VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí TRƯỜNG THPT CHUN LÊ Q ĐƠN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA TIẾT SỐ NĂM HỌC 2015 - 2016 Full name: MƠN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 10 (THÍ ĐIỂM) Class: 10 Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút CODE 001 PART I LISTENING Listening Listen to two students talking about maths Are the sentences (1–6) true (T) or false (F)? You will listen to it three times: When Nina meets John, he is looking really happy F John didn’t revise very much for the maths test Nina didn’t get a very good grade for the maths test either Nina tells John about a maths club which is going to be before school Listen to the conversation again and complete the sentences: I revised every night for a week You _ as badly as me I _ I’m just not as clever as you Listening Listen to a conversation and fill in the bracket with NO MORE THAN THREE WORDS You will listen to it twice: Wedding Plans Sarah: Ooo, this is so exciting So, where you want to get married? I know, I know, I know Um, up in the (8) You know, that beautiful waterfall? Why don't we get married by the waterfall? Ronald: Uh, I don't know Sarah: Oh, come on It would be great It's so beautiful, and it's (9) and it's really romantic Come on Ronald: I don't know You know I'm allergic to 32 types of wild flowers Sarah: You'll be okay Take an allergy pill Ronald: and I might break out in a terrible rash Sarah: You'll be okay Come on Well, let's I'm sure we can (10) something nice Come on Let's think about it VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí Ronald: Wh wh wh We could get married in my parent's backyard [What? ] Yeah We just need to move the dogs for a few hours Sarah: No! Don't even think about it Their backyard is really tra tra (She means to say, trashy) It's it's in bad shape And their house is like, right next to the freeway It's only half a block from the freeway It's so noisy Come on There is a real (11) hall only a couple miles away We can that You don't have to worry about your allergies Ronald: Ah, that sounds expensive! Sarah: It's not that expensive just a little bit And then, and then, look We can have a catering service come, and they serve shrimp and lobster tails, and when my friend got married, they had the best (12) Come on, and then, you know, for our breakfast, our wedding breakfast, we could go to that Japanese restaurant I can't remember What's it called? Ronald: You mean, Samarai Sushi? Sarah: Yeah, Samuri Sushi! Their food is so good Come on, come on Ronald: That sounds so expensive Sarah: But it's okay It's worth it Come on, Ron! Come on! Ronald: (13) my mother's tuna fish sandwiches instead? Sarah: Ronald We can spend a little bit more money than what you keep in that old stupid jar on your desk Come on Ronald: Well, I was trying to save money for the (14) Sarah: Well, yeah [ Yeah ] Well, okay Well, I've been thinking about too I've been thinking about it for weeks Ronald: Me too Now look, look at this Web site We could go to Salt Lake City, Utah Sarah: That would be so cool! They have the best snowboarding and skiing, and their snow It is the best snow This time of year would be perfect They have some really, really nice hotels Oh, Ron, we're going to love that That would be wonderful I love skiing Ronald: I I I was thinking about visiting some of the local art and natural (15) instead [ What? ] Snow skiing just isn't my thing Sarah: Oh, Ron Come on Ronald: You you know I don't well in the cold Sarah: Brother! Ronald: Oh, yeah! [ What? ] That's a good idea Let me call my brother [ No way! ] He lives there, and he probably could let us stay at his house Sarah: For our honeymoon!?!?! Ronald: Oh, yeah! [ No! ] Wait, wait! Where are you going? Come back Did I say anything wrong? VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí PART II PHONETICS I Choose and circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: A played B performed C beloved D erased A weather B with C northern D than A character B archaeology C chaos D brochure A bridges B needles C bees D engineers A climb B debt C nib D tomb II Find the word that has stressed syllable different from the others: A graduate B develop C continue D consider A wonderful B organize C equality D modernize A adventure B understand C hotel D expensive A digital B introduce C concentrate D smartphone A portable B instruction C advantage D engage PART III VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Women and men should be given equal rights education and employment A for B in C to D with There have been significant changes in women's lives since the women's liberation movement A controlled B economic C important D natural Many people applied for that job and eventually she was chosen in preference to the others A rather than B other than C more than D less than Superstitions still an active role in life for many people in Vietnam A take B play C D give Electronics are bad your eyes, and radiation from electronics could harm your body and cause permanent damage A for/ B to/ to C for/ to D / The place we spent our holiday was really beautiful A what B who C where D which you are, you concentrate A Tired / the least hard B The more tired / the harder C The tireder / the harder D The tired / the harder The economic conditions today are they were in the past A much more good B much better than C much better D the best than VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí When you ………………… here at this time tomorrow, I ………………… the room up A comes / will tidy B come /will be tidying C Will come/ will be tidying D come / will have tidied 10 He the lights on in the house because our electricity bill was huge A needn't have left B shouldn't have left C must have left D can be leaving 11 Because of the fact that he was lazy and naughty, most of the girls in the village him A bucketed down B looked down on C under the weather D was at odds with 12 He has been for months, and he has to depend on his parents' support A out of order B out of jobless C out of questions D out of this world 13 Laura always the staff in the company, so everyone loves her A gets on well with B comes down with C makes way for D goes in for 14 In the middle of the village there is a well the villagers take water to drink A for where B from which C from that D where 15 By Christmas, I …… .…… for you for months A shall have been working B shall work C have been working D shall be working Find the underlined word which needs to be corrected: 16 Before doing something important, I often ask for the useful advices from my grandparent A B C D 17 Lots of people believe that when they set out in an important occasion, they should avoid crossing the A B C path of a woman D 18 I guessed the bride and groom will be happier if they don’t have to waste money on unnecessary things A B C 19 Worked mothers help their husband satisfy their children’s needs A B C D 20 Some people think that there is still gender discriminations in our country A B C D D VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí PART IV READING Read a text about common wedding rituals in the USA and choose the best answer to fill in the bracket: Being a country of different cultural races, (1) However, the majority of weddings nowadays still follow a number of traditions One of the traditions dating back to the nineteenth century is about what a bride should wear on her wedding day It is commonly believed that on her wedding day, the bride should carry with her "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue" This is because each of these things has a special meaning for the bride on this big day When a bride wears "something old", it reminds her of her family and the past (2) or a piece of her jewellery "Something new" that the bride wears means good luck and hope for a happy future with her husband This new item is usually a pair of new shoes, (3) When the bride wears "something borrowed", it symbolizes the help and support she gets from her friends and her family whenever she needs An example of "something borrowed" can be a married friend's bridal veil (4) "Something blue" means trust and faith between the bride and the groom Nowadays, some brides are creative with this item For example, they may have their fingernails painted blue Nevertheless, the most popular blue item is the garter that the bride wears on her leg (5) the rituals about what the bride should wear on her wedding day remain kept strictly by a lot of women in the USA A or a friend's handkerchief B Things are changing fast these days; however, C as well as modern shoes D there is a great variety of wedding styles in the United States E or it can be wedding dress or something else F Thus, some brides may wear their mother's wedding dress Fill in each of the numbered blanks in the following passage with one suitable word: Have you ever followed the instructions for knitting something or have you read a (1) _ of music? If you have, you have behaved in a similar way(2) a computer A computer obeys a program to (3) _ a particular task Just(4) _ a knitting pattern is expressed in numbers and a piece of music in lines and dots,(5) _ a computer program is expressed in the form of programming language.(6) _ the English language (or any other language), there are rules of grammar, and a program must be correct in every way There are hundreds of programming languages, which only a few are well known and widely used The most popular language(7) _ is used in offices and factories is called Cobol This language is used VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí for printing payrolls and keeping records of goods Engineers and scientists use Fortran in order to carry out calculation (8) _ , neither of these two programs is very popular with people working in home computers Basic is(9) _ popular language for home computers,(10) because it is easy to learn and use A bit B slice C piece D sheet A to B as C so D from A carry on B carry out C carry over D carry through A alike B by C so D as A so B as C thus D such A So B Like C Same D By A that B which C what D it A In addition B Therefore C Consequently D However A the most B mostly C most D most of 10 A probably B chiefly C hardly D clearly Read the passage below and choose the best answer from the four options marked A, B, C or D: As many as one thousand years ago in the Southwest, the Hopi and Zuni Indians of North America were building with adobe-sun-baked brick plastered with mud Their homes looked remarkably like modern apartment houses Some were four stories high and contained quarters for perhaps a thousand people, along with storerooms for grain and other goods These buildings were usually put up against cliffs, both to make construction easier and for defense against enemies They were really villages in themselves, as later Spanish explorers must have realized since they called them “pueblos”, which is Spanish for towns The people of the pueblos raised what are called “the three sisters”- corn, beans, and squash They made excellent pottery and wove marvelous baskets, some so fine that they could hold water The Southwest has always been a dry country, where water is scarce The Hopi and Zuni brought water from streams to their fields and gardens through irrigation ditches Water was so important that it played a major role in their religion They developed elaborate ceremonies and religious rituals to bring rain The way of life of less – settled groups was simpler and more strongly influenced by nature Small tribes such as the Shoshone and Ute wandered the dry and mountainous lands between the Rocky Mountains and the Pacific Ocean They gathered seeds and hunted small animals such as rabbits and snakes In the Far North the ancestors of today’s Inuit hunted seals, walruses, and the great whales They lived right on the frozen seas in shelters called igloos built of blocks of packed snow When summer came, they fished for salmon and hunted the lordly caribou The Cheyenne, Pawnee and Sioux tribes, known as the Plains Indians, lived on the grasslands between the Rocky Mountains and the Mississippi River They hunted bison, commonly called VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí the buffalo Its meat was the chief food of these tribes, and its hide was used to make their clothing and the covering of their tents and tips What does the passage mainly discuss? A The architecture of early America Indian buildings B The movement of American Indians across North America C Ceremonies and rituals of American Indians D The way of life of American Indian tribes in early North America According to the passage, the Hopi and Zuni typically built their homes A in valleys B next to streams C on open plains D against cliffs C cliffs D enemies The word “They” refers to A goods B buildings It can be inferred from the passage that the dwellings of the Hopi and Zuni were _ A very small B highly advanced C difficult to defend D quickly constructed The author uses the phrase “the three sisters” refers to _ A Hopi women B family members C important crops D rain ceremonies Which of the following is true of the Shoshone and Ute? A They were not as settled as the Hopi and Zuni C They built their homes with adobe B They hunted caribou D They did not have many religious ceremonies According to the passage, which of the following tribes lived in the grasslands? A The Shoshone and Ute B The Cheyenne C The Hopi and Zuni D The Pawnee and Inuit Which of the following animals was the most important to the Plains Indians? A The salmon B The caribou C The seal D The buffalo The author gives an explanation for all of the following words EXCEPT A adobe B pueblos C caribou D bison 10 The author groups North American Indians according to their _ A tribes and geographical regions B arts and crafts C rituals and ceremonies D date of appearance on the continent PART V WRITING Finish the second sentence so that it means the same as the first one: The only reason the party was a success was that a famous film star attended Had it The two young men are not good persons You are acquainted with them (Using “preposition + relative pronoun”) VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí ……………………………………………………………………… He speaks too much and people feel bored The more …………………………………………………… I am in disagreement with the plan he proposed at the meeting I am at You should take a short rest before taking part in the excursion with your classmates It is advisable This is the first time I have ever met such a pretty girl She is …………………………………………………… Please, pay a visit to us when you travel to Vietnam Please, come Lan has a lot of homework, so she doesn’t watch her favorite program on TV She would I'm really sorry I didn't finish the project on time You should 10 Mr Phong hates lazy people Mr Phong doesn't Paragraph writing: Write a paragraph of about 140 words on the disadvantages of working women nowadays VnDoc - Tải tài liệu, văn pháp luật, biểu mẫu miễn phí ... It is commonly believed that on her wedding day, the bride should carry with her "something old, something new, something borrowed, and something blue" This is because each of these things has... C under the weather D was at odds with 12 He has been for months, and he has to depend on his parents' support A out of order B out of jobless C out of questions D out of this world 13 Laura... meaning for the bride on this big day When a bride wears "something old", it reminds her of her family and the past (2) or a piece of her jewellery "Something new" that the bride wears means