Choose the item that best answers the question or completes the unfinished statement about the passage:The word “Olympic” comes from the name of the town Olympia in Greece, where the anc
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THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION
ENGLISH 10 (BASIC) Time allotted: 45 minutes
Read the following passage and choose the best given answer to fill in each gap:
THE BEST AND THE WORST Joe Sander has (1) most beautiful garden in our town Nearly everybody enters for “The Nicest Garden (2) each year, but Joe wins every time Bill Frith’s garden is larger than (3) Bill works (4) than Joe and grows (5) flowers and vegetables, (6) Joe’s garden is (7) interesting He has made neat paths and has built a wooden bridge over a pool I like gardens, too, but I (8) like hard work Every year I enter for the garden competition (9) , and I always win a little prize for the (10) garden in the town!
Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently:
Choose one best answer to complete each sentence:
15 the bad weather, we had a picnic
16.The children were excited opening their presents
17 “ is your favorite subject at school?” “Maths and English.”
18 A laptop is than a personal computer
19 He spent his childhood in an
20 My family has lived in Ho Chi Minh City
21.She looks She has passed the exam
22 What if you president of Vietnam now?
A.Will you do/ are B.would you do/ are C.would you have done/ had been D.would you do/ were
23 “Hmm It’s very cold in here.” “I the window for you”
24.The girl went into that shop just now bought the dress I was planning to buy
25 he has been driving for fifteen years, he does not know how to change a tyre properly
Choose one word whose stress pattern is different:
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The word “Olympic” comes from the name of the town Olympia in Greece, where the ancient Olympic Games were always held The first Olympic Games were held in 776 B.C., and the Games took place every four years after that date until A.D 394
In 1875, a French scholar and educator, Pierre de Coubertin, proposed that the Games should be revived as an international competition to encourage both sport and world peace The first modern Olympic Games were held in Athens in 1896 like the ancient Games, the athletes were men only Women began to take part in the Games in
1900 Since that time, the Games have been held every four years as in the ancient Greece The Games, however, did not take place in 1916, 1940 and 1944 because of the two World Wars
Only amateur athletes are admitted to the Games, and these words appear at every Olympic opening: “The most important thing is not to win but to take part.”
30 At the first morden Olympic Games, the athletes were
31.Who can take part in the Olympic Games?
32.The last ancient Olympic Games were held
33.When were women allowed to take part in the Games for the first time?
34.Which of the following is NOT true?
A.The town Olympia was the place where the first Games were held
B.Pierrre de Coubertin suggested reviving the Olympic Games
C.The modern Olympic Games have been held every four years in Athens
D.The purpose of the Olympic Games is to encourage not only sport but also world peace
Find the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected.
35 It is said that teachers make their students to do a lot of homework nowadays
A B C D
36 When we were in Hanoi, we visited Temple of Literature, first university in Vietnam
A B C D
37.Although the heavy rain the two football teams continued playing
A B C D
Choose the sentence which is grammartically correct and has the same or nearly the same meaning as the orginal one:
38.That is the dog I am terrified of it.
39.Carol used to play football better than now.
C.Carol doesn’t play football as well as she used to D.Carol doesn’t play football as well as now
40.He wants to drive a car but he is only 16.
A.If he is older he will drive a car B.If he were two years older he wouldn’t drive a car.
C.If he has been two years older he would have driven a car D.Unless he were two years older he wouldn’t drive a car.
Full name:
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ANSWER SHEET
01 A B C D 11 A B C D 21 A B C D 31 A B C D
02 A B C D 12 A B C D 22 A B C D 32 A B C D
03 A B C D 13 A B C D 23 A B C D 33 A B C D
04 A B C D 14 A B C D 24 A B C D 34 A B C D
05 A B C D 15 A B C D 25 A B C D 35 A B C D
06 A B C D 16 A B C D 26 A B C D 36 A B C D
07 A B C D 17 A B C D 27 A B C D 37 A B C D
08 A B C D 18 A B C D 28 A B C D 38 A B C D
09 A B C D 19 A B C D 29 A B C D 39 A B C D
Trang 310 A B C D 20 A B C D 30 A B C D 40 A B C D
ANSWERS
1.C 11.C 21.A 31.A
2.B 12.B 22.D 32.D
3.C 13.C 23.B 33.A
4.D 14.A 24.A 34.D
5.C 15.C 25.C 35.C
6.A 16.A 26.C 36.D
7.B 17.C 27.B 37.A
8.A 18.D 28.C 38.B
9.C 19.B 29.A 39.C
10.D 20.A 30.B 40.D