Đề ôn thi học kỳ I môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 (Thí điểm)

ÔN THI HK1 
Part 1. USE OF ENGLISH + READING: (5,5MS)
Choose the word or phrase that can be exchanged to the underlined words or phrases: 
Question 1: Incredible! It seems you known a lot of English songs.
believable	 B. unbelievabe	C. sociable	D. capable
Question 2: People are now raising money for flood victims.
A. paying	B. collecting	C. making	D. sending
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence: 
Question 3: _______, an American singer and actor, is often referred to as the “King of Rock and Roll” or “the King”.
A. Elvis Presley	B. Michael Jackson	C. Tchaikovsky	D. Van Cao
Question 4: At present we are ______ an anti-drug campaign.
A. setting up	B. carrying out	C. taking part in	D. joining with
Question 5: Schools need ______ to help children to read and write.
A. pioneers	B. volunteers	C. engineers	D. innovators
Question 6: Each nation has many people who _______take care of others.
A. volunteer	B. volunteered	C. voluntary	D. voluntarily
Question 7: Son Tung MTP looks passionate _______ stage.
A. at	B. in	C. on	D. of
Question 8: Who ________ when I came?
A. you are talking to B. are you talking to C. were you talking to	D. you were talking to
Question 9: It ________ me half an hour to get to the supermarket yesterday.
A. take	B. takes	C. took	D. spent
Question 10: The actress did not finish secondary school, _______she could not go to the university.
A. but	B. and	C. so	D. or
Question 11: My parents decided________a taxi because it was late.
A. taking	B. to take	C. take	D. took
Question 12: What made her ________to do a thing like that ?
A. decide	B. to decide	C. decided	D. deciding
Question 14: Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others: 
 A. meaningful	B. obvious	C. fortunate	D. important
Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting:
Question 15: When I was a child, I don’t like sport.
 A B C D
Question 16: They let us park motorbikes here but they don’t allow us park cars.
 A B C D
 Part 1. READING: (1,25MS)
Read the following text and decide if the following statements are true (T) or false (F) about Nelson Mandela. 
Nelson Mandela was born in a small village in South Africa. He grew up in a poor family, and he was the first child in the family to go to school. He became interested in politics and was forced to leave his first university for protesting.
	At that time, South Africa suffering from apartheid, which meant that the black and white residents of South Africa were separated from each other. People had to carry identity cards with their race on it. Black and white people were not allowed to get married to each other.
	Mandela witnessed all this and decided to fight against it. He joined a rebel group which attacked government and military targets. He was arrested in 1962 and put into prison for the next 27 years. 
	During these 27 years, Nelson Mandela lived in a prison cell on a small island. He had to work very hard like other prisoners. It was such a horrible life for a great man.
	However, when he was in prison, people began to find out more about his struggles for democracy and justice. When he was released in 1990, he was a worldwide hero. He continued to fight against the ruling government. Eventually, in 1994 his struggles were successful, and Nelson Mandela became the first democratically elected president of South Africa. Apartheid no longer exists. 
Question 28: Nelson Mandela was born and grown up in a rich family. F
Question 29: He was forced to leave his first university because he was a lazy student. F
Question 30: Black and white people of South Africa were not equal in the past. T
Question 31: Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 because he attacked his neighbours.F
Question 32: Nelson Mandela became the President of South Africa in 1994. T
answers and check with the whole class.
* key: 
F
1. Nelson Mandela was born and grown up in a rich family.
F
2. He was forced to leave his first university because he was a lazy student.
T
3. Black and white people of South Africa were not equal in the past.
F
4. Nelson Mandela was arrested in 1962 because he attacked his neighbours.
T
5. Nelson Mandela became the President of South Africa in 1994.
II. USE OF ENGLISH: 10’ PAIR WORK
 Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest:
1. A.replacement B.measurement	C.comment 	 D.government
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest:
2. A. acupunture	B. advertisement	C. announcement	D. community
Choose the best option:
3. It ________ my mom half an hour to get to the supermarket everyday. 
	A. take	B. takes	C. took	D. spends
4.	Doctors are supposed to _______ responsibility for human life.
A. do 	B. take 	C. rush 	D. join
5.	Right now, Jim _______ the newspaper and Kathy _______ dinner.
A. reads / has cooked 	B. is reading / is cooking
C. has read / was cooking 	d. read / will be cooking
6. My husband and I both go out to work so we share the _______.
A. happiness 	B. household chores C. responsibility D. employment
7. It's hard work looking _______ three children all day. A. after 	B. up 	C. to 	D. through
8. Look! The two boys ________ your window. 
	A. were painting	B. painting	C. are painting	D. have painted
9. How do you divide household chores in your family? 
	A. cut	B. split	C. subtract	D. add
III. READING: 8’ individually-pairwork
On December 10, 2006, I was going through some hard time. The landlady did not want to release the house any more so I had to move and only had one month to find a place. Because Christmas was coming and it was difficult for me to (1) _____ a suitable accommodation. I had only some money (2) _____. I could not buy a Christmas tree and some presents for my three boys, (3) _____ I had to use the money to find a place to live. Tome, it broke my heart as I could not prepare the Christmas for my three boys. I have been their only parent since my husband passed away two years ago. I was so sad and everything was getting on my nerves. Although I managed to solve the problem myself I could not help telling my sons about the things. When I suddenly woke up at midnight, I found my eldest son was sitting (4) _____me. He kissed me and said, "Don't worry, Mum. We love you very much and always stand by you whatever happens." At the moment I started weeping, grabbed him and kissed him. His words and love made me (5) _____ all about what I was stressing about.
In fact ever since that moment, I have realized that I can overcome any problems thanks to my sons' love. The most important thing of my life is that my boys are safe and healthy, and they bring me joy all the time. The memory reminds me that nothing really matters, when I have the love of my children.
A. notice 	B. watch 	C. find 	D. see
A. leave 	B. to leave 	C. leaving 	D. left
A. because 	B. although 	C. as though 	D. if
A. by 	B. next 	C. over 	D. up
A. forget 	B. to forget 	C. forgot 	D. forgetting
IV.WRITING: 8’ individually-pairwork
* Fill the gaps with the correct of the verbs in brackets.
1. I’m busy right now. I_________(prepare) dinner.
2. Mai _______(not/study) very hard at the moment. I ______(not/think) she’ll pass the exam.
3. “What_______(he/do)” “He_______(try) to fix the television antenna.”
4. Be quiet! Your dad ______(listen) to the news.
5. The houseplants________ (grow) very fast because he________(water) them every day.
6. In Viet Nam, many people ________(live) in extended families.
* Arrange these words into the meaningful sentences
 1. a/ creative/ Mr Brown/ and/ person./ very/ bright@
Mr Brown is a very bright and creative person.
2. school./ many/ They/ big/ in/ are/ trees/ cutting/ our@
They are cutting many big trees in our school.
 1. Do you often do household chores?
 2. What household chores do you do every day?
 3. Which of the chores do you like most? Why?
 4. Who often does household chores in your family?
 5. What are the benefits of everyone in the family sharing the housework?