Đề ôn tập và kiểm tra môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 (Thí điểm) - Unit 1: Family life

UNIT 1: FAMILY LIFE
1A. Pronunciation
• /br/, /kr/ and /tr/
I. Write the words below into the correct column.
crash	brother	crowded	cricket	trousers
truth	traffic	credit	cream	broad
create	broad-minded	brown	train	truck
breath	tree	browse	bridge	try
/br/
/kr/
/tr/



II. Write /br/, /kr/, and /tr/ under the word that has the corresponding consonant cluster sound. Then, practise reading the sentences.
1. We tried to catch the train to Ha Noi.
2. This morning I felt crazy because the traffic was very heavy with a lot of trucks and the streets were crowded.
3. My brother likes cream in his coffee.
4. Mr. Brown buys crisps on credit.
5. My computer crashed while I was trying to create a new directory.
6. My parents are both broad-minded, so they are willing to listen to our own opinions.
7. My brother has brown eyes and broad shoulders.
8. A breathalyser is a device to measure the amount of alcohol in a driver’s breath.
9. I spend two hours browsing the web every day.
10. Sharing housework creates a positive atmosphere and we are not critical of each other.
1B. Vocabulary
• Words and phrases related to family life
I. Fill in each blank with the correct word below.
bonds	benefits	example	laundry
washing-up	breadwinner	chores	role
1. Mr Long has found that his wife receives a great deal of love when he shares household ________.
2. In fact, childcare seems to have some important __________ for young children.
3. My mother was hanging out the __________ in the sun.
4. __________ in the extended family are generally very close.
5. Mothers play an enormous __________ in the lives of their children and the bond is very strong.
6. You should set a good __________ for your little brother.
7. Traditionally, the __________ in the home is the father.
8. Every day at 7 pm, dinner is finished and the __________ is done.
II. Choose the correct words.
1. Everyone in my family shares the cooking and domestic chores / housework.
2. Women became managers / breadwinners while their husbands went to fight in the war.
3. Yesterday she went to the supermarket to buy the laundry / groceries and flowers.
4. For this exercise, the teacher is going to divide / make the class into four groups.
5. You should tidy up / away your room at the weekend.
6. My sister did the laundry / groceries and hung wet clothes out to dry.
7. My grandfather can’t do heavy lifting / loud voice because he has a bad back.
8. Every day after dinner I do the routine / washing-up before I do my homework.
9. My dad is the breadwinner / game-winner. He goes to work to support the family
10. My sister tries to get some simple basic home cook / cooking from my mother.
III. Complete the sentences with the words below.
benefit	relationship	good	gratitude	life skills
benefits	bond	responsibility	strengthens	character
1. Sharing experiences __________ bonds with friends.
2. We would like to express our __________ to everyone for their help.
3. These children have not learned __________ for the future use.
4. The new system will be a great __________ to the company.
5. Sharing the responsibility for household chores can do the __________ of children’s development.
6. Parents enjoy watching their children’s __________ develop.
7. Doing physical exercise for just 30 minutes every day can bring health __________ .
8. Over six months of working together, a close __________ developed.
9. By sharing housework, family members have a very close __________ with one another.
10. Sharing housework can make children have more __________ in the future.
IV. Fill in each blank with the appropriate form of the word in brackets.
1. One recent survey found that men’s __________ in the home had increased almost threefold in the last four decades, (contribute)
2. A mother’s love can be as __________ as breastfeeding, (benefit)
3. In the traditional Japanese family system, the entire estate of the family, and the __________ assets are transferred from the father to the eldest son. (finance)
4. Mrs White spoke __________ of her husband because he didn’t share anything with household chores, (criticize)
5. My aunt works __________ hard to support her family because her husband died in a car accident a year ago. (enormous)
6. When we have some trouble in our family, we should have family meetings to work out a __________ . (solve)
7. The husband is responsible for the family’s economic well-being and takes pride in his role as a __________ . (provide)
8. Parenting __________ can offer children good opportunities for their future, (collaborate)
9. We do our share of housework willingly so that we can follow __________ interests in our free time, (recreation)
10. Researchers found that an unequal __________ of household chores negatively affected wives’ marital __________ . (divide - satisfy)
V. Match the pictures 1-9 to the phrases, and write the answer in each blank. There are
some extra phrases. Number 1 has been done for you.
__1__ do the cooking
_____ do the ironing
_____ do the washing
_____ do the vacuuming
_____ lay the table
_____ make the bed
_____ tidy your room
_____ do the cleaning
_____ do the shopping
_____ do the washing-up
_____ empty the dishwasher
_____ make breakfast / lunch / dinner
_____ take the rubbish out
_____ wash the car
VI. Match 1-8 to a-h to make sentences and questions about household chores.
1. Take these dirty clothes and load 	 	______	a. the rubbish?
2. After I get up, I usually make	______	b. the table
3. Before we eat, Dad always lays 	 	______	c. my bed and get dressed.
4. After dinner, can you help me to do 	______	d. the bath, please?
5. The bathroom is dirty. Can you clean 	______	e. the washing machine.
6. When the clothes are dry, please do 	______	f. the washing-up?
7. The bin is full. Can you take out 	______	g. the floor.
8. The carpet isn’t clean. Let’s hoover 	______	h. the ironing.
• Prepositions
VII. Complete the sentences with the correct preposition.
1. Who is responsible __________ taking care of the children?
2. Would you like to share your feelings __________ the group?
3. Parents should set an example __________ their children.
4. Doing exercise regularly is good __________ you.
5. Close relationship is one of the most effective ways __________ creating a good atmosphere __________ all of us.
6. The most important thing that my old grandparents care __________ is health.
7. I have quite a good relationship __________ my teachers and classmates.
8. She’d like to show a deep gratitude __________ the teacher who had encouraged her to go to university.
9. What are the qualities that are needed __________ the job?
10. My dad and I do the repairs __________ the house.
1C. Grammar
• Present simple vs present continuous
I. Complete the sentences with a verb below in the correct form.
do	 empty 	lay 	 make (x3) 	 take 	tidy 	 wash (x2)
1. Why didn’t you __________ your bed this morning?
2. I can’t come out now. I’m __________ the cleaning.
3. Could you __________ the dishwasher and put the things away, please?
4. It’s not fair. I __________ breakfast yesterday. Nam should __________ it today.
5. Look at this bin! Please __________ the rubbish out now.
6. Mum, I’ve __________ up my room. Can I go out now?
7. Phong, __________ the table. It’s nearly dinner time.
8. A: Where’s Dad?
 B: He’s __________ the car. He always __________ the car on Sunday morning.
II. Fill the gaps with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. Ms Lan is not in the office today. She (work) __________ at home today.
2. “Where (you / come) __________ from?” “I’m Italian - from Rome.”
3. “(you / speak) __________ French?” “Just a little.”
4. Don’t forget your umbrella. It (rain) __________ again.
5. “Can you help me with the dinner?” “Not now. I (watch) __________ TV.”
6. In Viet Nam, children (look) __________ after their old parents.
7. “Hi! What (you / do) __________ here?” “I (wait) __________ for a friend.”
8. Can I look at the newspaper now? (you / read) __________ it?
9. Can I phone you back? We (have) __________ dinner.
10. Mr Long (work) __________ in an office every day, but now he (help) __________ his wife to prepare dinner.
III. Complete the sentences with the verbs below in the correct form: the present simple or present continuous.
tidy	help	play (x2)	do (x2)	look after
water	prepare 	watch	go	study
1. My dad often __________ tennis on Sunday morning. Now he __________ the garden.
2. My mother often __________ dinner for the whole family after work. At present she __________ shopping in the supermarket.
3. My sister often __________ the film after dinner. At the moment she __________ for her test tomorrow.
4. I usually __________ football at the park with my classmates on Sunday morning.
Now I __________ my father with the chores around the house.
5. Mai __________ to school every morning. Now she __________ her mother in hospital.
6. Nam often __________ his room at the weekend. Now he __________ some heavy lifting with his brother.
IV. Complete the pairs of sentences with the present simple or the present continuous form of the verb in brackets.
1. a She always __________ (wear) a white dress for work.
	b I __________ (wear) new shoes. Do you like them?
2. a We __________ (go) hiking next month.
	b They __________ (go) hiking every summer.
3. a I __________ (love) this music. What is it?
	b I __________ (enjoy) this music. What is it?
4. a Light __________ (travel) faster than sound.
	b That car __________ (travel) very fast. Be careful.
5. a My brother often __________ (sing) in the shower.
	b My friend, Peter, __________ (sing). What a terrible noise!
6. a I __________ (not believe) him. It’s a lie.
	b He __________ (not tell) the truth. It’s a lie.
V. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
1. He never __________ (go) to parties.
2. __________ you __________ (want) another drink?
3. She __________ (wait) for a phone call from Jack. He usually __________ (phone) at this time.
4. ‘Why __________ you __________ (never wear) T-shirts?’ - ‘No real reason.’
5. ‘__________ you __________ (understand) these questions?’ - ‘I don’t.’
6. We __________ (go) to Can Tho tomorrow.
7. __________ you always __________ (go out) for a meal on Sundays?
8. Hurry up! The bus __________ (leave) in five minutes.
9. What time __________ you __________ (meet) Nam?
10. I __________ (not enjoy) listening to classical music.
VI. Complete the dialogue with the verbs below. Use the present simple or present continuous. 
do	 come	 have	 like	 stay	 study 	 want	 work 	 not work
Nick 	Hi, I’m Nick.
Mai 	Hi, I’m Mai. Where 1 __________ you __________ from, Nick?
Nick 	England. I2 __________ with a family here in Ho Chi Minh City.
Mai 	3 __________ you __________ it here?
Nick 	Yes, it’s a nice city. I4 __________ a great time.
Mai 	Can you speak Vietnamese?
Nick 	Yes. I 5 __________ at a language school. What 6 __________ you __________ , Mai?
Mai 	I’m a nurse.
Nick 	That’s interesting.
Mai 	I usually 7__________ at night, but I 8__________ this evening.
Nick 	9 __________ you __________ to have a drink?
Mai 	OK.
VII. Make questions from the given words.
1. Which book / you read / at the moment?
__________________________________________________
2. What grammar notes/ you study / at present?
__________________________________________________
3. Which coffee / you prefer / Italian / French?
__________________________________________________
4. What / you usually have / for breakfast?
__________________________________________________
5. What / your father / do now?
__________________________________________________
1D. Reading
I. Reading the text, and choose the best answers.
Benefits of doing housework
Children can learn a lot from doing household chores. Doing chores helps children learn about what they need to do to care for themselves, a house and a family. They learn skills that they can use in the adult lives, like preparing meals, cleaning, organising and keeping a garden. Being involved in chores also gives children experience of relationship skills, like communicating clearly, co-operating and working as a team.
When children contribute to family life, it helps them feel competent and responsible. Even if they don’t enjoy the chore, when they keep going they get the feeling of satisfaction that comes with finishing a task.
Sharing housework can also help families work better and reduce family stress. When children help out, chores get done more quickly, and parents have less to do. This frees up time for the family to do fun things together.
In order to get children involved in chores, it is best to start by choosing chores that works for children’s ages and abilities. Chores that are too hard can be frustrating, and chores that are too easy might be boring. If children are old enough, we can have a family discussion about chores. This can reinforce the idea that the whole family contributes to how the household runs.
1. Doing chores can have children have some benefits EXCEPT __________.
	A. learning life skills	B. looking after the family
	C. getting a job	D. learning relationship skills
2. By sharing housework with other family members, children also can .
	A. join a team	B. become a co-operator
	C. develop language skills	D. express themselves better
3. When children don’t like a task, they also have the feeling of __________ in finishing it.
	A. pleasure	B. achievement 	C. desire	D. acceptance
4. Which statement that the author of the text supports most?
A. Children should do as much as they can to help their parents out.
B. Children should be old enough to share the chores.
C. The chores that children do should be based on their qualities.
D. The chores that children do should be hard to develop life skills.
5. The phrase ‘works for’ in paragraph 4 is closest in meaning to __________.
	A. does	B. suits	C. succeeds in 	D. involves
II. Read the two texts, and do the tasks that follow.
Family Welcomes Baby Sixteen
Baby Katelyn is the latest child of Jeni and Ray Bonell of Queensland, Australia. They have got sixteen children - seven girls and nine boys.
Life in the Bonell house is noisy, but they’ve got rules so things don’t get too crazy. The house has got seven bedrooms but each child sleeps in his or her own bed.
Jesse and Brooke, the two oldest kids, don’t live with the family. They have got their own homes in the neighbourhood but they often visit.
Jeni says that having a big family is normal for them. Her day-to-day life is similar to the life of other mums, just with more washing to do and bigger meals to cook. Food shopping costs about $600 a week. Meals and house cleaning are big jobs, but all the children help from the age of eight. One of the Bonell’s neighbours says, ‘I’ve only got two children and I don’t know how Jeni and Ray do it. And they love it. They’re great parents.’
Giving each of their children enough time and attention isn’t easy, but it’s important for both parents. ‘Jeni and Ray spend so much time with the kids,’ says a family friend. ‘The kids definitely feel loved and happy and the new baby is beautiful.’
BIG is beautiful
For Sue and Noel Radford, ‘Big is beautiful’ when you talk about families. They’ve got sixteen children - nine boys and seven girls. They are also grandparents, as their daughter Sophie has got a one-year-old daughter, Daisy.
The Radford family lives in a nine-bedroom house. Sue and Noel have got a bakery down the road from the house, and the family travels everywhere in their seventeen-seat minibus.
Life in the Radford house starts early. Noel goes to the bakery at 4.30 a.m., gets home for breakfast at 7.30, takes the school-age children to school and then goes back to the bakery. At 3 p.m., he brings the children home from school and then he cooks dinner every night - often spaghetti or homemade pizza.
So why do they have so many children? Sue smiles and says, ‘I love having children around me. I like all the noise and activity.’ A family friend says, ‘They’re a lovely family and the children are really good kids. Sue and Noel are great parents.’
It’s true. Sue and Noel don’t have very much time alone. They don’t go out to restaurants or to the cinema and they only talk about the children - there’s no time to talk about other things.
But the children are happy. ‘They’ve always got friends around them,’ says Noel.
Task 1. What do the numbers below refer to? Some numbers refer to more than one thing.
600	17	16	9	8	7	3	2	1
600	
17	
16	
9	
8	
7	
3	
2	
1 	
Task 2. Match each family to the pieces of information. Write the full sentences.
 	don’t all live together.
The Bonell family	have got a bakery.
 	all do housework together.
The Radford family	like their big family.
 	sometimes make pizza.
1. 	
2. 	
3. 	
4. 	
5. 	
III. Read the text, and do the tasks that follow.
Stay-at-home Mum
Fiona Gilbert is married with three teenage sons. Her husband gets up early every morning and goes to work by train. He works in a bank in the centre of London. The boys leave for school at 8 a.m. and Fiona puts away the breakfast things and turns on the dishwasher. Fiona goes to work at about nine o’clock, but she doesn’t travel very far. Her office is in the spare bedroom in the house. That’s because Fiona is one of the 3.7 million people in the UK who work but don’t go out to work. They are homeworkers.
Fiona is a freelance writer and a finance expert. Every week she writes articles for magazines and newspapers. She describes how people can save money. Occasionally, she appears on TV too. Fiona really enjoys her job. She says that the best thing about it is when it’s warm and sunny. She doesn’t stay at her desk. She takes her laptop into the garden and works outside. It isn’t all good though. Fiona sends and receives a lot of email every day, but sometimes she doesn’t speak to anyone all day. She hates that.
Fiona turns off her laptop when the boys come back from school. They sit down together and chat about their day at school. Fiona becomes a mother again then, and starts making dinner for her family.
Task 1. Which two topics below aren’t mentioned in the text?
1. daily routine	2. family	3. favourite food
4. favourite TV programme	5. job	6. likes and dislikes
Task 2. Answer the questions.
1. What does Mr Gilbert do?
2. What does Fiona do before she goes to work?	
3. How many British people are homeworkers?	
4. What does Fiona write about in her articles?	
5. Where does she work when the weather is good?	
6. How does she usually communicate with people at work?	
7. Does Fiona cook?	
Task 3. Complete the summary of the text with the words below.
children	 home	money 	negative 	positive 	woman
The text is about a British 1 __________ , Fiona Gilbert, who works from 2 __________ . She knows a lot of things about3 __________ for her job. Fiona is mostly 4 __________ about what she does, but she is 5 __________ about one thing. She stops working in the afternoon to talk to her 6 __________ .
IV. Read the lecture to parents, and mark the sentences T (true), F (false), or NG (not given).
Some people point out that today’s children have more homework and have less time to do chores around the house. If they’re teenagers, they also don’t have much energy because their bodies and brains are developing very quickly, and that can be tiring for them.
Children also say, ‘It’s not my house, why should I clean it?’ Actually, they use it, and if they don’t learn how to do basic chores like cooking and cleaning, how can they look after themselves when they leave home? Helping with chores is training in basic survival skills. It’s also a good way to remind children that they are a part of something bigger than themselves - the family. And, by giving them some responsibilities, you’re also telling them that you trust them, and that increases their confidence.
But it’s often tricky to get children to do chores. There is no ‘I’ in the words ‘work’ or ‘chores’, and most kids only like to do things that help them or give them something back immediately. The best way to deal with this is to make some family rules and the family chore chart, and also point out some of the long-term benefits: studies show that children and teenagers who help around the house are happier and have better family values. When they take out the rubbish, lay the table or clean the floor, they are actually learning how to become more helpful members of society.
The most important thing is to help children start good habits early, and also help them become good and responsible citizens in the future.
1. Children today don’t have as much homework as children in the past. 	__________
2. Teenagers have more energy than young children. 	__________
3. It’s important for children to learn how to cook and clean. 	__________
4. Chores remind children of their responsibility to other people. 	__________
5. Children who do chores feel more confident. 	__________
6. Most children like doing things that have long-term benefits. 	__________
7. Parents are usually very lazy. 	__________
8. Children who do chores become better members of society. 	__________
V. Read the passage, and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D for each question.
Family types vary in different countries and among different cultures. In Western, industrialized societies, the nuclear family ranks as the most common family type. It consists of a father, a mother and their children. But nuclear families exist together with many other types of family units. In the single-parent family, for example, a mother or a father heads the family alone. A blended family is formed when a divorced or widowed parent remarries. As divorce rates have risen, the number of single-parent and blended families has increased.
In many parts of the world, parents and children live together with other family members under the same roof. These complex families usually contain several generations of family members, including grandparents, parents and children. They may also include brothers or sisters and their families, uncles, aunts and cousins. Even when relatives do not live together, they still consider themselves members of the same extended family includes grandparents, uncles, aunts and cousins.
1. The nuclear family ranks as the most common family type __________.
	A. in many industrialized countries	B. in countries with nuclear weapons
	C. that consists of more than two generations 	D. that leads to the divorce of parents
2. In the single-parent family, __________.
A. there are often no children
B. only one parent lives with his or her child or children
C. the number of blended children has increased
D. children live with their grandparents
3. Grandparents, parents and children are mentioned as __________.
A. the three typical generations of an extended family
B. three branches of a family tree
C. the closest and happiest relatives in family units
D. a complex combination
4. The second paragraph is about __________.
	A. American culture	B. relatives and family members
	C. the relationship between family members 	D. the extended family
5. The word “blended” in paragraph 1 is closest in meaning to __________.
	A. complex	B. married	C. mixed	D. formed
VI. Read the passage carefully, and do the tasks that follow.
The Role of the Japanese Mother
The focus of the mother is her home and family, with particular attention to the rearing of children. While most Japanese believe that a woman's place is in the home, women make up almost 40 percent of the labour force. More than half of these women are married. Many mothers with small children work only part-time so they can be home when their children are not in school. The extra income earned by the mother is often used to meet the cost of their children’s education.
Japanese mothers take the responsibility of their child’s education and upbringing very seriously. They seldom confront their preschool children because they want to foster an intimate, dependent relationship. The purpose of this approach is to get the child to obey willingly with the mother’s wishes and to shape the child’s behaviour over a long period of time. The close nature of the mother-child relationship and the strong parental commitment help to provide a strong foundation for the child’s entry into elementary school. 
Mothers are involved directly in with the child’s school. Each day a notebook is sent back and forth between mother and teacher remarking on the child’s mood, behavior, health, and activities both in school and at home. Mothers attend PTA meetings usually twice a month and are involved with school committee’s working on special projects such as gardening and hot lunch preparation. School is a very stressful and competiti