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PRACTICE 3- CONSOLIDATION
Choose the word having the underlined pronounced differently in each line.
1. A. healthy B. ahead C. bread D. seatbelt
2. A. vulnerable B. ultimate C. figure D. humble
3. A. plane B. safety C. traffic D. station
4. A. geothermal B. pathway C. prosthetic D. weather
Choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from other three in the position of
primary STRESS in each of the following questions.
5. A. interfere B. understand C. resurrect D. estimate
6. A. incredible B. exterminate C. exponential D. humanity
7. A. futurist B. malfunction C. consequence D. activate
8. A. exterminator B. singularity C. technological D. similarity
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
9. FM is a method of ____ signals, especially in radio broadcasting.
A. transacting B. transferring C. transmitting D. translating
10. UFO is an acronym for ____ Flying Object.
A. Unidentified B. Unimaginative C. Unknown D. Unique
11. The biggest fear is that humans might ____ control over robots.
A. gain B. keep C. lose D. take
12. Researchers have ____ to the conclusion that your personality is affected by your genes.
A. arrived B. come C. got D. reached
13. The telescope will photograph distant galaxies, ____ attempt to understand their past.
A. in B. for C. on D. with
14. It is likely that artificial intelligence might decide to ____ an end to humanity simply because it
surpasses human intelligence.
A. come B. make C. put D. take
15. A.I. robots are ____ of having human emotions.
A. able B. capable C. efficient D. fond
16. I don't think people should be allowed to ____ experiments on animals.
A. create B. make C. perform D. produce
17. Many materials have been used for ____ teeth, including wood.
A. artificial B. false C. hand-made D. natural
18. Once they've finished the extension to the ____, there'll be room for them to take on a lot more
workers.
A. factory B. industry C. manufacturing D. trade
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
19. Penny made her husband their house.
A. sell B. to sell C. is selling D. sells
20. I had the furniture to my house.
A. delivers B. delivered C. delivering D. to deliver
21. As I have put on weight recently, I have to get the tailor my suit before my
graduation ceremony.
A. fix B. fixed C. to fixing D. to fix
22. The best thing that you can do to extend the life of your car is to have your car on a
routine basis.
e A. to service B. to be serviced C. service D. serviced
23. The engineering students had the automated software the report.
A. wrote B. written C. write D. to write
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
24. Thanks to the first lawn mower which was invented in 1830, we don't have to pay for someone to
A B C
have our grass to be cut any more.
D
25. According to the futurist Ray Kurzweil, humans could have tiny computerized machines or nanobots
A B
invent thanks to future medical advances.
C D
26. In his Aston Martin DB5 car, Bond can have the photos being printed out along with the information
A B C
about the people in them from a panel in a dashboard.
D
27. The owners of modern manufacturing plants had workers doing heavy and repetitive tasks replacing,
A B C D
by robots.
28. In this throw-away society, instead of having an old electronics device fixed, people tend to toss it
A B C D
away and buy a new one.
Mark the letter A.B.C or D to indicate the correct response to each of the following exchanges.
29. A: Hello, is that Liz speaking?
B: ____
A. Yes, who's that? I can hardly hear you. B. Hello, how are you?
C. Hi, there. I'm Juliet. D. You can leave a message, please.
30. A: Hello, could I speak to Chris, please?
B: ____
A. Sorry, he's not in. B. Yes, you could. C. Sure, go ahead. D. Certainly I am.
31. A: Shall I ring you later?
B: ____
A. No, you won't. B. Yes, but I may be out.
C. Sorry, I'm busy now. D. I couldn't agree more.
32. A: Do you know how this machine works?
B: ____
A. It's very expensive. B. Will you call the mechanic tomorrow?
C. Plug it in and push the green button. D. I think it's quite heavy.
33. A: ____
B: Oh, the bulb went out when I switched it on.
A. Are there anything wrong? B. What matters to the lamp?
C. Does the machine work properly? D. What's wrong with the lamp?
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
34. Internet search engines can help to predict the weather as well as traffic jams in a city.
A. announce B. expect C. forecast D. reveal
35. Ray Kurzweil suggests that exponential technological development will lead to the inevitable rise of
artificial intelligence.
A. inapplicable B. unavoidable C. unrecognizable D. invisible
36. A.I. algorithms can also help to detect faces and other features in photo sent to social networking sites
and automatically organize them.
A. categorize B. connect C. recognize D. remind
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in each of the following questions.
37. The critical issue is whether genuine artificial intelligence can ever be truly realized.
A. authentic B. fake C. unpretentious D. true
38. Professor Stephen Hawking thinks the primitive forms of A.I. which have been developed so far have
already proved very useful.
A. basic B. modern C. original D. recent
39. Kurzweil believes that there could be tiny robots called nanobots implanted into our brains to improve
our memory.
A. inserted in B. fixed in C. removed from D. replaced with
Read the text and choose the most suitable word to fit each gap by circling A, B, C or D.
More than 100 robots have been put to work at the high-tech trade fair, Expo 2005 Aichi, in
Japan. They are able to perform tasks (40) greeting visitors, performing cleanup and security, and
entertaining crowds. Robots used to be just “robotic arms” or “remote-controlled vehicles”.
But
more (41) robots are getting popular. Take Kokoro, the Expo's
humanoid
, for example. The brunette “actroid” speaks Chinese, Korean, English and Japanese, and it is (42)_____to
look and act as human as possible. Visitors seem to like her (43) she can't always give a straight
answer. “I'm sorry, I was dreaming of Kyoshi,” she says, raising her hand to her mouth distractedly, (44)
a question she fails to understand.
Text adapted from: https://www.newscientist.com/article/dn7197-japanese-robot-expo-will-wow-the-
crowds/)
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the
following questions.
49. Why don't we get someone to fix our computer?
A. Fixing our computer is someone else's duty. B. Let's have someone to fix our computer.
C. Someone will have our computer fixed. D. Why don't we have our computer fixed?
50. My car needed servicing, so I took it to a garage.
A. I took my car to a garage to have it serviced.
B. I took my car, which needed to be servicing, to a garage.
C. I had a garage get serviced my car.
D. My car was taken to a garage to have it serviced.
51. Someone stole my dad's mobile phone last night.
A. My dad had his mobile phone stolen last night.
B. My dad got someone steal his mobile phone last night.
C. My dad asked someone to steal his mobile phone last night.
D. My dad was robbed of his mobile phone last night.
52. Someone is checking my car tyres for me.
A. I'm getting my car tyres checked.
B. I'm having my car tyres to be checked by someone.
C. I have my car tyres checked regularly.
D. My car tyres are being checked by myself.
53. Why don't you get someone to update the new computer program for me?
A. I suggest that you update the new computer program for me.
B. Shall I have the new computer program updated for you?
C. Why don't you ask someone to update the new computer program for me?
D. Why don't you have the new computer program updated by yourself?
54. We have decided to employ someone to put in a better lock.
A. A better lock has been decided to be put in. B. We have decided to have a better lock put
in.
C. We have decided to put in a better lock. D. We have decided that we put in a better
lock.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
55. My piano makes unsatisfactory sound. Someone is going to tune it tomorrow
A. I'm going to have my piano tuned tomorrow due to the unsatisfactory sound it makes.
B. If my piano makes unsatisfactory sound, someone is going to tune it tomorrow.
C. My piano makes unsatisfactory sound, so I am going to tune it tomorrow.
D. The piano which makes unsatisfactory sound is going to be tuned tomorrow.
56. Many industries today use highly automated vehicles. They can drive with almost no human
intervention.
A. Although many industries today use many automated vehicles, they can drive without human
intervention.
B. Many industries today use highly automated vehicles which can drive with almost no human
intervention.
C. With almost no human intervention, many industries today can run highly automated vehicles.
D. When vehicles are highly automated in many industries, humans do not have to intervene in
their operation.
57. I have narrowed it down to two computer games. I can't make up my mind.
A. Although I have narrowed it down to two computer games, I still can't make up my mind.
B. Having narrowed it down to two computer games, I can make up my mind.
C. I have narrowed it down to two computer games, which helps me make up my mind.
D. If I don't narrow it down to two computer games, I won't be able to make up my mind.
Rewrite these sentences without changing their meaning. Use make, let or get.
58. An persuaded her parents to buy her a robotic doll.
59. Suong's bad exam results caused her parents to shout at her.
61. Jane's big brother persuaded her to do his chores for him.
62. Richard's parents don't permit him to watch TV after nine o'clock.