Bài tập kiểm tra từ vựng chủ đề cuộc sống trong tương lai (Life in the Future)

PRACTICE EXERCISES

Bài tập

Exercise 1: Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

Exercise 2: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

Exercise 3: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Question 11: In the near future, the government will instigate new measures to combat          

1. terrorist B. terrorism C. terrorize D. terror

Question 12: Many people think that in some more years we will see the complete of newspapers and magazines due to the Internet.

A. disappear B. disappearance C. appear D. appearing

Question 13: A specific area of biotechnology that shows great promise for treatment and cure of life-

            diseases.

A. developing B. threatening C. hoping D. fitting

Question 14: We sometimes go away from the city to the countryside for a          of fresh air.

A. feeling B. sip C. swallow D. breath

Question 15: The idea of building a           with human intelligence is not only ambitious but also highly unconventional.

A. robot B. corporation C. line D. road

Question  16:  Washing  machines,  vacuum  cleaners,  and  dish  washers are labor            devices which help US do housework easily and quickly.

A. improving B. making C. saving D. employing

Question 17: The computer allows US to work fast and           

A. efficiently B. differently C. variously D. freshly

Question 18: It is predicted that          computing technology will increase in value at                             same time it will decrease in cost.

A. ∅/the B. a/the C. the/a D. a/∅

Question 19: Bitcoin  Investors are          on the hope that as this high-tech money becomes more widely accepted, its value will soar.

A. relying B. entrusting C. depending D. gambling

Question 20: Cancers and AIDS, which are          now, will be cured successfully.

A. treat B. untreatable C. treatment D. treatable

Question 21: There will be no places where people have to suffer the lack of food and          

A. commodity B. accommodation C. shelters D. slums

Question 22: In the future, maybe all cars that run          petrol will be replaced by solar cars.

A. on B. at C. out D. into

Question 23: 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               than fantasy.

A. real B. realize C. realization D. reality

Question 24: Many teenagers show signs of anxiety and          when being asked about their future.

A. depress B. depression C. depressing D. depressed

Question 25: Someone who is          ishopeful about the future or the success of something in particular.

A. powerful B. optimistic C. stagnant D. pessimistic

Question 26: There will be powerful network of computers  which  may  come  from  a  single  computing               thatis worn on or in the body.

A. device B. machinery C. equipment D. vehicle

Question 27: An economic          is a time when there is very little economic activity, which causes a lot of unemployment and poverty.

A. improvement B. depression C. development D. mission

Question 28: The more powerful weapons are, the more terrible the          is.

A. capitalism B. futurism C. terrorism D. feminism

Question 29: The commercial future of the company looks very          .

A. promising B. practical C. potential D. prospective

Question 30: Within           few years,           private space travel has gone from concept to reality.

A. ∅ / an B. the / the C. the /a D. a / ∅

Question 31: In the future, the number of tiny but            computers you encounter every day will number in the thousands, perhaps millions.

A. power B. powerful C. powerfully D. powered

Question 32: In the future,          engineering will allow us to create the perfect human.

A. genetic B. gene C. energetic D. genus

Question 33: At a point in a future time, some may            that computers must become about as smart as Newton or Einstein.

A. announce B. declare C. require D. claim

Question 34: More advanced computers will be able to be creative, respond to feelings in a feeling way, develop intuition, recognize patterns, and suggest               alternatives.

A. innovate B. innovation C. innovative D. innovator

Question 35: We can select Internet information wisely, choose healthy computer games, limit our

            television commercials, and select television programs carefully.

A. limitation B. terrorism C. variety D. exposure

Question 36: Peter was asked to          to a newspaper article making predictions for technological progress in 10 years.

A. expect B. invest C. develop D. contribute

Question 37: The          of the future will no longer be remedial. It will be preventive.

A. communication B. education C. medicine D. technology

Question 38: Over the next 20 to 50 years, it will become harder to tell the               between the human and the machine.

A. variety B. change C. difference D. appearance

Question 39: Local authorities  should  find  ways  to  limit  the  use  of  private  cars  and  encourage  city               to use public transport.

A. commuters B. planners C. dwellers D. people

Question  40:  Homes  and  buildings  will  operate  as  living  organisms,  monitoring  performance    and               to our needs in real time, saving US energy and money.

A. adapted B. to adapt C. adapting D. adapt

Exercise 4: Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Question 41: In the future many large corporations will be wiped out and millions of jobs will be lost.

A. destroyed B. developed C. broadened D. opened

Question 42: No one can predict the future exactly. Things may happen unexpectedly.

A. spontaneously B. abruptly

C. unpredictably D. All are corrrect

Question 43: Telecommunication is bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our lives.

A. depression B. technique C. expectation D. impact

Question 44: Scientists hope that this new drug will be a major&nbs