SỞ GD-ĐT NAM ĐỊNH KÌ THI KIỂM TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG GIỮA HỌC KỲ I TRƯỜNG THPT TRỰC NINH B NĂM HỌC : 2010 - 2011 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 10 MÃĐỀ721 (Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút không kể thời gian giao đề) -------------------------------------------- Read the passage and answer the questions. Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London. His father was a comedian and his mother worked as a dancer and singer. Neither of them was successful and the family had very little money. The first time he himself earned some money by dancing and singing when he was only five years old. He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved best was working in the theatre. When he was about fifteen he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips to America. He went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both a famous actor and film director. He died in 1977, at the age of eighty-eight. 1. How did Chaplin earn some money the first time? 2. How old was Chaplin when he joined a traveling theatre company? 3. Which job did Chaplin like best? 4. What did Chaplin’s father do? Give the correct form of the verb in brackets. 5. They (get) married three years ago. 6. He (write) a letter to his father before he went to Paris. 7. By the time Minh (come), we (already go). 8. Laura finíhed (play) chess one hour ago. 9. Mary expected (see) you at the party. Use the suggestion to rewrite the sentence without changing its meaning 10. John was reading a book. He stopped and watched TV. John stopped ………………… 11. It took me three hours to do exercises yesterday. I spent………………… 12. Nga left me a note. Then she went out. Before Nga……………… Choose the best answer to complete each of the following sentence. 13. If two people speak the same ______ , they usually have similar attitudes and opinions. A. subject B. language C. topic D. word 14. Because he was unfamiliar with the living ______ in Africa, he came back to his hometown. A. life B. work C. conditions D. cost 15. He ______ at six in the morning. A. usually get up B. get up usually C. gets up usually D. usually gets up 16 ______ children do they have? – Two boys. A. What B. Which C. How long D. How many 17. He lived in Paris when he ______ young A. were B. will be C. is D. was 18. I ______ the washing up before my mother came home. A. would do B. had done C. was doing D. did 19. He enjoys ______near the window on board A. sit B. sitting C. siting D. to sit 20. The ______ are those who are unable to use a part of the body in the normal way. A. injured B. disabled C. unemployed D. mentally retarded 21. Linh always has a busy timetable for the whole week. A. schedule B. holiday C. life D. routine 22. The thief used a knife ______ the door. A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened 23. She studied hard and got a degree with ______ colors. A. scarlet B. flying C. red D. flower 24. A ______ cannot hear anything. A. deaf B. mute C. dumb D. blind Find one mistake in each sentence. 25. It was a nice day so we decided going for a walk A. was B. going C. for a walk D. a nice 26. When do you live? – I live in Nam Dinh. A. in B. live C. When D. do you 27. Peter always is the best student in my class. A. student B. the best C. always is D. in 28. After he cooked dinner, he went to his parents’ house. A. cooked B. went C. dinner D. parents’ house Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently. 29. A. romantic B. rare C. tragic D. add 30. A. repeat B. ready C. heat D. meat 31. A. study B. love C. university D. wonderful 32. A. bad B. farther C. gather D. man ---------------- THE END----------------- . ĐỊNH KÌ THI KI M TRA CHẤT LƯỢNG GIỮA HỌC KỲ I TRƯỜNG THPT TRỰC NINH B NĂM HỌC : 2010 - 2011 MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH 10 MÃ ĐỀ 721 (Th i gian làm b i: 45 phút. unfamiliar with the living ______ in Africa, he came back to his hometown. A. life B. work C. conditions D. cost 15. He ______ at six in the morning. A.