Unit 8 : Life in the future : Test 3

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.

They argued _______ us _______ the problem last night, but we could not  find _______ the solution.

1. with / about / out
2. on / for / off
3. upon / with / in
4. to / on I up

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.

_______ whom do these English books belong?

1. From
2. To
3. For
4. With

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.

We sometimes go away from the city to the countryside for a ______ of fresh air.

1. feeling
2. sip
3. swallow
4. breath

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.

Those workers are in difficulty because wage increases cannot keep up _______ inflation.

1. with
2. for
3. over
4. on

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.

____ aspirin is recommended to many people as _____ good pain killer.

1. An / the
2. The / Ø
3. Ø / a
4. A / the

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.

Telecommunication is bound to have a huge influence on various aspects of our lives.

1. depression
2. technique
3. expect
4. impact

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.

Look _______! The tree is going to fall.

1. over
2. off
3. in
4. out

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.

1. vary
2. various
3. variety
4. variously

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.

It is predicted that _______ computing technology will increase in value at _______ same time it will decrease in cost.

1. Ø / the
2. a / the
3. the / a
4. a / Ø

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.

Washing machines, vacuum cleaners, and dish washers are labor _______ devices which help us do housework easily and quickly.

1. improving
2. making
3. saving
4. employing

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.

They arrived _______ that train station late because their taxi had broken _______.

1. at / down
2. for / off
3. on / over
4. on / up

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.

I told Mom we would be _______ home in _______ hour or so.

1. the / Ø
2. a / the
3. Ø / an
4. the / a

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.

Many people think that in some more years we will see the complete _______ of newspapers and magazines due to the Internet.

1. disappear
2. disappearance
3. appear
4. appearing

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.

Williams is working _______ an export company. He intends to apply _______ another job because he is not satisfied _______ the salary.

1. in / on / at
2. for / for / with
3. at / out / into
4. from/ on/ for

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. influence
2.  confident
3.  disappear
4.  terrorism

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.

Is Miss Wilson very fond _______ French food? - No, she is not used _______ having French foo

1. over / with
2. of / to
3. off / for
4. in / about

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.

A specific area of biotechnology that shows great promise for treatment and cure of life- _______ diseases.

1. developing
2. threatening
3. hoping
4. fitting

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.

I think we maybe run _______ natural resources some day.

1. in to
2. up to
3. out of
4. away from

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1.  powerful
2.  medical
3.  dangerous
4.  computer 

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.

Thanks _______ the inventions _______ labor-saving devices, women have more free time to take part _______ social work.

1. through / over / for
2. on / from / with
3. forward / for / from
4. to / of / in

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.

The idea of building a _______ with human intelligence is not only ambitious but also highly unconventional.

1. robot
2. corporation
3. line
4. road

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.

_____ computers will continue to get smaller, faster and more affordable.

1. a
2. an
3. the
4. Ø

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. history
2. depression
3. invention
4. 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.

Many people believe that _______ human beings will never used up all _______ natural resources on earth.

1. Ø / the
2. the / a
3. the / Ø
4. a / the

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.

Those companies were closed due to some seriously financial problems.

1. taken off
2. put away
3. wiped out
4. gone over

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1.  corporation
2.  electronic
3.  responsibility
4.  electricity

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

1. ahead
2. system
3. paper
4. shuttle

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 are several places where residents face the threat of _______ every day.

1. terrorist
2. terrorism
3. terrorize
4. terror

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.

The computer allows us to work fast and _______.

1. efficiently
2. differently
3. variously
4. freshly

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.

Like other forms of _______ energy, natural gas may be used to heat homes, cook food, and even run _______ automobiles.

1. Ø / the
2. an / the
3. the / an
4. Ø / Ø