ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HKI – LỚP 10 Môn Tiếng Anh

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ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HỌC KÌ I - KHỐI 10
I. VOCABULARY
1. Mr. Chen is more _____ because he has finally agreed to allow his daughter to join an overseas
volunteer organisation in Africa.
A. single-minded

B. narrow-minded

C. absent-minded

D. open-minded

2. Many young people carry a pair of earbuds as they are small, light, and ____.
A. chargeable

B. economical

C. portable

D. transferable

3. Some people like a small screen, as it is portable, but the other ones want a _____ one to watch films
conveniently with big images.
A. bulky

B. difficult

C. complete

D. creative

4. ________ against women and men should be eliminated when government and people co-operate.
A. Equality

B. Discrimination

C. Dissatisfaction

D. Disbelief

5. In order to ________ a man’s job, Brenda had to work very hard.
A. work

B. pursue

C. enroll

D. prefer

6. He had to _________ a heavy price to win the scholarship to the USA.
A. pay

B. address

C. advocate

D. discriminate

7. Educated women are likely to get __________ jobs and become more important at home.

A. well-trained

B. well-paid

C. well-prepared

D. well-educated

8. If women have to do too much housework, they cannot _________ or work effectively.
A. pursue

B. distract

C. focus

D. Ignore

9. Thomas Edison, Benjamin Franklin, James Watt are among of the greatest ____ of all time.
A. opportunity

B. improvement

C. inventors

D. salary

10. Women do not yet have ________ rights in the family in this area.
A. variable

B. dirty

C. different

D. equal

11. It is ____ that all the students in class 1OA choose to do a project on ‘Helping the needy’.
A. surprising

B. surprised

C. surprise

D. surprisingly

12. If you can do something to help others, you will find your life ____.
A. meaningful

B. meaningless

C. helpless

D. interested

13. Most of the students in that special school are making good progress, but Michael is a ____ case.
A. hopefully

B. hopeless

C. hopeful

D. hopelessly

14. Luckily, I got some ____ advice on how to make a presentation on ‘For a better community’ from my
class teacher.
A. useless

B. useful

C. usefulness

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D. uselessness


15. Studies have shown that _____ for invention mostly comes from the natural world.
A. inspire

B. inspiration

C. inspirational

D. inspired

16. She has a preference ___________ a teacher over a doctor.
A. for

B. in

C. at

D. of

C. for

D. at

17. She dedicates herself _____________ her work.
A. in

B. to

18. The discussion focused ______ three main issues.
A. on

B. at

C. with

D. for

C. in

D. for

19. I'm very interested __________ history.
A. with

B. to

20. Teachers have a limited amount of time to interact _________ each child.
A. with

B. on

C. for

D. about

CLOSEST MEANING
21. I got the teaching job in the Happy Child Charity Centre just by chance.
A. accidentally

B. purposefully

C. easily

D. immediately

22. Mother Teresa devoted herself to caring for the sick and the poor.
A. spent

B. contributed

C. gave up

D. dedicated

23. A digital camera is more economical than a film camera since you don’t have to buy rolls of films.
A. worse

B. cheaper

C. safer

D. stronger

C. fairness

D. similarity

24. It's time we banned discrimination at work.
A. bias

B. equity

25. We should encourage women to join more social activities.
A. prevent

B. stimulate

C. permit

D. forbid

OPPOSITE MEANING
26. Many people who do volunteer work think they are more fortunate than others.
A. lucky

B. blessed

C. unlucky

D. uncomfortable

27. Many people are afraid that computers with superhuman intelligence will destroy humanity.
A. awareness

B. perception

C. stupidity

D. wisdom

28. Speakers are too bulky. You cannot put them in your bag or your pocket.
A. giant

B. heavy

C. large

D. tiny

29. The United Kingdom still faces challenges in gender equality.
A. fairness

B. inequality

C. excitement

D. disappointment

30. The gender gap in primary education has been eliminated.
A. variety

B. inconsistency

C. difference

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D. similarity


II. GRAMMAR:
1. My father ____________ this T-shirt three days ago.
A. buy

B. buys

C. bought

D. will buy

2. John _____________ to school last week because he was ill.
A. go

B. goes

C. doesn’t go

D. didn’t go

C. you done

D. was you

3. What ____ in Paris in 2004?
A. did you do

B. were you doing

4. What _______ when you injured your finger? - I was playing volleyball.
A. do you did

B. had you

C. you doing

D. were you doing

5. Richard ____ TV when the phone ____.
A. watched - ring

B. watched - were ringing

C. was watching – rang

D. were watching - was ringing

6. Our volunteer team ____ a lot of food packages to homeless people in the flood-hit region yesterday.
A. were bring

B. brought

C. have brought

D. had brought

7. All the kids ____ their homework when the volunteer team ____.
A. were doing - arrived

B. do - arrived

C. were doing - arriving

D. does - was arriving

8. I ____ near the fence when suddenly I ____ the voices.
A. stands – heard

B. standing - was hearing

C. was standing – heard

D. was standing - hearing

9. While Tom and I ____, someone ____ at the door.
A. were talking - knocked

B. was talking - was knock

C. talked – was knocked

D. talks - was knocking

10. When I ____ my best friend, she ____ as a volunteer teacher in Dream Homeless Shelter.
A. met - was working

B. meeting - was working

C. met - working

D. was meeting - were working

11. ____ you ____ the theft to the police yet?
A. Do – report

B. Have – reported

C. Are – reporting

D. When – reported

C. was working

D. worked

C. was

D. went

C. has stolen

D. have stole

C. have you known

D. are you know

12. He ____ for Google since 2014.
A. has worked

B. is working

13. I have never ____ to Paris.
A. been

B. go

14. I have lost my mobile phone. Someone ____ it.
A. has steal

B. has stole

15. How long ____ your best friend?
A. did you known

B. does you know

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16. YouTube ____ to become the world’s most popular video-sharing website since 2005.
A. has grown

B. have grown

C. grew

D. grows

C. bought

D. buying

17. He avoids __________ clothes online.
A. buy

B. to buy

18. Huy finished _______ his homework and then he went to the party with George and Bill.
A. do

B. to done

C. did

D. doing

19. In the end we decided __________ in this house.
A. staying

B. to stay

C. stayed

D. to be stay

20. A correction pen is used for ____ your writing mistakes.
A. cover

B. covered

C. covering

D. to cover

21. The afternoon meeting ___ because three of the five committee members are unable to attend.
A. might postponed

B. might postponing

C. might be postpone

D. might be postponed

22. My parents think that fast food ________ in schools.
A. should not sold

B. should not be sell

C. should be not sold

D. should not be sold

23. In Egypt, female students from disadvantaged families _________ scholarships to continue their
studies.
A. will be given

B. can giving

C. may be give

D. must given

24. Women with high qualifications ____ to managers.
A. must promoted

B. must be promoted C. must moving

D. must moved

25. In order to reduce gender inequality in South Korean society, women ____ more opportunities by
companies.
A. will proved

B. should provide

C. may be provide

D. should be provided

26. Darcy and Daisy began to write this novel last year. → ____________________
A. Darcy and Daisy has written this novel since last year.
B. Darcy and Daisy have write this novel since last year.
C. Darcy and Daisy have been written this novel since last year.
D. Darcy and Daisy have written this novel since last year.
27. I last went swimming two months ago. → ____________________
A. I haven’t gone swimming for two months.
B. I haven’t go swimming for two months ago.
C. I have been swimming two months ago.
D. I have gone swimming for two months ago.

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28. My friend has played football since 1993.
A. My friend started to playing football in 1993.
B. My friend started playing football in 1993.
C. My friend started playing football since 1993.
D. My friend started playing to football since 1993.
29. I would like to go to London. → ____________________
A. I enjoy going to London.

B. I enjoy to go to London.

C. I enjoy to going to London.

D. I hate to going to London.

30. My father must repair this bike. → ____________________
A. This bike must repaired by my father.

B. This bike must be repaired by my father.

C. This bike must be repair by my father.

D. This bike must be repaired.

III. WORD FORMATION
1. I’m ____________ in reading comic books. (interest)
2. The ___________ between performers and their audience is very necessary. (interact)
3. He ___________ thousands of pounds to charity last week. (donation)
4. _______________, he was very soon offered another job. (Fortunate)
5. They were so ________ about joining the local volunteer group that they couldn’t sleep last
night. (excite)
6. He didn't even have the _______________ to call for an ambulance. (intelligent)
7. By visiting schools, the actors hope to ___________ children to put on their own productions.
(inspiration)
8. He was an experienced __________ who had done over 150 jumps. (parachute)
9. They had to ________ on my arm because it was broken. (operation)
10. The people are ___________ and rude. (educate)
IV. TRANSFORMATION
1. Would you like to go to the cinema?
Do you feel like .......................................................................................................................... ?
2. Our class looks forwards to spending the holiday in Da Lat.
Our class expects ........................................................................................................................
3. We started cooking for the party four hours ago.
We have ......................................................................................................................................

4. She began using this washing machine last year.
She has .......................................................................................................................................

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5. She last sent me an email 5 months ago.
She has .......................................................................................................................................
6. We last met a long time ago.
We have ......................................................................................................................................
7. Parents ought to encourage children to play sports.
Children_____________________________________________________________________
8. They may demolish this building in the future.
This building_________________________________________________________________
9. She has not got the flu for 10 years
She last_____________________________________________________________________
10. They have not gone to the library since last year.
They last ___________________________________________________________________
V. FINDING MISTAKES
1. When (A) he was calling (B) me, I was doing (C) the (D) cooking for dinner.
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2. While (A) we talked (B), someone (C) in the same room was recording (D) our conversation.
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3. We played (A) games, teaching (B) the disadvantaged (C) children, and gave clothes (D) to
them.
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4. While (A) Hung arrived (B) at (C) the airport, his friends were waiting (D) for him.
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5. The Tesla Coil is used (A) for create (B) extremely (C) powerful electrical (D) fields.
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6. Vaccination has (A) been used (B) for a long time (C) for prevent (D) diseases.
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7. Since the Internet was created (A) in the 1960s (B), it changed (C) people’s lives a lot (D).
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8. Girls (A) should be (B) allowed enroll (C) in this (D) school.
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9. Hunger (A) and poverty (B) must are (C) eliminated by (D) Government.
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10. Kids mustn’t (A) be forced (B) to do (C) what he (D) don’t want.
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VI. PRONUNCIATION
1. A. hikes

B. lasts

C. hides

D. skips

2. A. handicapped

B. interested

C. dedicated

D. excited

3. A. benefit

B. generous

C. inventor

D. video

4. A. cleaned

B. promoted

C. denied

D. improved

5. A. company

B. compose

C. comprise

D. computer

6. A. opposite

B. develop

C. organize

D. benefit

7. A. robot

B. hotel

C. traffic

D. smartphone

8. A. emotion

B. computer

C. cosmonaut

D. assistant

9. A. donate

B. apply

C. provide

D. study

10. A. dedicate

B. fortunate

C. practical

D. volunteer

The end

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