Đề kiểm tra chất lượng đầu năm môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Năm học 2015-2016 - Trường THPT Quốc tế Á Châu (Có đáp án)

Trường: QUỐC TẾ Á CHÂU 
HỌ và TÊN: ________________________
Lớp: ______. 
KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM
NĂM HỌC: 2015 – 2016
Ngày: ____ / ____ / 2015
SỐ THỨ TỰ
Môn: Tiếng Anh – Lớp 10
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
Số ký danh
Chữ ký GT 1
Chữ ký GT 2
SỐ MẬT MÃ
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ĐIỂM BÀI KIỂM TRA
Chữ ký giám khảo 1
Chữ ký giám khảo 2
Số mật mã: ________
Số thứ tự: _________
A. PHONETICS (0.2 x 4 = 0.8 point)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Question 1:	A. sewage 	B. nuclear	C. groom	D. erupt
Question 2: 	A. achievement	B. chemist	C. chance	D. cheerful
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others.
Question 3: 	A. predict	B. receive	C. label	D. behave
Question 4:	A. pesticide	B. category	C. profitable	D. linguistics
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES (0.2 x 27 = 5.4 points)
Choose the correct answer in each sentence by circling the letter A, B, C or D.
Question 5: We should __________ all the electric appliances when leaving our room.
A. turn of	B. turn on	C. turn up	D. turn off
Question 6: You will be able to see the wonders of ________: oceans, rivers, mountains.
	A. nature	B. structures	C. buildings	D. constructions
Question 7: UFOs mean ______ flying objects. 
A. unable	B. unknown	C. unidentified	D. unwanted
Question 8: Mr. Bao said, “I am so ________ of having been a Dien Bien Phu soldier.”
	A. interested	B. excited	C. proud	D. keen
Question 9: I’m very busy, so please don’t disturb me _______ it’s urgent.
A. while 	B. unless 	C. if 	D. since 
Question 10: Many people were injured when the building _________.
A. collapsed	B. destroyed	C. struck	D. erupted
Question 11: Hue will have temperatures _______ 230 C and 270 C.
A. at	B. between	C. in	D. with
Question 12: Mrs. Lee suggests __________ a shower to save water.
A. making	B. take	C. make	D. taking
Question 13: You’ll get a cold if you _________ your warm clothes.
A. haven’t changed	B. don’t change	C. didn’t change	D. won’t change
Question 14: He _____ to find a job but he has no luck.
A. hardly tried	B. tried hardly	C. hard tried	D. tried hard
Question 15: The man _______ opinions I respect most is my father. 
A. who 	B. whom 	C. whose 	D. that 
Question 16: A: “Let’s go to Vung Tau on the weekend” – B: “..”
A. That’s a fine day	B. That’s a good trip	C. Yes, please	D. Yes, let’s
THÍ SINH KHÔNG VIẾT VÀO KHUNG NÀY VÌ ĐÂY LÀ PHÁCH SẼ RỌC ĐI MẤT
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Select the synonym of the word in bold.
Question 17: The President escaped through a secret passage underneath the parliament building.
A. answer	B. hidden	C. confidence	D. basis
Question 18: We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers.
	A. born	B. shaped	C. begun	D. manufactured
Choose the words or phrases marked A, B, C or D that are not correct in Standard English.
Question 19: When she (A) came (B) to my house (C) this morning, I (D) still slept. 
Question 20: They (A) didn’t go on a picnic (B) because of (C) the weather was (D) awful.
Question 21: (A) The last time we (B) went (C) to London was (D) at September.
Question 22: My brother (A) enjoys (B) to go to the park (C) on summer (D) evenings.
Use the correct tense or form of the verb given in each sentence.
Question 23: Nowadays, a lot of modern medicines ____________ from plants. 	(make)
Question 24: Look! The train _______________. 	(come)
Question 25: Jill_____________ to me for nearly one month. 	(not/write)
Question 26: I wanted to buy a shirt from that shop, but when I __________ on, it didn’t fit me. 	(try)
Use the correct form of the word given in each sentence.
Question 27: He was punished because he did the test ______________ yesterday. 	(care)
Question 28: Many_____________activities will be held tomorrow.	(culture)
Question 29: One major ________________of the area is the lack of public transport. 	(advantage)
Question 30: The fishing boat was______________ damaged in the storm. 	(bad)
Question 31: Butter and cheese are made from milk. They are milk _______________.	(produce)
C. READING (0.2 x 9 = 1.8 points)
Find the best choice to complete the passage below.
I went to Australia on a student program last year and I’d like to (32)_______you about it. I was very (33)_______when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn’t think about the problems of speaking English (34)_______I met my host family. At first I couldn’t communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn’t much used at all (35)_______we didn’t have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn’t. My problem is (36)_______ ‘l’ and ‘r’. For example, Australian people often asked “What do you eat in Vietnam?”; I wanted to tell them “We eat rice”, but they didn’t understand when I said “We eat lice”
Question 32: A. say	B. tell	C. talk	D. speak
Question 33: A. exciting	B. excites	C. excited	D. excite
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Question 34: A. after	B. until	C. when	D. while
Question 35: A. although	B. even	C. because	D. so
Question 36: A. telling	B. speaking	C. reading	D. pronouncing
Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers.
T
he invention of the phonograph happened quite by accident. Thomas Edison moved to Menlo Park, New Jersy in 1876, where he established an industrial research laboratory. There, Edison worked on a carbon telephone transmitter to improve the existing Bell telephone system.
In that laboratory a year later, Edison invented the phonograph while he was trying to improve a telegraph repeater. He attached a telephone diaphragm to the needle in the telegraph repeater to produce a recording that could be played back. After he made some improvements to the machine, he recited “Mary Had a Little Lamb” into the machine and played his voice back to a very surprised audience. 
Question 37: In what year did the invention of phonograph occur? 
 	A. 1876 	B. 1877	C. 1878	D. the article does not say 
Question 38: What was Edison working on when he created the phonograph? 
 	A. a telegraph repeater 	B. a telegraph diaphragm 
C. a telephone repeater 	D. a telephone diaphragm 
Question 39: According to the passage, how was the phonograph made? 
 	A. with a telephone needle and a recorder 	B. from a recording of a telegraph
C. with only a telegraph repeater	D. from a combination of telephone & telegraph parts 
Question 40: What is the best title for the passage? 
A. Thomas Edison’s Many Inventions	B. Improvements in Telephone and Telegraph
C. The History of Menlo Park 	D. A Surprise Invention
D. WRITING (0.4 x 5 = 2.0 points)
Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
Question 41: I have studied English for three years.
? I began	
Question 42: It takes Minh 2 hours to do his homework every day.
? Minh spends	
Question 43: What a pity! He can’t come here.
? I wish	
Question 44: Let me see the pictures. You took them at Peter's wedding. (Use Relative Clause)
?	
Question 45: They are going to celebrate their 25th wedding anniversary in Da Lat. (Use Passive Voice)
? 	
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ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG ĐẦU NĂM 
KHỐI 10 – NH 2015 – 2016 
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A. PHONETICS (0.2 x 4 = 0.8 point)
1. D
2. B
3. C
4. D
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURES (0.2 x 27 = 5.4 points)
5. D
6. A
7. C
8. C
9. B
10. A
11. B
12. D
13. B
14. D
15. C
16. D
17. B
18. D
19. D à WAS STILL SLEEPING
20. B à BECAUSE
21. D à IN
22. B à GOING
23. ARE MADE
24. IS COMING
25. HASN’T WRITTEN
26. TRIED
27. CARELESSLY
28. CULTURAL
29. DISADVANTAGE
30. BADLY
31. PRODUCTS
C. READING (0.2 x 9 = 1.8 points)
32. B
33. C
34. B
35. C
36. D
37. B
38. A
39. D
40. D
D. WRITING (0.4 x 5 = 2.0 points)
41. I began studying/to study English three years ago.
42. Minh spends two hours doing his homework every day.
43. I wish he could come here.
44. Let me see the pictures which/that/Ø you took at Peter’s wedding.
45. Their 25th wedding anniversary is going to be celebrated in Da Lat.