ĐỀ KIỂM TRA 1 TIẾT LỚP 10 HỌC KỲ 1 LẦN 1

Chu Van An high school - Class: 10C
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One-period English Test 1 (Code A)
Duration: 45 minutes

Grade:
I. Listen to the conversation and answer the questions
1. What time does the man get up?
A. at 5:00 a.m
B. at 6:00 a.m
2. What time does he get to work?
A. at 7:00 a.m
B. at 8:00 a.m
3. What does he do with his family around 6:30 p.m.?
A. They read books together.
B. They play games.
4. What do the man and his wife do after the kids go to bed?
A. They watch TV.
B. They clean the house.

C. at 7:00 a.m
C. at 9:00 a.m
C. They eat dinner.
C. They listen to music.

II. Listen to Freddie and Jeanette’s conversation. Tick 4 things that Jeanette does in her free time
1. go out after work
2. watch TV in the evenings
3. go to the cinema
4. watch a lot of DVDs

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5. go shopping on Saturday morning
6. go out on Saturday evening
7. visit her parents on Sunday afternoon
8. go to concerts
III. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the other words
9. A. traveled
B. stared
C. seemed
D. laughed
10. A. life
B. wind
C. wife
D. kind
IV. Pick out the word whose stress is different from the others
11. A. background
B. mature
C. language
D. candy
12. A. family
B. geology
C. favorite
D. beautiful
V. Vocabulary and Structures
13. We wish ………….to university next year.
A. go
B. to go
C. going
D. have gone
14. The new road should help

traffic problems
A. raise
B. create
C. ease
D. cause
C. Oh, poor me
D. Yes, please
15. Mary: “How do you go to work, John?” -John: “…………………………..”
A. I’m fine. Thank you
B. By bus
C. 15 minutes
D. It’s nice of you to say so
16. “
does he visit his uncle?” – “Every day except Friday”
A. How long
B. Why
C. Where
D. How often
17. My glasses are in my book bag, but I don’t remember ……….them there
A. putting
B. to put
C. to have put
D. put
18. I …………. him since last month.
A. hadn't seen
B. didn't see
C. hasn’t seen
D. haven't seen
19. By the time David graduated from high school, he………..seven different schools because his parents moved
frequently.

A. attended
B. was attending
C. has attended
D. had attended
20. They are going to the………..to borrow some books
a. school
b. library
c. bookshop
d. market
21. When I turned on TV, my favorite show …………………….
A. had already started
B. has already started
C. already starts
D. was already starting
22. I finished ..........................the book and went to bed
A. reading
B. to read
C. read
D. to be read
23. Will you please stop..........................TV channels because I must study for the test tomorrow?
A. to change
B. change
C. be changed
D. changing
24. We took a short ___________ for thirty minutes in the middle of the afternoon class.
A. talk
B. meal
C. rest
D. time
25. If I were you, I would advise her _________ the new teaching method.

A. is trying
B. tried
C. trying
D. to try
VI. Read the passage carefully and choose the best answer
Joseph Pulitzer was born in 1847 in Mako, Hungary. He moved to the United States when he was seventeen years
old. He spent his career in journalism working for newspapers in the mid-west and New York. From 1871, he was also the
owner or part-owner of many newspapers. His most famous newspaper was the New York World (which many believe
was the model for the Daily Planet of the Superman stories)

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In later life, Joseph Pulitzer collapsed from overwork, and lost his sight. He became dedicated to improving the quality
of journalism in America, and donated $1 million to Columbia University to found a school of journalism. However, his
most significant contribution was the establishment of the Pulitzer prizes in his will
These prizes for excellent in journalism have been given every year since 1917 by Columbia University. Since 1942
there have been extra categories for press photography, and later still for criticism, feature writing and commentary. The
prize was original for $500, but today the winners of the prize receive a gold medal. However, the real value of it is that it
confirms the journalist with the award as the best American journalist of the year. This is worth much more than $500 to
the journalist and to the newspaper that employs him or her
*** to collapse = suy sụp
- to overwork = làm việc quá sức
- a journalist = nhà báo
26. Joseph Pulitzer came to United States in
.
A. 1847
B. 1864
C. 1871
D. 1917

27. Which of the following sentence is NOT TRUE?
A. Joseph worked as a journalist
B. Joseph went to the United States at the age of 17
C. The Pulitzer prizes have been awarded twice a year
D. Joseph overworked and collapsed
28. The winners of the Pulitzer prize originally received ……………….
A. $500
B. a gold medal
C. a newspaper
D. a certificate
29. Which of the following is referred to “it” in line 3 of paragraph 3?
A. a gold medal
B. the winner
C. the prize
D. Columbia University
VII. Error identification
30. We enjoy stay at home to watch TV in the evening.
A B
C
D
31. People hope that the Vietnamese football team will win the champion successful.
A
B
C
D
32. During rush hours, streets are often crowded for people and vehicles
A
B C
D
VIII. Read the passage and choose the suitable word to fill in the blank

I have a niece called Mai. She is fifteen years old and likes to go to school more than anything. She studies very hard
and even harder when preparing for exams. In class, she listens attentively to lectures and answers her teachers’
questions (33)______That is why she often performs well in exams and present in the list “Top 10 Students” of the school.
She is much better at (34)
English than any other (35)___.She can now speak English very fluently. Her dream is to
(36)___a successful diplomatist.
33. A. perfectly
B. badly
C slowly
D. rarely
34. A. learn
B. to learn
C. learnt
D. learning
35. A. subjects
B. matters
C. topics
D. objects
36. A. get
B. make
C. become
D. work
IX. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following
questions.
37. Nowadays a large number of young people spend much time ______.
A. with surfing the Internet B. to surf the Internet
C. surf the Internet
D. surfing the Internet
38. ______________________________, she came back to work in her hometown.
A. Since she has graduated

B. Before she had graduated
C. While she was graduating
D. After she had graduated
X. Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of
the following questions.
39. She started working as a teacher of English ten years ago.
A. She had worked with a teacher of English for ten years.
B. She has worked with a teacher of English for ten years.
C. She had been working as a teacher of English for ten years.
D. She has been working as a teacher of English for ten years.
40. My elder sister usually had a coffee every morning years ago, but she doesn’t now.
A. My elder sister is used to having a coffee every morning now.
B. My elder sister used to have a coffee every morning years ago.
C. My elder sister didn’t like having coffee every morning years ago.
D. My elder sister was used to have a coffee every morning years ago.
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