Free Printable K12

1.

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

A. application

b)

B. combustion

c)

C. navigation

d)

D. recognition

2.

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

A. computer

b)

B. communication

c)

C. command

d)

D. complicated

3.

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

A. advanced

b)

B. automated

c)

C. constructed

d)

D. reunited

4.

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

A. arrangement

b)

B. application

c)

C. activate

d)

D. assistance

5.

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

a)

A. potential

b)

B. production

c)

C. promotion

d)

D. psychology

6.

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question.

a)

A. machine

b)

B. robot

c)

C. human

d)

D. fiction

7.

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question.

a)

A. applicable

b)

B. automation

c)

C. artificial

d)

D. evolution

8.

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question.

a)

A. algorithm

b)

B. exterminate

c)

C. intelligence

d)

D. technology

9.

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question.

a)

A. capable

b)

B. robotic

c)

C. industry

d)

D. futurist

10.

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following question.

a)

A. assembly

b)

B. interfere

c)

C. reunite

d)

D. resurrect

11.

High intelligent machines can be automated to operate without human ____.

a)

A. intervene

b)

B. intervening

c)

C. intervention

d)

D. interventionist

12.

The old astronomer patiently made his ____ and wrote down what he saw.

a)

A. observation

b)

B. observatory

c)

C. observe

d)

D. observer

13.

One of the popular ____ used in smartphones at present is voice recognition.

a)

A. applicant

b)

B. applicable

c)

C. applications

d)

D. apply

14.

If there are aliens out there, do you think they are much more ____ advanced than we are?

a)

A. technological

b)

B. technologically

c)

C. technology

d)

D. technologies

15.

____ have announced that a major breakthrough has been made.

a)

A. Research

b)

B. Researchers

c)

C. Researches

d)

D. Researching

16.

I wish you would ____ the TV and go outside and get some exercise.

a)

A. call off

b)

B. give off

c)

C. put off

d)

D. turn off

17.

Scientists are trying to ____ out the ways to reduce pollution from aircraft.

a)

A. break

b)

B. call

c)

C. turn

d)

D. work

18.

I'll ____ you ____ to our research department. Please hold on.

a)

A. put - away

b)

B. put-out

c)

C. put-through

d)

D . put -up

19.

No wonder the vacuum cleaner isn't working. You haven't ____ it ____.

a)

A. brought-in

b)

B. given - in

c)

C.plugged-in

d)

D. pulled - in

20.

No wonder the vacuum cleaner isn't working. You haven't ____ it ____.

a)

A. brought-in

b)

B. given - in

c)

C.plugged-in

d)

D. pulled - in

21.

Whoever ____ up with that idea should have won the Nobel Prize.

a)

A. came

b)

B. caught

c)

C. kept

d)

D. put

22.

Ten million text messages are sent on ____ every minute.

a)

A. account

b)

B. average

c)

C. common

d)

D. general

23.

Whoever ____ up with that idea should have won the Nobel Prize.

a)

A. came

b)

B. caught

c)

C. kept

d)

D. put

24.

Astronomers have ____ a new planet outside our galaxy.

a)

A. invented

b)

B. unearthed

c)

C. developed

d)

D. discovered

25.

Unluckily, David's dangerous and incredible journey in search of the Blue Fairy is in ____.

a)

A. advance

b)

B. danger

c)

C. end

d)

D. vain

26.

Most scientists believe that the day when robots become part of our lives will come ____.

a)

A. from time to time

b)

B. more or less

c)

C. sooner or later

d)

D. later than never

27.

The ____ of the outbreak of the disease is still unknown.

a)

A. aim

b)

B. cause

c)

C. motive

d)

D. reason

28.

GPS systems help a lot of people ____ on land, on the sea, and in the air.

a)

A. inform

b)

B . interfere

c)

C. navigate

d)

D. reunite

29.

FM is a method of ____ signals, especially in radio broadcasting.

a)

A. transacting

b)

B. transferring

c)

C. transmitting

d)

D. translating

30.

UFO is an acronym for ____ Flying Object.

a)

A. Unidentified

b)

B. Unimaginative

c)

C. Unknown

d)

D. Unique

31.

Researchers have ____ to the conclusion that your personality is affected by your genes.

a)

A. arrived

b)

B. come

c)

C. got

d)

D. reached

32.

The telescope will photograph distant galaxies, ____ attempt to understand their past.

a)

A. in

b)

B. for

c)

C. on

d)

D. with

33.

It is likely that artificial intelligence might decide to ____ an end to humanity simply because it surpasses human intelligence.

a)

A. come

b)

B. make

c)

C. put

d)

D. take

34.

A.I. robots are ____ of having human emotions.

a)

A. able

b)

B. capable

c)

C. efficient

d)

D. fond

35.

I don't think people should be allowed to ____ experiments on animals.

a)

A. create

b)

B. make

c)

C. perform

d)

D. produce

36.

Many materials have been used for ____ teeth, including wood.

a)

A. artificial

b)

B. false

c)

C. hand-made

d)

D. natural

37.

Once they've finished the extension to the ____, there'll be room for them to take on a lot more workers.

a)

A. factory

b)

B. industry

c)

C. manufacturing

d)

D. trade

38.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Internet search engines can help to predict the weather as well as traffic jams in a city.

a)

A. announce

b)

B. expect

c)

C. forecast

d)

D. reveal

39.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Ray Kurzweil suggests that exponential technological development will lead to the inevitable rise of artificial intelligence.

a)

A. inapplicable

b)

B. unavoidable

c)

C. unrecognizable

d)

D. invisible

40.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Advanced technologies may make humanity insignificant both in life and work.

a)

A. Future

b)

B. Radical

c)

C. Sophisticated

d)

D. Unconventional

41.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

A.I. techniques help medical doctors to discover subtle interactions between medications that put patience in jeopardy because of their serious side effect.

a)

A. at risk

b)

B. in reality

c)

C. under control

d)

D. under pressure

42.

Choose the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s).

A.I. algorithms can also help to detect faces and other features in photo sent to social networking sites and automatically organize them.

a)

A. categorize

b)

B. connect

c)

C. recognize

d)

D. remind

43.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

The critical issue is whether genuine artificial intelligence can ever be truly realized.

a)

A. authentic

b)

B. fake

c)

C. unpretentious

d)

D. true

44.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Smart robots have replaced humans in stressful and hazardous jobs and in assembly lines.

a)

A. dangerous

b)

B. risky

c)

C. safe

d)

D. perilous

45.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Professor Stephen Hawking thinks the primitive forms of A.I. which have been developed so far have already proved very useful.

a)

A. basic

b)

B. modern

c)

C. original

d)

D. recent

46.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Kurzweil believes that there could be tiny robots called nanobots implanted into our brains to improve our memory.

a)

A. inserted in

b)

B. fixed in

c)

C. removed from

d)

D. replaced with

47.

Choose the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s).

Do you really think humans will be exterminated when more and more intelligent machines are invented in the future?

a)

A. killed

b)

B. restored

c)

C. resurrected

d)

D. wiped out

48.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

Thanks to the first lawn mower which was invented in 1830, we don't have to pay for someone to have our grass to be cut any more.

a)

was invented

b)

pay for

c)

to have

d)

to be cut

49.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

According to the futurist Ray Kurzweil, humans could have tiny computerized machines or nanobots invent thanks to future medical advances.

a)

could

b)

computerized

c)

invent

d)

thanks to

50.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

In his Aston Martin DB5 car, Bond can have the photos being printed out along with the information about the people in them from a panel in a dashboard.

a)

his

b)

have the photos being printed

c)

along with

d)

about

51.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

There's a network in computing called 'beta testing', which means you test something seeing if it works properly before it comes official.

a)

in

b)

called

c)

seeing

d)

before

52.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

No longer do housewives have to clean the house every day because they get it done for robotic vacuum cleaners.

a)

No longer

b)

do housewives have

c)

get it done

d)

for

53.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

Before the invention of email and the Internet in 1972, it took people at least one day to cause hand-written letters sent to the recipients' homes.

a)

it

b)

at least

c)

cause

d)

recipients'

54.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

In communication, we can have the voice recognition systems in smartphones or other electronic devices to be identified our speech.

a)

In

b)

the voice recognition systems

c)

other

d)

to be identified

55.

Choose the underlined part that needs correction.

In this throw-away society, instead of having an old electronics device fixed, people tend to toss it away and buy a new one.

a)

instead of

b)

electronics

c)

tend to

d)

toss

56.

A: Hello, is that Liz speaking?

B: ____

a)

A. Yes, who's that? I can hardly hear you.

b)

B. Hello, how are you?

c)

C. Hi, there. I'm Juliet.

d)

D. You can leave a message, please

57.

A: Hello, could I speak to Chris, please?

B: ____

a)

A. Sorry, he's not in.

b)

B. Yes, you could.

c)

C. Sure, go ahead.

d)

D. Certainly I am.

58.

A: Shall I ring you later?

B: ____

a)

A. No, you won't.

b)

B. Yes, but I may be out.

c)

C. Sorry, I'm busy now.

d)

D. I couldn't agree more.

59.

A: Do you know how this machine works?

B: ____

a)

A. It's very expensive.

b)

B. Will you call the mechanic tomorrow?

c)

C. Plug it in and push the green button.

d)

D. I think it's quite heavy.

60.

. A: ____

B: Oh, the bulb went out when I switched it on.

a)

A. Are there anything wrong?

b)

B. What matters to the lamp?

c)

C. Does the machine work properly?

d)

D. What's wrong with the lamp?

K12_UNIT 7

Total questions: 60

Worksheet time: 30mins

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