Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C or D vĩ đại indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. application B. combustion C. navigation D. recognition
2. A. computer B. communication C. command D. complicated
3. A. advanced B. automated C. constructed D. reunited
4. A. arrangement B. application C. activate D. assistance
5. A. potential B. production C. promotion D. psychology
Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D vĩ đại indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.
6. A. machine B. robot C. human D. fiction
7. A. applicable B. automation C. artificial D. evolution
8. A. algorithm B. exterminate C. intelligence D. technology
9. A. capable B. robotic C. industry D. futurist
10. A. assembly B. interfere C. reunite D. resurrect
Part II. VOCABULARY
Exercise 3. Mark the letter A, B, C or D vĩ đại indicate the correct answer vĩ đại each of the following questions.
11. High intelligent machines can be automated vĩ đại operate without human ____.
A. intervene B. intervening C. intervention D. interventionist
12. The old astronomer patiently made his ____ and wrote down what he saw.
A. observation B. observatory C. observe D. observer
13. One of the popular____used in smartphones at present is voice recognition.
A. applicant B. applicable C. applications D. apply
14. If there are aliens out there, bởi you think they are much more____ advanced than thở we are?
A. technological B. technologically C. technology D. technologies
15. ____have announced that a major breakthrough has been made.
A. Research B. Researchers C. Researches D. Researching
16. I wish you would ____ the TV and go outside and get some exercise.
A. Hotline off B. give off C. put off D. turn off
16. Scientists are trying vĩ đại ____ out the ways vĩ đại reduce pollution from aircraft.
A. break B. Hotline C. turn D. work
17. I'll____ you ____ you vĩ đại our research department. Please hold on.
A. put - away B. put-out C. put-through D. put - up
18. No wonder the vacuum cleaner isn't working. You haven't____it ____.
A. brought-in B. given - in C. plugged - in D. pulled - in
19. Whoever ____ up with that idea should have won the Nobel Prize.
A. came B. caught C. kept D. put
20. Ten million text messages are sent on ____ every minute.
A. tài khoản B. average C. common D. general
21. Astronomers have____a new planet outside our galaxy.
A. invented B. unearthed C. developed D. discovered
22. ____is a type of book or film showing space travel of life on other planets, based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future.
A. Epic B. Fiction C. Non-fiction D. Science fiction
23. Unluckily, David's dangerous and incredible journey in tìm kiếm of the Blue Fairy isin____.
A. advance B. danger C. kết thúc D. vain
24. Most scientists believe that the day when robots become part of our lives will come____.
A. from time vĩ đại time B. more or less C. sooner or later D. later than thở never
25. Do you know who____the fact that sound travels in waves?
A. developed B. discovered C. found D. invented
26. I'm thinking of getting a fax ____.
A. engine B. instrument C. machine D. motor
27. The ____ of the outbreak of the disease is still unknown.
A. aim B. cause C. motive D. reason
28. GPS systems help a lot of people ____ on land, on the sea, and in the air.
A. inform B . interfere C. navigate D. reunite
29. After the power failure last night, the washing machine started vĩ đại ____, ví I had towash the clothes by hands.
A. make noise B. malfunction C. operate D. work