EXERCISES – UNIT 4 I/ Complete the sentences with the correct form of the words in parentheses. 1. I found the visit the most ______________. (education) 2. There should be parking spaces for the ______________. (disable) 3. I was _____________ composing the letter I would write later. (mental) 4. They gave a clear ____________ of their intentions. (demonstrate) 5. I live alone and I don’t have many ____________. (visit) 6. She answered the teacher’s question almost _______________. (immediate) 7. My father has been _____________ for 6 months. He’s trying to find a new job now. (employ) 8. Her ________________ include tennis and paintings. (active) II/ Read the passage and do the tasks that follow. Louis Braille was born in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French teacher of the blind. He himself was blind from the age of three, and in 1818 he went as a foundling to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked ability in both science and music, he became famous in Paris as an organist and violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began teaching the blind in the institute. Braille is known for his idea of modifying the Barbier “point writing” system, used for coded army messages, to enable the blind to read. Point writing consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system derived from it is used succesfully today, in slightly modified form, and in many countries. A. Match a word in A with its meaning or definition in B. A B 1. blind 2. ability 3. marked 4. institute 5. embossed 6. consist of 7. foundling 8. derive a. having a design or a piece of writing raised above the surface b. be composed of sth c. have sth as its source or origin d. clear; noticeable; easily seen e. an abandoned child of unknown parents who is found by sb. f. The mental or physical capacity, power or skill required to do sth g. A society or an organization for a special, usually social, professional or educational purpose h. Unable to see B. Read the passage and answer the questions. 1. When and where was Louis Braille born? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2. Was he a teacher of the blind? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3. When was he blind? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4. Where did he go in 1818? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5. In what fields did he show his marked ability? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6. When did he begin teaching the blind in the institute? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7. Was the Braille system derived from the Barbier “ point writing” system? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8. Was there anything special in the Barbier “ point writing” system? What was it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Teacher: Nguyen Thi Khanh Ha – English 10 1 III/ Use the + adjective from the list to complete each sentence. disabled rich deaf unemployed dumb poor blind injured 1/ __________________ have to help _____________________. 2/ __________________ in the accident yesterday morning was taken to hospital immediately. 3/ The little boy is helping _______________ cross the street. 4/ __________________ and __________________ use a system of sign language to communicate with each other. 5/ The government should take an urgent step to help ______________________. 6/ Don’t make fun of _____________________. IV/ Complete the sentences with used to or be used to. 1. Jane (work )____________________ for he telephone company, but now she has a job at the post office 2. This work doesn’t bother me. I (work) ____________________ hard. I’ve worked hard all my life. 3. Dick (have) ____________________ mustache, but he doesn’t any more. He shaved it off because his wife didn’t like it. I (see, not) _____________________ him without his mustache. He still looks strange to me. 4. When I was a child, I (think) _____________________ anyone over 40 was old. Of course, now that I’m middle-aged, I agree with those who say, “Life begins at 40”. 5. It (take)_____________________ weeks or months to cross the Atlantic Ocean from Europe to America, but now it takes only a matter of hours. 6. Even though Jason is only 12, he (fly)______________________ on airplanes. His father is a pilot and has taken Jason with him in a plane many times. 7. When I was growing up, my mother often sent me to the neighborhood store to get something for her. And each time I went there, Mr. Ditmar, the owner, (give)_________________ me a piece of candy. 8. Michael (take)______________________ care of himself. He leff home when he was 15 and has been on his own ever since. THE END Teacher: Nguyen Thi Khanh Ha – English 10 2 Key: I/ 1. educational 5. visitors 2. disabled 6. immediately 3. mentally 7. unemployed 4. demonstration 8. activities II/ A. 1-h 2-f 3-d 4-g 5-a 6-b 7-e 8-c B. 1. He was born in 1809 in Coupvray. 2. Yes, he was 3. He was blind at the age of three/ when he was three. 4. In 1818, he went to the National Institute for Young Blind in Paris. 5. He showed his marked ability in both science and music. 6. He began teaching the blind in the institute in 1826. 7. Yes, it was. 8. Yes, there was. The Barbier . . . on cardboard. Teacher: Nguyen Thi Khanh Ha – English 10 3 . disabled 6. immediately 3. mentally 7. unemployed 4. demonstration 8. activities II/ A. 1-h 2-f 3-d 4- g 5-a 6-b 7-e 8-c B. 1. He was born in 1809 in Coupvray looks strange to me. 4. When I was a child, I (think) _____________________ anyone over 40 was old. Of course, now that I’m middle-aged, I agree with those