He used to say, “ Genius was 1 percent inspiration and 99 percents perspiration.” When he died on October 18, 1931, he was still working on new ideas.. 1..[r]
(1)MINH PHU HIGH SCHOOL FOREIGN LANGUAGE GROUP Name: . Class: 10 E
THE ENGLISH TEST No 1
Marks Teacher’s remarks
A MULTIPLE CHOICES I Pronunciation:
Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest (1m) 1 A study B subject C father D love 2 A scream B death C ready D peasant 3 A traveled B stared C landed D seemed 4 A chance B teaching C chemistry D children II Vocabulary: Choose the best answer (2m)
1 Are you ……… with what we did
A interest B surprised C keen D satisfied I often ……….my bicycle to school
A drive B ride C go D sail
3 The alarm clock………… , which woke everyone up
A rang off B went off C gave off D put off Mr Lam goes to work on foot once a week It means he ………… walks to work
A never B sometimes C often D usually English is a(n) ……… language
A national B nation C international D traditional
6 Marie Curie ………… a Nobel prize in Chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium A was awarded B awarded C to award D awarding
7 Marie Curie was born ……… November 7th, 1867.
A in B at C of D on
8 “It’s been nice meeting you” is used to ……… a conversation
A start B close C open D begin
B READING Read and then answer the questions below (2m)
Thomas Edison was born on February 11, 1847 in Milan, Ohio When he was at school, his teacher considered him to be a slow student Because of his hearing problem, Edison had dificulty i following lessons But with only three months of formal education he became one of the greatest inventors and industrial leaders in history
Edison’s most famous invention was the electric light bulb He also invented the phonograph, and made improvements to the telegraph, telephone and motion pictrure technology
Edison had a special life He married twice with five children He loved books, had excellent memory, and always showed curiousity about science
Although he had hearing problem, he refused to have an operation for his deafness He said that silence helped him concentrate He always worked very hard and often had only four hours of sleep everyday He used to say, “ Genius was percent inspiration and 99 percents perspiration.” When he died on October 18, 1931, he was still working on new ideas
1 What was Edison’s most famous invention?
=> ……… 2 How many children did he have?
=> ……… 3 How long did he use to work everyday?
=> ……… 4 How old was he when he died?
(2)C WRITING Rewrite the sentences using the cue in the brackets (5m) 1 It takes Nam twenty five minutes to go to school (spends)
=> Nam ……… 2 My friend often walks to school (on foot)
=> My friend ……… 3 The students practise speaking English at the club on Sundays (make question) => When ……… 4 Mai was late for school because the alarm didn’t go off (make question) => Why ……… 5 Vu is interested in studying maths (enjoys)
=> Vu ….……… 6 He agreed _ the job as soon as possible (V-ing or To V-infinitive) 7 We had dinner, and then we went to the concert (had had)
=> After ……… 8 Susan went out for pleasure, but first she did her homeworke (had done)
=> Before ……… 9 My sister (have) _ coffee for breakfast everyday (correct tense of verb) 10 We (come) there six years ago (correct tense of verb)