De thi giua HKI lop 10 Anh

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<b>SỞ GD & ĐT BẾN TRE</b> <b>KỲ THI KIỂM TRA GIỮA HKI năm học 2009-2010</b>

<b>TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN BẾN TRE</b> <b>MÔN THI: ANH VĂN- LỚP: 10ANH- Tg: 60 phút</b>

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<b>ANSWER SHEET:</b>
Student’s full name:

A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D A B C D

1 11 21 31 41

2 12 22 32 42

3 13 23 33 43

4 14 24 34 44

5 15 25 35 45

6 16 26 36 46

7 17 27 37 47

8 18 28 38 48

9 19 29 39 49

10 20 30 40 50

<b>(Students have to outpaint the answer boxes with pencil!)</b>

<i><b>I/ Select the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in the group:</b></i>

1/ A. exaggerate B. exam C. luxurious D. maximum

2/ A. bargain B. campaign C. certain D. mountain

3/ A. closet B. phone C. police D. post

4/ A. chaos B. charity C. echo D. orchestra

5/ A. hatred B. looked C. naked D. wicked

<i><b>II/ Select the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in the group:</b></i>

6/ A. employee B. headmaster C. holiday D. internet

7/ A. hello B. presence C. record D. subject

8/ A. career B. research C, surprise D. technique

9/ A. mature B. modern C. private D. tragic

10/ A. conditional B. impossible C. informative D. secondary

<i><b>III/ Select the correct option to complete the sentences below:</b></i>

11/ You say you’re going _______ your father’s job when he leaves, don’t you?

A. after B. ahead C. on D. up

12/ They didn’t go _______ with his views on private medicine.

A. along B. away C. on D. together

13/ They say that public opinion is going _______ the government on this issue.

A. against B. by C. for D. to

14/ Our relationship goes _______ when we were at high school together.

A. back to B. far away C. into D. out of

15/ That man had to go _______ on his knees to beg for forgiveness.

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<i><b>IV/ Select the underlined words or phrases in A, B, C or D that is not correct:</b></i>
16/ Is it well-known fact that camels can go for extended periods without water?
A B C D

17/ It’s said that measles has not yet been eradicated because of controversial concerning immunization.
A B C D

18/ The refracting telescope contains lenses that magnification the image which reaches it, doesn’t it?
A B C D

19/ I hear that the weather prediction for the city indicates worsen conditions by the end of this month.
A B C D

20/ The pharynx is said to play a significant important part in speech, especially in the production of vowel
sound. A B C D

<i><b>V/ Select the best option to complete the sentences below:</b></i>

21/ She wanted to tell them the truth, but something _______ her back.

A. brought B. fetched C. held D. took

22/ Have they just passed new laws to _______ wildlife in this area?

A. conserve B. protest C. shelter D. shield

23/ People rumor that the disease is _______ at a very rapid rate.

A. expanding B. flying C. running D. spreading

24/ Is it true that rapid _______ would cause frequent floods and leave little water during dry seasons?

A. run-in B. run-off C. run-out D. run-over

25/ I’m _______ to clean the floor, aren’t I?

A. declared B. imagined C. spoken D. supposed

<i><b>VI/ Which of the following sentences is grammatically wrong?</b></i>
26/ A. She resigned for a variety of reasons.

B. Credit cards eliminate a need to carry a lot of cash.
C. They’re constantly on the lookout for new ideas.

D. I’m considering buying a new cellphone.

27/ A. Is spinach a valuable source of iron?
B. He played with great sensitivity, didn’t he?

C. It’s thought that many animals breed only at certain times of the year.
D. She cared of him more than he realized.

28/ A. Are you sure he will join us in wishing Romeo and Juliet happy marriage?
B. Her novel reached an even wider audience when it was made into a movie.
C. The boys were swimming in the river despite the storm warning.

D. The doctor didn’t reveal the truth to the patient.

29/ A. No farthet information about that has been surfaced yet.
B. He used to wear a pair of baggy jeans and an oversized T-shirt.
C. You have to stop for breath before you get to the top.

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C. All the doors opened and people spilled out to the street.

D. They say that this species of bird is decreasing in numbers every year.
<i><b>VII/ Select the correct wordform in A, B, C or D for each sentence: </b></i>

31/ She had been a _______ in her day.

A. beauty B. beautician C. beautify D. beautiful

32/ The government provided an _______ £25 million to expand the service.

A. additive B. addition C. additional D. additionally

33/ Use conditioner regularly to make your hair soft and _______.

A. manage B. management C. manager D. manageable

34/ I found the talk both informative and _______.

A. entertain B. entertainer C. entertaining D. entertainment

35/ What’s your _______ of happiness?

A. definition B. definite C. indefinite D. definitive
<i><b>VIII/ Select the best option A, B, C or D of the reported speech below:</b></i>

36/ “This shop isn’t going to open next Sunday,” the woman informed me.

<b>A.</b> The woman informed me (that) this shop wasn’t going to open the next Sunday.
<b>B.</b> The woman informed me (that) that shop wasn’t going to open next Sunday.
<b>C.</b> The woman informed me that shop wasn’t going to open the following Sunday.
<b>D.</b> The woman informed me that shop wasn’t going to open following Sunday.
37/ He said, “I once spent a summer here in this province.”

<b>A.</b> He said that he had once spent a summer there in this province.
<b>B.</b> He said that he had once spent a summer here in that province.
<b>C.</b> He said that he once spent a summer there in that province.
<b>D.</b> He said he had once spent a summer there in that province.

38/ The nurse said, “The patient in this room didn’t follow your advice, Doctor.”

<b>A.</b> The nurse said to the doctor that the patient in that room hadn’t followed his advice.

<b>B.</b> The nurse told the doctor that the patient in that room hadn’t followed his advice.
<b>C.</b> The nurse said that the patient in that room hadn’t followed his doctor’s advice.
<b>D.</b> The nurse told the doctor that the patient in this room hadn’t followed his advice.
39/ “If my sister knew the truth, she would be disappointed,” Khoa said to me.

<b>A.</b> Khoa told me that if his sister had known the truth, she would have been disappointed.
<b>B.</b> Khoa said to me that if his sister had known the truth, she would have been disappointed.
<b>C.</b> Khoa said that whether his sister had known the truth, she would have been disappointed.
<b>D.</b> Khoa told me that if his sister knew the truth, she would have been disappointed.

40/ Long said to Hoa, “I may come to your birthday party when I’ve finished my work.”
<b>A.</b> Long told Hoa that he might come to her birthday party when he finished his work.
<b>B.</b> Long said that he may come to her birthday party when he had finished his work.
<b>C.</b> Long told Hoa that he might come to her birthday party when he had finished his work.
<b>D.</b> Long said to Hoa that he might come to her birthday party when he had finished his work.

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A. a headache B. a fly in my head C. a problem on my mind D. a difficulty with hair
42/ You remember I told you about that car that cost me an arm and a leg?

A. a huge amount of money B. a fair amount of money
C. a small amount of money D. a good amount of money
43/ The one you bought from the man you called the big cheese?

A. the man with big ears B. the man with the important job
C. the man with the yellow teeth D. the man with the big smile

44/ Yes, exactly because the car is rubbish and I went round to his garage like a bull in a china shop in the
show room.

A. shouting at him B. knocking everything over

C. running up to him D. hitting everybody

45/ Yes, that's right. I got my money back and as a result I opened up a whole new can of worms because other
people got their money back, too.

A. made a complete mess of his office B. exposed a lot of serious problems
C. discovered some creatures on the carpet D. revealed a lot of new paper work
<i><b>IX/ Read the following passage carefully and then select the missing word to complete it:</b></i>

<b>WHALE</b>

Whale is the common name for marine mammals of the order Cetacea. The term whale is sometimes used
to (46) _______ to all cetaceans, but in more common English usage it generally excludes the members of the
Delphinoidea superfamily, such as dolphins and porpoises. These smaller species belong to the suborder
Odontoceti (toothed whales), which also (47) _______ the sperm whale, killer whale, pilot whale, and beluga
whale. The other suborder of cetaceans, Mysticeti (baleen whales), includes the blue whale, which is the largest
animal (48) _______ to have ever existed, the humpback whale, and many other animals that feed by straining
seawater through long strips of baleen that they have in the place of teeth, and from which they get their name.

For centuries, whales have been hunted for meat and as a (49) _______ of raw materials. By the middle of
the 20th century, however, industrial whaling had left many species seriously endangered, and whaling was
ended in all but a few countries. Several organizations have been founded to try to (50) _______ hunting of
whales and other threats to whales' survival.

46/ A. refer B. talk C. report D. relate

47/ A. holds B. contains C. includes D. has

48/ A. used B. known C. let D. got

49/ A. cource B. source C. resource D. kind

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