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Perhaps the most useful (use) an convenient of all domestic appliances in the microwave oven. You do not need to be a skillfull (skill) cook or a technologic (technology) geniusto operate one, and you can produce extremely tasty (taste) meals at the touch of a button. Many of us would now feel rather helpful (help) and unable to cope without one. The man we have to thank for this modern cooking miracle is (invite), Percy LeBaron Spencer, who manufactured the Radar Range oven for industrial use in 1945. Ten years later (late) the first domestic microwave made its appearance (appear). This rather bulky contraption needed an electrician (electric) and a plumber to install it and was the same size as a fridge. At over $1,000 in 1955, it was not immediately successful (succeed). Not until 1967, when the countertop model became widely (wide) available, did sales start to improve.
Part 3: Read the text below and think of the word which best fits each space. Use only ONE word in each space. (15 points)
A POP STAR
John Lennon was (0)born in Liverpool in 1940. He was always (1)................keen.................on music and played in a pop group (2) .....................at................... school and Art college .
John (3)................got.................. married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son (4)................whose............... name was Julian. At that time, John was a member of a group (5)...............called.................“ The Beatles” . Many beautiful songs (6) .................were................. written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them . They (7)..................always.................. scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style. Soon, everyone had heard (8).................about.................... “The Beatles” and John was (9)...............becoming............... richer than he had ever thought.
Having achieved world-wide success, John started to make records (10)..............on................... his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when (11)...................his................. marriage to Cynthia came to an end. He had met Yoko Ono (12)...............who........... he married the following year. John lost weight and grew his hair long , as can (13) ...............be................. seen on the covers of the records that he made with Yoko. He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.
Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) ................the............... most talented of all “The Beatles”. He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New York apartment , the whole world (15)..................was.................. shocked . More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he died.
A POP STAR
John Lennon was (0)born in Liverpool in 1940. He was always (1)...............keen..................on music and played in a pop group (2) .......................at................. school and Art college .
John (3).................got................. married to Cynthia in 1962 and they had a son (4).................whose.............. name was Julian. At that time, John was a member of a group (5)..........called......................“ The Beatles” . Many beautiful songs (6) ................were.................. written by John and wherever the group went, crowds of fans gathered to see them . They (7)...............would..................... scream and faint when “ The Beatles” played and lots of people have their hair cut in a Beatles style. Soon, everyone had heard (8)..................about................... “The Beatles” and John was (9)...............much............... richer than he had ever thought.
Having achieved world-wide success, John started to make records (10)............on..................... his own after 1968 , and it was in the same year when (11)..............his...................... marriage to Cynthia came to an end. He had met Yoko Ono (12)........whom.................. he married the following year. John lost weight and grew his hair long , as can (13) ......be.......................... seen on the covers of the records that he made with Yoko. He set up home in the United States and had a son called Sean.
Many people considered John Lennon to be (14) ..........the..................... most talented of all “The Beatles”. He sang about peace and love and so when he was murdered by one of his fans, outside his New York apartment , the whole world (15)..............was...................... shocked . More than 50,000 fans turned up to a ceremony in his memory. He was only forty when he died.
Put an appropriate word in each gap in the passage.
The Lunar Roving Vehicle, or moon buggy, was the vehicle used by (1)......astronauts.... when they explored the moon in the 1970s. It was considered Apollo's Cadillac of lunar (2)....vehicles..... and was developed by Boeing and General Motors.
Moon buggies run by electricity and were specially designed to operate on the lunar surface. They measure 1.1 metres tall and 3 metres long. They (3)...weigh..... 210 kg but they can carry a payload for up to 490kg. The wheels(4)...were... also designed very carefully to resist the rocky moon surface which is covered in dirt. A lunar rover also has a controller, motors, brakes, and two (5)...seats.... for astronauts to sit in.
Most Filipinos consider Dr. Eduardo San Juan, a NASA engineer, the inventor of the Lunar Rover. Howerver, San Juan was not listed as the (6).......inventor....... of the moon buggy in NASA documents. Officially, the vehicle was(7)....designed... and constructed by a group of space engineers. Nevertheless, it is claimed that he received one of the Ten Outstanding Men (TOM) awards (8)...in...., science and technology in 1978.
When you wave to a friend, you are using sign language. When you smile at someone, you mean to be _FRIENDLY__(1)___ When you put one finger in front of your __MOUTH_(2)___, you mean, "Be quiet."Yet, people in different countries may use different sign languages. Once an Englishman was in Italy. He could _SPEAK__(3)___ a little Italian. One day while he was walking in the street, he felt __HUNGRY_(4)___ and went into a restaurant. When the waiter came, the Englishman __OPENED_(5)___ his mouth, put his fingers into it and took them out again and moved his lips. In this way, he __MEANT_(6)___ to say, "Bring me something to eat." But the waiter brought him a lot of things to __DRINK_(7)___ first tea, then coffee, then milk, but no food. The Englishman was sorry that he was not able to tell the waiter he was hungry. He was _READY__(8)___ to leave the restaurant. When another man came in and put his hands on his stomach. And this sign was __CLEAR_(9)___ enough for the waiter. In a few minutes, the waiter brought him a large plate of bread and meat. __AT LAST_(10)___, the Englishman had his meal in the same way.
1. They carried letters by hand over hundreds of kilometers.
2. It cost just one penny.
3. They delivered letters several times a day.
4. They are arranged in the same way as the typewriter.
5. It appeared in the 1870s.
6. Because the talking was perhaps easier than the walking.
7. It was sent in 1992.
8. We send over a billion text messages around the world every day.
* Câu cuối phải là đoạn sau chứ Q ?
1. How did people deliver letters in Ancient Egypt?
=> people deliver letters in Ancient Egypt by hand over hundreds of kilometers.
2. How much did the first stamp cost?
=>The first stamp cost just one penny.
3. How often did they deliver letters in the 1840s?
people delivered the post several times a day.
4. How are the letters arranged on a modern computer keyboard?
the letters are still in the same place on the modern computer keyboard!
5. When did the first fax machine appear?
=> The first fax machine appeared at around the same time (1875)
6. Why was it difficult to walk with the first walkie-talkies?
=> because the first walkie-talkies weighed around 13.5 kilos
7. When was the first text message?
=> the first text message was sent in 1992
8. How many e-mails do we send every day?
Today we send an incredible thirty-six billion e-mails.
Đáp án: B
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5B