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PRACTICE EXERCISES FOR PROGRESS TEST – GRADE 10
READING 1
Internet Safety Twenty years (61) _, kids in school had never even heard of the internet
Now, I'll bet you can't find a single person in your school who hasn't at least heard
of (62) _ In fact, many of us use it on a regular basis and even have access to it
from our homes! The 'net' in „internet‟ really stands for network A (63) is two
or more computers connected together so that information can be shared, or sent
from one computer to another The internet is a vast resource for all types of
information You may enjoy using it to do research for a school project,
downloading your favorite songs or (64) with friends and family
Information is accessed through web pages that companies, organizations and
individuals create and post It's kind of like a giant bulletin board (65) the
whole world uses! But since anyone can put anything on the internet, you also have
to be careful and use your best judgment and a little common sense
63 A computer B internet C network D wire
64 A communication B communicating C to communicate D communicate
READING 2
SUPERMUM!
Sue Povey gets up at six every morning and makes breakfast for fifteen people
Sue has a difficult job – she works hard every day Why? Because she‟s a mother
with fifteen children, and thirteen of them live at home
Sue Povey and her family live in Swindon in the south of England After
breakfast, her husband, Ian, goes to work Sue drives the children to school (She
needs a minibus for this!) Nine children go to school and she drives home with the
other four children Every weekday she looks after the children and cleans the
house She does the washing eight times a day, and she irons clothes for three hours
Every afternoon at 3.30 she collects the children from school in the minibus
Then she helps them with their homework After that she cooks dinner for fifteen
Her husband comes home at six After dinner, she goes to the supermarket with two
of her sons They help her with the shopping She buys 50 litres of milk a week!
Sue says: „I love my family All the children help me and help each other I
want more children!‟ Her husband Ian says: „It‟s never boring in this family.‟
Thomas, 7, says: „I always have someone to play with.‟ Katie, 5, says: „I like having
new babies in the house.‟ And Matt, 9, says: „It‟s very noisy!‟
66 Sue has a difficult job because
A two of her children don‟t live at home B she has got a very big family
C she makes breakfast every morning D she has to work hard in an office
67 Sue has got children
68 After breakfast Sue
A looks after the children B drives her husband to work
C drives the children to school D does the shopping
69 The children come home from school
A bus B by minibus C with Sue‟s husband D on foot
70 Who helps Sue with the shopping?
A two sons B two daughters C all the children D her husband
READING 3
Márton is 20 years old He comes from Hungary, but he doesn‟t live in Hungary –
he lives and works in the UK He is a waiter in a hotel He earns £6 an hour
More than 600,000 people from Central and Eastern European countries live and work in the UK Almost half of them are between 18 and 24 years old and most
of them are single They stay in the UK for about two years and then return to their own countries Nearly 40% work in factories; many others work in shops, hotels, restaurants and on farms They come because they earn more money in the UK for these jobs than in their own countries
But do they like their new homes? The answer is usually „yes‟ In a survey of foreign workers in the UK, 92% say that the British are „usually friendly‟ Their only problem with life in the UK is British food: 78% don‟t like it! But that isn‟t a big problem, because British supermarkets now sell Central and Eastern European food
71 Márton is _
A British, but he lives in Hungary B Hungarian, and he lives in Hungary
C Hungarian, but he lives in the UK
72 Márton has got
A a job in the UK and a job in Hungary B a job in Hungary
C a job in the UK
73 Márton works in _
A a shop B a hotel C a factory
74 About 600,000 people in the UK
A arrive every year from Central and Eastern European countries
B are from Central and Eastern European countries
C are between 18 and 24 and single
75 from Central and Eastern European countries in the UK usually
A like the food and the people B like the food, but they don‟t like the people
C like the people, but they don‟t like the food
People
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READING 4
Boot Camp!
Sixteen-year-old Melissa arrives at „boot camp‟, but she doesn‟t want to be
here Boot camp is not for holidays Teenagers come to stay here when they have
got problems And Melissa has got serious problems She doesn‟t do any work at
school She just wants to go out with her friends all night, and drink and take drugs
She is very difficult at home She argues with her mum all the time and shouts at
her Her mother can‟t help her but she hopes that boot camp can
Boot camp is a difficult place to be There are lots of rules This boot camp is
in the middle of the Arizona desert It‟s a ranch (farm), and there are lots of animals
The young people have to get up early every morning They have to help on the
ranch for two hours Then they have a good breakfast At least the food here is nice
After breakfast, they usually do their schoolwork until lunch time After lunch they
have to do more work on the ranch In the evenings they do their homework and
write letters home It‟s boring and hard work at boot camp Melissa hates
everything, and is rude and difficult
But every afternoon, after the ranch work, they learn to ride a horse At first,
Melissa is scared, but later she begins to enjoy it After two months, Melissa fees
happier She loves her horse, and her schoolwork is much better She thinks about her
mum a lot, and feels sorry for being so horrible to her She wants to do home and go
back to school For Melissa and hundreds of teenagers like her, boot camp works
76 What is „boot camp‟?
A A holiday camp B A camp for difficult teenagers
C A place for teenagers to go out with their friends
77 What problems does Melissa have?
A She‟s difficult at home but enjoys school
B She‟s difficult at school but is happy at home
C She doesn‟t like school and she fights a lot with her mum
78 When do the young people start work?
A After breakfast B When they want to C When they get up
79 When do they do their schoolwork?
A In the morning and evening
B In the morning and afternoon
C In the morning, afternoon and evening
80 How does Melissa feel about boot camp at first?
A Sometimes it‟s boring, but Melissa enjoys it because the food is good
B She doesn‟t enjoy it at all
C It‟s hard work but she likes it
81 Melissa
A rides a horse every day
B doesn‟t ride a horse because she is scared
C doesn‟t ride a horse because she has to work on the ranch
82 Hoe does Melissa fee after two months at boot camp?
A She wants to stay at boot camp and learn to ride
B She hates it and wants to go home
C She feels sorry for being so difficult and wants to go home
READING 5
Computer Crime
On the evening of his 18th birthday, a teenager from a small village in northern Germany clicked „send‟ on his computer Within three hours, the postal service in Taiwan was in chaos, computers in hospitals and banks in Hong Kong had cashed, and trains in Australia and the USA had stopped
In court a few months later, the teenager, Sven Jaschan, was charged with criminal damage He was found guilty of putting the terrible „Sasser‟ computer virus
on the Internet and received a 21-month suspended sentence He avoided prison because he was only 18 when he committed the crime The virus infected millions
of computer systems across the world, and caused millions of dollars of damage Sven admitted his guilt to the detectives who came to his home last year He had spent an enormous amount of time creating the Sasser virus on the computer in his bedroom He often spent ten hours a day in front of his computer
When he released his virus on the Internet, he didn‟t realise it would cause so much damage He was just delighted that it had worked „I told my classmates – they thought it was awesome.‟ But his feelings changed very quickly He was terrified when he saw a TV news report about the virus and the damage it had caused
Detectives arrested Sven after one of his classmates contacted Microsoft and told them about him Microsoft had offer a $250,000 reward for information about the virus
While he was waiting for his trial to start, Sven left school and started work He now works for a computer company, making „firewalls‟ – vital pieces of software that protect computers from viruses!
83 Sven used his computer to steal millions of dollars
84 The virus he created spread all around the world
85 Sven wasn‟t sent to prison because he admitted his guilt to
detectives
86 After he had released the virus, he was delighted, and then
frightened
87 He was caught because the police offered a $250,000 reward
88 He is now working for Microsoft to make firewalls
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The Only Gadget You’ll Ever Need!
Nowadays you can make voice calls, send text messages, (89) _ photos and
record video clips with most mobile phones However, the latest 3G phones can do
much more than that 3G stands for „Third Generation‟ With 3G phones you can do
many things that you normally do on a computer (90) _ example, you can access
the internet and send and receive e-mails On some models you can even type letters
and download them onto your PC in order to print (91) _ You can (92) _ songs
from the Internet and play them on your phone, and you can also listen to the radio
It‟s also possible to download videos, e.g episodes of your favourite TV
programme or the highlights of a football match The most recent phones actually
(93) _ you to watch TV so you never need to miss your favourite programmes
Mobile phone manufacturers are hoping that in the future a mobile phone is the only
gadget you‟ll ever need!
92 A listen B post C download D upload
93 A get B let C advise D allow
GRAMMAR AND VOCABULARY
94 “Would you like _ to go to the cinema and see Beauty and the Beast?”
A will have B to have C are having D having
95 “Don‟t you remember that cartoon on TV last week? We watched it
together, as I recall
A to watch B watching C watched D was watching
96 This football match will be live on VTV6 channel
A broadcast B air C show D transfer
97 Lots of houses _ in the earthquake recently
A were destroyed B have destroyed
C have been destroyed D has destroyed
98 People in Vietnam to the World Wide Web for 20 years
A connected B have connected
C have been connect D has connected
99 I‟ve just found my car key! I _ it when I _ for my glasses!
A saw, was looking B was seeing, looked
C saw, looked D was seeing, was looking
100 The white bear in the North Pole, it is cold all the year round
A live, where B lives, which C lives, where D live, which
101 the attractive salary they offer, he refused the job
A Although B Because C Despite D Because of
102 Many people to live a healthy life, but they do nothing for it
A expect B refuse C decide D agree
103 Gravity is a force attracts objects with mass toward one another
104 An electric cooker to cook food, especially rice
A used B is used C uses D has used
105 It was a long way to the party, so she suggested _ by taxi
A going B to go C went D has gone
106 Some reality TV shows like attract a lot of people because have chance to know more about their favourite singers or actors in their daily life
A spectators B voters C viewers D watchers
107 I don‟t feel like out at the weekend I prefer a family dinner at home
A to go B to going C going D go
108 I‟m really looking forward you again soon
A to see B seeing C to seeing D to have seen
109 When you heat water to 1000C, it
A boils B has boiled C boiled D was boiled
110 Last month the typhoon a lot of damage to the southern part
A has caused B have caused C caused D had caused
111 He spent 10 hours a day to create the virus, but nobody knew about it
112 Some technology are difficult to understand and use
113 David entered the room, sat down on his chair and had turned on the computer
114 We don‟t finish our assignment yet so we cannot go out with you
115 Try forgetting your past; it‟s no use thinking so much about it
116 I have just invited to another wedding party, which means I will have to spend
my last penny this month
117 Did you remember posting the letter for me? It‟s really important
gan day > HTHT
duoc 20 nam
gau trang
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Earth gravity
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-> haven't finished
to forget Hãy cô
-> have just been invited (duoc moi)
-> to post
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118 Don‟t worry The letter was sended when I passed the post office
SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION
119 I used to visit Ha Long It is one of the 7 wonders of the new world
I used to
120 Please send me the photos We took them during our trip to Sa Pa
Please
121 People use smart phones for many purposes
Smart phones
122 People have played football for more than a hundred years.
Football
123 Some students have carried out an experiment in the lab.
An experiment
124 I haven‟t done any volunteer work for 2 weeks
I last
125 The last time they had a party was when they graduated from high school
They haven’t
126 My father has worked here for 15 years
My father started _
127 We‟ve just visited Da Lat It is in the Central Highland of Vietnam
Da Lat _
128 We have had this house since 2010
In 2010, we
129 It‟s 10 years since I started living here
I have
130 The waiter was friendly He served us at our dinner yesterday
The waiter
READING 7
THANKS A MILLION
Percy Ross was born in 1916 in Michigan His parents had come to the USA from Latvia and Russia and the family was poor But Percy soon showed a talent for business and (131) _ a fortune in fur trade and auction business Then disaster struck and he (132) _ all his money But he soon made a fortune again – this time
by (133) plastic bags In 1969, he sold his plastic bag company for millions of dollars
Ross started giving away in 1977: he gave $50,000 to Vietnamese refugees so that they could make a new home in the USA (134) _ he held a Christmas party for 1,050 poor children in the American town of Minneapolis Ross bought a bike for everyone of the 1,050 children at the party
After these first experiences of giving money away, Ross decided to do it on a regular basis He started a newspaper column called „Thanks a Million‟, and later a radio show, in order to give away his money It took years, but Ross finally (70) _
in giving away his entire fortune
131 A made B had made C has made D make
132 A threw B wasted C lost D sent
133 A manufacturer B manufacture C manufactured D manufacturing
135 A succeeded B managed C tried D achieved
-> was sent
TN chi vat > which which we took during our trip to Sa Pa send me the photos
who (CN chi nguoi) who served us at our dinner yesterday was friendly
used
has been played for more
has been carried out in the lab by some students
did some volunteer work 2 weeks ago
had a party since they graduated
working / to work here 15 years ago
started to have this house
lived here for 10 years
Da Lat which
, which we've visited, is in the Central Highland of Vietnam