Period: SECOND TERM TEST for grade 10 ( 45’) PART I. PHONETICS Questions 1-5: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C,D. 1. A. tour B. sure C. sour D. poor 2. A. machine B. watching C. kitchen D. matches 3. A. laughed B. closed C. filled D. studied 4. A. cough B. half C. five D. arrived 5. A. cousin B. sensible C. scissors D. exam PART II. VOCABULARY Questions 6-10: These are incomplete sentences. Circle A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence. 6. We often go camping when we go on holiday because it’s____than staying in a hotel. A.much cheaper B. more cheaper C. less cheaper D. least cheaper 7. The first____of the football match was more exciting than the second one. A. quarters B. thirds C. half D.fourths 8. Hong Kong____to Britain by the year 1997 A. connected B. owned C. belonged D. related 9. Our football team lost____three goals to nil. A. with B. by C. to D.in 10. teenagers prefer____films to documentary ones. A. cartoon B. carton C.carnival D. catalogue PART III. GRAMMAR Questions 11-16: These are incomplete sentences. Circle A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence 11. Salem doesn’t like____talkative people. A. B. the C. many D. a 12. Let’s walk. It’s just____taking the bus A. as quick as B. as soon as C. as fast as D. as early as 13. your car is in____condition than mine. A. worse B. worst C. bad D. badly 14.I don’t like stories____have unhappy endings. A. that B.who C.in which D. whose 15.____the traffic was bad. I arrived on time. A. Despite B. in spite of C. But D. Although 16.The couch____announce the list of footballers at the meeting tomorrow morning. He’s got the final list. A. is going B. shouldn’t C. is going to D.won’t PART IV. READING Questions 17-26: Read the following passage carefully and then choose the best option to fit each space by circling the letters A, B, C or D The latest production at the Playhouse is a modern version of Molierce’s great play of 1666, Le Misanthrope. As in many of his other comedies. Molierce takes an aspect of human nature and (17)____it, so creating a rich variety of comic scenes and situations. In the past, many directors have (18)____to stress the serious (19)____of the play. But here, (20)____Jack Long has kept the tone light and (21)____. Peter Fowler plays the central character, Alceste. He is a man who has no (22)____of people’s emotions. He refuses to (23)_____any of the small (24)____lies that are necessary in normal society, he doesn’t mind (25)____people and ends up hurting the (26)____of almost everyone he meets. It would be easy to feel some sympathy for Alceste- after all, his only fault is that he is too honest – but Peter Fowler manages to make him look a rather ridiculous figure. 17. A.Increase B. grows C. expands D. exaggerates 18. A. used B. selected C. tended D. leaned 19. A. side B. angle C. view D. edge 20. A. direct B. directive C. direction D. director 21. A. fun B. pleasant C. comic D. amused 22. A. knowledge B. understanding C. conscience D. thought 23. A. speak B. say C. tell D. talk 24. A. green B. red C. grey D. white 25. A. unsetting B. injuring C. wounding D. damaging 26. A. sensations B. emotions C. spirits D. feelings PART V. WRITING 1. Questions 27- 30 : The words below are cues to make sentences: 27. Mary/ she/ unless/ run/ the bus/ not catch/. 28. If/the/ weather/ we/ be/ nice/ holiday/ cancel/ last Sunday/. 29. be/ it/ city/ largest/ country/ our/ the/ in/ I/. 30. Vinh/ I/ come back/ last year/ I /to/ spend/ childhood/my/. 2. Questions 31-33: In the following sentences, each one has four underlined words or phrases marke A, B, C or D. Choose the one word or phrase that must be changed in order for the sentence to be correct by circling letter A, B, C or D. 31. What would happen if the temperature is warmer? A B C D 32. Despite she didn’t understand what the man who stopped her on the street wanted, A B C she tried to be helpful. D 33. Is Hoi An the much ancient town in Vietnam? A B C D Key answer: 1.C 2. A 3. A 4. A 5. A 6. A 7. C 8. C 9. B 10. A 11. A 12. A 13. A 14. A 15. D 16. C 17. D 18. C 19. A 20. D 21. C 22. B 23. C 24. D 25. A 26. D 27. Mary will not catches the bus unless she runs 28. If the weather had been nice last Sunday, we would have not cancelled our holiday. 29 It is the largest country in our city. 30. Last year,I came back to Vinh where I spent my childhood 31. A 32. A 33. B . Period: SECOND TERM TEST for grade 10 ( 45’) PART I. PHONETICS Questions 1-5: Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. C. five D. arrived 5. A. cousin B. sensible C. scissors D. exam PART II. VOCABULARY Questions 6 -10: These are incomplete sentences. Circle A, B, C or D as your best choice to complete each sentence. . belonged D. related 9. Our football team lost____three goals to nil. A. with B. by C. to D.in 10. teenagers prefer____films to documentary ones. A. cartoon B. carton C.carnival D. catalogue