FINAL SEMESTER ENGLISH TEST
MARK
The 1st semester, academic year 2004-2005
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For 2 -year students (K48) of Information Technology
Time allowance: 120 minutes
The test includes 5 pages
I.
Multiple choices
Choose the best word to fill in the blank (20 points)
1. The mainframe is too heavy for him …….
A. to carry
B. to be carried
C. carrying
D. carried
2. A mouse is a device moved …. hand ………… position on the screen.
A. with/ for indicating
B. for/ at indication of
C.
by/
indicate
D. by/ to indicate
3. Can dot-matrix print … color?
A. in
B. with
C. by
D. of
4. I need a hard disk with larger ……..
A. ability
B. capability
C. space storage D. capacity
5. The …….. box is where you can find information from WIMP system.
A.text
B. address
C. dialogue
D.
check
6. In the ……. topology, if one computer fails, the whole network is not
affected.
A. star
B. bus
C. ring
D. mesh
7. A fixed sequence of steps which processor follow to process a program
instruction is called ………..
A. recycling
B. machine circle C. machine cycle D. cycle
8. Information can be ….. between computers using a removable disk.
A. changed
B. moved
C. transferred
D.
transmitted
9. Robots are useful … humans because they work in places where human …..
A. with / do not
B. to / cannot
C. for / cannot
D. to / do not
10.
The first step in programming would be analyzing and …. the
problem……
A. finding / to solve
B. looking into / to do
solution
C. searching / to be solved
D. defining / to be
solved
11.
….. this password, you can have access to the network.
A. Use
B. To use
C. Using
D. Have used
12.
… text into your computer, you need a keyboard.
A. Inputting
B. To input
C. To do input
D. For input
13.
Syntax errors …. from misspelling in programming cause the program
to fail.
A. resulting
B. results
C. result
D. resulted
14.
Magneto- optical disks are expensive and do not all conform …..
one standard.
A. with
B. at
C. to
D. in
15.
A modem and telephone line can help you have access ….. the
Internet.
A. with
B. in
C. to
D. into
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16.
The Internet can help you ….. with all the news around the world
and get any information you want to search for.
A. keep up with
B. catch up with
C. follow
D. come up with
17.
You can ………. logic errors from simple programs by hand-testing
them or doing a dry run .
A. get away from
B. get rid from
C.
get
away
with
D. get rid of
18.
An analyst analyses problems and finds solutions, ……. a programmer
turns these solutions into computer programs.
A. so
B. whereas
C. but
D.
in
contrast
19.
Scripts are small programs that can be used to ….. simple tasks or
tie other programs together.
A. performing
B. perform
C. make
D. deal
20.
Desktop publishing software allows the user to produce printout ……
of a newspaper.
A. in the format
B. in the position
C. in the kind
D. in the style
II. Reading comprehension (10 points)
Online services
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10
15
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An online service is a company that offers access, generally on a
subscription basis, to e-mail, discussion groups, databases on
various subjects (such as weather information, stock quotes,
newspaper articles, and so on), and other services ranging from
electronic banking and investing to online games. Online services
also offer access to the Internet, functioning as an ISP to their
subscribers. The most popular online services are American Online,
CompuServe, and Prodigy.
In addition to Internet access, online services offer other
features that typical ISPs do not. For example, American Online
has become famous for its casual chat rooms, and CompuServe is
probably best known for its discussion forum geared to technically
oriented users. These activities do not take place in the
Internet, where everyone can access them. Rather, these services
are provided only for the online services’ subscribers. Discussion
groups hosted by online services are often monitored by a system
operator, or sysop, who ensures that participants follow the
rules. Users typically pay by the month; the subscription allows
them to use the service for a limited number of hours per month.
If they use the service for more time, they pay by the hour.
Subscriptions with unlimited hours are also available.
Although the biggest online services are general in content and
offer many features, others are much more specialized, offering
access to specific databases. Perhaps the best known is LEXISNEXIS, a company that sells access to its two databases. LEXIS ©
is a legal databases that researchers can use to find specific
laws and court opinions. NEXIS © is a bibliographic database that
contains information about articles on a wide range of topics.
Task 1:
Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the
text above.
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1. _____ There are now three online services available. They are American
Online, CompuServe, and Prodigy.
2. _____ When access to the Internet is offered, the Internet is
functioning as an ISP to their subscribers.
3. _____ Only those who pay can enjoy the services from CompuServe.
4. _____ You can subscribe to an online service by the hours you use.
5. _____ LEXIS © is an example of a general online service.
Task 2:
Reference: Look back at the text and find out what the following words refer
to
1. that (line 8)
2. these services (line 13)
……………………….
……………………….
Vocabulary: Choose the best meanings for the words from the reading text.
1. typical
A. particular
2. geared
A. drive
3. hosted
A. held
B. specific C. special
D. normal
B. directed C. point
D. aimed
B. hold
C. done
D. made
III. Cloze test
1. Fill in the blank with one suitable word.(15 points)
Viruses are programs which are written deliberately
(1)……….damage data.
Viruses can hide themselves in a computer system. Some viruses (2) …………fairly
harmless. They may flash a message on screen, such as “Gotcha! Bet you don’t
know how I crept in”. The Yankee Doodle virus plays this American tune on the
computer’s small internal speaker every eight days at 5 p.m.
Others have
serious effects. They attach themselves (3) ……… the (4) …………….systems and can
wipe out all your data or turn it into gobbledegook. When the Cascade virus
attacks, all the letters in a file fall into a heap at the bottom of the
screen. This looks spectacular but it’s hard to see the funny side when it’s
your document.
Most viruses remain (5) ………….until activated by something. For example, the
Jerusalem B virus is (6) …………..every Friday the 13th and erases any file you
try to load from your disk. The Michelangelo virus was programmed to become
(7) ………….on March 6th 1992, the 517th birthday of Michelangelo. It attacked
computer systems (8) ………………the world, turning data on hard disks (9)
……….nonsense.
Viruses are commonly passes via disks but they can (10) ……….spread through
bulletin boards, local area networks, and email attachments. The (11) ……….form
of treatment is prevention. Use an antivirus program to check a floppy before
(12) ………it. Always download email attachments onto a floppy and check (13)
……….viruses. If you do catch a virus, there are (14) ……………programs to hunt
down and eradicate the virus. The problem (15) …….. that around 150 new
viruses appear every month and you must constantly update your antivirus
package to deal with these new forms.
2. Fill in the blank with an appropriate word or phrase.(15 points)
How is multimedia done?
Whether you are (1)……… a video game, looking (2)………… information in an online
encyclopedia, or learning a new language from a CD-Rom tutorial, you may be
(3) …….... at what you see on the screen. New-comers to PC-based multimedia
commonly ask (4) …………..: “How do they do that?”
Simply stated, the process of creating multimedia is complex and can (5) ……….
months or even years of effort by many people. A full-featured multimedia
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event may (6) …………still images, animation, full-motion speech and music, and
more. (7) …….., any program must include a command system to (8) …….. the user
to control its function. The more elaborate the command system, the (9)
………interactivity the program can offer.
Another important aspect of multimedia (10) …….. is distribution – that is,
the means (11) ……….. which the product gets to the consumer. This factor can
have a significant (12) ………… on the way a product behaves or the features it
can offer. But as technology develops, various (13) ………….. methods promise to
become more (14) ………… so that someday, any product will look and behave the
same, (15) ……………. how it reaches the end user.
1. A. making
2. A. over
D. at
3. A. worried
amazed
4. A. loudly
louder
5. A. bring
D. have
6. A. include
7. A. However
addition
8. A. let
9. A. less
10. A. development
11. A. through
12. A. impact
influential
13. A. distributing
distributed
14. A. familiar
D. similar
15. A. provided
regardless of
B. buying
B. up
C. having
C. into
B. confusing
D. playing
C. laughing
B. loud
C. aloud
B. get
C. take
D.
D.
B. consist
B. In contrast
C. comprising
C. Whereas
D. be
B. allow
B. much
B. growth
B. by
B. affect
C. make
C. more
C. increase
C. during
C. effort
D. have
D. many
D. rising
D. at
D.
B. distribution
D. giving
B. used to
B. in spite of
D.
In
C.
C. acquainted
C. despite
D.
IV. Error recognition (20 points)
Identify one of the four underlined words or phrases A, B, C or D that is not
correct. Correct the error.
1. The development of voice recognition will enable the computer to respond
to
A
B
C
commands spoken.
D
2. The direction which in computers are moving in education is what we
learn rather
A
B
C
than how we learn.
D
3. The keyboard with alphabet keys is easy enough to used to give program
A
B
C
instructions to the computer.
D
4. Computers are flexible machines that can to adapt to a wide variety of
tasks.
A
B
C
D
5. Images and sound often added to games to make them more realistic and
more
A
B
C
D
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exciting.
6. In the nineteenth century, Ada Lovelace devised several computer
programs for a
A
B
calculating machine in which coded cards have been used.
C
D
7. The analog first computer was built by an American named Vannevar Bush
to
A
B
C
help aim guns.
D
8. Seldom does a computer makes a mistake.
A
B
C
D
9. Science is the process of gathering knowledge and answering questions
about the
A
B
C
world and how works it.
D
10.
In 1821, Babbage found it difficult make a machine’s parts
accurate enough to
A
B
C
prevent errors in calculation.
D
V. Translation (20 points)
V.1. Translate the following sentences into Vietnamese (10 points)
1. Before an instruction can be executed, program instructions must be
placed into memory from an input device or a secondary storage device.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………................................................................
........................................................................
.........................................
2. C++ was designed as a systems programming language, with features that
make it easy to control the computer hardware efficiently.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. Most schools now have an Internet connection, and school children use it
for research and for keeping in touch with schools abroad.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
4. Networks increase productivity by allowing workers to share information
easily without printing, copying, telephoning, or posting.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
5. A sensible way of avoiding systems errors is to write code to check that
peripherals are present before any data is sent to it.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
V.2. Translate the following sentences into English (10 points)
1.
M¸y tÝnh ®ãng mét vai trß quan träng trong hÇu hÕt mäi lÜnh vùc mµ nã
phôc vô.
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……………………………………………………………………………………………………..................................
........................................................................
....................................................................
2.
PhÇn lín m¸y mãc ®­îc thiÕt kÕ ®Ó lµm mét c«ng viÖc. M¸y tÝnh th× kh¸c,
chóng ®­îc sö dông cho nhiÒu môc ®Ých kh¸c nhau.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………
3.
Cöa sæ lµ mét khu vùc trªn mµn h×nh mµ t¹i ®ã ta cã thÓ nh×n thÊy néi
dung cña mét th­ môc, mét tÖp tin hay mét ch­¬ng tr×nh.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………
4.
Chuét m¸y tÝnh lµ mét thiÕt bÞ ®iÒu khiÓn b»ng tay cho phÐp b¹n ®iÒu
khiÓn vÞ trÝ con trá trªn mµn h×nh dÔ dµng h¬n.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………
5.
Visual Basic ®­îc sö dông ®Ó viÕt c¸c ch­¬ng tr×nh øng dông ®a n¨ng cho
hÖ ®iÒu hµnh Windows.
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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Answer keys (100 points)
Key 2 multiple choices:
1. A
2. D
3. A
4. D
5. C
6. B
7. C
8. C
9. B
10.
D
11.
C
12.
B
13.
D
14.
C
15.
C
16.
A
17.
D
18.
B
19.
B
20.
D
3. A
Key 2 cloze test 1:
1. to
2. are
3. to
4. operating
5. dormant
6. activated
7. active
8. throughout
9. into
10.
also
11.
best
12.
using
13.
for
14.
antivirus
15.
is
Key to cloze test 2:
1. playing
2. up
3. amazed
4. aloud
5. take
6. include
7. In addition
8. allow
9. more
10.
development
11.
by
12.
impact
13.
distribution
14.
similar
15.
regardless of
Keys 2 reading comprehension
Task 1:
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. F
5. F
Task 2:
Reference:
1. features
2. chat room and discussion
forum
Vocabulary:
1. D
2. B
Keys 2 error recognition:
Note: If students just identify the words/ phrase, they get only 1 mark)
1. D --- >
2. A --- >
3. C --- >
4. C --- >
5. B --- >
6. D --- >
7. A --- >
8. C --- >
9. D --- >
10. B --- >
spoken commands
in which
to use
can adapt
are often added
were used
first analog
does
how it works
to make
Keys 2 translation:
English --- Vietnamese
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1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
Tr­íc khi m¸y tÝnh thi hµnh mét chØ thÞ nµo ®ã, c¸c chØ thÞ/ c©u lÖnh
cña ch­ong tr×nh ph¶i ®ùîc ®­a vµo bé nhí m¸y tÝnh tõ mét thiÕt bÞ nhËp
hoÆc tõ mét thiÕt bÞ l­u tr÷ thø cÊp nµo ®ã.
C++ (®­îc thiÕt kÕ) lµ mét ng«n ng÷ lËp tr×nh hÖ thèng víi c¸c ®Æc ®iÓm/
®Æc tÝnh gióp qu¶n lý phÇn cøng m¸y tÝnh cã hiÖu qu¶.
PhÇn lín c¸c tr­êng häc ngµy nay ®Òu cã nèi m¹ng Internet, häc sinh sinh
viªn cã thÓ sö dông m¹ng ®Ó lµm bµi tËp ngiªn cøu hoÆc liªn l¹c víi c¸c
tr­êng häc ë n­íc ngoµi.
HÖ thèng m¹ng t¨ng n¨ng suÊt lao ®éng b»ng viÖc cho phÐp c¸c nh©n viªn
chia xÎ th«ng tin dÔ dµng mµ kh«ng ph¶i in ra, ph«t«, gäi ®iÖn tho¹i hay
göi th­.
Mét c¸ch thøc kh«n ngoan ®Ó tr¸nh lçi hÖ thèng lµ viÕt m· ®Ó kiÓm tra sù
s½n cã cña c¸c thiÕt bÞ ngo¹i vi tr­íc khi göi d÷ liÖu ®i.
Vietnamese – English
1. Computer plays an important part/ role in almost all fields / every
field it serves.
2. Almost all / Most machines are designed to do a (certain / particular)
task. However, computers are different, they are general purpose
machines.
3. Window is an area on / of the computer screen where we / you can see the
contents of a folder, a file, or a program.
4. The compute mouse is a hand-operated device that lets you control more
easily the location of the pointer on your / the screen.
5. Visual Basic is used to write general purpose applications for the
Windows operating system.
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