VIII. Write questions for the underlined parts
7. A: ________________________________________________________
B: Self-driving cars will be on the road by 2020.
8. A: ________________________________________________________
B: It takes just two and a half hours to travel from Tokyo to Osaka by bullet train.
VIII. Write questions for the underlined parts
1. A: ________________________________________________________
B: The personal hover scooter can travel at around 30kph
2. A: ________________________________________________________
B: There are approximately 7.6 billion people in the world today.
3. A: ________________________________________________________
B: I prefer jetpacks to flying cars
4. A: ________________________________________________________
B: Vietnam still relies on non-renewable energy sources
5. A: ________________________________________________________
B: Nuclear power isn’t used extensively because it’s both expensive and dangerous
6. A: ________________________________________________________
B: They used to live in the Dharavi slum when they were in Mumbai.
7. A: ________________________________________________________
B: Self-driving cars will be on the road by 2020.
8. A: ________________________________________________________
B: It takes just two and a half hours to travel from Tokyo to Osaka by bullet train.
VIII. Write questions for the underlined parts
1. A: ________________________________________________________
B: The personal hover scooter can travel at around 30kph
2. A: ________________________________________________________
B: There are approximately 7.6 billion people in the world today.
3. A: ________________________________________________________
B: I prefer jetpacks to flying cars
4. A: ________________________________________________________
B: Vietnam still relies on non-renewable energy sources
5. A: ________________________________________________________
B: Nuclear power isn’t used extensively because it’s both expensive and dangerous
6. A: ________________________________________________________
B: They used to live in the Dharavi slum when they were in Mumbai.
7. A: ________________________________________________________
B: Self-driving cars will be on the road by 2020.
8. A: ________________________________________________________
B: It takes just two and a half hours to travel from Tokyo to Osaka by bullet train.
Rearrange the words to make correct sentences.
1.how / is / it / far / your / house / from / to / school / your?……………………………………………?
2.it / not / is / far / to / to / very / go / the / station / railway.…………………………………….
3.we / obey / must / always / rules / traffic / our / for / safety / the.………………………………………….
4.near / school / our / there / is / a / children crossing / sign / so / you/ must / cross / the / road / there.
5.now / mother / I/ my / cycle / used / there / to / take / to / me/ school / but.
6 will/ street./ along/ More/ this/ be/ trees/ planted
7 two hours/ It/ to/ letter./ me/ that/ takes/ write
8 from/ about/ the/ my/ town./ three kilometers/ It/ house/ to/ is/ nearest
9 a/ train ?/ a/ you/ Will/ take/ taxi/ or
10 by/ go/ My/ used/ motorbike./ to/ father/ to/ work
11 At 7 o’clock tonight/ a film/ They/ will/ be seeing
12 to protect / will use/ the environment/ solar energy/ We/.
13 biogas/ is/ cooking and heating/ I think/ for/ abundant and cheap.
14 we use/ travelling long distances/ public transportation/ Will/ when /?
V.Read the passage, then answer the questions below . Last summer, my friends and I went to the countryside by bike for our vacation. There was too much traffic on the road so we had to move very slowly. It took us about two hours to get out of the town. After some times, we came to a hill. It was green and beautiful. We thought it was a good place for a picnic, so we stopped and took the food, fruit and drink out of the bikes. We sat down and started to eat. Suddenly it began to rain. We had to run to find a place to have our meal. After the rain, we rode back home. What a sad trip! Questions: 1. When did his friends and him go to the countryside? ……………………………………………………………….. 2. Was there too much traffic on the road ? ………………………………………………………………. 3. How long did it take them to get out of the town? …………………………………………………………………. 4. What did they think about the hill when they came to it? …………………………………………………………………… 5. Did they have a sad trip? ………………………………………………………………………
Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each of the questions.
The idea of a driverless car is not new. Now there are already cars on the road that can park themselves. But a
truly self-driving car, one that can drive itself, is being tested by scientists and engineers.
Self-driving cars have already tested on public roads. These cars not only record images of the road, but their
computerized maps view road signs, find alternative routes and see traffic lights even before they are seen by a person.
By using radars and cameras, the cars can analyse information about their surroundings faster than a human can.
In some of the tests, the car learn the details of a road by driving on it several times, and when it is time to drive itself, it
can identify when there are pedestrians crossing and then stops to let them pass by. Self-driving cars could make
transport safer for all of us by eliminating the cause of most of today’s accidents.
Although self-driving cars may seem far off, some people believe that there will be driverless cars in showrooms in
about 10 years.
1. What is the main idea of the passage?
A. Self-driving car: far off image B. The prospect of driverless cars
C. Computerised maps in cars D. Safer transport in the future
2. Now there are already cars on the road that can ……………………..
A. park themselves B. record images of the road
C. learn the details of a road D. actually drive themselves.
3. How can the tested cars analyse information about their surroundings?
A. By viewing road signs B. By seeing traffic lights quickly
C. By using radars and cameras D. By driving on it several times.
4. The underlined word “them” in the passage refers to……………………..
A. tests B. details C. times D. pedestrians
5. In about a decade’s time, we may see……………………..
A. self-driving cars being tested B. driverless cars in a far-off place
C. self-driving cars in showrooms D. much safer cars
II. Read the following passage carefully, then do as directed : (5 marks)
Thinking about how we will be travelling in 10 or 20 years is very interesting. Will we still be using planes or will we be flying our cars from Paris to London? Here are some suggestions.
- SkyTrain: Currently being developed at NASA, SkyTrain looks like the monorail at Disney World. Moving at 240km/h and using small amount of energy, it could be the future of city transportation. SkyTrain has the passenger capacity of a 6-lane highway.
- Flying cars: Zhu Wenxi and Lai Zexin, Chinese students, have designed a solar-powered flying car that doesn’t need a runway to take off. If you have about 200 hundred thousand dollars, you will own this vehicle soon.
- An electric mininus: The minibus Cameo, designed by Martin Pes, can carry 32 passengers but it is small enough to get its way out of a traffic jam. Its electric motor and low weight mean that it can be recharged in seconds while stopping and it has zero emission.
- An eco-taxi: Taxis are bad for the environment and traffic jams. We enter eco-taxi, and individual taxis form a train powered by solar panels.
1. Decide whether the statements below are True (T) or False (F) : (2,5 marks)
a. SkyTrain is fast but cannot be used as a means of transport in the city. …………
b. Flying cars designed by Zhu Wenxi and Lai Zexin run on solar energy. …………
c. A long runway is necessary for flying cars to take off. …………
d. Because it is small, an electric minibus can avoid traffic jams. …………
e. Several eco-taxis can form a line moving together, using solar energy. …………
2. Answer the following sentences: (2,5 marks)
a. How fast can SkyTrain travel?
………………………………….............................................................................................
b. Where are the designers of flying cars from?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
c. How much money does a flying car cost?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
d. Why should we take eco-taxi instead of other taxis?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
e. Are you interested in these means of transport? Why?
………………………………………………………………………………………………
Read the passage, and then tick the correct answer: true (T), or false (F).
Vehicles in the near future, will be fuel efficient, zero emission, and use high tech electronics and software to assist drivers in a variety of ways. Vehicles will communicate with each other, with the road and with traffic signals. Autos and trucks of the future will use vision enhancement devices to help you navigate through bad weather, let you see around them, or warn you of a possible collision with a pedestrian or animal. They will also let you know if you are getting drowsy or straying from your lane.
In twenty years, cars of the future will be different than the automobiles of today, and so will the driving experience.
Cars and how to drive will only change after two more decades.
A. True
B. False
Wales has a population of about three million. English is the main language and only twenty per
cent speak both Welsh and English. Every year, (1) ………… August there is a Welsh-speaking
festival. It (2) ………… place in a different town each year so everyone has a chance for it to be
near them. Local people (3) _______ years making plans for when the festival will be in (4)
_______ town. Each festival is (5) _______ by about 160.000 people. They travel not only from
nearby towns and villages (6) _______ also from the rest of the British Isles and (7) _______
from abroad. There are concerts, plays and (8) _______ to find the best singers, poets, writers
and so on. Shops sell Welsh music, books, pictures and clothes as (9) _______ as food and drink.
The festival provides a chance for Welsh-speaking people to be together for a whole week, with
(10) _______ Welsh language all around them.
1. A. on B. by C. in D. at
2. A. takes B. finds C. has D. makes
3. A. pass B. put C. spend D. do
4. A. our B. their C. his D. its
5. A. . arrived B. attended C. visited D. come
6. A. but B. and C. since D. however
7. A. . just B. hardly C. quite D. even
8. A. tests B. examinations C. competitions D. races
9. A. long B. far C. good D. well
10. A.. one B. a C. the D. some
