UNIT 8: LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A. VOCABULARY :
I. Word form: Hnghi
1. The health of our children is being __endangered_______ by exhaust fumes. (danger)
2. We don’t have to be a ___pessimist________to realize that we’re in trouble. (pessimistic)
3. There is considerable _____optimism_____that the company will improve. (optimistic)
4. Air pollution causes ___environmental_______ damage to our city. (environment)
5. I was impressed by the ____variety__________ of dishes on offer. (vary)
6. The railway line was ____electrified_______ in the 1950s. (electric)
7. There was a general ______expectation_______ that he would win. (expect)
8. The pain got ________progressively_______ worse. (progress)
9. He made a very positive ____contribution________ to the success of the project. (contribute)
10. The strong wind was ______threatening_______ to destroy the bridge. (threat)
II. Multiple choice:
1) You don’t have to be a to realize that we’re in trouble. (Yên Nhi)
A. pessimistic B. pessimist C. optimistic D. optimist
2) Many ______cooperate with each other no matter what their nationalities are.
A. science B. scientists C. scientific D. scientifically
3) It is said that scientists and engineers have become very important figures in our modern society.
A. industry B. industrial C. industrialize D. industrially
4) In our modern nowadays, scientific progress is constantly opening up new horizons, bringing new needs,
and new opportunities.
A. social B. socialist C. socially D. society
5) Scientists and engineers use their ____ knowledge to help in constructions and testing.
A. technology B. technical C. technically D. technician
6) She made an important _____ to the company’s success.
A. contribute B. contribution C. contributed D. contributing
7) The Great ______ was a dramatic, worldwide economic downturn beginning in some countries as early as 1928.
A. economic B. economy C. depress D. depression
8) When a _______ becomes bankrupt, its stock is of no value anymore.
A. corporate B. corporation C. cooperation D. cooperate
9) The owner put two locks on every door for better .
A. secure B. securely C. insecure D. security
10) The manager to fire an employee unless her work improves.
A. threat B. threatening C. threatened D. threateningly
11) Governments work together to stop . (Chân Trân)
A. terrorist B. terrorize C. terror D. terrorism
12) That racing car has a engine.
A. powerful B. power C. powerless D. powerfully
13) After the of the wheel, people could travel faster.
A. inventory B. invent C. invention D. inventor
14) The Browns are happy family. They share the chores with each other.
A. domestic B. local C. house D. home
15) She visited a clinic for a flu shot.
A. medicine B. medical C. medically D. medicare
16) We are responsible for the of our country’s economy.
A. develop B. development C. developed D. developing
17) Before moving into the new house, we had the turned on.
A. electricity B. electrical C. electric D. electronic
18) She performs her job well and quickly; she is very .
A. efficient B. efficiency C. efficiently D. inefficient
19) Dinosaurs on the earth long ago.
A. appear B. appearance C. disappeared D.disappearance
20) He is that next year’s sales will be excellent.
A. confident B. confidential C. confidence D. confidently
B. LANGUAGE FOCUS:
I. Phonetics: Choose the word having the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest PhuongUyen
1. A. garage B. storage C. shortage D. encourage
2. A. moustache B. machinery C. champagne D. championship
