Unit 8. Life in the future

UNIT: 8 LIFE IN THE FUTURE
A. VOCABULARY:
II. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to complete each sentence:
1. People who always expect bad things to happen are called “......”
A. optimists
B. pessimists
C. terrorists
D. environmentalists
2. The country is experiencing a severe economic ..................
A. development
B. cooperation
C. depression
D. preservation
3. I’ve always had a fairly ......... outlook on life.
A. optimist
B. optimistic
C. optimism
D. optimistically
4. During the recession, many small companies were eradicated
A. run on
B. taken over
C. wiped out
D. set up
5. It is really quite incredible that he is unaware of such basic facts.
A. unbelievable
B. difficult
C. disappointed
D. imaginable
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6. The bomb attacks have been attributed to a group of international ....................
A. terrorism
B. optimists
C. pessimists
D. terrorists
7. Domestic chores are now no longer a .............. thanks to the inventions of electronic devices.
A. bound
B. weight
C. burden
D. load
8. The workers welcome the new regulations, which become ......... on the first of next month.
A. effective
B. efficient
C. influential
D. efficacious
9. The construction of the new road is ........... winning the support of the local residents.
A. thanks to
B. reliant on
C. dependent on
D. responsible to
10. We have a .............. future ahead with little comfort, food or hope.
A. secure
B. pessimistic
C. promising
D. optimistic
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B. GRAMMAR: ATICLES
1. INDEFINITE ARTICLE “A/ AN”
 We use “A” before a consonant and “AN” before a vowel sound (U, E, O, A, I).
Ex: A visitor/ An exhibition
2. DEFINITE ARTICLE “THE”
We use “THE” when it is clear which one we mean. This can happen in three ways:
a. We use “THE” when we repeat the noun we’ve already mentioned.
Ex: A man and a women were sitting opposite me. The man was American but I think the woman was British.
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b. We use “THE” when there is only one of something
Ex: The earth goes around the sun and the moon goes around the earth.
Paris is the capital of France.
c. We use “THE” before a specific noun. (A noun followed with a phrase or a clause)
Ex: The coffee that was just made is too strong.
The man sitting next to me on the plane felt nervous, because he’d never flown before.
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C. READING COMPREHENSION: Read the passage carefully then choose the correct answer.
People used to know more or less how their children would live. Now things are changing so quickly that they don’t even know what their own lives will be like in a few years’ time. What follow is not science fiction. It is how experts see in the future.
You are daydreaming behind the steering wheel: is it too dangerous? No! That’s no problem because you have it on automatic pilot, and with its hi-tech computers and cameras, your car “know” how to get you home safe and sound.
What is for lunch? In the old days you used to stop off to buy a hamburger or a pizza. Now you use your diagnostic machine to find out which food your body needs. If your body needs more vegetables and less fat, your food-preparation machine make you a salad.
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After lunch, you down the hall to your home office. Here you have everything you need to do your work. Thanks to your information screen and your latest generation computer, you needn’t go to the office anymore. The information screen shows an message from a co-worker in Brazil. You can instantly send back a reply to him and go on to deal with other matters.
The passage mainly discussed about .................. .
the pace of life in the future
B. food that people will eat in the future
C. what the life is like in the future
D. the role of computer in future life
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2. According to the passage, people in the future ...................
usually have daydream while driving.
B. will always have a balanced diet for their meal.
C. won’t need to work for living.
D. will be much lazier.
3. The word “its” in the second paragraph refers to ............
The future B. the car
C. The steering wheel D. automatic pilot
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4. With the help of high technology, you can ..............
working at home without going to the office.
B. have everything you need to do your work
C. work and travel quickly
D. deal with a lot of matters at the same time.
5. Which of the following is NOT true about life in the future
There’s no need to concentrate much when driving.
B. Eating is a problem because food contains too much fat.
C. Getting information is a matter of just a few seconds.
D. Contacts between people are almost instant.
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*Suggested keys: 1. C 2.B 3.B 4.A 5.B