UNIT 4 SPECIAL EDUCATION

UNIT 4. SPECIAL EDUCATION
I. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differently from the others.
1.
A. disabled
B. retarded
C. attended
D. interested
2.
A. dumb
B. suburb
C. lunch
D. consume
3.
A. deaf
B. teaching
C. read
D. reason
4.
A. different
B. children
C. blind
D. finger
5.
A. special
B. continue
C. consuming
D. describe
6.
A. attitude
B. ability
C. subtract

D. gradually
7.
A. surroundings
B. prevents
C. towards
D. examinations
8.
A. disabled
B. demonstration
C. fascinate
D. photography
9.
A. humorous
B. history
C. exhibition
D. homework
10. A. proud
B. doubt
C. suspicious
D. announce
11.
12.
13.
14.
15.
16.
17.
18.
19.
20.

A. wrong
A. job
A. sock
A. proper
A. follow
A. technology
A. protest
A. corresponding
A. other
A. long

B. problem
B. more
B. lost
B. honest
B. develop
B. opposition
B. offer
B. open
B. worry
B. phone

C. boss
C. doctor
C. only
C. effort
C. demonstration
C. biology
C. opposite

C. tomorrow
C. money
C. hotel

D. sport
D. box
D. robbed
D. sorrow
D. period
D. secondary
D. contact
D. body
D. hospital
D. broken

21.
22.
23.
24.
25.
26.
27.
28.
29.
30.

A. important
A. course
A. normal
A. order

A. story
A. talk
A. naughty
A. awful
A. daughter
A. although

B. information
B. labourer
B. oppose
B. morning
B. connector
B. call
B. audience
B. install
B. aunt
B. source

C. northern
C. colour
C. towards
C. photograph
C. forward
C. walk
C. laugh
C. advertisement
C. auditorium
C. court

D. airport

D. humorous
D. professional
D. shortage
D. corner
D. wash
D. author
D. fallen
D. caught
D. ought

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.
1. A. prevent
B. appear
C. worry
2. A. protest
B. describe
C. admire
3. A. attitude
B. realize
C. timetable
4. A. disabled
B. mentally
C. retarded
5. A. photography
B. determinate
C. exhibition
6. A. subtract
B. suffer
C. effort
7. A. gradually

B. primary
C. origin
8. A. opposition
B. activity
C. demonstration
9. A. sorrow
B. finger
C. escape
10. A. director
B. stimulate
C. quality

D. infer
D. attend
D. continue
D. consuming
D. professional
D. proper
D. however
D. disability
D. passion
D. everything

III. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the
underlined word or phrase.
1. Delegates expressed strong ................to the scheme.
A. expression
B. emotion
C. opposition
D. passion

2. Some of the more time consuming jobs can now be done by machines.
A. taking much time
B. taking. little time
C. odd
D. not affected by time
3. I have been fascinated by .............. since I was at secondary school.


4.

A. photograph
B. photographic
C. photographer
He …………………to keep a part time job while studying at the university.

D. photography

A. managed
B. management
C. managing
D. manage
They decided to go for a picnic …………………..the cold weather.
A. because of
B. because
C. in spite of
D. and
6. Her children all have been …………………in their chosen careers.
A. succeeded
B. successful
C. succeed

D. success
7. 6 ……………….from 9 is 3.
A. subtracting
B. subtracts
C. subtraction
D. subtracted
8. Let me …………………to you some of the difficulties we are facing.
A. demonstrate
B. demonstrated
C. demonstrating
D. demonstration
9. We haven't really ……………the cost of the activities yet.
A. calculating
B. calculation
C. calculated
D. calculate
10. The President expressed his deep sorrow over the bombing deaths.
A. regret
B. anger
C. sadness
D. passion
11. She displayed some of her paintings at the local ...................
A. commune
B. post office
C. demonstration
D. exhibition
12. He earns his living by taking photographs. He's a/an ................... photographer.
A. amateur
B. professional
C. talent

D. determined
13. In spite of her deafness, she played the violin very well.
A. inability to speak
B. inability to see
C. inability to hear
D. mentally impairment
14. The aim of the LIVE project is to train students from developing ...............
A. nations
B. national
C. nationality
D. nationalism
15. Thuy’s class is different …….……other classes because the children are disabled.
A.on
B. from
C. in
D. at
16. The blind child …………… a great effort to learn “Braille ”.
A.did
B. gotC. made
D. created
17. There was a lot of …………….from the local residents.
A.opposeB. opposite
C. opponent
D. opposition
18. The children will learn how …………….sums.
A.to do
B. doing
C. do
D. will do
19. We ………………….for the delay in answering your letter.

A.sorry
B. regret
C. apologize
D. excuse
20. Very few people can ………………….my name correctly.
A. pronoun
B. pronounce
C. announce
D. allow
IV. Choose the best option of words:
1. He has not developed mentally as much as others at the same age. He's ………………..
A. mentally ill
B. mentally retarded
C. mentally alert
D. mentally restricted
2. He invented a new kind of wheelchair for the ................
A. unemployed
B. poor
C. disabled
D. unhappy
3.
The government is doing nothing to help.......................
A. the poor people
B. the poor ones
C. the poor
D. the poors
4. The …………… are those who can’t use a part of the body in a normal way.
5.

A. unemployed

B. mentally-retarded

C. disabled

D. injured

5. Many people were killed in the plane crash. The bodies of ……………were taken away; …………… were taken to
hospital.
A. the death - the injured B. the dead - the injured C. the dead - the injury D. the die - the injured
6.
Do you think the ……………..should pay more taxes?
A. poorer
B. poor
C. poverty
D. poorly
7. It's better for the ……………..to be cared for at home rather than in hospitals.
A. sick
B. sicker
C. sickness
D. sickly
8.
The government is discussing the problem of housing for the ……………………….
A. unemploy
B. employed
C. employ
D. unemployed
9. He became ……………….after a car accident.
A. able
B. disabling

C. disable
D. disabled


10. Without the Braille Alphabet it would be very difficult for ………..
A. disabled
B. the deaf
C. the mute
D. the blind
11. The little boy is helping……………..cross the street.
A.the poor
B. the rich
C. the blind
D. the young
12. Many people lost their home in the Earthquake. The government is trying to establish more shelters to care
for ………………
A.the childless
B. the homeless
C. the blind
D. the deaf
13. The government should have special policies to help the ……………. .
A.disable
B. disabled
C. disability
D. disablement
14. The blind ………..unable to see anything.
A.is
B. are
C. am
D. have

15. He said it was right that ……………..should beg.
A.blind
B. the blinds
C. the blind
D. the blindness
16. The Swiss ………………thrifty and hard-working.
A.is
B. are
C. has
D. have
17. ……………..…blind can see nothing.
A.The
B. A
C. All
D. Every
18. I don’t think the rich ………bad. Actually, most of them work very hard.
A.is
B. are
C. was
D. were
19. The government should take an urgent step to help …………..……
A. the unemployed
B. the rich
C. the deaf
D. the dumb
20. The lazy can never …………….
A. succeed
B. success
C. succeeded
D. successful

V. Choose the one word or phrase - b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence.
1.
I.................like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager.
A. would
B. used to
C. must
D. could
2.
Rick left the party early because he .............. a headache
A. had
B. has
C. used to have
D. was having
3.
Claude didn't ............... in Canada.
A. lived
B. use to live
C. used to live
D. used to living
4.
I remember you. You ………............ to school here.
A. were used to going
B. have already gone
C. went
D. used to go
5.
One day last March, I .............. a very strange letter.
A. get
B. got
C. used to get

D. was getting
6.
I didn't like the noise in the city at first. But now................. here..
A. I got used to living
B. I'm used to living
C. used to live
D. I used to living
7. Now Peter has got a car. He ……………..a motor-cycle.
A. uses to drive
B. used to driving
C. used to drive
D. uses to driving
8. The baby doesn't cry so much now but she …………………….cry every night.
A. use to
B. used to
C. used
D. use
9. Now there's only one shop in the village but there …………………….three.
A. use to having
B. use to have
C. used to having
D. used to have
10. My father didn’t …………………coffee for breakfast.
A.used to have
B. use to have
C. use to having
D. used to having
11. I ………….up late at night.
A. use to stay
B. am used to stay

C. used to staying
D. am used to staying
12. …..…you ……..walking to school?
A.Are / used
B. Are / used to
C. Did / use
D. Did / use to
13. ……………....he …………….…….a lot when he was young?
A. Used / to smoke
B. Did / used to smoke C. Used / to smoking
D. Did / use to smoke
14.
They ………….. living on farms and working on fields.
A. are used to
B. are used for
C. used to
D. did not use
15.
Mrs Pike ……........... very attractive when she was young, but now she looks pale because of the illness.
A. is used to being
B. used to be C. was used for being D. use to be
16.
They …………...best friends when they were little boys, but now their friendship no longer exists.
A. are used to be
B. are used to being
C. used to be
D. got used to being


17.

This is the chair which my grandfather ……………. sit on before he went abroad last month.
A. is used to
B. gets used to C. becomes used to
D. used to

18. People ………….. that the earth is round before.
A. were not used to believe
B. used to believing
C. would not use to believe
D. did not use to believe
19. This work doesn’t bother me. I …………. hard. I've worked hard all my life.
A. used to working
B. used to work
C. am used to working D. am used to work
20. Dick ………… a moustache, but he doesn't any more. He shaved it off because his wife
didn't like it.
A. used to having
B. is used to having C. was used to having D. used to have
VI. Choose the best option of words:

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

It rained all the time, ................. was a great pity.
A. that
B. what
C. which

D. who
Some people have been attacked in this area recently, ……………… very worrying.
A. which are
B. that is
C. that are
D. which is
He rushed into the burning building, ………..was very brave.
A. it
B. who
C. that
D. which
I’d like to introduce you to Mrs. Thuy, ……… is the teacher of this special class.
A. that
B. which
C. who
D. whom
Ann quit her job at the advertising agency,....................... surprised everyone.
A. which

B. that

C. who

D. that is

6. The decision was postponed, ................was exactly what he wanted.
A. which
B . when
C. that
D. where

7.
My friend, …………aunt is nurse, would like to be a doctor someday.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. whose
8.

My wife, ……………………..is a doctor, works at Community Hospital.
A. who
B. which
C. whom
D. that
9. Jan didn't check she had enough petrol before she left, …………………… was careless of her.
A.what
B. it
C. that
D. which
10. Behind the farmhouse there was a large garden, ……………..the farmer and his sons were working.
A. for which
B. which
C. in which
D. that
11. The picture was painted by Laura, ………………….is being shown in an exhibition.
A. which
B. whose
C. who
D. whom
12.
We stayed at the Royal Hotel, …………………Peter recommended to us.

A.that
B. which
C. where
D. whom
13.
That’s my friend, ………………..comes from Japan.
A.which
B. who
C. whom
D. where.
14.
I remember Alice, …………………rode the bus to school with.
A.I
B. whom I
C. which I
D. who
15.
My father will fly to Ha Noi, ……………………..is the capital city of Vietnam.
A.who
B. whom
C. which
D. where
16.
They called their friends, ……………………….have lived in the city for a long time
A.who
B. which
C. whose
D. that
17. This is Henry, ……………………..sister works for my father.
A. who

B. whose
C. that
D. A & C
18. Alaska, ………………….my brother lives, is the largest state in the United States.
A. which
B. where
C. who
D. All are correct
19.
The man sitting next to me kept talking during the film, ……………..really annoyed me.
A. that
B. which
C. who
D. when
20.
My mother, …………….everyone admires, is a famous teacher.
A. who
B. whom
C. which
D. whose
VII. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A. B. C or D - that must be changed for the sentence to be
correct.


1.

When I was a child, summers would be warmer and winters colder than now.
A
B
CD

2. What do you use to do when you felt afraid?
A
B
CD
3. I can't find my diary, that is a real nuisance.
A
B C D
Helen Keller, who was both blind and deafness, overcame her inabilities with the help of her teacher, Ann
Sullivan. A
B
C
D
4. Lake Superior, that lies on the US Canadian border, is the largest lake in North America.
A
B
C
D
5. Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party, this made me feel sad.
A
B
C D
6. Dennis used to smoking a lot a year ago.
A
B
C
D
7. Mr. Thuy doesn’t mind taking care for disabled children.
A
B
C

D
8. It took him a long time to get used to drive on the left.
A
B
C
D
9. Check cards are used for replace money.
A
B C D
10. It took them at least two months learning how to pronounce these words.
A
B
C
D
VIII. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num bared blank.
Louis Braille was born in 1309 in Coup ray. He was a French (1).................. of the blind. He himself was blind
from the age of three, and in 1818 he went to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing
marked (2)......................... in both science and music, he became famous in Paris (3)................... an organist and
violoncellist. In 1826 Braille began teaching the blind in the (4)................ . Braille is known for his idea of
modifying the Briberies. Point writing consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard;. the Braille system
(5).................... from it is used successfully today, in slightly modified form, and in many countries.
1. A. designer
B. doctor
C. teacher
D. lawyer
2. A. activity
B. ability
C. intelligence
D. determination
3. A. like

B. as
C. such as
D. for
4. A. academy
B. organization
C. school
D. institute
5. A. made
B. taken
C. done
D. derived
IX. Read the passage, then choose the correct answer - a. b, c, or d.
The first school for blind, deaf and mute children in the Tibet Autonomous Region celebrated its first
anniversary on Friday. The school is built in the eastern suburb of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and is designed to hold
200 students covers 20,000 square meters.
The school curriculum includes Braille and sign language- training, Tibetan, mathematics, writing, ethics
training, physical education, arts, handicrafts, speech and walking courses. At the celebration, the audience was
touched by a silent song expressed by the students with sign language. Baiba Toinzhub, a 10-year-old blind child,
can speak fluent Chinese and is good at singing and dancing. He told the visitors that life in the boarding school
comfortable.
1. What type of students attend the school?
A. Children who live in the Tibet Autonomous Region
B. Children who cannot see, hear, or speak.
C. Children who are visually impaired
D. Children with a variety of disabilities.
2. The school is located in...................................
A. the capital of Tibet
B. the eastern of Tibet
C. 20,000 square meters
D. the suburb of the capital of Tibet

3. The school is......................................
A. able to hold 200 students B. the first boarding school
C. 20.000 square meters in area
D. A and C are correct


4. Which subject is taught in the school?
A. Physics
B. Foreign languages
5. Which of the following is not true?
A. Life in the boarding school is comfortable.

C. Computers

D. Braille

B. Tibet’s first deaf-mute school celebrated its 10th birthday.
C. BaibaToinzhub can sing and dance very well.
D. The visitors were touched by a silent song.
X. Choose the sentence (a, b, c, or d) which is closest in meaning to the sentence printed before.
1. I didn't use to like football.
A.I don't like football.
B. When I was young I liked football, but now I don't.
C. Once I didn't like football, but now I do.
D. I wasn't accustomed to football.
2.
The police blocked off the road, which caused a traffic jam.
A.The road that caused a traffic jam was blocked off by the police.
B.The police blocked off a traffic jam on the road.
C.The police blocked off the road because it caused a traffic jam.

D.The fact that the police blocked off the road caused a traffic jam.
3. The last time she used the Braille alphabet was one year ago.
A. She hasn't used the Braille alphabet for a year.
B. She hasn't used the Braille alphabet a year ago.
C. She has used the Braille alphabet for a year.
D. She hasn't used the Braille alphabet a year ago.
4. People who are out of work are increasing in our country.
A. There is a decrease in the number of unemployed people in our country.
B. There is an increase in the number of workers in our country.
C. The unemployed in our country are increasing.
D. The unemployed who have work are increasing in our country.
5.
Mrs. Quyen taught the mute but she doesn’t do it anymore.
A. Mrs.Quyen used to teach the mute.
B. Mrs.Quyen has used to teaching the mute.
C. Mrs.Quyen gets used to teach the mute.
D. Mrs.Quyen is used to teaching the mute.
6.
Mai didn’t come to class yesterday. This surprised all of us.
A. Mai didn’t come to class yesterday that surprised all of us.
B. This Mai didn’t come to class yesterday surprised all of us.
C. Which surprised all of us that Mai didn’t come to class yesterday.
D. Mai didn’t come to class yesterday, which surprised all of us.
7.
Nancy isn’t used to walking so far
A. Nancy used to walk farther
B. Nancy doesn’t like to walk so far
C.Nancy isn’t accustomed to walking very far D. Nancy needed help to walk so far
8.
My career as a teacher began 14 years ago.

A. I have started teaching for 14 years now.
B. For 14 years have I been a teacher.
C. I was a teacher for 14 years.
D. I have been a teacher for 14 years now.
9. He used to travel around the country.
A. He liked travelling around the country. B. He no longer travels around the country.
C. He is used to travelling around the country. D. He never travelled around the country.
10. He behaved in a very strange way. That surprised me most.
A. What almost surprised me was the strange way he behaved.
B. His behavior was a very strange thing, that surprised me most.
C. He behaved very strangely, which surprised me very much.
D. I was almost not surprised by his strange behavior.