TEST YOURSELF 5

Error Identification.

In 2030 A), how we will provide (B) for the food, land, and energy needs (C) of a global population of over 8 billion (D)?

Error Identification.

Many people are afraid (A) that in the future there will be (B) no space leaving (C) for human beings and they express the idea of robots replacing (D) human beings.

Error Identification.

Cars of the future will be using (A) advanced (B) technology to perform (C) such functions as automatic cruise control, hazardous object avoidance, self-parking but (D) driverless transportation. 

Error Identification.

Human beings enjoy their life with more and more (A)  progress of science and technological (B) , but it is also very necessary (C) to think more about the problems that modern machines and devices  (D) may cause.

Error Identification.

In the future smart cars will also (A) be intelligent enough (B) to avoid pedestrians bicycle riders (C) and others whom (D) are not driving automobiles.

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

Consider activities that most take for granted, particularly those who live in industrialized nations: drinking a glass of water; driving a car or traveling by mass transportation; living in a decent house or apartment; using modern household appliances; using tools to build, fix and repair; even breathing fresh air. These activities improve our quality of life. Have you considered that to do all of the above requires the availability of natural resources, whether used as raw materials or in finished products?

The United Nations predicts that the global population will increase from the present 6.65 billion to 7.95 billion by the year 2025. At the same time, the world is becoming more prosperous. The average person is consuming more food, water, energy and metals. Multiple millions in nations that were once poor are now moving into the middle class. They are driving cars, acquiring household appliances, using electronic gadgets and adopting high-protein diets, similar to Western industrialized nations. The subject of natural resources has been in the news for years. The media has long reported that the world's supply of oil, minerals, fresh water, and lumber are in danger of running out. Yet very few people take this seriously.

Within the next 50 years, the world's population is projected to rise by 40%. This growth, coupled with increasing industrialization and urbanization, will result in greater demand for water. Water will become much scarcer. The United Nations figures suggest that there are around 300 potential conflicts over water all over the worl According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about one-sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water, while 40% are without access to proper sanitation services.

Which future problems are referred in the text?

1.  industrialization and transportation    
2.  natural resources and water
3.  household appliances and food           
4.  cars and tools

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

Consider activities that most take for granted, particularly those who live in industrialized nations: drinking a glass of water; driving a car or traveling by mass transportation; living in a decent house or apartment; using modern household appliances; using tools to build, fix and repair; even breathing fresh air. These activities improve our quality of life. Have you considered that to do all of the above requires the availability of natural resources, whether used as raw materials or in finished products?

The United Nations predicts that the global population will increase from the present 6.65 billion to 7.95 billion by the year 2025. At the same time, the world is becoming more prosperous. The average person is consuming more food, water, energy and metals. Multiple millions in nations that were once poor are now moving into the middle class. They are driving cars, acquiring household appliances, using electronic gadgets and adopting high-protein diets, similar to Western industrialized nations. The subject of natural resources has been in the news for years. The media has long reported that the world's supply of oil, minerals, fresh water, and lumber are in danger of running out. Yet very few people take this seriously.

Within the next 50 years, the world's population is projected to rise by 40%. This growth, coupled with increasing industrialization and urbanization, will result in greater demand for water. Water will become much scarcer. The United Nations figures suggest that there are around 300 potential conflicts over water all over the worl According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about one-sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water, while 40% are without access to proper sanitation services.

The first paragraph means that _______.

1. all things that make our lives convenient and comfortable need natural resources
2. people who live in industrialized countries travel everywhere by car
3. people can enjoy more and more fresh air in the future
4. we need more finished products than raw materials

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

Consider activities that most take for granted, particularly those who live in industrialized nations: drinking a glass of water; driving a car or traveling by mass transportation; living in a decent house or apartment; using modern household appliances; using tools to build, fix and repair; even breathing fresh air. These activities improve our quality of life. Have you considered that to do all of the above requires the availability of natural resources, whether used as raw materials or in finished products?

The United Nations predicts that the global population will increase from the present 6.65 billion to 7.95 billion by the year 2025. At the same time, the world is becoming more prosperous. The average person is consuming more food, water, energy and metals. Multiple millions in nations that were once poor are now moving into the middle class. They are driving cars, acquiring household appliances, using electronic gadgets and adopting high-protein diets, similar to Western industrialized nations. The subject of natural resources has been in the news for years. The media has long reported that the world's supply of oil, minerals, fresh water, and lumber are in danger of running out. Yet very few people take this seriously.

Within the next 50 years, the world's population is projected to rise by 40%. This growth, coupled with increasing industrialization and urbanization, will result in greater demand for water. Water will become much scarcer. The United Nations figures suggest that there are around 300 potential conflicts over water all over the worl According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about one-sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water, while 40% are without access to proper sanitation services.

According to the second paragraph, _______.

1.  population will decrease            
2.  many people will become poorer
3.  people use more food and energy      
4.  there will be no poor people

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Robots already have a  _____ role in medicine. 

1. pessimistic                
2. disappointed        
3. significant                   
4.  minor

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

Consider activities that most take for granted, particularly those who live in industrialized nations: drinking a glass of water; driving a car or traveling by mass transportation; living in a decent house or apartment; using modern household appliances; using tools to build, fix and repair; even breathing fresh air. These activities improve our quality of life. Have you considered that to do all of the above requires the availability of natural resources, whether used as raw materials or in finished products?

The United Nations predicts that the global population will increase from the present 6.65 billion to 7.95 billion by the year 2025. At the same time, the world is becoming more prosperous. The average person is consuming more food, water, energy and metals. Multiple millions in nations that were once poor are now moving into the middle class. They are driving cars, acquiring household appliances, using electronic gadgets and adopting high-protein diets, similar to Western industrialized nations. The subject of natural resources has been in the news for years. The media has long reported that the world's supply of oil, minerals, fresh water, and lumber are in danger of running out. Yet very few people take this seriously.

Within the next 50 years, the world's population is projected to rise by 40%. This growth, coupled with increasing industrialization and urbanization, will result in greater demand for water. Water will become much scarcer. The United Nations figures suggest that there are around 300 potential conflicts over water all over the worl According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about one-sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water, while 40% are without access to proper sanitation services.

According to the text, _______.

1. industrialization and urbanization have greater demand for water
2. clean water is always available for everybody all the -time
3. we will find more and more sources of safe water
4. everybody on earth :will be supplied enough safe water in the future

Read the passage carefully and choose the correct answer.

Consider activities that most take for granted, particularly those who live in industrialized nations: drinking a glass of water; driving a car or traveling by mass transportation; living in a decent house or apartment; using modern household appliances; using tools to build, fix and repair; even breathing fresh air. These activities improve our quality of life. Have you considered that to do all of the above requires the availability of natural resources, whether used as raw materials or in finished products?

The United Nations predicts that the global population will increase from the present 6.65 billion to 7.95 billion by the year 2025. At the same time, the world is becoming more prosperous. The average person is consuming more food, water, energy and metals. Multiple millions in nations that were once poor are now moving into the middle class. They are driving cars, acquiring household appliances, using electronic gadgets and adopting high-protein diets, similar to Western industrialized nations. The subject of natural resources has been in the news for years. The media has long reported that the world's supply of oil, minerals, fresh water, and lumber are in danger of running out. Yet very few people take this seriously.

Within the next 50 years, the world's population is projected to rise by 40%. This growth, coupled with increasing industrialization and urbanization, will result in greater demand for water. Water will become much scarcer. The United Nations figures suggest that there are around 300 potential conflicts over water all over the worl According to the World Health Organization (WHO), about one-sixth of the world's population lacks access to clean water, while 40% are without access to proper sanitation services.

Natural resources _______.

1. will never be used up
2. have not ever been mentioned by the media
3. have been the subject of the media for many years
4. are being renovated .

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Robots already have a significant role in medicine. Robots are helping doctors achieve more  _____ in the operating room, performing safer, less invasive techniques. 

1. difficulty                    
2. mistake               
3. precision              
4. decision

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Robots already have a significant role in medicine. Robots are helping doctors achieve more  precision in the operating room, performing safer, less invasive techniques. For example, The Da Vinci Surgical System by Intuitive Surgical helps simplify complex procedures, and lets surgeons work through much smaller incisions, thus making patient  _____ easier and quicker.

1. recovery                   
2. discovery            
3.  illness                           
4.  diseases

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Robots already have a significant role in medicine. Robots are helping doctors achieve more  precision in the operating room, performing safer, less invasive techniques. For example, The Da Vinci Surgical System by Intuitive Surgical helps simplify complex procedures, and lets surgeons work through much smaller incisions, thus making patient recovery  easier and quicker.

Advances in bio-robotics are leading to even more and more applications in surgery because robots have the potential to perform better than human surgeons in certain respects.

The pace of technological change is rapid, and it is easily possible to foresee a time  _____ robots will become our teachers, policemen and even soldiers.

1. when                        
2. which                             
3. that                       
4. where

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Robots already have a significant role in medicine. Robots are helping doctors achieve more  precision in the operating room, performing safer, less invasive techniques. For example, The Da Vinci Surgical System by Intuitive Surgical helps simplify complex procedures, and lets surgeons work through much smaller incisions, thus making patient recovery  easier and quicker.

Advances in bio-robotics are leading to even more and more applications in surgery  _____ robots have the potential to perform better than human surgeons in certain respects.

1. although                    
2. because                
3. if                                  
4.  however

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Robots already have a significant role in medicine. Robots are helping doctors achieve more  precision in the operating room, performing safer, less invasive techniques. For example, The Da Vinci Surgical System by Intuitive Surgical helps simplify complex procedures, and lets surgeons work through much smaller incisions, thus making patient recovery  easier and quicker.

Advances in bio-robotics are leading to even more and more applications in surgery because robots have the potential to perform better than human surgeons in certain respects.

The pace of technological change is rapid, and it is easily possible to foresee a time when robots will become our teachers, policemen and even soldiers.

Robots will be better soldiers than humans. They can strictly follow the rules of engagement, codes of conduct, and war protocols much better than more passionate humans, resulting in a reduction of war crimes.

Most robots in the future will do jobs which are the sorts of things that people used to do. They will take away a lot of the mundane physical jobs certainly.

Some (49) _____ predict that it is not just manual jobs that will be replace The more advanced the technology becomes, the more it forces us to (50) _____ on those things that are fundamentally human.

1. experts  / focus    
2. managers / look     
3.  agriculturalists/spen
4. runners/ achieve

 Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.

Robots already have a significant role in medicine. Robots are helping doctors achieve more  precision in the operating room, performing safer, less invasive techniques. For example, The Da Vinci Surgical System by Intuitive Surgical helps simplify complex procedures, and lets surgeons work through much smaller incisions, thus making patient recovery  easier and quicker.

Advances in bio-robotics are leading to even more and more applications in surgery because robots have the potential to perform better than human surgeons in certain respects.

The pace of technological change is rapid, and it is easily possible to foresee a time when robots will become our teachers, policemen and even soldiers.

Robots will be better soldiers than humans. They can strictly  _____ the rules of engagement, codes of conduct, and war protocols ___ better than more passionate humans, resulting  ____ a reduction of war crimes.

1. follow/ much/ in
2. chase/ more /for  
3. pursue /  many/  with 
4. admit / as/  about