Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 10 to 14.
In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels together and make them bigger, we can use them to move things
In the last few centuries, things have begun to move faster. Take a 20th-century invention like the aeroplane, for example. The first acroplane flight on 17 December 1903 only lasted 12 seconds, and the plane only went 37 metres. It can't have been very exciting to watch, but that flight changed the world. Sixteen years later, the first plane flew across the Atlantic, and only fifty years after that, men walked on the moon. Technology is now changing our world faster and faster. So what will the future bring?
One of the first changes will be the materials we use. Scientists have just invented an amazing new material called graphene, and soon we will use it to do lots of things. With graphene batteries in your mobile, it will take a few seconds to charge your phone or download a thousand gigabytes of information! Today, we make most products in factories, but in the future, scientists will invent living materials. Then we won't make things like cars and furniture in factories - we will grow them!
Thirty years ago, people couldn't have imagined social media like Twitter and Facebook. Now we can't llve without them. But this is only the start. Right now, scientists are putting microchips in some disabled people's brains, to help them see, hear and communicate better. In the future, we may all use these technologies. We won't need smartphones to use social media or search the internet because the internet will be in our heads!
More people will go into space in the future, too. Space tourism has already begun, and a hundred years from now, there may be many hotels in space. One day, we may get most of our energy from space too. In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a space solar power station. After all, the sun always shines above the clouds!
What does the writer say about space solar power?
A. It's an old idea, but people are only starting to develop it now
B. It's a science fiction idea, and nobody really thinks it will work
C. It's much easier to build a solar power station in space than on Earth
D. People tried it in 1941, but they didn't succeed
Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu
Giải thích:
Nhà văn nói gì về năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian?
A. Đó là một ý tưởng cũ, nhưng mọi người chỉ bắt đầu phát triển nó lúc này.
B. Đó là một ý tưởng khoa học viễn tưởng và không ai thực sự nghĩ rằng nó sẽ hoạt động.
C. Việc xây dựng một trạm năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian dễ dàng hơn nhiều so với trên Trái đất.
D. Mọi người đã thử nó vào năm 1941, nhưng họ đã không thành công.
Thông tin: In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a space solar power station.
Tạm dịch: Năm 1941, nhà văn Isaac Asimov đã viết về một trạm năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian. Mọi người cười nhạo ý tưởng của ông, nhưng chúng ta lẽ ra nên lắng nghe ông. Ngày nay, nhiều người đang cố gắng phát triển một trạm năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian.
Chọn A