40 CÂU HỎI
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line.
A. thereafter
B. therapy
C. thesis
D. theft
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line.
A. accuse
B. because
C. surprised
D. nurse
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in the same line.
A. chorus
B. cherish
C. chaos
D. scholarship
Pick out the word that has the stress syllable differently fromthat of the other words.
A. extensive
B. decorate
C. distinguish
D. acquaintance
Pick out the word that has the stress syllable differently fromthat of the other words.
A. significant
B. ability
C. political
D. sympathetic
Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence Are there enough apples for us to have one .............. ?
A. every
B. each
C. self
D. individually
We must .............. our pounds for dollars before going to New York.
A. change
B. convert
C. turn
D. exchange
Who is the .................... of this company?
A. top
B. head
C. leader
D. minister
That book is by a famous anthropologist. It’s about the people in Samoa .............. for two years.
A. that she lived
B. that she lived among them
C. among whom she lived
D. where she lived among them
The old man serves the ball so skilfully. He ..................... a good tennis player when young.
A. can be
B. must be
C. could be
D. must have been
Instead of thingking carefully, he tends to .................... conclusions.
A. run at
B. jump to
C. fly into
D. hit on
Can you really insure yourself .............. unemployment?
A. for
B. from
C. to
D. against
I love this painting of an old man. He has such a beautiful, .............. smile.
A. childhood
B. childish
C. childless
D. childlike
............... more help, I could call my neighbour.
A. Should I need
B. Needed
C. I have needed
D. I should need
............... alone in ................. dark, deserted street is risky.
A. Walk/so
B. Walking/so
C. Walking such a
D. Walked/such
I shall do the job to the best of my .................. .
A. capacity
B. ability
C. knowledge
D. talent
Phone me before ten, .............. I’ll be too busy to talk to you.
A. unless
B. whether
C. otherwise
D. if
To get a passport, you must send in your birth ................ and two photos.
A. certificate
B. licence
C. paper
D. card
Dinosaurs are thought to ............... out millions of years ago.
A. die
B. have died
C. having died
D. dying
A: Do you think you’ll get the job? – B: ………….
A. I know so
B. Well, I hope so
C. I think so
D. Yes, that’s right
When faced with some new and possibly bewildering technological change, most people react in one of two ……….(1).
A. moments
B. kinds
C. ways
D. types
They either recoil from anything new, claiming that it is unnecessary, or too complicated or that it somehow makes life less than ……….(2).
A. formerly
B. lively
C. personal
D. human
Or they learn to …………(3) to the new invention, and eventually………..(4) how they could possibly have existed without it.
A. adapt
B. react
C. conform
D. use
Or they learn to …………(3) to the new invention, and eventually………..(4) how they could possibly have existed without it.
A. decide
B. wonder
C. suppose
D. admit
For many of us, they still represent a ……….(5) to our freedom, and give us a frightening sense of a future in which all ……….(6) will be taken by machines.
A. hazard
B. risk
C. control
D. threat
For many of us, they still represent a ……….(5) to our freedom, and give us a frightening sense of a future in which all ……….(6) will be taken by machines
A. measures
B. decisions
C. chances
D. instructions
Ask most people what you can use a home computer for, and you usually get ……….(7) answers about how ‘they give you information’.
A. vague
B. such
C. up with
D. hundreds
Presumably much the same happened when the telephone and the television became ……….(8).
A. in existence
B widespread
C. through
D. extensive
And the ……….(9) that are made to new technology may well have a point to them, since change is not always an improvement.
A. objections
B appliances
C. criticisms
D. fears
As discover during power cuts, there is a lot to be said for the oil lamp, the coal fire, and forms of entertainment, such as books or board games, that don’t have to be ………..(10) in to work.
A. wired
B batteries
C. plugged
D. connected
The word “coined” in line I could best be replaced by _________
A. created
B. mentioned
C. understood
D. discovered
The word “intervention” in the first paragraph can best be replaced by _________
A. need
B. device
C. influence
D. source
The word “it” in the last line of the first paragraph refers to _________
A. light bulb
B. energy
C. molecule
D. atom
Which of the following statements best describes a laser?
A. A device for stimulating atoms and molecules to emit light.
B. An atom in a high-energy state
C. A technique for destroying atoms or molecules
D. An instrument for measuring light waves
Why was Townes’ early work with stimulated emission done with microwaves?
A. He was not conversed with light amplification
B. It was easier to work with longer wavelengths
C. His parents Schawlow had already begun work on the laser
D. The laser had already been developed
In his research at Columbia University, Charles Townes worked with all of the following EXCEPT
A. stimulated emission
B. microwaves
C. light amplification
D. a maser
In approximate what year was first maser built?
A. 1917
B. 1951
C. 1953
D. 1957
The word “emerged” in paragraph 4 is closet in meaning to _________
A. increased
B. concluded
C. succeeded
D. appeared
The word “outlining” in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to _________ .
A. assigning
B. studying
C. checking
D. summarizing
Why do people still argue about who deserves the credit for the concept of the laser ?
A. The researchers notebooks were lost
B. Several people were developing the idea at the same time
C. No one claimed credit for the development until recently
D. The work is still incomplete