1. SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO
ĐỒNG THÁP
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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I
Năm học: 2012-2013
Môn thi: Tiếng Anh 10 – chương trình chuẩn
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút (không kể thời gian phát đề)
Họ và tên thí sinh: _____________________________________
Số báo danh: ___________________
PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICE (7 MARKS)
Read the passage and choose the best word for each blank./
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each question.
Last week I made the mistake of visiting the village where I grew up. It was a small, friendly
community with two farms and a number of old cottages round the village green. I realized very quickly
that although in many ways it appears unchanged, in reality hardly anything is the same. All the pretty
cottages are there, of course, and both the picturesque farmhouses. But none of the inhabitants are
country people. All of them are commuters, who leave early every morning for the nearby town. Neither
of the farmhouses is attached to a farm these days; the land has been sold and is managed by somebody
in an office somewhere who has little interest in the village itself There are a few new houses, but they
have no local character; you can see the same style anywhere in the country. The whole of the village, in
fact, has been tidied up so much that it has become nothing more than just another suburb.
Question 1: The writer…………………………………………..
A. like living in a farmhouse
B. used to live in a cottage
C. grew up in a small rural community
D. came back from the village
Question 2: When he revisited his village, he quickly realized that……………
A. the village changed a lot in appearance
B. everything has almost changed
C. all the pretty cottages as well as the farmhouses have been rebuilt.
D. . the residents of the village are all commuters.
Question 3: Neither of the farmhouses……………………………………..
A. has a connection with a farm
B. has been sold
C. is attached to the farmers
D. is managed by the commuters
Question 4: According to the writer,………………………………..
A. the village now has no local character
B. . all the new houses are the same style
C. the village is more tidy than it used to.
D. the village has become nothing but a suburb

2. Question 5: Which of the following is not mentioned in the passage?
A. The writer has visited the village several times before.
B. The writer revisited his village last week
C. All of inhabitants are commuters.
D. The village nowadays has become another suburb
Choose ONE sentence that is closest in meaning with the original one.
Question 6: Despite his injured foot, he managed to walk to the nearest town
A. Because of his injured foot, he manage to walk to the nearest town.
B. He managed to walk to the nearest town although his foot was injured.
C. In spite of his foot was injured, he managed to walk to the nearest town
D. He managed to walk to the nearest town because his foot was injured.
Question 7: Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party. This made me feel sad.
A. Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party who made me feel sad
B. .Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party, which made me feel sad
C. Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party which made me feel sad
D. Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party that made me feel sad
Choose the best answer to complete each sentence or replace the underlined words or
phrases.
Question 8: . Since Mr Hassan.............. president, both taxes and unemployment ..............
A. has become/ increased
C. became/ increased
B. became/ have increased
D. has become/ have increased
Question 9: . By the time she (be)………. twelve, she (already /decide)........................on a career.
A. is/ had already decided
B. was/ already decided
C. was/ had already decided
D. had been/ already decided
Question 10:I work from Tuesday to Saturday, and Sunday and Monday are my………..
A. days out
B. working days
C. breaks
D. days off
Question 11:You don’t mind ……………………after the baby, do you?
A. to look
B. looking
C. looked
D. to be look
Question 12:'Look at those dark clouds!' `Yes, It looks like ................. any minute.'
A. it's raining
B. it will rain
C. it's going to rain
Question 13:................. all my warnings, he tried to fix the computer himself.
A. Although
B. In spite of
C. Because of
D. rains
D. Because

3. Question 14:Life is all right if you have a job, but things are not so easy for …………….
A. unemployed B. unemploy C.the unemployeds
D. the unemployed
Question 15:There is a fault at our television station. Please do not …………..your set.
A. change
B. adjust
C. repair
D. switch
Question 16:What’s your surname?
A. first name
B. second name
C. nickname
D. family name
Question 17:Many Vietnamese farmers are living in ………………..
A. poor
B. poverty
C. poorly
D. poorer
Question 18: Mai: would you like to go to the cinema with me tonight?8
Nam:……………………….
A. Yes, I’d love to
B. I reject.
C. No, I am sick
D. I don’t accept.
Question 19: She harboured her hope of being a teacher.
A. gave up her hope of being a teacher
B. built her hope of being a teacher
C. had hope of being a teacher
D. kept hope of being a teacher in her mind
Question 20: What do you usually do on your day off?
A. I usually do not much
C. Nothing much. I always sleep until noon
B. I will sleep all day
D. I usually drive to work.
Question 21: Hoa:………………………………………………?
Anna: The house we had before was too small. We need somewhere bigger
A. Why did you move?
B. Can you tell me the reason why did you move?
C. Why you moved ?
D. Why did you moved?.
Choose the underlined word or phrase that needs correcting.
Question 22:
What do you use to do when you felt afraid?
A
B C
D
Question 23:
She’s always annoying about something.
A B
C
D
Question 24:
Sam will not graduate unless he doesn’t pass all the tests.
A
B
C
D

4. Choose the word whose primary stress is pronounced differently from that of the others.
Question 25:
Question 26:
A.information
A.. enjoy
B. important
B. relax
C. impossible
C. recommend
D. intelligent
D. intend
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
Question 27:
Question 28:
A. sheet
A. language
B. green
B. package
C. sheep
C. mathematics
D. deer
D. marvelous
PART B: WRITING (3 MARKS)
Rewrite the following sentences with the words given in the way that the rewritten one is closest in
meaning to the original one.
Question 1: Mary did her homework. Then she went swimming.
After .........................................................................................................
Question 2: Susan said: “I left my umbrella here two days ago.”
 Susan told them .....................................................................................
Question 3: Tom has invited her to go to the party at 8p.m tonight.
She ...........................................................................................................
Write the correct form of the words in brackets.
Question 4: I'm ....................... in your project because it is .................. . (interest)
Rewrite the following sentences with the words given in brackets in the way that the rewritten
one is closest in meaning to the original one.
Question 5: The man is a computer expert. You are talking to him.. (using relative clause)
..........................................................................................................................................
Question 6: do/ like/ ?/ kinds/ What/ you/film/ of/ watching (Rearrange the words given into
the correct order)
 ........................................................................................................................................

5. Answer Keys
PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICE (7 MARKS)
1
C
15
B
2
A
16
D
3
B
17
B
4
C
18
A
5
A
19
D
6
B
20
C
7
B
21
A
8
B
22
A
9
C
23
C
10
D
24
C
11
B
25
A
12
C
26
C
13
B
27
D
14
D
28
D
PART B: WRITING (3 MARKS)
Rewrite the following sentences with the words given in the way that the rewritten one is
closest in meaning with the original one.
Question 1: After Mary had done her homework, she went swimming.
Question 2: Susan told them She had left her umbrella there two days before.
Question 3: She has been invited to go to the party by Tom at 8 p.m tonight.
Question 4: interested – interesting
Question 5: The man whom you are talking to is a computer expert.
Question 6: What kinds of film do you like watching?
……….THE END……...

6. Answer Keys
PART A: MULTIPLE CHOICE (7 MARKS)
1
C
15
B
2
A
16
D
3
B
17
B
4
C
18
A
5
A
19
D
6
B
20
C
7
B
21
A
8
B
22
A
9
C
23
C
10
D
24
C
11
B
25
A
12
C
26
C
13
B
27
D
14
D
28
D
PART B: WRITING (3 MARKS)
Rewrite the following sentences with the words given in the way that the rewritten one is
closest in meaning with the original one.
Question 1: After Mary had done her homework, she went swimming.
Question 2: Susan told them She had left her umbrella there two days before.
Question 3: She has been invited to go to the party by Tom at 8 p.m tonight.
Question 4: interested – interesting
Question 5: The man whom you are talking to is a computer expert.
Question 6: What kinds of film do you like watching?
……….THE END……...