SỞ GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ NỘI TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015 Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 10 - Chương trình (nâng cao) Dành cho các lớp 10 Văn, 10D1, 10D2, 10D3 Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề. Đề thi gồm 04 trang, 60 câu hỏi. ( Học sinh làm bài vào đề thi) I. PHONETICS: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 1. A. fast B. map C. language D. passage 2. A. month B. holiday C. lovely D. wonderful 3. A. lose B. movie C. prove D. women Choose the word whose stress is different from the others. 4. A. insert B. passion C. subtract D. resort 5. A. announce B. central C. assemble D. humane Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR A. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. 1. I like swimming _______ the sea, not the river. A. at B. on C. in D. of 2. Surfing is one way _______ spending free time in Australia. A. of B. at C. on D. to 3. A person _______ blood pressure is high may have heart disease. A. who B. whom C. which D. whose 4. I don’t think I _______ out tonight. I am too tired. A. am going to go B. am going C. will go D. go 5. Pearl Buck, who was the first American woman to win a Nobel prize for literature, _______ for her novel The Good Earth. A. who is best known B. is best known C. which is best known D. is best known 6. If you don’t want to be late for school, you have to get _______ early A. used to get up B. used to getting up C. used to got up D. all are correct 7. Are Alice and Tom still living in New York? No, they _______ to Dallas. A. are moved B. had moved C. have moved D. will move 8. The baby doesn’t cry so much now but she _______ every night. A. used to do it B. used to doing it C. didn’t use to do it D. not used to do it 9. We are still looking for Thomas. _______ yet. A. He has not being found B. He has not been found C. He was not found D. He didn’t found out 10. Smoking is very bad for his health but he _______ it up A. is going to give B. is not going to give C. is giving D. has given Your answers: 1 | P a g e ĐỀ SỐ 02 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. B. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. MUSIC IN SCHOOLS Primary schools in London are trying out an ambitious plan through which young children get an ……………………… (1) to serious music. INTRODUCE The idea comes from a group of famous ……………………….(2) who are MUSIC concerned about the ……………………(3) of certain types of classical music. SURVIVE They see the plan as one possible solution to the problem of declining audiences at classical concerts. Their argument is that an interest in classical music should be developed in early childhood. They reject the idea that children are ………………… (4) in serious music or necessarily find it boring. INTEREST The group goes into a school and gives a live performance of a short classical piece and then this is followed by an ……………………. (5) of how EXPLAIN The instruments work. These sessions have proved so successful that they now become a regular feature in some schools. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. C. Look at the passage below and find 10 words which are not necessary, or are ungrammatical in some lines. If a line is correct, put a tick (  ). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Line 1 It is certainly true that in recent times money has become so more and 2 more important in sport. I think that in some ways this is not a good 3 thing. People seem to be involved themselves in some sports just to 4 make money and not because of they really care about the sport. For 5 example, some footballers get being paid an enormous amount of money 6 but sometimes they don’t seem to care about the team they are playing 7 for, which this makes the fans very angry. And sometimes it looks as if 8 some sports are run so that television companies, the people who own 9 clubs and the companies that provide sponsorship can make a big profit; 10 the public who watch these sports don’t seem like to matter at all. On 11 the other hand, you could say that in these days sport has become a global 12 business, so it is not surprising that money plays such an 13 important part in it. Also, it could right be argued that the top players 14 are so famous and be under so much pressure both from fans and the 15 media that they deserve for the enormous amounts of money they earn. D. Give correct forms of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences 1. Is there anything here worth (buy) ? 2. Over the years she (collect) thousands of stamps. 3. The children enjoy (allow) to stay up late when there is something special on TV. 4. He used to talk to us about all the interesting things he (do) in his life. 2 | P a g e 5. While she (talk) on the phone, the children (start) fighting and breaking a window 6. I went to the box office at lunch time, but they (already/ sell) all the tickets. 7. I felt very tired when I got home, so I (go) straight to bed. 8. His roommate (always enter) …………. the room without knocking first, which annoys him a lot. 9. The curricula of American public schools (not determine) …………. by the federal government. 10. The man looked familiar. I (see) him somewhere before Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. III. READING A. Choose the one option – a, c, c or d – that best complete the passage. The world’s first computer was (1)_____at the University of Pennsylvania in 1946, although computer- like machines were built in the 19 th century. Computers were commercially for the first time in the 1950s, a lot of (2)_____has made since then. Computers are now much smaller and more powerful. Computers are used to in many (3) _____, in business, science, medicine, and education. They can be used to forecast the weather or to control robots (4) _____ make cars. The computer’s memory is the place (5) _____information is kept and calculations are done. A lot of difficult calculations can be done on a computer. 1. A. built B. established C. found D. created 2. A. advantages B. process C. success D. changes 3. A. ways B. aspects C. fields D. cares 4. A. who B. where C. whom D. which 5. A. where B. which C. that D. who Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. B. Read the passage and choose the correct answer – a, b, c or d Chen likes to get his news from the paper. Lemma turns on the television to find out what’s going on in the world. Eve subscribes to more magazines than she can keep track of, whereas Kobi chooses to listen to radio talk shows that cover issues thoroughly to tap into what’s going on in the world. All these people are touched by the media. What is the media? What constitutes the media? The media consists of all the ways that news and information is distributed to a mass audience. The media covers everything from hard news, which is investigative reporting, to stories that are purely entertaining, such as whether your favorite movie star was on the “Best Dressed/ Worst Dressed” list. Whether in print or broadcast on TV, the stories are the product of the reporting of many journalists who write the stories, and editors who give out the assignments, assess the quality of the writing and research, and make the decisions about where and when the stories run. The news has immediate impact. The Internet puts global news onto the personal computer on your desk. Almost all browsers have links to the up-to-the-minute news stories from a various news services. You can get constant news update from a variety of sources via your personal computer, providing you with the most up-to-date and in-depth coverage. 1. According to the writer, ________________________________________________________ 3 | P a g e A. people’s life can be changed by the media. B. newspapers, magazines, televisions, radios are all the mass media. C. people can only get news from the paper. D. radio talk shows cover thorough issues. 2. According to the passage, the media _____________________________________________ A. spreads not only news but also entertainment to audiences. B. investigates news reports that will be covered. C. only distributes hard news to people. D. consists of news and information all over the world. 3. Which one of the following is not a responsibility of editors? A. Judge the writings and research. B. Assign tasks. C. Write reports on the stories. D. Decide when and where the stories run. 4. The word ‘browser’ in line 13 refers to ___________________________________________ A. programs used by computers for doing particular jobs. B. people who look for information on the Internet. C. people who design the Web D. computer programs that allow users to look at and search through information on the Internet. 5. An advantage of Internet news reports is that ______________________________________ A. they can be constantly updated. B. they link news from various news services. C. they provide a variety of information. D. they can be put onto the personal computer. Your answers: 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. IV. WRITING Rewrite the following sentences using the words in bold, in such a way that it means the same as the one given. Do not alter these words in any way. 1. Because it snowed heavily during the night the motorway is closed. due The motorway is closed ______________________________that there was heavy snow the night before. 2. If I finish my work, I can go out at weekends. not Unless I finish ________________________________________ go out at weekends. 3. They are going to get married next June. planned Their ______________________________________________next June. 4. I haven't eaten fish since last Wednesday. time The ___________________________________________________fish was last Wednesday. 5. He didn’t concentrate on the lecture. attention He didn’t _________________________________________________ the lecture. THE END DAP AN DE THI HOC KI I LOP 10 NANG CAO DE SO 2 I. PHONETICS: 4 | P a g e 1.A 2.B 3.D 4.B 5.B II. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR A. Circle the best answer A, B, C or D to complete the sentence. 1.C 2.A 3.D 4.C 5.D 6.B 7.C 8.A 9.B 10.B B. Read the text below. Use the word given in capitals at the end of each line to form a word that fits in the space in the same line. 1. INTRODUCTION 2. MUSICIANS 3. SURVIVAL 4. UNINTERESTED 5. EXPLANATION C. Look at the passage below and find 10 words which are not necessary, or are ungrammatical in some lines. If a line is correct, put a tick (  ). If a line has a word which should not be there, write the word. Line 1 so It is certainly true that in recent times money has become so more and 2  more important in sport. I think that in some ways this is not a good 3 themselves thing. People seem to be involved themselves in some sports just to 4 of make money and not because of they really care about the sport. For 5 being example, some footballers get being paid an enormous amount of money 6  but sometimes they don’t seem to care about the team they are playing 7 this for, which this makes the fans very angry. And sometimes it looks as if 8  some sports are run so that television companies, the people who own 9  clubs and the companies that provide sponsorship can make a big profit; 10 like the public who watch these sports don’t seem like to matter at all. On 11 in the other hand, you could say that in these days sport has become a global 12  business, so it is not surprising that money plays such an 13 right important part in it. Also, it could right be argued that the top players 14 be are so famous and be under so much pressure both from fans and the 15 for media that they deserve for the enormous amounts of money they earn. D. Give correct forms of the verbs in the brackets to complete the sentences 1. to buy 2. has collected 3. being allowed 4. had done 5. was talking/started 6. had already sold 7. went 8. is always entering 9. are not determined 10. have seen III. READING A. Choose the one option – a, c, c or d – that best complete the passage. 1. A. built 2. B. process 3. C. fields 4. D. which 5. A where B. Read the passage and choose the correct answer – a, b, c or d 5 | P a g e 1.B 2.A 3.C 4.D 5.A IV. WRITING Rewrite the following sentences using the words in bold, in such a way that it means the same as the one given. Do not alter these words in any way. 1. The motorway is closed due to the fact that there was heavy snow the night before. 2. Unless I finish my work, I can not/ will not go out at weekends. 3. Their marriage is planned for next June. 4. The last time I ate fish was last Wednesday. 5. He didn’t pay attention to the lecture. 6 | P a g e . GIÁO DỤC VÀ ĐÀO TẠO HÀ N I TRƯỜNG THPT CHU VĂN AN ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015 Môn Tiếng Anh - Lớp 10 - Chương trình (nâng cao) Dành cho các lớp 10 Văn, 10D1, 10D2, 10D3 Th i gian. media? The media consists of all the ways that news and information is distributed to a mass audience. The media covers everything from hard news, which is investigative reporting, to stories. word which should not be there, write the word. Line 1 It is certainly true that in recent times money has become so more and 2 more important in sport. I think that in some ways this is not