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Class: 10A
Mid-term Test
I Choose one word whose underlined part is pronounced differently (1 point)
1 A lunch B sunny C student D subject
2 A education B general C extremely D met
3 A ready B meat C defeat D beat
4 A far B dark C target D mat
II Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting (1 point)
1 I succeeded in to find a job, so my parents didn’t make me go to college
A B C D
2 Peter left the room without lock the door
A B C D
3 When she came out of the cinema, she had found that a thief had taken her radio
A B C D
4 It was lucky that they have decided to buy that car
A B C D
III Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences (2.5 points)
1 The woman looked familiar I her somewhere before
A saw B have seen C had seen D see
2 Marie Curie was born _November 7th, 1867
A in B from C at D on
3 Water and oil _
A do not mix B does not mix C has not mix D is not mix
4 class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things
A Geography B Chemistry C Biology D History
5 People ran into the streets in panic after the explosion
A excitement B fright C surprise D happiness
6 What is the like today?
A climate B weather C air D sky
7 You had better _early?
A to arrive B arriving C arrive D arrived
8 By the time she was twelve, she on a career
A has already decided B already has decided
C had already decided D already decided
9 What a _ girl! Nothing can stop her from realizing her decisions
A strong-willed B good C powerful D mature
10 Mary _ the dream of becoming an actress as she was a child
A like B received C fed D harboured
IV Put the verbs in the correct forms (2.5 points)
1 Would you mind (close) the window?
2 He is used to (study) at night
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4 I didn’t like (work) so I suggested (spend) the day
in the garden
5 He insisted on (do) the job himself
6 It’s time you (begin) _ to study seriously
7 It takes me hours (write) _ this letter
V Fill in each blank with a suitable preposition (1 point)
1 Don’t worry me I’m fine
2 These classes are different other classes
3 Are you looking forward going on your vacation?
4 Their parents seemed satisfied their progress
VI Read the following passage, and answer the questions (1 point)
Charlie Chaplin Charlie Chaplin was born in a very poor part of London His father was a comedian and his mother worked as a dancer and singer Neither of them was very successful, however, and the family had very little money At one time they were so poor that he and his brothers had only one pair of shoes between them and they had to take turns wearing them The first time he himself earned money by dancing and singing, he was only five years old He did many kinds of jobs, but what he loved most was working in the theatre
When he was about fifteen he joined a traveling theatre company and went on trips
to America On one of such tours he was offered a part in a film, so he went to Hollywood, where he eventually became both an actor and a film director He was known to be a perfectionist, and sometimes made the other actors repeat a scene many times before he was finally satisfied with it
Many people found him difficult and some accused him of being mean, but it was really his early experiences of poverty that made him careful with his money He died in Switzerland in 1977, at the age of 88 There is now a status of him in Leicester Square, London, the city of his birth and early upbringing His name was Charlie Chaplin
1 Was he born in the centre of London?
2 Where did he become famous?
3 When did he begin earning money?
………
4 Where and when did he die?
VII Use the suggested words to make sentences (1 point)
1 The film/ end/ by/ time/ we/ take/ right/seats
………
2 Marie Curie/ receive/ some scientific training/ father
………
3 Mrs Vy/ get/ and/ go down/ taken/ boil/ water/ morning tea
………
4 It/ obvious/ she/ only/ keen/ make/ money
………
Answer
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1 C 2 C 3 A 4 D
II
1 B (to find-> finding)
2 D (lock->locking)
3 C (had found->found)
4 C (have decided-> had decided)
III
1 C 2 D 3 A 4 C
5 B 6 B 7 C 8 C
9 A 10 D
IV
1 closing
2 studying
3 met………….had just come………looked
4 working…………spending
5 doing
6 began
7 to write
V
1 about
2 from
3 to
4 with
VI
1 No, he wasn't He was born in a very poor part of London
2 He became famous in Hollywood
3 He began earning money at the age of five
4 He died in Switzerland in 1977
VII
1 The film had ended by the time we took the/our right seats
2 Marie Curie received some scientific training from her father
3 Mrs Vy gets up and goes down to the kitchen to boil some water for her morning tea
4 It’s obvious (that) she is only keen on making money