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SỞ GD&ĐT VĨNH PHÚC<br />
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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KÌ I NĂM HỌC 2016-2017<br />
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – LỚP 10<br />
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề<br />
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Đề thi có 03 trang<br />
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(Thí sinh làm bài vào tờ giấy thi)<br />
Họ và tên thí sinh: ………………………………………………………………SBD: ………………<br />
A. PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM (8 điểm)<br />
I. LISTENING<br />
Listen to the recording and choose the correct picture to answer each question<br />
Question 1. Which is Tom’s mother?<br />
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Question 2. Where will the beach party be?<br />
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Question 3. What will Fiona wear to the dance?<br />
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Question 4. What homework is the girl doing now?<br />
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Question 5. What’s David going to buy?<br />
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II. PHONETICS<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs<br />
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.<br />
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Question 6. A. banks<br />
Question 7. A. study<br />
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B. cups<br />
B. education<br />
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C. peasants<br />
C. hungry<br />
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D. neighbors<br />
D. subject<br />
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three in<br />
the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.<br />
Question 8. A. alarm<br />
B. children<br />
C. repair<br />
D. machine<br />
Question 9. A. printer<br />
B. floppy<br />
C. device<br />
D. system<br />
III. LEXICO – GRAMMAR<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following<br />
questions.<br />
Question 10. By the time he _____, all his classmates _____ the computer room.<br />
A. arrived/left<br />
B. had arrived/left<br />
C. was arriving/left<br />
D. arrived/had left<br />
Question 11. Each time you _____ on your computer, it is capable of doing almost anything you ask it to.<br />
A. get<br />
B. make<br />
C. put<br />
D. turn<br />
My mother suggested _____ energy-saving appliances for our new house.<br />
Question 12.<br />
A. buy<br />
B. to buy<br />
C. buying<br />
D. bought<br />
Question 13. Quan Ho singing is a Vietnamese style of _____ music that was recognized by UNESCO in<br />
2009.<br />
A. dance<br />
B. hip-hop<br />
C. folk<br />
D. pop<br />
Question 14. He's a _____. He spends most of his time working in the field.<br />
A. engineer<br />
B. peasant<br />
C. cyclo driver<br />
D. pilot<br />
Question 15. When you lived in the countryside, _____to help your parents with the farming work?<br />
A. were you use<br />
B. did you used<br />
C. did you use<br />
D. were you used<br />
Question 16. Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for the _____.<br />
A. unemployed<br />
B. employed<br />
C. employment<br />
D. unemployment<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each<br />
of the following exchanges.<br />
Mark: “_____”<br />
Question 17. Peter: “Would you like to go somewhere for a drink?”<br />
A. Yes, Why?<br />
B. Yes, I wouldn't.<br />
C. No, I would.<br />
D. Yes, I'd love to.<br />
Linda: “ _____”<br />
Question 18. Jane: “What household chores do you dislike doing the most?”<br />
A. Washing the dishes, because I often break things.<br />
B. It's too hard, and I don't like it.<br />
C. I sometimes do the cooking when my mom is busy.<br />
D. Well, I think I like sweeping the house.<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the<br />
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.<br />
Question 19. Peter often helps do the laundry because he feels happy to see his parents dress well to work.<br />
A. make the bed<br />
B. wash the clothes<br />
C. clean the house<br />
D. cook meals<br />
Question 20. A CV (curriculum vitae) is a form with details about somebody's past education and occupations.<br />
A. dreams<br />
B. hobbies<br />
C. marks<br />
D. jobs<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the<br />
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.<br />
Question 21. Lindsay Lewis is married with four children.<br />
A. mature<br />
B. famous<br />
C. brilliant<br />
D. single<br />
Question 22. If you eat too much at dinner time, you'll certainly put on weight.<br />
A. lose<br />
B. increase<br />
C. rise<br />
D. gain<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in<br />
each of the following questions.<br />
Question 23. In our family, we usually divide the housework equal.<br />
A. In our family<br />
B. divide<br />
C. equal<br />
D. housework<br />
Question 24. Neil has passed his examination, that is good news.<br />
A. has passed<br />
B. that<br />
C. news<br />
D. his<br />
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IV. READING<br />
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct<br />
word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.<br />
Nowadays, we must say that all high schools teach mathematics and it is considered one of the<br />
(25)_______ subjects. High school students are required to study mathematics whether they are interested<br />
(26)_______ it or not. Up to now, no one knows exactly the time when the early people began (27)_______<br />
on mathematics. Mathematics has been developed today. It is no longer only figures, simple calculations,<br />
and forms. Mathematics is divided into branches, (28)_______ arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and<br />
trigonometry; other branches have gradually been added. The invention of the electronic computer is one of<br />
the great achievements in mathematics. Thanks to computers, we can save a lot of time when solving<br />
problems.<br />
Question 25. A. best important B. most important C. more important<br />
D. less important<br />
Question 26. A. at<br />
B. on<br />
C. for<br />
D. in<br />
Question 27. A. to work<br />
B. worked<br />
C. work<br />
D. to working<br />
Question 28. A. as<br />
B. example<br />
C. such as<br />
D. such<br />
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct<br />
answer to each of the questions.<br />
Rebecca Stevens was the first woman to climb Mount Everest. Before she went up the highest<br />
mountain in the world, she was a journalist and lived in a small flat in south London.<br />
In 1993, Rebecca left her job and her family and traveled to Asia with some other climbers. She found<br />
that life on Everest is hard. “You must carry everything on your back”, she explained, “so you can only take<br />
things that you will need. You can’t wash on the mountain, and in the end I didn't even take a toothbrush. I am<br />
usually a clean person but there is no water, only snow. Water is very heavy so you only take enough to drink.”<br />
When Rebecca reached the top of Mount Everest on May 17th , 1993, it was the best moment of her<br />
life. Suddenly she became famous.<br />
Now she has written a book about the trip and people often ask her to talk about it. She has a new job<br />
too, on a science program on television.<br />
Rebecca is well-known today and she has more money, but she still lives in the little flat in south<br />
London among her pictures and books about mountains.<br />
Question 29. According to the passage, life on Everest is _____.<br />
A. interesting<br />
B. not easy<br />
C. famous<br />
D. cheap<br />
Rebecca went to Everest _____.<br />
Question 30.<br />
A. with her close friends<br />
B. without anyone<br />
C. with a climbing group<br />
D. with her family<br />
Question 31. Which of the following is NOT TRUE according to the passage?<br />
A. Rebecca climbed Mount Everest two years after she had left her job.<br />
B. Rebecca was the first woman who climbed Mount Everest.<br />
C. Reaching the top of Mount Everest was the best moment of Rebecca's life.<br />
D. Rebecca's successful attempt to climb Mount Everest made her famous.<br />
Question 32. Rebecca didn't wash on Everest because _____.<br />
A. it was too cold<br />
B. she was not permitted<br />
C. she is a dirty person<br />
D. there was not enough water<br />
B. PHẦN TỰ LUẬN (2 điểm)<br />
V. WRITING<br />
Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that it has the same meaning as the original sentence.<br />
Question 33. The pop star will release his new album next month.<br />
The pop star’s new album ______________________________________________________<br />
Question 34. Because it rained heavily, we canceled our trip.<br />
It rained ____________________________________________________________________<br />
In 50 - 80 words, write a paragraph about your favourite subject at school<br />
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