Kiểm tra Unit 8
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
threaten /ˈθretn/
earth /ɜːθ/
healthy /ˈhelθi/
breathe /briːð/
Câu D âm "th" phát âm là /ð/, còn lại phát âm là /θ/.
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
wipe /waɪp/
allow /əˈlaʊ/
powerful /ˈpaʊəfl/
answer /ˈɑːnsə(r)/
Câu A âm "w" được phát âm là /w/, còn lại là âm câm (không được phát âm).
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
service /ˈsɜːvɪs/
practice /ˈpræktɪs/
office /ˈɒfɪs/
device /dɪˈvaɪs/
Câu D âm "-ice" được phát âm là /aɪs/, còn lại được phát âm là /ɪs/
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
A _______ is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times.
D. shuttle
D. shuttle
D. shuttle
plane (n): máy bay
corporation (n): tập đoàn
telecommunication (n): viễn thông
shuttle (n): tàu con thoi
=> A shuttle is a spacecraft that is designed to travel into space and back to earth several times.
Tạm dịch: Tàu con thoi là một phi thuyền được thiết kế để bay vào không gian và quay trở lại trái đất vài lần.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
The medical community continues to make progress in the fight against cancer.
C. improvement
C. improvement
C. improvement
speed (n): tốc độ
expectation (n): mong đợi.
improvement (n): sự cải thiện
treatment (n): điều trị
make progress = improvement
Tạm dịch: Cộng đồng y tế tiếp tục tiến bộ trong cuộc chiến chống ung thư.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
She is looking _______ a new place to live because she does not want to depend _______ her parents any more.
A. for / on
A. for / on
A. for / on
look for: tim kiếm
look up: tra cứu từ
look after: chăm sóc
look at: nhìn
depend on: phụ thuộc
=> She is looking for a new place to live because she does not want to depend on her parents any more.
Tạm dịch: Cô ấy đang tìm kiếm 1 chỗ ở mới bởi vì cô ấy không muốn phụ thuộc vào cô ấy nhiều nữa.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
I was brought _______ in the countryside by my aunt after my parents had pass _______.
D. up / away
D. up / away
D. up / away
bring up: nuôi dưỡng
pass away: qua đời
=> I was brought up in the countryside by my aunt after my parents had pass away.
Tạm dịch: Tôi được cô tôi nuôi dưỡng ở nông thôn sau khi bố mẹ tôi qua đời.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
Due to industrialization, we have to cope _______ the fact that many species are _______ danger _______ extinction.
D. with / in / of
D. with / in / of
D. with / in / of
cope with: đương đầu, đối phó
in danger of: nguy hiểm
=> Due to industrialization, we have to cope with the fact that many species are in danger of extinction.
Tạm dịch: Bởi vì sự công nghiệp hóa, chúng ta phải đương đầu với thực tế rằng nhiều loài gặp nguy hiểm trong tuyệt chủng.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
Strict ________ measures are in force in the capital to protect it from terrorism.
D. security
D. security
D. security
scientific (adj): thuộc về khoa học
normal (adj): bình thường
transportation (n): giao thông
security (n): an ninh
=> Strict security measures are in force in the capital to protect it from terrorism.
Tạm dịch: Các biện pháp an ninh nghiêm ngặt có hiệu lực ở các thủ đô để bảo vệ khỏi khủng bố.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
The ______ of the future will no longer be remedial. It will be preventive.
C. medicine
C. medicine
C. medicine
communication (n): giao tiếp
education (n): giáo dục
medicine (n): thuốc
technology (n): công nghệ
=> The medicine of the future will no longer be remedial. It will be preventive.
Tạm dịch: Thuốc trong tương lai sẽ không còn để điều trị. Nó sẽ để phòng ngừa.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
Doctors and pharmacists have to assume _______ for human life.
A. responsibility
A. responsibility
A. responsibility
responsibility (n): trách nhiệm
achievement (n): thành tựu
optimism (n): chủ nghĩa lạc quan
aspect (n): khía cạnh
=> Doctors and pharmacists have to assume responsibility for human life.
Tạm dịch: Bác sỹ và dược sỹ phải chịu trách nhiệm cho cuộc sống con người.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
On _______ Internet and with cable television we can select information from _______ wide variety of sources.
A. the / a
A. the / a
A. the / a
Cụm từ: on the Internet (trên mạng)
a variety of: đa dạng
=> On the Internet and with cable television we can select information from a wide variety of sources.
Tạm dịch: Trên Internet và với truyền hình cáp, chúng tôi có thể chọn thông tin từ nhiều nguồn khác nhau.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
There is one _______ thing we can be sure: _______ energy will be more challenging and more important in the future.
D. Ø / Ø
D. Ø / Ø
D. Ø / Ø
Cụm từ: one thing (1 thứ/điều)
Danh từ “energy” là danh từ không đếm được nên ta không thêm mạo từ
=> There is one thing we can be sure: energy will be more challenging and more important in the future.
Tạm dịch: Có một điều chúng ta có thể chắc chắn: năng lượng sẽ trở nên khó khăn hơn và quan trọng hơn trong tương lai.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
_______ Europe and Asia are coming to rely more and more on ______ nuclear generation.
B. Ø / Ø
B. Ø / Ø
B. Ø / Ø
Danh từ “Europe and Asia” không cần dùng mạo từ vì chỉ châu lục
Danh từ “generation” chỉ sản xuất của vật gì đó thì sẽ là danh từ không đếm được nên không cần dùng mạo từ.
=> Europe and Asia are coming to rely more and more on nuclear generation.
Tạm dịch: Châu Âu và Châu Á đang dựa nhiều hơn vào sản xuất hạt nhân.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
We sometimes go away from the city to the countryside for a ______ of fresh air.
D. breath
D. breath
D. breath
feeling (n): cảm xúc
sip (n): nhấm nháp, hớp
swallow (n): miếng, ngụm
breath (n): hơi thở
=> We sometimes go away from the city to the countryside for a breath of fresh air.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
The idea of building a _______ with human intelligence is not only ambitious but also highly unconventional.
A. robot
A. robot
A. robot
robot (n): người máy
corporation (n): tập đoàn
line (n): dòng
road (n): con đường
=> The idea of building a robot with human intelligence is not only ambitious but also highly unconventional.
Tạm dịch: Ý tưởng xây dựng một người máy có trí thông minh của con người không chỉ đầy tham vọng mà còn rất độc đáo.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and dish washers are labor _______ devices which help us do housework easily and quickly.
C. saving
C. saving
C. saving
improving (n): cải thiện
making (n): làm, tạo ra
saving (n): tiết kiệm
employing (n): thuê
=> Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and dish washers are labor saving devices which help us do housework easily and quickly.
Tạm dịch: Máy giặt, máy hút bụi và máy rửa bát là thiết bị tiết kiệm lao động giúp chúng tôi làm việc nhà một cách dễ dàng và nhanh chóng.
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence
I think we maybe run _______ natural resources some day.
C. out of
C. out of
C. out of
run out of: hết sạch
=> I think we maybe run out of natural resources some day.
Tạm dịch: Tôi nghĩ chúng ta có thể cạn kiệt tài nguyên thiên nhiên một ngày nào đó.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Robots are already a part of our lives. Industrial robots widely used in manufacturing. Military and police organizations use robots to (26) _____ in dangerous situations. Robots can (27) _____ be found from vacuuming the floors in your home to exploring the surface of Mars.
Within a few more years a whole host of robotic adaptations will be running many aspects' of our lives. "I think in (28) _____ next thirty years, we are going to see a transformation between the industrial sorts of robots to personal robots," says Brooks from Brooks' company, IRobot, markets floor cleaning robots for homes.
"The advances in robotics make it clear that many household (29) ____ will be easily handled by a robot in the near future," says Bob Christopher, who works for a robotic technology company that is marketing a toy robot (30) _____ Pleo. "We have only one child but I could easily (31) _____ five or six robots in the home as well."
Within the next 10 years one will be able to (32) _____, to lease or purchase a domestic robot that not only does the household cleaning and prepare and serve his meals, (33) _____ also can carry him to the bathtub if he cannot walk.
Demographic changes, such as a rapidly aging population and a shrinking workforce, will drive forward the application of new (34) ___. There is going to be a real pull for increasing the productivity of working age people. So there is going to be a real push for robotics to help people. (35) _____ addition, it is likely that in the near future we will see robots- taking on some of the care functions elderly, or long-term ill people.
Military and police organizations use robots to (26) _____ in dangerous situations.
assist (v): giúp đỡ, hỗ trợ
increase (v): tăng
make (v): làm
create (v): tạo ra
=> Military and police organizations use robots to assist in dangerous situations.
Tạm dịch: Các tổ chức quân sự và cảnh sát sử dụng robot để hỗ trợ trong các tình huống nguy hiểm.
Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank.
Robots are already a part of our lives. Industrial robots widely used in manufacturing. Military and police organizations use robots to (26) _____ in dangerous situations. Robots can (27) _____ be found from vacuuming the floors in your home to exploring the surface of Mars.
Within a few more years a whole host of robotic adaptations will be running many aspects' of our lives. "I think in (28) _____ next thirty years, we are going to see a transformation between the industrial sorts of robots to personal robots," says Brooks from Brooks' company, IRobot, markets floor cleaning robots for homes.
"The advances in robotics make it clear that many household (29) ____ will be easily handled by a robot in the near future," says Bob Christopher, who works for a robotic technology company that is marketing a toy robot (30) _____ Pleo. "We have only one child but I could easily (31) _____ five or six robots in the home as well."
Within the next 10 years one will be able to (32) _____, to lease or purchase a domestic robot that not only does the household cleaning and prepare and serve his meals, (33) _____ also can carry him to the bathtub if he cannot walk.
Demographic changes, such as a rapidly aging population and a shrinking workforce, will drive forward the application of new (34) ___. There is going to be a real pull for increasing the productivity of working age people. So there is going to be a real push for robotics to help people. (35) _____ addition, it is likely that in the near future we will see robots- taking on some of the care functions elderly, or long-term ill people.
Robots can (27) _____ be found from vacuuming the floors in your home to exploring the surface of Mars.
so: cũng vậy (trong câu khẳng định)
either: cũng vậy (trong câu phủ định)
too: cũng vậy
also: cũng có thể (trong câu khẳng định)
Cụm từ: "can also" (cũng có thể)
=> Robots can also be found from vacuuming the floors in your home to exploring the surface of Mars.
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