Bài kiểm tra lần 1 học kì II môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 (Kèm đáp án)

THE SECOND-SEMESTER EXAMINATION 1
Time allotted: 60 minutes
A. PHONETICS.
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. monk 	B. son 	C. gone 	D. done 
2. A. deal 	B. stealth 	C. steal 	D. heal 
3. A. of 	B. deaf 	C. leaf 	D. wife 
4. A. organise 	B. promise 	C. recognise 	D. realise 
5. A. row 	B. show 	C. snow 	D. cow
II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words.
6. A. himself 	B. assist 	C. progress 	D. about
7. A. become 	B. bookshop 	C. science 	D. perfume
8. A. country 	B. myself 	C. belong 	D. Chinese
9. A. aviation 	B. entertainment 	C. television 	D. possibility
10. A. computer 	B. engineer 	C. continue 	D. provision
B. VOCABULARY AND STRUCTURE.
I. Choose the correct answer among A, B, C or D for each space.
I1. The teacher.......them the answer to the question.
A. explained 	B. told 	C. said 	D. discussed
12. You will become ill.......you stop working so hard.
A. until 	B. when 	C. if 	D. unless
13. The price runs.......sixty dollars.
A. so high as 	B. high not than 	C. as high as 	D. as high like
14. On the.......to the town there is a beautiful wood.
A. direction 	B. way 	C. street 	D. entrance
15. This is the description of the bicycle........
A. was stolen 	B. which was stolen 	C. which stolen 	D. which stole
16. He liked to sit......the river and fish.
A. beside 	B. next 	C. at 	D. along
17. Mike was the.......in his family; all his brothers were much taller.
A. lowest 	B. littlest 	C. slightest 	D. shortest
18. The party, .......I was the guest of honour, was extremely enjoyable.
A. at which 	B. by which 	C. for which 	D. to which
19........from Bill, all the students said they would go.
A. Except 	B. Only 	C. Apart 	D. Separate
20. I am very.......in the information you have given me.
A. concerned 	B. interested 	C. surprised 	D. shocked
21. .......it was raining heavily, he went out without a raincoat.
A. Although 	B. In spite of 	C. However 	D. In spite
22. If we had known your address, we.......to see you.
A. came 	B. would have come 	C. would come 	D. will come
23. I saw.......horrible accident on the highway last week.
A. one 	B. a 	C. the 	D. Ø
24. Madame Zoe predicts that by 2013 English.......the official world language.
A. is going to become 	B. will become
C. will have become 	D. will be becoming
25. If it.......fine, I shall go out.
A. is 	B. was 	C. were 	D. will be
II. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
26. We thought he (A) is planning (B) to go (C) on vacation after (D) the first of the month.
27. If you (A) had taken my advice (B) before doing the work, you would have (C) been able to do it (D) more better. 
28. (A) Despite of rain or snow (B) there are always more (C) than fifty thousand fans (D) at the football games.
29. (A) Many bridges were (B) cover with wooden (C) roofs to protect (D) them from rain.
30. Tom is often (A) late for work, (B) that (C) makes his boss (D) angry.
III. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one.
31. Lam is prettier than Mai.
A. Mai is not so pretty as Lam. 	B. Mai is not pretty as much as Lam.
C. Mai is not as pretty as I am.	D. A & C are correct.
32. I rang the doorbell, but nobody answered.
A. Although we rang the doorbell, there was no sound.
B. Although we rang the doorbell, nobody answered.
C. The doorbell rang, but nobody appeared.
D. Nobody was in, so the doorbell continued to ring.
33. Unless you can swim, you aren’t allowed to sail this boat.
A. Anyone who wants to sail this boat must be able to swim.
B. If you can't swim, you'll have to go in this boat. 
C. You may sail this boat whether you can swim or not. 
D. The only person allowed to swim are those in the boat.
34. They will have given up the research by now.
A. The research will been have given up by now.
B. They aren't doing the research now.
C. The research will have been given up by now.
D. The research will be continued by now.
35. "I'll give it back to him if I see him tomorrow," she said.
A. She said that she would give it back to him if she could.
B. She said she would give it back to him if she saw him tomorrow.
C. She said that she would give it back to him if she saw him the following day.
D. She said that she would it back to him as soon as she could.
C. READING.
I. Read the passage and choose the best answer among A, B, C or D to complete each gap. 
HOW THE POP SONGS OF TOMORROW ARE CHOSEN
 Teenagers in America buy millions of records every year so it is (36)......surprising that manufacturers find it (37)......to try out the recordings they have made in front of live audiences before (38)...... the records on the market. The (39)......way of doing this is the one employed in Hollywood, where hundreds of (40)......are invited to listen to test records and given dials that measure their response to them electrically. Everyone who goes to the sessions enjoys them, (41)......they are not paid for their help. They think they are being given an opportunity to (42)......the manufacturers what they like. They say that there (43)......be more sessions like this. If there (44)......, the songs that are published would be'better and they (45)......hear so much rubbish on the radio.
36. A. almost 	B. hardly 	C. even 	D. nearly
37. A. being useful 	B. to be useful 	C. useful 	D. that it is useful
38. A. put 	B. they are putting 	C. to put 	D. putting
39. A. most effective 	B. more effective 	C. effectiveness 	D. effectiver
40. A. youngs 	B. young people 	C. the youth 	D. the youths
41. A. although	B. in spite of 	C. however 	D. nevertheless	
42. A. explain	B. inform 	C. tell 	D. say
43. A. would	B. should 	C. shall 	D. ought
44. A. are 	B. were	C. was 	D. had
45. A. shouldn't 	B. wouldn't have to 	C. ought not to 	D. mustn't
II. Read the passage and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D) for each question.
 Hundreds of species of marine life manage to survive even in the darkest depths of the ocean. These tenants of the deep have evolved some extremely ingenious devices for locating their food and enemies.
 Where the light is very dim, some of these deepwater species have developed enormous eyes with almost telescopic lenses, very much like those of owls. Others, especially the fish that survive where there is no light at all are quite blind but have developed long feelers that enable them to identify and collect stray bits of food that come within a considerable radius of them.
 Some inhabitants of the deep supply their own light. They have built-in torches that they can switch on and off depending on whether they are pursuing or being pursued.
 Some have regular lamps, spots of steady light, which spread a faint glow through the water around them. One deepwater squid can squirt a luminous that cousins nearer the surface to becloud and darken the water. It's supposed that about half of the varieties offish living in the dark depths of the ocean have some power of illumination.
46. In order to survive, all species of the deep must be able to..
A. supply their own light.	B. compensate for the lack of light.
C. locate food and enemies.	D. Both B and C
47. Most of the marine species living in the darkest depths have..
A. learned to live without light.	B. evolved ingenious devices to help them.
C. found ways to supply their own light.	D. developed extremely sensitive eyes.
48. According to the selection, some species that live where there is no light have..
A. long, sensitive feelers. 	B. luminous fins..
C. enormous owl-like eyes 	D. no actual eyes.
49. It is supposed that about half of the varieties of fish living in the darkj depths have..
A. evolved more than one means of creating light.	B. some power of illumination.
C. developed extremely sensitive feejers.	D. almost telescopic eyes. 
50. Implied but not stated:..
A. Where there is no light, the power of illumination is necessary fo» survival.
B. Food getting is a difficult problem in the ocean depths.
C. When a fish is being pursued, it often turns off its light.
D. All fish in the darkest depths of the ocean have some device to compensate for lack of light.
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