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Tran Quy Cap Senior High School TEST ON ENGLISH
Full name: .................................................. Academic year: 2009-2010
Class: 10/ ....... Time: 45 minutes
Code: 1
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B126 -09-10

I./ Writing: Rewrite the following sentences so that the second ones have the same meaning as the
first ones. Example: The workers are going to repair the road.
→ The road is going to be repaired by the workers.
1. After we had handed over our tests to our teacher, we went home.
Before we …………………………………………………………………………………………..
2. John spent three hours writing the essay.
It took ………………………………………………………………………………………………
3. There are forty classes in our school.
Our school ……………………………………………………………...………………………..
4. The mechanic is going to repair the car for me.
I am going to have ………………………………………………………………….....…………..
II./ Language focus :
Choose the underlined word or phrase in each of the following sentences that needs correcting
5. Our neighbour threatened calling the police if we didn't stop noise.
A B C D
6. We are looking forward to receive our father's letter.
A B C D
7. It was a nice day, so my sister and I decided going for a swim.
A B C D
8. Nora has successful passed her exam, so she feels very happy with it.
A B C D
9. When they met again, they have not seen each other for 10 years.
A B C D
Circle the following words that are stressed differently from the rest

10. A. birthday B. classmate C. career D. problem
11. A. recently B. permission C. chemistry D. passenger
Circle the following underlined sounds that are pronounced differently from the others
12. A. stays B. days C. ways D. says
13. A. home B. done C. come D. other
14. A. hungry B. suggest C. put D. study
Circle the letter A, B, C or D that you think it the best option for each of the following sentences.
15. The walls need .............................................
A. to be painted B. painting C. to paint D. Both A and B are correct
16. By the time we …………….. , all our classmates ………………………….
A. had arrived/ left B. arrived/ had left C. arrived/ leaving D. arrived/ have left
17. I don’t want to let you …………… for me long.
A. waiting B. to wait C. wait D. waited
18. He started learning how to fix television sets ……………. four years ago.
A. .............. B. since C. for. D. from
19. I hope you will write ......... me soon and tell me .............. your school and your daily activities.
A. to/ of B. to/ about C. for/ about D. Both B and C are correct
20. Did you watch the film? – Yes, I did. I .................... it two days ago.
A. have watchedB. had watched C. watched D. am watching
21. Lan was in a difficult situation, so I agreed ………………… her some money.
A. lending B. borrowing C. to borrow D. to lend
22. The opposite of the words ‘heavy traffic’ is ……………………………
A. light traffic B. crowded traffic C. few traffic D. strong traffic
23. What would you say if your friend passed the recent examination? You would say like this:
A. Good luck! B. Not to bad! C. Congratulations! D. Don't mention it!
24. His hobbies ................ playing tennis and reading romantic books.
A. is B. are C. have been D. has been
25. The doctor has advised ............................. too much coffee.
A. me not drink B. I don’t drink C. me not drinking D. me not to drink
26. Marie Curie was the first woman ............................. at the Sorbonne.

A. professor B. prize C. director D. private tutor
27. Why did Peter's aunt get angry with him? - Because he .................... her beloved cat.
A. hit B. had hit C. hits D. was hitting
28. In fact, he didn’t spend much time ............................... his pets, so they don’t look nice.
A. looking after B. to look after C. look after D. looked after
III./ Listening:
Listen to the tape and fill in the missing word(s) or phrase(s) that you hear
Martin Luther King was born on 15
th
January 1929 in Atlanta, Georgia. In (29) ......................, he went
to Boston University, where he studied for (30) ................................. In 1952, he met Coretta Scott,
and as soon as he saw her, he fell in love. They got married in 1953, and they had four children. In
1954, the kings left Boston, and Martine became a (31) ......................... at a Baptist Church in
Montgomery, Alabama. Then he started (32) ................................. for the black freedom movement.
Thousands of people walked to Washington to hear his famous (33) ...................................... at the
Lincoln Memorial in 1963, and he won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1964. He (34) .................. on 4
th
April 1968 in Memphis, Tennessee, from a gunshot wound.
III./ Reading comprehension :
Read the following passage and fill in each gap with a suitable word or phrase by choosing and
circling A, B, C or D
At a time when women scientists were rare, Marie Curie and her husband (35) .............................. . the
Nobel Prize in physics, one of the most important awards in (36) .............................. . In 1911, Marie
Curie won a second Nobel Prize, this time in chemistry. She is one of very few people in history to win
two Nobel prizes.
In 1891, Maria (37) .............................. to Paris, France. She called herself Marie, the French form of
Maria. She attended the Sorbonne, a famous college in Paris. Marie studied physics and mathematics
and graduated at the top of her class! She also met a French chemist named Pierre Curie. They
(38) .............................. in 1895. In 1906, a horse-drawn carriage hit and killed Pierre. Marie stepped
into his (39) .............................................. at the Sorbonne. She was the first woman to teach at the

university. She poured her energy into research and raising her daughters. One daughter, Irene,
followed her parents into scientific research. In 1914, the Sorbonne built a new laboratory to research
radioactive materials. Today the laboratory is named (40) .............................. Marie Curie. Marie
Curie died on July 4, 1934. Today, an important result of Marie Curie’s research is the use of radiation
to slow or destroy cancers.
35. A. won B. have won C. had won D. were won
36. A. scientist B. scientific C. science D. scientifically
37. A. entered B. has gone C. arrived D. travelled
38. A. marry B. married C. were marrying D. marriage
39. A. learning post B. teach post C. teaching post D. learn post
40. A. after B. with C. in D. before
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