can hang them on the wall. On 
possible problem is that some flat TV screens are very bright, which means they 
need more electricity.
Task 1. Match the phrases below to pictures a-d.
1. flat TV screen __________________
2. fluorescent tube __________________
3. neon and xenon gases __________________
4. atoms release energy __________________
Task 2. Read the text again, and mark the sentences T (true) or F (false).
1. Televisions have changed over the years. ___________
2. They developed the first flat screen TV in 1984. ___________
3. Today flat screen TVs only produce two colours. ___________
4. Flat screen TVs are made of two sheets of glass with gases between them. ___________
5. Today, flat screen TVs are heavy. ___________
III. Read the text, and do the tasks that follow.
 Three inventions that might save your life
1. Most of us associate barcodes with supermarkets where cashiers scan the products we’re buying and 
tell us the price. What is less well known is that bar codes are also used in many other places and for 
other purposes. For instance, hospitals have started using them in patients’ wristbands. Whenever 
patients are treated anywhere in the hospital, the wristband is scanned in order to show their medical 
records. This way, the risk of any patient receiving the wrong medication or treatments is considerably 
reduced.
2. Around 15 million babies are born prematurely throughout the world every year. Up to one-fifth die 
and many others suffer serious health problems. Simply by keeping them warm, many deaths and 
illnesses can be avoided. Whereas an incubator costs as much as $20,000 and needs electricity to work, 
an American NGO called Embrace has developed a low cost infant warmer at a tiny fraction of this price 
(1%). It can work with electricity or run off a generator, and heats up a miniature sleeping bag made of 
a special material that maintains a constant temperature for up to 6 hours, thus keeping the baby’s body 
temperature stable and raising their chances of survival.
3. Given the country’s experience with devastating earthquakes, it isn’t surprising that a company in 
Japan has designed a quake-resistant bed that can shelter its occupants from up to 60 tonnes of falling 
debris. The bed is made of very strong wood from 30- to 40- year-old trees that is reinforced with metal, 
and it has an overhead canopy. Starting from $5,600, it isn’t exactly cheap. But taking into account the A. It will revolutionize and improve our lives.
B. It’s intrusive and potentially dangerous.
C. It’ll be expensive and only for a small, exclusive minority.
D. It has great potential, but needs to be used with caution.
Task 2. Read the text again, and complete gaps 1-6 with sentences A-G. There is one extra sentence 
you do not need to use.
A. Moreover, it gives rise to security concerns as well.
B. It will probably be some time before such devices become readily available to consumers at an 
 affordable price.
C. The advantages for consumers far outweigh the disadvantages.
D. New technologies that have been devised to enhance the way we experience reality, may end up 
 cutting us off from real life instead.
E. There are moments when we should just sit back and watch the clouds, without immediately receiving 
 the latest weather forecast.
F. They also love the fact that it captures great moments with family or friends that might otherwise 
 have remained unrecorded, for lack of a camera or mobile phone at hand.
G. The device can be controlled by pressing it, or using voice commands.
Task 3. Choose the correct answers.
1. The wearable computer responds to __________.
 A. manual orders only
 B. both manual and spoken orders
 C. the wearer’s eye movement
2. Which of these is NOT said about the device?
 A. It can help you deal with foreign languages.
 B. It can take photographs of everything you see.
 C. It can protect your eyes from bright light.
3. What do psychologists say about the use of technology?
 A. Things that are supposed to improve our lives don’t always do so.
 B. People waste a lot of time because they don’t know how to use them,
 C. People lose concentration more easily these days.
4. What is meant by ‘information overload’?
 A. The information people receive is not uploaded properly.
 B. People receive too much unnecessary information.
 C. People don’t always receive the latest information.
V. Read the text about three machines, and then answer the questions. There may be more than 
one answer for some questions. You can write A for the vacuum cleaner, B for the smart fridge, 
and C for the control system.
 The Three Most Intelligent Machines For Your Home
A. The Smoothline D838 Robot Vacuum Cleaner
Do you like housework? No? Then this new robot vacuum cleaner is the machine for you. It can clean 
your living room automatically. It has a computer which tells it to go around objects such as chairs and 
table legs as it cleans your floor. And if a person - or your pet dog or cat - comes too close, it stops 
automatically.
B. The FZ Smart Fridge
A fridge which tells you what it has got inside and gives you ideas about what to cook for dinner! A 
visual display shows you what is inside the fridge - you don’t even have to open the door; and the fridge 
can also tell when food is too old to use. And if you haven’t got any ideas about what to cook for your