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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I – NĂM HỌC 2010-2011<br />
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 10<br />
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút<br />
(Lưu ý: Học sinh làm bài vào đề)<br />
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HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM<br />
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(Hướng dẫn chấm gồm 02 trang)<br />
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I. Multiple choice: Choose a word / phrase which best completes each sentence. Circle your choice. (12 x 0.25<br />
= 3.0 pts)<br />
1. All the students ……………….the class on the first day.<br />
A. went<br />
B. attended<br />
C. came<br />
D. took<br />
2. Her parents are proud……………….her outstanding success.<br />
A.about<br />
B.with<br />
C.of<br />
D.at<br />
3. The computer was the most wonderful …………….…in the 20th century.<br />
A.invent<br />
B.invention<br />
C.inventor<br />
D.inventory<br />
4. Television can make things ____________ because it presents information in an effective way.<br />
A.memory<br />
B.memorial<br />
C.memorable<br />
D.memorably<br />
5. Which of the following words has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest?<br />
A. meat<br />
B. great<br />
C. seat<br />
D. repeat<br />
6. The unemployed ………………….for a strike to ask for employment.<br />
A. are calling<br />
B. has called<br />
C. is called<br />
D. had called<br />
7. My younger sister has trouble ……………… English words correctly.<br />
A. to pronounce<br />
B. in pronounce<br />
C. pronouncing<br />
D. pronounce<br />
8. A computer is an electronic device …………….manages large collections of data.<br />
A. who<br />
B. what<br />
C. which<br />
D. whose<br />
9. …………….New York city is the largest city in America, it is not the capital of New York State.<br />
A. Because<br />
B. Because of<br />
C. Despite<br />
D. Although<br />
10. Mai: “How about having a party on the first day of Tet?” – Tuan: “……………………..”<br />
A. Yes, that’s a great idea<br />
B. Thank you<br />
C. I like it very much<br />
D. Yes, I want it.<br />
11. It often takes her fifteen minutes ……………….to work on foot.<br />
A. getting<br />
B. to get<br />
C. get<br />
D. for getting<br />
12. When we came to the airport, the plane ……………….off already.<br />
A. has taken<br />
B. took<br />
C. was taking<br />
D. had taken<br />
II. Complete the passage with the right form/tense of the verbs in brackets ( 6 x 0.25 = 1.5 pts).<br />
Dear Mr. Jones,<br />
I (1. write) am writing this letter to complain about the noise from apartment 3C. My family (2. move)<br />
moved into apartment 2C on November 1st. Since we moved in, my upstairs neighbours (3. play) have played /<br />
have been playing their stereo very loudly every night. I have asked them to turn it down several times, but they<br />
haven’t stopped the noise yet. My daughter is a final-year student and she (4. study) studies/is studying every<br />
night. She will fail the final exam next month if this noise (5. not, stop)<br />
doesn’t stop . Please talk to my<br />
neighbours and tell them to stop (6. make) making noise after 9.00 pm.<br />
Sincerely yours,<br />
Tony Adams<br />
III. Read the following passage and then answer the questions below it (1.5 pts):<br />
NEWSPAPER<br />
A newspaper makes money from the price people pay for it and also from the advertisements it carries. A popular<br />
newspaper with a circulation of over five million a day makes a lot of money. Serious newspapers are read<br />
principally for their news, sent to them by their correspondents around the world and by the big news agencies.<br />
People also read these newspapers for their reviews of new books, movies, plays, and for their editorials, which<br />
present the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the moment. Less serious<br />
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newspapers are probably read just for entertainment. They have big headlines above the news stories, funny<br />
cartoons to look at and sensational photos of violence.<br />
1. How many types of newspaper are mentioned in the passage? What are they?<br />
=>There are two types of newspaper mentioned in the passage (0.25). They are serious and less serious<br />
newspapers (0.25).<br />
2. What do people read newspapers for?<br />
=>People read newspapers for their news; their reviews of new books, movies, plays; their editorials (0.25)<br />
and entertainment (0.25) .<br />
3. What do editorials present?<br />
=>They present the opinion of the newspaper itself about the important events and issues of the moment. (0.5)<br />
IV. Choose a suitable word from the box to fill in each numbered blank (0.25 x 4 = 1.0 pt).<br />
possible<br />
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condition<br />
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impossible<br />
<br />
founding<br />
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finally<br />
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education<br />
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Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821 and went to New York City when she was ten years old.<br />
One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly (1)...... impossible....... for a woman in<br />
the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking admission to medical schools, she was (2)<br />
........... finally........ accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia.<br />
In 1849, after graduating from medical school, she decided to further her (3) ........ education....... in Paris.<br />
She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to abandon the idea.<br />
Upon returning the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman.<br />
By 1857, Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first female physician in the United States and (4) ..........<br />
founding....... her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.<br />
V. Rearrange the following words to make meaningful sentences. (1.0 pt)<br />
1. of / a / used / school / there / to / front / tree / be / big / in / the /<br />
There used to be a big tree (0.25) in front of the school (0.25).<br />
2. breakfast / announced / 9.00 / that / between / was / and / served / he / 7.00 /<br />
He announced that breakfast was served (0.25) between 7.00 and 9.00 (0.25).<br />
VI. Do as directed. (2.0 pts)<br />
1. We have arranged to go camping this weekend. (Rewrite the sentence, beginning as shown)<br />
We are going (to go) camping this weekend. (0.5)<br />
2. They have just opened a new airport in the town. (Rewrite the sentence, beginning as shown)<br />
A new airport has just (0.25) been opened in the town (0.25).<br />
3. The boys went swimming although the weather was bad. (Rewrite the sentence, beginning as shown)<br />
In spite of the (0.25) bad weather (0.25), the boys went swimming.<br />
4. He passed the exam with high grades. This made everybody in the family pleased. (Combine the sentences,<br />
using “which”)<br />
He passed the exam with high grades, which made everybody in the family pleased. (0.5) (Nếu thiếu dấu<br />
“,” trừ 0.25)<br />
__________THE END__________<br />
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