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MÔN THI: TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10
Thời gian làm bài: 180 phút(không kể thời gian giao đề)
Full name:.......................................................................................................
Class:....................
I. Circle the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1.a. man
b. hand
c. bad
d. table
2.a. looked
b. pushed
c. pleased
d. laughed
3.a. biscuits
b. magazines
c. newspapers
d. vegetables
4.a. suit
b. seven
c. sugar
d. sun
5.a. clothes
b. gone
c. drove
d. ghost
6.a. hear
b. dear
c. pear
d. clear

7.a. turn
b. burn
c. curtain
d. bury
8.a. took
b. book
c. shoe
d. would
9.a. achieve
b. chemist
c. riches
d. watch
10.a. nowhere
b. overnight
c. problem
d. vote
II. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
11. He no sooner (reach)............................. the door than he (come)..................... back.
12. I think she is the nicest person I (ever meet)...........................................
13. The only thing I haven't got is a garden. If I(have)..............one, I (grow)...................a
lot of flowers.
14. They (build).................... that bridge when I (be)........... there last year, they haven't
finished it yet.
15. I think your garden needs(weed)..............And you'd better(have) it done tomorrow.
16. I don't mind (wait).................... I'd rather (be) too early than too late.
17. You can trust me. I remember (send)............... the documents right after you signed it.
18. The noise from the trains (annoy)............ me terribly last night.
19. There (be).............. great changes in our village in the past few years.
20. When we came in, a meal (already prepare).............................. for us.
III. Circle the correct answer

21. Is there anything wrong ..............your car?
a. in
b. about
c. of
d. with
22. John Wayne is famous .............. a film star.
a. as
b. by
c. for
d. tobe
23. I have typed ten letters............ .
a. yesterday
b. today
c. tomorrow
d. every day
24. After ..............that chapter carefully,they began their experiments.
a. reading
b. read
c. having been read d. have read
25. He is looking forward to.............. his old friends.
a. meet
b. have met
c. meeting
d. met
26. You needn't do that when the maid is here,.............?
a. do you
b. need you
c. is she
d. isn't she
27. It............every day so far this week.

a. has rained
b. is raining
c. rained
d. rains
28. I suggest that the matter...................reconsidered.
a. has
b. being
c. is
d. be


29. Abul Qasim never used that hand to give money to............... .
a. poor man
b. a poor
c. the poor
d. the poor men
30.The ..........................of the US now is George Bush.
a.architect
b.housewife
c.president
d.physicst
31.The moment I saw her ,I...................something was wrong.
a.read
b.ranked
c.realised
d.gasped
32.My mum is a high school teacher.It was she who first............me in my teaching
career.
a.guided
b.interested

c.showed
d.watched
33.This book provides students..............useful tips that help them to pass the coming
exam.
a.Ǿ
b.about
c.for
d.with
34.The ........................ of the computer has changed the way people exchange and
process information.
a.invention
b.invent
c.inventive
d.inventor
35.Drugs are often...................on animals before they are used on humans.
a.experiment
b.experiments
c.experimenting
d.experimented
36.Vietnam’s population .................80 million in 2004.
a.reduced
b.increased
c.reached
d.rose
37 ……. Of all the staff. I would like to wish you a happy retirement
a. instead
b. in place
c. on behalf
d. on account
38. ................the traffic was bad, I arrived on time.

a. Even
b. In spite of
c. Although
d. Despite
39. I see no point............ your wasting time..............rewriting your report; have it typed.
a. in/ with
b. in/ on
c. about/on
d. on/in
40. The performance (begin) at 7 o'clock and (last) for three hours. We all (enjoy) it.
a. began/lasted/have been enjoying
b. began/lasted/ have enjoyed
c. has begun/has lasted/enjoyed
d. began/lasted/enjoyed
IV. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.

41.It is very ....................... to live in a damp room.(health)
42. He promised to come, but he is very......................(rely)
43. His ....................... has not improved much.(behave)
44. O'Hara wanted a divorce because his wife had been.............(faith)
45. She is extremely................. about the history art.(know)
46. She has an ................ command of the language.(impress)
47. Her......................was so great that she broke a grass. (anxious)
48. The work is still at a very.............. level.(experiment)
49. It is the most.......................... film I have ever seen.(fright)
50. Since ................ has been so poor the class is being closed.(attend)
VI. Choose the underlined words or phrases in each of the sentences that needs
correcting.
51. There was a very interesting news on the radio this morning about the earthquake in
Italy. a

b
c
d
52. Because there are less members present tonight than there were last night, we must
a
b
c
wait until the next meeting to vote.
d


53. Alike all other mammals, dolphins have lungs.
a
b
c
d
54. The shop assistant to whom I spoke to was very helpful.
a
b
c
d
55. Some students have difficult expressing exactly what they want to say.
a
b
c
d
56. Food prices have risen too rapidly that we have to change our eating habits.
a
b
c

d
57. Lan wishes that she can go to Singapore to visit her pen pal.
a
b
c
d
58. My brother didn't wear that uniform since he left school.
a
b
c
d
59. Nam asked Mai what can he do to help her.
a
b
c d
60. New laws should be writing to accommodate changes in our society.
a
b
c
d
VII. Rewrite these sentences
61.If I were you, I wouldn’t trust peter,”she told John.
She advised…………………………………………………………….
62.She prefers Italian food to French food.
She’d………………………………………………………………
63.”I am sorry that I broke the glass,” said Peter.
Peter apologised………………………………………………………….
64.His parents made him study for his exams.
He was…………………………………………………………………..
65.He tried to escape but the police stopped him.

The police prevented him………………………………………………………………..
66.”Why hasn’t Peter phoned?’’, she wondered.
She wondered……………………………………………………………………..
67.”Don’t forget to phone the office,”she told him.
She reminded……………………………………………………………..
68.”Where is the nearest tube?” she asked.
She asked…………………………………………………………………..
69.It was such a dull play that he fell asleep.
The play………………………………………………………………………
70.They believe that he is mad.
He…………………………………………………………………………………..
VIII. Reading Comprehension
Water is our life source. It makes up 70% percent of (71).................bodies, and the
average person actually spends 18 months of his life(72)........... the bath or shower.
But we are olny low learning how to look(73).................. water. Acid rain(74)..........
polluted as many as 18,000 lakes and our seas and rivers are polluted with waste
products. It is now (75).................expensive to try to repair the damage which has been
done. We have some hope for the future, though,(76)..............new sources of water have
been discovered. People (77)............... in the Sahara Desert have (78)............fish
swimming in deep underground steam. Scientists also believe (79).................is a huge


lake underneath London. If we have (80)...........anything from your mistakes, we will try
to keep these new areas of water clean.
71. a. the
b. their
c. our
d. these
72. a. in
b. to

c. on
d. at
73. a. over
b. on
c. after
d. into
74. a. will
b. has
c. would
d. is
75. a. very
b. such
c. more
d.
much
76. a. which
b. because
c. so
d. even
77. a. live
b. living
c. lives
d. lived
78. a. realised
b. put
c. looked
d. found
79. a. it
b. here
c. that

d. there
80. a. taught
b. practised
c. learnt
d. seen
IX.Read the text and then translate it into Vietnamese.
It was nearly midnight when the doorbell rang.I opened the door and saw a girl with a
motorbike helmelt.She was covered with blood.
“oh,no,”I said.”What has happened?’’
“please help me,”the girl said weakly.”There has been an accident.My boyfriend is
outside.”
I helped her to a chair.She was bleeding a lot.”I will call an ambulance,”I said.
I ran to the living room and phoned for an ambulance.Then I ran back to the girl.but she
had disapeared,I went outside,but there was no sign of her or the motobike in the silent
street.
When the ambulance arrived,I explained what had happened.The driver went pale.He
said that exactly 10 years ago,His daughter and her boyfriend had had a motobike
crash.He went on to say that the boy had been killed instantly.His daughter had gone to
ask for help in the house I was now living in,but she had died a few minutes later.
The ambulance left.As I stood in the hall,I noticed there was no longer any blood on the
chair where the girl had been sitting.
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