Question 45: According to the passage, which of the
following is NOT mentioned?
A. Hunting or fishing develops where there are no or
short growing seasons.
B. The number of hunter-gatherers decreases where farming is
convenient.
C. Harvesting from the natural environment had existed long before
farming was taken up.
D. The environmental differences produce no effect on subsistence
societies.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best
fits each of the numbered blanks.
ROBOTS
Ever since it was first possible to make a real robot, people have been hoping for the invention of a machine that would do all the necessary jobs
46 _____ the house. If boring and repetitive factory work could be 47 ______ by robots, why not boring and repetitive household chores too?
For a long time the only people who really gave the problem their attention were amateur inventors. And they came up against a major
difficulty. That is, housework is actually very complex. It has never been one job, it has always been many. A factory robot carries out one task
endlessly 48 _______it is reprogrammed to do something else. It doesn’t run the whole factory. A housework robot, on the other hand, has to do
several different 49 _____ of cleaning and carrying jobs and also has to cope 50______all the diffenrent shapes and positions of rooms, furniture,
ornaments, cats and dogs. Therefore, there have been some developments recently. Sensors are available to help the robot locate
objects and avoid obstacles. We have the technology to produce the hardware. All that is missing the software - the programs that will
operate the machine. Question 46: A. over B. around
C.
through
D. for Question 47: A. managed B. succeeded
C. made D. given
Question 48: A. until B. while C.
since
D. when Question 49: A. systems
B. types C. ways
D. methods Question 50: A. from B. with C. by
D. for
ĐÁP ÁN THAM KHẢO 1C
2D 3B
4C 5D
6C 7B
8B 9B
10D 11D
12D 13C
14B 15B
16A 17C
18A 19D
20B 21B
22A 23C
24D 25A
26B 27D
28D 29C
30A 31A
32D 33C
34C 35B
36B 37B
38D 39D
40C 41D
42C 43D
44A 45D
46B 47A
48A 49B
50B
