Giang Vo secondary school – Le Kim Khanh

UNIT 11.2 ( Friday, 8th April, 2022 ) Thinking about how we will be travelling in 10 or 20 years is very
Full name: ...Võ Quang Anh... Class: 7T2 interesting. Will we still be using planes or will we be flying our cars
Exercise 1: Choose the correct option for each gap in the sentences. from paris to London? Here are some suggestions.
1. We will use more ________ energy in the future. SkyTrain
A. solar B. sunny C. sun D. sunlight Currently being developed at NASA, SkyTrain looks like the
2. Although we are best friends, my ideas are different from _______. monorail at Disney World. Moving at 240km/h and using small amount
A. he B. his C. him D. himself of energy, it could be the future of city transportation. SkyTrain has the
3. With teleportation, you disappear at a place and then ________ in passenger capacity of a 6-lane highway.
another place seconds later. Flying cars
A. appears B. appeared C. reappear D. reappears Zhu Wenxi and Lai Zexin, Chinese students, have designed a solar-
4. I think means of transport in the future _______ petrol. powered flying car that doesn’t need a runway to take off. If you have
A. aren’t use B. aren’t going C. won’t use D. won’t be about 2 hundred thousand dollars, you will own this vehicle soon.
to use using An electric minibus
5. We try to make the future green by using vehicles or kinds of energy The minibus Cameo, designed by Martin Pes, can carry 32
that are _________. passengers but it is small enough to get its way out of a traffic jam. Its
A. B. C. D. electric motor and low weight mean that it can be recharged in seconds
environmentally environment environmentally environmental while stopping and it has zero emission.
friendly friendly friendship friendly An eco-taxi
6. Every day over 1,000 new cars add to the city and the city of over 20 Taxis are bad for the environment and traffic jams. We enter the eco-
million people is getting more and more _________. taxi, and individual taxis form a train powered by solar panels.
A. expensive B. famous C. difficult D. gridlocked True False
7. Do you think the fuel price ___________ next month? 1. Sky Train is fast but cannot be used as a means F
A. increase B. increases C. would increase D. will increase of transportation in the city.
8. The black hover is Tom’s; ________ is red.
2. Flying cars designed by two Chinese students T
A. I B. me C. my D. mine
9. People won’t use flying cars ______ the year 2050. run on solar energy.
A. before B. after C. during D. until 3. Flying cars don’t need a long runway to take off. T
10. An aircraft without a human pilot aboard is called a _______
aircraft. 4. Because it is small, an electric minibus can T
A. pilotless B. single-pilot C. double-pilot D. three-pilot
avoid traffic jams.
Exercise 2: Read the conversation and decide the given sentences
true (T) or false (F). 5. Several eco-taxis can form a line moving F
together, using solar energy.
Exercise 3: Read the following text, and then answer the questions.

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It is a computer drawing of the plane of the future. British engineers By mid-century, buildings will be miles tall and some may be so large
and scientists have published plans for a new hypersonic plane called that their capacity enables them to function as small cities in their own
the A2. It will be very fast. At the moment, a flight from London in the right. As these buildings rise through the clouds, windows will be
UK to Sydney in Australia takes about twenty-one hours but with the replaced by reality virtual screens so people can choose any view they
A2 the same flight will take about four hours. like.
The flight will fly at 4,500 kilometers per hour and will fly at an However, lack of exposure to pathogens will cause more allergies. Due
altitude of over 10,000 meters. to health concerns, scents, candles, incense are also likely to be more
It will carry 300 passengers but it won’t have any windows because strongly regulated, added Dr. Pearson.
scientists haven’t found glass that is strong enough. It will be better for 1. When does Dr. Pearson make these predictions?
the environment than other planes because the engines won’t produce A. now B. in 2045 C. after 2045
gases that cause pollution. 2. What can future buildings do?
In the future, will people travel from London to Australia for the A. change shapes B. use machines C. self-heal
weekend? It’s possible! But how much will a ticket cost? The planners
say that it won’t be very expensive - about £2,000. The A2 will be 3. What is TRUE about future buildings?
ready for its first flight in 2020. A. They will be very big.
1. How long does it take the A2 plane to fly from London to Sydney? B. They will be very tall.
___It will take about 4 hours___ C. They will be very modern.
2. What is the speed of the plane? 4. What will cause more allergies?
___The speed will fly at 4,500 kilometers per hour___ A. incense B. pathogens C. candles
3. What is the altitude of the flight? 5. A futurologist is someone who _____________ the future.
___The altitude of the flight is 10,000 meters___ A. believes in B. predicts C. adds to
4. How many passengers can it carry? Exercise 5: Put a word from the box in each gap to complete the
___It can carry 300 passengers___ following passage.
5. How much does a ticket for the flight from London to Sydney cost? ease to cycle easily miniature
It cost about £2,000 from transport bullock cart cars invention
_____________________________________________________ About hundreds of years ago there was no fastest means of transport
Exercise 4: Read the passage about some future predictions and and people had to walk on a (1) ___bullock cart___ or horseback.
answer the questions. Circle A, B, or C. Today, we are with number of means of transport and can reach any
Dr. Pearson, a futurologist believes in 2045 buildings will be made part of the world with (2) ___cars___. First of all, with the invention of
from concrete plastics and shape-changing materials that can heal the wheels came the (3) ___cycle___ which is still very a popular form
themselves and the builders will have super-strength skeletons creating of transport. It is an eco-friendly vehicle. The first (4)
half-man, half-machine workers. There will be a need for new kinds of _________transport____ that made transport truly fast was the
elevators using magnetic systems. invention of the steam engine. This led to the railways. And further, the
petrol engine soon changed the whole scene by making the motor car

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possible. Today, of course we have motor cycles, motor cars and diesel
run trucks. The bulkiest of material can easily be transported (5)
___to___ one end of the country (6) ______ other end by means of
trucks or by railways. We can easily travel to our place of work or go
on a holiday. (7) ______ have emerged as the most widely accepted
form of (8) ___invention___. Today, they have been made very
comfortable to run air-conditioner, radio and tape-recorder and even a
(9) ___miniature___ television. Five or six people can (10)
____easily___ travel with comfort.
Exercise 6: Listening 1-You will hear sentences containing one of
the phrases below. Tick the phrase you hear.

Exercise 8: Listening 3
1. Listen to Minh predicting the future. Decide if the statements are
Exercise 7: Listening 2-You will hear people describing their true (T) or false (F). Circle T or F. You will listen TWICE.
transport. Tick the correct box, a or b.
1. There will be flying cars and robots. T/F
2. Everything will be green. T/F
3. We will use more energy from the sun. T/F
4. We will not like touch screen. T/F
5. A serious sickness will be cured. T/F
2. Listen to Tom predicting the future. Tick the things that will be
popular in the future, as he thinks. There are two things that will
not be popular. You will listen TWICE.
______ flying cars
______ robots at home
______ touch screen
______ video conferencing
______ skyscrapers
______ Vitamins

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Exercise 9: Look at the pictures and use the words given to write
the sentences with will (V) or won’t (X).
People People
use fly
near future near future 8.___There won’t be traffic jam 9.___Mr. Smith won’t drive to
(V) (X) in the sky___ work___
Exercise 10: Rearrange the words to form meaningful sentences:
0. People will use flying cars 1.___People won’t fly near 1. think/ cars/ road/ will/ I/ the/ be/ driverless/ soon/ don’t/ on//.
in the near future. future___ I think
John Minh 2. pack,/ is/ the/ This/ yours/ jet/ table/ on/ is/ my/ and//.
ride pedal 3. transport/ think/ used/ future/ What/ do/ will/ the/ means/ be/ of/ you/
work work in//?
tomorrow tomorrow 4. hover/ there/ Is/ scooter/ yours/ the/ over/ personal//?
(V) (X) 5. buses/ that/ available/ solar-powered/ will/ predict/ year/ People/ be/
2.___John will ride to work 3.___Minh pedal won’t work next//.
tomorrow___ tomorrow___ 6. future/ the/ tubes/ will/ think/ I/ more/ skycycling/ in/ people/ use//.
They They 7. My/ on/ ground,/ table/ hers/ on/ is/ pack/ is/ jet/ and/ the/ the//.
sail travel 8. fuel/ How much/ these/ use/ transport/ of/ will/ means//?
Sydney Sydney 9. This/ those/ their/ Mrs. Evers’/ Mr./ is/ and/ children/ are/ and/
(V) submarine house//.
(X) 10. travel/ in/ cars/ and/ driverless/ high-speed/ Will/ future/ we/
4.____They will sail to Sydney___ 5.____They won’t travel to the/in//?
Sydney by submarine___ Exercise 11: Rewrite the following sentences so that their meaning
Mr. Brown More stays the same, using the words in brackets.
go traffic jam 1. This is my car.(MINE)
work ground →This car ___is mine___
driverless car (V) 2. We went on holiday with some friends of ours. (OUR)
(V) →We went___on holiday with our friend___
6.___Mr.Brown will go to work 7.____There will be more 3. Nam owns this ipad. (Nam’s)
by the driveless car___ traffic jam on the ground___ →This is___Nam’s ipad___
Traffic jam Mr. Smith 4. My mom drives me to school every day. (IN)
sky drive →I ____________________________________________
(X) work 5. That room belongs to me. (MY)
(X) →That is___my room___

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6. Tom always walks to school. (FOOT)

→Tom ___goes to school on foot___
7. How fast is that flying car? (SPEED)
→What __is that flying car’s speed___?
8. 200 people can go in that new train. (CARRY)
→That new train ___can carry 200 people___
9. It is Julia’s thirteenth birthday next Friday. (THIRTEEN)
→Julia_________________________________________
10. Is your motorbike black, Peter? (YOURS)
→ Is the___black motorbike yours, Peter___?
Exercise 12: There is a writing competition at your school about
the way we will travel in the future. Now write a paragraph (80-100
words) to send to this competition.
You should use the following cues:
- What it is
- How it looks
- What it can do
- Why it will be used in the future

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