UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION

A. MULTIPLE CHOICES:
I/ Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the others in each group:
1/ A. special B. parent C. mental D. very
2/ A. every B. easy C. why D. gradually
3/ A. provide B. primary C. si gn D. provi nce
4/ A. difficu lt B. commu ne C. ru nning D. su ffer
5/ A. realize B. teacher C. rea son D. feature
6/ A. action B. fourteen C. inst ead D. active
7/ A. acted B. jogged C. retarded D. sacred
8/ A. dumb B. rob C. b ook D. b ring
9/ A. education B. question C. examination D. attraction
10/ A. w rong B. w ord C. west D. with
II/ Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each group:
1/ A. education B. specialty C. opposition D. demonstration
2/ A. special B. mental C. fourteen D. within
3/ A. luggage B. retard C. happen D. lesson
4/ A. subtract B. parent C. message D. passage
5/ A. disable B. manager C. condition D. parental
6/ A. sorry B. happy C. commune D.subject
7/ A. instead B. welcome C. construct D. arrive
8/ A. primary B. everything C. afternoon D. exciting
9/ A. province B. prepare C. finger D. meeting
10/ A. better B. standing C. attend D. open
III/ Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence:
1/ We're going to try to keep _______ as we grow older.
A. act B. active C. action D. activity
2/ The _______ of policy is not our business - our job is to put it into practice.
A. determine B. to determine C. determination D. determined
3/ His wife was possibly the most highly _______ prime minister of this century.
A. educate B. education C. educational D. educated
4/ My sister wasn't enjoying the chance so she thought she'd spoil it for everybody else - it was very
_______ of her.
A. children B. childish C. childhood D. childlike
5/ Were sorry that we weren't _______ to telephone you and your friends yesterday afternoon.
A. able B. unable C. enabled D. disabled
6/ I feel so _______ because there's nothing I can do to make the youngster better.
A. help B. helpful C. helpless D. helper
7/ _______, we ask for a deposit of $200 beforehand.
A. Added B. Addition C. Additional D. Additionally
8/ The kids really liked the museum, _______ the elephants.
A. special B. specialty C. specialize D. specially
9/ Travelers to the nation have been asked to fill in a thorough _______.
A. question B. questionnaire C. questioner D. questionable
10/ He had an _______ for a job with a foreign company two days ago.
A. interview B. interviewee C. interviewer D. interviewing
IV/ Choose the correct words to complete the sentences:
1/ Its true _______ your aunt's gone back to teaching, isnt it?
A. that B. when C. which D. where
2/ _______ of your brothers and sisters do you feel closer to?
A. Who B. What C. Whose D. Which
3/ We met in an ancient building, _______ underground room had been converted into a chapel.
A. that B. whose C. whom D. which
4/ Im going to meet a woman with _______ I used to study.
A. who B. whose C. whom D. that
5/ My teacher asked me if I knew _______ had got that job.
A. who B. whom C. that D. which
6/ _______ are they doing that for? Please tell me.
A. Whom B. That C. What D. Why
7/ My older sister was just getting into the kitchen _______ the receiver rang.
A. when B. where C. what D. which
8/ There is no reason _______ they shouldn't be successful.
A. that B. what C. why D. when
9/ Her uncle lived in Barcelona for several years, _______ he taught Spanish.
A. when B. where C. which D. that
10/ _______ movie would you prefer to see Romeo and Juliet or Titanic?
A. What B. Who C. Whom D. Which
V/ Find the one mistake (A, B, C or D) in these sentences and then correct them:
1/ (A) When I (B) was younger, I (C) used not to be allowed (D) eating too many sweets.
2/ He (A) used to love dogs but one (B) attacked him and he (C) doesn't like them (D) no more.
3/ It (A) was (B) one of (C) the better plays (D) we've ever seen.
4/ Is it true that (A) French (B) were defeated (C) at Vietnam (D) in 1945?
5/ (A) The death of her daughter (B) was an experience (C) from that she never (D) fully recovered.
6/ You've seen (A) her new car, (B) haven't you? (C) What does it (D) like?
7/ That (A) will make, Dung. We don't want to see (B) any more of (C) that sort of (D) behavior again.
8/ Trickery (A) detectives are investigating that company, two of (B) which senior executives have (C) already
been (D) arrested.
9/ (A) The visitor list reads (B) such as a (C) Who's Who of (D) top British businessmen.
10/ His wife was (A) merely twenty (B) when she (C) had her (D) one infant.
VI/ Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D to complete it:
Special Education, specially designed instruction to (1) _______ the unique needs and abilities of
disabled or gifted children. Disabled children have conditions (2) _______ adversely affect their progress in
conventional education programs. Gifted children, who demonstrate high capacity in intellectual, (3) _______, or
artistic areas, may also fare poorly in regular education programs. Special education services can help both
disabled and (4) _______ children make progress in education programs. Most children served by special
education programs are (5) _______ the ages of 6 and 17.
In the United States, federal law requires states to identify and serve all children (6) _______ disabilities.
Public education and health officials in the United States identified approximately 5.4 million infants, toddlers, (7)
_______, and youth as disabled in 1994. That same year, the U.S. Department of Education reported that 12.2
percent of all children (8) _______ the age of 21 received some form of special education. The most frequently
reported disabilities are speech or language impairments; mental retardation and (9) _______ developmental
disorders; serious emotional disturbance; and specific learning disorders, (10) _______ memory disorders. Other
disabilities include hearing, visual, or orthopedic impairments; autism; (11) _______ traumatic brain injury. An
increasing number of children in the United States are identified as having attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder
(ADHD) and (12) _______ special education services.
Many schools in the United States provide special education services (13) _______ gifted children,
although federal law does not mandate these services. Gifted children demonstrate (14) _______ high abilities in
intellectual, creative, academic, leadership, or artistic areas. Estimates of the gifted (15) _______ in the United
States range from 3 to 15 percent of all schoolchildren.
1/ A. meet B. see C. have D. find
2/ A. what B. that C. whom D. this
3/ A. create B. creation C. creative D. creature
4/ A. poor B. rich C. learned D. gifted
5/ A. among B. between C. in D. inside
6/ A. with B. by C. for D. of
7/ A. men B. women C. children D. adults
8/ A. below B. above C. under D. over
9/ A. another B. other C. each other D. together
10/ A. as B. like C. for instance D. such as
11/ A. and B. but C. or D. so
12/ A. have B. give C. throw D. receive
13/ A. for B. with C. by D. to
14/ A. except B. exception C. exceptional D. exceptionally
15/ A. people B. peoples C. population D. communities
B. USE OF ENGLISH:
I/ Supply the correct form of the word in brackets:
1/ She had the _______________ to explain things clearly and concisely. (able)
2/ The _______________ thing is that it was kept secret for so long. (amaze)
3/ She told us how easy it was to use the computer, then by way of _______________ simply pressed a few keys
on the keyboard. (demonstrate)
4/ It gives you a sense of _______________ if you actually make it to the end of a very long book. (achieve)
5/ The treasurer has been taking a more optimistic view of economic recovery in his recent public
_______________. (pronounce)
6/ A lot of the children at the school do not live in the town, but come in from the _______________ countryside.
(surround)
7/ It is the _______________ of this court that you are guilty of murder. (judge)
8/ The article was about the international aid _______________. (organize)
9/ The government repeatedly stressed its support for _______________ choice in the selection of a child's
school. (parent)
II/ Complete the sentences with used to+V or didnt use to+V:
1/ Tom _______ a famous singer but he doesnt sing now.
2/ They eat rice now but they _______ potatoes when they were in the village.
3/ Now most of us have a motorbike to get to work. We _______ a bike to school when we were pupils.
4/ Now there are several restaurants in this town but there _______ only one a few years ago.
5/ When my brother was a little boy she _______ play in rains but he doesnt now.
6/ The little girl doesnt cry now but she _______ a lot after she was born.
7/ He likes jogging now but he _______ doing it.
8/ My neighbors play with me now but they _______ with mw and my sisters.
9/ My uncle _______ but now he has given up smoking.
10/ She lives with her parents now but she _______ alone.
III/ Combine the sentences to make one sentence. Make any necessary changes:
1/ The bus goes up Hung Vuong street. It doesnt stop at the hospital.
________________________________________________________.
2/ My younger brother is lazy. This annoys his teachers.
________________________________________________________.
3/ The fashion show went on for three hours. It was carefully prepared.
________________________________________________________.
4/ The plant had died. We cut it down last week.
________________________________________________________.
5/ Phong usually comes to class late. This makes his form teacher angry.
________________________________________________________.
6/ My friend decided to choose the red motorcycle. He had wanted a red motorcycle before.
________________________________________________________.
7/ Next Saturday my brother will have to visit the doctor again. He hates visiting a doctor.
________________________________________________________.
8/ Oanh works very hard and always gets good marks. This pleases her parents a lot.
________________________________________________________.
9/ They are talking about Nam. Nam is very interested in math.
________________________________________________________.
10/ Mr. Quang has a lot of money. This puts him in trouble with his friends.
________________________________________________________.
IV/ Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one:
1/ We havent seen her since 1999.
We last __________________________________________________.
2/ How long have you learning English?
When ___________________________________________________?
3/ My mother doesnt have anyone make clothes for her.
My mother makes __________________________________________.
4/ They went to Paris for the first time.
It was ____________________________________________________.
5/ Our friends recognized that man immediately.
Immediately our friends knew _________________________________.
6/ That policeman arrived too late, so the robber escaped.
By the time that policeman arrived, _____________________________.
7/ Do you know New York at all?
Have you ever _____________________________________________?
8/ When did you buy your laptop?
How long _________________________________________________?
9/ Her visit interrupted my familys dinner.
My family was _____________________________________________.
10/ We last saw your sister in May.
We havent ________________________________________________.