Tran Phu High School Class 10A1. Name: AN WRITTEN TEST ON ENGLISH Time: 45 minutes Mark Teacher’s comments * Chú ý: Học sinh không dùng từ điển hoặc tài liệu liên quan dến Tiếng Anh./. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. cup B. runner C. stadium D. fun 2. A. team B. beat C. defeat D. great 3. A. honour B. hero C. held D. happy 4. A. glasses B. watches C. washes D. plays Make the correct choice 1. _____ is traditional music from a particular country, region, or community. A. Blues B. Classical music C. Folk music D. Jazz 2. As a nurse I learned to control my _____. A. hopes B. emotions C. abilities D. thoughts 3. He’s really delighted with his new CD player. A. pleased B. angry C. entertained D. annoyed 4. She usually had a smile on her face, but now she looks _____. A. cheerful B. joyful C. solemn D. delightful 5. We haven’t had any _____ with him for several years. A. communication B. expression C. excitement D. entertainment 6. Van Cao is one of the most well-known _____ in Viet Nam. A. actors B. authors C. musicians D. singers 7. When you are stressed out at work, you should listen to something serene and relaxing. A. restful B. quiet C. gentle D. sweet 8. “Tien Quan Ca”, the Viet Nam national _____, was written by Van Cao. A. folk song B. anthem C. epic D. pop song 10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and _____. A. singer B. composer C. dancer D. author 11. The staff is working at weekend _____ delay the project any further. A. so that not to A. not to C. so as not to D. for not 12. The soft background music made her _____ sleepy. A. feel B. to feel C. feeling D. feels 13. How many countries took part in the first World Cup? A. interested B. participated C. competed D. co-operated 14. Britain has not lifted the _____ since it last hosted the event. A. prize B. award C. trophy D. victory 15. I think Germany _____ the gold cup in the 2006 World Cup. A. will win B. is winning C. is going to win D. wins 16. The World Cup _____ every four yeas. A. was held B. have held C. holds D. is held Read the passage and choose the correct answer. Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of Western China. Today they are becoming extinct. The reason is they can not find enough food. Pandas eat bamboo leaves. They do not like another food. The bamboo grows very slowly. It can take ten years for a bamboo to grow from a seed to a big plant. Some types of bamboo have seeds only once every 60 years. Pandas must wait many years for their food to grow. While the bamboo is growing, pandas do not have enough leaves to eat. Farmers are using more and more of the land on the mountain side to grow food for man. The farmers cut down the bamboo. Bamboo leaves become less plentiful. Pandas can not find enough food to eat. They starve and die. China and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are trying to save the pandas. In 1979 they began to set up special parks where pandas can live. One such park is the Wolong Reserve in Sichuan. The Wolong Reserve has the highest number of pandas in the world. Scientists come here to study the pandas’ eating and mating habits. By learning more about the pandas’ habits, scientists can save them from extinction . 17. What is the main food of pandas ? A. Bamboo trees B. Bamboo leaves C. Bamboo roots D. Young bamboo trees 18. How long does it take a bamboo to grow into a big plant ? A. 60 years B. a decade C. a century D.10 months 19. Why do farmers cut bamboo trees ? A. To get food for pandas B. To drive pandas away C. To make pandas starve and die D. To get farmland 20. What do scientists do to save pandas from extinction ? A. They only set up parks for them B. They put them in bamboo forest C. They study about pandas’ habits . D. They plant bamboo trees and set up parks for them Rewrite the following sentences, without changing the meaning. 1. She didn’t answer his phone call until he had phoned her the third time. It was ___________________________________________________ 2. He tried to hide the broken vase. He didn’t want to be punished. So that _____________________________________________ 3. It was not until the sun had risen that I woke up. I _____________________________________. 4. She got up early. She didn’t want to miss the bus. In order _______________________________ THE END Tran Phu High School Class 10A1. Name: AN WRITTEN TEST ON ENGLISH Time: 45 minutes Mark Teacher’s comments * Chú ý: Học sinh không dùng từ điển hoặc tài liệu liên quan dến Tiếng Anh./. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. qualify B. final C. trophy D. title 2. A. cup B. become C. consider D. city 3. A. attract B. escape C. cancer D. victory 4. A. again B. region C. governing D. group Read and choose the best word to fill in each gap. Circle the corresponding letter (A, B, C, D) HOW CLEVER ARE DOLPHINS? Dolphins do have fairy large brains. There are many stories, ancient and modern, about dolphins saving sailors from (1)__________. Ever since the film Flipper, we have all seen how clever they are at learning how to do (2)__________. However, the truth is that dolphins are no more (3)__________ than rats, which can also be trained to do tricks. The stories about them (4)________ people are true, but they automatically rescue anything, which is about the same size (5) __________ themselves. Sometimes they kill sharks and then immediately try to rescue them. 1. A. swimming B. drowning C. sailing D. surfing 2. A. things B. exercise C. performance D. tricks 3. A. intelligent B. quick C. smart D. sensitive 4. A. attacking B. hunting C. threatening D. rescuing 5. A. with B. as C. of D. for Make the correct choice 1. The _____ was injured so a defender had to go in goal. A. attacker B. goal-scorer C. opponent D. goalkeeper 2. She has saved a sum of money for her . A. retire B. retirement C. retired D. retiring 3. The Federation Internationale de Football ____ is known worldwide by its acronym FIFA. A. Association B. Attraction C. Attention D. Announcement 4. Because of his bad hurt, he went out in the first round of the ____ . A. beauty contest B. examination C. tournament D. interview 5. The World Cup is held every four years. A. organized B. followed C. attracted D. planned 6. The World Cup event attracts people from every part of the globe, A. map B. world C. sun D. moon 7. 2006 is ____year when ____ 18th World Cup was held in Germany. A. a / a B. no article / the C. the / no article D. the / the 8. I do not think Real Madrid _______ the league. A. will win B. is going to win C. winning D. won 9. Germany was the ____ of the 2006 World Cup. The 18th World Cup was held there. A. continent B. host nation C. competitor D. region 10. The English football team was the world ____ in 1966. It won the World Cup. A. champion B. competition C. tournament D. honour 11. Do you know how many football teams took part in the last Olympic Games? A. participated in B. followed up C. eliminated D. won 12. The Estadio Centenario was the location of the first World Cup __ in 1930 in Montevideo, Uruguay. A. final B. finally C. finalist D. finalize 13. Can you play____________ football? A. a B. an C. the D. no article 14. If you try these cosmetics, you ______ five years younger. A. will look B. is going to look C. are looking D. look 15. I’m ______ . I can’t understand the instructions on this box. A. confused B. confusing C. confuse D. confuses Rewrite the following sentences, without changing the meaning. 1. The work on the new bridge wasn’t completed until the end of 2004. It was _________________________________________________ 2. They talked in whispers. They didn’t want me to overhear them. So that _____________________________________________ 3. It was not until I had showed it to him that Simon realized his mistake. Simon __________________________________________________ 4. I came here early so that I could see Mr. Beck. In order _______________________________ THE END Tran Phu High School Class 10A1. Name: AN WRITTEN TEST ON ENGLISH Time: 45 minutes Mark Teacher’s comments * Chú ý: Học sinh không dùng từ điển hoặc tài liệu liên quan dến Tiếng Anh./. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. knock B. kick C. skin D. look 2. A. guide B. gene C. going D. ago 3. A. silent B. film C. thriller D. situation 4. A. deaf B. teach C. reading D. seat Make the correct choice 1. I was really _______ by the ending of the story. A. surprised B. surprising C. surprises D. surprise 2. My grandparents live in_____ old house in ______ south of Dong Nai province. A. a - the B. an - a C. an - the D. the - the 3. It was not until 1937 ________ the southern most source of the Nile River was discovered. A. when B. which C. that D. while 4. The cinema changed completely at ________ end of ________1920s. A. an-the B. the-Ø C. Ø- the D. the-the 5. “The Spy Returns” is a very ________ film about a wealthy man who visits Italy. A. exciting B. excited C. excitement D. excite 6. Germany was the ________ nation of the 2006 World Cup final. A. held B. hold C. host D. house 7. Brazil became the first team to ________ the trophy five times. A. succeed B. win C. beat D. bite 8. The movie on TV last night made me ________ A. bore B. boring C. bored D. boredom 9. Mai and I have decided to have a party. We ________ lot of people. A. will invite B. are inviting C. invited D. are going to invite 10. Music can ______ one's anger, love or hate. A. express B. explain C. tell D. inform 11. She doesn't like her job. It is so _______ . A. boring B. boringly C. bore D. bored 12. Mothers have long used folk songs to ________ babies to sleep. A. buzz B. delight C. sing D. lull 13. _________ he became famous did he realize the price of fame. A. Until B. When C. Not until D. Since 14. _________ do you always go to school? - By bus A. What B. What time C. When D. How 15. When we came into the room, they _______ dinner. A. had B. were having C. have had D. have 16. Mai and I have decided to have a party. We ____ lot of people. A. will invite B. are inviting C. invited D. are going to invite Read the passage and choose the correct answer. Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States to day. May be, country music is very popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events like love, sadness, good times and bad times. It tells real- life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complecated and difficult, it is good to hear about simple ordinary people .Country music is sometimes called country - western music .It comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States. The other is traditional, cowboy music from the AmericanWest. The singers usually play guitars or electric guitars when they sing. Country music become very popular in the South. During world war II, thousand of people from the South moved to the Northeast and the Midwest to work in factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South and learned to like country music there. Slowly, it became popular all over the United States . 17. Country music is very popular because __________ A. It’s about strong human feelings B. it’s about events like love, sadness C. it tell about good times, bad times D. All are correct . 18. Country music is ____________ A. the traditional music of the people in the eastern United States B. cosidered as the cowboy music from the American West . C. some time called country – western music D. from two kinds of music which haven’t been widely known . 19. According to the passsge, it’s true to say that ___________ A. Country music is very close to people real lives. B. Country music is a kind of complecated and difficult music . C. Only good singers can sing country music . D. We cannot sing country music if we don’t know how to play the guitar . 20. The best title for the passage is __________ A. Country Music B. music in the United States C. The Formation of Country Music D. The Benefits of Country Music . Rewrite the following sentences, without changing the meaning. 1. I didn't know how to ride a bicycle until I was five years old. It was not until ____________________________________ 2. He turned off the light. He didn’t want to waste electricity. So as __________________________________________ 3. It was not until she left school that Paula decided to get married. Paula ______________________________________________ 4. I am insuring my life. I want my children to have something to live on if I am killed. So that ____________________________________________________________ THE END 3. She didn’t answer his phone call until he had phoned her the third time. → It was not until he had phoned her the third time that she answered his phone call. 4. They didn’t buy the house until the bank had lent them the money. → It was not until the bank had lent them the money that they bought the house. 5. Denise didn’t know the truth until we had told her. → It was not until we had told her that Denise knew the truth. 6. The work on the new bridge wasn’t completed until the end of 2004. → It was not until the end of 2004 that the work on the new bridge was completed. 1. It was not until she was twenty – nine that Paula decided to get married. → Paula didn’t decide to get married until she was twenty – nine. 2. It was not until the sun had risen that I woke up. → I didn’t wake up until the sun had risen. 3. It was not until I had showed it to him that Simon realized his mistake. → Simon didn’t realize his mistake until I had showed it to him. 4. It was not until the spring came that the ice on the lake thawed. → The ice on the lake didn’t thaw until the spring came. 1. She went to school early. She didn’t want to be late 2. They trained very hard . They wanted to win the football match 3. Misa phoned me . She wanted to invited me to her party 4. He turned off the light .He didn’t want to waste electricity. 5. She locks the door. She doesn’t want to be disturbed 6. My parents are studying French . They want to travel to Paris 7. I always studies hard. I don’t want to make my mother sad 2. I came here so that I could see you. (in order to) 5. I put the food in the fridge because I wanted it to get cold. (in order to) 11. He tried to hide the broken vase. He didn’t want to be punished. (so that) 7. Harry left early because he didn’t want to miss the bus. (in order not to) 13. I turned up the radio. I wanted to listen to the news. (so that) Read the passage and choose the correct answer. Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of Western China. Today they are becoming extinct. The reason is they can not find enough food. Pandas eat bamboo leaves. They do not like another food . The bamboo grows very slowly. It can take ten years for a bamboo to grow from a seed to a big plant. Some types of bamboo have seeds only once every 60 years. Pandas must wait many years for their food to grow. While the bamboo is growing, pandas do not have enough leaves to eat. Farmers are using more and more of the land on the mountain side to grow food for man. The farmers cut down the bamboo. Bamboo leaves become less plentiful. Pandas can not find enough food to eat. They starve and die. China and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are trying to save the pandas. In 1979 they began to set up special parks where pandas can live. One such park is the Wolong Reserve in Sichuan. The Wolong Reserve has the highest number of pandas in the world. Scientists come here to study the pandas’ eating and mating habits. By learning more about the pandas’ habits , scientists can save them from extinction . 27. What is the main food of pandas ? A. Bamboo trees B. Bamboo leaves C. Bamboo roots D. Young bamboo trees 28. How long does it take a bamboo to grow into a big plant ? A. 60 years B. a decade C. a century D.10 months 29. Why do farmers cut bamboo trees ? A. To get food for pandas B. To drive pandas away C. To make pandas starve and die D. To get farmland 30. What do scientists do to save pandas from extinction ? A. They only set up parks for them B. They put them in bamboo forest C. They study about pandas’ habits . D. They plant bamboo trees and set up parks for them A. Read Passage 2 and choose the best word to fill in each gap. Circle the corresponding letter (A, B, C, D) (1.5 points) Passage 2 How clever are dolphins? Dolphins do have fairy large brains. There are many stories, ancient and modern, about dolphins saving sailors from (1)__________. Ever since the film Flipper, we have all seen how clever they are at learning how to do (2)__________. However, the truth is that dolphins are no more (3)__________than rats, which can also be trained to do tricks. The stories about them (4) __________ people are true, but they automatically rescue anything, which is about the same size (5) __________ themselves. Sometimes they kill sharks and then immediately try to rescue them. 1. A. swimming B. drowning C. sailing D. surfing 2. A. things B. exercise C. performance D. tricks 3. A. intelligent B. quick C. smart D. sensitive 4. A. attacking B. hunting C. threatening D. rescuing 5. A with B. as C. of D. for 1.B 2.D 3.A 4.D 5.B The word “Olympic” comes from the name of the town Olympia in Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were always held. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C., and the Games took place every four years after that date until A.D.394 In 1875, a French scholar and educator, Pierre de Coubertin, proposed that the Games should be revived as an international competition to encourage both sport and world peace. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. Like the ancient Games, the athletes were men only. Women began to take part in the Games in 1900. Since that time, the Games have been held every four years as in the ancient Greece. The Games, however, did not take place in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the two World Wars. Only amateur athletes are admitted to the Games, and these words appear at every Olympic opening: “The most important thing is not to win but to take part.” 1. At the first modern Olympic Games, the athletes were __________ A. women only C. men only B. both men and women D. most men and a few women 2. Who can take part in the Olympic Games ? A. Amateur athletes only C. All athlethes B. Proffesional athletes only D. All are correct 3. The last ancient Olympic Games were held in__________ A. 1896 B. 776 B.C. C. 1875 D. A.D. 394 4. When were women allowed to take part in the Games for the first time ? A. In 1900 B. In 1916 C. In 1875 D. In 1896 5. Which of the following is NOT true ? A. The town Olympia was the place where the first Games were held. B. Pierre de Coubertin suggested reviving the Olympic Games. C.The modern Olympic Games have been held every four years in Athens. D. The purpose of The Olympic Games is to encourage not only sport but also world peace. The word “Olympic” comes from the name of the town Olympia in Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were always held. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C., and the Games took place every four years after that date until A.D.394 In 1875, a French scholar and educator, Pierre de Coubertin, proposed that the Games should be revived as an international competition to encourage both sport and world peace. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. Like the ancient Games, the athletes were men only. Women began to take part in the Games in 1900. Since that time, the Games have been held every four years as in the ancient Greece. The Games, however, did not take place in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the two World Wars. Only amateur athletes are admitted to the Games, and these words appear at every Olympic opening: “The most important thing is not to win but to take part.” 1. At the first modern Olympic Games, the athletes were __________ A. women only C. men only B. both men and women D. most men and a few women 2. Who can take part in the Olympic Games ? A. Amateur athletes only C. All athlethes B. Proffesional athletes only D. All are correct 3. The last ancient Olympic Games were held in__________ A. 1896 B. 776 B.C. C. 1875 D. A.D. 394 4. When were women allowed to take part in the Games for the first time ? A. In 1900 B. In 1916 C. In 1875 D. In 1896 5. Which of the following is NOT true ? A. The town Olympia was the place where the first Games were held. B. Pierre de Coubertin suggested reviving the Olympic Games. C.The modern Olympic Games have been held every four years in Athens. D. The purpose of The Olympic Games is to encourage not only sport but also world peace. Country music is one of the most popular kinds of music in the United States to day. May be, country music is very popular because it is about simple but strong human feelings and events like love, sadness, good times and bad times. It tells real- life stories and sounds the way people really talk. As life becomes more complecated and difficult, it is good to hear about simple ordinary people .Country music is sometimes called country – western music .It comes from two kinds of music. One is the traditional music of the people in the Appalachian Mountains in the eastern United States . The other is traditional, cowboy music from the AmericanWest. The singers usually play guitars or electric guitars when they sing . Country music become very popular in the South. During world war II, thousand of people from the South moved to the Northeast and the Midwest to work in factories. They took their music with them. Soldiers from the rest of the country went to army camps in the South and learned to like country music there. Slowly, it became popular all over the United States . 27. Country music is very popular because ……………………………………… A. It’s about strong human feelings B. it’s about events like love, sadness C. it tell about good times, bad times D. All are correct . 28.Country music is …………………………………… A. the traditional music of the people in the eastern United States B. cosidered as the cowboy music from the American West . C. some time called country – western music D. from two kinds of music which haven’t been widely known . 29. According to the passsge, it’s true to say that …………………………… A. Country music is very close to people real lives. B. Country music is a kind of complecated and difficult music . C. Only good singers can sing country music . D. We cannot sing country music if we don’t know how to play the guitar . 30. The best title for the passage is ………………………………………… A.Country Music B. music in the United States C. The Formation of Country Music D. The Benefits of Country Music . 27D 28C 29A 30A . sweet 8. “Tien Quan Ca”, the Viet Nam national _____, was written by Van Cao. A. folk song B. anthem C. epic D. pop song 10. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was an Austrian musician and _____. A. singer. plentiful. Pandas can not find enough food to eat. They starve and die. China and World Wildlife Fund (WWF) are trying to save the pandas. In 1979 they began to set up special parks where pandas can. passage and choose the correct answer. Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of Western China. Today they are becoming extinct. The reason is they can not find enough food. Pandas eat