Unit 8_ LIFE IN THE FUTURE

TEST 3


Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
a. powerful b. medicala c. dangerous d. computer
a. influence b. confident c. disappear d. terrorism
a. corporation b. electronic c. responsibility d. electricity
a. ahead b. system c. paper d. shuttle
a. history b. depression c. invention d. completely
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
There is a wide _______ of computers in that shop for you to choose.
a. vary b. various c. variety d. variously
There are several places where residents face the threat of _______ every day.
a. terrorist b. terrorism c. terrorize d. terror
Many people think that in some more years we will see the complete _______ of newspapers and magazines due to the Internet.
a. disappear b. disappearance c. appear d. appearing
A specific area of biotechnology that shows great promise for treatment and cure of life- _______ diseases.
a. developing b. threatening c. hoping d. fitting
Telecommunication is bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our lives.
a. depression b. technique c. expect d. impact
We sometimes go away from the city to the countryside for a ______ of fresh air.
a. feeling b. sip c. swallow d. breath
The idea of building a _______ with human intelligence is not only ambitious but also highly unconventional.
a. robot b. corporation c. line d. road
Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and dish washers are labor _______ devices which help us do housework easily and quickly.
a. improving b. making c. saving d. employing
Those companies were closed due to some seriously financial problems.
a. taken off b. put away c. wiped out d. gone over
The computer allows us to work fast and _______.
a. efficiently b. differently c. variously d. freshly
They arrived _______ that train station late because their taxi had broken _______.
a. at / down b. for / off c. on / over d. on / up
Those workers are in difficulty because wage increases cannot keep up _______ inflation.
a. with b. for c. over d. on
They argued _______ us _______ the problem last night, but we could not find _______ the solution.
a. with / about / out b. on / for / off c. upon / with / in d. to / on I up
Williams is working _______ an export company. He intends to apply _______ another job because he is not satisfied _______ the salary.
a. in / on / at b. for / for / with c. at / out / into d. from/ on/ for
Is Miss Wilson very fond _______ French food? - No, she is not used _______ having French food.
a. over / with b. of / to c. off / for d. in / about
Look _______! The tree is going to fall.
a. over b. off c. in d. out
I think we maybe run _______ natural resources some day.
a. in to b. up to c. out of d. away from
_______ whom do these English books belong?
a. From b. To c. For d. With
Thanks _______ the inventions _______ labor-saving devices, women have more free time to take part _______ social work.
a. through / over / for b. on / from / with
c. forward / for / from d. to / of / in
It is predicted that _______ computing technology will increase in value at _______ same time it will decrease in cost.
a. Ø / the b. a / the c. the / a d. a / Ø
_____ computers will continue to get smaller, faster and more affordable.
a. a b. an c. the