Đề thi học kỳ I Tiếng Anh 10 cơ bản

   Së Gd – ®t th¸i b×nh      §Ò kiÓm tra chÊt l­îng kú i n¨m häc 2007- 2008

tr­êng thpt nguyÔn tr·i              m«n: tiÕng anh – líp 10

      ..........  ……..              Thêi gian lµm bµi 45 phót (kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)   

  part i: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differenrtly from the rest in each group. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.                                                                 

1/     A. just                          B. put                           C. subject                    D. discuss

2/     A. magazine                 B. wildlife                   C. listen                       D. television

3/     A. town                        B. how                         C. bowl                        D. cow   

4/     A. teacher                     B. other                       C. together                   D. term   

5/     A. school                      B. foot                         C. look                         D. cook   

  part ii: Choose from the four options  given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

6/ Minh …………… has English on Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

        A. normal                     B. usual                        C. frequal                   D. usually                              

7/ Anne ……………………. in three days.

        A. gets married            B. has got married        C. is getting married  D. will get married                                   

8/ It rained yesterday after it …………………… dry for months.

        A. was                          B. has been                  C. is                             D. had been                              

9/ April 1st is the day ……………. is called April Fool’s Day in the West.

        A. when                        B. who                         C. where                     D. which                              

10/ …………… Christmas, the weather has been quite good.

        A. from                         B. since                        C. on                          D. for                              

11/ When you lived in Ha Noi, …………………….. to the theatre?

        A. do you use to go      B. did you use to go     C. are you used to go  D. did you to going to                              

12/ The doctor advised him to give up …………………

        A. drinking                   B. drink                        C. to drink                 D. drank                              

13/ I ……………Brown for a month.

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

14/ Nam is interested in ………….. English.

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

15/ There …………… a hotel opposite the station, but it closed along time ago.

        A. used to be                B. is                             C. use to be                D. isn’t                               

16/ I think it …………… . The sky is so cloudy.

        A. was raining              B. will rain                   C. is going to rain     D. rained                              

17/ My brother told me ……….. he was enjoying his new class

        A. that                          B. those                        C. which                   D. where                              

18/ ……………….. the bad condition of the house, they enjoyed living there.

        A. Because of               B. Due to                      C. Because               D. In spite of                             

19/ My family will go to the beach for our holiday ………… we have enough money.

        A. which                      B. unless                        C. if                         D. so                               

20/ In England, everybody …………. watching football.

        A. like                          B. likes                         C. don’t like             D. haven’t                              

21/ Are you used ………….. on your own?

        A. at work                    B. to work                    C. to working            D. with working                               

22/ She was awarded the scholarship …………… her hard work.                                                                                                                                                                                                         

        A. because of               B. because                    C. in spite of             D. despite                              

 part iii: Read the passage then complete the following sentences by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

                                            A teacher in a special class

     Like other teachers, Nguyen Thanh Loan enjoys her teaching job. However, her class is different from other classes . The twenty-five children, who are learning how to read and write in her class, are disabled. Some are deaf, some dumb and others mentally retarded. Most of the children come from large and poor families, which prevents them from having proper schooling.

     At first, there was a lot of opposition from the parents of the disabled children. They used to believe that their children could not learn anything at all. In the first week, only five children attended the class. Gradually more children arrived. Their parents realised that the young teacher was making great efforts to help their poor kids.

    Watching Loan taking a class, one can see how time-consuming the work is. During a maths lesson, she raised both arms and opened up her fingers one by one until all ten stood up. She then closed the fingers one by one. She continued the demonstration until the children realised they had just learned how to add and subtract. The children have every reason to be proud of their efforts. They know a new world is opening up for them.

23/ Loan’s class is different from other classes because the children …………………..  . 

        A. are from large families                                B. are less mentally developed                        

        C. love Maths very much                                 D. are disabled

24/ At first the parents were …………….. the idea of sending their children to the special class.                              

        A. interested in             B. satisfied with          C. opposed to               D. worried about

25/ It can be inferred from the second paragraph of the reading passage that there has been ……..                                  

        A. a lot of protest from the parents against the class                                  

        B. a change in the parents’ attitude towards the class                                

        C. a feeling of doubt in the teacher’s ability    D. a belife in parents’ opposition

26/ The writer describes how Loan teaches the children to add and subtract in order to prove that …………………………..                              

        A. the children like Maths                               B. the teacher is proud of her work                                                  

        C. adding and subtracing are important           D. the teaching work takes time

27/ The writer’s attitude towards Loan’s work in the passage can be described as ………………                              

        A. admiring                  B. humorous                C. angry                       D. suspicious                              

  part iv: Read the letter then complete the following sentences by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

    Dear Nam, 

I’m writing to tell you a piece of  news . The first term is coming to an end soon and my school is going to have some days off. On this occasion, my class is visiting some caves near Hanoi as we have recently studied rock formations. Besides, many of us have never been inside a cave, so I suppose the trip will be very interesting.

  At first, we wanted to travel to Thay pagoda because it is only over 20 kilometres away, and we could go on a day excursion.

  However, only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay pagoda are closed until after Tet. So we are visiting the ones near Huong pagoda instead. A night campfire on a two-day trip will be a great event in our schooldays!

  To make the trip cheap, we are bringing our own food and sharing buses with some other class.

  It is much warmer now. I believe we’re going to enjoy good weather with lots of sunshine.

  The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ permission. They may not want to let me stay the night away from home. I’ll try to persuade them.

  That’s all for now. Give my love to your parents and sister.

   Yours,

   Nga    

28/ Nga wrote the letter to …………………………… .  

        A. inform Nam of her days off                           B. tell Nam about the plan for her class trip

       C. complain about her parents

        D. talk about what she and her classmates will do at Huong Pagoda 

29/ The students decided to go on an excursion because they wanted to ………………

        A. understand their georgraphy lessons better    B. relax after work                                                                                                  

        C. A and B                   D. have a campfire

30/ The students have changed their destination as ……………… Thay Pagoda.

        A. it is impossible to visit the caves near            B. it costs them a lot to visit                             

        B. they prefer Huong Pagoda to                          D. many of them have been to

   Part v: The sentences in italics below are cues. Make sentences expressing an imaginary situation by choosing from the altermatives A, B, C and D the one best way to make a meaningful sentence. identify your answer by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

31/ with/ the/ I/ same/ day/ am/ up/ thing/ fed/ every/ doing/. 

        A. I am fed with up doing the same thing every day.

        B. I am fed up doing with the same thing every day.

        C. I am fed up with doing the same thing every day.

        D. I am fed up doing the same thing with every day.

32/ time/ It/ him/ a/ the/ is/ take/ for/ job/ to/.

        A. It is a time for him to take the job.

        B. It is a time to take the job for him.

        C. It is the time to take a job for him.

        D. It is the time for him to take a job.

33/ way/ there/ explained/ he/ traffic/ came/ because/ late/ that/ much/ on/ too/ the/ was/ he/.

        A. He explained that he came late because there was too much traffic on the way. 

        B. He explained that there was too much traffic on the way because he came late. 

        C. He explained he came late because that there was too much traffic on the way. 

        D. He explained that he came on the way late because there was too much traffic.                                    

34/ If/ the/ see/ will/ be/ them/ to/ on/ train/ time/ ,/ it/ arrives/ match/ possible/ for/ the.

        A. If the train arrives for them on time, it will be possible to see the match.

        B. If the train arrives on time, it will be possible for them to see the match.

        C. If the train will be to arrives on time, it possible for them see the match.

        D. If the train be to arrives on time, the match will possible for them see it.

35/ the/ were/ desert/ driving/ along/ They/ the/ on/ seat/ and/ old/ back/ woman/ sat/ the/.

        A. They were driving and the old woman sat on the back seat along the desert.

        B. They were driving the old woman and along the desert sat on the back seat.

        C. They were driving along the desert and the old woman sat on the back seat.

        D. They and the old woman were driving along the desert sat on the back seat.

36/ the/ delayed/ because/ to/ hours/ the/ we/ wait/ had/ the/ flights/ at/ bad/ all/ airport/ had/ weather/ for/.

      A. We had to wait at the bad airport all the hours because the flights had delayed for weather.

      B. We had to wait all the flights for the airport at hours because the bad weather had delayed.

      C. We had to wait the bad weather for hours at the airport because all the flights had delayed.

      D. We had to wait for hours at the airport because the bad weather had delayed all the flights.        

37/ I/ on/ the/ was/ both/ and/ long/ which/ boring/ couldn’t/ lecture/ biology/ understand/.           

        A. I couldn’t understand the lecture on biology which was both long and boring.

        B. I couldn’t understand which lecture on biology was both the long and boring.

        C. I couldn’t understand which was both the long and boring lecture on biology.

        D. I couldn’t understand on the biology lecture which was both long and boring.

38/ trying/ the/ we/ are/ gap/ to/ and/ the/ rich/ between/ poor/ shorten/ the/.

        A. The rich are trying to shorten the gap between the poor and we.

        B. We are trying to shorten the gap between the rich and the poor.

        C. We are the rich and trying to shorten the gap between the poor.

        D. We are trying the gap to shorten between the rich and the poor.

39/ Marie Curie/ discovered/ ,/ who/ French/ was/ radium/ a/ ,/ famous/ physicist/.

        A. Marie Curie, who was radium, discovered a famous French physicist.

        B. Marie Curie, who discovered radium, was a famous French physicist.

        C. Marie Curie was a famous, French physicist, who discovered radium.

        D. Marie Curie, who discovered radium was a famous, French physicist.

40/ Hoa/ Quan/ with/ time/ and/ other/ ago/ some/ quarreled/ each/.

        A. Hoa and Quan quarreled with each other some ago time.       

        B. Hoa and Quan with quarreled other each some time ago.

        C. Hoa and Quan quarreled each other with some time ago.

        D. Hoa and Quan quarreled with each other some time ago.

   Së Gd – ®t th¸i b×nh      §Ò kiÓm tra chÊt l­îng  kú i n¨m häc 2007- 2008

tr­êng thpt nguyÔn tr·i               m«n: tiÕng anh – líp 10

      ..........  ……..               Thêi gian lµm bµi 45 phót (kh«ng kÓ thêi gian giao ®Ò)  

                                                                                   §¸P ¸N

  part i: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differenrtly from the rest in each group. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

  1. B,     2. B,     3. C,     4. D,      5. A.

  part ii: Choose from the four options  given (marked A, B, C, and D) one best answer to complete each sentence. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

  6. D,    7. C,     8. D,     9. D,     10. B,     11. B,     12. A,    13. C,   14. A,   15. A,    16. C,    17. A,   18. D,   19. C,      20. B,     21. C,    22. A.

  part iii: Read the passage then complete the following sentences by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

23.D,    24. C,   25. B,    26. D,   27. A.

  part iv: Read the letter then complete the following sentences by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C, or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

28. B,     29. C,   30. A.

   Part v: The sentences in italics below are cues. Make sentences expressing an imaginary situation by choosing from the altermatives A, B, C and D the one best way to make a meaningful sentence. identify your answer by marking the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. Mark your choice on the answer sheet.

31. C,     32. D,    33. A,   34. B,      35. C,   36. D,     37. A,   38. B,    39. B,    40. D.

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  1. B,      2. B,     3. C,    4. D,     5. A,     6. D,      7. C,    8. D,    9. D,      10. B, 11. B,    12. A,    13. C,   14. A,   15. A,    16. C,    17. A,   18. D,   19. C,      20. B, 21. C,    22. A,    23.D,   24. C,    25. B,    26. D,   27. A,   28. B,   29. C,     30. A, 31. C,    32. D,   33. A,   34. B,      35. C,   36. D,     37. A,   38. B,    39. B,    40. C.