Da Phuc High school The 2nd term test – Grade 10
School year: 2016 -2017
Time allowance: 45’
Number: A1012
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I. Phonetics:
* Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: (0.5p)
1. A. because B. answer C. visit D. poison
2. A. famous B. honour C. flourish D. behaviour
* Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others: (0.5p)
3. A. arrival B. imperial C. attraction D. heritage
4. A. introduce B. discover C. develop D. prepare
II. Grammar and vocabulary:
A. Use the correct form or tense of the verbs in brackets: ( 1.5 p)
1. We’ve just been told by the police that we should go another way because the road (resurface) .......................................now.
2. When we arrived, the train (already leave)…………………..………... the station.
3. I don`t go out now because it (rain) ……………………………………...
4. Unless you (tell) ………………………me all your troubles, I can`t do anything to help you.
5. He felt sorry when he realized that his stamp collection (steal)……………….…………….
6. If I had known who he was, I (ask) ……………………………... him to marry me.
B. Use the correct form of the words in brackets: ( 1 p)
1. Water was found at a (deep)…………….…………… of 30 feet underground.
2. Many kinds of plants can be used to treat ( vary)…….……….…………. killing diseases
3. ( Tragic) ………….………….……, his wife was killed in a car accident
4. What will happen to this river if more ( chemist) ……................................are released into the water.
C. Choose the best option for each sentence: (1.5p)
1. The farmers enrich the soil with ……………..
A. herbicides B. fertilizers C. insecticides D. gases
2. …………… is the weather like today?
A. How B. Which C. What D. How much
3. He left school to take care………………. his sick mother.
A. for B. with C. off D. of
4. Does that species still ……………. now?
A. exist B. contain C. abandon D. surprise
5. The film is …………. the one we saw last week.
A. fewer interesting than B. much interesting than C. so interesting as D. less interesting than
6. Walking is …………….cheapest means of travelling.
A. an B. the C. a D. Ø
III. Writing:
A. Find out one mistake in each sentence: (1 p)
1. Have the students be told about the changes of their timetable yet?
A B C D
2. At the age of 32 , he announced his retired from football.
A B C D
3. I like classical music because it is so relaxed.
A B C D
4. - How far does it take to get to the new railway station? - 5 minutes.
A B C D
B. Rewrite the following sentences, using the suggestions: (1.5 p)
1. Mary is cutting the cake with a sharp knife (Change into the passive voice)
( ……………………………………………………………….........................................................................................................
2. We didn’t see her until she came back.
( It was not until .....................................................................................................................................................
3. This cellphone is not as expensive as that one. (Rewrite the sentence using comparative)
( That cellphone is ……………………………………………………………………………………………......
IV. Reading:
A. Read the passage carefully and choose the best option to fill in each blank: (1.25 p)
About two hundred years ago, man lived in greater harmony with his environment (1) ……… industry was not much. Today the situation is quite different. People all over the world are worried about what is happening to the environment, because of modern industry and the need for more and more energy. Newspapers and magazines write about water pollution, air pollution and land pollution. Why is there so much discussion about pollution? After (2) …… …., people have been polluting the world around them for thousands and thousands of years.
In the past there were not (3) ………people, so they could move to the other places when their settle became dirty. Now, however, many parts of the world are crowded, people live in big cities and much of our waste, especially waste (4) ……… factories, electric power