In 2013, the United Kingdom announced plans to spend more than $90 million developing the Skylon, a super-fast plane that could travel at five times the speed of sound and break out of the Earth's orbit to travel in outer space. It would be able to take off from any runway in the world, and could bring 300 passengers from London to Sydney in four hours. Or it could be used to drop off a load of up to 15,000 kilograms in outer space - at the International Space Station, for example.

Development has only just begun, and there are some big problems to overcome. John Hansman, the head of MIT's International Center for Air Transportation, says, "It looks great from a science fiction standpoint, but it’s really, really tough to do." Additionally, the $90-million figure is just the beginning - final costs could amount to more than a billion dollars.   -

However, many scientists and science journalists are optimistic about the project. And if everything goes according to plan, a prototype (the first design of the Skylon) will be ready by 2017, with the real deal following just a couple of years later. After that? "Access to space, access to anywhere in the world within four hours is on the cards,” says Alan Bond, the founder of Reaction Engines, the company behind the Skylon's propulsion system.

a. 2013:               the year when the K announced plans to develop the Skylon

b. 2017                               ______________________________________________________________

c. 90,000,000:                  _______________________________________________________________

d. 300:                              _______________________________________________________________               

e. 1,000,000,000             _______________________________________________________________

f. 15 tons:              _______________________________________________________________

g. 4 hours:                        _______________________________________________________________

Read the passage again and complete the following sentences.

1. A ______________________is the plane that can travel extremely fast.

2. The Skylon could take off _________________________.

3. John Hansman is  ______________________________.

4. Many scientists feel _________________________ the project.

5. The Skylon could travel at ______________________________.

6. Alan Bond founded ___________________________________.

7. The plans to develop the Skylon was announced by ___________________in ____________.

8. There are _________________ problems ___________________.

In 2013, the United Kingdom announced plans to spend more than $90 million developing the Skylon, a super-fast plane that could travel at five times the speed of sound and break out of the Earth's orbit to travel in outer space. It would be able to take off from any runway in the world, and could bring 300 passengers from London to Sydney in four hours. Or it could be used to drop off a load of up to 15,000 kilograms in outer space - at the International Space Station, for example.

Development has only just begun, and there are some big problems to overcome. John Hansman, the head of MIT's International Center for Air Transportation, says, "It looks great from a science fiction standpoint, but it’s really, really tough to do." Additionally, the $90-million figure is just the beginning - final costs could amount to more than a billion dollars.   -

However, many scientists and science journalists are optimistic about the project. And if everything goes according to plan, a prototype (the first design of the Skylon) will be ready by 2017, with the real deal following just a couple of years later. After that? "Access to space, access to anywhere in the world within four hours is on the cards,” says Alan Bond, the founder of Reaction Engines, the company behind the Skylon's propulsion system.

a. 2013:               the year when the K announced plans to develop the Skylon

b. 2017                               ______________________________________________________________

c. 90,000,000:                  _______________________________________________________________

d. 300:                              _______________________________________________________________               

e. 1,000,000,000             _______________________________________________________________

f. 15 tons:              _______________________________________________________________

g. 4 hours:                        _______________________________________________________________

Read the passage again and complete the following sentences.

1. A ______________________is the plane that can travel extremely fast.

2. The Skylon could take off _________________________.

3. John Hansman is  ______________________________.

4. Many scientists feel _________________________ the project.

5. The Skylon could travel at ______________________________.

6. Alan Bond founded ___________________________________.

7. The plans to develop the Skylon was announced by ___________________in ____________.

8. There are _________________ problems ___________________.

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Manned space-craft travel at speeds of almost five miles a second. But space-craft are slow.....with the fastest traveler in the .....universe-light. Scientists calculate that light travels 186000 miles a second!

Swift ......it is, light takes time to cross interstellar space. Light from Sirius, a neighboring star, travels for nine years to......us.

Because of the time lights takes to travel the........of space, it is possible to "see" an event long........is has happened. In AD 1054, Chinese astronauts recorded the...... of an object that .... up the night sky. They were seeing an exploding star. Yet scientists today calculate that the stars ........ more than four thousand years ago. ......... the Chinese observers, we too may "see" happening vast distances away and long before our own time.

Put these sentences into directed speech :
1. I told her to bring it back if it didn't fit.
2. Mary asked John not to tell anyone her new address.
3. She told me that he was not at home.
4. She said that she would pay him if she could.
5. The notice said that breakfast would not be served after 9.30.
6. I asked her if it was going to be a fine day that day.
7. He asked her where shw was going.
8. Nina said that they were going to visit her on Sunday.
9. He said that he could understand that problem.
10. He told Jack that he would phone him the following day.
11. She asked us what we were going to do the following summer.
12. The interviewer asked Mr Simpson how many iobs he had had since 2000.
13. The landlady asked us if we had had enough for lunch.
14. She told me that she would have a cup of tea with me.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27. Fill in the appropriate word in question 26

  Without transportation, our modem society could not (23) _____________. We would have no metal, no coal and no oil nor would we have any (24 _____________ made from these materials. (25) _____________, we would have to spend most of our time raising food and food would be limited to the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhood.

  Transportation also affects our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a doctor to the side of a sick person, even if the patients’ lives on an isolated farm. It can take police to the scene of a crime within a moment of being noticed. Transportation (26)____________teams of athletes to compete in national and international sports contests. In time of (27) _____________transportation can rush aid to persons in areas stricken by floods, families and earthquakes.

A. brings

B. fetches

C. enables

D. gets

. He (said/ asked/ wondered) us how we would use English in the future.

2. Our children's futures depend (on / in/ to) a good education.

3. It took him a long time (to take / taking/ taken) all of these photos.

4. English is one of the _ (excited /compulsory/delighted) subjects at school.

5. Mai is working very hard for the exam because she wants her parents to be proud (of/ in/ at) her.

6. John last met you in December, 2014, (didn’t John / didn’t he/ wasn’t he)?

7. Local people are pleased (that/ about/ if) the environmental problems have been solved.

8. As John (eats/ has eaten/was eating), he could not answer clearly.

9. Mr. Minh will arrive in Singapore (on/ in/ at) Monday morning.

10. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: teach /peace /search.

11. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: looked / wondered/stepped.

12. Choose the word which has a different stress pattern: succeed / relax /cover.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, R, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27

Without transportation, our modern society could not (23) ___________. We would have no metal, no coal and no oil nor would we have any (24) ___________ made from these materials. (25) ___________, we would have to spend most of our time raising food and food would be limited to the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhood.

Transportation also affects our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a doctor to the side of a sick person, even if the patients’ lives on an isolated farm. It can take police to the scene of a crime within a moment of being noticed. Transportation (26) ________ teams of athletes to compete in national and international sports contests. In time of (27) __________ transportation can rush aid to persons in areas stricken by floods, families and earthquakes.
Điền ô 25

A. Even

B. Besides

C. Although

D. However

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, R, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 23 to 27

Without transportation, our modern society could not (23) ___________. We would have no metal, no coal and no oil nor would we have any (24) ___________ made from these materials. (25) ___________, we would have to spend most of our time raising food and food would be limited to the kinds that could grow in the climate and soil of our neighborhood.

Transportation also affects our lives in other ways. Transportation can speed a doctor to the side of a sick person, even if the patients’ lives on an isolated farm. It can take police to the scene of a crime within a moment of being noticed. Transportation (26) ________ teams of athletes to compete in national and international sports contests. In time of (27) __________ transportation can rush aid to persons in areas stricken by floods, families and earthquakes.
Điền ô 27

A. disasters

B. accidents

C. problems

D. wars