Bài kiểm tra số 2 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Unit 3: People's background (Kèm đáp án)

UNIT 3: PEOPLE'S BACKGROUND
TEST 2
I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. many 	B. candle 	C. land 	D. band
2. A. passage 	B. language 	C. background 	D. mature
3. A. pull 	B. shut 	C. bus 	D. brush
4. A. barn 	B. warn 	C. march 	D. park
5. A. award 	B. attend 	C. any 	D. announce
6. A. as 	B. father 	C. mathematics 	D. tragic
7. A. develop 	B. depend 	C. seven 	D. complete
8. A. bull 	B. push 	C. sun 	D. full
II. Pick out the word that has the stress pattern different from that of the other words. 
1. A. people 	B. behind 	C. enter 	D. kitchen
2. A. already 	B. passenger 	C. carefully 	D. brilliant
3. A. maintain 	B. degree 	C. obtain 	D. woman
4. A. general 	B. illustrate 	C. another 	D. different
5. A. secondary 	B. scientific 	C. possibility 	D. calculation
6. A. correct 	B. interest 	C. award 	D. develop
7. A. dislike 	B. subject 	C. foreign 	D. science
8. A. intelligent 	B. ambitious 	C. curriculum 	D. championship
III. What happened first? Read the sentences and then put numbers in the boxes after each action to show the order in which they happened.
1. I went to bed £ after I'd taken a bath £ and brushed my-teeth £.
2. When I arrived at John's house £, he had made a cake £ and done the dishes £.
3. When I arrived at John's house £, he made us some coffee £.
4. My stomachache disappeared £ after I'd taken some medicine £.
5. When we got to the theater £, the play had started £ and all the seats had been taken £.
6. James had dinner £, then went to sit in his living room £. He felt miserable £. It had been an awful day £.
7. James sat in his armchair £ and thought about the day £. He had gotten up late D, and his boss had threatened 
 to fire him £. He decided it was time for bed £.
8. When I got to the office £, I realized £ that I had forgot to lock the front door £.
IV. Put the verbs in the past simple or the past perfect.
 When I (0. be) was a boy I (1. live).............in a town called Melksham. Last week I (2. go).............back to Melksham. It (3. change)............! First, I (4. visit).............my old house. I (5. not recognise)..............it. They (6. paint)..............it green, they (7. cut)............down all the trees in the garden and they (8. build).............a garage there instead. And the railway station at the end of the road (9. close).............. It (10. become)................a supermarket.
V. Fill in each gap with ONE suitable word.
 Marconi was (1)......in Bologna in Northern Italy, in 1874. His father was a rich Italian businessman, (2).......his mother was a Scot who had (3)......in Ireland and had gone to Italy to study music. The family lived in (4)......country house, the Villa Grifone, just outside Bologna. (5)......he was a boy, people did not think that Marconi was particularly clever. He was a (6).......boy who spoke little but thought a lot. He liked nothing better (7)......to sit and read science books (8)......his father's big library. He also loved to (9)......experiments with electricity. For most (10).......his early life, he was taught at home. He did not go to school.
 (1)........................(2)...................... (3)...................... (4)...................... (5).........................
 (6)........................ (7)...................... (8)...................... (9)...................... (10).........................
VI. Rewrite each sentence, beginning as shown, so that the meaning stays the same.
1. When you phoned me, it was my lunchtime.
 When you phoned me, I..................................................................
2. Jack left the office before I arrived there.
 When I arrived................................................................................
3. I have studied English for five years.
 I started...........................................................................................
4. Sue cleaned the house. Then she fell asleep on the sofa.
 After................................................................................................
5. Brian bought a new television. First he checked all the prices. 
 Before..............................................................................................
6. First Trudy read the book. Then she decided that she didn't ltfce it. 
 After.................................................................................................
7. Nancy hasn't been here since 1986.
 The last time Nancy.........................................................................
8. I haven't been to a dentist for 6 months.
 It's 6 months......................................................................................
VII. Read the text below and choose the correct word or phrase for each space. For each question, circle the letter you choose, A, B, C or D.
 Hypatia was born in Alexandria, in Egypt, in 370 A.D. For many centuries she was (1).......only woman scientist to have a place in the history books. Hypatia's father was director of Alexandria University, and he (2).......sure his daughter had the best education available. This wasunusual, as most women then had few (3).......to study. After studying in Athens and Rome, Hypatia returned to Alexandria, (4).......she began teaching mathematics. She soon became famous (5).......her knowledge of new ideas. We have no copies of her books, (6)........we know that she wrote several important mathematical works. Hypatia was also interested in technology and (7)......several scientific tools to help with her work. At the (8)........many rulers were afraid of science, and (9).......connected with it was in danger. One day in March 415, Hypatia (10).......attacked in the street and killed.
1. A. one 	B. the 	C. a 	D. an
2. A. could 	B. made 	C. said 	D. put
3. A. classes 	B. customs 	C. opportunities 	D. teachers
4. A. where 	B. how 	C. there 	D. which
5. A. from 	B. by 	C. for 	D. in
6. A. because 	B. but 	C. or 	D. as
7. A. did 	B. experimented 	C. invented 	D. learnt
8. A. day 	B. period 	C. year 	D. time
9. A. anyone 	B. nobody 	C. all 	D. something
10. A. was 	B. had 	C. has 	D. is
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