SỞ GD&ĐT NINH BÌNHTHPT TẠ UYÊN
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KỲ THI HỌC KỲ 1
Năm học: 2019-2020Khối lớp: 10
Môn học: tiếng Anh
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1.
A. Christmas
B. change
C. church
D. teacher
2.
A. donation
B. remote
C. cosy
D. minority
3.
A. weather
B. ready
C. early
D. instead
4.
A. wood
B. cook
C. blood
D. food
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
5. Correcting the writing task of the students is always ____.
A. time-consumed
B. time-consuming
C. consuming-time
D. consumed-time
6. Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for the ____.
A. young
B. dead
C. unemployed
D. poor
7. There ____ many visitors to this country since last year.
A. have been
B. were
C. was
D. has been
8. ____ is a camera which records moving pictures and sounds.
A. Camcorder
B. Modem
C. CD-ROM
D. Cell phone
9. They are repairing my motorbike. It will be ready ____ thirty minutes.
A. in
B. since
C. at
D. for
10. ____ her poor health, she studies very hard for the exam.
A. In spite of
B. Because
C. Because of
D. Although
11. It was a nice day, so we decided ____ for a walk.
A. to going
B. to go
C. go
D. going
12. Computer is an electronic storage device ____ manages large collection of data.
A. which
B. what
C. where
D. who
13. The robbers ____ by the police last night.
A. were caught
B. caught
C. have been caught
D. have caught
14. People ____ outlook on life is optimistic are usually happy people.
A. that
B. whose
C. who
D. whom
15. Last summer, they had ____ holiday in Hanoi.
A. two-week
B. a two-weeks
C. two-week
D. a two-week’s
16. Look! Smoke ____ out of that window.
A. come
B. came
C. is coming
D. comes
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate he underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
17. If it doesn’t rain tomorrow, we would go to the beach.
A. it
B. rain
C. would go
D. beach
18. He still went to school although the bad weather.
A. still
B. went
C. although
D. bad
19. After he had finished his homework, he was going to bed.
A. had finished
B. homework
C. was going
D. bed
20. The book whom you bought yesterday is very interesting.
A. whom
B. bought
C. is
D. interesting
Give the correct form of the word in brackets to complete each of the following sentences.
21. We visit shops, offices and places of scenic (beautiful) beauty with the help of computers.
22. Information technology is very (use) useful to our lives.
23. If we (surface) surface and raise the roads, they won’t be flooded and muddy when it rains.
24. TV presents information and entertainment (visual) visually.
Use the correct tenses or forms of the verbs in parentheses to complete the following sentences
25. The Sun (rise) rises in the East and sets in the West.
26. Sally: “What is our daughter doing these day?” — Scott: “She (study) is studying English at the foreign language center.”
27. She (learn) has learned English since she was ten years old.
28. We (have) were having lunch at this time yesterday.
Read the passage below, and fill in each blank with the most suitable word or phrase from the box.
organization -- himself -- modifying -- as -- teacher
Louis Braille was born in 1809 in Coupvray. He was a French (29)____ of the blind. He (30)____ was blind from the age of three, and in 1818 he went as a foundling to the National Institute for the Young Blind in Paris. Soon showing marked ability in both science and music, he became famous in Paris (31)____ an organist and violoncellist. In 1826, Braille began teaching the blind in the institute. Braille is known for his idea of (32)____ the Barbier “point writing” system, used for coded army messages, to enable the blind to read. Point waiting consists of embossed dots and dashes on cardboard; the Braille system derived from it is used successfully today, in slightly modified form, and many countries.
Read the passage below and answer the question that follows.
The best thing about television is that it is cheap funny and educational. As a home entertainment has rapidly become more popular than any other forms. It is also one of man’s most important means of communication.
Television brings pictures and sounds from around the world into millions of homes. A person with a television set can sit in his house and watch the President make a speech or visit a foreign country. Through TV, home viewers can see and learn about people, places and things in far away lands. TV even take viewers out of this world. It brings them coverage of America’s astronauts as the astronauts explore outer space.
In addition to all these things, television brings its viewers a steady stream of programs that are design to entertain. In fact, TV provides many more entertainment programs than any other kind. The programs include motion pictures, light comedies, dramas and sporting events.
33. Why has television become more popular than any other communications?
→ Because it is cheap funny and educational.
34. What does it bring into millions of homes?
→ It brings pictures and sound (around the world) into millions of homes.
35. What can we know about the world by TV?
→ We can see and learn about people, places and things in far-away lands.
36. Is television on of man’s most important means of communications?
→ Yes, it is.
Rewrite the following sentences without changing their meanings.
37. Somebody has used the old house in the village for a long tie.
→ The old house in the village has been used for a long time.
38. He often played football, but he doesn’t do anymore. (used to)
→ He used to play football.
39. Because she was absent from the school yesterday, she couldn’t understand the lesson.
→ Because of her absence from school yesterday, she couldn’t understand the lesson.
40. The boys are my students. They are playing football over there. (relative pronoun)
→ The boys who are playing football over there are my students.
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