I. Listen to the recording and fill in each blank with a NUMBER (use letters 0,1,2…9). ⇱
Listen to someone talking about robot pets
II. Listen again and decide whether the statements are TRUE or FALSE. ⇱
III. Choose the best option to complete each dialogue. ⇱
Mary: __________.
Jack: __________.
Mary: __________. But they also need to exercise.
Mary: __________. It's a waste of money
IV. Read the following passage and decide whether each of the statements is TRUE or FALSE. ⇱
A university in Ho Chi Minh City is working on a rescue robot. It is designed to be able to fly to an intended area. It can also dig to get under the ground and find people. Then it sends information about the location of victims and their states to the controller. This valuable information makes the rescue effective. Because it is just the size of a small book, it requires little energy. Its battery allows it to do rescue work in 48 hours.
V. Choose the option (A, B, or C) that best completes each numbered blank in the passage. ⇱
Inside the space shuttle, life is quite like that on Earth, except the zero-gravity. The astronaut does not ___(21)___ a spacesuit all day round. He just needs it for exploration ___(22)___ space or for the launching flight. Astronauts need cotton shirts and underwear just as we do on Earth. ___(23)___,he cannot wash his clothes easily. What about baths? As water does not flow in zero-gravity, he ___(24)___ to clean himself with wet towels or ___(25)___ his hair with waterless shampoo.
VI. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word ⇱
Space exploration costs a lot of money. Is it really necessary? Up to now, very few astronauts have had chances to visit space. (26) space research has benefited humans in many ways. Satellites in space send information to (27) the daily weather. Communications satellites mean easy and instant contact (28) two people from afar. During the space trips, scientists can (29) more about human bodies. Some scientists even (30) of finding new homes for mankind on another planet.