B. PRACTICE I. Find the word which has a different sound in the part underlined. 1. A. robots B. stations C. plants D. desks 2. A. cakes B. houses C. suitcases D. faces 3. A. wanted B. needed C. missed D. invited 4. A. research B. suggestion C. lecture D. carton 5. A. truth B. through C. thesis D. rather II. Match the verbs in column A with the suitable phrases in column B. A B 1. do 2. make 3. lift 4. guard 5. recognize 6. understand a. the bed b. the building all day c. the laundry d. heavy things e. the lecture f. our voices III. Choose the best option A, B, C or D. 1. The Nile River is the ________ river in the world. A. long B. longer C. longest D. most long 2. Landmark 81 is the ________ building in Viet Nam. A. tallest B. more tall C. most tall D. taller 3. Robot V5 is ________ than Robot V2. A. faster B. fastest C. fast D. more fast 4. What is the ________ month in Ha Noi? A. more wet B. wet C. wetter D. wettest 5. Turtles are ________ than Rabbits. A. slow B. slower C. more slow D. slowest 6. Lions are ________ than cats. A. bigger B. biggest C. big D. more big 7. Life in the countryside is ________ than life in the city. A. more peaceful B. peaceful C. peacefuller D. most peaceful 8. She is the ________ girl in our family. A. younger B. more young C. most young D. youngest 9. Nam loves Jane. She is ________ than her sister. A. cleverer B. clever C. cleverest D. more cleverer 10. I like jogging ________. A. good B. more good C. better D. best 11. He is very strong. He can ________ heavy boxes easily. A. do B. lift C. make D. cook 12. Robots can ________ our voices. A. guard B. recognise C. have D. work 13. Shifa is a ________ robot. It can examine and treat the patients. A. doctor B. teacher C. engineer D. worker 14. Mary is so nice and ________. A. kind B. kinder C. kindest D. most kind 15. Engineer robots can repair the ________ machines. A. break B. broke C. broken D. breaking 16. Do you ________ that we should have robots in our lives? A. think B. sweep C. have D. play 17. I think robots are never ________ than humans. A. smart B. smarter C. more smart D. smartest 18. This is the ________ robot in our factory. A. strong B. stronger C. strongest D. most strongest 19. I dont agree ________ you that robots can play golf like us. A. on B. about C. of D. with 20. They can do the washing and ________ clothes. A. iron B. wash C. water D. plant IV. Complete the sentences with the superlative form of the adjectives in brackets. 1. This robot is (smart) ________ here. 2. Mount Everest is (high) ________ mountain in the world. 3. Perhaps today is (hot) ________ day of the month. 4. Jolie is (nice) ________ girl among them. 5. February is (short) ________ month of the year. 6. Peter is (good) ________ student in our class. 7. Ho Chi Minh City is (big) ________ city in Viet Nam. 8. This is (easy) ________ problem that I know. 9. She may be (happy) ________ woman in the world. 10. Uranus is (cold) ________ planet in the solar system. V. Read the passage and answer the questions. Most robots today are industrial robots. Humans use them to make work easier and quicker. You often see them in car factories where they put the parts of the cars together. They are useful for this kind of work as it is dull, dirty and dangerous - DDD. Robots are often used for DDD jobs and where a specific action needs to be repeated. It is very difficult for humans to do this. 1. What are most robots today? ___________________________________________________________ 2. Are they used to make work easier and quicker? ___________________________________________________________ 3. Where do you often see them? ___________________________________________________________ 4. What do they do in car factories? ___________________________________________________________ 5. What is DDD? ___________________________________________________________ 6. Why are robots used for DDD jobs? ___________________________________________________________ VI. Reorder the words and phrases to make sentences. 1. think/ robots/ I/ will/ very/ be/ useful/ our lives/ for/ the/ in/ future/. ___________________________________________________________ 2. on/ robots/ work/ can/ the/ the/ of/ bottom/ ocean/. ___________________________________________________________ 3. educational/ do/ what/ can/ robots/ ? ___________________________________________________________ 4. Robodex/ largest/ is/ the/ exhibition/ robot/ in/ world/ the/. ___________________________________________________________ 5. H8/ is/ robot/ the/ fastest/ show/ in/ the/ ? ___________________________________________________________ 6. make/ worker/ robots/ cant/ medicines/ new/.