Exercise 1.

Circle the word whose underlined part differs from the others in pronunciation
in each of the following questions.

6. A. touch B. foul C. account D. mount

7. A. lose B. vote C. control D. social

8. A. rear B. bear C. gear D. year

9. A. please B. peace C. seat D. spread

10. A. overlooks B. beliefs C. towards D. rights

Exercise 2. Choose the best answers.

26. The invention of penicillin is very useful because it has ____________ lots of lives.
A. lost B. brought C. saved D. solved
27. It is said that in a couple of decades, we ____________ telepathy and holography.
A. use B. will be used C. have used D. will be using
28. Mars is named ____________ the Roman God of war.
A. to B. about C. after D. under
29. By 2050, we ____________ in smart homes.
A. will have lived B. will be lived C. will live D. are living
30. The Earth seems too small to ____________ the increasing population.
A. provide B. accommodate C. supply D. stand
31. An astronaut has to wear a spacesuit ____________ it may be very cold in space.
A. so B. but C. because D. because of
32. The UFO landed on a ____________ area.
A. grass B. grassy C. grassed D. grassing
33. Scientists have been trying to find ____________ of aliens.
A. amounts B. records C. traces D. sights
34. There have been many UFO ____________ reported.
A. sights B. signs C. signals D. sightings
35. Mars is called the Red Planet due to its ____________ surface.
A. red B. redder C. reddest D. reddish
36. In the mid-19th century, scientists discovered that Mars had some similarities
____________ Earth.
A. to B. with C. of D. from
37. Neptune is bright blue ____________ it is named after the Roman God of the sea.
A. because B. but C. so D. or
38. There is a lot of interest in doing experiments in the ____________ conditions.
A. weigh B. weighing C. weight D. weightless
39. Titan, one of Saturn’s ____________, has a thick atmosphere.
A. satellite B. spaceships C. moons D. comets
40. Scientists believe that Mars also ____________ seasons just as the Earth does.
A. spends B. experiences C. experiments D. takes
41. Facebook was built on the ____________ of earlier social network sites like MySpace
and Bebo.
A. succeed B. successful C. successfully \D. success
42. It is thought that driverless cars will transform the way we move ____________ cities in
the future.
A. around B. away C. along D. ahead
43. Little Pascal ____________ a mechanical calculator which could do additions or
subfractions very quickly.
A. is covered B. found C. found out D. invented
44. Robots save workers from ____________ dangerous tasks.
A. making B. having C. performing D. carrying
45. Many people believe that robots have made workers jobless, ____________ that is not
necessarily true.
A. but B. and C. so D. or
46. Recent ____________ developments have made robots more user-friendly, and
intelligent.
A. science B. scientist C. scientific D. scientifically
47. Teenagers spend most of their time playing computer games; ____________, they lose
their interests in daily activities.
A. moreover B. so C. however D. as a result
48. Science and technology have ____________ the life safe, secure and comfortable.
A. transformed B. made C. done D. changed
49. Terrorists are using modem technology ____________ their destructive work.
A. about B. at C. for D. with
50. With the advance of science and technology, our life changes greatly in various
____________.
A. scenes B. fields C. sights D. regions
Exercise 3. Provide the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
6. She was cooking dinner when the guests (arrive) ________________.
7. They (play) ________________ soccer in the park when it started raining.
8. She (graduate) ________________ from college in two years.
9. We were watching a movie when the power (go out) ________________.
10. He (drive) ________________ to work when he (see) ________________ an accident on
the road.
Exercise 4. Read the text below and choose the best answers.
Ha Tinh is a disaster-prone province in central Viet Nam. Since the beginning of2015, this
province has experienced three massive floods, causing devastating property damage. The
floods razed thousands of homes, damaged numerous irrigation works, roads, schools and
healthcare centres. Ms. Nga Tran, a local resident, recalled the last flood, “The flood in June
was normal, but the one in September was awful. Water from Ngan Pho River began to
submerge the floor, while outside it was still raining heavily. After a while the water was
about one meter. I had no choice but to climb up to the attic and stay there for two days.”
Like many other residents, all of Ms. Nga Tran’s furniture was covered in mud, some was
completely damaged for having been soaked in the water for too long. But what worried her
most was the loss of her rice crop. Three months after the flood, lots of farmers still
struggled with finding enough food to eat. If there is no aid from the government, the
situation in this province will get worse.
1. What does disaster-prone mean?
A. having no disasters
B. likely to have disasters
C. have very few disasters
2. What is NOT mentioned as consequences from the floods?
A. loss of life B. loss of property C. loss of crop
3. When was the flood as recalled by Ms. Nga Tran?
A. January B. June C. September
4. How long did Ms. Nga Tran stay in her attic?
A. for the whole week B. two days C. three months
5. What is the biggest worry of Ms. Nga Tran and other residents?
A. lack of food B. lack of accommodation C. lack of aid
Exercise 5. Rewrite each sentence as indirect speech.
6. “Every weekend, the astronauts can have private video-conferences with their families on
the Earth.” Dr. Nelson said.
 Dr. Nelson said ____________________________________________________
7. “Have the astronauts ever forgotten anything from the Earth?” Nick asked his teacher.
 Nick asked his teacher_______________________________________________
8. “The astronauts on the ISS use a 3-D printer on board to print certain objects,” the
teacher answered Nick.
 The teacher told Nick _______________________________________________
9. “Where can we look for life?” Nga asked Dr. Nelson.
 Nga asked Dr. Nelson _______________________________________________
10. “Ganymede, the largest moon of Jupiter, has a large salt water ocean,” the teacher said.
 The teacher said ___________________________________________________
Exercise 6. Rewrite the following sentences based on the given words.
1. American scientists have drawn plans for an extension to the ISS.
 Plans ________________________________________________________________
2. “Can NASA prove that there is life on the moon of Jupiter?”
 He asked______________________________________________________________
3. The student wanted to know how long it took to get to the red planet.
 The student asked, “_______________________________________________”
4. Paul was at office When Sarah arrived there.
 When Sarah___________________________________________________________
5. “What time did you get home last night?”
 My parents asked_______________________________________________________
6. “We are meeting Tony at 8 o’clock tonight.”
 She said that___________________________________________________________
7. Sam told me that he was very tired then because he had been working hard for 12 hours.
 Sam said to me, “_________________________________________________”
Exercise 7. Reorder the words to make correct sentences.
1. said / be / to / would / My / uncle / give us / feedback / the / robots / too. / able
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2. a / cooker / invent / said / they / that / year. / would / My / mum / smart / that
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3. get / My / tired. / eyes
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4. can't / well. / concentrate /I
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5. helps / Online / independent. / learning / become / us / more
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6. breakout / We / in / interact / rooms.
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