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SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO<br /> TỈNH BÀ RỊA VŨNG TÀU<br /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> HƯỚNG DẪN CHẤM<br /> <br /> (Hướng dẫn chấm gồm 02 trang)<br /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> 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 /> <br /> condition<br /> <br /> impossible<br /> <br /> founding<br /> <br /> finally<br /> <br /> education<br /> <br /> 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 /> <br />