SGK Tiếng Anh 12 - TEST YOURSELF C

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TEST YOURSELF c
Listening (2.5 points)
Listen to a passage making predictions about the second half of the twenty-first century. Choose the best answer from the options A, B or c.
The world’s population will increase from 6 billion to 10 billion,
won’t need to go to banks, offices
won’t have to go to schools, universities or shops any more c. Both A and B
Reading (2.5 points)
Read the passage and decide whether the following statements are true (T) or false (F).
People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that we don’t even know what our own lives will be like in a few years. What follows is not science fiction. It’s how experts see the future.
You’re daydreaming behind the wheel of your car, but that’s OK. You have it on automatic pilot, and with its high-tech computers and cameras, your car “knows” how to get you home safely.
What’s for lunch? In the old days, you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which foods your body needs. You find out you need more vegetables and less fat. Your food-preparation machine makes you a salad.
After lunch, you go down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need for doing your work. Thanks to your information screen and your new computer, you almost never go into the office any more. The information screen shows an urgent message from a co-worker in Brazil. You set the screen to translate Portuguese into English, then you read and reply to the message.
T F
The experts who write science fiction think about our
own lives in the future.	DD
You will be able to get home safely by car because you bring your own high-tech computers and cameras with you. DO
For lunch, your special machine will help you choose
proper foods and makes you a salad.	DD
With the help of your information screen and new computer,
you will be able to work at home without going to the office. I II I
When receiving an urgent message from someone in Brazil,
you will be able to translate it from Portuguese into English yourself before reading and replying to the message.	I II I
• UI. Grammar (2.5 points)
Put a/an, the or no article (0) in each space to complete the sentences. (1.5 points)
I must go to	post office to buy some stamps.
Would you like	apple?
Mr. and Mrs. Smith invited us to	dinner.
Did Jane get	job she applied for?
We took	taxi to the airport.
There are millions of stars in	space.
From each pair of sentences, make one sentence with Although or Even though. (1 point)
Nam worked very hard. He didn’t pass the exam.
I was very tired. I couldn’t sleep.
She had all the necessary qualifications. She didn’t get the-job.
The traffic was bad. We arrived on time.
IV. Writing (2.5 points)
In 150 words, write a passage about the changes in our lives in the next 30 years. You should focus on the following areas:
People
Foods and water
Transportation
Communications