III.Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to complete the passage. (1.0 pt)

1. It takes you about 16 hours to travel from New York to Beijing. Beside, you also have to wait at the airport, and sometimes you have to transfer onto a different airplane. If you add all of that extra time, the trip will take at least 20 hours. But in the future, this trip might only take 2 hours.

          Nowadays, a private company (1)__________ developing something called ET3 which stands for “evacuated tube transport technology”. Here is how it works. A tube goes all way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters wide. Capsules use move through the tube. Six (2)____________ can sit in one capsule. The capsules use electricity instead of gasoline. The capsules can travel (3)____________ 6.500 kilometers per hour. That is much faster than airplane – most modern airplanes usually only fly at about 800 kilometers per hour.

          So how is this possible? How can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no air inside the tube. When airplanes fly, they (4)___________have to move through the air. The air slows the airplanes down. (5)____________Because there is no air in the ET3 tubes, the capsules are able to move at a very high speed. Besides, the capsules are quite light. They only weigh 183 kilograms.

          It is exciting to think of how ET3 will change in the future. Maybe someday, you will be able to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.

1. A “___________”  signs means you have to stop.

2. ___________films often make us cry.

3. Performing lion dances is one of the activities at the___________ festivals.

4. When energy comes from ___________ we call it hydro energy.

5. “Autopilot” means ___________.

6. The most important city of a country is the ___________.

7. ___________ people ___________ flying cars in the future?

8. Pedestrians should across the street at the  ___________.

A. horse crossing            B. zebra crossing            C. zebra       D. crossing

9. The film is too  ___________ with a lot of fighting and killing scenes.

A. violent                       B. funny               C. shocking          D. interesting

10. People prepare ___________ for Halloween.

A. Chocolate eggs           B. moon cakes      C. candy apples     D. turkeys.

11. When energy comes from the ___________ we call it solar energy.

A. sun                            B. water                C. wind                D. coal

12. “Driverless”  means ___________.

A. fast                   B. safe                            C. autopilot           D. expensive

13. A tour on the river is___________.

A. symbol             B. tower                         C. boat ride           D. tattoo

14. ___________ plastic is warned to be harmful for environment, people still use it daily due to its convenience.

A. However          B. But                   C. So                    D. Although

15. I think future planes _________ like the UFOs.

A. will look          B. looks                C. look                 D. are looking

16. Nowadays, renewable energies __________ on a very important role in the heating market.

A. took                 B. takes                 C. is taking           D. are taking

17.I have ____ list of countries and territories where English is an official language.

A. the                             B. a                       C. an                     D. 0

18. Solar energy is a green, clean, and ____________ energy source.

A. polluting          B. non-renewable  C. renewable                  D. recyclable

I   Choose the word with a different way of pronunciation in the underlined part.

1. A. amazing                 B. around             C. against              D. spacious

2. A. thousand                B. healthy             C. weather            D. thirsty

3. A. crowded                B. caused              C. wanted             D. polluted

4. A. about                     B. ahead               C. against              D. spacious

5. A. thousand                B. healthy             C. weather            D. thirsty

6. A. crowded                D. watched           C. wanted             B. polluted

7. A. renewable              B. energy              C. plentiful           D. electric

8. A. played                    B. closed               C. filled                D. needed

Chọn câu nào 

Environmental (1)____________ is when people make their surrounding dirty in many different ways. They make the air dirty by (2)___________ gases and smoke, make the water dirty by putting chemicals and other harmful things in it, and harm the soil by using too many fertilizers and pesticides. People also pollute their surrounding in other ways. (3)_________, they make the land and water look bad by throwing garbage and litter anywhere. They use machines and vehicles (4)_________ make loud and annoying noise, which fills the air.

1. A.Polluted   B.polluter   C.Pollute   D.pollution

2. A.adding   B.making   C.releasing   D.putting

3. A.because  B.for example  C.such as  D.although

4. A.which   B.who  C.whose  D.whom