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 “compact” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ________ .
A. long-range
B. inexpensive
C. concentrated
D. squared
Đáp án C.
Keyword: compact, second paragraph, closest in meaning.
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.
Ta thấy từ compact phải mang nghĩa tích cực vì nó song hành với powerful (mạnh mẽ) để miêu tả về một loại pin mới.
Phân tích đáp án:
A. long-range (adj): có tầm xa – Sai vì ở dưới có thông tin rằng các chuyên gia nhìn trước về các phương tiện chạy bằng điện trong đó có ô tô di chuyển đường ngắn, do đó tính chất này không phù hợp.
B. inexpensive (adj): rẻ, không đắt
C. concentrated (adj): tập trung, cô đặc, rắn chắc.
D. squared (adj): được tạo thành hình vuông – Sai vì hình vuông không mang tính chất đặc biệt nào để miêu tả về sự ưu việt của loại pin.
Sau khi loại được hai đáp án A và B thì ta còn hai đáp án để phân vân là C và D. Cả hai yếu tố này đều chứng minh được sự tiến bộ cũng như đặc biệt của công nghẹ mới này. Dựa và vốn kiến thức thông thường ta biết rằng đĩa CD có tên tiếng anh là “compact disc” – là một loại đĩa được dùng để nén các file dữ liệu vào. Bởi vậy liên tưởng gần nhất cho những bạn không biết nghĩa của từ compact là đáp án
C. concentrated (adj): tập trung, cô đặc, rắn chắc vì nó mang tính chất của đĩa CD, tập trung các file rời rạc vào trong một cái đĩa.
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Please accept our ________ congratulations on your promotion!
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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 ________ .
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THE ILLUSION OF FILM
Film is an illusion because the moving pictures seen on the screen are not moving at all. A film is actually a series of tiny still pictures, or frames. They appear to be moving because the retina of the human eye retains the impression of an object for a split second after that object has actually disappeared. This principle is known as the persistence of vision. When we look at a single frame of film, the image persists in the brain’s visual center for a fraction of a second. Then, the next frame comes along and the brain has to catch up with the new image. Thus, our eyes and brain trick us into thinking that we see a smoothly moving image rather than a series of still ones.
Another illusion of film is known collectively as special effects, the tricks and techniques that filmmakers use when makeup, costume, and stunts are still not enough to make a scene convincing. Special-effects artists apply science to filmmaking, showing us things that no plain camera could ever photograph. Even since the introduction of computer graphics in recent decades, the films of today still rely on some special effects that have existed since the early years of cinema.
Why does the author discuss the principle of “persistence of vision” in paragraph 1?
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I won’t buy that car because it has too much ________ on it.
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If you are at a loose end this weekend, I will show you round the city.
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The government came in for a lot of criticism after the revelations.
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Up the World War II almost all important research in physics had made in universities, with only university funds for support.
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Learning a language is a very complicated process, all human beings are born with a language ability.
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Tom and Tim are meeting at school canteen.
Tom: “Would you like to have a drink?”
Tim: “________.”
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After a ________ match, the team from Chia emerged as the winner.
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The fraction 3/4 is pronounced ________.
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People said she did not study hard enough to win the scholarship