Đề thi giữa kì 1 môn Anh lớp 10 - THPT Liễn Sơn năm 2015 - 2016

I. Give the transcription of the given italicized, underlined parts of words. (0.1pt/item)

II. Give the position of the main stressed syllable of the following words. (0.1pt/item)

III. Supply the right form of the verbs in the parentheses. (0.2pt/item)

Dear Linda,

     I’m sorry that I haven’t written to you for so long, but I (1. be) ________very busy lately. All last month I (2. have) __________ exams, and I haven’t done anything else but study for ages. Anyway, I (3. stop) ________ studying now, and I (4. wait) ________ for my exams results.

    As you can see from the letter, I (5. change) ___________ my address and live in Croydon now. I (6. decide) _________ that I wanted a change from central London because it (7. become) _______ so expensive. A friend of mine told me about this flat, and I (8. move)________here about two months ago. When you come to London this summer, please visit me. I (9. stay) _______ here until the middle of August. Then I (10. go) _________ on holiday to Scotland.

Love,

Peter

Your answers:

IV. Underline one error in each of the following sentences and correct it in the space given. (0.2pt/item)

1. The harder you learn, the most knowledge you get.

2. My family spent an interested holiday in NhaTrang last summer.

3. Lan didn’t go to the cinema with her friends last Saturday evening because her sickness.

4. They played sogood game of tennis last night that they surprised their audience.

5. Mary's mother gave her a new hatat her birthday.

Your answers:

V. Supply the right form of each capitalized word to complete each of the following sentences. (0.2pt/item)

1. The……of the new guest caused trouble to my aunt.ARRIVE

2. Every week,there are two ………..from Ha Noi to NhaTrang. FLY

3. It is very …….to live in a damp room. HEALTH

4. I had my trousers ……….because they were too short. LONG

5. The children listened ………to the rules of the game explained by the teacher. ATTENTION

Your answers:

VI. Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word. (0.2pt/item)

I was (1) ………….. up by my uncle and aunt and grew up on a small farm in the west of England. I think it was better (2) …….... living in a city, because every day I ran about (3)......... the open air. Until I (4)............ to school, all I did was play on the farm all day. (5) ......... my aunt and uncle worked with the animals, and (6)............... they worked very hard, they always explained interesting things to me. They didn’t have much money, but they got along well (7)........everyone, and we didn’t have any of the problems of living in the city. I always felt happy on the farm. There was no noise (8) ……….. pollution, and (9)…………was really peaceful. That’s probably (10) ………… I became a farmer when I was older.

Your answers:

VII. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that your sentences remain the original meaning of the given ones. (0.3pt/ 1item)

1.  He couldn’t afford to buy that car.

That car was …………………………………………………………………………………….…

2.  We got lost because we didn’t have a map.

If we….………………………………………………………….…………………….……………

3.  Mr Long spent six hours driving from London to Edinburgh.

It took…………… …………………………………………………………………..…………….

4. John finally managed to get a good job.

John finally succeeded..………………………………………………………………….…………

5.  Although he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.

     In spite of …………………………………..………………………………………………………

VIII. In about 80- 120 words, write a paragraph about how people in your family share housework. (1.5pts)

Some useful words and structures:

1. to be responsible for.... =take responsibility for...: chịu trách nhiệm....
2. take up: nhận
3. both......and....: cả.....và........
4. contribute: đóng góp
5. take turns: thay phiên

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I. Give the transcription of the given italicized, underlined parts of words. (0.1pt/item)

II. Give the position of the main stressed syllable of the following words. (0.1pt/item)

III. Supply the right form of the verbs in the parentheses. (0.2pt/item)

IV. Underline one error in each of the following sentences and correct it in the space given. (0.2pt/item)

1. The harder you learn, the most knowledge you get.

2. My family spent an interested holiday in NhaTrang last summer.

3. Lan didn’t go to the cinema with her friends last Saturday evening because her sickness.

4. They played so good game of tennis last night that they surprised their audience.

5. Mary's mother gave her a new hat at her birthday.

Your answers:

V. Supply the right form of each capitalized word to complete each of the following sentences. (0.2pt/item)

VI. Fill in each of the blanks with one suitable word. (0.2pt/item)

VII. Rewrite the following sentences in such a way that your sentences remain the original meaning of the given ones. (0.3pt/ 1item)

1-      That car was too expensive for him to buy./That car was so expensive that he couldn’t afford to buy it.

2-      If we had had a map, we wouldn’t have got lost.

3-      It took him / Mr Long six hours to drive from London to Edinburgh.

4-      John finally succeeded in getting a good job.

5-      It can’t be denied that she has a beautiful voice.

6-      In spite of his good salary, he was unhappy in his job.

In spite of the fact that he had a good salary, he was unhappy in his job.

VIII. In about 80- 120 words, write a paragraph about how people in your family share housework. (1.5pts)

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