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Revision for the first semester test- English 10 Phong Dien high school
Unit 1: A DAY IN THE LIFE OF
I. Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others.
1.A. scream B. death C. ready D. peasant
2.A. family B. drink C. kitchen D. sandwich
3.A. tea B. field C. cheese D. ready
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.
4.A. education B. immediately C. occasional D. experience
5.A. thirsty B. fellow C. repair D. quarter
III. Choose the one word or phrase –A, B, C or D- that best completes the sentence.
6. The peasant leads the________to the field everyday.
A. animal B. horse C. dog D. buffalo
7. Bill very________goes to the theatre on Saturdays. He usually goes to the river to fish.
A. seldom B. often C. usually D. somestime
8. Last week, my class ________on a trip to the national park
A. go B. is going C. went D. gone
9. I________her during the last summer.
A. did not see B. haven't seen C. hadn’t seen D. do not see
10. The teacher has the students talk about their daily________They are saying what they usually do
everyday.
A. rests B. jobs C. occupations D. routine
11.Mr. Lam is cyclo driven. Most of his________are foreigners. They like going by cyclo.
A. customers B. passengers C. children D. friends.
12. During dinner, the family members talked ________their day.
A. of B. about C. in D. with
13. In my childhood, we________much TV inside the house in hot weather.
A. aren’t watch B. don’t watch C. won’t watch D. didn’t watch
14. My roommate________to bed before 11:00. She is always worried about her grades.
A. goes seldom B. seldom goes C. seldom go D. seldom went.
15. My house is near my school, so it ________me 10 minutes to go there on foot.
A. take B. took C. takes D. had taken.

16. He worked ________to pass his final exams.
A. much B. hardly C. hard D. usually
17. The house was quiet when I________home. Everyone________asleep.
A. got-was B. got-had been C. had got-had been D. had got-was.
18. She ________the first ten years of her life in Hue.
A. lived B. has lived C. was lived D. living.
19. Harry works all the time. He ________
A. never relaxes B. relaxes never C. often relaxes D. relaxes somestime.
20.The fire alarm went off when smoke rose.
A. explodes B. shouted C. rang D. burned.
21.After a short break for tea, they went on working.
A. began B. continued C. delayed D. harrowed.
22.The Pikes live________farming. They work hard________the field everyday.
A. on/in B. at/with C. for/on D. with/for.
23. It takes me about three hours ________the report.
A. complete B. to complete C. completing D. completed.
24. Mr. John often ________to work by car every day but today he________by bus.
A . goes/goes B. is going/will go. C. went/has gone D. goes/is going.
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase-A, B, C or D- that must be changed for the
sentence to be correct.
25.Nam is(A) interested (B) in mathematics (C) and all (D) their application.
26.(A) It was (B) so warm this morning that(C) I don’t wear (D) my jacket.
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27.In (A) many families, (B) importance decisions(C) are made (D) by the men
28.Lan (A) comes often home (B) after she (C) finishes (D) school.
29. (A) Many important information will be (B) broadcast(C) on TV tonight (D) about the resignation of
the president.
V. Choose the correct sentence among A,B,C or D which has the same meaning as the given word.
30. We started to write to each other three years ago.

A. We used to write to each other for three years
B. We have written to each other for three years
C. We started to write to each other since three years
D. We used to write to each other in three years
31.it took him two hours to do his homework.
A. He did his homework two hours ago.
B. He finished his homework two hours ago.
C. He did his homework in two hours
D. He spent two hours to do his homework .
32.They arrived too late to get a good seat.
A. Although they were late they found some good seats.
B. When they arrived, the good seats were already taken.
C. They got good seats some time after they arrived.
D. They had to stand for the whole show.
33. Subject/you/what/ like/best?
A. What subject you like best? B. what best subject you like ?
C. what subject do you like best? D. what subject you best like ?
34. Why/not/you /consider/visit/me?
A. Why don’t you consider to visit me? B. Why you don’t consider to visit me?
C. You consider why don’t to visit me? D. Why don’t you consider visiting me?
35.What do you usually do?
A. I usually go swimming and play football C. No, I never do.
B. I go straight home after work D. I watch TV a lot
VI. Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
Routines save time and energy because you do them without thinking. That is why they are so
important in the morning when your brain isn’t really active. Here is Ann’s talking about her morning
routine.
“ I always do exactly the some things. I wake up at seven o’clock every morning but I don’t get up till a
quarter past seven. I switch on the radio and listen to the news. Then I go to the loo and I brush my teeth.
I have a shower and dry my hair. I just have a cup of coffee. Then I go to work. It’s always the same.”

Routines are very useful, but they also make you uncreative. So sometimes it is a good idea to break
your routines. Get out of bed on the opposite side. Listen to a different radio station. Take a different
route of work. Eat something different for breakfast. Change your routine. You never know, it change
your life.
36. According to the passage, routines are useful because________
A. They make a habit of never thinking. C. We all have them in our lives
B. They save time and energy D. We can do them in the morning.
37.what is the main disadvantage of routines?
A. Routines make us unable to create things or to have new ideas
B. Routines make us do the same things day after day
C. Routines make change our lives.
D. Routines make a habit of never thinking before doing.
38.Which of the sentence is true?
A. Our lives could be changes if we change our routines.
B. We shouldn’t break our routines.
C. People who routines are unable to think.
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D. Routines make our brain creative.
39. This passage is mainly concerned with________
A. Ann’s timetable B. changes in our lives
C. our usual ways of doing things. D. our daily activities.
40. The word “ loo” in the passage can best be replace with________
A. sink B. toilet C. bedroom D. balcony.
VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following
passage.
The most famous diary in English was written by Samuel Peppy. It gives a detailed and interesting…
(40)…… of everyday life in England between 1660 and 1669. Peppy writes about important news stories
of the time, like diseases, an Enemy Navy…(41)….up the Thames river, and the great fire of London.
He also writes about himself, even about his…(42)….- he often slept during church or looked at pretty

girls. He describes his home life- a quarrel with his wife and how they became friends again ,his worry
about her illness. As well as books, he likes music, the theater, card……(43)and parties with good food
and plenty of fun .Peppy was a busy man who had many important jobs- he was a member of parliament
and president of the royal society. He is also…(44).for his work for the British Navy.
41.A. letter B. description C. notice D. story
42.A. flying B. running C. driving D. sailing
43.A. plans B. accidents C. faults D. dreams
44.A. games B. matches C. plays D. battles
45.A. reviewed B. remembered. C. reminded D. reported

UNIT 2: SCHOOL TALKS
I. Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others.
1.A. hard B. start C. party D. talk
2.A. put B. pub C. butterfly D. study
3.A. great B. teacher C. street D. receive
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.
4.A. children B. communicate C. receive D. complain
5.A. opinion B. relax C. semester D. nervous
III. Choose the one word or phrase –A, B, C or D- that best completes the sentence.
6. Don’t worry ________me. I'll be fine.
A. about B. to C. with D. for
7. The main post office is not far ________the library.
A. to B. with C. away D. from
8. Phong is interested________learning English.
A. from B. in C. on D. at
9. Would you like________somewhere for a rest?
A. going B. to go C. go D. to be gone
10. You shouldn't spend all your time ________
A. study B. studying C. to study D. studied
11.I remember________Bolivia for the first time. It is a beautiful country.

A. visit B. to visit C. visiting D. be visited.
12. Just keep on________what you like.
A. do B. did C. doing D. done
13. Are you looking forward________on your vacation?
A. you go B. going C. to going D. to go
14. “Why are you mad?” “ I dislike ________by my first name”
A. you call me B. calling me C. you call D. being called
15. ________is the beach?--- Only five minutes’ walk.
A. how long B. where C. how often D. how far
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16. Don’t forget________home as soon as you arrive at your destination
A. to call B. calling C. having called D. to be called
17. Most of people start to lose their memory as they get older.
A. ability to remember B. feeling of admiration
C. ability to impress D. ability to affect.
18. Approximately half the people interviewed were in manual occupations.
A. hobbies B. careers C. jobs D. visits
19. I remember ________next door to you when we were in Australia
A. to live B. living C. live D. have lived.
20.My teacher always expected me________well in exams.
A. do B. doing C. to do D. to have done
21.Where is the nearest post office?
A. turn left and then right B. It’s about two kilometers
C. It opens at nine o’clock. D. It closes at 10pm
22.How far is it from here?.
A. 2 kilometers, at least B. yes, it ‘s rather far
C. No, it isn’t. D. It ‘s quite far.
23. How long does it take me the way to Milus college from your flat?
A. It ‘s a long way B. about one kilometer.

C. thirty five minutes. D. just a little.
24. English is an international ________
A . means B. language C. subject D. profession
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase-A, B, C or D- that must be changed for the
sentence to be correct.
25.I (A) decided (B) changing jobs because my boss (C) makes (D) work overtime.
26.Where (A) you worked last year (B) when you were going to school?
27.I (A)succeeded in (B)to find a job, so my parents (C) didn’t make me (D) go to college
28.(A) Why you (B) call me so (C) late (D) last night?.
29. (A) Let’s stop (B) to watch so much TV so that we can (C) read or (D) go out instead.
V. Choose the correct sentence among A,B,C or D which has the same meaning as the given word.
30. Unlike her friends, Jane prefers an independent life.
A. Jane does not like her friends because she prefers an independent life.
B. Her friends live in an independent life and Jane does not like it.
C. Jane does not like her friends to live in an independent life.
D. Jane prefers an independent life but her friends do not.
31.I used to live in Happy Valley.
A. I'm used to living in Happy Valley.
B. I'm living in Happy Valley.
C. I once lived in Happy Valley but no longer live there
D. I have always lived in Happy Valley.
32.learn/Son/for/four years/English/so/he /the language/speak/well.
A. Son was learning the language for four years, so he can speak English quite well.
B. Son has spoken English for four years, so he learn the language quite well.
C. So Son has been learning English for four years, he can speak the language quite well.
D. Son has been learning English for four years, so he can speak the language quite well.
33. I /never/forget/happen/last Friday.
A. I‘ll never forget what happened to me last Friday
B. I‘ll never forget the thing that happened with me last Friday
C. I‘ll never forget what happened to me when last Friday

D. When I‘ll never forget what happened to me last Friday
34. Smoking in the theatre is forbidden.
A. It is forbidden from smoking in the theater
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B. It is forbidden from people to smoke in the theater
C. It is forbidden to smoke in the theater
D. The theater is forbidden to smoke in the theater
35.You’re really in good shape.!
A. Yeah, I’m a real couch potato C. Oh, are you?
B. Thanks a lot D. Good for you
VI. Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
When Peter as a young boy in school, his favourite class was science. He did not like history or art, but
he was excellent in mathematics. In high school, he also studied chemistry and biology. He was an
intelligent boy, and he put a lot of effort into his homework. He always got the best grades in the class,
but he was not satisfied with his tests if they were not perfect.
Peter went to a famous university, but he couldn’t decide if he wanted to major in chemistry or
mathematics. In his first year as an undergraduate, he discovered a field that allowed him to study both-
chemistry engineering. He also studied the basics of engineering in his first two years and in his junior
and senior offered from a large chemical company .Peter is now a successful chemical engineer and he is
finally satisfied with his job.
36.What was Peter’s favourite class?
A. his favourite class was art. C. his favourite class was science
B. his favourite class was mathematics D. his favourite class was history
37.Why did Peter get the best grades in his class?
A. because he put a little effort into his homework.
B. because he was an intelligent boy and he put a lot of effort into his homework.
C. because he was an intelligent boy and he put a little effort into his homework
D. because he was an intelligent boy and he did not put a lot of effort into his homework.
38.When did he receive his job offer?

A. He received his job offer during his senior year.
B. He received his job offer in his first year
C. He received his job offer during his junior year
D. He received his job offer when he graduated.
39. What did he study in his first two years as an undergraduate?
A. Chemical engineering and the basis as an undergrade.
B. Mathematics
C. The basis of engineering
D. History and art.
40. What does he become now?
A. He become a successful mathematician and he is finally satisfied with his job.
B. He become a successful biologist and he is finally satisfied with his job.
C. He become a successful chemical engineer and he is not satisfied with his job.
D. He become a successful mathematician and he is satisfied with his job.
VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following
passage.
I (40) ______ my teaching career nearly ten years ago. I spent six years (41)______ in a remote village
(42)______ the villager were very poor and the living standard was low. Sometimes I was very
disappointed (43)______ bad living condition and low pay. I was really homesick. However, at that time,
with my youth (44)______ , I tried my best to devote myself to the noblest career, that was teaching.I
loved my poor little students (45) _______they were living in poverty but they could not suffer from
empty mind.
41.A. begin B. began C. have begun D. had begun
42.A. teach B. to teach C. teaching D. taught
43.A. with B. on C. at D. for
44.A. enthusiasm B. movement C. emotion D. culture
45.A. in spite of B. because of C. because D. though
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UNIT 3: PEOPLE'S BACKGROUND
I. Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others.
1.A. awarded B. academic C. address D. another
2.A. marvelous B. jacket C. man D. charity
3.A. that B. dance C. far D. headmaster
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.
4.A. impossible B. conditional C. professional D. scientific
5.A. educate B. position C. brilliant D. prejudice
III. Choose the one word or phrase –A, B, C or D- that best completes the sentence.
6. Marie Curie was born________November 7,1867.
A. in B. from C. on D. for
7. Marie Curie was the first woman professor________the Sorbonne.
A. to B. at C. on D. in
8. In spite of her difficult living condition, she worked extremely________
A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardest
9. Let me give you a little ________about the president of the company.
A. specialization B. concentration C. background D. degree
10. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She is a________woman
A. ambitious B. strong-willed C. brilliant D. humane
11.He passed his exams with flying colour.
A. successfully B. difficultly C. badly D. easily.
12. The man looked familiar. I ________him somewhere before.
A. saw B. have seen C. had seen D. see
13. Last night, a tornado swept through Rockville. It________everything in its path,
A. destroyed B. was destroyed C. had destroyed D. has destroyed
14. When we ………….the bill, we left the restaurant.
A. had paid B. were paying C. paid D. had been paying
15. When the firework________off, the dog ________away.
A. had gone/ran B. went/ran C. went/had run D. went/was running
16. Marie Curie ________a Nobel Prize in Chemistry in1911

A. awarded B. was awarded C. had awarded D. had been awarded
17. Could you please come over? I need you________the refrigerator?
A. help me moving B. to help me to move C. helping me to move D. help me to move.
18. By the time she was twelve, she ________on a career.
A. has already decided B. had already decided
C. already has decided D. already decided
19. I remember ________next door to you when we were in Australia
A. used to live B. use to live
C. used to living D. are used to living
20.As soon as we________at the airport to say goodbye to Tom, his plane________
A. will arrive/will take off B. have arrived/is going to take off
C. arrived/had taken off D. is arriving/took off
21.When we were on the phone, the crossed line was ________because of a wrong connection.
A. obtained B. interrupted C. specialized. D. determined
22.The noise made me incapable of________
A. competition B. compensation C. concentration. D. publication
23. ________they got the airport, the plane had taken off.
A. By the time B. since. C. for the time. D. just a little.
24. Before he ________to London last week, Peter________in Paris for more than ten years.
A . moved/had lived B. was moving/lived
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C. would move/has lived D. has moved/was living
IV. Identify the one underlined word or phrase-A, B, C or D- that must be changed for the
sentence to be correct.
25.(A) Nutrition (B) plays a key role (C) in maintaining good health and (D) prevent many diseases.
26.It (A) was a mystery (B) to us how the thieves (C) entered the house and our two dogs (D) do not
realized them.
27.(A) By the time you (B) had returned , he (C) had studied (A) at university for 3 years.
28.(A) Even though the (B) extremely bad weather in the mountains, my friends decided (C)not to cancel

their trip (D)across the mountain pass.
29. Many other (A) adults who do not qualify (B) for occupations that (C) requires a knowledge of
computer skills (D) have returned to school for training
V. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given
word.
30. After he gets up, he enjoys having a bath.
A. He likes having a bath after he gets up. B. He likes having a bath before he gets up.
C. He likes having a bath while he gets up. D. He likes having a bath during he gets up.
31.He started school when he was six years old.
A. At the year of six, he started school. B. At the time of six, he started school.
C. At the old of six, he started school. D. At the age of six, he started school.
32.nice/surprise/receive/your letter
A. To receive your letter it is nice surprise
B. Receiving your letter it is nice surprise to me.
C. It is nice surprise to receive your letter
D. It is nice surprise when receiving your letter
33. I/school/five days/week/favourite/Math/English.
A. Despite I go to school five days a week and my favourite subjects are Math and English.
B. I go to school five days a week and my favourite subjects are Math and English
C. I go to school five days a week so that my favourite subjects are Math and English
D. I go to school five days a week with my favourite subjects are Math and English
34. My sister speaks little German.
A. My sister can speak German rather well.
B. My sister doesn’t speak German much well.
C. My sister speaks German softly.
D. My sister speaks German badly.
35.A:I’m leaving for lunch. ________
B: Thanks , but I can’t right now. I’m really busy.
A. Do you come? C. Could you come?
B. Do you feel like going? D. Would you like to come.

VI. Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
Ernest Hemingway was born in1899 in family of a doctor. He was a very good pupil in his school.
During World War I, he entered the war and he was given the job of driving Red Cross ambulance in the
Italian front. After the war, he earned his living by his pen and began to write stories. His first work,
Three stories and ten poems, was written in 1923.
During World War II, Hemingway went to Britain as a reporter. Later, he took part in the liberation of
Paris . In the war , he met another reporter. Mary Walsh, and married her. After the war, H wrote his last
important book, , which was mentioned as one of his best works. It is the story of a Cuban fisherman
who refuses to The Old Man and The Sea be defeated by nature. He was fighting a big fish and the sea
for many hours and won the victory over them. The book opened with a sentence that is now very
famous, “ He was an old man who fished alone in a skiff in the Guff Stream and he had gone eighty-four
days now without taking a fish.” The novel won the Pulitzer Prize for Literature in1953.
One year later, Ernest Hemingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature but he was too sick physically and
mentally to take part in the ceremony. He felt he was no longer able to live. At that time , he seemed to be
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living in the same way as that was in one of his stories about the writer who had sold his writing skill to
make money. Ernest Hemingway killed himself in 1961, as his father had many years before.
36.Ernest Hemingway became a reporter in________during World War II.
A. Europe. B. Cuba C. Britain D. America
37.The Old Man and The Sea was about________
A. the invasion of Europe. B. a Cuban fisherman
C. the liberation of Paris D. the Gulf Stream.
38.Hermingway won the Nobel Prize for Literature ________
A. several years before he died in 1961.
B. in1945 C. in 1954 D. in 1953.
39. His first book was written in ________
A. World War I B. 1923 C. 1945 D. 1953
40. He could not take part in the Nobel ceremony because________
A. he sold his books to make money.

B. he killed himself
C. he was seriously sick
D. he had sold his writing skill to make money.
VII. Choose the word or phrase among A,B,C or D that best fits the blank space in the following
passage.
Bill Gates was born in Seattle, Washington on October 28,1955. He is best known (41)……………
the founder and the head of Microsoft Corporation . He is one of the world’s wealthiest men.
Gates married Melinda French, a Microsoft (42)………….on January 1994. The couple has three
children. The Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation has focused (43)……..global health issues, especially
on preventing Malaria and AIDS in poor country.
In 2005, ABC News reported that he had given (44)…………over six billion dollars in the previous
five years . For their philanthropic activities. Time magazine named Bill an and Melinda Gates ,along
with rock star and activist Bionomist Persons of the Year…(45)……2005.
41.A. like B. at C. as D. with
42.A.employer B. employing C. employment D. employee
43.A.in B. at C. over D. on
44.A.away B. out C. off D. outside
45.A.in B. at C. for D. with
UNIT 4: SPECIAL EDUCATION
I. Choose the word that has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently from the others.
1.A. proper B. course C. force D. talk
2.A. door B. clock C. shop D. not
3.A. long B. song C. from D. old
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others.
4.A. photography B. determinated C. exhibition D. profession
5.A. disabled B. mentally C. retarded D. consuming
III. Choose the one word or phrase –A, B, C or D- that best completes the sentence.
6. The passion for taking paragraph has helped the disabled members of the club________their sorrow.
A. escape B. forget C. recognize D. A & B
7. Do you agree that the________are not always happy although they are worried about money.

A. poor B. sick C. rich D. disabled.
8. Winning that prize was one of the greatest ________of my life.
A. efforts B. attempts C. stages D. achievements
9. My sister ________a successful photographer..
A. used to be B. use to being C. use to being D. uses to being
10. He keeps complaining ________me________his motorbike.
A. to/about B. to/ø C. about /to D. about/for
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