5.   Text messaging, or texting, is a fast and efficient way to                      information.

A.   make                          B. collect                       C. receive                              D. exchange

16.   One day, we’ll be able to send thoughts to each other directly using                   technology.

A.   video conference    B. social media              C. telepathy                          D. holography

17.   Italian_            Galileo Galilei was the first person to look at the Moon through a telescope.

A.   astronomer               B. astronaut                   C. archeologist                     D. explorer

18.   James Watt thought that his steam engine_                 _ animal power.

A.   will replace              B. would replace          C. was replaced                    D. have replaced

19.                          its proximity to the Sun, Mercury is not the hottest planet in our solar System.

A.   Due to                       B. Since                          C. Even though                     D. Despite

20.   Young people_                    text their friends instead of speaking to them in person.

A.   prefer                        B. enjoy                         C. would rather                    D. would like

21.   Scientists wonder_                 _ extraterrestrials have ever visited Earth.

A.   that                            B. if                                 C. what                                  D. where

22.   A serve blizzard came after I                   in Boston for two days.

A.   had stayed               B. stay                      C. have stayed                             D. stayed

23.   It was lucky that no one died in a gas _                in the building last night.

A.   exploded                   B. explode              C. explosion                                  D. exploding

24.   There’s new island in the Pacific Ocean thanks to an underwater volcanic                .

A.   erupt                          B. eruptive             C. erupting                                    D. eruption

25.   Hectares of forests              in the bush fires in the South of New South Wales last summer.

A.   are destroyed           B. had destroyed   C. were destroyed                       D. destroyed

26.   Some documents say that people                   the Glastonbury Festival since the beginning of the 19th century.

A. celebrated                B. were celebrating      C. have celebrated               D. celebrate

27.   We                    on the Great Ocean Road, an Australian National Heritage at the moment.

A.   will drive                  B. drive                          C. have driven                      D. are driving

28.   The family             in the attic of their house by the flood for nine hours before help arrived.

A.   trapped                    B. was trapped              C. has trapped                      D. had been trapped

29.   NASA has sent 11 orbiters and 8 landers to Mars                   _1994.

A.   since                          B. in                                C. from                                  D. until

30.   While still a small child, John was very fond                      creating new things.

A.   with                           B. at                                C. of                                       D. for

31.   At this time next week, we                     _the biggest concert in Vietnam.

A.   will join                    B. will be joining          C. joined                                D. Joined

.32   The teacher hopes us                      the high school entrance exams.

A.   pass                           B. passed                       C. to pass                               D. passing