BUI DUC TAI HIGH SCHOOL FIRST SEMESTER TEST 2009-2010 Class: English 10 - advanced Student’s name : Time : 60 minutes A. PHONETICS I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. 1) A. question B. education C. position D. calculation 2) A. ground B. about C. bought D. mouse 3) A. special B. education C. mental D. parent 4) A. every B. easy C. by D. gradually 5) A. how B. know C. follow D. tomorrow B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR II.Choose the best answer to complete each sentence. 6. Ms. Lan enjoys ___________ because she loves working with children. A. to teach B. to be taught C. teaching D. teach 7. Her father used to________ abroad for his business. A. travelling B. travelled C. travel D. is travelling 8. CPU stands for central __________ unit. A. procession B. process C. processed D. processing 9. _________ the heavy rain, he went out without a raincoat. A. Although B. In spite of C. Because D. Because of 10.Hoai: How long__________ you_____________ for me? An : For an hour. A. did-waited B. do-wait C. have-waited D. have-wait 11. We all feel sad __________ the bad news. A. because B. because of C. though D. despite 12.Nam : Can you come next weekend? Long: Sorry, we’d love to, but we ________ to the countryside to visit our relatives. A. have gone B. will go C. are going D. be going 13. He invited me __________ a drink with him. A. have B. to have C. having D. to having 14. Information technology is very _________ to our lives. Code: 01 A. useful B. useless C. use D. usefully 15. A new airport ___________ in this area. A. has just opened B. has just been opened C. have just been opened D. was just been opened 16. When I ________ to visit him, he ________ to work. A. came - gone B. came – had gone C. had come - went D. had come – had gone 17. The government should have special policies to help the _____________ A. disable B. disabled C. disability D. disablement 18. You should practice_____________ English to talk to your foreign friends. A. to speak B. speak C. spoke D. speaking 19. When I was a child, I usually ___________ fishing with my brother. A. go B. went C. have gone D. am going 20. _____________ television is also a means of learning English. A. Watch B. Watching C. To watch D. Watched 21. You should ______ a lot of grammar exercises if you want to improve your writing. A. did B. doing C. done D. do 22. Chinese is a difficult language_______________ . A. to learn B. to be learnt C. to be learning D. to learning 23. This is the second time I ____________ this movie. A. see B. saw C. have seen D. are seeing 24. They tell their parents that they______________ their best to do the test. A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try 25. Don’t forget______________ your dictionary with you to class. A. to bring B. bring C. bringing D. to bringing 26. The kids didn’t go to the movie last night ____________ it rained so heavily. A. and B. but C. because D. although 27. Lan suggested___________ to the zoo at weekend. A. goes B. went C. going D. to go 28. This movie is not interesting. What about ________ to the concert? A. to go B. going C. go D. went 29.You should____ more books on UFO if you want to know about life on other planets. A. reading B. read C. to read D. have read 30. I _____________ English here since I graduated from university. A. teach B. taught C. have taught D. am teaching 31. He used to _____________ full time, but now he is a part time worker. A. work B. working C. worked D. is working 32. Let’s __________ somewhere for a drink! A. go B. to go C. going D. went 33. She asked me ____________ I came from. A. that B. where C. what D. when 34. I remember_______________ her somewhere before. A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see 35. He got wet last night _____________ he forgot his umbrella. A. because of B. because C. but D. and 36. We____________ since we left school. A. don’t meet B. didn’t meet C. won’t meet D. haven’t met 37. ____________ is it from here to the theater? A. How B. How long C. How far D. How often 38. _________ do you often go to school? – At 6.30 every morning. A. How B. What time C. Who D. With whom 39. ___________ do you live? – In a flat, near the university. A. Where B. When C. Who D. Whom 40. Hung: __________ do you look so sad? Thao: I got bad marks in the first semester exam.” A. What B. How C. Who D. Why C. READING COMPREHENSION: III.Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question. Last December, our Geography teacher, Mrs. Taylor, took us to Yorkshire on a school trip. We left Liverpool at 8.00 a.m on Saturday morning and finally arrived in Yorkshire at 11.00 p.m, then it started to rain.We woke up early on Sunday morning and looked outside. There was water everywhere. We went downstairs for breakfast, but the kitchen in the hostel was flooded. Sunday afternoon was terrible, too. Two girls hired bikes and rode into the center of the city. But what did they do? They stole some sweets from the shop,so then the police came. Mrs. Taylor was furious. We returned to Liverpool on Sunday evening. We were cold, wet and tired,however we all felt the journey interesting and useful.It was an unforgettable experience. 41) How long did the journey take? A. 3 hours B. 4 hours C. 15 hours D. 2 days 42) What was the weather like in Yorkshire? A. It was hot and humid B. It was sunny C. It was rainy D. It was snowy 43) Who is the author / writer? A. a teacher B. a student C. a tourist D. a police officer 44) They stayed in Yorkshire for ____________ . A. two days B. three days C. one week D. two weeks 45) Their school trip was ____________ . A. great B. terrible C. wonderful D. exciting D. WRITING IV. Choose one sentence that best rewrites the sentence given. 46) In spite of his good salary, Mr. Green decided to leave the job. A. Although Mr. Green had a good salary, he decided to leave the job. B. Mr. Green decided to leave the job despite have a good salary. C. Although Mr. Green decided to leave the job, he had a good salary. D. Despite decided to leave the job, Mr. Green had a good salary. 47) Even though Trung had a bad cold, he went to the concert. A. In spite of his bad cold, Trung went to the concert. B. Trung had a bad cold because he went to the concert. C. Trung went to the concert despite he had a bad cold. D. Trung went to the concert because of having a bad cold. 48) I have never been to Hue before. A. This is the first time I went to Hue. B. This is the last time I’ve been to Hue. C. This is the next time I’ve been to Hue. D. This is the first time I’ve ever been to Hue. 49) Nam has written this letter since yesterday. A. This letter has written by Nam since yesterday. B. This letter has been written by Nam since yesterday. C. This letter has written since yesterday. D. Nam has been written this letter since yesterday. 50) “Don’t touch that switch” the father said to his son. A. The father asked his son do not touch that switch. B. The father asked his son not to touch that switch. C. The father asked to the boys not touch that switch. D. The father asked the boy touch that switch. E.CLOZED TEST V.Choose the best answer (A , B ,C or D) to complete the following passage I live in a small village called Smalville. There are about 500 people here. I love the village …… (51) it is very quiet and life is slow and easy. The village is very clean and people look after it with great care. The air is always fresh, too. It is much more friendly here ……(52)…… in the city because everyone knows everyone else, and if someone has a problem, there are always people……(53)…… can help. There are only a few things that I don’t like about Smalville. …………(54)………we don’t have any things to do in the evening. There aren’t any cinemas or theaters, so we have nowhere to go and relax after a hard-working day. ………… (55)……… people in the village always talk about each other, and everyone knows what everyone else is doing. On the whole, I still prefer village life to life in a big city. 51) A. so B. because C. but D. therefore 52) A. as B. than C. with D. like 53) A. which B. whom C. who D. whose 54) A. First of all B. Next C. If D. Each 55) A. Although B. First of all C. Moreover D. Firstly THE END Good luck to you! . BUI DUC TAI HIGH SCHOOL FIRST SEMESTER TEST 2009-2010 Class: English 10 - advanced Student’s name : Time : 60 minutes A. PHONETICS I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. countryside to visit our relatives. A. have gone B. will go C. are going D. be going 13. He invited me __________ a drink with him. A. have B. to have C. having D. to having 14. Information technology. I love the village …… (51) it is very quiet and life is slow and easy. The village is very clean and people look after it with great care. The air is always fresh, too. It is much more friendly