TEST YOURSELF 4
1a Choose the word marked A, B, C or D that has a different stress pattern from the others.
1 A creativity
B immature
C negative
D nationality
2 A impossible
B importantly
C stability
D connectivity
3 A unlimited
B illogical
C conservation
D priority
4 A opportunity
B competitive
C communicative D unfortunate
5 A authority
B impolite
C unhealthy
D repetitive
b Put the words from the box into the right columns.
powerful
positive
impatient
relative
complexity
hopeless
playful
unhealthy
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2 Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences..
1. People from other planets may use _____ to communicate, which is not possible for
human beings.
A landlines
B letters
C chat rooms
D telepathy
2. Teenagers often use abbreviations when _________.
A texting
B video conferencing
C sending letters
D talking
3. People who cannot hear or speak often communicate using _______.
A pictures
B sounds
C codes
D signs
4. _____ is popularly used to enable people from different countries to have meetings.
People can watch, and listen to each other through a screen.
A Chatting
B Video conferencing
C Emailing
D Texting
5. The _____ in technology allow astronomers to know more about outer space.
A developments
B science
C exploration
D discovery
6. Alexander Graham Bell was a great ____, who invented the telephone.
A developer
B conservationist
C scientist
D explorer
7. _____ is important because it may help to solve the problems of overpopulation and
exhaustion of resources on Earth.
A Space exploration
B Space travelling
C Space checking
D Space walking
8. To generate cheap and clean energy, instead of burning fossil fuel, scientist have
developed _____.
A oil
B solar panels
C electricity
D coal burning
9. _____ system use several different ways of giving information with sounds, pictures, and
texts on a screen.
A Emailing
B Telephoning
C Multimedia
D Chatting
10. Astronauts use ______ to move around when they are on the Moon’s surface.
A spaceships
B flying saucers
C space car
D moon buggies
3 Write the right word/phrase under each picture.
video conferencing software developer astronomer face-to-face meeting
solar system
alien
archaeologis landline phone
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4 Choose the correct answer A, B, or C to complete the sentences.
1. I intented _____ to New York next month.
A. flew
B. to fly
C. fly
flying saucer
spaceship
2. I prefer ___ a nine-to-five job to working shifts.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.
A did
B doing
C do
She said she choose _____ for one year before entering university.
A to work
B worked
C working
She said she _____ to the Moon when she have enough money.
A travelled
B to travel
C would travel
He told his classmate that he _____ a bicycle when he was ten years old.
A role
B would ride C could ride
He asked me what the conservationists ______ so far to protect our environment.
A did
B had done C do
He asked me _____ I preferred video conferencing to face-to-face meetings
A that
B what
C if
Mary wondered if Neptune _____larger than Saturn.
A was
B being
C is
Leo asked me ____ the differences between Mars and Earth were.
A which
B what
C how
Astronauts said that humans _____ find some way to communicate with aliens.
A might
B ought
D did
5 Read the text and decide if the sentences are true (T) or false (F).
A mobile phone, also known as a cell phone, is one that we can use to make telephone calls to
anyone from a great distance via a radio link. Apart from telephony, modern smart mobile
phones also support a number of other services including text messaging,, internet access,
gaming, photography, and many business applications.
The first cell phone weight about 2 kilograms and was demonstrated in 1973 by Dr. Martin
Cooper and John F. Mitchell of Motorola. Ten year later, in 1983, the first model of cell phone,
87% of the world’s population, used mobile networked.
In spite of the many advantages a cell phone has, it also brings about several problems that
users should be aware of. Mobile phone radiation is believed to be harmful to human health.
Some recent studies have found an association between cell phone use and certain kinds of
brain disease. Another serious problem can be privacy and tracking. Once users have the
phone on, they can be interrupted in many ways, and they can also be tracked by location
data.
T
F
1. A cell phone is like a cordless phone that is used within a short range of a base
station
2. A cell phone can’t operate without a radio link.
3. The first cell phone was in sale a decade after the first cell phone was
demonstrated.
4. A mobile phone can be harmful to user due to its radiation.
5. The sound of a mobile phone may cause brain diseases.
6. A telephone user’s location may be tracked easily
7. A cell phone does not affect users’ privacy by any means.
8. The main idea of the passage is to persuade people not to use cell phones.
6 Put an appropriate word in each gap in the passage.
The Moon Buggy
The Lunar Roving Vehicle or moon buggy, was the vehicle used by (1) _______ when they
explored the moon in the 1970s. It was considered Apollo’s Cadillac of lunar (2) _____ and was
developed by Boeing and General Motors.
Moon buggies run by electricity and were specially designed to operate on the lunar surface.
They measure 1.1 metres tall and 3 metres long. They (3) ________210 kg but they can carry a
payload of up to 490 kg. The wheels (4) ________ also designed very carefully to resist the rocky
moon surface which is covered in dirt. A lunar rover also has a controller, motors, brakes, and
two (5) ________ for astronauts to sit in.
Most Filipinos consider Dr, Eduardo San Juan, a NASA engineer, the inventor of the Lunar
Rover. However, San Juan was not listed as the (6)______ of the moon buggy in NASA and
constructed by a group of space engineers. Nevertheless, it is claimed that he received one of
the Ten Outstanding Men (TOM) awards (8) ______ science and technology in 1978.
7 Rewrite the sentences in reported speech.
1. Nhi: People will soon communicate using telepathy.
Nhi said __________________________________________________________
2. Mai: What will happen if aliens occupy Earth?
Mai asked _____________________________________________________
3. David: Why can’t humans live on Venus?
David asked ________________________________________________
4. Nick: I have decided to become an astronomer.
Nick said ____________________________________________________
5. Crew: Captain Kirk, which star are we travelling to?
The crew asked Captain Kirk ______________________________________
8 Rearrange the words/phrases given to make complete sentences.
1. holography/ said that/ Lan/ interact/ would help us/ in real time/.
____________________________________________________________
2. aliens/ wanted to know/ Dean/ could communicate/ if/ verbally/.
____________________________________________________________
3. Mark asked/ aliens/ if/ could/ others’ happiness and fear/ smell/.
___________________________________________________________
4. Trinh/ had/ asked/ Martians/ what/ to drink/.
_____________________________________________________________
5. Tom/ inhabitants/ might travel/ thought/ of Venus/ by buggy/.
_____________________________________________________________