A. PHONETICS
I/
1. The 'kids are at the 'park.
2. She is going to study to'night.
3. 'Why 'didn’t you 'do your 'homework?
4. We are 'not fa'miliar with this 'new com'puter pro'gramme.
5. The 'athlete 'ran 'quickly and 'won the compe'tition.
6. She 'doesn’t 'know the 'answer.
7. I 'don’t 'know the 'answer, 'either.
8. I’ve 'never 'heard of 'that be'fore, but it 'makes 'sense.
II.
1. A: 'When did 'AI re'search 'start?
B: After World 'War II, a number of 'people 'started to 'work on intelligent ma'chines.
2. A: 'Which 'scientist 'started first?
B: The 'English mathematician Alan 'Turing may have been the 'first.
3. A: 'What did he'do?
B: He dis'cussed conditions for con'sidering a ma'chine to be in'telligent.
4. A: Does 'AI aim to 'put the human 'mind into the com'puter?
B: Some re'searchers 'say they have that objective.
5. A: Does 'AI 'aim at 'human-level in'telligence?
B: 'Yes. But many people in'volved in particular re'search 'areas are much less am'bitious.
6. A: 'How far is 'AI from 'reaching human-level in'telligence?
B: A few 'people think that 'human-level in'telligence can be a'chieved by 'writing large numbers of 'programmes.
B. VOCABULARY & GRAMMAR
I.
1. artificial intelligence 2. automated 3. incredible 4. algorithm 5. resurrect
6. operating 7. evolution 8. exterminate 9. life-threatening 10.futurists
II. 1. activated 2. resurrecting 3. malfunction 4. to implant
5. cyber-attack 6. exterminated 7. life-threatening 8. Futurist
III. 1. to help 2. do 3. clean 4. stop 5. to cook 6. share
IV.
1 .delivering → delivered 2.dry-cleaned your suit → your suit dry-cleaned
3. repair → repaired 4.to print → printed 5.got → get 6. shorten → shortened
7.framed this diploma → this diploma framed 8. had → have
V. (suggested answers)
1. collect all the leftovers 2. to show us all interesting places 3. tidy my room
4. to give you the key 5. show around the museum 6. to follow my advice
VI. 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. D 5. C 6. D 7. A 8. B
C. READING
I. 1.T 2.NG 3. F 4. T 5. F 6. T 7. F 8. NG
II.
Task 1. 1.C 2. E 3. A 4. D 5. B
Task 2.
1. They can write news articles by putting together articles that are not much different from what professional writers and journalists create.
2. They can deal with earnings reports, and other business documents.
3. Artificial pilots will be in control of trucks, planes or trains.
4. Society could benefit from reductions in traffic gridlock, less wasted fuel, and more leisure time during our commute.
5. Because they can resist higher temperatures, don’t need to worry about smoke inhalation, and can use lasers and radar to better navigate in close-quarters.
6. They can drive ambulances, and even clean up hazardous leaks or spills.
7. They are going to generate nice melodies in the style of pop composers such as McCartney.
8. It is used to communicate with customers.
Task 3. 1. offloaded 2. handing over 3. gridlock
4. inhalation 5. chart-toppers 6. Perfected
III. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. A
IV. 1. B 2. A 3. D 4. C 5. B 6. C 7. B 8. D
V. 1. C 2. C 3. B 4. C 5. D 6. C 7. A 8. C
D. SPEAKING
1. D 2. F 3. A 4. H 5. E 6. B 7. C 8. G
E. WRITING
1. C 2. F 3. B 4. E 5. A 6. D
TEST 1 (Unit 7)
I+II. 1.C 2. A 3. D 4. B 5. A
III. 6. D 7. A 8. B 9. C 10. D 11. A 12. C 13. A 14. D 15. C
IV. 16. exercise 17. intellectual 18. fictional 19. behave 20. intelligence
V. 21. Would it be possible to have/ get these pictures framed?
22. Could I have/ get these sandals repaired here?
23. Where can I have/ get this present wrapped?
24. Is it possible to have/ get my hair cut at 3 pm/ by George?
25. Would you have/ get these photos printed before 6 pm?
VI. 26. B 27. B 28. D 29. D 30. A 31. C 32. A 33. A 34. C 35. C
VII. 36. C 37. B 38. B 39. C 40. A
VIII. 41. E 42. G 43. B 44. F 45. D
IX. 46. E 47. C 48. F 49. A 50. D
TEST 2 (Unit 7)
I+II. 1. B 2. C 3. A 4. D 5. C
III. 6. D 7. C 8. A 9. B 10. B 11.D 12.A 13.B 14. D 15.A
IV. 16. patterns 17. settings 18. ability 19. preferences 20. imagination
V. 21. get these pages copied 22. had my blouse dry-cleaned
23. have these flowers delivered 24.had them shortened 25. will get her computer repaired
VI. 26. D 27. A 28. C 29. B 30. D 31. C 32. B 33. A 34. D 35. C
VII. 36. C 37. B 38. D 39. A 40. C
VIII. 41.B 42. D 43. A 44. F 45. E
IX. 46. D 47. F 48. A 49. B 50. E