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WorksheetsEnglish 12 - Revision Unit 7
Total questions: 60
Worksheet time: 3600secs
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in the following questions.
A. application
B. combustion
C. navigation
D. recognition
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in the following questions.
A. computer
B. communication
C. command
D. complicated
Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in the following questions.
A. advanced
B. automated
C. constructed
D. reunited
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in the following questions.
A. machine
B. robot
C. human
D. fiction
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in the following questions.
A. applicable
B. automation
C. artificial
D. evolution
Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in the following questions.
A. algorithm
B. exterminate
C. intelligence
D. technology
Choose the correct answer to each of the following question.
High intelligent machines can be automated to operate without human...........
A. intervene
B. intervening
C. intervention
D. interventionist
Choose the correct answer to each of the following question.
The old astronomer patiently made his.........and wrote down what he saw.
A. observation
B. observatory
C. observe
D. observer
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One of the popular........used in smartphones at present is voice recognition.
A. applicant
B. applicable
C. applications
D. apply
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If there are aliens out there, do you think they are much more..............advanced than we are?
A. technological
B. technologically
C. technology
D. technologies
Choose the correct answer to each of the following question.
................have announced that a major breakthrough has been made.
A. Research
B. Researchers
C. Researches
D. Researching
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I wish you would..............the TV and go outside and get some exercise.
A. call off
B. give off
C. put off
D. turn off
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Scientists are trying to.............out the ways to reduce pollution from aircrafts.
A. break
B. call
C. turn
D. work
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I'll.........you..........to our research department. Please hold on.
A. put - away
B. put - out
C. put - through
D. put - up
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No wonder the vacuum cleaner isn't working. You haven't..............it...............
A. brought - in
B. given - in
C. plugged - in
D. pulled - in
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Whoever..........up with the new idea should have won the Nobel Prize.
A. came
B. caught
C. kept
D. put
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Ten million text messages are sent on............every minute.
A. account
B. average
C. common
D. general
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Astronomers have...........a new planet outside our galaxy.
A. invented
B. unearthed
C. developed
D. discovered
Choose the correct answer to each of the following question.
..........is a type of book or film showing space travel of life on other planets, based on imagined scientific discoveries of the future.
A. Epic
B. Fiction
C. Non-fiction
D. Science fiction
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Unluckily, David's dangerous and incredible journey in search of the Blue Fairy is in...............
A. advance
B. danger
C. end
D. vain
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Most scientists believe that the day when robots become part of our lives will come.................
A. from time to time
B. more or less
C. sooner or later
D. later than never
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I'm thinking of getting a fax.......
A. engine
B. instrument
C. machine
D. motor
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GPS systems help a lot of people..........on land, on the sea, and in the air.
A. inform
B. interfere
C. navigate
D. reunite
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After the power failure last night, the washing machine started to.................., so I had to wash the clothes by hands.
A. make noise
B. malfunction
C. operate
D. work
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FM is a method of........signals, especially in radio broadcasting.
A. transacting
B. transferring
C. transmitting
D. translating
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UFO is an acronym for..................Flying Object.
A. Unidentified
B. Unimaginative
C. Unknown
D. Unique
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The biggest fear is that humans might..........control of robots.
A. gain
B. keep
C. lose
D. take
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The telescope will photograph distant galaxies,.........an attempt to understand their past.
A. in
B. for
C. on
D. with
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A.I. robots are................of having human emotions.
A. able
B. capable
C. efficient
D. fond
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Many materials have been used for......teeth, including wood.
A. artificial
B. false
C. hand-made
D. natural
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.
Internet search engines can help to predict the weather as well as traffic jams in a city.
A. announce
B. expect
C. forecast
D. reveal
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.
Ray Kurzweil suggests that exponential technological development will lead to the inevitable rise of artificial intelligence.
A. inapplicable
B. unavoidable
C. unrecognizable
D. invisible
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.
Advanced technologies may make humanity insignificant both in life and work.
A. Future
B. Radical
C. Sophisticated
D. Unconventional
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.
Smart robots have replaced humans in stressful and hazardous jobs and in assembly lines.
A. dangerous
B. risky
C. safe
D. perilous
Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.
A.I. algorithms can also help to detect faces and other features in photo sent to social networking sites and automatically organize them.
A. categorize
B. connect
C. recognize
D. remind
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.
The critical issue is whether genuine artificial intelligence can ever be truly realized.
A. authentic
B. fake
C. unpretentious
D. true
Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in the following question.
Kurzweil believes that there could be tiny robots called nanobots implanted into our brains to improve our memory.
A. inserted in
B. fixed in
C. removed from
D. replaced with
Choose the correct answer to each of the following question.
Drivers or pilots...........the best routes to the destination quickly and effectively.
A. have the GPS found
B. use the GPS to find
C. get the GPS find
D. get the GPS found
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My sister................her laptop serviced last weekend.
A. did
B. got
C. made
D. took
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You should...................a professional to check your house for earthquake damage.
A. have
B. get
C. make
D. take
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The dishwasher isn't working again, so my mother is thinking of having................
A. it repaired
B. it repairing
C. repaired it
D. repairing it
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The A.I. expert wanted to have his assistant...........the newly-made robot.
A. activate
B. activated
C. activating
D. to activate
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Kelly wanted a live band..................at her wedding.
A. been playing
B. to play
C. played
D. to be played
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I spoke to Victor last night and he said he...............while he was on holiday.
A. got stolen his phone
B. had his phone stolen
C. had stolen his phone
D. was got his phone stolen
Choose the correct answer to each of the following question.
Why don't you..........when you install this new electric gadget?
A. get Alleon help
B. have Allen help
C. have Allen helped
D. have got Allen help
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I wish my father had bought me a new mobile phone instead of having it...............like that.
A. to repair
B. repaired
C. repairing
D. being repaired
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The teacher had the students.........an essay on the positive and negative effects that modern technology has on children.
A. to write
B. to be written
C. write
D. writing
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Thanks to the first lawn mower which (A) was invented in 1830, we don’t have (B) to pay for someone (C) to have our grass (D) to be cut any more.
A. was invented
B. to pay
C. to have
D. to be cut
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
According to the futurist Ray Kurzweil, humans (A) could have tiny (B) computerized machines or nanobots (C) invent (D) thanks to future medical advances.
A. could
B. computerized
C. invent
D. thanks to
Choose the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
In (A) his Aston Martin DB5 car, James Bond can (B) have the photos being printed out (C) along with the information (D) about the people in them from a panel in a dashboard.
A. his
B. have the photos being printed
C. along with
D. about
Choose the correct response to each of the following exchanges.
~ A: "Hello, could I speak to Chris, please?"
~ B: "............"
A. Sorry, he's not in.
B. Yes, you could.
C. Sure. Go ahead.
D. Certainly, I am.
Choose the correct response to each of the following exchanges.
~ A: "Shall I ring you later?"
~ B: "........................"
A. No, you won't.
B. Yes, but I may be out.
C. Sorry, I'm busy now.
D. I couldn't agree more.
Choose the correct response to each of the following exchanges.
~ A: "Do you know how this machine works?"
~ B: "..............................."
A. It's very expensive.
B. Will you call the mechanic tomorrow?
C. Plug it in and push the green button.
D. I think it's quite heavy.
Choose the correct response to each of the following exchanges.
~ A: "..................................."
~ B: "Oh, the bulb went out when I switched it on."
A. Are there anything wrong?
B. What matters to the lamp?
C. Does the machine work properly?
D. What's wrong with the lamp?
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Why don't we get someone to fix our computer?
A. Fixing our computer is someone else's duty.
B. Let's have someone to fix our computer.
C. Someone will have our computer fixed.
D. Why don't we have our computer fixed?
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
My car needed servicing, so I took it to a garage.
A. I took my car to a garage to have it serviced.
B. I took my car, which needed to be servicing, to a garage.
C. I had a garage get serviced my car.
D. My car was taken to a garage to have it serviced.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Someone stole my dad's iPad last night.
A. My dad had his iPad stolen last night.
B. My dad got someone steal his iPad last night.
C. My dad asked someone to steal his iPad last night.
D. My dad was robbed of his iPad last night.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Someone is checking my car tyres for me.
A. I'm getting my car tyres checked.
B. I'm having my car to be checked by someone.
C. I have my car tyres checked regularly.
D. My car tyres are being checked by myself.
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
Why don't you get someone to update the new computer program for me?
A. I suggest that you update the new computer program for me.
B. Shall I have the new computer program updated for you?
C. Why don't you ask someone to update the new computer program for me?
D. Why don't you have the new computer program updated by yourself?
Choose the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
We have decided to employ someone to put in a better lock.
A. A better lock has been decided to be put in.
B. We have decided to have a better lock put in.
C. We have decided to put in a better lock.
D. We have decided that we put in a better lock.
