Chọn đáp án đúng để điền vào những chỗ trống dưới đây (chỉ cần điền A, B, C hoặc D):
People have always had difficulty (1) the future. One of the least (2) forecasters was Lord Kelvin, who was President of an organization made up of the most important (3) of the day, called the “Royal Society”.
The (4) of the radio in 1895 was one of the greatest (5) of the 19th century, but Kelvin was not impressed and simply said: “Radio has no (6) ”. He went on to make other wildly (7) claims. Despite these embarrassing (8) , he continued to look into the future. Shortly before the Wright brothers’ (9) flight, he said: “Heavier-than-air flying machines are (10) ”.
| 1 A. saying | B. predicting | C. speaking | D. estimating |
| 2 A. succeed | B. successful | C. successive | D. unsuccessful |
| 3 A. scientists | B. members | C. predicters | D. fortune-tellers |
| 4 A. finding | B. founding | C. creation | D. invention |
| 5 A. works | B. profits | C. benefits | D. achievements |
| 6 A. life | B. present | C. future | D. promise |
| 7 A. accurate | B. inaccurate | C. precise | D. precisely |
| 8 A. mistakes | B. fault | C. errors | D.misunderstanding |
| 9 A. greatly | B. historic | C. historical | D. unimportant |
| 10 A. unreal | B. unable | C. impure | D. impossible |
