BAOLOC HIGH SCHOOL SECOND TERM EXAMINATION English 10 Duration: 60 minutes I. READING version 1 1. Fill in the gaps in the text below with a,b,c or d Healthrow airport is one of the busiest _(1)_________ airport in the world. More than 90 _(2)__________ use Healthrow to fly direct to about 200__(3)_____________ in 85 countries in the world. Every year Healthrow handles 450,000 international _(4)_________, an average of 1,300 per day. This is more than one a minute from six o’clock in the morning till midnight. Almost 58,000 people work at healthrow airport, that’s the population of a small town. There are around 75,000,000 pieces of baggage going through Healthrow each year and there are over 9,500 baggage (5)__________available for passengers – more than in any other airport. Passengers _(6)_______ 26,000 cups of tea and 6,500 sandwiches at Healthrow every day. The most common illness among passengers is a heart attack. Around 40 people every year die in this way while travelling to or through Healthrow. 1. a. local b. international c. famous d. public 2. a. planes b. tourists c. airlines d. airports 3. a. destinations b. countries c. terminal d. runways 4. a. trips b. journeys c. airplanes d. flights 5. a. buses b. baskets c. collectors d. trolleys 6. a. drink b. eat c. buy d. sell 2. Read the text below then choose the best answer for each question given Recent research reveals that the degradation of agricultural soils, forests, woodlands, coastal fisheries, and wild resources is more and more serious .The majority of the estimated costs of environmental degradation comes from forests and natural resources are being depleted at an alarming rate. More than 50% of the original forest has been converted to agricultural land by slash-and-burn. Despite land expansion, productivity has declined because of soil erosion. Fish, timber, and non-timber forest product stocks are decreasing. As a result, coastal towns have begun to experience severe water shortages. Hydropower is dropping. Wildlife populations and biodiversity are in serious decline and many species face extinction. Poor forest management and soil degradation result in huge economic losses. The degradation of water increase the costs and reduces the quality of both water and power. The prospects for economic development and poverty reduction are dependent on natural resources. Natural households rely on natural resources for their livelihoods, fisheries, and wildlife which provide protein in diets. Urban economic activities depend on reliable hydroelectric power. However, people do not have much awareness of protecting the environment on which their life depends. 1. The passage is about A. forests fires B. the degradation of the environment C. fishery and agriculture D. economic losses 2. Which does not suffer from degradation? A. industry B. agriculture C. fishery D. forestry 3. It is that makes agricultural productivity decline. A. land expansion B. slash-and-burn C. soil erosion D. agricultural land 4. Which sentence is NOT true? A. There are water shortages in coastal towns. B. Hydropower is declining. C. Water is not influenced by pollution. D. We depend on natural resources to solve the problems of poverty. III.Listening A. Fill in the gaps with the missing information 1. London is also a very old city, _______________ back nearly 2000 years to the days of the Roman Empire. 2. London is _______________ on the River Thames 3. People of many nationalities and occupations can be found in this ______________________ city 4. People ____________________ about the large, busy city in subways or on double-decked buses. B. Are these statements about London true or false? Write T if the statement is true, F if it is false ______ 1. London is the largest city in the world ______ 2. It is the center of commerce and science in the world ______ 3. Customers can find a wide range of goods in the shopping areas in London. ______ 4. Admiral Horatio Nelson is an American hero. IV. GRAMMAR &VOCABULARY Rewrite these sentences as directed: 1. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh. He wrote the Sherlock Holmes stories.(relative clause) ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Noone in our class is as tall as QUANG Quang is____________________________________________________________________________ 3. People didn’t understand him because he didn’t speak clearly enough If __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. He doesn’t prepare carefully for the test. That’s the reason why he gets bad result. If ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently ? A. Although B. think C. they D. father 6. Some species of animals are in ___________ A. endangered B. danger C. dangerous D. endanger 7. Try to eliminate some wrongdoings to the environment if possible. Eliminate means : A. add B. move C. continue D. get rid of 8. . She is interested in the……………… of environment. A. conservation B. conserve C. conservative D. conservable 9. Actors are those who appear in front of a camera and take part of the characters in a film. A. cinematographers B. persons in a film C. scriptwriters D. directors 10. ‘ The students all went to the circus yesterday.’ I heard it was really ………………………….’ A. amused B. amusing C. amuse D. amusingly 11. ‘Wow! This suitcase is heavy,’ ‘I…………… it for you. Give it to me.’ A. will carry B. am carrying C. am going to carry D. carry 12. ‘Why did you buy so many tomatoes? ‘ I ………………a lot of spaghetti sauce.’ A. will make B. am going to make C. make D. am making II. WRITING Ideas Dalat City Location northern Lam Dong, 300km from Hochiminh City Foundatio n - founded: 1893 - liberated : 03/4/1975 - recognised as a city : 24/03/2009 Area 393,29 km 2 Population over 130,000 Special features -Centre of business, culture and finance of Lam Dong province -tourist attractions (Xuan huong lake, Lang Biang mountain, Pren Waterfall, Bao Dai Palace…) -agricultural products (flowers, vegetables, strawberry…) - Weather ( cool all year round, City of Eternal Spring) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ BAOLOC HIGH SCHOOL SECOND TERM EXAMINATION English 10 Duration: 60 minutes I. LISTENING version 2 A. Fill in the gaps with the missing information 1. London, which is on the River Thames and near the Atlantic ___________________ 2. People of many nationalities and occupations can be found in this ________________ city 3. In the shopping areas, a wide range of goods is offered to the ________________ 4. At the center of London is Trafalgar _____________ B. Are these statements about London true or false? Write T if the statement is true, F if it is false ______ 1. London is one of the largest cities in the world ______ 2. It is one of the busiest centers of commerce and finance in the world. ______ 3. The tall statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson is on Trafalgar Square ______ 4. Many visitors also go to watch the British lawmakers at work in the House of Parliament and the House of Lords II. READING 1. Fill in the gaps in the text below with a,b,c or d Healthrow airport is one of the busiest _(1)_________ airport in the world. More than 90 _(2)__________ use Healthrow to fly direct to about 200__(3)_____________ in 85 countries in the world. Every year Healthrow handles 450,000 international _(4)_________, an average of 1,300 per day. This is more than one a minute from six o’clock in the morning till midnight. Almost 58,000 people work at healthrow airport, that’s the population of a small town. There are around 75,000,000 pieces of baggage going through Healthrow each year and there are over 9,500 baggage (5)__________available for passengers – more than in any other airport. Passengers _(6)_______ 26,000 cups of tea and 6,500 sandwiches at Healthrow every day. The most common illness among passengers is a heart attack. Around 40 people every year die in this way while travelling to or through Healthrow. 1. a. local b. public c. famous d. international 2. a.airports b. tourists c. airlines d. planes 3. a. destinations b. runways c. terminal d. countries 4. a. trips b. airplanes c. journeys d. flights 5. a. buses b. baskets c. collectors d. trolleys 6. a. buy b. sell c. drink d. eat 2. Read the text below then choose the best answer for each question given Recent research reveals that the degradation of agricultural soils, forests, woodlands, coastal fisheries, and wild resources is more and more serious .The majority of the estimated costs of environmental degradation comes from forests and natural resources are being depleted at an alarming rate. More than 50% of the original forest has been converted to agricultural land by slash-and-burn. Despite land expansion, productivity has declined because of soil erosion. Fish, timber, and non-timber forest product stocks are decreasing. As a result, coastal towns have begun to experience severe water shortages. Hydropower is dropping. Wildlife populations and biodiversity are in serious decline and many species face extinction. Poor forest management and soil degradation result in huge economic losses. The degradation of water increase the costs and reduces the quality of both water and power. The prospects for economic development and poverty reduction are dependent on natural resources. Natural households rely on natural resources for their livelihoods, fisheries, and wildlife which provide protein in diets. Urban economic activities depend on reliable hydroelectric power. However, people do not have much awareness of protecting the environment on which their life depends. 1. The passage is about A. forests fires B. the degradation of the environment C. fishery and agriculture D. economic losses 2. Which does not suffer from degradation? A. industry B. agriculture C. fishery D. forestry 3. It is that makes agricultural productivity decline. A. land expansion B. slash-and-burn C. soil erosion D. agricultural land 4. Which sentence is NOT true? A. There are water shortages in coastal towns. B. Hydropower is declining. C. Water is not influenced by pollution. D. We depend on natural resources to solve the problems of poverty. WRITING Ideas Dalat City Location northern Lam Dong, 300km from Hochiminh City Foundatio n - founded: 1893 - liberated : 03/4/1975 - recognised as a city : 24/03/2009 Area 393,29 km 2 Population over 130,000 Special features -Centre of business, culture and finance of Lam Dong province -tourist attractions (Xuan huong lake, Lang Biang mountain, Pren Waterfall, Bao Dai Palace…) -agricultural products (flowers, vegetables, strawberry…) - Weather ( cool all year round, City of Eternal Spring) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ III. GRAMMAR &VOCABULARY Rewrite these sentences as directed: 1. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh. He was famous for the Sherlock Holmes stories.(relative clause) ____________________________________________________________________________________ 2. Noone in our class can play tennis as well as QUANG Quang ____________________________________________________________________________ 3. People doesn’t understand him because he doesn’t speak clearly enough If __________________________________________________________________________________ 4. He didn’t prepare carefully for the test. That’s the reason why he got bad result. If ____________________________________________________________________________________ 5. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently ? A. knows B. gets C. cups D. cooks 6. . She is interested in the……………… of environment. A. conservation B. conserve C. conservative D. conservable 7. Actors are those who appear in front of a camera and take part of the characters in a film. A. cinematographers B. persons in a film C. scriptwriters D. directors 8. The roads in our town A. wide B. are being wide C. are being widened D. are being widen 9. Tom often listens to classical music………… A. to feeling relaxed B. to feels relaxed C. for feeling relaxed D. to feel relaxed 10. ‘Why did you buy so many tomatoes? ‘ I ………………a lot of spaghetti sauce.’ A. will make B. am going to make C. make D. am making 11. Some species of animals are in ___________ A. endangered B. danger C. dangerous D. endanger 12. Try to eliminate some wrongdoings to the environment if possible. Eliminate means : A. add B. move C. continue D. get rid of Listening scripts London, the capital of Great Britain, is one of the largest cities in the world. It is also a very old city, dating back nearly 2000 years to the days of the Roman Empire. London, which is located on the River Thames and near the Atlantic coast, is one of the busiest centers of commerce and finance in the world. People of many nationalities and occupations can be found in this historic city. In the shopping areas, a wide range of goods is offered to the public. People travel about the large, busy city in subways or on double-decked buses. At the center of London is Trafalgar Square, with its tall statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson, a British hero. Other attractions for visitors to London include Buckingham Palace, the Tower of London, St. Paul’s Cathedral, the British Museum and many lovely parks and gardens. Many visitors also go to Parliament to watch the British lawmakers at work in the House of Commons and the House of Lords Keys Version 1 LISTENING (2m) o.25/ each 1. dating 2. located 3. historic 4. travel Are these statements about London true or false? Write T if the statement is true, F if it is false ___F___ 1. London is the largest city in the world ___F___ 2. It is the center of commerce and science in the world ___T___ 3. Customers can find a wide range of goods in the shopping areas in London. ___F___ 4. Admiral Horatio Nelson is an American hero. CLOZE READING(1.5m) 0,25/ each 1. a. local b. international c. famous d. public 2. a. planes b. tourists c. airlines d. airports 3. a. destinations b. countries c. terminal d. runways 4. a. trips b. journeys c. airplanes d. flights 5. a. buses b. baskets c. collectors d. trolleys 6. a. drink b. eat c. buy d. sell READING COMPREHENSION (1m) 0,25 /each Rewrite these sentences as directed: 1. Arthur Conan Doyle was born in Edinburgh. He was famous for the Sherlock Holmes stories.(relative clause) Arthur Conan Doyle, who was fmous for the the Sherlock Holmes stories, was born in Edinburgh 2. Noone in our class can play tennis as well as QUANG Quang can play tennis the best in our class 3. People doesn’t understand him because he doesn’t speak clearly enough If he spoke clearly enough, people could understand him 4. He didn’t prepare carefully for the test. That’s the reason why he got bad result. If he had prepared carefully for the test, he wouldn’t have got bad result. 5. Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently ? A. knows B. gets C. cups D. cooks 6. . She is interested in the……………… of environment. A. conservation B. conserve C. conservative D. conservable 7. Actors are those who appear in front of a camera and take part of the characters in a film. A. cinematographers B. persons in a film C. scriptwriters D. directors 8. The roads in our town A. wide B. are being wide C. are being widened D. are being widen 9. Tom often listens to classical music………… A. to feeling relaxed B. to feels relaxed C. for feeling relaxed D. to feel relaxed 10. ‘Why did you buy so many tomatoes? ‘ I ………………a lot of spaghetti sauce.’ A. will make B. am going to make C. make D. am making 11. Some species of animals are in ___________ A. endangered B. danger C. dangerous D. endanger 12. Try to eliminate some wrongdoings to the environment if possible. Eliminate means : A. add B. move C. continue D. get rid of Version 2 Listening 1. COAST 2. HISTORIC 3. PUBLIC 4. SQUARE ___T___ 1. London is one of the largest cities in the world ___T___ 2. It is one of the busiest centers of commerce and finance in the world. ____T__ 3. The tall statue of Admiral Horatio Nelson is on Trafalgar Square ____F__ 4. Many visitors also go to watch the British lawmakers at work in the House of Parliament and the House of Lords . BAOLOC HIGH SCHOOL SECOND TERM EXAMINATION English 10 Duration: 60 minutes I. READING version 1 1. Fill in the gaps in the text below with. Spring) __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________________________________________ BAOLOC HIGH SCHOOL SECOND TERM EXAMINATION English 10 Duration: 60 minutes I. LISTENING version 2 A. Fill in the gaps with the missing information 1 the characters in a film. A. cinematographers B. persons in a film C. scriptwriters D. directors 10. ‘ The students all went to the circus yesterday.’ I heard it was really ………………………….’ A. amused