Name: Class: 10/ Mã Số: Basic 001 http://ductam_tp.violet.vn/ THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION ENGLISH 10 (BASIC) Time allotted: 45 minutes Read the following passage and choose the best given answer to fill in each gap: THE BEST AND THE WORST Joe Sander has (1) most beautiful garden in our town. Nearly everybody enters for “The Nicest Garden (2) each year, but Joe wins every time. Bill Frith’s garden is larger than (3) Bill works (4) than Joe and grows (5) flowers and vegetables, (6) Joe’s garden is (7) interesting. He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool. I like gardens, too, but I (8) like hard work. Every year I enter for the garden competition (9) , and I always win a little prize for the (10) garden in the town! 1. A.a B.an C.the D.x 2. A.competitor B.competition C.competitive D.compete 3. A.Joe B.Joes’ C.Joe’s D.Joes 4. A.more hard B.hardly C.more hardly D.harder 5. A.less B.many C.more D.much 6. A.but B.although C.however D.and 7. A.an B.more C.most D.less 8. A.don’t B.won’t C.didn’t D.x 9. A.either B.so C.too D.neither 10. A.bad B.worse C.better D.worst Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently: 11. A.another B.this C.thin D.brother 12. A.bush B.rush C.pull D.lunnar 13. A.brother B.onion C.opinion D.Monday 14. A.sweet B.provision C.illusion D.Asia Choose one best answer to complete each sentence: 15. the bad weather, we had a picnic. A.Although B.Eventhough C.Despite D.Because 16.The children were excited opening their presents A.About B.by C.in D.of 17. “ is your favorite subject at school?” “Maths and English.” A.How B.Where C.Which D.Who 18. A laptop is than a personal computer. A.Easy carried B.easier carrying C.easy to carry D.easier to carry 19. He spent his childhood in an A.Orphanhood B.orphanage C.orphan D.homeless 20. My family has lived in Ho Chi Minh City A.For 10 years B.since I am a child C.since 10 years D.for 1990 21.She looks .She has passed the exam. A.Happy B.happily C.happiness D.unhappy 22. What if you president of Vietnam now? A.Will you do/ are B.would you do/ are C.would you have done/ had been D.would you do/ were 23. “Hmm. It’s very cold in here.” “I the window for you” A.Shut B.will shut C.am shutting D.am going to shut 24.The girl went into that shop just now bought the dress I was planning to buy. A.Who B.when C.what D.whose 25 he has been driving for fifteen years, he does not know how to change a tyre properly. A.Becuse B.Because of C.Although D.Therefore Choose one word whose stress pattern is different: 26. A.abandon B.contaminate C.difficulty D.endanger 27. A.demonstration B.miraculous C.destination D.picturesque 28. A.defeat B.secretary C.volcanic D.convert 29. A.demand B.performance C.confirm D.qualify Choose the item that best answers the question or completes the unfinished statement about the passage: The word “Olympic” comes from the name of the town Olympia in Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were always held. The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C., and the Games took place every four years after that date until A.D. 394. In 1875, a French scholar and educator, Pierre de Coubertin, proposed that the Games should be revived as an international competition to encourage both sport and world peace. The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896. like the ancient Games, the athletes were men only. Women began to take part in the Games in 1900. Since that time, the Games have been held every four years as in the ancient Greece. The Games, however, did not take place in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the two World Wars. Only amateur athletes are admitted to the Games, and these words appear at every Olympic opening: “The most important thing is not to win but to take part.” 30. At the first morden Olympic Games, the athletes were A.Most men and a few women B.men only C. Women only D.both men and women 31.Who can take part in the Olympic Games? A.Amateur athletes only B.all athletes C.Professional athletes only D.all are correct 32.The last ancient Olympic Games were held A.In 1896 B.In 776 B.C C.In 1875 D.In A.D. 394 33.When were women allowed to take part in the Games for the first time? A.In 1900 B.In 1916 C.In 1875 D.In 1896 34.Which of the following is NOT true? A.The town Olympia was the place where the first Games were held. B.Pierrre de Coubertin suggested reviving the Olympic Games. C.The modern Olympic Games have been held every four years in Athens. D.The purpose of the Olympic Games is to encourage not only sport but also world peace. Find the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected. 35. It is said that teachers make their students to do a lot of homework nowadays. A B C D 36. When we were in Hanoi, we visited Temple of Literature, first university in Vietnam. A B C D 37.Although the heavy rain the two football teams continued playing. A B C D Choose the sentence which is grammartically correct and has the same or nearly the same meaning as the orginal one: 38.That is the dog. I am terrified of it. A.That is the dog which I am terrified of it B.That is the dog I am afraid of. C.That is the dog of it I am terrified. D.The dog I am afraid of it is that dog. 39.Carol used to play football better than now. A.Carol plays football better than she used to . B.Carol plays football as well as she used to. C.Carol doesn’t play football as well as she used to. D.Carol doesn’t play football as well as now. 40.He wants to drive a car but he is only 16. A.If he is older he will drive a car. B.If he were two years older he wouldn’t drive a car. C.If he has been two years older he would have driven a car. D.Unless he were two years older he wouldn’t drive a car. Full name: Class: ANS WE R SH EET 01. A B C D 11. A B C D 21. A B C D 31. A B C D 02. A B C D 12. A B C D 22. A B C D 32. A B C D 03. A B C D 13. A B C D 23. A B C D 33. A B C D 04. A B C D 14. A B C D 24. A B C D 34. A B C D 05. A B C D 15. A B C D 25. A B C D 35. A B C D 06. A B C D 16. A B C D 26. A B C D 36. A B C D 07. A B C D 17. A B C D 27. A B C D 37. A B C D 08. A B C D 18. A B C D 28. A B C D 38. A B C D 09. A B C D 19. A B C D 29. A B C D 39. A B C D 10. A B C D 20. A B C D 30. A B C D 40. A B C D ANSWERS 1.C 11.C 21.A 31.A 2.B 12.B 22.D 32.D 3.C 13.C 23.B 33.A 4.D 14.A 24.A 34.D 5.C 15.C 25.C 35.C 6.A 16.A 26.C 36.D 7.B 17.C 27.B 37.A 8.A 18.D 28.C 38.B 9.C 19.B 29.A 39.C 10.D 20.A 30.B 40.D . Name: Class: 10/ Mã Số: Basic 001 http://ductam_tp.violet.vn/ THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION ENGLISH 10 (BASIC) Time allotted: 45 minutes Read the following. spent his childhood in an A.Orphanhood B.orphanage C.orphan D.homeless 20. My family has lived in Ho Chi Minh City A.For 10 years B.since I am a child C.since 10 years D.for 1990 21.She looks. D.and 7. A.an B.more C.most D.less 8. A.don’t B.won’t C.didn’t D.x 9. A.either B.so C.too D.neither 10. A.bad B.worse C.better D.worst Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently: 11.