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.
In the second paragraph, the author implies that _______ .
A. a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed
B. everyday life will stay much the same in the future
C. a single electric vehicle will eventually replace several modes of transportation
D. electric vehicles are not practical for the future
Đáp án A.
Keyword: second paragraph, implies.
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.
Phân tích đáp án:
A. a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed: một nguồn năng lượng điện có thể trông cậy cuối cùng sẽ được phát triển.
B. everyday life will stay much the same in the future: cuộc sống hiện tại sẽ vẫn như vậy trong tương lai – Sai vì trong tương lai sẽ có các phương tiện mới, chưa từng xuất hiện, do đó tương lai sẽ không giống hệt hiện tại.
C. a single electric vehicle will eventually replace several modes of transportation: một chiếc xe điện duy nhất cuối cùng sẽ thay thế một số phương thức vận tải. Sai
D. electric vehicles are not practical for the future: xe điện thì không thực tế cho tương lai. Sai