SECTION B. LANGUAGE FOCUS - READING- WRITING ( 10 points )
I. Phonetics (1point)
Find the word with different sound in the underlined part in each line.(1point)
1. A. glasses B. chooses C. horses D. nurses
2. A. exhaust B. hour C. honest D. house
3. A. condition B. question C. option D. relation
Find the word which has a different stress pattern.
4. A creativity B. immature C. negative D. nationality
5. A. primary B. animal C. tropical D. volcano
\II. Choose the best word or phrase (A, B, C or D) to complete each sentence below (2points)
1. People from other planets may use ___________ to communicate, which is not possible for human beings.
A. landlines B. letters C. chat rooms D. telepathy
2. Teenagers often use abbreviations when ___________.
A. texting B. video conferencing C. sending letters D. talking
3. People who cannot hear or speak often communicate using ___________.
A. pictures B. sounds C. codes D. signs
4. ___________ is popularly used to enable people from different countries to have meetings. People can watch, and listen to each other through a screen.
A. Chatting B. Video conferencing C. Emailing D. Texting
5. The ___________ in technology allow astronomers to know more about outer space.
A. developments B. science C. exploration D. discovery
6. Alexander Graham Bell was a great ___________, who invented the telephone.
A. developer B. conservationist C. scientist D. explorer
7.___________ is important because it may help to solve the problems of overpopulation and exhaustion of resources on Earth.
A. Space exploration B. Space traveling C. Space checking D. Space walking
8.To generate cheap and clean energy, instead of burning fossil fuels, scientists have developed
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