THI-HK1-TANGCUONG-K8-KNOWHOW2

THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION
Name :……………………………………………… (KNOWHOW 2)
Class Time allotted : 45 minutes

Mark(s)
Teacher’s remark




A.LISTENING: (1,5 ms)

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B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR: (4ms)
Choose the best answer to complete the sentences by circling a, b, c or d:
1.This restaurant isn’t ………… as that one.
a. cheap b. cheaper c. as cheap d. cheapest
2.Nam ……………his homework when I came in.
a. do b. was doing c. is doing d. does
3. Nga is only ten years old, so she depends ………..her parents.
a. at b. in c. for d. on
4.Is Mr. Binh’s house bigger …………Mr. Ba’s ?
a. than b. so c. as d. that
5. Steven ………….hasn’t finished his chores..
a. yet b. still c. already d. just
6.What is the noun of the verb “ explore”?
a. explorement b. exploreness c. explority d. exploration
7. She ……………………….this text.
a. don’t understand b. is not knowing c. doesn’t understand d. not understand
8. Henry has known Tina …………2000.
a. for b. in c. since d. at
9. They have ………..heard this CD.
a. yet b. still c. already d. since
10. My brother needs …………….. the floor.
a. clean b. to clean c. to cleaning d. to cleaned
11.This soup ……………………….wonderful.
a. smell b. is smelling c. seem d. smells
12. I am not very good at ……………
a. swim b. to swim c. swam d. swimming
13. Tom doesn’t like cities, and ……..I.
a. neither am b. so do c. neither do d. so am
14. Computers……………..faster all the time.
a. are getting b. have gotten c. to get d. getting
15. We use this for ………..texts.
a. write b. to write c. writing d. written
16. I have a new TV, but I can’t …………..
a. turn on it b. turn it on c. turn on d. to turn on

C. READING : (1,5ms)
Read the passage below and do the tasks:
Like several great inventions, Dr Percy Spencer made his most famous discovery by accident. He was testing a new radar technology called “magnetron” in a laboratory in 1946 when the candy bar in his pocket started to cook. This interested him, so he put some corn next to the magnetron – and that cooked, too!
The next day , Dr Spencer and a colleague placed an egg near the magnetron. Dr Spencer’s curious colleague took a step closer to check the egg- just in time for it to explode and cover his face! Fortunately, he wasn’t seriously hurt by the cooked egg.
After a short time, the company Dr. Spencer worked for was trying to find a more controlled way to use this microwave energy to cook food. In 1947, the first microwave oven became available. It was almost two meters tall and weighed over 350 kilos!
At first , the oven was only used by restaurants, railroad cars, and other places where people needed large quantities of food cooked quickly. But not everyone liked them . Microwave cooking didn’t turn meat brown and left French fries soft and pale. In fact, the head chef of the company that produced the microwave oven left his job because the director wanted him to use a microwave!
Finally, in 1966, technology became advanced enough to produce microwaves for everyday domestic use. By then, they were much smaller and easier to control. Nowadays, millions of homes all over the world have one of these appliances. You can use them for heating a cup of coffee or preparing a meal. Microwave ovens are here to stay!

*Write the year next to each event.