SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO TỈNH ĐỒNG THÁP ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC (Đề gồm có 03 trang) KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I Năm học: 2015-2016 Môn kiểm tra: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 10 Ngày kiểm tra: 24/12/2015 Thời gian: 45 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề) Mã đề thi 123 Họ, tên thí sinh: Số báo danh: Section A (6,0 points) Listen to the conversation twice and mark the best answer for each of the following questions Question 1: What does Carlos hate? A shopping B football C movies D museums Question 2: When is the football match? A Saturday morning B Sunday morning C Sunday afternoon D Saturday afternoon Question 3: Where are they going to eat on Saturday evening? A at home B in an Indian restaurant C in a Chinese restaurant D in a Korean restaurant Question 4: What are they going to on Sunday morning? A go for a drive B go to the zoo C go to the museum D get up late Listen to the conversation twice and decide whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F) Write your answer on the answer sheet Question 5: She took an evening tour of the city _ Question 6: She visited a small history museum _ Question 7: The tour was not very expensive _ Question 8: The tour guide was not helpful _ Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions Question 9: When we were on the phone, the crossed line was _ because of the wrong connection A interrupted B obtained C calculated D bettered Question 10: Look at that car! It _that tree A hits B is hitting C will hit D is going to hit Trang 1/3-Mã đề thi 123 Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions Question 11: Unless Mary doesn’t have enough money, she can’t make a trip to Dalat A B C D Question 12: The young is not fully aware of the importance of learning English A B C D Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions Question 13: A typical B romantic C glorious D comedy Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbers blanks John Logie Baird, _(14) is called “the father of television”, was born in Scotland in 1888 He became an _(15) at the age of 26 His first inventions were electrically heated socks and air-filled shoes, but these were not very successful However, in 1923, he became interested in the idea of pictures by radio He worked for several months, and the following year he succeeded _(16) transmitting the first ‘television’ picture a few meters across the room Baird’s ‘television’ was not very clear, but people were very interested and he tried _(17) it better In 1926, he showed it to the public at the Royal Society In 1928, he transmitted the first picture across the Atlantic and in 1929, the BBC and the German post office began to broadcast TV with his system Question 14: A who B which C whom D that Question 15: A invent B invented C inventor D invention Question 16: A on B for C in D at Question 17: A make B making C made D to make Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 18: If the roads are widened, cars and lorries can get to our village A broadened B flooded C narrowed D grown Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions In the 1960s, computers began to be used widely in industry for many purposes From the beginning, stored program computers were applied to business problems Because the continual reductions in the costs and size, computers have been gradually used in smaller organizations Moreover, thanks to the invention of the microprocessor in the 1970s, it has become possible to produce inexpensive computers In the 1980s, personal computers became popular for many tasks, including book-keeping, writing and printing documents, calculating forecasts and other repetitive mathematical tasks As computers have become less expensive, they have been used extensively in the creative arts as well Sound, pictures and videos are now created and edited by computers Trang 2/3-Mã đề thi 123 Today, it is almost rare to find a powered mechanical device not controlled by a computer Perhaps the most famous computer-controlled mechanical devices are robots Industrial robots have become common in mass production Question 19: Which is NOT mentioned in the text? A Films B agriculture C industry D mathematics Question 20: Thanks to _, computers have become inexpensive A robots B calculations C documents D microprocessors Question 21: The word extensively has a close meaning to _ A inexpensively B carelessly C widely D cheaply Question 22: Robots _ A are controlled by a computer program B haven’t been invented yet C aren’t controlled by a computer program D haven’t been common in mass production 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 Question 23: A return B teacher C parents D persuade Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions Question 24: We receive information from radio through ears A orally B visually C aurally D usually Section B (2,0 points) I Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it means the same as the sentence printed before it Write your answers on your answer sheet (0,5 point) Question 1: He passed the exam with high grades This made everybody in the family pleased He Question 2: The man has just sent the children to school The children Question 3: Peter left for London two weeks ago When _? Question 4: She said to me “I will take you to the restaurant.” She told me _ II Write a paragraph (60 – 80 words) about your favorite subject The following prompts might be helpful to you - What’s your favorite subject? - How long have you learnt it? - Why you like studying it? THE END Trang 3/3-Mã đề thi 123