TEST 1 (UNIT 3)

I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined.
1. A. dweller B. efficient C. technology D. exhibition
2. A. pedestrian B. privacy C. skyscraper D. infrastructure
3. A. high-rise B. sensor C. sustainable D. pedestrian
II. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern from the others.
4. A. ‘skyscraper B. ‘liveable C. inte’ract D. ‘neighbourhood
5. A. pe’destrian B. com’munity C. sus’tainable D. ‘infrastructure
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentences.
6. The building has many features that make it more ____________ as well as reducing heating costs.
A. eco-friendly B. ecological C. economic D. ecologically
7. Our city has recently been voted one of the most ____________ towns in the country.
A. living B. lively C. livable D. live
8. A large international meeting was held (tổ chức) with the aim of promoting (thúc đẩy) ____________
development in all countries.
A. survived B. sustained C. sustaining: duy trì D. sustainable: bền vững
9. Pollution has reached disturbingly (đáng lo ngại) high levels in some ____________ areas.
A. urban B. city C. landscape D. view
10. Changes are being introduced to make the company ____________ more efficiently.
A. treat B. operate C. power D. strengthen
11. Tom sounded (+adj)___________ when I spoke to him on the phone.
A. angry B. angrily C. to be angry D. to be angrily
12. The garden looks ____________ since you tidied it up.
A. better B. well C. more good D. more well
13. Your English is improving. It is getting ____________.
A. well B. good C. much well D. clearly
14. The chef tasted the meat ____________ before presenting it to the President.
A. cautious B. more cautious C. cautiously: cẩn thận D. much cautiously
15. He did not come and she looked rather ____________.
A. worry B. worrying C. worrier D. worried
IV. Fill in each blank in the passage with the correct word below. There are three extra words.
Space link energy network
urban enjoyable sustainable infrastructure
Panasonic Works with Denver to Improve Residents’ Lives
Panasonic has revealed (tiết lộ) its smart city in partnership (quan hệ đối tác) with Denver in the USA.
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Panasonic's new plan includes a(n) ____________ of programmable LED street lights with on-street
cameras, smart solar grids (lưới năng lượng mặt trời), video analytics (phân tích) for parking (bãi đậu
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xe), and improved security management (quản lý an ninh) to address multiple ____________
concerns (mối quan tâm) in the city. In terms of (về mặt) residential (khu dân cư) developments,
residents will be able to interact with their doctors in real time through an in-home biometric (sinh trắc
học) reading and tele-medicine (y học từ xa) programme.
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By making transportation more efficient, improving green __space___ usage (cách sử dụng), and
increasing access to (truy cập vào) advanced public resources (nguồn lực công cộng tiên tiến), the goal
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(mục tiêu) of this smart city project is to transform (biến đổi) Denver into a simpler and more
____________ place to work, live, and travel. Simultaneously (Đồng thời), the project provides
Panasonic the opportunity (cơ hội) to expand (mở rộng) its reach beyond electronics (vượt ra ngoài thiết
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bị điện tử) and enter (đi vào) the Internet of Things (IoT) ____________ for consumers (người tiêu
dùng).
V. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets (present simple or
present continuous).
21. Wine-drinking __appear__________ (appear) to gain in popularity in Britain.
22. Don’t take his remarks too seriously. He’s so upset that I (not think) he really
_________ (know) what he __________ (say).
23. The monument __stands______ (stand) on a hill overlooking the town.
24. ___Do___ you ___realise___ (realise) that you stand (stand) on my toe?
25. He ___says_________ (say) he ____knows___ (know) someone who will do the job. I __wonder___
(wonder) who he ______thinking______ (think) of.
VII. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Predictions about the Cities of the Future
Cities are built to survive and prosper (thịnh vượng). Over the years, we have learned to transform (biến
đổi) our surroundings (môi trường xung quanh) according to (theo) our needs. We have cut through
mountains to make more land and created artificial (nhân tạo) islands to make skyscrapers. City
planning (quy hoạch thành phố), as an organized (có tổ chức) profession (nghề nghiệp), has existed for
less than a century. However, a considerable (đáng kể) amount of evidence (bằng chứng) (both
archaeological (khảo cổ học) and historical) proves (chứng minh) the existence of fully planned cities in
ancient (cổ đại) times. Over the years, humans have made some mistakes in terms of (về mặt) using an
excessive (quá đáng) amount of resources for cities. This gives rise to the question of how sustainable
the cities of the future would be.
We might be looking at smart cities in which street lights would only switch on when you are close by
and traffic light would be eliminated (loại bỏ) by smart driving. The cities of the future would try to save
our resources rather than deplete (dùng hết) them.
An example of an advanced city is Kansas. Plans are in place to make Kansas a smart futuristic (tương
lai) city in the future. Planners are considering introducing sensors to monitor the water mains (phích
nước). Warning would be issued (cấp) to city officials (quan chức) when the infrastructure requires
repair or replacement. In this way, the city would never be at risk of having broken pipes (đường ống).
While the idea sounds fantastic, a large amount of rational critique (phê bình hợp lý) has called this plan
an oversold (bán quá mức) dream. Amy Glasmier is an urban planning professor at MIT. She is a smart
city skeptic (hoài nghi) who believes that all the research and talk is great but gravely (một cách nghiêm
trọng) oversold.
36. City planning is thought _____________.
A. to have become a profession for about a hundred years
B. to have existed professionally since ancient times
C. to have come into existence to transform nature
D. to make more land and created artificial islands to make skyscrapers
37. The most important task in building is _____________.
A. to use an excessive amount of resources for cities
B. to raise the question about the future
C. to make cities in the future sustainable
D. to make future cities more organized
38. All of the following statements may be true about smart cities EXCEPT that _____________.
A. street lights automatically switch on when necessary
B. traffic light would be controlled by smart driving
C. smart driving wouldn’t need traffic light
D. cities in the future would conserve energy
39. The residents in Kansas would not be worried about water in the future because _____________.
A. the infrastructure requires no repair or replacement
B. the city will never have broken water pipes
C. city officials often repair or replace the water mains
D. there may be no disruption to water supply
40. The attitude of Amy Glasmier towards smart cities is _____________.
A. supportive: ủng hộ B. doubtful: nghi ngờ
C. indifferent: thờ ơ D. disgusting: kinh tởm