Class 10… ENGLISH TEST Name: ………………………. Allotted Time: 45 minutes Date: …./10/2010 I. Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. enjoy B. November C. question D. when 2. A. champion B. ambition C. literature D. had II. Choose one word whose stress pattern is different from the others. 3. A. routine B. physics C. minute D. danger 4. A. breakfast B. purchase C. peasant D. begin 5. A. education B.geography C. occupation D. information III. Find the only mistake in each sentence. 6. Do you want inviting our friends for dinner next Sunday? A B C D 7. Tom has just opens the shop. A B C D 8. Whom did you met while you were shopping yesterday? A B C D IV Choose the best answer to complete the sentences below. 9. M.Curie was born…………November, 7 th , 1867………Warsaw. A. in/ in B.in/on C.on/on D. on/in 10. Your windows need……………at least once a year. A. clean B. to cleaned C. cleaning D.being cleaned 11. She intends ………….to visit her grandparents next month. A. comes B. to comeC. coming D. come 12. Every day, the alarm goes off at 4:30 am. A. rings B.goes wrong C. goes away D. phones 13. I want to invite you to go to the cinema with me next Sunday evening A. Would you like to go to the cinema with me next Sunday evening? B. Would you like going to the cinema with me next Sunday evening? C. Would you like to going to the cinema with me next Sunday evening? D. Would you like go to the cinema with me next Sunday evening? 14. Last night, when I came home, some body…… everything away. A. take B. took C. has taken D. had taken 15. She suggested …………….to the cinema. A. going B. to go C. goes D.went 16. Would you mind…………….the door, please? A. open B. to open C. opening D. opened 17. My parents are both farmers. A. engineers B. peasants C. workers D. doctors 18. I’d like to stay at home instead of ________ to the cinema. A. go B. going C. went D. to go 19. By the time we ________ , all our classmates _____________ . A. had arrived/ left B. arrived/ had left C. arrived/ leaving D. arrived/ have left 20. He is interested in _______ .He is a ___________ . A. science/ scientist B. scientist/ science C. scientist/ scientific D. scientific/ science 1 V. READING: A. Read the text and choose the best answer for each question. Thomas Edison was born in Milan, Ohio, on February 11th, 1847. His family moved to Port Huron, Michigan, when he was seven years old. Surprisingly, he attended school for only two months. His mother, a former teacher, taught him a few things, but Thomas Edison was mostly self-educated. His natural curiosity led him to start experimenting at a young age. Thomas Alva Edison lit up the world with the invention of the electric light. Although the electric light seems to be most useful, it was not his only invention. He also invented the record player, the motion picture camera and over 1,200 other things. Thomas Edison died at the age of 84 on October 18th, 1931, at his estate in West Orange, New Jersey. He left numerous inventions that improved the quality of life all over the world. 21. The phrase mostly self- educated can be replaced by . A. thought of himself B. mostly taught himself C. loved school D. was born a genius 22. Which is NOT true about Edison? A. He invented the electric light. B. He didn't go to school at all. C. He was the author of more than 1,200 inventions. D. He died in New Jersey. 23. How old was Edison when he died? A. 24 B. 84 C. 47 D. 16 24. What is considered Thomas Edison's most useful invention? A. the record player B. the electric light C. the camera D. telephone 25. Where was Thomas Edison born? A. In Ohio B. In Huron C. In New Jersey D. In Michigan B. Choose the correct option a, b, c or d to complete each space. Kevin teaches (26) at a high school. He enjoys his teaching very much, and he always feels very self- confident and proud when he is standing on the teaching (27) .Some of his ex-classmates have just offered him a chance to join them in a new company (28) computer software for businesses. Everyone thinks that it will do very well. Kevin will actually earn more money than he (29) at the high school. _The new company is exciting, and the money may be very good in deed. (30) Kevin can hardly quit his teaching job! He loves it. 26. A. mathematic. B. mathematics C. mathematical D. mathematician 27. A. class B. employment C. profession D. platform 28. A. to get B. to produce C. to prepare D. to work 29. A. do B. does C. did D. doing 30. A. Therefore B. Furthermore C. Consequently D. However VI. WRITING Complete each of the following sentences, using the suggested words or phrases in such a way that its meaning remains unchanged. (2,5 points) 31. After we had handed over our tests to our teacher, we went home.  Before we ………………………………………………………………………. 32. John spent three hours writing the essay.  It took …………………………………………………………………………… 33. Mr. Brown began to work for that company forty years ago.  Mr. Brown has………………………………………….for forty years now. 34. He traveled to Paris by air. (Make question for the underlined words). `  …………………………………………………………………………………. 35. Are you interested in studying maths? (ENJOY)  Do …………………………………… ? 2 3 . Class 10 … ENGLISH TEST Name: ………………………. Allotted Time: 45 minutes Date: …. /10 /2 010 I. Choose one word whose underlined. 18 67………Warsaw. A. in/ in B.in/on C.on/on D. on/in 10 . Your windows need……………at least once a year. A. clean B. to cleaned C. cleaning D.being cleaned 11 .