TEST ON ENGLISH – GRADE 10 -UNIT 3

I. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1. A. men B. met C. said D. sand
2. A. bed B. pen C. send D. mat
II. Pick out the word that has stress pattern different from that of the others.
3. A. background B. career C. secondary D. private
4. A. scientific B. atomic C. impossible D. professor
III. Choose the underlined part that needs correcting
5. Before she became a film star, she has been a stand-up comedian.
A B C D
6. She was sad after she reads her boyfriend’s letter.
A B C D
7. After she had had lunch, she had taken a nap.
A B C D
8. By the time he had arrived at the party, all his classmates had left.
A B C D
9. Two days ago, I had met an old friend.
A B C D
IV. Read the passage and choose the best option to fill in each blank

Marie Curie, the Polish-born French (10)_________, was a courageous and determined woman. She
left her home for Paris to (11)________ her interest in science. Living in (12)_____, she still (4) _____
to graduate at the top of her class. She met Pierre Curie (5) ______ after graduation and married him a
year later.

10. A. biologist B. mathematician C. chemist D. physicist and chemistry

11. A. follow B. take C. pursue D. satisfy
12. A. poverty B. loneliness C. wealth D. worked
13. A. made B. managed C. harbored D. worked
14. A. immediately B. soon C. shortly D. rightly

V. Read the text and questions below, then circle the letter A, B, C or D that you think the best option.
Alexander Graham Bell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in the nineteenth century, and later came to
the United States. Several members of his family did a great deal to encourage him in the field of
science. His father was most instrumental in supervising his work with the deal. While he dealt with the
deaf and investigated the science of acoustics, his study eventually led to the invention of the multiple
telegraph and his greatest invention of the telephone. The last quarter century of his life was dedicated
to the advance in aviation.
15. What was considered to be Alexander Graham Bell’s greatest invention?
A. multiple telegraph B. telephone C. aviation D. acoustics
16. When he studied science, his family was____________.
A. angry B. pleased C. sad D. supportive
17. What can we conclude about Alexander Graham Bell?
A. He worked very hard, but never achieved success.
B. He spent so many years working in aviation because he wanted to be a pilot.
C. He dedicated his life to the science and the well being of mankind.
D. He worked with the deaf so that he could invent the telephone.
18. Which of the following sentences is NOT true?
A. Bell was born in the 1900s.
B. Bell worked with the deaf.
C. Bell had many experiments with the science of acoustics.
D. Bell invented a multiple telegraph.
19. How many years did Bell dedicate to aviation?
A. 100 B. 25 C. 35 D. 50
VI. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D that you think the best option for each blank
20. After the _____ death of her husband, Marie Curie took up his position at the Sorbonne.
A. tragic B. tragedy C. tragedian D. tragically
21. Marie Curie was _____ the Nobel Prize in chemistry for determining the atomic weight of radium.
A. won B. awarded C. dedicated D. devoted
22. He passed his exams with flying colours.
A. successfully B. difficultly C. badly D. easily
23. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more _____ than the other boys in his class.
A. intelligent B. mature C. ambitious D. developed
24. Jane is always determined to do anything she wants. She’s a _____ woman.
A. ambitious B. strong-willed C. brilliant D. humane
25. She harboured her hope of being a teacher.
A. gave up her hope of being a teacher.
B. built her hope of being a teacher.
C. had her hope of being a teacher.
D. kept her hope of being a teacher in her mind.
26. The new road should help ____ traffic problems.
A. raise B. create C. ease D. cause
27. The new surgeon will ______ her post in May.
A. go on B. get over C. take up D. look after
28. In spite of her difficult living conditions, she worked extremely ____.
A. hard B. hardly C. harder D. hardest
29. She was born _____ Warsaw in 1867.
A. in B. on C. at D. from
30. In 1891, Marie, with very little money to live ____, went to Paris to realize her dream at the
Sorbonne.
A. in B. at C. on D. up
31. She ______ Pierre Curie in the School of Physics in 1894.
A. was meeting B. meet C. had met D. met
32. After I ________ for half an hour, she finally arrived.
A. waited B. had waited C. waiting D. to wait
33. Yesterday morning my mother _______ me a new bicycle as my old one _______ stolen.
A. bought/ was B. bought/ had been
C. had bought/ was D. had bought/ had been
34. My uncle _______ a visit to Germany in 2005.
A. paid B. pays C. has paid D. will pay
35. “Did anyone see the thief?”-“No, he already _______ away by the time we _______ in.”
A. ran-had come B. had run-came C. runs-have come D. has run-come
36. She had just _____ on holiday.
A. be B. being C. been D. to be
37. I felt very tired when I got home, so I ______ straight to bed.
A. go B. went C. had gone D. going
38. After she _____ the basket, she ____ to the check out.
A. filled/ went B. had filled/ gone C. filled/ had gone D. had filled/ went
39. Karen ______ to come to the cinema with us because she _____ the film.
A. didn’t want/ had already seen B. wanted/ had already seen
C. not wanted/ saw D. wanted / was seeing
40. We didn’t have their new phone number because they _____ to the South.
A. moved B. to move C. had moved D. moving
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