THE FIRST TERM CONSOLIDATION - GRADE 10
( 2018 – 2019 )
A/ READING COMPREHENSION
I. Last year I went to Nepal for 3 months to work in a hospital. When the hospital let me have a few
days’ holiday, I decided to go into the jungle and I asked a Nepalese guide, Kamal Rai, to go with me .
In the jungle there was a lot of wildlife, but we were trying to find big cats, especially tigers. We
climbed onto the elephants’ backs to get better view, but it is unusual to find the tigers in the afternoon
because they sleep in the heat of the day . Then, in the distance, we saw a tiger, and Kamal told me to
be very quiet. We crept nearer and found a dead deer, still bleeding. This was the tiger’s lunch!
Suddenly I started to feel very frightened.
We heard the tiger a second before we saw it . It jumped out like a flash of lightning, five
hundred kilos plus and four meters long. I looked into its eyes and face, and saw right down the
animal’s throat. It grabbed Kamal’s leg between its teeth, but I managed to pull Kamal away. One of
our elephants ran at the tiger and made it go back into the grass, so we quickly escaped to let the tiger
eat its lunch. That night it was impossible to sleep!
1. The writer went to Nepal …………………….
a. for holiday b. for treatment c. for business d. on a visit
2. When having a few days off, he decided to go into ……….
a. the remote village b. the mountains c. the seaside d. the tropical forest
3. He wanted to see……… a. wildcats b. tigers c. wildlife d. wild animals
4. He felt very frightened when …………….
a. he saw a tiger b. he saw the tiger’s lunch
c. he crept nearer d. he found a deer
5. The tiger ……….
a. was like a flash of light b. saw them a second before they saw it
c. jumped out very fast d. jumped out of the grass at about four meters
6. Kamal made his escape when ……..
a. one of the elephants ran at the tiger b. the tiger went back into the grass
c. the tiger ate its lunch d. the writer pulled him away .
II/ Language only belongs (1)_____ human beings. Each nation has its own language. We are born to
speak the language (2)______ by our ancestors naturally and automatically. I speak Vietnamese
fluently just because I was (3)______ in Vietnam where my parents, as well as all others living around
me speak Vietnamese. A man who was born and grow up in any (4)_____ country surely speaks
English very well. We all know the advantages of learning a foreign language. The more languages we
learn, (5)______ we get into the knowledge treasure of humanity.
1. A. at B. in C. from D. to
2. A. to speak B. spoke C. spoken D. speaking
3. A. born B. brought C. got up D. lived
4. A. French-speaking B. English-speaking C. Vietnamese-speaking D. Chinese-speaking
5. A. the more B. the most C. the much D. the best
III/ TELEVISION AND CHILDREN :
Television has changed the way people live for thirty years. It influences nearly every aspect of
modern life: how people use their leisure time, how news is reported, how information is learned, and
how people think and feel. Children are particular susceptible to the effects of television, because their
minds are growing and learning much faster than those of adults. However, social scientists, teachers
and parents are concerned about the impact of television on children. They feel television is one factor
that causes declining mathematics and reading scores among school children. Because of the excessive
time spent watching television, children are spending less time reading and thinking independently.
1. According to the writer, children can learn something through television ______
A. more slowly than adults B. as quickly as adults
C. more quickly than adults D. more easily than adults
2. According to social scientists, teachers and parents _______
A. television can decline mathematics and reading scores among school children.
B. television can reduce physics and chemistry scores among school children.
C. television can increase mathematics and reading scores among school children.
D. A & B are correct.
3. Children don’t want to read and think ________ A. because of their laziness
B. because they are bored with learning C. because they spend too much time on TV
D. because they spend time watching football matches on TV
4. Television influences _______
A. most of the aspects of modem life B. all of the aspects of modern life
C. many of the aspects of modem life D. some of the aspects of modern life
IV/.People can go on learning until they are eighty or ninety. There is really no (1) ______ limit. Many
elderly people go to language centers. They want to learn (2)_____ foreign language. People are never
too old (3)______ learn. It is true that we can go (4)______ learning until the day we (5)______.
1. A. old B. age C. year D. time
2. A. any B. some C. a D. the
3. A. for B. about C. by D. to
4. A. on B. to C. towards D. out
5. A. survive B. die C. live D. exist
V/ Hearing-impaired people can not hear sounds well. How do they “hear” words and talk? / Many
hearing-impaired people use American Sign Language ( ASL ). They talk with their hands. Sometimes
two hearing-impaired people talk to each other . They both use ASL. Sometimes a person who can hear
interprets for hearing-impaired people. The person listen to someone talking , and she or he makes
hand signs.
There are two kinds of sign language . One kind has a sign for every letter in the alphabet . The
person spells words. This is finger spelling. The other kind has a sign for the whole words. There are
about five thousand of these signs. They are signs for verbs, things and ideas. Some of the signs are
very easy, for example, eat , milk and horse . You can see what they mean. Others are more difficult,
for example, star , egg or week.
People from any country can learn ASL. They don’t speak words. They use signs , so they can
understand people from other countries .
ASL is almost like a dance . The whole body talks . American Sign Language is a beautiful
language .
1. How do many hearing-impaired people “talk” ?
a. by eyes b. by signals c. by words d. by hands
2. How does a person interpret for hearing-impaired people ?
a. He listens to someone talking, and then makes hand signs .
b. He talks through a special equipment used for the deaf .
c. He listens to someone talking and writes down the words .
d. He uses hand signs to translate what hearing-impaired people say .
3. How many signs are there for finger spelling ? a. 2 b. 24 c. 26 d. 32
4. Why can people from different countries talk to each other with ASL ?
a. Because they speak different languages . b. Because they use signs instead of words.
c. Because they can not hear d. Because they understand each other .
5. Which of the following sentences is not true ?
a. Hearing-impaired people can not hear sounds well . b. There are more signs for words than for letters.
c. A person who interprets for hearing-impaired people can hear .
d. Africans cannot use ASL because they don’t speak English .
6. What is the main idea of the text ?
a. ASL helps people hearing-impaired people talk, but it is difficult to learn
b. There are two kinds of sign language .
c. ASL is a beautiful language that helps hearing-people talk to others .
d. People in different countries can use American Sign Language to communicate with each other.
VI/ The first school for blind , deaf and mute children in the Tibet Autonomous Region celebrated its
first anniversary on Friday. The school is built in the eastern suburb of Lhasa, capital of Tibet, and is
designed to hold 200 students . It covered 20,000 square meters .
The school curriculum includes Braille and sign language training , Tibetan, mathematics ,
writing , ethics training, physical education, arts , handicrafts speech and walking courses . At the
celebration, the audience was touched by a silent song expressed by the students with sign language .
Baiba Toinzhub, a 10-year-old blind child , can speak fluent Chinese and is good at singing and
dancing . He told the visitors that life in the broading school was comfortable.
1. What type of students attend the school?
a. Children who live in the Tibet Autonomous Region . b. Children with a variety of disabilities
c. Children who can not see, hear and speak d. Children who are visually impaired.
2. The school is located in …….
a. the capital of Tibet b. the suburb of the capital of Tibet
c. the eastern of Tibet d. 20,000 square meters
3. The school is ………. a. able to hold 200 students b. the first boarding school in Tibet
c. 20,000 square meters in area d. a and c are correct
4. Which subject is taught in the school ?
a. Physics b. Foreign Language c. Computers d. Braille
5. Which of the following is not true ? a. The visitors are welcomed with a beautiful song
b. Tibet’s first deaf-mute school celebrated its first birthday
c. Life in the boarding school is comfortable d. Baiba Toizhub can sing and dance very well .
VII/ News media are the means or methods by which people learn what is happening in the city, in the
country and in the world. The news media cab be classified into two categories: the categories of print
media and electronic media. Print media use the written material to communicate news to readers.
Electronic media use air waves to send news into homes, offices and public places. Print media are
usually divided into magazines and newspapers. Most newspapers print news daily . For example, the
newspaper “ The New York Times” is published every day of the year. Most news magazines are
published weekly, for instance. Newsweek and Time magazines are published once a week. The
electronic media are generally divided into radio and television. Radio news is news that you listen to.
In the United States, many radio stations broadcast five minutes of news every hour. TV news is news
that you not only listen to but also watch . In Canada and the United States, for example, many people
watch an hour of news on TV at 6 o’clock in the evening. Even today computers are beginning to
influence the transmission and reception of news.
1. What do the print media use to communicate the news ?
a. TV b. radio c. air waves d. newspapers
2. What do the electronic media use to broadcast news ?
a. air waves b. magazines c. newspapers d. all of the above
3. What is the new York Times an example of ?
a. magazine b. newspapers c. radio program d. TV program
4. Which of the following print media are published ?
a. news week b. Time c. The New York Times d . All are correct
5. Which of the following electronic media are broadcast ?
a. TV program b. newspapers c. magazines d. None is correct
VIII/ In the last 100 years , technology has completely changed the way we live . At the touch of a
button , we can look up almost anything we need to know on the Internet. We have electricity ,
aeroplanes, television nad we have ever been to the moon. So what sort of inventions will there be in
the 21st century ? Indeed, is there anything important still left to invent ?
It seems that there is , Scientists all over the world are looking into nanotechnology with a great
deal of interest. This is the science of building small machines-and when we say small, we mean very
small. To give you an idea of the size scientists are talking about , these machines would be about, a
million billion times smaller that the smallest bit of dust .
Nanotechnology will bring about enormous changes . Doctors, for example, will be able to cure
any illness. The environment will be improved because it will be possible to take the polluted air we
breathe and make it clean again. But perhaps the most exciting thought of all is that we won’t have to
wait a thousand years for nanotechnology – many people believe there is a good chance it will come in
our life time.
1. This passage is mainly about ……..
a. inventions b. nano technology c. technological changes d. small machines
2. According to the passage, …..
a. our lives have been changed by technology b. we can use the Internet to get information
c. we have been to travel to the moon d. all are correct .
3. Nanotechnology is …….
a. the skill of building very small machines b. the science of building computers
c. the new computer technology d. the recent advance in medical technology
4. Which change will nanotechnology not bring about ?
a. Fatal diseases will be cured b. the air will be cleaner
c. The pollution will be reduced d. the environment will be protected
5. Which of the following is not true ?
a. Scientists have a lot of interest in nanotechnology .
b. The size of the machines will be much smaller than the smallest bit of dust
c. Nanotechnology will bring about some changes in the medical machines
d. Many people believe that they have to wait a thousand years for nanotechnology .
B. GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY:
I/ Forms of verb : USE
1. Money _____ buying or selling goods
A. use B. is used to C. is used for D. used to
2.The English men are not used _____ on the right hand side of the street.
A. to drive B. to driving C. for driving D. drive
3.I am accustomed to doing morning exercises.
A. used to doing B. used to do C. being used to do D. using to do
4.This computer _______ type word documents.
A. is used for B. used C. used to D. is used to
5.It took me a long time to get used _______.
A. to wear glasses B. wearing to glasses C. to wearing glasses D. to have glasses wear
6. _______ late? A. did you used to stay up B. did you use to stay up
C. do you used to stay up D. do you use to staying up
7. He is used to ______ early in the morning
A. get up B. gets up C. got up D. getting up
8. That knife _____ oranges.
A. is used to cutting B. is used for cut C. get used to cutting D. is used for cutting
9. The environment is not as pure as it _____.
A. is used to be B. is used to being C. used to be D. was used to be
10.This is the chair which my grandfather _____ sit on before he went abroad last month.
A. is used to B. used to C. gets used to D. becomes used to
II/ Fill in the blanks with Relative Pronouns : ( Who ; Whom ; Whose ; Which )
1. Those are the tourists …………………………………………………….credit cards were stolen.
2. Christina is a teacher ………………………………………………………………..car was broken.
3. Is that the hospital …………………………………………………………..…you had an operation ?
4. The street ……………………………………………………..……leads to my school is very wide.
5. What is the name of the book ………………………..………………………...you have just read ?.
6. Mr Smith is the man ………………………………….……….wife teaches at my daughter’s school.
7. Laura is the girl …………………………………………………..brother was injured in the accident.
8. The woman ………………………………………………………….lives next my door is a doctor.
9. That man, …………………………………………..………name I didn’t remember is an architect.
10. Do you know the girl …………………………………………………….……..Tom is talking to ?
11. The novel …………………..……………………………….you need can’t be found in the library.
12. Marie Curie, ……………………….…..discovered radium, is one of the greatest time in our time.
13. The hotel…………………………………………….. we are looking at is the biggest in HCM city.
14. Mr Pike …………………….....………………………...is our boss, has just come back from Paris.
15. The botanists are examining the plants…………………………………..were brought from Africa.
16. That is the new teacher about ……………………………………………...the students are talking.
17. This subject, ………………………………………………….is going to discuss, is very important.
18. The scientist………………………………..…………….we met yesterday, became very famous.
19. What is the name of the woman …….…………….…………………………you are talking about ?
20. That is the businessman ………………..………………….…………………owns a big company.
III/ Fill in the blanks with : Because - Because of - Although - In spite of
1. …………………….. the heavy rain, they couldn’t go for a picnic last weekend.
2. Rice grows well here ……………….. the weather is warm and wet.
3. She didn’t go to school ………………………………….. she was seriously ill.
4. He didn’t go to work ……………………………………… his broken leg .
5. We couldn’t go camping ………………………………………….. the bad weather.
6. They are always happy ……………………………… they have very little money.
7. ………………………………………. his injured foot, he managed to walk to the nearest town.
8. ………………………………………… their poverty, they seemed happy.
9. ……………………………………….. we live on the same street, we hardly ever see each other.
10. Mark went on working …………………………………………… he felt unwell.
11. John lost his job………………his laziness.
12. I went to the club last Saturday………………..it rained heavily.
13. She accepted the job ……………………………..the salary, which was rather low.
14. The Villagers refused to leave …………………………………………………the flood warnings.
15. ……………………………………. the cold weather, We all wore shorts.
16. He had to cancel the appointment ……………………………………his illness.
17. There were enough seats for everyone ……………………………………….the large crowds.
18. They enjoyed living there …………………………………………the bad condition of the house.
19. We kept the fire burning all day …………………………………………… the weather was cold.
20. We could not see what was going on ……………………………..the large crowds.
IV. Choose the best answer :
1. Some of the more time – consuming jobs can now be done by machines.
a. taking much time b. taking little time c. odd d. not affected by time
2. He invented a new kind of wheelchair for…………………..
a. the unemployed b. the poor c. the disabled d. the unhappy
3. She displayed some of her paintings at the local……………………….
a. commune b. post office c. demonstration d. exhibition
