Ôn tập kiểm tra Giữa Học kì môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 năm học 2020- 2021

Revision for the middle-term test
English 10- 2020-2021
I. Multiple choice: 
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
A. bad	B. smell	C. bank	D. tobacco
A cheap	B. see	C. meat	D. hit
A. traffic	B. flat	C. narrow	D. headache	
A. meet	B. kiss	C. sleep	D. subject	
Choose the word whose stress is different from that of the other words.
A. photography	B. determinated 	C. exhibition 	D. professional 
A. disabled	B. mentally	C. retarded 	D. consuming
A. semester	B. experience	C. occasion	D. marital
A. diploma	B. wonderful	C. serious	D. memory	
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences or do as directed. 
 I .. a letter from my mother yesterday.
	A. will receive 	B. had received	C. received	D. receives
Pharmacy is a profession, a business, and a science.
A. work	B. career	C. entertainment	D. research
Marie Curie harboured the dream of a career which was impossible for a woman at that time.
A. science	B. scientist	C. scientific	D. scientifically
Eric, ...hockey competitively or just for fun?
A. are you usually playing	B. will you usually play C. do you usually play D. did usually play
Nga: Hello, Lan. How’s everything at school?
Lan: Hi, Nga.
A. Everything’s OK. How about you?	B. See you later.	
C. I’ll see you tomorrow.	D. Yes, it is .
She decided.to the new house.
A. to move	B. moving	C. moved	D. All is right
English is an international 
A. profession	B. means	C. subject	D. language
Mr. John  goes to work by car everyday but today he is going by bus.
A. never	B. rarely	C. seldom	D. often
Before Jane . home, she  her grandma
A. went/had visited	B. goes/visits	had gone/ visited	D. goes/ had visited
‘.. didn’t he go to school yesterday?’ ‘ – I think he was ill’
A. Why	B. When 	C. What	D. Where
I go home after work, I usually.....a short rest, watch TV or listen to the radio.
A. take 	B. get	C. give	D. spend
Would you mind.. the wire?
A. not to touch	B. to not touch	C. not touching	D. touching not
We chat about our schoolwork and hobbies.
A. talk in a friendly way	B. discuss	C. worry 	D. learn
He delayed .. her the news, waiting for the right moment.
A. to tell	B. telling	C. told	D. tells
We were stuck in heavy .. for more than an hour.
A. traffic	B. language 	C. timetable 	D. subject
Her real joy was “ easing .. suffering” .
A. humanist	B. humane	C. humanitarian	D. human
Unfortunately, Simon a day off very often
A. doesn’t get	B. isn’t getting	C. hasn’t got	D. got
Thieves often run away when the burglar alarm goes off.
A. works	B. rings	C. goes wrong	D. goes away
They had unanimously decided .with the captain's plan.
A. to go	B. going	C. went	D. All is right
She . in London three days ago.
A. will arrive	B. arrived	C. had arrived	D. arrives
Mr. Lam is cyclo driver. Most of his .. are foreigners. They like going by cyclo.
A. old men	B. passengers	C. pupils	D. ladies
The teacher asks the students to talk about their daily They have to say what they usually do everyday.
A. rests	B. jobs	C. occupations	D. routine
Lan: “ Good afternoon !” ~ Nam: ".................."
A. Goodbye. See you later.	B. Hello. How are you? 	C. So long.	D. Bye	
I am practising.the car into the garage.
A. reverse	B. to reverse	C. reversing	D. reverses	
Every morning he cleans his teeth. He  cleans his teeth in the morning.
A. sometimes	B. rarely	C. always	D. never
After her mother .dinner, she ..up
A. prepared/had turned	B. had prepared/ turned	C. prepared/ turned	D. prepares/turns
‘ pens are there in your pen case?’ ‘ – About 10’
A. How far	B. How often	C. How many	D. How much
................ he was not a musician himself, Lawrence Hammond developed an electronic keyboard instrument called the Hammond organ.
A. Although	 B. That	C. Despite	D. For
 ................ the storm. I would have been home before eight.
A. Instead of	 B. But for C. During	 D. Because of 
The government is doing nothing to help.......................
A. the poor people B. the poor ones	C. the poor	D. the pours
It rained all the time, ................. was a great pity.
A. that 	B. what	C. which	D. who
.....................you really need is a long holiday.
A. That	B. What	C. Which	D. Who
I.................like going to pop concerts when I was a teenager.
A. would	B. used to	C. must	D. could
Rick left the party early because he .............. a headache
A. had	B. has	C. used to have 	D. was having
Claude didn't ............... in Canada.
A. lived	B. use to live 	C. used to live	D. used to living
I remember you. You ........... to school here.
A. were used to going 	B. have already gone	C. went	D. used to go
One day last March, I .............. a very strange letter.
A. get	B. got	C. used to get	D. was getting
I don't mind......................... home but I'd like ....................a taxi.
A. to walk/ to get 	B. walking/ to get 	C. walking/ get 	D. to walk/ getting
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following sentences.
Helen doesn’t spend much time indoors when she was young.
 A	 B	 C	D
If he is seriously interested in to apply for the job, he will do it.
 A	 B C 	 D
In 2003, I had lived in a huge house with my aunt and uncle.
A	B C	 D
He learned riding when he was about three years old.
 A	 B C	 D
Choose the letter A, B, C, or D that is the suitable question for the answer. 
‘?’ ‘- She watched the kids playing in the yard’
A. What did she do in the yard?	B. Who did she watch playing in the yard?
C. Why did she watch the kids?	D. Where did she play?
 ‘?’ ‘- I often do my homework in the morning.’
A. When do you often do your homework?	B. Why do you have to do your homework in the morning?
C. What do you often do in the morning?	D. A&C are right.
II. Reading comprehension. 
Galileo Galilei was one of the first modern (23) _________ . He was born in Pisa, Italy, in 1564. At first he studied philosophy, but later he (24) _________ mathematics and astronomy. He was interested (25) _________ the way the earth and other planets move around the sun. He found out several important facts around our world. He also started a new way of working in science. Before Galileo, scientists did some experiments. They just guessed about (26) _________ something happened. Galileo was (27) _________ . He did not just make guesses. He did experiments and watched to see what happened.
A. scientist	B. science	C. sciences	D. scientists
A. invented	B. discovered	C. studied	D. knew
A. into	B. on	C. in	D. at
A. how	B. what	C. why	D. when
A. similar	B. different	C. the same	D. difficult
B. Read the passage, then choose the one best answer - a, b, c or d.
 Personal computers, or PCs, are an important	 part of out eve everyday lives. Many people cannot imagine life without them. One the most important people in making these machines work is Bill Crams.
Bill Gates was born in 1955 in Washington State. He grep up in a rich family. His parents sent him to a private school. There he met his business partner, Paul Alien. When they were in the eight were in the eight grade, they were 	ere writing programs for business computers and making mores.
In 1973, Gates was accepted at Harvard University. His parents were happy. They thought he would get over his obsession with _ and become a lawyer like his father. Two years later, Gates dropped out of Harvard to work on a computer program with his friend Allen. They worked eighteen hours a day in 'a dormitory room at Harvard. They were writing the program that would run one of the first personal computers. In 1975, they created a company called Microsoft to sell their product.
Allen became ill with cancer and left Microsoft in 1983. He recovered a few years later and started his own company. Meanwhile, Microsoft became a giant company. By 1990, at the age of thirty-four, Gates was the youngest billionaire in the history of the United States. He was the "King of Software". He achieved his success with a lot of hard work. For more than ten years, he worked sixteen-hour days, seven days a week. He had a dream and the will to succeed. By 1997, he was the richest man in the United States.
1. According to the writer, 	
People cannot live without personal computers
Computers play an important part of our lives
Bill gates invented personal computers
Bill gates is the most important people in computer science
2. The words 'dropped out of in line 10 mean	
	A. Graduated from	B. Got over	C. Took part in	D. Stopped taking at class 
3. According to the passage, 	
Bill gate's parents wanted him to become a computer programmer.
Bill gates and Paul Allen created microsoft because they want to sell their program for personal computers
Paul alien left microsoft because he wanted to start his own company.
Bill Gates met his business partner at Harvard.
4. How old was Bill Gates when he became the richest man in the United States?
	 A. 34	B. 51	C. 42	D. 44
5. Which of the following is not mentioned in the text?
In a few years, Microsoft became a very large company.
Bill Gates and Paul Allen first wrote programs for business computers when they were about fifteen.
Bill Gates earned his success by working very hard.
Bill Gates is the richest man in the United States.	
III. Writing.
Write the questions for the underlined words or phrases: 
I felt so much better so my doctor advised me to take a holiday by the sea.
àWhy to take a holiday by the sea ?
He eats out with his family twice a week. .
à How often .. ?
He graduated from Cambridge University three years ago.
à When .?
He is confident and free-loving.
à What is ?
Rewrite the second so that it has the same meaning as the first one: 
She cleaned the floor three days ago .
à It is three days .. ?
She started learning how to play the guitar 5 years ago.
à She has ..
He started living far from his family when he was 16 years old.
à He has 
I have never seen such a big snake before .
àThis is ..