ENGLISH TEST NO.1 – GRADE 10   – 01 –

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (1m)

1. A. received   B. worked  C. obtained  D. harbored
2. A. language   B. package   C. mathematics  D. marvelous
3. A. trouble   B. study  C. tutor  D. subject
4. A. technology  B. teaching  C. purchase  D. lunch

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. (0.5m)

1. A. private  B. professor  C. harbour  D. purchase
2. A. technology  B. comfortable C. activity  D. experience

III. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D. (2ms)  

1. We_________ in this town for a long time. We_________ here sixteen years ago.

A. had been/ come  B. have been/ came  C. were/ came  D. are/ came

2. The World War II _________ in 1939 and _________ in 1945.

A. begins/ ends  B. had begun/ ended C. has begun/ had ended D. began/ ended

3. Johnny_________ the paper when I_________ him.

A. read/ interrupted  B. read/ was interrupting   C. has read/ interrupted  D. was reading/ interrupted

4. _________ is it to tile post office?   - About two hundred meters.

A. How far  B. How long  C. How often    D. How much

5. Will you please stop_________ TV channels?

A. to change  B. change  C. be changed  D. changing

6. I'd like_________ somewhere different for a change.

A. to go   B. going  C. go   D. to have gone

7. don't mind_________ home but I'd rather _________ a taxi.

A. to walk/ to get   B. walking/ to get  C. walking/ get  D. to walk/ getting

8. The manager made his employees _________ the computer evening class.

A. attending  B. attend  C. to attend  D. attendance

9. Look at those windows! They really need_________.

A. to clean   B. cleaning  C. to be cleaned  D. B and C are correct

10. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more_________ than the other boys at his class.

A. intelligent  B. mature  C. ambitious  D. developed

IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B. C or D - that is not correct. (1m)

1. An old man walking along the road stopped talking to us.

         A                      B               C                              D (to talk)

2. I succeeded in to find a job, so my parents didn’t make me go to college.

                  A               B (finding)                              C              D

3. I decided changing jobs because my boss makes me work overtime. 

        A           B (to change)                            C             D

4. I know you're too busy to stay, but I look forward to see you again.

                                A         B                      C               D (to seeing)

V. Put the verbs in  brackets in the correct form. (1m)

1. She sometimes (buy) buys meat at this market.
2. We (watch) watched a good film on TV last night.
3. Don't forget (call) to call home as soon as you arrive at your destination.
4. By the time he arrived at the party, all his friends (leave) had left.

VI. Rewrite the following sentences as directed. (0.5m)

1. Could you open the windows, please ?

        Would you mind opening the window?

2. They finished all their work and then left the office.

        After they had finished all their work, they left the office.

VII. Using the given words to write full sentences. (0.5m)

1. Minh / born/ July 20th 1986/ Ha Noi.

       Minh was born on 20 July 1986 in Ha Noi.

1. He / work / Honda company / from 2008 to 2010.

       He worked in a Honda company from 2008 to 2010.

VIII. Read the text below and choose the correct word / phrase for each space. (1,5m)

        English is a very useful language. If we (1) _______ English, we can go to any countries we like. We will not find it hard to make people understand (2) _______ we want to say. English also helps us to learn all kinds of (3) _______. Hundreds of books are written in English every day in (4) _______ countries. English has also helped us to spread ideas and knowledge (5) _______ all corners of the world. Therefore, the English language (6) _______ to spread better understanding and friendship among countries of the world.

1. A. want    B. know   C. do    D. work
2. A. who    B. when   C. where   D. what
3.  A. subjects   B. teachers   C. people   D. friends
4. A. much   B. the    C. a    D. many
5. A. of    B. on    C. about   D. to
6.  A. has helped    B. had helped   C. to help  D. helps

IX. Read the following passage then do the exercises. (2ms)

      Every morning I get up at six. The first thing I do is to wash my dishes. Then I cook breakfast. I have breakfast at about seven fifteen a.m.

      It takes me about ten minutes to walk to school, and school begins the lesson at seven forty-five. There are forty pupils in my class. We study Math, Geography, History, Music, and English. I like English best and next to that, Math. At ten a.m we have a chance to eat an orange and some peanuts.

    I go home for lunch, but this time, my sister Patricia gets the meals. After lunch, I usually sleep for half an hour. In the afternoon, we play tennis.

     At about six or six thirty we have dinner. Either my sister or I cook it. The meal is simpler than the mid-day meal. We eat fruit or rice, and sometimes we have bread and tea. Then in the evening, I do my homework and go to bed at ten p.m.

1. What is the first thing the girl does when she gets up?

        The first thing she does is to wash my dishes.

2. How does she go to school?

        She walks to school./  She goes to school on foot.

3. Which subjects does she like best at school?

       She likes English best and next to that, Math.

4. What does she do before going to bed?

        She does her homework.

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ENGLISH TEST NO.1 – GRADE 10   – 02 –

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently.

1. A. routine  B. Literature   C. kindness  D. fifty
2. A. passenger     B. repair           C. begin            D. several
3. A. party               B. fat                           C. marvellous           D. father
4. A. scream               B. death      C. ready         D. peasant

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

5. A. obtain   B. determine  C. award  D. harbour
6. A. important  B. profession  C. Geography  D. Literature

III. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D.

7. We study past and present events in Viet Nam and around the world in _________ classes.

A. Maths                     B. Geography                C. History            D. English

8.  _________ is your new school?    -  It's very big and friendly.               

A. What            B. How          C. Where        D. Which

9. She always goes for a walk with her dog _________ Sunday mornings.

         A. in                        B.  on                 C. at                  D. during

10. She stays at home because she feels_________.

  A. sick   B. well       C. fine            D. strong.

11. We are too late. The plane _________ off ten minutes ago.

     A. took   B. has taken  C. had taken           D. was taken

12. He goes to the library to _________ some reference books.

  A. pay   B. borrow  C. buy            D. lend

13. I enjoy _________ with my classmates about their future plans

   A. talk                          B. to talk             C. talking                D. told

14. Miss Phuong enjoys working with children in a school. She is a _________.

   A. teacher  B. student  C. peasant         D. passenger

15. Karen didn't want to come to the cinema with us because she _________ the film.

A. has already seen  B. already had seen C. had already seen D. saw 

16. I was born in Lang Son. Lang Son is my _________.

   A. date of birth   B. place of birth C. present address    D. surname

17. They want _________ by air because it is much faster than other means of transport.

         A. to travel                  B. travelled                C. travel                D. traveling

18. I don't mind _________ home but I'd rather _________ a taxi.

   A. to walk/ to get           B. walking/ to get        C. walking/ get  D. to walk/ getting

19. In an English class, working in _________ seems helpful.

   A. two   B. couple  C. both   D. pairs

20. I think you don’t have to _________ about your test.

  A. worry   B. study  C. win   D. become.

21. You shouldn't spend all your time_________ sometimes you had better go out and play sports

A. study            B. to study  C. studying             D. studied

22. Maria had gone to the market _________ she got home.

A. as soon as     B. after     C. when      D. before

23. These glasses are so dirty. You need _________ them.

A. wash   B. washing.   C. to washed   D. washed

24. In 1903, Marie became the first woman _________ a Doctor of Science degree.

A. receiving  B. receive  C. receives  D. to receive

25. I'd like to borrow this book. _________ it yet?

A. Did you read  B. Had you read C. Have you read  D. Do you read

26. He passed his exams with flying colour.

A. successfully  B. difficultly  C. badly  D. easily

27. Our teacher made me _________ all the questions.

A. answer  B. to answer  C. answering  D. answered

1. I must go now. I promised _________ late. 

A. not being  B. not to be  C. to not be  D. I wouldn't be

2. Are you looking forward _________ on your cassation? 

A. you go  B. going  C. to going   D. to go

3. I asked him_________, but he went anyway.

A. not to go  B. to not go  C. not going   D. he doesn't go  

4. She only allows the children_________ television on the weekends.

A. to watch   B. watching   C. watch   D. for watching

5. _________ does it take to get to London from here?

A. How far  B. How much  C. How often  D. How long

6. They find it important _________ a foreign language.

A to learn  B. learning  C. learn  D. for learning

7. Marie Curie_________ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.

A. awarded  B. was awarded C. had awarded D. had been awarded

IV. Choose one sentence that has the same meaning to the root one. (0.5 m)

8. Mr. Nam listens to the radio once a week.

   A.  Mr. Nam usually listens to the radio.       B.  Mr. Nam always listens to the radio.  

   C.  Mr. Nam never listens to the radio.      D.  Mr. Nam sometimes listens to the radio.

9. I did my homework and then I watched TV.

    A.  I did my homework before I had watched TV.          B.  I did my homework before I watched TV. 

    C.  I had done my homework before I watched TV.   D.  I had done my homework before I had watched TV. 

V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B. C or D - that is not correct.

10. As soon as the alarm clock had gone off, she woke up and go out of bed.

        A                                           B (went off)     C                   D

11. Let's stop to watch so much TV so that we can read or go out instead.

              A              B (watching)                                 C     D                                                                                             

12. Tom, you didn’t remember closing the windows when you left the classroom yesterday.

                             A (hadn’t)           B                              C            D

13. Mary plays the piano when she was young.

   (played) A          B           C                    D

VI. Choose the one option - a, b, c or d - that best fits each of the num­bered blank.

      Marie Curie, the Polish-born French physicist and chemist was a courageous and determined woman. She left her home(41) ________ Paris to pursue her interest in science. Living in (42) ________, she still managed to graduate on the top of her class. She met Pierre Curie shortly after graduation and (43) ________ him a year later. Together, Pierre and Marrie formed the most famous husband-and-wife partnership in science history. They (44) ________the Radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They (45) ________the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.

14.   A. on   B.in   C. for   D.at
15.   A. poverty  B. loneliness  C. wealth  D. difficulty
16.   A. married  B. left   C. divorced  D. devoted
17.   A. discovered  B. invented  C. built  D. made
18.   A. had awarded  B. awarded  C. were awarded  D. were awarding

VII. Read the passage and choose the best answer

     My name is Seumas McSporran and I'm a very busy man. I'm 60 years old and I am a postman, a politician, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school-bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, a barman, and an undertaker. Also, I and my wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.

     I live and work on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 20 people live there but in summer 150 tourists come by boat every day.

     Every day I get up at 6.00 and makes breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 I drive the island's children to school. At 9.00 I collect the post from the boat and deliver it to all the houses on the island. I also deliver the beer to the island's only pub. Then I help Margaret in the shop.

      My wife likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don't watch television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10.00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed.    

      Perhaps our life isn't very exciting, but we like it.

1. Mr. Mcsporran does all the following jobs EXCEPT __________.

A. a mailman                B. a driver              C. a firefighter           D. a farmer

2. Gigha is the name of __________.

A. His wife                           B. The island where they live

C. His hotel                             D. The shop where they work

3. Tourists __________ to the island.

A. sail                          B. drive                   C. swim                   D. fly

4. The word "it" in paragraph 3 refers to __________.

A. Beer             B. Boat                   C. Post                 D. Pub 

5. According to the passage which is true about Seumas MsSporran?

A. He goes to bed very late    B. He and his wife go on holiday every year

C. He likes the job as a postman most   D. He does the accounts in the evening

ENGLISH TEST NO.1 – GRADE 10   – 03 –

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest.

1. A. many  B. hat   C. cat   D. sad  
2. A. plays  B. sprays  C. play   D. says    
3. A. little             B. interest                C. time                     D. click
4. A. watched  B. wanted   C. decided   D. needed
5. A. washes B. tomatoes  C. goes  D. learns

II. Choose one best answer to complete each sentence.

6. The train               at 10 o’clock tomorrow.

A. leave         B. leaves       C. will leave  D. is going to leave 

7. He_____ in this town since he was born.

    A. lives  B. lived  C. is living   D. has lived   

8. I’m bored _____ watching the advertisements on T.V.     

    A. with  B. on                      C. of                      D. in

9. 9. I _____ a new house last year, but I _____ my old one yet.     

     A. buy/ sell        B. bought/ sell         

C. haven’t bought/ sold   D. bought/ haven’t sold

10. The coffee _____ by the time I got up this morning.    

     A. was already made                      B. has already been made

     C. had already been made           D. would have already made

11. He _________ go to school yesterday because he was sick.   

A. didn’t  B. wasn’t        C. don’t    D. doesn’t

12. Everyone likes him,                ?    

A.doesn’t he B. doesn’t she    C. don’t they            D. don’t you

13. Christmas, the weather has been quite good.    

A.From  B. Since    C. On                       D. For

14. Nam is interested in                English.    

A. learning B. to learn    C. learn                    D. learned

15. Most people enjoy                  to different parts of the world.     

A.travelling B. to travel    C. travelled               D. travel

16. There _____ never _____ such excitement before.         

      A. has/ been    B. have / been       C. will / been            D. is / been

17. I _____ David James for two weeks.       

      A. has seen      B. saw      C. see                   D. have not seen

1. The baby _____ wonderfully up to now.     

      A. behaves    B. is behaving   C. has behaved       D. behaved

2. I've been in this city for a long time. I _________ here sixteen years ago.

       A. come     B. am coming   C. came                 D. have come

III. Circle A, B, C or D to find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence.

3. Lan was in (A) a difficult situation (B), so I agreed (C) lending (D) her some money. 
4. When she arrive (A) at (B) the station, the train had left, (C) so she couldn’t catch (D) it.
5. My brother stopped to smoke (A) because (B) it’s harmful (C) to his health.(D)
6. The farmers had to (A)  work hardly (B) in (C) the fields all day. (D)
7. By (A) the time he arrived (B), all his classmates (C) have left. (D).

IV. Choosing one best way to make a meaningful sentence.

8. As soon as he waved his hand, she turned away.

 A. He saw her turn away and he waved his hand.

 B. No sooner had he waved his hand than she turned away.

 C. She turned away because he waved his hand too early.

 D. Although she turned away, he waved his hand.

9. Steve left before my arrival.

 A. When I arrived, Steve had already left.  B. Steve left as soon as I arrived.

 C. While Steve was leaving I arrived.   D. Steve hadn’t left until I arrived.

10. Eight years ago we started writing to each other.

 A. We have rarely written to each other for eight years.

 B. Eight years is a long time for us to write to each other.

 C. We wrote to each other eight years ago.

 D. We have been writing to each other for eight years.

11. When did you start learning English?

       A. How much time did you learn English?  B. How often did you learn English?

       C. What time is it since you learn English?  D. Since when have you learnt English?

12. My school has got 70 teachers.

           A. There are 70 teachers in my school.    B. 70 teachers are in my school.

           C. I know 70 teachers in  my school.    D. 70 teachers teach me in my school.

V. Read the passage then complete it by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D.

The country and the city have advantages and disadvantages. People in the country live in more beautiful (30) _____. They enjoy peace and quiet, and their neighbors are more (31) _____ and ready to help them when they need it. However, their life can be tiresome  and they can be isolated.

The city has all the services the country lacks, but it also has a lot of (32) _____. Cities are often ugly and (33) _____. They not only have bad air but are also noisy. Everyone is always in haste and this means that people have no time to know each other and (34) _____ friends.

13.  A. surroundings B. view   C. sightseeing  D. scenery
14.  A. friend  B. friendly   C. friendship  D. friends
15.  A. disadvantage  B. benefits   C. advantages  D. disadvantages
16.  A. polluted  B. pollutant   C. pollution  D. polluting
17.  A. make  B. making   C. having  D. has

VI. Read the passage then choose the best answer for the following questions.

      Chantal's parents didn't have much money, so they sent her to a state primary school when she was five. She enjoyed her reading and writing lessons, but there were so many pupils in the class that the teacher found it difficult to control them.

      When Chantal was eleven, her father got a better job, and decided to spend some money on her education. He sent her to an expensive private school, where the girl wore dark green uniforms and did two hours' homework every evening.

      Chantal liked her new school, and did well. Because she studied hard, she passed all her exams, and went to university at eighteen. She chose history course and was an excellent student. In the end, she decided to become a teacher, and returned to her old primary school to teach.

1. Why did Chantal's parents send her to a state primary school?

         A. They liked it.  B. It was near her house.   C. They were poor.    D. It was expensive.

2. How many kinds of lessons did she like learning?

 A. 3          B. 1    C. 4         D. 2

3. What was her teachers' problem at the primary school?

 A. Large class.    B. Low salary.   C. Disobedient pupils.    D. Strict head master.

4. What was an important event for Chantal when she was eleven?

 A. Leaving her home.  C. Passing the exams.    D. Going overseas.     B. Getting better education. 

5. At university she studied                     .

 A. very badly                B. very poorly     C. very well               D. averagely

6. What profession did she finally decide to choose?

 A. Cooking                    B. Teaching     C. Nursing                 D. Advertising

ENGLISH TEST NO.1 – GRADE 10   – 04 –

I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. (1m)

1.      A. lunch   B. subject  C. humour  D. study
2.      A. ride   B. fifty   C. bike   D. kite
3. A. miss    B. little  C. child  D. listen
4. A. eating   B. beat   C. teacher  D. breakfast

II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others. (0.5m)

1.      A. student B. discuss C. suppose D. attract
2.      A. subject B. complain C. teaching D. party

III. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D. (4 ms)

1.      Tom ______ the house before his friend came to see him.

 A. has left B. left C. leaves D. had left

2.      I ______ to visit my friend in the hospital two days ago.

 A. have gone B. go C. am going D. went

3.      I'm going to the library to borrow some books.  -  Sorry, I've got to go, ______!

 A. see you later B. thank you C. good morning D. not at all

4.      She was _____ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

 A. rewarded B. received C. awarded D. got

5.      ______ did you see him?   -  I saw him two days ago.

 A. what B. when C. why  D. which

6.      ______ French do you understand? Quite a lot actually.

 A. How much B. How old C. How often D. How many

7.      Remember ______ to me soon.

 A. write B. wrote C. to write D. writing

8.      Don't forget ______ the letter I gave you.

 A. posting B. post up C. post D. to post

9.      She ______ French for more than 10 years.

 A. taught B. has taught C. is teaching D. teach

10. Marie Curie was the first woman ______ at the Sorbonne.

 A. professor B. teacher C. chemist D. tutor

11.  
12.  
13. Look! Smoke ______ out of that window.

 A. comes B. came C. come D. is coming

14. She received some ______ training from her father.

 A. scientific B. scientist C. scientists D. science

15. He lets his wife do everything for him. He's very ______.

 A. bored B. careful C. quiet D. lazy 

1.      My teacher ______ reading newspaper.

 A. needs B. likes C. wants D. would like

2.      I am very sorry for ______ late.

 A. been B. to be C. being D. be

3.      He forgets ______ my book last week.

 A. to borrow B. borrowed C. borrowing D. borrow

IV. Rewrite these sentences as directed. (2ms)

1. They finished all their work and then left the office.

       After they had finished all their work, they left the office.

2. Why don’t we wait for the bus.

       He suggested waiting for the bus.

3. Phong studies at Chu Van An high school. (Make questions for the underlined part)

       Where does Phong study?

4. Lan is absent from school. (Put “never” in the right place )

       Lan is never absent from school.

V. Read the following passage and then answer the questions. (2ms)

Miss Richards was a teacher at a school in England. She taught chemistry and physics from the lowest to highest classes in the school. Sometimes the new classes learnt quickly, but sometimes they were very slow, and then Miss Richards had to repeat things many times. One year, the first class had studied chemistry for several weeks when Miss Richards suddenly asked "What is water?" There was a silence for a few seconds, and Miss Richards felt sad, but then one of the boys raised his hand. He was not one of the most intelligent students in the class, so she was glad that he could answer "Water is a liquid which has no colour until you wash your hands in it," the boy replied.

1. What did Miss Richards teach?

       She taught chemistry and physics from the lowest to highest classes in the school.   

2. Was the boy who answered the question one of the most intelligent students in the class?

       No, he wasn’t.

3. What was her question in the passage? 

       It was “What is water?”  

4. How did Miss Richards feel when the students couldn't answer her question immediately?

       She felt sad when the students couldn't answer her question immediately

ENGLISH TEST NO.1 – GRADE 10   – 05–

Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differ­ently from the others.

1.    A. chance   B. teaching  C. chemistry  D. children
2.    A. hard   B. start   C. party  D. talk
3. A. question  B. education  C. situation  D. collection
4. A. boards   B. lessons  C. students  D. masters

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.

5. A. happy   B. background  C. arrive  D. student
6. A. location   B. personal  C. brilliant  D. memory 

III. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C or D.

7. The _______ of our country helps upgrade the citizen’s living standard.

A. develop   B. development C. developer  D. undeveloped

8. Anna is considered as one of the most brilliant student in her class.

A. lazy   B. famous  C. popular  D. intelligent

9. Peter’s mother is cooking dinner in the _______.

A. kitchen   B. bath room  C. garden  D. dining room

10. The students are talking _______ their next examination.

A. in   B. on   C. about  D. at

11. What do you want to drink?  – _______.

A. A cup of coffee, please.   B. I want a comic book.

C. No, I don’t like cake.    D. I love to go camping.

12. _______ do you get up every day?   –  Exactly at 6.00 am.

A. Who   B. What  C. What time  D. How

13. He advises us _______ early to the musical concert.

A. come   B. to come  C. to came  D. coming

14. He always avoids _______ his friends in the street.

A. meeting   B. met   C. to meet  D. meet

15. Before you _______, I _______ all the work.

A. come/ do  B. come / had done C. came / did  D. came/ had done

16. George _______ to the movies very often.

A. not go   B. don’t go   C. doesn’t go   D. not to

17. _______ is the beach? -  Only five minutes' walk.

 A. How long  b. Where  c. How often  d. How far

18. She is interested in teaching _______ because she loves working with children.

 a. semester   b. communication c. work d. profession

19. Don't worry _______ me.  I’ll be fine

 a. to    b. about c. with d. for

20. Our coach was _______ in traffic jam and got to Heathrow forty minutes late.

 a. fastened   b. fixed c. joined d. stuck

21. Approximately half the people interviewed were in manual occupations.

 a. hobbies   b. professor c. jobs d. visits

22. Our main objective is to _______ educational standards.

 a. avoid   b. enjoy c. make d. improve

23. English is an international _______.

 a. language   b. means c. subject d. profession

24. You shouldn't spend all your time _______.

 a. study   b. to study c. studying d. studied

25. Would you like _______ somewhere for a rest?

 a. going   b. to go c. go d. to be gone

26. I _______ English for four years

 a. have learned  b. am learning c. learned d. has learned

1. The guide encouraged the tourists .............. the ? Prado Museum in Madrid.

 a. visit   b. to visit c. visiting d. visited

2. Are you looking forward ................... on your cassation? 

 a. you go .   b. going c. to going  d. to go

3. Ask and answer questions about your daily routine, using the cues below.

 A. action   B. trip  C. way D. habit

4. I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.

 A. 10 minutes  B. 15 minutes C. 20 minutes D. 30 minutes

III. Circle A, B, C or D to find a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence.

5. I succeeded in to find a job, so my parents didn’t make me go to college.

   A                B                                                C               D

6. Why you call me so late last night?

  A       B               C        D

Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each blank from 1 to 5 to complete the passage:

     The six-month-old (1) ______ club, which comprises 19 deaf, mute or mentally retarded children, is now having its first exhibition in Hanoi.

     More than 50 colour photos are (2) ______ at the exhibition room featuring the beauty of daily life seen through the eyes of these (3) ______ children. The subjects are simple and peaceful: old men reading books on the sides of Hoan Kiem Lake, labourers hard at work, or chickens (4) ______ food. The children’ passion for taking pictures has stimulated them and helped them escape their (5) ______.

7.   A. photography  B. photogenic  C. photographs D. photos
8.   A. on display  B. of display  C. for display  D. in display
9.   A. homeless  B. injured  C. disabled  D. sick
10.   A. look after  B. look for  C. looking after D. looking for
11.   A. sorrow   B. happiness  C. whose  D. study

Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage: (1m)

Parents send their children to the school to prepare for the time when they grow up. Children learn their native language so that they will be able to communicate fluently with other people around them. Moreover, they can preserve the valuable culture and literature of their country. They learn foreign languages in order to benefit from other countries’ heritage. The more foreign languages they learn, the more benefits they get. Children also learn mathematics to calculate, geography to know about nature, history to know about human beings and historical events. Nearly everything they study at school has some practical uses in their life.

12. Parents send their children to the school to ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______.

A. prepare for their future    B. make them grow up  C. learn English  D. play better

13. Why do children have to learn their native language?

A. To communicate fluently with other people around them C. To know about their nature

B. To benefit from foreign countries’ heritage    D. to learn foreign languages

14. How many school subjects are mentioned in the passage?

      A. Four    B. Seven   C. Six   D. Five

15. According to the passage, children learn history to know about ­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­­______.

      A. the mankind     B. people and historical events

      C. events of the history    D. practical uses in life

ENGLISH TEST NO.1 – GRADE 10   – 06–

I. Choose the word that has the underlined (letters) pronounced differ­ently from the others.

Câu 1:  A. ready B. peasant C. scream D. death

Câu 2:  A. landed B. stared C. seemed D. traveled

Câu 3:  A. children B. teaching C. chance D. chemistry

Câu 4:  A. start B. party C. talk D. hard

Câu 5:  A. woman B. son C. above D. sunshine

II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentence.

Câu 6:   I'll see him when he _______ here tomorrow.

A. will come B. comes C. has come D. had come

Câu 7:   As soon as the light turned red, she _______ the car.

A. has stopped B. stopped C. stops D. was stopping

Câu 8:   The last time I _______swimming was when we were in Spain.

A. was going. B. has gone C. went D. had gone

Câu 9:   Johnny _______ the paper when I _______ him.

A. has read/ interrupted B. read/ interrupted

C. read/ was interrupting D. was reading/ interrupted

Câu 10:   We are _______ with what we do.

A. contention B. contented C. content D. contenting

Câu 11:   Water _______ at one hundred degrees Celsius and freezes at zero degrees Celsius.

A. boils B. steams C. grills D. cooks

Câu 12:   John is not a farmer so he never_______.

A. do transplanting B. do the transplanting

C. does the transplanting D. did the transplanting

Câu 13:   When they saw the fire, they_______.

A. screamed in danger B. scream on panic

C. screamed in panic D. screaming in panic

Câu 14:   It was the most_______ experience of my life.

A. frightening B. frighten C. frightful D. frightened

Câu 15:   _______ did the. Second World War end?  -  In 1945.

A. What time B. How long. C. When D. Where

Câu 16:   Dad allowed Dora _______to the party.

A. gone B. go C. to go D. going

Câu 17:   My teacher always expected me _______well in exams.

A. do B. to do C. doing D. to have done

Câu 18:   Will you please stop _______ TV channels?

A. be changed B. change C. changing D. to change

Câu 19:   Our teacher made me _______all the questions.

A. to answer B. answered C. answering D. answer

Câu 20:   Shhh! I hear someone _______ in the distance. Do you hear it too?

A. shout B. shouting C. shouted D. to shout

Câu 21:   Don't forget _______ home as soon as you arrive at your destination.

A. to call B. having called C. to be called D. calling

Câu 22:   We _______ in New York for ten years and then we _______here in 1987.

A. lived/ had moved      B. had lived / was moving   C. lived / moved D. had lived/ moved

Câu 23:   When Martin _______ the car, he took it out for a drive.

A. has repaired B. repaired C. had repaired D. was repairing

Câu 24:   We _______ them before the reception yesterday.

A. haven't met B. hadn't met C. didn't meet D. wouldn't meet

Câu 25:   Marie Curie was born _______ November 7th, 1867.

A. on B. from C. in. D. at