Name:. … THE MID-TERM TEST Class : 10A … Number:……………… Grade 10NC (45’) - Date: March 16 th , 2009 C Chữ ký Giám thò Số thứ tự Số phách Điểm Chữ ký Giám khảo Số thứ tự Số phách I. Give the correct prepositions: (1m) 1. Many young people prefer rock _________________ classical music. 2. Where does rock come _______________? 3. I’m really looking forward ____________ going to university. 4. Music plays an important part _____________ our daily lives. 5. Music ______________ special occasions is essential. II. Supply the correct word forms: (2m) 1. Can you play any _______________________ instruments? (music) 2. Yoko is learning English in order to __________________ with foreigners. (communication) 3. Who is your favorite ___________________? (compose) 4. How _______________ was Elvis Presley with rock ‘n’ roll? (succeed) 5. Auld Lang Syne is _____________ sung at midnight on New Year’s Eve in Britain. (tradition) III. Give the correct verb form or tense: (2m) 1. How (you break) _____________________ your arm? - I (slip) ________________ on the ice while I (cross) __________________ the street. 2. We couldn’t help (laugh) ___________________ when he (make) _______________ fun of himself. 3. After (leave) ________________school he studied French in Paris for two years and then (move) _________________ to America, where he now (live) ________________. He (visit) __________________ England once or twice and (know) ___________________ English well. IV. Make questions from the underline words or phrases: (1m) 1. Blowin’ in the Wind was released in 1962. -…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. Trinh Cong Son is my favourite musician. -…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3. Van Cao wrote as many as two or three hundred songs in his lifetime. -…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4. I like pop music. -…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 5. She likes classical music because it’s relaxing. -…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… V. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box: (2m) and these did about means difficult composed sounds over famous People all (1) __________ the world listen to classical music. Classical music is (2) _________ to describe. It (3) ___________different things to different people. Some (4) ____________ classical composers were Bach, Vivaldi, Haydn, and Mozart. In their music, they (5) ____________ not tell a story or show strong emotion. They wanted to make a beautiful, interesting design. They wanted to write lovely (6) ___________. Then composers started to interpret ideas. They told stories (7) __________ wars, armies, and soldiers. They wrote about religion. Sometimes they (8) ____________ music for holidays. They told love stories (9) __________ showed strong emotion. Some of (10) ___________ composers were Beethoven, Schumann, Chopin, Mendelssohn, Wagner, and Tchaikovsky. VI. Rewrite the following sentences: (2m) 1. I am busy, so I won’t go to the meeting. - If ………………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2. He didn’t have enough time, so he didn’t do his homework. - If …………………………………………………………………………………………………………. 3. It took them three days to painting that house. - They spent …………………………………………………………………………………………… 4. Rock began to develop from rock ‘n’ roll in the 1960s. - It was not until …………………………………………………………………………………………. 5. They didn’t pay the bill until the electricity was cut off. - It was not until ……………………………………………………………………………………….…. . Name:. … THE MID-TERM TEST Class : 10A … Number:……………… Grade 10NC (45’) - Date: March 16 th , 2009