Fill each numbered blank with a suitable word to finish the passage
Non-Stop MTR System (The Train That Never Stops) The developer of the Non-Stop MTR system believes that (1)______ greatest inefficiencies when it comes to train travel is the (2)______ that trains have to stop to (3)______ people up. The ‘train that never stop’ has pods (4)______ the roof that passengers can enter or (5)______ . At each stop, the pod with the people disembarking is (6)______ at the station, while the pod on the platform filled with waiting (7)_______ is picked up, all without the train having to stop. These non-stop trains would (8)______ time, as those minutes spent waiting at each station have a habit of adding up to hours at the (9)______ of the day and they would save energy. The constant acceleration and deceleration that trains go through each time they stop at station requires a huge (10)______ of power.
Choose a word in each line that has different stress pattern
1. A. believe B. avoid C. prefer D. happen
2. A. expensive B. wonderland C. favourite D. driverless
3. A. system B. transport C. future D. traffic
4. A. appearance B. pollution C. personal D. opinion
5. A. teleporter B. available C. environment D. electrical
Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C, D that best fits the blank space in the following passage
In Western countries, electricity, gas, and water are not (1).......... but necessities. Companies now realize that consumers want (2).......... that will not only work effectively, (3).......... save money.
For most North American households, lighting (4).......... for 10 percent to 15 percent of the electricity (5).......... . However, this amount can be (6).......... by replacing an ordinary 100-watt light bulb with an energy-saving bulb. These bulbs use a (7).......... of the electricity of standard bulbs and last eight times (8).......... . Therefore consumers can save about US$7 to US$21 per bulb.
In Europe, there is a labeling scheme for refrigerators, freezers, washing machines and tumble dryers. The label tells the consumers how much energy efficiency each model has, compared (9).......... other appliances in the same category.
Ultimately, these innovations will save money as well as (10).......... the Earth’s resources.
1. A. launching B. luxuries C. coming D. peaking
2. A. tickets B. weapons C. spaceships D. products
3. A. but also B. toward C. with D. into
4. A. as good as B. like as C. accounts D. such as
5. A. burnt B. bill C. went off D. banged
6. A. reduced B. audience C. observatories D. watcher
7. A. sent back B. returned to C. separated from D. quarter
8. A. weightlessness B. longer C. wavelengths D. length
9. A. space B. atmosphere C. with D. universe
10. A. conserve B. drivers C. tourists D. astronauts
Bài 1:
1) Cho hàm số y = 3x - 1. Lập bảng giá trị tương ứng của y khi x = -1; -1/2; 1/2; 1; 3/2 2) a) Vẽ đồ thị hàm số y = 1/2x b) Tính giá trị của x khi y = -1; 2; 0,5 Bài 3: Hai tổ A và B cùng sản xuất 1 sản phẩm. Tổ A hoàn thành một sản phẩm mất 2 giờ và tổ B hoàn thành 1 sản phẩm hết 3 giờ. Trong cùng một thời gian như nhau thì 2 tổ hoàn thành được 30 sản phẩm. Hỏi số sản phẩm mà mỗi tổ làm được? Bài 5: Cho tam giác ABC. Vẽ ra ngoài tam giác đó các tam giác ABM và ACN vuông cân ở A. Gọi D, E, F lần lượt là trung điểm của MB, BC, CN Chứng minh: a) BN = CM b) BN vuông góc với CM c) Tam giác DEF là tam giác vuông cân