Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their predecessors, but the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed than run on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane. Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission option presently available.
Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of current is available, transport experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes and trolleys.
As automakers work to develop practical electrical vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on infrastructure systems to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be reserved for electric cars.
Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three-wheelers, small cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried by freeway today.
The word “foresee” in this passage could best be replaced with ________ .
A. count on
B. invent
C. imagine
D. rely on
Đáp án C.
Keyword: foresee, best be replaced with
Clue: “Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of current is available, transport experts foresee a new assortment of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes and trolleys”: Mặc dù xe điện sẽ không hoàn toàn khả thi/thực tế cho đến khi chúng ta tìm ra một loại pin mạnh và … hoặc nguồn năng lượng điện khác mà chúng ta có thể trông mong vào. Các chuyên gia về giao thông … được một loạt những phương tiện chạy điện mới sẽ có mặt trong cuộc sống của chúng ta như: ô tô điện di chuyển trong đoạn đường ngắn hơn, ô tô ba bánh trong khu phố, xe tải điện chở hàng, xe đạp, và xe đẩy.
Phân tích đáp án:
A. count on: phụ thuộc, trông cậy vào
B. invent: sáng chế ra
C. imagine: tưởng tượng
D. rely on: phụ thuộc vào
Ta thấy rằng các phương tiện ở câu 2 của clue đều chưa xuất hiện ở hiện tại và chúng là những gì có thể sẽ được sử dụng trong tương lai. Vậy đáp án là C.