VIII. Read the passage about holiday in space and then write questions for the answer. The World Tourism Organization says that space will be a popular place to go on holiday possibly by 2020. One J...

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Hoaa

15 tháng 5 2019

VIII. Read the passage about holiday in space and then write questions for the answer.

The World Tourism Organization says that space will be a popular place to go on holiday possibly by 2020. One Japanese company is getting ready. They are planning a space holiday centre. It will look like a bicycle wheel and have a hotel for 100 people and a theme park. It will travel round the Earth at a height of 300km. The company hopes the centre will be will be ready in 2017. The company chairman says he thinks that flying to the centre will probably be quicker than flying from Hong Kong to Singapore. When they are on board the centre, tourists will take short trips to the Moon or go for walks in space. But what about the cost? Well, the company believe that people will be happy to pay about $100.000 for a trip but they think that as more people want to go, the trip will become much cheaper.

1. ..What will it look like.....................................................?

- It will look like a bicycle wheel.

2. ...How many people will stay at the hotel.....................................................?

- 100 people will stay at the hotel.

3. .........what will be 300 km high above the Earth.........................................................................................?

- The holiday centre will be 300 km high above the Earth.

4. ....how much will the trip cost about.............................................?

- The trip will cost about $100.000

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to Space HolidayAre you thinking of going on holiday in space? Well, you may not be able to go to the Moon, but you could consider a space tour! This kind of "holiday" allows people to stay in space in a space station. Of course, it's very expensive and you'd have to be a millionaire to afford it. First of all, it costs 30 million dollars! Secondly, there's a pretty long waiting list - there are no free places for...

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2 tháng 1 2023

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to Space HolidayAre you thinking of going on holiday in space? Well, you may not be able to go to the Moon, but you could consider a space tour! This kind of "holiday" allows people to stay in space in a space station. Of course, it's very expensive and you'd have to be a millionaire to afford it. First of all, it costs 30 million dollars! Secondly, there's a pretty long waiting list - there are no free places for some years. Finally, you have to be very fit and healthy and do a lot of training to prepare yourself before you can go on this kind of holiday. So, why do people want to travel in space? Well, the answer seems to be the excitement and the fun of seeing Earth from above. Astronauts have described the view of Earth from space as absolutely breathtaking. Also, if you have enough money to go on this kind of holiday, imagine the stories you'll be able to tell your friends. If you're feeling a bit down about not being able to be a space tourist, there is some hope for you in the future. Some people are now looking into the idea of space hotels. Some Japanese designs look very exciting. If they are built, they will offer all the things you expect in a hotel. It will be interesting to see what they will be like. For now, you will have to forget space holidays unless you are rich. I don't know about but I'm going to visit a nice beach and relax in the sun. May be if I stay late, I can imagine I'm on you, the Moon as well. Question 22. Which of the following is a good title for this reading?A. Space Holiday: Is it possibly true B. The Reasons You Should Go on a Space Holiday C.Space Holiday: Ready for Everyone Now D. Space Holiday: the Moon Destination Question 23. Which of the following is NOT true, according to paragraph 2 A. A space holiday may cost you thirty million dollarsB. You cannot have a place on the holiday for some years.

C.You have to be in good health to go on this kind of holiday.

D. You don't need any training before a space holiday.

Question 24. The word "they" in paragraph 4 refers to ___

A.space hotels B. Japanese

C. space ships D. space tours

Question 25. The word "breathtaking" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to

A. highly dangerous

B. really disappointing C. extremely beautiful D.extremely cpld

26. Which of the following is TRUE, according to the passage?

A. If you are rich, you can go on a space holiday tomorrow.

B. The writer will have a holiday nearer to home. C. Space hotel will definitely offer us holidays in the future.

D. Japanese scientists have successfully build some-space hotels

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

24 tháng 6 2019

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 10 to 14. In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels...

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 10 to 14.

In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels together and make them bigger, we can use them to move things

In the last few centuries, things have begun to move faster. Take a 20th-century invention like the aeroplane, for example. The first acroplane flight on 17 December 1903 only lasted 12 seconds, and the plane only went 37 metres. It can't have been very exciting to watch, but that flight changed the world. Sixteen years later, the first plane flew across the Atlantic, and only fifty years after that, men walked on the moon. Technology is now changing our world faster and faster. So what will the future bring?

One of the first changes will be the materials we use. Scientists have just invented an amazing new material called graphene, and soon we will use it to do lots of things. With graphene batteries in your mobile, it will take a few seconds to charge your phone or download a thousand gigabytes of information! Today, we make most products in factories, but in the future, scientists will invent living materials. Then we won't make things like cars and furniture in factories - we will grow them!

Thirty years ago, people couldn't have imagined social media like Twitter and Facebook. Now we can't llve without them. But this is only the start. Right now, scientists are putting microchips in some disabled people's brains, to help them see, hear and communicate better. In the future, we may all use these technologies. We won't need smartphones to use social media or search the internet because the internet will be in our heads!

More people will go into space in the future, too. Space tourism has already begun, and a hundred years from now, there may be many hotels in space. One day, we may get most of our energy from space too. In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a space solar power station. After all, the sun always shines above the clouds!

The writer says that in the past ___________.

A. people didn't invent many things

B. people didn't want to use wheels

C. most inventions were to do with farming

D. it took time for new ideas to change things

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Dương Hoàn Anh

24 tháng 6 2019

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Nhà văn nói rằng trong quá khứ

A. mọi người đã không phát minh ra nhiều thứ

B. mọi người không muốn sử dụng bánh xe

C. hầu hết các phát minh là để làm nông nghiệp

D. phải mất thời gian để những ý tưởng mới thay đổi mọi thứ

Thông tin: In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world.

Tạm dịch: Trong quá khứ, công nghệ và tiến bộ rất chậm. Người dân "đã phát minh" ra canh tác cách đây 12.000 năm nhưng phải mất 8.000 năm để ý tưởng đi khắp thế giới.

Chọn D

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 from 35 to 42. What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope about the future? Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared. Instead, people will...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

27 tháng 3 2019

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 from 35 to 42.

What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope about the future?

Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared. Instead, people will choose a program from a 'menu' and a computer will send the program directly to the television. Today, we can use the World Wide Web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away. By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers and books will come to us by computer.

In what concerns the environment, water will have become one of our most serious problems. In many places, agriculture is changing and farmers are growing fruit and vegetables to export. This uses a lot of water. Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages. Some futurologists predict that water could be the cause of war if we don't act now.

In transport, cars running on new, clean fuels will have computers to control the speed and there won't be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. On the other hand, space planes will take people halfway around the world in two hours. Nowadays, the United States Shuttle can go into space and land on Earth again. By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.

In the domain of technology, robots will have replaced people in factories. Many factories already use robots. Big companies prefer robots - they do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere - in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.

Last but not least, medicine technology will have conquered many diseases. Today, there are electronic devices that connect directly to the brain to help people hear. By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people see and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to control genes. They have already

produced clones of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have.

What can be inferred about the life in 2050 according to the passage?

A. Life in 2050 will be much better than that of today

B. TV will be an indispensable means of communication and business

C. People will not suffer from the shortage of water due to the polar melting

D. The deaf will not have to depend any longer on the electronic hearing devices

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Dương Hoàn Anh

27 tháng 3 2019

Có thể được suy luận gì về cuộc sống vào năm 2050 theo bài đọc?

A. Cuộc sống vào năm 2050 sẽ tốt hơn nhiều so với ngày nay.

B. TV sẽ là một phương tiện truyền thông và kinh doanh không thể thiếu.

C. Mọi người sẽ không bị thiếu nước do sự tan chảy của các tảng băng ở hai cực.

D. Người điếc sẽ không phải phụ thuộc lâu hơn vào các thiết bị trợ thính điện tử.

Thông tin: Today, there are electronic devices that connect directly to the brain to help people hear. By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people see and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to

control genes. They have already produced clones of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have.

Tạm dịch: Ngày nay, có những thiết bị điện tử kết nối trực tiếp với não để giúp mọi người nghe. Đến năm 2050, chúng ta sẽ có thể giúp những người mù và điếc nhìn và nghe lại. Các nhà khoa học đã khám phá ra cách kiểm soát gen. Họ đã tạo ra các bản sao của động vật. Đến năm 2050, các nhà khoa học sẽ có thể tạo ra bản sao của con người và quyết định cách họ nhìn, cách họ hành xử và mức độ thông minh của họ.

- In what concerns the environment, water will have become one of our most serious problems. In many places, agriculture is changing and farmers are growing fruit and vegetables to export. This uses a lot of water. Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages. => loại C

Chọn D

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 from 35 to 42.What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope about the future?Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared. Instead, people will...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

8 tháng 5 2018

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 from 35 to 42.

What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope about the future?

Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared. Instead, people will choose a program from a 'menu' and a computer will send the program directly to the television. Today, we can use the World Wide Web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away. By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers and books will come to us by computer.

In what concerns the environment, water will have become one of our most serious problems. In many places, agriculture is changing and farmers are growing fruit and vegetables to export. This uses a lot of water. Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages. Some futurologists predict that water could be the cause of war if we don't act now.

In transport, cars running on new, clean fuels will have computers to control the speed and there won't be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. On the other hand, space planes will take people halfway around the world in two hours. Nowadays, the United States Shuttle can go into space and land on Earth again. By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.

In the domain of technology, robots will have replaced people in factories. Many factories already use robots. Big companies prefer robots - they do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere - in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.

Last but not least, medicine technology will have conquered many diseases. Today, there are electronic devices that connect directly to the brain to help people hear. By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people see and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to control genes. They have already

produced clones of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have

What can be inferred about the life in 2050 according to the passage?

A. Life in 2050 will be much better than that of today

B. TV will be an indispensable means of communication and business

C. People will not suffer from the shortage of water due to the polar melting

D. The deaf will not have to depend any longer on the electronic hearing devices

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

8 tháng 5 2018

Chọn D

Có thể được suy luận gì về cuộc sống vào năm 2050 theo bài đọc?

A. Cuộc sống vào năm 2050 sẽ tốt hơn nhiều so với ngày nay.

B. TV sẽ là một phương tiện truyền thông và kinh doanh không thể thiếu.

C. Mọi người sẽ không bị thiếu nước do sự tan chảy của các tảng băng ở hai cực.

D. Người điếc sẽ không phải phụ thuộc lâu hơn vào các thiết bị trợ thính điện tử.

Thông tin: Today, there are electronic devices that connect directly to the brain to help people hear. By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people see and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to

control genes. They have already produced clones of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have.

Tạm dịch: Ngày nay, có những thiết bị điện tử kết nối trực tiếp với não để giúp mọi người nghe. Đến năm 2050, chúng ta sẽ có thể giúp những người mù và điếc nhìn và nghe lại. Các nhà khoa học đã khám phá ra cách kiểm soát gen. Họ đã tạo ra các bản sao của động vật. Đến năm 2050, các nhà khoa học sẽ có thể tạo ra bản sao của con người và quyết định cách họ nhìn, cách họ hành xử và mức độ thông minh của họ.

- In what concerns the environment, water will have become one of our most serious problems. In many places, agriculture is changing and farmers are growing fruit and vegetables to export. This uses a lot of water. Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages. => loại C

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. What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope about the future? Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared. Instead, people will choose a...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

13 tháng 11 2017

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.

What picture do you have of the future? Will life in the future be better, worse or the same as now? What do you hope about the future?

Futurologists predict that life will probably be very different in 2050 in all the fields, from entertainment to technology. First of all, it seems that TV channels will have disappeared. Instead, people will choose a program from a 'menu' and a computer will send the program directly to the television. Today, we can use the World Wide Web to read newspaper stories and see pictures on a computer thousands of kilometers away. By 2050, music, films, programs, newspapers and books will come to us by computer.

In what concerns the environment, water will have become one of our most serious problems. In many places, agriculture is changing and farmers are growing fruit and vegetables to export. This uses a lot of water. Demand for water will increase ten times between now and 2050 and there could be serious shortages. Some futurologists predict that water could be the cause of war if we don't act now.

In transport, cars running on new, clean fuels will have computers to control the speed and there won't be any accidents. Today, many cars have computers that tell drivers exactly where they are. By 2050, the computer will control the car and drive it to your destination. On the other hand, space planes will take people halfway around the world in two hours. Nowadays, the United States Shuttle can go into space and land on Earth again. By 2050, space planes will fly all over the world and people will fly from Los Angeles to Tokyo in just two hours.

In the domain of technology, robots will have replaced people in factories. Many factories already use robots. Big companies prefer robots - they do not ask for pay rises or go on strike, and they work 24 hours a day. By 2050, we will see robots everywhere - in factories, schools, offices, hospitals, shops and homes.

Last but not least, medicine technology will have conquered many diseases. Today, there are electronic devices that connect directly to the brain to help people hear. By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people see and hear again. Scientists have discovered how to control genes. They have already produced clones of animals. By 2050, scientists will be able to produce clones of people and decide how they look, how they behave and how much intelligence they have.

What can be inferred about the life in 2050 according to the passage?

A. Life in 2050 will be much better than that of today

B. TV will be an indispensable means of communication and business.

C. People will not suffer from the shortage of water due to the polar melting.

D. The deaf will not have to depend any longer on the electronic hearing devices

1

DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

13 tháng 11 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Điều gì có thể được suy luận về cuộc sống vào năm 2050 theo đoạn văn?

A. Cuộc sống vào năm 2050 sẽ tốt hơn nhiều so với ngày nay.

B. TV sẽ là một phương tiện truyền thông và kinh doanh không thể thiếu.

C. Mọi người sẽ không bị thiếu nước bởi vì sự tan chảy băng.

D. Người điếc sẽ không phải phụ thuộc lâu hơn vào các thiết bị trợ thính điện tử.

Thông tin: By 2050, we will be able to help blind and deaf people see and hear again.

Tạm dịch: Đến năm 2050, chúng ta sẽ có thể giúp những người mù và điếc nhìn và nghe lại.

Chọn D

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 10 to 14. In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels...

LQ

Lê Quỳnh Anh

13 tháng 5 2017

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 10 to 14.

In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels together and make them bigger, we can use them to move things

In the last few centuries, things have begun to move faster. Take a 20th-century invention like the aeroplane, for example. The first acroplane flight on 17 December 1903 only lasted 12 seconds, and the plane only went 37 metres. It can't have been very exciting to watch, but that flight changed the world. Sixteen years later, the first plane flew across the Atlantic, and only fifty years after that, men walked on the moon. Technology is now changing our world faster and faster. So what will the future bring?

One of the first changes will be the materials we use. Scientists have just invented an amazing new material called graphene, and soon we will use it to do lots of things. With graphene batteries in your mobile, it will take a few seconds to charge your phone or download a thousand gigabytes of information! Today, we make most products in factories, but in the future, scientists will invent living materials. Then we won't make things like cars and furniture in factories - we will grow them!

Thirty years ago, people couldn't have imagined social media like Twitter and Facebook. Now we can't llve without them. But this is only the start. Right now, scientists are putting microchips in some disabled people's brains, to help them see, hear and communicate better. In the future, we may all use these technologies. We won't need smartphones to use social media or search the internet because the internet will be in our heads!

More people will go into space in the future, too. Space tourism has already begun, and a hundred years from now, there may be many hotels in space. One day, we may get most of our energy from space too. In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a space solar power station. After all, the sun always shines above the clouds!

What does the writer say about space solar power?

A. It's an old idea, but people are only starting to develop it now

B. It's a science fiction idea, and nobody really thinks it will work

C. It's much easier to build a solar power station in space than on Earth

D. People tried it in 1941, but they didn't succeed

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DH

Dương Hoàn Anh

13 tháng 5 2017

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Nhà văn nói gì về năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian?

A. Đó là một ý tưởng cũ, nhưng mọi người chỉ bắt đầu phát triển nó lúc này.

B. Đó là một ý tưởng khoa học viễn tưởng và không ai thực sự nghĩ rằng nó sẽ hoạt động.

C. Việc xây dựng một trạm năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian dễ dàng hơn nhiều so với trên Trái đất.

D. Mọi người đã thử nó vào năm 1941, nhưng họ đã không thành công.

Thông tin: In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a space solar power station.

Tạm dịch: Năm 1941, nhà văn Isaac Asimov đã viết về một trạm năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian. Mọi người cười nhạo ý tưởng của ông, nhưng chúng ta lẽ ra nên lắng nghe ông. Ngày nay, nhiều người đang cố gắng phát triển một trạm năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian.

Chọn A

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 10 to 14. In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels...

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Lê Quỳnh Anh

25 tháng 10 2018

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheer to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 10 to 14.

In the past, technology and progress was very slow. People “invented” farming 12,000 years ago but it took 8,000 years for the idea to go around the world. Then, about 3,500 years ago, people called “potters” used round wheels to turn and make plates. But it took hundreds of years before some clever person thought, if we join two wheels together and make them bigger, we can use them to move things

In the last few centuries, things have begun to move faster. Take a 20th-century invention like the aeroplane, for example. The first acroplane flight on 17 December 1903 only lasted 12 seconds, and the plane only went 37 metres. It can't have been very exciting to watch, but that flight changed the world. Sixteen years later, the first plane flew across the Atlantic, and only fifty years after that, men walked on the moon. Technology is now changing our world faster and faster. So what will the future bring?

One of the first changes will be the materials we use. Scientists have just invented an amazing new material called graphene, and soon we will use it to do lots of things. With graphene batteries in your mobile, it will take a few seconds to charge your phone or download a thousand gigabytes of information! Today, we make most products in factories, but in the future, scientists will invent living materials. Then we won't make things like cars and furniture in factories - we will grow them!

Thirty years ago, people couldn't have imagined social media like Twitter and Facebook. Now we can't llve without them. But this is only the start. Right now, scientists are putting microchips in some disabled people's brains, to help them see, hear and communicate better. In the future, we may all use these technologies. We won't need smartphones to use social media or search the internet because the internet will be in our heads!

More people will go into space in the future, too. Space tourism has already begun, and a hundred years from now, there may be many hotels in space. One day, we may get most of our energy from space too. In 1941, the writer Isaac Asimov wrote about a solar power station in space. People laughed at his idea then, but we should have listened to him. Today, many people are trying to develop a space solar power station. After all, the sun always shines above the clouds!

The best title for the article would be ___________.

A. Man in space

B. Will computers rule the world?

C. More and more inventions

D. Progress now and then

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Dương Hoàn Anh

25 tháng 10 2018

Kiến thức: Đọc hiểu

Giải thích:

Tiêu đề tốt nhất cho bài viết sẽ là

A. Con người trong không gian B. Máy tính sẽ thống trị thế giới?

C. Ngày càng nhiều phát minh D. Tiến bộ bây giờ và sau đó

Bài viết nói về các tiến bộ ở quá khứ, hiện tại đồng thời dự đoán về tương lai

Chọn D

Dịch bài đọc:

Trong quá khứ, công nghệ và tiến bộ rất chậm. Người dân "đã phát minh" ra canh tác cách đây 12.000 năm nhưng phải mất 8.000 năm để ý tưởng đi khắp thế giới. Sau đó, khoảng 3.500 năm trước, người ta đã gọi "những người thợ gốm" sử dụng bánh xe tròn để quay và chế tạo những chiếc đĩa. Nhưng phải mất hàng trăm năm trước khi một người thông minh nghĩ rằng, nếu chúng ta kết hợp hai bánh xe lại với nhau và làm cho chúng lớn hơn, chúng ta có thể sử dụng chúng để di chuyển mọi thứ

Trong vài thế kỷ qua, mọi thứ đã bắt đầu tiến bước nhanh hơn. Lấy một phát minh của thế kỷ 20 như máy bay chẳng hạn. Chuyến bay đầu tiên vào ngày 17 tháng 12 năm 1903 chỉ kéo dài 12 giây và máy bay chỉ đi được 37 mét. Nó không thể rất thú vị khi xem, nhưng chuyến bay đó đã thay đổi thế giới. Mười sáu năm sau, chiếc máy bay đầu tiên bay qua Đại Tây Dương, và chỉ năm mươi năm sau đó, con người đi trên mặt trăng. Công nghệ hiện đang thay đổi thế giới của chúng ta ngày càng nhanh hơn. Vậy tương lai sẽ mang lại điều gì?

Một trong những thay đổi đầu tiên sẽ là các vật liệu chúng ta sử dụng. Các nhà khoa học vừa phát minh ra một vật liệu mới tuyệt vời có tên là graphene, và chúng ta sẽ sớm sử dụng nó để làm rất nhiều thứ. Với pin graphene trong điện thoại di động của bạn, sẽ mất vài giây để sạc điện thoại hoặc tải xuống hàng ngàn GB thông tin! Ngày nay, chúng ta tạo ra hầu hết các sản phẩm trong các nhà máy, nhưng trong tương lai, các nhà khoa học sẽ phát minh ra vật liệu sống. Sau đó, chúng ta sẽ không làm những thứ như xe hơi và đồ nội thất trong các nhà máy - chúng ta sẽ trồng chúng!

Ba mươi năm trước, mọi người không thể tưởng tượng ra các phương tiện truyền thông xã hội như Twitter và Facebook. Bây giờ chúng ta không thể thiếu chúng. Nhưng đây mới chỉ là khởi đầu. Ngay bây giờ, các nhà khoa học đang đưa vi mạch vào bộ não của một số người khuyết tật, để giúp họ nhìn, nghe và giao tiếp tốt hơn. Trong tương lai, tất cả chúng ta có thể sử dụng các công nghệ này. Chúng ta sẽ không cần điện thoại thông minh để sử dụng phương tiện truyền thông xã hội hoặc tìm kiếm internet vì internet sẽ ở trong đầu chúng ta!

Nhiều người cũng sẽ đi vào vũ trụ trong tương lai. Du lịch vũ trụ đã bắt đầu, và một trăm năm nữa, có thể có nhiều khách sạn trong vũ trụ. Một ngày nào đó, chúng ta cũng có thể nhận được phần lớn năng lượng từ vũ trụ. Năm 1941, nhà văn Isaac Asimov đã viết về một trạm năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian. Mọi người cười nhạo ý tưởng của ông, nhưng chúng ta lẽ ra nên lắng nghe ông. Ngày nay, nhiều người đang cố gắng phát triển một trạm năng lượng mặt trời trong không gian. Rốt cuộc, mặt trời luôn tỏa sáng trên những đám mây!

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3 tháng 2 2018