Hsg văn 10

Nguyen Thai Binh High School
Full name:_______________________
Class:_______ Version 3 *
TEST N02 FOR GRADE 10
Semester 1
Time: 45 minutes
Year: 2012-2013
I. Pronunciation: (1 mark)
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of other words
1. A. stood B. shoot C. book D. foot
2. A. promise B. proceed C. problem D. product
3. A. job B. box C. more D. top
4. A. company B. compare C. domestic D. category
II. Vocabulary and grammar: (4 marks)
Choose the correct answer to each sentence
5. A__________is a spoken or written piece of information you send to another person.
A. software B. receiver C. computer D. message
6. He __________ the driving test yesterday. Up to now, he _________three times.
A. failed/has failed B. was failing/will failed C. has failed/failed D. failed/is failing
7. Braille is a reading system for the___________.
A. deaf B. dumb C. blind D. disabled
8. More than 50 films_________in Hanoi since June.
A. are being shown B. have been shown C. were shown D. are shown
9. In spite of her deafness, she played the violin very well.
A. inability to see B. inability to speak C. mentally impairment D. inability to hear
10. Thanks to the development of information_________, we can communicate with each other very quickly through the Internet.
A. technician B. technique C. technology D. technical
11. I haven’t met him since he_________school.
A. was leaving B. had left C. left D. has left
12. Noone told me about the change of plan.
A. the change of plan has been told about B. I have been told about the change of plan
C. I have not told about the change of plan D. I have not been told about the change of plan
13. These are the pictures__________when he was young.
A. which my son drew them B. who my son drew
C. whose my son drew D. which my son drew
14. She__________ice-cream when she was a child.
A. use to eat B. . used to eating C. used to eat D. is used to eat
15. The students have changed their________as it is impossible to visit the cave near Thay pagoda.
A. destination B. classmates C. excursion D. tour
16. I work from Tuesday to Saturday. Sunday and Monday are my__________.
A. working days B. days out C. breaks D. days off
17. The cottage is surrounded by the most glorious countryside.
A. ordinary B. honorable C. beautiful D. gloomy
18. “I’d better get back to the hotel room before the storm” “OK,____________you later.”
A. I’m seeing B. I’ll see C. I see D. I’m going to see
19. The little boy is helping__________cross the street.
A. the poor B. the rich C. the blind D. the young
20. I have had my plan for this weekend already. I ________it in a seaside resort in Phan Thiet.
A. will spend B. am spending C. would spend D. spend
III. Reading: (1.25 marks)
Read the passage and choose the correct answer to each question
Louis Braille was born in France in 1809. His father had a small business. He made shoes and other things from leather. Louis liked to help his father in the store even when he was very small. One day when Louis was 3 years old, he was cutting some leather. Suddenly the knife slipped and hit him in the eye. He soon became completely blind.
When he was ten years old, he entered the National Institute for the blind in Paris. One day his class went to visit a special exhibit by a captain in the army. One thing in the exhibit was very interesting for Louis. It showed messages in code. Armies send messages in secret codes so no one else can read them. The captain wrote this code in raised letters on very thick paper.
Louis thought a lot about this code. Then he decided to write in the same way so the blind could "read" with their fingers. It is very