Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B,...

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9.

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 following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in the passage EXCEPT

A. planes

B. trains

C. vans

D. trolleys

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Dương Hoàn Anh

15 tháng 7 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Các phương tiện điện sau đây đều được đề cập trong đoạn NGOẠI TRỪ

A. máy bay B. xe lửa C. xe tải D. xe đẩy

Thông tin:

- shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes and trolleys.

- Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers…

Tạm dịch:

- xe điện đi lại ngắn hơn, xe ba bánh, xe điện giao hàng, xe đạp và xe đẩy.

- Các nhà hoạch định thấy trước rằng xe buýt đưa đón bằng điện, xe lửa, xe buýt và các phương tiện giao thông trong khu vực đều có mặt tại các trung tâm quá cảnh…

Chỉ có đáp án A không được nhắc tới

Chọn A

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9. 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,...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

7 tháng 7 2017

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9.

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 “compact” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to

A. squared

B. long-range

C. concentrated

D. inexpensive

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

7 tháng 7 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ “compact” trong đoạn thứ hai có nghĩa gần nhất với

A. vuông B. có tầm xa C. cô đặc, tập trung D. không tốn kém

compact = concentrated: nhỏ gọn, cô đặc, tập trung

Chọn C

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9. 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,...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

25 tháng 12 2018

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9.

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 author's purpose in the passage is to

A. describe the possibilities for transportation in the future

B. narrate a story about alternative energy vehicles

C. criticize conventional vehicles

D. support the invention of electric cars

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Dương Hoàn Anh

25 tháng 12 2018

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Mục đích của tác giả trong đoạn văn là

A. mô tả các khả năng về giao thông trong tương lai

B. thuật lại một câu chuyện về phương tiện năng lượng thay thế

C. chỉ trích các phương tiện thông thường

D. hỗ trợ phát minh xe điện

Chọn A

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9. 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,...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

1 tháng 4 2017

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9.

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.

It can be inferred from the passage that

A. many new types of electric engines have been developed

B. the present electric engines are the best option as being practical

C. electricity is the best alternative source of power as it is almost free of pollution

D. the present cars are more economical than their future generation

1

DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

1 tháng 4 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Nó có thể được suy ra từ đoạn văn rằng

A. nhiều loại động cơ điện mới đã được phát triển

B. các động cơ điện hiện nay là lựa chọn tốt nhất vì nó thực tế

C. điện là nguồn năng lượng thay thế tốt nhất vì nó gần như không bị ô nhiễm

D. những chiếc xe hiện tại là kinh tế hơn so với thế hệ tương lai của chúng

Thông tin: 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.

Tạm dịch: Một số loại động cơ ô tô mới đã được phát triển hơn là chạy bằng các nguồn năng lượng thay thế, như điện, khí tự nhiên nén, metanol, hơi nước, hydro và propan.

Chọn A

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9. 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,...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

19 tháng 1 2017

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9.

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 passage would most likely be followed by details about

A. pollution restrictions in the future

B. electric shuttle buses

C. automated freeways

D. the neighbourhood of the future

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Dương Hoàn Anh

19 tháng 1 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Đoạn văn phía sau rất có thể nói chi tiết về

A. hạn chế ô nhiễm trong tương lai B. xe buýt đưa đón bằng điện

C. đường cao tốc tự động D. khu phố của tương lai

Vì nội dung của câu cuối cùng của bài văn có đề cập đến một khái niệm mới đó là “automated freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried by freeway today” (đường cao tốc tự động có khả năng xử lý gấp năm lần số lượng phương tiện có thể được vận chuyển bằng đường cao tốc ngày nay). Do đó chúng ta dự đoán có thể đoạn tiếp theo sẽ nói rõ hơn về điều này.

Chọn C

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9. 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,...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

21 tháng 12 2017

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9.

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 “charging” in this passage refers to

A. aggression

B. credit cards

C. electricity

D. lightning

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

21 tháng 12 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Từ “charging” trong đoạn văn đề cập đến

A. xâm lược B. thẻ tín dụng C. điện D. sét, tia chớp

“charging” là một danh động từ: sự nạp điện, nạp nhiên liệu

Chọn C

Dịch bài đọc:

Ngày nay, xe ô tô con nhỏ hơn, an toàn hơn, sạch hơn và tiết kiệm hơn so với ngày trước, nhưng chiếc xe của tương lai sẽ không bị ô nhiễm hơn nhiều so với những chiếc xe ở trên đường hiện nay. Một số loại động cơ ô tô mới đã được phát triển hơn là chạy bằng các nguồn năng lượng thay thế, như điện, khí tự nhiên nén, metanol, hơi nước, hydro và propan. Tuy nhiên, điện là lựa chọn không phát thải duy nhất hiện có.

Mặc dù xe điện sẽ không thực sự thiết thực cho đến khi có pin mạnh, nhỏ gọn hoặc nguồn điện đáng tin cậy khác, các chuyên gia vận tải đã dự đoán một loại xe điện mới đi vào cuộc sống hàng ngày: xe điện đi lại ngắn hơn, xe ba bánh, xe tải điện giao hàng, xe đạp và xe đẩy.

Khi các nhà sản xuất ô tô phát triển các phương tiện điện thực tế, các nhà quy hoạch đô thị và các kỹ sư tiện ích đang tập trung vào các hệ thống cơ sở hạ tầng để hỗ trợ và tận dụng tốt nhất những chiếc xe mới. Các cơ sở thu phí công cộng sẽ cần phải phổ biến như các trạm xăng ngày nay. Các điểm đỗ xe công cộng trên đường phố hoặc trong các lô thương mại sẽ cần được trang bị các thiết bị cho phép người lái sạc pin trong khi họ dừng lại, ăn tối hoặc tham dự buổi hòa nhạc. Để khuyến khích sử dụng xe điện, bãi đậu xe thuận tiện nhất trong các trung tâm giao thông có thể được dành riêng cho ô tô điện.

Các nhà hoạch định thấy trước rằng xe buýt đưa đón bằng điện, xe lửa, xe buýt và các phương tiện giao thông trong khu vực đều có mặt tại các trung tâm quá cảnh sẽ có phương tiện để tính phí và cho thuê. Hành khách sẽ có thể thuê nhiều loại xe điện phù hợp với nhu cầu của họ: xe tải nhẹ, xe ba bánh một người, xe nhỏ hoặc xe hybrid điện / xăng cho những chuyến đi dài hơn, chắc chắn sẽ diễn ra trên đường cao tốc tự động có khả năng xử lý gấp năm lần số lượng phương tiện có thể được vận chuyển bằng đường cao tốc ngày nay.

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9. 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,...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

4 tháng 9 2019

Read the following passage and then choose the best answer for each question by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D from 2 to 9.

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.

In the second paragraph, the author implies that

A. a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed

B. a single electric vehicle will eventually replace several modes of transportation

C. electric vehicles are not practical for the future

D. everyday life will stay much the same in the future

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Dương Hoàn Anh

4 tháng 9 2019

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Trong đoạn thứ hai, tác giả ngụ ý rằng

A. một nguồn năng lượng điện đáng tin cậy cuối cùng sẽ được phát triển.

B. một chiếc xe điện cuối cùng sẽ thay thế một số phương thức vận tải

C. xe điện không thực tế cho tương lai

D. cuộc sống hàng ngày sẽ vẫn như vậy trong tương lai.

Thông tin: 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…

Tạm dịch: Mặc dù xe điện sẽ không thực sự thiết thực cho đến khi có pin mạnh, nhỏ gọn hoặc nguồn điện đáng tin cậy khác, các chuyên gia vận tải đã dự đoán một loại xe điện mới đi vào cuộc sống hàng ngày…

Chọn A

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...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

29 tháng 12 2017

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 following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in the passage EXCEPT ________ .

A. vans

B. trains

C. planes

D. trolleys

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Dương Hoàn Anh

29 tháng 12 2017

Đáp án C.

Keyword: vehicles, mentioned, except.

Clue:

1. “electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes and trolleys.” những phương tiện dùng điện được sử dụng trong cuộc sống hằng ngày như: ô tô điện di chuyển ngắn hơn, ô tô ba bánh trong khu phố, xe tải điện chở hàng, xe đạp và xe đẩy.

2. “Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses”: những nhà hoạch định chính sách có thể… những xe buýt điện con thoi, tàu hỏa và xe buýt.

Phân tích đáp án:

A. vans: xe tải – có trong clue 1.

B. trains: tàu lửa – có trong clue 2.

C. planes: máy bay – không có trong bài.

D. trolleys: xe đẩy – có trong clue 1.

Đề bài yêu cầu tìm phương tiện không được đề cập đến trong bài, do đó đáp án chính xác là C.

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...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

29 tháng 1 2019

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

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Dương Hoàn Anh

29 tháng 1 2019

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.