VI. Read the following text then answer the questions that follow by circling its corresponding letter marked A, B, C, or D

Today’s cars are smaller, safer, cleaner, and more economical than their predecessors(tiền nhân), but the car of the future will be far more pollution-free than those on the road today. Several new types of automobile engines have already been developed than run on alternative sources of power, such as electricity, compressed natural gas, methanol, steam, hydrogen, and propane. Electricity, however, is the only zero-emission (emit –v- nhả, thải) option presently available. Although electric vehicles will not be truly practical until a powerful, compact battery or other dependable source of current is available, transport experts foresee a new assortment (phân hạng) of electric vehicles entering everyday life: shorter-range commuter electric cars, three-wheeled neighborhood cars, electric delivery vans, bikes and trolleys. As automakers work to develop practical electrical vehicles, urban planners and utility engineers are focusing on infrastructure systems to support and make the best use of the new cars. Public charging facilities will need to be as common as today’s gas stations. Public parking spots on the street or in commercial lots will need to be equipped with devices that allow drivers to charge their batteries while they stop, dine, or attend a concert. To encourage the use of electric vehicles, the most convenient parking in transportation centers might be reserved for electric cars. Planners foresee electric shuttle buses, trains, buses and neighborhood vehicles all meeting at transit centers that would have facilities for charging and renting. Commuters will be able to rent a variety of electric cars to suit their needs: light trucks, one-person three-wheelers, small cars, or electric/gasoline hybrid cars for longer trips, which will no doubt take place on automated freeways capable of handling five times the number of vehicles that can be carried by freeway today.

Câu 41: The following electrical vehicles are all mentioned in the passage EXCEPT

A. vans B. trains C. planes D. trolleys(xe đẩy)

Câu 42: The author’s purpose in the passage is to

A. criticize conventional vehicles B. support the invention of electric cars

C. narrate a story about alternative energy vehicles D. describe the possibilities for transportation in the future

Câu 43: The passage would most likely be followed by details about

C. the neighborhood of the future D. electric shuttle buses

Câu 44: The word “compact” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to

A. long-range B. inexpensive C. concentrated D. squared

Câu 45: In the second paragraph, the author implies that

A. a dependable source of electric energy will eventually be developed.

B. everyday life will stay much the same in the future.

C. a single electric vehicle will eventually replace several modes of transportation

D. electric vehicles are not practical for the future

Câu 46: According to the passage, public parking lots of the future will be

A. more convenient than they are today B. equipped with charging devices

C. much larger than they are today D. as common as today’s gas stations

Câu 47: The word “charging” in this passage refers to

Câu 48: The word “foresee” in this passage could best be replaced with

A. count on B. invent C. imagine D. rely on

Câu 49: The word “commuters” in paragraph 4 refers to

Câu 50: The word “hybrid” is closest in meaning to