III. Reading
I. Choose the correct answer A, B, C, or D for each of the gaps to complete the following text.
In the future, we will live in amazing new houses. Our houses will (1)________ the sun or the wind to make electricity. We wont use cookers, dishwashers or washing machines (2)________ robots will help us. We will have robots to cook our dinner and wash our clothes. We will have robots to (3)________ our children. We wont use computers. We will have special remote control units. We can surf the internet, send and (4) ________ emails and order food from the markets without getting out of bed.
We wont have TVs or CD players because we will have watches that play music, take pictures and tell the time. Our cars (5) ________ gas. They will use energy from air, water and plants. In the future the air wont be polluted. Our world will be a great place to live in.
1.A. having B. be use C. use D. using
2.A. because B. but C. so D. and
3.A. look out B. look up C. look at D. look after
4.A. buy B. receive C. lose D. sell
5.A. wont use B. will use C. cant D. might
II. Read the text and choose the best answer to the quetions.
In a restaurant, robots can serve food just like waiters and waitresses! Besides, it is interesting to see a robot serving customers. Some fast food chains have already replaced their kitchen team with robots. Robots are not only to serve foods but also cook. Scientists in San Francisco, the US have developed a robot that can automatically produce 400 burgers in an hour, carrying out the work of three humans. Japanese restaurants have used restaurant robots for simple tasks such as collecting or washing dishes and cleaning the floor.
Akihiro Suzuki works at Yaskawa Electric, a company that develops robots. He says robots cant do everything a human can, but they can work without becoming tired. He says robots can't taste food or change heating levels. But he says if a dish is easily prepared, a robot can repeat the same movement to reproduce the same meal. He says people all over the world now eat sushi, but there are not enough skilled cooks to prepare it. He says his robots can help anyone make sushi. Other robots have been created to help decorate cakes and cut and peel apples.
carry out (v): thực hiện - reproduce (v): bắt chước, làm ỉại
skilled (adj): có kỹ năng, lành nghê
1. How can robots serve food in a restaurant?
A. Robots can serve food very fast.
B. Robots can replace waiters and waitresses.
C. Robots can serve food just like waiters and waitresses.
D. Robot can cook and serve customers.
2. According to the first paragraph, a robot ________ .
A. can carry out the work of three people.
B. can't serve food without waiters or waitresses.
C. can produce 400 burgers in a day.
D. can't replace a kitchen team.
3. Japanese restaurants have used restaurant robots for .
A. producing burgers B. simple tasks
C. replacing humans D. serving customers
4.Which of the following statements is NOT true according to the second paragraph?
A. Robots cant do everything a human can.
B. Robots can work and they become tired after that.
C. Robots cant taste food.
D. Robots can't change heating levels.
5. In the second paragraph, Akihiro Suzuki says his robot can reproduce a meal if _...................
A. the cook repeats the same movement so his robot can learn it.
B. the dish is hard for the cooks to prepare it.
C. there are not enough skilled cooks to prepare it.
D. it is easily prepared.