REVISION FOR THE FIRST TERM TEST GRADE 10 (7 NĂM)
A. Language focus:
1. Phonetics: - Pronunciation - Stress
2. Vocabulary 3. Grammar
Unit 1: The present simple and The past simple
Unit 2: Wh – questions, Gerund and To-Infinitive
Unit 3: The Past Perfect vs The Past Simple.
Unit 4: which as a connector, Used to, the + Adjective
Unit 5: Relative Pronoun who, wom, which, whose, that.
Unit 6: Present progressive and Be going to
Unit 7: The present Perfect passive
Unit 8: Reported Speech (statements) B. Skills:
1. Reading: - Reading comprehension. (Multiple choice) - Gap filling
2. Writing:
Writing about advantages and disadvantages of television.
Writing a confirmation letter
3. Listening: (True/ False and Multiple Choice)
I. PRONUCIATION:
A. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. field B. heat C. meet D. head
2. A. dinner B. drink C. drive D. children
3. A. ready B. meat C. defeat D. beat
4. A. kitchen B. history C. time D. finish
5. A. bed B. severe C. send D. pen
6. A. talk B. warn C. shot D. short
7. A. warm B. farther C. card D. star
8. A. house B. would C. proud D. cloud
9. A. around B. famous C. today D. make
10. A. destination B. status C. debate D. another
11. A. famous B. face C. take D. catch
12. A. mountain B. ground C. blouse D. soup B. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
1. A. usually B. afternoon C. family D. buffalo
2. A. habit B. become C. learner D. mother
3. A. fifteen B. fifty C. center D. biggest
4. A. lesson B. woman C. repair D. father
5. A. metally B. retarded C. demonstrate D. different
6. A. corner B. answer C. doctor D. prepare
7. A. persuade B. garden C. river D. wonder
8. A. relax B. enjoy C. permit D. anxious
From Unit 1 to Unit 8
PART I: THE GENERAL CONTENT OF THE FIRST TERM TEST
PART II: APPLIED EXERCISES
Name:_
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Name:_
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9. A. weather B. centre C. request D. picnic
10.A. position B. extremely C. continue D. difficult
11. A. provide B. listen C. receive D. believe
12.A. morning B. repair C. happy D. pupil
II. VOCABULARY:
A. Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word 1. I’m the headmaster of Chu Van An High School.
A. head B. master C. teacher D. principal
2. I’m interested in teaching profession because I love working with children.
A. science B. technology C. career D. department 3. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
A. hardly B. very C. pretty D. excellently
4. Pierre often helped her, and they devoted all their time to working in their laboratory.
A. dedicated B. sent C. gave D. offered
5. Their parents were forced to work on farms all day to make money for their family, which robbed them of a chance to give their children an education.
A. offer B. supply C. suggestion D. opportunity 6. We visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty with the help of computers.
A. stay with B. look at C. stop over D. come to see 7. We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on computers.
A. born B. shaped C. begun D. manufactured
8. On this occasion, my class is making an excursion to visit some caves near our city.
A. departure B. tour C. shift D. diversion
9. Why could some of the students sleep soundly?
A. loudly B. nicely C. pretty D. well
10. What types of the media are the most and the least important to you?
A. successful B. significant C. wonderful D. attractive B. Select the antonym of the following bold and underlined word
1. But I like English best because it’s an important means of international communication.
A. love B. miss C. hate D. ignore
2. He has to ride his bike in narrow and crowded streets on the way to and from school.
A. little B. few C. empty D. minor
3. Before you read, work in pairs, ask and answer the questions.
A. While B. After C. When D. By the time
4. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely hard.
A. lazily B. softly C. simply D. easily
5. I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A. quickly B. weakly C. wrongly D. successfully
6. Although it’s a long day for us, we feel we are contented with what we do.
A. dissatisfied B. excited C. shocked D. interested 7. Which ones do you think would be difficult for blind and deaf people?
A. slight B. easy C. light D. soft
8. Look at the illustrations of different parts of a computer system.
A. together B. similar C. average D. pure
9. And we can even learn foreign languages on computers.
A. known B. native C. natural D. expected
10. The council demolished it.
A. made B. did C. started D. construct
C. Choose the one word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best completes the sentences or substitutes for the underlined words or phrases.
1. All passengers on each plane are required to _________seatbelts.
A. keep B. hold C. fasten D. take
2. Choosing an appropriate occupation for which they are trained at university is a great matter of concern among the youth.
A. profession B. partner C. success D. education
3. Which _________does your company manufacture?
A. produce B. product C. production D. productive
4. Water _________at one hundred degrees Celsuis and freezes at zero degrees Celsuis.
A. cooks B. steams C. boils D. grills
5. _________ class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things.
A. Geography B. Chemistry C. Biology D. History
6. Her good _________for the test resulted in the fact that she got the best grade.
A. prepare B. preparer C. preparation D. preparedly
7. I had applied for the position, and the _________promised to offer it to me.
A. employ B. employer C. employee D. employment
8. Mathematics is my favourite _________.
A. objective B. requirement C. subject D. purpose
9. The deaf and dumb are use sign language to _________
A. communicate B. calculate C. compute D. control
10. Keep calm! There is nothing to worry _________
A. on B. in C. for D. about
11. The New Year is coming so most of the clothing stores are _________with people.
A. crowded B. full C. accustomed D. fed up
12. Because of financial problem, she could not go on her study at university.
A. continue B. examine C. expect D. finish
13. Mary ___________the dream of becoming an actress as she was a child.
A. liked B. received C. fed D. harboured
14. They are good friends. They often share their common joy and sorrow.
A. fun B. happiness C. gift D. sadness
15. My sister has talent in ___________ and she has won many prizes.
A photographic B. photogenic C. photograph D. photography 16. A person who is more beautiful in photographs is said to be ___________
A. photogenic B. photography C. photograph D. photographic 17. Despite his ___________, he succeeded in learning foreign languages.
A. disables B. disabled C. disability D. disable
18. These classes id different ___________ other classes because the students are disabled.
A. in B. of C. from D. with
19. He earns his living by taking photographs. He’s a / an ___________ photographer.
A. amateur B. professional C. talent D. determined
20. For further ___________ on the computer programs, please contact us at this address.
A. inform B. informative C. information D. informative
21. She sings ___________. She is famous for her voice.
A. beauty B. beautify C. beautiful D. beautifully
22. She finds this book very ___________.
A. interest B. interested C. interesting D. interestingly 23. A computer has a few hundred thousand ___________.
A. parts B. cells C. nerves D. bills
24. A ___________ is used to copy the information from a computer on to paper.
A. photocopier B. printer C. speaker D. mouse
25. Is it OK if we meet at 9 o’clock? Is the time ___________ for you?
A. convenience B. convenient C. conveniently D. inconveniently 26. She is optimistic. She never complains ___________ her difficulties
A. on B. about C. for D. with
27. I’ll try to ___________ her to go with us.
A. persuade B. suggest C. propose D. offer
28. There are some similarities if you make ___________ between Vietnam and Thailand.
A. comparisons B. compare C. comparision D. comparing
29. You should take an umbrella. It is raining ___________ outside.
A. heavy B. heavily C. heaviness D. heavier
30. They are enjoying a ___________ and they laugh a lot.
A. comedy B. tragedy C. weather forecast D. concert
31. In the evening, I often relax by listening ___________ music on the radio.
A. for B. of C. from D. to
32. I spend two weeks on my uncle’s farm and felt better when enjoying the ___________
climate there.
A. health B. healthy C. healthily D. healthiness
33. Learning English has become ___________ in the modern time.
A. importance B. important C. importantly D. importances 34. Television ___________ is a very difficult problem in today’s society.
A. violent B. violence C. violently D. violate
35. They pulled ___________the house because it was too old to live
A. on B. up C. in D. down
III. SPOKEN LANGUAGE
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
1. Linda: Excuse me. Where’s the post office?
Maria: _________
A. It’s over there B. I’m afraid not C. Don’t worry D. Yes, I think so.
2. Peter: “How often do you go to school?” Harry: _________
A. I go there early. B. Every day except Sunday.
C. I don’t think so. D. I go there by bus.
3. Is it far to the international airport from here? “_________”
A. Yeah, it’s pretty far B. By taxi
C. None at all D. Sure, no problem
4. “Will there be any seats left?” “_________”
A. I am not afraid so. B. I suppose not
C. I expect not D. I think not.
5. “Do you prefer travelling by plane or by train?” “_________”
A. I don’t really use either B. No, not at all
C. Sometimes D. It terrifies me
6. “Would you like an ice cream? Or some cake perhaps? “_________”
A. I choose ice –cream, please. B. I want ice – cream.
C. I’ll have ice –cream, please. D. I sure want ice –cream.
7. “Congratulations to you on passing the math exam.” “_________”
A. You’re welcome B. Never mind
C. Don’t mention it D. Thanks a lot
8. “Could you get to the park before 3 o’clock?” “_________ I’m still at the meeting then”
A. I think so B. Yes, I could
C. I’m afraid not D. I’m afraid so
9. “___________________________” “Thanks, I will”
A. Wish you a happy journey. B. Give my best wishes to your parents C. Thank you for your help. D. You got the first prize. Congratulation!
10. “What is your father?” “He is ………….”
A. tall B. in his office C. an engineer D. going swimming IV. GRAMMAR.
A. Choose the best answer (A, B, C or D) to complete each of the following sentences.
1. When I was a child, I usually _________ fishing with my brother.
A. go B. went C. gone D. use to go
2. It _________ me 15 minutes to get to school every morning.
A. takes B. took C. has taken D. had taken
3. Did you say that you _________ here only three days ago?
A. came B. had come C. have come D. come
4. He _________ very busy at the present. He _________ free time to go out.
A. is often / rarely has B. often was / had rarely C. has often been / has rarely D. often is / rarely has 5. He _________ twenty calves last week, now he _________ them up to sell.
A. had bought / fed B. buys / feeds C. bought / is feeding D. was buying / fed 6. My father doesn’t allow me _________ in his room.
A. to smoke B. smoking C. smoke D. not smoke
7. Her advice made him _________ his mind.
A. change B. to change C. changing D. changed
8. _________ is your father ? _ Sixty three
A. How much B. How many C. How long D. How old
9. _________ is it to Ho Chi Minh City from here? _ About thirty kilometers.
A. How many B. How far C. How long D. How often
10. My younger brother is keen on _________ the volleyball club.
A. join B. to join C. joining D. joined
11. I am not quite ready yet. Do you mind _________ a little longer?
A. wait B. to wait C. waiting D. waited
12. By the time we ___________ at the hall, the lecturer ___________ half of his speech.
A. will arrive / made B. arrived / had made C. had arrived / made D. arrive / making.
13. When they met again, they ___________ each other for five years.
A. do not see B. have not seen C. will not have seen. D. had not seen 14. Before he ___________ to London last week, Peter ___________ in Paris for more than
ten years.
A. moved / had lived B. was moving / lived
C. would move / has lived D. has moved / was living 15. After he (finish) ___________ work he (go) ___________ home.
A. finished – had gone B. had finished – had gone C. had finished – went D. finished – had gone.
16. My father didn't__________ coffee for breakfast.
A. used to have B. use to have C. use to having D. used be having 17. I ______ thirty cigarettes a day, but now I have cut down to ten.
A. am smoking B. am used to smoke C. get used to smoke D. used to smoke 18. When I was young, I __________ swimming in the river.
A. go B. had gone C. used to go D. all are correct 19. Before I go to England next year, I _____________ some English.
A. have been learn B. learnt C. am going to learn D. had learnt
20. We _____________ have a picnic on Saturday. Would you like to join us?
A. are going to B. are C. want D. were
21. Are you free this afternoon? - No, I am not. I _________ a lecture given by Professor Jones.
A. am attending B. attend C. attended D. have attended 22. We __________ to Mary’s birthday party together.
A. am going B. are going C. will be going D. are going to go 23. Her parents __________ tomorrow to stay with her.
A. come B. have come C. are coming D. came
24. It is much cloudy and windy. It ___________ to rain.
A. will be B. is C. was D. is going
25. Have you got the money __________ I lent you yesterday?
A. which B. who C. whose D. whom
26. A blind man is a person __________ cannot see anything.
A. who B. whom C. whose D. which
27. It rained all the time, __________ was a great pity.
A. that B. what C. which D. who.
28.We saw many cars and people ___________ were moving to the countryside.
A. who B. that C. which D. whom
29. I knew some people ___________
A. who could help you B. whom could help you C. whose could help you D. which could help you 30.The disabled __________ the help of the government.
A. need B. needs C. needed D. needing
B. There is a mistake in the four underlined parts of each sentence.
1. John play tennis with Mary and me every afternoon.
A B C D 2. I spend most of my free time to read books.
A B C D
3. Would you mind give me a hand with this bag?
A B C D 4. How many students there are in your class?
A B C D 5. Try to avoid to travel during rush hours.
A B C D
6. John decides to become a teacher because he enjoys to teaching a lot.
A B C D 7. After she had had lunch, she had taken a nap.
A B C D 8. It begun to rain before she took a taxi.
A B C D
9. Jane couldn’t come to my birthday party, this made me feel sad.
A B C D 10. Dennis used to smoking a lot a year ago.
A B C D
11. It took him a long time to get used to drive on the left.
A B C D 12. This is the first time I visited China.
A B C D
13. The class was cancelled because of there weren’t enough students.
A B C D 14. Although his early lead, Hudson lost the race.
A B C D
15. If you work hard, you would be successful in anything that you do.
A B C D C. Grammatical Transformation
C1. Ask questions for the underlined words/phrase in the following sentences.
1. I visited my parents last year.
______________________________________________________________________
2. Mr. Bean is ninety years old.
______________________________________________________________________
3. I went to Hanoi by plane last year.
______________________________________________________________________
4. I go to Ho Chi Minh City twice a week.
______________________________________________________________________
5. My brother has three houses in the countryside.
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6. He met me two weeks ago
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7. They are living in Paris
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C2. Rewrite the sentences with the given words
1. I worked very hard for the exam. Then I passed it.
By the time I ___________________________________________________
2. She wrote a letter. Then she went to bed.
After s he_______________________________________________________
3. He bought a radio. First he checked the price.
Before he ______________________________________________________
4. She decided to go away after she had faced the matter.
Before she ______________________________________________________
5. We had read the book before we wrote the letter.
________________________after________________________________
C3. Combine the sentences using which 1. Sanh lost her job. That wasn’t surprising.
______________________________________________________________________
2. She usually came to work late. That upset her boss.
______________________________________________________________________
3. She has found a new job. That is lucky.
______________________________________________________________________
C4. Combine these pairs of sentences. Use a relative pronoun only when necessary.
1. I bought a cell phone. I can use it to send and receive e-mail.
________________________________________________________
2. Some documents have been found. They were stolen from a car.
________________________________________________________
3. The man is a computer expert. You were talking to him.
________________________________________________________
4. The professor is excellent. I am taking his course
________________________________________________________
5. The student is from China. He sits next to me
________________________________________________________
6. Do you know the music? It is being played on the radio.
________________________________________________________
7. The architect designed these flats. He has moved to HCM City.
________________________________________________________
C5. Turn the following sentences into the passive.
1. His teacher has transferred him to another class.
________________________________________________________
2. A scholar has translated that novel into Vietnamese.
________________________________________________________
3. Somebody has taken my briefcase.
________________________________________________________
4. Have you fed the dogs yet?
________________________________________________________
5. No one has used that car for 10 years.
________________________________________________________
C6. Change the following into reported speech.
1. Tom said, “I am busy”.
Tom said ______________________________________________________________
2. My sister said, “I am leaning my room now”.
My sister said __________________________________________________________
3. They said “We have finished our work.”
They said ____________________________________________________________
4. He told me, “I finished this report an hour ago.”
He told me ______________________________________________________________
5. Loan told Tan, “I am going to be there at noon.”
Loan told Tan ___________________________________________________________
6. I was told, “Minh can solve that problem.”
I was told _____________________________________________________________
7. Tom said, “I visited Hanoi last year with my friends”.
Tom said _____________________________________________________________
V. WRITING
A. Writing about advantages and disadvantages of television.
1. Television/ help/ us/ learn/ the world/ know/ see/ new things
__________________________________________________________________
2. It/ make/ things/ memorable/ because/ it/ present/ information/ effective way.
__________________________________________________________________
3. Watch/ TV/ be/ enjoyable/ way/ relax.
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4. It/ make/ us / aware/ our/ global responsibilities.
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5. Television/ encourage/ us/ buy/ things/ we/ not/ need.
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6. It/ interfere/family life/ communication.
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B. Write a complete letter from the following sets of words and phrases. Make all the changes and additions if necessary.
1. I / glad / hear / you / going / have / birthday party / Saturday.
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2. Certainly / I / help / buy / everything/ you need / party.
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3. Fortunatly / I/ free / Saturday afternoon.
________________________________________________________
4. I / be / your house / 7:00 p. m. / Saturday.
________________________________________________________
VI. READING
A. Cloze Tests : Complete the passage with the words provided. (sẽ chọn 1 trong 3 thi)
Passage 1:
The computer has proved to be very (1)_______ to our lives. In fact it can not only do simple (2)_______ - add, subtract, multiply or divide - with lightning speed, but also gather a wide range of information for many purposes. They can (3)_______ hand-printed letters, play chess, compose music, write plays or even design other computers. In business and industry, the computer keeps track of sales trends and production needs, mails dividend checks, and makes out company payrolls. (4)_______ they are taking over some of the tasks that were once accomplished by our brains, computers are not replacing us. Our brain (5)_______ more than 10 billion cells and a computer has only a few hundred thousand parts.
1. A. helpful B. hopeful C. careful D. dangerous
2. A. calculated B. calculator C. calculations D. calculating
3. A. listen B. read C. play D. design
4. A. Although B. If C. But D. Because
5. A. have B. has C. to have D. having
Passage 2:
Why (1) _______ you go to Da Lat for you holiday next year? I went there (2)________ last week. It was (3)________ ! We ate fresh fruit and vegetables every day. We also visited many beautiful gardens. There were lots of other things (4)______. We played golf or went for walks in the woods. One day we hired bicycles and visited a lake. We had a picnic there. Then in the evenings there was a disco. We danced all night! It wasn’t (5)_____and we had a fantastic time!
Did you have a good holiday too?
1. A. do B. don’t C. did D. didn’t 2. A. in B. at C. on D. Ø
3. A. boring B. wonderful C. disaster D. disapointed 4. A. do B. to do C. doing D. to doing 5. A. cheap B. expensive C. interesting D. attractive
Passage 3:
In 1891, Marie Curie, with very little money to live (1) _______, went to Paris to realize her dream at the Sorbonne. (2)_______her difficult living conditions, she worked extremly hard.
She earned a degree in Physics with (3)_______, and went on to take another degree in Mathematics. She (4)_______Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in 1894 and a year later they got married . From then on, they worked togerther on their research. In 1903, Marie became the first woman (5) _______ at the Sorbonne.
1. A. on B. in C. for D. at
2. A. because B. in spite of C. although D. because of
3. A. scientist B. education C. determining D. flying colours
4. A. had met B. met C. meets D. have met
5. A. professionally B. professional C. professor D. profession
B. Comprehension Reading : Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question.
PARENTS’ DREAMS
Parents often have dreams for their children’s future. They hope their children will have a better life than they had. They dream that their children will do things that they couldn’t do.
Parents who come to the U.S from foreign countries hope their children will have better education here. They think their children will have more career choices and more successful lives. They make many sacrifices so that their children will have more opportunities. They think their children will remain close to them because of this. Some children understand and appreciate these sacrifices and remain close to their parents. However, other children feel ashamed that their parents are so different from other Americans.
1. Parents often dream of ______.
A. their children’s making a lot of money in the future.
B. one day seeing their children become famous people.
C. one day living on their children’s money.
D. a bright future for their children.
2. Parents who come home from U.S from foreign countries hope that ______.
A. their children will have a lot of careers.
B. their children become successful directors.
C. their children will have more opportunities for good education.
D. their children will make a lot of sacrifices.
3. Parents think their children will remain close to them because ______.
A. they give their children a lot of money.
B. of the sacrifices
C. they know their children will be successful in the future.
D. they are living in a foreign country.
4. The word “career” in line 4 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. education B. travel C. subject D. profession
5. The word “close” in line 6 is closest in meaning to ______.
A. dear B. friendly C. helpful D. kind
