VII. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Right now, a private company is developing something called ET3. ET3 stands for Evacuated Tube Transport Technology. The ET3 system would reportedly be able to take passengers from New York to Beijing in just two hours. Here is how it works. A vacuum tube goes all the way from New York to Beijing. The tube is only a few meters, wide. Capsules move through the tube. Six people can sit in one capsule. The capsules use electricity instead of gasoline, so it is clean. For international travel, the capsules can travel at about 6,500 kilometers per hour. That is much faster than an airplane! So how can these capsules travel so fast? The answer is that there is no air inside the tube. When airplanes fly, they have to move through the air. The air resistance slows the airplanes down. 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. Of course, ET3 doesn’t exist yet. Developers still have to solve a lot of problems. The biggest problem is that right now, ET3 would be far too expensive. In order to make ET3 cheaper, we will need much better technology. Maybe someday, you will be able to have lunch in New York and dinner in Beijing.

1. Why is ET3 clean?

A. It is made of a clean kind of material. B. It uses a cleaner kind of gasoline, C. It doesn’t use gasoline or electricity. D. It uses electricity.

2. The word “works” in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to .

A. travels B. operates C. earns money D. succeeds

3. All of the following are factors that make ET3 travel fast EXCEPT. A. there is no air inside the tube B. the capsule is quite light C. traveling takes place in the air D. there is no air resistance during the trip

4. There is no air in the ET3 tubes.

A. Each ET3 capsule can carry up to six people. B. We don’t know how to build its capsules C. Speed in ET3 system is 6,500 km/h for international travel. D. ET3 can travel a little faster than an airplane. 5. What can be inferred from the passage?

A. There is still a lot to do before putting ET3 into operation. B. In the future, people will mainly use ET3 to travel abroad. C. ET3 won’t be used domestically due to its high-cost D. ET3 will soon be cheaper.

                                               EXERCISES

Put the question tag on the end of these sentences.

1.       You have heard about that,

2.       Nam did the work well,

3.       He didn’t have to speak to me,

4.       He won’t fall down,

5.       You wouldn’t like the windown open,…

6.       He use to beat his wife,…

7.       She came very late,…

8.       Come and see me tomorrow,…

9.       That’s the sort of thing you would do,…

10.     I’d better go,…

11.     There is an examination tomorrow,…

12.     She’s been studying English for two years,…

13.     You can’t play tennis today,…

14.     It is surely sunny today,…

15.     Beverly will be attending the university in September,…

16.     I’m never called “Scholar”,…

17.     No one has come here,…

18.     Everybody can learn how to swim,…

19.     His family often have tea for breakfast,…

20.     She never works on Sundays,…

21.     You can speak English,…

22.     He shouldn’t smoke,…

23.     That job is hardly suitable for her,…

24.     They were there,…

25.     They arrived yesterday,…

26.     She doesn’t want to go,…

27.     He will come,…

28.     Your father is a teacher, ….

29.     There are more countries north of the equator than south of it,…

30.     You have never been in Italy,…

31.     You have a ticket to the game,…

32.     You don’t know of any vacant apartments, …

33.     He doesn’t need a furnished apartment,…

34.     But I guess he can always rent some,…

35.     The movers aren’t packing the books for us,…

36.     You have lived in Hollyood for many years,…

37.     You didn’t know anyone here at first,…

38.     Sally turn in her report,…

39.     That’s Bob’s,…

40.     No one died in the accident,…

41.     You’re working on another screenplay now,…

42.     Speaking of kids, you have some of your own, …

43.     That depends on what you mean by a long time,…

44.     We should call Rita,…

45.     I’m supposed to be here,…

46.     Nothing wrong,…

47.     You are still wanted by the police,…

48.     We went to Stan’s holiday party last year,…

49.     Tom and Fred hadn’t been to Florida before then,…

50.     I’m asually right about the weather,…

51.     Nobody called on the phone,…

52.     Everything are OK,…

53.     Everyone took the test,…

54.     There are a lot of people here,…

55.     They had to go home,…

56.     The little children were let go away,…

57.     Mary realy goes out on Sundays,…

58.     There is something wrong with the new car,…

59.     That is true story,…

60.     The qualiyof these recordings is not very good,…

61.     Let’s go to the cinema tonight,…

62.     This book isn’t very interesting,…

63.     Tom has never written to you,…

64.     Mr. Brown needs to leave right now,…

65.     Everything is all right now,…

66.     Listen to what I am staying,…

67.     Fruit juices and milk are healthyful drinks,…

68.     Tom had great difficulty finding a jobs,…

69.     The police come to the side of the accident,…

70.     Ba complained about the noise,…