I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others:

1. a. wipe    b. alive    c. micro    d. link

2. a. clean    b. threat    c. ahead    d. instead

3. a. breathing    b. methane    c. thank    d. healthy

4. a. choose    b. moon    c. food    d. look

5. a. burden    b. survive    c. curtain    d. furnish

II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest:

6. a. different    b. terrorist    c. contrary    d. domestic

7. a. future    b. burden    c. device    d. certain

8. a. development    b. security    c. pessimistic    d. particular

9. a. threaten    b. appear    c. modern    d. instance

10. a. experience    b. technology    c. environment    d. optimistic

III. Choose the word or phrase – a, b, c or d – that best completes the sentence or substitutes for the underlined word or phrase:

11. Constant _______ of attack makes everyday life dangerous here.

a. threat    b. threaten    c. threatening    d. threateningly

12. No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen _______.

a. expected    b. unexpected    c. expectedly    d. unexpectedly

13. Someone who is _______ is hopeful about the future or the success of something in particular.

a. powerful    b. optimistic    c. stagnant    d. pessimistic

14. A _______ is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times.

a. plane    b. corporation

c. telecommunication    d. space-shuttle

15. In the future many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.

a. companies    b. services    c. supermarkets    d. farms

16. The more powerful weapons are, the more terrible the _______ is.

a. creativity    b. history    c. terrorism    d. technology

17. The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.

a. speed    b. expectation    c. improvement    d. treatment

18. Let’s put off that meeting to next Saturday.

a. postpone    b. schedule    c. arrange    d. appoint

19. A nuclear station may take risk going off due to unexpected incidents.

a. demolishing    b. exploding    c. developing    d. running

20. Someone who is _______ thinks that bad things are going to happen.

a. optimistic    b. pessimistic    c. threatened    d. hopeful

21. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of laborsaving devices.

a. Official    b. Household    c. Schooling    d. Foreign

22. Elevators in tall building make the top floors accessible _____ everybody

a. to    b. with    c. about    d. at

23. While I am waiting _______ my bus, I often listen _______ music.

a. on / at    b. for / to    c. toward / about    d. upon / in

24. Those spacecrafts are used ______ taking photographs _______ space.

a. about / through    b. for/ in    c. of / at    d. in / off

25. Will you take care _______ my little dog when I am _______ business?

a. through / away    b. about / at    c. for / over    d. of / on

IV. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase:

Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the (26) _____ between the human and the machine. All, body (27) _____ will be replaceable. Computers will function like the human (28) _____ with the ability to recognize feelings and respond in a feeling way. They will then produce fake people. We will then be able to create a machine duplicate of ourselves (29) _____ we will appear to be alive long after we are dead. Maybe a few decades later, a way will be found to transfer our spirit, including our (30) _____ and thoughts, to the new body. Then we can choose to live for as (31) _____ as we want. It might be expensive. When it becomes possible to do a spirit transfer, they will figure out (32) _____ to do them automatically. So we will be able to reside within whichever duplicate we want, whenever we want.

Miniature robots will be built to travel through your blood (33) _____ and repair damage. Also, larger robots will be used when you are sick. When you have an upset stomach, you will (34) _____ a very small cherry tasting robot which will travel through your stomach taking video of the mess. It will be set up like a video game, so you can control the exploring and the selection of images. Then you can replay the video to help a doctor (35) _____ your illness, or to prove to your employer that you really, were sick.

26. a. variety    b. change    c. difference    d. appearance

27. a. region    b. place    c. role    d. parts

28. a. brain    b. limb    c. skull    d. liver

29. a. such    b. as    c. so    d. but

30. a. experience    b. memories    c. actions    d. health

31. a. long    b. far    c. much    d. soon

32. a. what    b. when    c. why    d. how

33. a. line    b. creek    c. stream    d. river

34. a. swallow    b. chew    c. vomit    d. drink

35. a. confront    b. diagnose    c. get    d. see

V. Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer:

In the future, maybe all cars that run on petrol will be replaced by solar cars, which have been around for a while, but with recent developments in solar car design and the measurement of photovoltaic cells becoming smaller, the dream of a truly efficient solar car is more reality than fantasy. A solar car is a vehicle powered by photovoltaic cells, also called solar cells, which convert sunlight (light energy) into electrical energy. As a source of energy on earth, there is nothing like the sun: in a mere one thousandth of one second (.001), the sun emits enough energy to fulfill our planet’s energy needs for the next 5,000 years. It is a staggering fact, and an exciting one. Since the energy from the sun is responsible for renewable resources such as wind, tides, and heat, solar energy seems to offer the brightest future for not only cars, but for the entire energy crisis. Despite the appearance that solar energy may be the least feasible among the current crop of alternative fuel propositions, new solar powered devices and more specifically solar powered cars are beginning to be developed. How do Solar Cars work?

The photo-voltaic cells absorb photons from sunlight. This action generates heat, which the cells then convert into electrical energy and stores in an on-board battery. This process of conversion is called the photovoltaic effect. Not surprisingly, such a vehicle has zero emissions, and is very environmentally friendly. Unfortunately, at the moment photovoltaic cells are extremely inefficient, yet as time progresses the efficiency of these cells will grow. This will make solar energy and solar cars the fuel and car of the future – a closer reality.

(*) Từ mới:

photovoltaic: quang điện;

staggering: làm choáng người;

feasible: tiện lợi, có thể thực hiện được;

proposition: kế hoạch, dự kiến;

photon: quang tử;

36. According to the text, __________________.

a. up to now, we have designed some solar cars

b. solar cars have been very popular for many years

c. we have not produced any solar cars yet

d. solar cars are not as much appreciated as other kinds of car

37. A solar car is supplied power from _______.

a. gas    b. petrol    c. photovoltaic cells    d. electricity

38. Which can not help us to solve the problem of energy crisis?

a. wind    b. tide    c. the sun    d. heat from the moon

39. According to the text, __________________________.

a. no powered solar devices have been developed so far

b. besides solar cars, we have also developed solar powered devices

c. solar energy plans are more feasible than wind energy plans

d. tide can supply more energy than the sun

40. The photovoltaic effect is __________________.

a. the process of operating a solar car

b. the process of absorbing photons from the sun

c. the developing of solar cars and solar powered devices

d. the converting of heat from the sun into electricity

Đáp án

1	d	21	b
2	a	22	a
3	a	23	b
4	d	24	b
5	b	25	d
6	d	26	c
7	c	27	d
8	c	28	a
9	b	29	c
10	d	30	b
11	a	31	a
12	d	32	d
13	b	33	c
14	d	34	a
15	a	35	b
16	c	36	a
17	c	37	c
18	a	38	d
19	b	39	b
20	b	40	d

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