The mid term test 2

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Test of English grade 10
Time:45 minutes No 2


I. Choose a word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others in each group. Circle either A, B, C or D.( 1 points)
1. A. disabled B. retarded C. father D. class
2. A. teach B. deaf C. reason D. realize
3. A. needed B. lived C. learned D. studied
4. A. gradually B. background C. fasten D. passion
II. Choose the best answer. (3 points)
1. John is always late for class, …………….. annoys the teacher.
A. who B. where C. which D. when
2. It takes me 3 hours ……………the lesson every day.
A. to prepare B. preparing C. prepared D. have prepared
3 . Without the Braille Alphabet it would be very difficult for ………..
A. disabled B. the deaf C. the mute D.the blind
4. The children will learn how …………….sums.
A. to do B. doing C. do D. will do
5. Thuy’s class is different ………other classes because the children are disabled.
6.I hope you don’t mind me …………….so late at night.
A. telephoning B. to telephone C. telephone D. to have telephoned
7. I don’t think the rich ………bad. Actually, most of them work very hard.
A. is B. are C. was D. were
8. I ………….up late at night.
A. use to stay B. am used to stay C. used to staying D. am used to staying
A. on B. from C. in D. at
9. The little boy is helping……………..cross the street.
A. the poor B. the rich C. the blind D. the young
10. Our neighbour threatened …………..the police if we didn’t stop……………
A. to call/ to makeB. calling/ to make C.calling/ making D.to call/ making
11. When I ……….to visit him, he ……….to work.
A. came / gone B. came/ had gone C. had come/went D. had come/had gone
12...............she ............... all her money on last holiday?
A. Do she spend B. Did she spend C. Did she spent D. Had she spend
III. Rewrite the sentences: . ( 3 points)
1. They left the country ten years ago ( make question for underlined word
………………………………………………………………………………………….
2.We don’t go camping in every summer any longer. ( using used to) …………………………………………………………………………………………


3.People was injured in the accident yesterday was taken to hospital immediately.(using the + adj).
…………………………………………………………………………………………

4.They no longer play football ( using used to). …………………………………………………………………………………………

5. She has promised herself to be on time to work everyday. That is a good idea ( using which connector)
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6. She came to work on time. That pleased her boss ( using which connector)
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IV. Read the passage below about Louis Braille and answer the questions. ( 2 points)
Louis Braille was born in 1809 in Paris, He went blind at the age of three when he fell in his father’s workroom. But Louis was very clever, He wanted to be a musician, so he learned to play the cello, and at the age of ten he won a scholarship to the National Institute for Blind Children in Paris. In 1820, a French soldier, Charles Barbier, invented “ night writing”, He used special dots on paper so that soldiers could read at night. Louis Braille understood the importance of this invention for blind people and when he was fifteen, he began to develop it. In 1829 he started to use it at the Institute. By 1932 “ Braille” was in use all over the world, but Louis died in 1852 and he never knew the importance of his invention.
Where was Louis born?
…………………………………………………………………………………..
2. Did he win a scholarship to the National Institute for Blind children in Paris when he was ten?
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3.What did he use on paper so that soldier coud read at night?
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4. How old was Louis Braille when he died?
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V.Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.(1 point)

1. After she had had lunch, she had taken