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(1)TEST ON ENGLISH – GRADE 10 -UNIT 3
I Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others A men B met C said D sand
2 A bed B pen C send D mat
II Pick out the word that has stress pattern different from that of the others. A background B career C secondary D private
4 A scientific B atomic C impossible D professor III Choose the underlined part that needs correcting
5 Before she became a film star, she has been a stand-up comedian A B C D
6 She was sad after she reads her boyfriend’s letter A B C D
7 After she had had lunch, she had taken a nap A B C D
8 By the time he had arrived at the party, all his classmates had left A B C D Two days ago, I had met an old friend
A B C D
IV Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each blank
Marie Curie, the Polish-born French (10) _, was a courageous and determined woman She left her home for Paris to (11) her interest in science Living in (12) _, she still (4) _ to graduate at the top of her class She met Pierre Curie (5) after graduation and married him a year later
10 A biologist B mathematician C chemist D physicist and chemistry 11 A follow B take C pursue D satisfy
12 A poverty B loneliness C wealth D worked 13 A made B managed C harbored D worked 14 A immediately B soon C shortly D rightly
V Read the text and questions below, then circle the letter A, B, C or D that you think the best option. Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century, and later came to the United States Several members of his family did a great deal to encourage him in the field of science His father was most instrumental in supervising his work with the deal While he dealt with the deaf and investigated the science of acoustics, his study eventually led to the invention of the multiple telegraph and his greatest invention of the telephone The last quarter century of his life was dedicated to the advance in aviation
15 What was considered to be Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention? A multiple telegraph B telephone C aviation D acoustics 16 When he studied science, his family was
A angry B pleased C sad D supportive 17 What can we conclude about Alexander Graham Bell? A He worked very hard, but never achieved success
B He spent so many years working in aviation because he wanted to be a pilot C He dedicated his life to the science and the well being of mankind
D He worked with the deaf so that he could invent the telephone 18 Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A Bell was born in the 1900s B Bell worked with the deaf
C Bell had many experiments with the science of acoustics D Bell invented a multiple telegraph
19 How many years did Bell dedicate to aviation? A 100 B 25 C 35 D 50 VI Choose the best answer.
20 After the _ death of her husband, Marie Curie took up his position at the Sorbonne A tragic B tragedy C tragical D tragically
(2)22 He passed his exams with flying colours
A successfully B difficultly C badly D easily 23 He behaved like an adult I think he is more _ than the other boys in his class
A intelligent B mature C ambitious D developed 24 Jane is always determined to anything she wants She’s a _ woman
A ambitious B strong-willed C brilliant D humane 25 She harboured her hope of being a teacher
A gave up her hope of being a teacher B built her hope of being a teacher C had her hope of being a teacher
D kept her hope of being a teacher in her mind 26 The new road should help traffic problems
A raise B create C ease D cause 27 The new surgeon will her post in May
A go on B get over C take up D look after 28 In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely
A hard B hardly C harder D hardest 29 She was born _ Warsaw in 1867
A in B on C at D from
30 In 1891, Marie, with very little money to live , went to Paris to realize her dream at the Sorbonne A in B at C on D up
31 She Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in 1894
A was meeting B meet C had met D met 32 After I for half an hour, she finally arrived
A waited B had waited C waiting D to wait
33 Yesterday morning my mother _ me a new bicycle as my old one _ stolen A bought/ was B bought/ had been
C had bought/ was D had bought/ had been
34 My uncle _ a visit to Germany in 2005
A paid B pays C has paid D will pay
35 “Did anyone see the thief?”-“No, he already _ away by the time we _ in.” A ran-had come B had run-came C runs-have come D has run-come
36 She had just _ on holiday
A be B being C been D to be 37 I felt very tired when I got home, so I straight to bed
A go B went C had gone D going 38 After she _ the basket, she to the check out
A filled/ went B had filled/ gone C filled/ had gone D had filled/ went 39 Karen to come to the cinema with us because she _ the film
A didn’t want/ had already seen B wanted/ had already seen C not wanted/ saw D wanted / was seeing
40 We didn’t have their new phone number because they _ to the South A moved B to move C had moved D moving