GROUP: 9

(Introduction) Test-takers will hear: “Listen to the following monologue twice, and circle the
correct answer for question Number 1 to Number 6. Each correct answer is worth 01
point”
Test-takers will see:

1. Popcorn has……….. Pieces than (like) other kinds of corn.

A. Larger
B. Same
C. Smaller
2. The oldest ears of popcorn were discovered in ………..
A. the American state of New Mexico
B. North and South America
C. Peru
3. …………...were the first explorers to see popcorn.
A. American
B. European
C. Iroquois
4. In North America, some colonial families ate popcorn with ……………….. for their first meal
of the day.
A. milk and sugar
B. soup and liquid food
C. Cereal
5. Today, England produces almost all of the world's popcorn.
A. True
B. False
6. It is best to postpone harvesting until the corn is fully developed.
A. True
B. False
Answer key
1. C
2. A
3. B
4. A
5. B
6. A
Link Audio:
http://www.manythings.org/voa/things/7004.html

Tapescript:
This is the VOA Special English AGRICULTURE REPORT.
Americans love popcorn. They eat it at home, at sports events, and in movie theaters. Popcorn
has smaller pieces or kernels than other kinds of corn. The kernels have a hard outside shell and
a soft center. When the kernels are heated, the outside shells burst. The soft centers expand and
become filled with air. The resulting popcorn looks like small, white balls of cotton.
Corn grows on the parts of the plant commonly called "ears." Corn, including popcorn, was
developed in North and South America thousands of years ago. The oldest ears of popcorn were
discovered in the American state of New Mexico. They were reported to be more than five-
thousand years old. In Peru, scientists discovered one-thousand-year-old popcorn kernels in a
human burial area.
Early explorers to the Americas were the first Europeans to see popcorn. Four hundred years
ago, French explorers saw members of the Iroquois native American tribe make popcorn with
heated sand in a clay container. They said the Iroquois used popcorn to make a liquid food, or
soup.
The Europeans who settled in North America loved popcorn. Some colonial families ate popcorn
with sugar and milk for their first meal of the day.
In the United States, popcorn became very popular during the first part of the twentieth century.
Large and small businesses sold popcorn wherever crowds gathered.
Today, the United States produces almost all of the world's popcorn. Farmers must choose the
right time to harvest popcorn. It is best to delay harvesting until the corn is fully developed.
However, farmers also must guard against corn plants falling down or becoming too wet.

STT Student Name Student Code

1 Lý Phượng Vy 1767010382
2 Hoàng Thị Phương Loan 1367010215
3 Vũ Hải Đăng 1767010025
4 Nguyễn Ngọc Chi
5 Lê Thị Thanh Xuân
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