Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.

1. a. future b. mature c. pasture d. nature

2. a. chore b. technology c. much d. exchange

3. a. threaten b. earth c. healthy d. breathe

4. a. wipe b. allow c. powerful d. answer

5. a. service b. practice c. officed. device

Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or
has a close meaning to the original one.

6. 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

7. Advances in computing _______, from processing speed to network capacity and the internet, have
revolutionized the way scientists work.

a. technology b. technological c. technologically d. technologist

8. What will the relationship between computing and _______ bring us over the next 15 years?

a. science b. scientific c. scientifically d. scientist

9. Someone who is _______ thinks that bad things are going to happen.

a. optimistic b. pessimistic c. threatened d. hopeful

10. Domestic chores will no longer be a burden thanks to the inventions of laborsaving devices.

a. Official b. Household c. Schooling d. Foreign

11. _______ is the technology of sending signals and messages over long distances using electronic
equipment, for example by radio and telephone.

a. Telecommunication b. Telegraph

c. Multifunction d. Information technology

12. Peter was asked to _______ to a newspaper article making predictions for technological progress in
10 years.

a. expect b. invent c. develop d. contribute

13. Strict ___ measures are in force in the capital to protect it from terrorism.

a. scientific b. normal c. transportation d. security

a. communication b. education c. medicine d. technology

15. Doctors and pharmacists have to assume _______ for human life.

a. responsibility b. achievement c. optimism d. aspect

16. If you have ever watched television, you have seen plenty ___ drug ads.

a. with b. of c. for d. about

17. The space shuttle crashed and went _______ in flames.

a. of b. for c. over d. off

18. Elevators in tall building make the top floors accessible _____ everybody

a. to b. with c. about d. at

19. While I am waiting _______ my bus, I often listen _______ music.

a. on/ at b. for/ to c. toward/ about d. upon/ in

20. Those spacecrafts are used ______ taking photographs _______ space.

a. about/ through b. for fin c. of/ at d. in/ off

21. Will you take care _______ my little dog when I am _______ business?

a. through/ away b. about/ at c. for/ over d. of/ on

22. According _______ Bill, there's something wrong _______ my computer.

a. after/ for b. on/ about c. to/ with d. upon/ at

23. He depends _______ his sister _______ assistance.

a. to/ from b. from/ in c. on/ for d. at/ with

24. By 2015, it will be widely accepted that schools and pre-schools have _______ extremely important
role to play in future of our world.

a. an/ a b. an/ the c. the/ the d. Ø/ Ø

25. On _______ Internet and with cable television w e can select information from _______ wide variety
of sources.

a. the/ a b. an/ the c. the/ Ø d. Ø/ the

26. There is one _______ thing we can be sure: _______ energy will be more challenging and more
important in the future.
a. the/ Ø b. the/ an c. a/ the d. Ø/ Ø

27. _______ Europe and Asia are coming to rely more and more on ______ nuclear generation.

a. An/ a b. Ø/ Ø c. The/ the d. The/ a

28. He usually travels to _______ Philadelphia by _______ train.

a. Ø/ Ø b. the/ a c. the/ the d. Ø/ a

29. You frequently see this kind of violence on _______ television.

a. a b. an c. the d. Ø

30. How do we know what _______ universe is supposed to look like?

a. a b. an c. the d. Ø

Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.

31. I will take up golf this year.

a. I will begin to play golf this year.

b. I will stop playing golf this year.

c. I will build a golf court this year.

d. I will enter a golf competition this year.

32. Housewives do not have to spend a lot of time doing housework any more.

a. Housework will never be done by housewives any more.

b. Housewives have to spend more and more time to do housework.

c. Never have housewives spent as much time doing housework as they do now.

d. No longer do housewives have to spend a lot of time doing housework.

33. Go over the report before you submit it.

a. Before you submit the report, you should be finished writing it.

b. Type the report quickly and then submit it.

c. Read the report carefully before you submit it.

d. Before you write the report you have to find enough information.

34. We always stand by you when you are in need.

a. Whenever you are in need, we stand next to you.

c. We always continue to support and help you when you are in need.

d. We can never stand your necessity.

35. The sign says, "Keep off the grass."

a. The sign says, "Have someone cut the grass immediately."

b. The sign says, "Don't walk on the grass."

c. The sign says, "Grass should not be grown here."

d. The sign says, "Water the grass, please"

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

What happens if, or when, robots are more intelligent than us? If we are going to start to see
robots running around with personalities equivalent to human beings, in fifteen or twenty years. It is
about time that we start thinking about that now. These machines are being developed. What will be the
ultimate effect of this? Should they be allowed to make decisions regarding the application of labour
force? What form and how intimate should human-robot relationships become? Is it a good or bad thing
if robots become our natural successors and we fade into extinction?

Today's computers operate using transistors, wires and electricity. Future computers might use
atoms, fibers and light. A new NASA-developed computing device allows machines to work much like the
brain. This technology may allow fast-thinking machines to make decisions based on what they see. A
planetary rover might use this technology to avoid obstacles. A spacecraft might use the technology to
avoid hazards and identify a pre-selected landing site with very high precision. The device works much
like the brain, whose power comes from the complex networks of interconnections called "synapses"
between brain cells. Networks of these brain cells, called neurons, allow humans to make instant
decisions based on an observed image or scene.

What might the world be like, if computers with the size of molecules become a reality? There
will be the types of computers that may be everywhere, but never be seen. Bio - computers with very
small size will target specific areas inside your body. Imagine the ways that billions of tiny, powerful
computers will change our society.

36. In the future, robots will take place of the human labor force..

a. True b. False c. No information

37. Human beings will be in danger of extinction due to robots' destruction.

a. True b. False c. No information

38. So far, the scientists from NASA have developed machines, which work in the same way as the brain.

a. True b. False c. No information

a. True b. False c. No information

40. New computers in the future will have such a small size that they cannot be seen.

a. True b. False c. No information

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Robots are already a part of our lives. Industrial robots widely used in manufacturing. Military
and police organizations use robots to (41) _____ in dangerous situations. Robots can (42) _____ 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 (43) _____ 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 (44) ____ 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 (45) _____ Pleo. "We have only one child but I could easily (46) _____ five or six
robots in the home as well."

Within the next 10 years one will be able to (47) _____, to lease or purchase a domestic robot
that not only does the household cleaning and prepare and serve his meals, (48) _____ 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 (49) ___. 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. (50) _____ 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.

41. a. assist b. increase c. make d. create

42. a. so b. either c. too d. also

43. a. a b. an c. the d. Ø

44. a. aspects b. chores c. works d. jobs

45. a. which called b. called c. calling d. that called

46. a. hope b. think c. imagine d. look

47. a. afford b. attain c. offer d. affect

48. a. either b. as c. and d. but

50. a. At b. In c. For d. With