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BUI DUC TAI HIGH SCHOOL FIRST SEMESTER TEST 2009-2010
Class: English 10 - advanced
Student’s name : Time : 60 minutes
A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of
the other words.
1) A. question B. education C. position D. calculation
2) A. ground B. about C. bought D. mouse
3) A. special B. education C. mental D. parent
4) A. every B. easy C. by D. gradually
5) A. how B. know C. follow D. tomorrow
B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR
II.Choose the best answer to complete each sentence.
6. Ms. Lan enjoys ___________ because she loves working with children.
A. to teach B. to be taught C. teaching D. teach
7. Her father used to________ abroad for his business.
A. travelling B. travelled C. travel D. is travelling
8. CPU stands for central __________ unit.
A. procession B. process C. processed D. processing
9. _________ the heavy rain, he went out without a raincoat.
A. Although B. In spite of C. Because D. Because of
10.Hoai: How long__________ you_____________ for me?
An : For an hour.
A. did-waited B. do-wait C. have-waited D. have-wait
11. We all feel sad __________ the bad news.
A. because B. because of C. though D. despite
12.Nam : Can you come next weekend?
Long: Sorry, we’d love to, but we ________ to the countryside to visit our relatives.
A. have gone B. will go C. are going D. be going
13. He invited me __________ a drink with him.
A. have B. to have C. having D. to having

14. Information technology is very _________ to our lives.
Code: 01
A. useful B. useless C. use D. usefully
15. A new airport ___________ in this area.
A. has just opened B. has just been opened
C. have just been opened D. was just been opened
16. When I ________ to visit him, he ________ to work.
A. came - gone B. came – had gone
C. had come - went D. had come – had gone
17. The government should have special policies to help the _____________
A. disable B. disabled C. disability D. disablement
18. You should practice_____________ English to talk to your foreign friends.
A. to speak B. speak C. spoke D. speaking
19. When I was a child, I usually ___________ fishing with my brother.
A. go B. went C. have gone D. am going
20. _____________ television is also a means of learning English.
A. Watch B. Watching C. To watch D. Watched
21. You should ______ a lot of grammar exercises if you want to improve your writing.
A. did B. doing C. done D. do
22. Chinese is a difficult language_______________ .
A. to learn B. to be learnt C. to be learning D. to learning
23. This is the second time I ____________ this movie.
A. see B. saw C. have seen D. are seeing
24. They tell their parents that they______________ their best to do the test.
A. try B. will try C. are trying D. would try
25. Don’t forget______________ your dictionary with you to class.
A. to bring B. bring C. bringing D. to bringing
26. The kids didn’t go to the movie last night ____________ it rained so heavily.
A. and B. but C. because D. although
27. Lan suggested___________ to the zoo at weekend.

A. goes B. went C. going D. to go
28. This movie is not interesting. What about ________ to the concert?
A. to go B. going C. go D. went
29.You should____ more books on UFO if you want to know about life on other planets.
A. reading B. read C. to read D. have read
30. I _____________ English here since I graduated from university.
A. teach B. taught C. have taught D. am teaching
31. He used to _____________ full time, but now he is a part time worker.
A. work B. working C. worked D. is working
32. Let’s __________ somewhere for a drink!
A. go B. to go C. going D. went
33. She asked me ____________ I came from.
A. that B. where C. what D. when
34. I remember_______________ her somewhere before.
A. see B. seeing C. saw D. to see
35. He got wet last night _____________ he forgot his umbrella.
A. because of B. because C. but D. and
36. We____________ since we left school.
A. don’t meet B. didn’t meet C. won’t meet D. haven’t met
37. ____________ is it from here to the theater?
A. How B. How long C. How far D. How often
38. _________ do you often go to school? – At 6.30 every morning.
A. How B. What time C. Who D. With whom
39. ___________ do you live? – In a flat, near the university.
A. Where B. When C. Who D. Whom
40. Hung: __________ do you look so sad?
Thao: I got bad marks in the first semester exam.”
A. What B. How C. Who D. Why
C. READING COMPREHENSION:
III.Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question.

Last December, our Geography teacher, Mrs. Taylor, took us to Yorkshire on a
school trip. We left Liverpool at 8.00 a.m on Saturday morning and finally arrived in
Yorkshire at 11.00 p.m, then it started to rain.We woke up early on Sunday morning
and looked outside. There was water everywhere. We went downstairs for breakfast,
but the kitchen in the hostel was flooded.
Sunday afternoon was terrible, too. Two girls hired bikes and rode into the center of
the city. But what did they do? They stole some sweets from the shop,so then the police
came. Mrs. Taylor was furious.
We returned to Liverpool on Sunday evening. We were cold, wet and tired,however
we all felt the journey interesting and useful.It was an unforgettable experience.
41) How long did the journey take?
A. 3 hours B. 4 hours C. 15 hours D. 2 days
42) What was the weather like in Yorkshire?
A. It was hot and humid B. It was sunny
C. It was rainy D. It was snowy
43) Who is the author / writer?
A. a teacher B. a student C. a tourist D. a police officer
44) They stayed in Yorkshire for ____________ .
A. two days B. three days C. one week D. two weeks
45) Their school trip was ____________ .
A. great B. terrible C. wonderful D. exciting
D. WRITING
IV. Choose one sentence that best rewrites the sentence given.
46) In spite of his good salary, Mr. Green decided to leave the job.
A. Although Mr. Green had a good salary, he decided to leave the job.
B. Mr. Green decided to leave the job despite have a good salary.
C. Although Mr. Green decided to leave the job, he had a good salary.
D. Despite decided to leave the job, Mr. Green had a good salary.
47) Even though Trung had a bad cold, he went to the concert.
A. In spite of his bad cold, Trung went to the concert.

B. Trung had a bad cold because he went to the concert.
C. Trung went to the concert despite he had a bad cold.
D. Trung went to the concert because of having a bad cold.
48) I have never been to Hue before.
A. This is the first time I went to Hue.
B. This is the last time I’ve been to Hue.
C. This is the next time I’ve been to Hue.
D. This is the first time I’ve ever been to Hue.
49) Nam has written this letter since yesterday.
A. This letter has written by Nam since yesterday.
B. This letter has been written by Nam since yesterday.
C. This letter has written since yesterday.
D. Nam has been written this letter since yesterday.
50) “Don’t touch that switch” the father said to his son.
A. The father asked his son do not touch that switch.
B. The father asked his son not to touch that switch.
C. The father asked to the boys not touch that switch.
D. The father asked the boy touch that switch.
E.CLOZED TEST
V.Choose the best answer (A , B ,C or D) to complete the following passage

I live in a small village called Smalville. There are about 500 people here. I love
the village …… (51) it is very quiet and life is slow and easy. The village is very
clean and people look after it with great care. The air is always fresh, too. It is much
more friendly here ……(52)…… in the city because everyone knows everyone else, and if
someone has a problem, there are always people……(53)…… can help.
There are only a few things that I don’t like about Smalville. …………(54)………we don’t
have any things to do in the evening. There aren’t any cinemas or theaters, so we have
nowhere to go and relax after a hard-working day. ………… (55)……… people in the village
always talk about each other, and everyone knows what everyone else is doing. On the

whole, I still prefer village life to life in a big city.
51) A. so B. because C. but D. therefore
52) A. as B. than C. with D. like
53) A. which B. whom C. who D. whose
54) A. First of all B. Next C. If D. Each
55) A. Although B. First of all C. Moreover D. Firstly
THE END
Good luck to you!