Trường QUỐC HỌC Tổ Ngoại Ngữ  ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ II TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 NÂNG CAO Thời gian: 45 phút PHIÊN BẢN  MARK YOUR CHOICE ON THE ACCOMPANYING ANSWER SHEET. I. Find the word that has its underlined part pronounced differently from the other three in each question. 1. A. bead B. dread C. spread D. thread 2. A. stone B. zone C. none D. phone 3. A. identify B. ideal C. idol D. idiom II. Find the word with the stress pattern different from that of the other three words in each question. 4. A. complain B. fountain C. document D. bargain 5. A. appliance B. anniversary C. injection D. experiment 6. A. souvenir B. opposite C. bakery D. kilometer III.From the four underlined words or phrases (A), (B), (C), or (D), identify the one that is not correct. 7. We would like inviting you to our home for dinner on your birthday. (A) (B) (C) (D) 8. Did you agree to your father on which motorcycle you should buy? (A) (B) (C) (D) 9. A large amount of people showed up for the grand opening. (A) (B) (C) (D) 10. We didn’t enjoy the party because it did not have many entertainment. (A) (B) (C) (D) V. Choose the correct word or phrase to complete each sentence. 11. I didn’t realize _______ it would take me to get there on foot. A. how long B. how much C. how far D. so long 12. People work mainly to ________ money. A. obtain B. win C. gain D. earn 13. Jane told me that she _______ to ring me all morning. A. has been trying B. had been trying C. will be trying D. has tried 14. ______ is the amount you must pay to ride the bus. A. Money B. Fee C. Fare D. Tax 15. “The news I have for you isn’t good, I’m ______ ,” the doctor said. A. sorry B. afraid C. regretful D. sad 16. Many foreign visitors love ______ coffee. A. immediate B. fast C. quick D. instant 1 17. The soldiers all looked very smart in their ________ . A. suits B. outfits C. uniforms D. costumes 18. She was very ill but now she’s got ______ it. A. over B. off C. out of D. away from 19. Instead of throwing ______ paper and glass we can recycle them. A. up B. in C. off D. away 20. ________ he was feeling very tired, he agreed to walk with me as far as the next village. A. Since B. So far C. Even though D. As if 21. Jack offered _______ care of my garden while I was out of town. A. take B. to have taken C. taking D. to take 22. Most of the students have difficulty _______ English. A. speak B. speaking C. to speak D. with speaking 23. Sam always remembers ______ in the garage so that the driveway is free for others’ cars. A. parking B. being parked C. to park D. to be parked 24. Gravity is a natural ______ . A. phenomenon B. fact C. occurrence D. happening 25. Even the smallest baby can ______ its mother by her voice. A. realize B. discover C. clarify D. identify 26. I ______ some evening classes this semester, and I have a lot of homework. A. take B. am taking C. am going to take D. was taking 27. Ellis Pike was chosen to act the ______ of the lawyer in the film. A. play B. part C. role D. B and C are correct. 28. I borrow four books on gardening the last time I ______ to the library. A. go B. went C. had gone D. have gone 29. As soon as you _______ that, I’d like to start preparing lunch. A. have done B. will do C. did D. have been doing 30. I have vivid _______ of that evening. A. memoirs B. accounts C. reminiscences D. memories 31. Your hair and eyes ______ me of your mother. A. strike B. reminisce C. remind D. recalling 32. Fax machines were a wonderful _______ at the time. A. discovery B. invention C. detection D. finding 33. The spy admitted _______ some highly secret information to enemy agents. A. having given B. having been given C. to have given D. to have been given 34. I stayed up last night to ______ a film on TV. A. glance at B. watch C. look at D. stare at 35. Eating a bar of chocolate from time ______ time won’t do you any harm. A. to B. in C. at D. with 2 III.Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C, or D) best fits each space. THE IMPORTANCE OF PLANTS Man has always depended on plants (36) _______ food and many other useful products. For this reason, farming is one of the world’s most important industries. At first, (37) _______ man did not know how to plant seeds and raise crops. He (38) _______ wild fruits and vegetables where he found them. Then man discovered how to grow his own food. He (39) _______ seeds and waited for the crop to grow. For the first time, he could be reasonably sure of his food supply. He could settle down and (40) _______ shelters in the places where he grew food. As populations began to increase, the (41) _______ for food became greater. Old-fashioned tools and farming methods were insufficient in meeting the demand, so man cultivated more and more land and invented complicated machines to make his work easier. Tractors replaced horses and other farm animals. Scientists studied and (42) _______ with plants. They told farmers how to (43) _______ plant diseases, and how to grow bigger and better crops. Now one man, with a knowledge of plants and the (44) _______ of machines, can cultivate hundreds of acres. He can raise plants which did not originally grow in the soil or (45) ______ of his community. 36. A. about B. with C. for D. to 37. A. early B. initial C. primary D. original 38. A. collected B. gathered C. assembled D. amassed 39. A. brought up B. raised C. grew D. planted 40. A. form B. set up C. build D. create 41. A. demand B. request C. requirement D. necessity 42. A. practised B. tried on C. tested D. experimented 43. A. check B. control C. wipe out D. dismiss 44. A. aid B. support C. assistance D. help 45. A. situation B. condition C. climate D. atmosphere I. Read the passage and the questions or unfinished sentences. Then choose the answer –A, B, C, or D – that you think fits best. MEASURING HEAT A meter is a measuring device. Just as the speedometer in an automobile tells how fast the car is going, a thermometer records how warm or how cold something is. Thermometers measure heat in degrees. For example, for comfort indoors the temperature in a room should be about 21°C. A simple room thermometer can tell us how near to this the temperature in a room is. Other kinds of thermometers are also used. One is used to measure the heat of an oven. It shows heat from 38°C to 316°C. Another may be used on an air-conditioner. The thermometers used to measure body heat record temperatures from 33°C to 42°C. Other thermometers can be used to show us that water freezes at 0°C. The thermometer used to tell temperature outdoors often records from far below 18°C to about 49°C. A thermometer is a much-used measuring device that proves helpful in the home, the office, the factory, the laboratory, the schoolroom, and many other places. 3 46. While not stated in the article, you can tell that ______ A. body temperature does not usually go over 42°C. B. thermometers are hard to make. C. thermometers are always right. D. thermometers are useful but rarely used. 47. This article as a whole is about ______ A. speedometers. B. thermometers and their uses. C. outdoor thermometers. D. measuring heat and weight. 48. Which of the following is NOT true? A. Thermometers measure heat. B. Thermometers are used only indoors. C. Thermometers are used outside. D. Heat can be measured. 49. Which of the following kinds of thermometers does not show degrees below zero? A. a doctor’s thermometer. B. a room thermometer. C. a thermometer for measuring heat of an oven. D. all of the above. 50. The word “this” in the second sentence of paragraph 2 refers to ______ A. comfort B. room C. the temperature of 21 degrees D. heat – THE END – 4 . Trường QUỐC HỌC Tổ Ngoại Ngữ  ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ II TIẾNG ANH LỚP 10 NÂNG CAO Thời gian: 45 phút PHIÊN BẢN  MARK YOUR CHOICE ON THE ACCOMPANYING. buy? (A) (B) (C) (D) 9. A large amount of people showed up for the grand opening. (A) (B) (C) (D) 10. We didn’t enjoy the party because it did not have many entertainment. (A) (B) (C) (D) V. Choose. so man cultivated more and more land and invented complicated machines to make his work easier. Tractors replaced horses and other farm animals. Scientists studied and (42) _______ with plants.