Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions.
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined words in each of the following questions.
Read the following passage and circle the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbers blanks.
① Our future house will be on the ocean. It will be surrounded by tall trees and a blue sea. But we only have salt water in the ocean. We need fresh water for ___(11)___ and for growing food ___(12)___ farms. Ocean water is too salty to drink. It is also too salty for watering plants. We must have ___(13)___ to make ___(14)___ water from salty water. We should be ___(15)___ not to waste water.
② Hi. My name is Khanh. My favourite future house will be a green house. I want to ___(16)___ it "a garden home". This house will be in the middle of the city, ___(17)___ there are plants everywhere. From the street, people will see a tall garden, but in fact, it is a house. ___(18)___ are plants and trees in front of the glass walls. There is also a small garden ___(19)___ the roof. You can put chairs and tables there and enjoy tea with your family in the afternoon. When you live in this house, you will feel very ___(20)___ and relaxed.
Read the text and choose the correct answer A, B, or C to each question.
Life in 100 years will be very different from now. We will travel by flying car. All we will need to do is to choose a place on a screen inside the car. Then, we will just sit and relax because the car will drive itself. The car will take us anywhere in a very short time. Traffic problems will be the thing of the past. Also, we don’t need to go to the supermarket to do the shopping. We will buy things from home with a click of the mouse on the computer. We will have holidays on others planets. We won’t have to do the housework as our robots will do all the housework for us. They will cook our favourite meals and do the washing – up afterwards.
My dream is to live in a big house surrounded by a big garden full of flowers and trees. I don’t like to live in an apartment with blocks of flats and rude neighbors making noise in the middle of the night. My future house will be located outside the city. It might be near a river. I have always dreamt of living near rivers and hearing the sound of the birds in the morning.
My house will have a smart appliance which will monitor the current weather forecast to keep the temperature inside the house comfortable. It will use solar energy to heat the water; feed lights, run computers, and other electronics. My future house will be an eco-house that uses clean energy to save the environment.
It will have a large garden for me to have as many pets as I wish for. Then there will be some robots in the house to help me with my housework. They will clean the house every morning, prepare all the meals for me and feed the dogs and cats.
Hi! My name is Nam. In 2030, I will live in Viet Nam, on the one hundred and fifty-second floor of a tall apartment building. It will have a shiny white surface on the outside to reflect the sunlight and to keep it cool. On the inside, I will have central air conditioning. The big screen for me to watch movies will also be a fish tank. When it is switched off, I can see my pet fish swimming happily in it.
I will own a sky restaurant. My restaurant will be in mid-air. My customers will take a special lift in a capsule to enter my restaurant.
In 2030, Viet Nam will still be a beautiful country. However, the grass and trees are unlike those today. They will be mostly in shades of yellow or brown. Life in this time will not appear too different from today, except that the weather will become hotter.
Do you have a smart device, like a wireless TV or a hi-tech fridge? In the future, smart technology will be everywhere and it will make our lives easier. If you hate washing and cleaning, we might soon have robots to do the housework. If you don't like cooking, an automatic food machine will do it for you. You touch the screen to choose your meal and it will be ready in a few seconds. Our homes will be full of these modern machines. Our future is so great, and I can't wait for it. What about you? Do you like such a house?
Linda’s future house will be a smart palace in the countryside. There will be a lot of lights around it. Her palace will be so bright in the evening. It will have 10 rooms. It will also have many modern appliances such as smart doors, smart TVs, super smartphones, smart clocks and smart fridges. She will use her voice to control her home. She will tell her smart doors to open and close. She will tell her smart TVs to turn on her favourite shows or tell her super smartphones to order goods from the supermarket. There will be 10 robots in her palace. She will ask them to cook her favourite meals, to iron her clothes, and to water her plants and flowers.
Choose the best answers to complete the following sentences.