Grade 10 FIRST SEMESTER EXAM_010

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
1. A. scientific B. school C. screen D. scheem
2. A. considered B. disappointed C. little D. scientist
3. A. invented B. considered C. contented D. interested
Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4. A. travel B. listen C. answer D. complain
5. A. holiday B. importance C. tomorrow D. profession
Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
6. The telephone is considered to be one of the most useful ________achievements.
A. science B. scientifically C. scientist D. scientific
7. John often goes to bed early and ________up late.
A. to get B. gets C. get D. got
8. A ________is a place where plants and trees are grown for scientific study.
A. resort B. Botanical Garden C. pagoda D. pine forest
9. John isn't contented with his present salary.
A. excited about B. disappointed about C. interested in D. satisfied with
10. You ________English fluently if you don’t practice it every day.
A. will not speak B. will speak C. did not speak D. can speak
11. I ________swimming with my classmates last weekend.
A. had gone B. was going C. has gone D. went
12. The New Year is coming so most of the clothing stores are ________with people.
A. accustomed B. full C. crowded D. fed up
13. She often ________stamps of many other country in her spare time. She has a large
________of stamps.
A. collections/collects B. collects/collection C. collect/collective D. collecting/collect
14. At last, Mary could not master her piano lessons, ________made her parents disappointed.
A. which B. these C. for which D. that
15. You will get a good seat if you ________first.
A. came B. come C. have come D. will come
16. Our teacher said that we ________an English test the following week.
A. have had B. had C. would have D. will have
17. He has not developed mentally as much as others at the same age. He's ________.
A. mentally retarded B. mentally alert C. mentally restricted D. mentally ill
18. Keep calm! There is nothing to worry ________.
A. in B. on C. about D. for
19. I ________Mr. Thompson at the airport at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
A. am meeting B. am going to meet C. was meeting D. often meet
20. When Marie first went to Paris, she had very little money to live ________.
A. at B. in C. on D. by
Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question.
Faraday was born into a poor family. He received little schooling in his boyhood and had to start
work at an early age in a bookbinder’s shop. He was very interested in science, so he often attended
scientific lectures given by Sir Humphry Davy, a famous scientist at that time.
One day Davy discovered Faraday’s talent. As a result, he invited the boy to work in his
laboratory. At first Faraday was given very simple jobs, but later he had more important work to do. It was in
Davy’s laboratory that Faraday invented the generator and became a well-known scientist of England.
21. Why didn’t Faraday have a good education?
A. Because he wasn’t interested in studying. B. Because he didn’t have money.
C. Because his family was too poor. D. Because his father was a blacksmith.
22. Where did he work at his early age?
A. in a bookshop B. in a book club C. in a bookbinder’s shop D. in a book stall

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23. The boy often attended ________.
A. lectures B. sentences C. letters D. speeches
24. What did Faraday do at first in Davy’s laboratory?
A. uneasy jobs B. easy jobs C. difficult jobs D. complex jobs
25. What did Faraday do later in Davy’s laboratory?
A. more tiring work B. more boring work C. more simple work D. more important work
Read the passage and fill in the blank by choosing A, B, C or D.
Most people agree that computers are the most important (26)______of the 20th century. The first
business computers (27)______introduced just about fifty years ago, and now they are being used in a
wide variety of fields, from banking to space travel. However, until just a few years ago, computers
were very large, expensive machines (28)______by large corporations and governments. Although
everyone knew that computers existed, very few people had ever seen one and even fewer had used
one. Then in the 1970s the silicon chip was invented. Because this electronic device could
(29)______a large amount of information in a very small space, computers could be much smaller and
less expensive than the huge mainframe computers used by corporations. Some computer
manufacturers believed that people might lie to have computers in (30)______homes, offices, and
schools, so the personal computers was born.
26. A. inventory B. invention C. invent D. inventive
27. A. have been B. had been C. were D. are
28. A. belonged B. owned C. had D. was
29. A. store B. hide C. stock D. provide
30. A. his B. our C. its D. their
Do the following sentences as directed in parentheses.
31. Mr Vy often gets up at 4:30. (Make the question from the underlined words)
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32. Barbara stayed with an Italian family when she was in Italy. (Rewrite the sentence using “used to”)
@________________________________________________________________________________
33. The farmers have cut a lot of trees for firewood. (Rewrite the sentence into the passive voice)
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34. I enjoyed the film although the story was silly. (Rewrite the sentence using “in spite of”)
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35. Mark stopped working because he felt tired. (Rewrite the sentence using “because of”)
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36. He has had this car ________six months. (Fill in the blank with a suitable word)
37. If this film (finish) __________, I’ll stop the video. (Give the correct form of the verb in parentheses)
38. “I'm taking my driving test tomorrow.” he said. (Rewrite the sentence into the reported speech)
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39. He stopped working because of having a headache.
@ Because_________________________________________________________________________
40. It’s nearly twenty years since my father saw his brother.
@ My father hasn’t__________________________________________________________________
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