ÔN THI TUYỂN SINH 10 - Bài Số 5

ÔN THI TUYỂN SINH TIẾNG ANH 10 (5) – May 29th, 2016
I. Complete sentences with a/an, the or no article.
1. My father is in business and my mother is.......doctor.
2. ......French are famous for their wonderful food.
3. Patrick and Ryan are brothers. Ryan is........taller one.
4. Some people like........rock but I prefer folk music.
5. One day I want to travel through........Africa.
6. Louise learnt to play........guitar when she was ten.
7. Russia is the biggest country on.........earth.
8. The most important thing to me is.........friendship.
9. At.........Christmas we see all our relatives.
10. After all that hard work I need to have........rest.
II. Find and correct ten mistakes with articles in the text below.
My family and I have decided that this summer we’re not going abroad for our holidays. Instead, we are going to spend all of the August in north of England, in a small village by sea. We have rented small house in the Lake District, which people say is most beautiful part of the country. Only problem, I think, is a weather. Because of the mountains, and the winds that come from Atlantic Ocean, there can be a lot of the rain. I just hope we don’t end up spending most of our time at the home.
III. Complete the sentences with a NOUN made from the word given in brackets.
1. They experienced many difficulties but the expedition was a success. (difficult)
2. They failed because of their lack of........ (prepare)
3. The...........of space began in the 1960s. (explore)
4. The road was wet so the old lady had a....... (fall)
5. The UN is an international.......... (organise)
6. Rose couldn`t hide her........... at her exam results. (disappoint)
IV. Write the sentences using the correct tenses in brackets.
1. you/like/programmes about exploration? (Present Simple)
2. The dogs/pull/the sledge. (Present Continuous)
3. I/ not bring/the map with me. (Present Perfect)
4. They/not make/much progress with their expedition. (Present Continuous)
5. He/cross/the Atlantic many times. (Present Perfect)
6. you/read/this travel book? (Present Perfect)
7. They/not speak/English. (Present Simple)
V. Complete the questions in the dialogue with the correct form of the verb in brackets: the Present Simple, Present Continuous or Present Perfect.
Lisa: (1) Have you ever been (you/ever go) to South America?
David: No, never. Why?
Lisa: I`m going there in October!
David: (2)...............(you/like) visiting foreign countries?
Lisa: Yes! I love it!
David: Hmm. I don`t.
Lisa: So (3)...............(you/always have) your holidays in this country?
David: Yes - it`s much easier. Everyone speaks English!
(4)................(you/learn) Spanish for your trip?
Lisa: Of course!
David: And (5)................(you/read) a lot of books about South America?
Lisa: Yes. Well, one book. (6)...............(you/read) travel books in your spare time?
David: Yes - I like books by Bruce Chatwin. (7)..............(you/read) any books by him?
Lisa: No. (8)................(he/write) any books about South America?
David: Oh yes! There`s a great one called In Patagonia.
VI. Join these sentences using the word in brackets. Put the earlier event into the Past Perfect.
1. The audience left. The film finished.
(after) The audience left after the film had finished.
2. They fell in love. They got married. (a year after)
3. I got home. The others ate all the food. (when)
4. They arrived at the cinema. He bought the candy. (after)
5. I arrived home and looked round. I saw that a burglar stole my CD player.(when)
VII. Circle the correct linking word in the modern fairy story.
One day (1) while/suddenly David Williams, a young schoolboy, was walking in the fields, he saw an old man in the river. It was obvious that he had fallen in.
(2) Later/Immediately, he ran to the river and pulled the old man out. (3) Before/After he had got his breath back, the old