Exercise 1. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.

1. A. application B. combustion C. navigation D. recognition

2. A. computer B. communication C. command D. complicated

3. A. advanced B. automated C. constructed D. reunited

4. A. arrangement B. application C. activate D. assistance

5. A. potential B. production C. promotion D. psychology

Exercise 2. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of the primary stress in each of the following questions.

6. A. machine B. robot C. human D. fiction

7. A. applicable B. automation C. artificial D. evolution

8. A. algorithm B. exterminate C. intelligence D. technology

9. A. capable B. robotic C. industry D. futurist

10. A. assembly B. interfere C. reunite D. resurrect

Part II. VOCABULARY

Exercise 3. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

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

A. intervene B. intervening C. intervention D. interventionist

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

A. observation B. observatory C. observe D. observer

13. One of the popular____used in smartphones at present is voice recognition.

A. applicant B. applicable C. applications D. apply

14. 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

15. ____have announced that a major breakthrough has been made.

A. Research B. Researchers C. Researches D. Researching

16. 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

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

A. break B. call C. turn D. work

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

A. put - away B. put-out C. put-through D. put - up

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

A. brought-in B. given - in C. plugged - in D. pulled - in

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

A. came B. caught C. kept D. put

20. Ten million text messages are sent on ____ every minute.

A. account B. average C. common D. general

21. Astronomers have____a new planet outside our galaxy.

 A. invented B. unearthed C. developed D. discovered

22. ____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

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

A. advance B. danger C. end D. vain

24. 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

25. Do you know who____the fact that sound travels in waves?

A. developed B. discovered C. found D. invented

26. I'm thinking of getting a fax ____.

A. engine B. instrument C. machine D. motor

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

A. aim B. cause C. motive D. reason

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

A. inform B . interfere C. navigate D. reunite

29. After the power failure last night, the washing machine started to ____, so I had towash the clothes by hands.

A. make noise B. malfunction C. operate D. work