Phu Yen Education - Training Service<br />
<br />
THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION<br />
<br />
Vo Nguyen Giap High School<br />
<br />
Subject: English Grade 10<br />
Academic year: 2017- 2018<br />
Time: 45 minutes<br />
(Not including exam paper delivery time)<br />
CODE 1<br />
<br />
Full name:__________________________ Class: 10 ___<br />
<br />
Score:<br />
<br />
I. PRONUNCIATION: (1m)<br />
* Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other<br />
words<br />
1. A. met<br />
<br />
B. bad<br />
<br />
C. sad<br />
<br />
D. sand<br />
<br />
2. A. little<br />
<br />
B. interest<br />
<br />
C. like<br />
<br />
D. kick<br />
<br />
* Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.<br />
3. A. museum<br />
<br />
B. computer<br />
<br />
C. comedy<br />
<br />
D. require<br />
<br />
4. A. channel<br />
<br />
B. cartoon<br />
<br />
C. headline<br />
<br />
D. popular<br />
<br />
II.GRAMMAR (3ms)<br />
* Grammar and vocabulary: Choose the best answer<br />
1. Peter isn’t capable ___________ doing the job as a secretary.<br />
A. on<br />
B. of<br />
C. about<br />
2. The thieves had left the building by the time the police ______.<br />
A. have arrived<br />
<br />
B. had arrived<br />
<br />
C. arrived<br />
<br />
D. at<br />
D. arrive<br />
<br />
3 . If you ______ your homework, I______ you watch TV.<br />
A. don't do/ won't let<br />
<br />
B. did/ won't let<br />
<br />
C. won't do/ let<br />
<br />
D. won't do/ don't let<br />
<br />
4______________do you take a holiday? ~ Once a year.<br />
A. When<br />
<br />
B. How long<br />
<br />
C. What time<br />
<br />
D. How often<br />
<br />
5. Would you mind______ me a hand with these bags?<br />
A. give<br />
<br />
B. giving<br />
<br />
C. to give<br />
<br />
D. to giving<br />
<br />
6. Ambulances arrived at the scene of the accident and took______ to hospital.<br />
A. the injured<br />
<br />
B. the injury<br />
<br />
C. the sick<br />
<br />
D. the sickness<br />
<br />
7. The Titanic, _____________ sank in 1922, was supposed to be unsinkable<br />
A. whose<br />
<br />
B. that<br />
<br />
C .which<br />
<br />
D. its<br />
<br />
8. “I’m coming back to my home town tomorrow,” Mai said.<br />
A. Mai said that I’m coming back to my home town tomorrow.<br />
B. Mai said that she is coming back to her home town the next day.<br />
C. Mai said that she was coming back to her home town tomorrow.<br />
D. Mai said that she was coming back to her home town the following day<br />
9. ______________ the heavy rain, we couldn’t go camping.<br />
A. In spite of<br />
<br />
B. Because<br />
<br />
C. Although<br />
<br />
D. Because of<br />
<br />
10. We receive information from radio through ears.<br />
A. orally<br />
11. Jim used to<br />
A. be<br />
<br />
B. visually<br />
<br />
C. aurally<br />
<br />
D. usually<br />
<br />
______ my best friend, but we aren’t friends any longer.<br />
B. is<br />
<br />
C. being<br />
<br />
D. is being<br />
<br />
12. A: What should you do if you don't want to hear the sound?<br />
B: _______________________________<br />
A. Press the MUTE button.<br />
C. Press the PROGRAM button.<br />
<br />
B. Press the VOLUME button.<br />
D. Press the POWER button<br />
<br />
III. READING<br />
1. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.(1m)<br />
The world is divided (1) ............ two main parts: one part is poor and the other is rich. The poor<br />
countries are called 'the developing countries'. The big problem that they have to encounter is lack of<br />
food and medical care. A lot of people do not have (2) ........... food to eat and medicine to cure<br />
illnesses. In some parts, children are even starving. The land of those countries is too poor to cultivate<br />
anything on. They do not know(3) .......................new farming methods as well as inventions and<br />
discoveries of science and technology. Moreover, they do not have enough money to do it. They<br />
certainly need help from (4)............countries.<br />
1 .A. into<br />
B. to<br />
C. in<br />
D. from<br />
<br />
2. A. very<br />
<br />
B. too<br />
<br />
C. many<br />
<br />
3. A. applying<br />
<br />
B. to apply<br />
<br />
C. how to apply<br />
<br />
4. A. rich<br />
<br />
B. the rich<br />
<br />
C. another rich<br />
<br />
D. enough<br />
D. how applying<br />
D. a rich<br />
<br />
2. Read the passage and choose the correct answers (2ms)<br />
One step beyond automated machines is the industrial robot, the heart and brain of which is the<br />
microcomputer. Unlike most automated machines, industrial robots can be programmed to do a<br />
variety of tasks that are usually accomplished by human factory workers. Like their human<br />
counterparts, industrial robots can be switched from one job to another and can be programmed to<br />
handle new tasks. Thus far, robots have found their greatest use in assembling mechanical<br />
components. However,they are swiftly branching from basic assembly operations to construction<br />
and mining, and their most glamorous use of all, the exploration of oceans and outer space.<br />
1. The author's main purpose in writing this passage is to ..................<br />
A. describe the industrial robot and its uses.<br />
B. narrate a story about the industrial robot.<br />
C. compare the industrial robot to human factory workers.<br />
D. argue the advantages of the industrial robot.<br />
2. The author's reaction to an innovative form of transportation, such as the electric car, would<br />
most likely be ...............<br />
A. positive<br />
<br />
B. negative<br />
<br />
C. confusion<br />
<br />
D. surprise<br />
<br />
3. The paragraph following this passage would most likely be about.................<br />
A.types and uses of automated machines.<br />
B.how industrial robots are used in exploration.<br />
C.the uses of the microcomputer.<br />
D.how robots assemble mechanical components.<br />
4. This passage would most likely be found in ....................<br />
A. an entertainment magazine.<br />
<br />
B. a medical journal.<br />
<br />
C. a book of short stories.<br />
<br />
D. a popular science journal.<br />
<br />
IV.WRITING (3ms)<br />
A.Put the verb into the correct form. (1m)<br />
1. He hasn’t been able to play badminton since he (be) _____________15 years old .<br />
2. It’s the first time I(see) _____________ the film<br />
<br />
3.I remember (tell) _____________you about this before.<br />
4.Would you like (go) ____________somewhere for a rest ?<br />
B. Rewrite the sentences as directed in brackets (2ms)<br />
1. I bought a cell phone. I can use it to send and receive email. (Use “Which”)<br />
→ __________________________________________________.<br />
2. In spite of the cold weather, she wasn’t wearing a coat.<br />
<br />
(Use “although”)<br />
<br />
→ Although___________________________________________<br />
3. “You look beautiful in that dress”, she said to me.<br />
<br />
(Use “reported speech”)<br />
<br />
→ She told___________________________________________<br />
4. They haven’t used the machine for five years.<br />
<br />
(Use “Passive voice”)<br />
<br />
→ The machine __________________________________________________.<br />
<br />
*** GOOD LUCK TO YOU ***<br />
<br />
Phu Yen Education - Training Service<br />
<br />
THE FIRST TERM EXAMINATION<br />
<br />
Vo Nguyen Giap High School<br />
<br />
Subject: English Grade 10<br />
Academic year: 2017- 2018<br />
Time: 45 minutes<br />
(Not including exam paper delivery time)<br />
CODE 1 - KEY<br />
<br />
1.<br />
PRONUNCIATION: (1m)<br />
* Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other<br />
words.<br />
1. A<br />
2. C<br />
* Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others.<br />
3. C<br />
4. B<br />
II.GRAMMAR (3ms)<br />
* Grammar and vocabulary: Choose the best answer<br />
1.<br />
2.<br />
3.<br />
4.<br />
<br />
B<br />
C<br />
A<br />
D<br />
<br />
5.<br />
6.<br />
7.<br />
8.<br />
<br />
B<br />
A<br />
C<br />
D<br />
<br />
9. D<br />
<br />
12. A<br />
<br />
10. C<br />
11. A<br />
<br />
II. READING (3ms)<br />
1. Read the text below and choose the correct word for each space.(1m)<br />
4. B<br />
1. A<br />
2. D<br />
3. C<br />
2. Read the passage and choose the correct answers (2ms)<br />
1. A<br />
2. A<br />
3. B<br />
4. D<br />
IV.WRITING (3ms)<br />
A.Put the verb into the correct form. (1m)<br />
1. was<br />
1.<br />
2.<br />
3.<br />
4.<br />
<br />
2. have seen<br />
3. telling<br />
B. Rewrite the sentences as directed in brackets (2ms)<br />
<br />
4. to go<br />
<br />
I bought a cell phone which I can use to send and receive email.<br />
Although the weather was cold, she wasn’t wearing a coat.<br />
She told that I looked beautiful in that dress.<br />
The machine hasn’t been used for five years.<br />
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