Đề kiểm tra 1 tiết môn tiếng Anh lớp 10 - Đề số (11)

I. Read the passage below and decide whether the following statements are True (T) or False (F).
I retired a year ago. The company had a big party for me and gave me a gold watch for more than thirty years
of service. At the party everyone said to me, “Retirement is a time to do all the things you didn’t have time to do.
It’s a new thing.” I can’t say that I dislike retirement, but after working for thirty-five years, it’s hard to adjust to
all this free time.
Just after I retired, my wife, Peg, and I went to visit our children – John Smith in London and Ann in
Liverpool. We really had a good time. We enjoyed being together. In fact, John Smith invited us to come to live
with him. He knows that living on retirement salary is not easy. But we decided not to live with him. We have
our lives, and he and his wife have theirs. We are going to stay here in town. We may move to an apartment
because the house is too big for only the two of us and it’s hard to keep clean. Peg is having some trouble with
her back. She’s seeing the doctor tomorrow.
Money isn’t a serious problem for us because we have some savings, but we have to make careful decisions
about what we can afford. We’re not used to living on a fixed income, but we make ends meet. I still belong to
the club and I play cards there once a week and we spend time with other retired couples in the area. My only
regret is that I didn’t spend enough time thinking about retirement before it happened.
Notes:
- to adjust: điều chỉnh, quyết định
- to have a good time: vui vẻ/ vui thú (vào một dịp riêng biệt nào đó)
- to make ends meet: thu vén tằn tiện để đủ trang trải cuộc sống
Statements True False
ĐỀ SỐ 11
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA 1 TIẾT
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 10
Thời gian: 45 phút
Trường THPT Tân Yên Số 2
1. John Smith doesn’t know that living on retirement is not easy.
2. He has some physical problem.
3. This man retired six months ago.
4. He and his wife are moving in with John Smith.
5. He has other children at home.
6. All the members in the family of the writer are living together in

London.
7. The people at the party were negative about retiring.
8. He worked for forty years in the company.
9. He dislikes retirement.
10. He and his wife are going to move from the town.
II. Choose the best answer to fill in the blanks
11. My cousin is keen on ______ the English club.
A. join B. to join C. joining D. having join
12. We were stuck in ______ traffic for more than one hour.
A. strong B. heavy C. big D. huge
13. Young children enjoy ______ with household tasks.
A. help B. helped C. helps D. helping
14. We just ______ dinner when they ______ to visit our house yesterday.
A. had just finished – came B. finished – had come
C. have finished – came D. having finished - have come
15. I’m planning ______ go dancing with a guy from my class.
A. to go B. go C. going D. gone
16. It takes me 30 minutes to get ready every morning.
A. to go B. to wake up C. to prepare D. to sleep
17. I want to get ______ to a famous businessman when I grow up.
A. marry B. marrying C. married D. being married
18. I can’t remember ______ is the mayor of this town.
A. when B. where C. which D. who
19. He occasionally ______ to the cinema.
A. go B. went C. gone D. goes
20. We are contented with what we’ve achieved this semester.
A. satisfied B. disappointed C. interested in D. keen on
21. If two people speak the same ______, they usually have similar attitudes and opinions.
A. tongue B. speech C. language D. voice
22. Mr. Brown ______ works at his office on Sundays.

A. hardly ever B. hardly C. already D. yet
23. Yesterday morning he ______ a yellow cat before he ______ to ABC bank.
A. has gone – picked up B. had gone – picked up
C. went – had picked up D. went – picked up
24. A favorite occupation among children is ______ sand castles.
A. to build B. built C. being built D. building
25. I’m always excited about ______ to a humorous person when I have free time.
A. talk B. talks C. talked D. talking
III. Put the questions for the underlined parts of the following sentences.
26. They got engaged on October 4
th
2010.
 ………………………………………………………………………………………
27. The Blacks were paid back thirty dollars by the shopkeeper when buying a new TV this afternoon.
 ………………………………………………………………………………………
28. He fell in love with Maria when he was an Economics student at Princeton University.
 ………………………………………………………………………………………
29. The pen is blue.
 ………………………………………………………………………………………
30. They went to Paris for their last summer vocation.
 ………………………………………………………………………………………
IV. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
31. A. about B. subject C. cousin D. study
32. A. interest B. send C. pen D. bed
33. A. sand B. woman C. man D. pan
34. A. target B. guitar C. far D. dancing
35. A. interest B. heat C. click D. kick