TEXTBASED TESTS - Tiếng Anh 10 - Đỗ Văn Bình - Thư viện Đề thi & Kiểm tra

MR. BEAN’S MATERIALS FOR GRADE 10- BÀI TẬP TIẾNG ANH CHO HỌC SINH LỚP 10
UNIT 3: PEOPLE'S BACKGROUND
I. Choose the word that has the letter (s) pronounced differently from the others.
01. A. language
B. package
C. mathematics
D. marvelous
02. A. chemistry
B. prepare
C. receive
D. degree
03. A. private
B. diploma
C. guide
D. writer
04. A. trouble
B. study
C. tutor
D. subject
05. A. received
B. worked
C. obtained
D. harbored
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others
06. A. background
B. career
C. secondary
D. private
07. A. scientific
B. atomic
C. impossible

D. professor
08. A. obtain
B. determine
C. award
D. harbor
09. A. ambitious
B. difficulty
C. brilliant
D. mature
10. A. education
B. difficulty
C. champion
D. Institute
III. Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that best completes the following sentence.
11. Marie Curie was born______ November 7, 1867.
A. in.
B. from
C. at
D. on
12. Computer models help to determine whether a particular area is likely to flood.
A. make up
B. find out
C. take over
D. put up
13. Let me give you a little______ about the president of the company.
A. specialization
B. concentration
C. background
D. degree
14. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She's a______ woman.

A. ambitious
B. strong-willed
C. brilliant
D. humane
15. He passed his exams with flying color.
A. successfully
B. difficultly
C. badly
D. easily
16. She harbored her hope of being a teacher.
A. gave up her hope of being a teacher
C. had her hope of being a teacher
B. kept her hope of being, a teacher in her mind
D. built her hope of being, a teacher
17. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more______ than the other boys at his class.
A. intelligent
B. mature
C. ambitious
D. developed
18. The new road should help______ traffic problems.
A. raise
B. create
C. ease
D. cause
19. There is no______ explanation for what happened.
A. scientist
B. scientific
C. scientifically
D. since
20. The new surgeon will_____ her post in May.

A. go on
B. get over
C. take up
D. look after
IV. Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that best completes the sentence.
21. The man looked familiar. I______ him somewhere before.
A. saw
B. have seen
C. had seen
D. see
22. Last night a tornado swept through Rockville. It______ everything in its path.
A. destroyed
B. was destroyed
C. had destroyed
D. has destroyed
23. In spite of______, we decided to go out.
A. we felt very tired B. feeling tired
C. all of us felt tired D. tired
24. When we______ the bill. We left the restaurant.
A. had paid
B. were paying
C. paid
D. had been paying.
25. When the firework______ off, the dog______ away.
A. had gone/ ran
B. went/ had run
C. went/ ran
D. went/was running
26. In 1903, Marie became the first woman______ a Doctor of Science degree.
A. receiving

B. receive
C. receives
D. to receive
27. The police officer stopped us and asked us where______.
A. were we going
B. are we going
C. we are going
D. we were going
28. Annie found the souvenirs______ she wanted at the gift shop.
A. that
B. which
C. θ
D. all are correct
29. The manager made his employees______ the computer evening class.
A. attending
B. attend
C. to attend
D. attendance
30. Marie Curie______ a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in 1911.
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A. awarded
B. was awarded
C. had awarded
D. had been awarded
31. Could you please come over? I need you______ the refrigerator.
A. help me moving B. helping me to move C. to help me to move

D. help me to move
32. Martina Hingis______ her first tennis racket at the age of two.
A. picked up
B. has picked up
C. had picked up
D. was picked up
33. John F. Kennedy was the first president of the United States28_______.
A. born in the twentieth century
B. was born in twentieth century
C. born on the twentieth century
D. to be born in the twentieth century
34. By the time she was twelve. She_________.
A. had already decided
B. already has decided
C. had already decided
D. already decided
35. ______ in Slovakia, Martina has lived in Switzerland for many years.
A. To be born
B. Born
C. Being born
D. Be born
V. Identify the one underlined word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that must be changed.
36. My family lived in Hue since 1990 to 1996, but we are now living in Sai Gon.
A
B
C
D
37. Can you tell me where were you born? - Stockholm.
A
B

C
D
38. Computers are often used to control, adjustment, and correct complex industrial operation.
A
B
C
D
39. He spent most of his time to paint in the studio.
A
B
C
D
40. We went to Stan's holiday party last year, hadn't we?
A
B
C
D
41. Before she became a film star, she has been a stand up comedian
A
B C
D
42. I'm trying to persuade my sister to drive, but I can’t get her do it.
A
B
C
D
43. After a week, we finally got to Miami, that my aunt lives.
A
B
C

D
44. Since I begin school. I haven't had much spare time.
A
B
C
D
45. My mother makes me doing my homework so I can't go out.
A
B
C
D
VI. Choose the one option - A, B, C or D - that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Marie Curie, the Polish-born French (46)_____ was a courageous and de- terminal woman.
She left her home for Paris to (47)_____ her interest in science. Living in (48)_____, she still (49)_____
to undulate at the top of her class. She met Pierre Curie (50)_____ after graduation and (51)_____
him a year later. Together, Pierre and Marie (52)_____ the most famous husband-and-wife (53)_____
in science history. They (54)_____ the Radioactive elements, Polonium and Radium. They (55)_____
the Nobel Prize for Physics in 1903.
46. A. biologist
B. mathematician
C. chemist
D. physicist and chemist
47. A. follow
B. take
C. pursue
D. satisfy
48. A. poverty
B. loneliness
C. wealth
D. difficulty

49. A. made
B. managed
C. harbored
D. worked
50. A. immediately
B. soon
C. shortly
D. rightly
51. A. married
B. left
C. divorced
D. devoted
52. A. built
B. organized
C. established
D. formed
53. A. couple
B. partnership
C. scientists
D. partners
54. A. discovered
B. invented
C. built
D. made.
55. A. had awarded
B. awarded
C. were awarded
D. were awarding
VII. Read the passage, then choose the one best answer - A, B, C or D.
Personal computers, or PCs, are an important part of our everyday lives. Many people cannot

imagine life without them. One the most important people in making these machines work is Bill
Crams.
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Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grew up in a rich family. His parents sent
him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Alien. When they were in the eight
were in the eighth grade, they were writing programs for business computers and making mores.
In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he
would get over his obsession with, and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped
out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a
day in 'a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first
personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product. Allen
became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own
company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was
the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the "King of Software". He achieved
his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen-hour days, seven days
a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States.
56. According to the writer, _______.
A. people cannot live without personal computers
B. computers play an important part of our lives
C. Bill Gates invented personal computers
D. Bill Gates is the most important people in computer science
57. The words “dropped out of” in line 10 mean_______.
A. graduated from
B. got over
C. took part in
D. stopped taking class at

58. According to the passage, _______.
A. Bill Gate's parents wanted him to become a computer programmer.
B. Bill Gates and Paul Allen created Microsoft they want to sell their program for personal
computers C. Paul Alien left Microsoft because he wanted to start his own company.
D. Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.
59. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States?
A. 34
B. 51
C. 42
D. 44
60. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?
A. In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company.
B. Bill Gates and Paul Allen first wrote programs for business computers when they were about
fifteen. C. Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard.
D. Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States.
VIII. Choose the sentence - A, B, C, or D - which is closest in meaning to the original sentence.
61. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
A. She worked very hard in difficult conditions.
B. She worked very hard but she still lived in difficult conditions.
C. She worked very hard even though her living conditions were difficult.
D. She worked very hard because her living conditions were difficult.
62. It was impossible to find Toni anywhere.
A. Torn was unable to go anywhere B. Torn could not be found anywhere.
C. It was possible to find Torn.
D. Torn could go anywhere he liked.
63. Fewer people came to the meeting than we had expected.
A. Too many people came to the meeting.
B. There were more people at the meeting, than we had expected.
C. There were not enough seats for all people as we had expected.
D. We had expected more people to come to the meeting.

64. The results of the research are not only impressive, but also alarming.
A. The results of the research are not alarming, but impressive.
B. The results of the research are alarming, but not impressive.
C. The results of the research are not either impressive or alarming
D. The results of the research are both impressive and alarming.
65. Mark is not interested in teaching.
A. Mark would like to teach.
B. Teaching is not interesting to Mark.
C. Mark didn't think teaching is interesting. D. Mark knows how to teach.
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