First Term English Test for Grade 10, 2019 Code: 101

HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FIRST - TERM ENGLISH TEST

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIFTED STUDENTS FOR GRADE 10
Time allowance: 60 minutes
Code: 101
Name: ..............................................................................
Class: ...............................................................................
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
Question 1: A. fortunate B. late C. donate D. debate
Question 2: A. sinking B. function C. handle D. anxiety
Choose the word whose stress is placed differently from the others.
Question 3: A. skeletal B. nervous C. acupuncture D. respiratory
Question 4: A. harmony B. precaution C. blackboard D. lighthouse
Choose the word that is CLOSET in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.
Question 5: Just by mimicking his father, he could become a talented pianist.
A. imitating B. fastening C. immitating D. inspiring
Question 6: She volunteered to teach in a school for the handicapped children.
A. Young B. rich C. disabled D. poor
Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following
questions.
Question 7: Some volunteers who used to be ignorant or narrow-minded become more concerned and
aware of the problems facing the world.
A. open to different people B. open to different opinions
C. not open to different people D. not open to different opinions
Question 8: Compound exercises can increase strength and size far more effectively than isolation
exercises
A. light B. heavy C. mixed D. single
Choose the underlined part that is incorrect in Standard English in each of the following sentences.
Question 9: My sister and I were reading a comic book online when our father was coming in.
A. My sister and I B. were reading C. online D. was coming
Question 10: Do you get annoying if your parents ask you to help out in your free time.
A. Do you get B. annoying C. ask D. help out
Question 11: My father prefers watching films at home than going to the cinema
A. Father B. watching C. than D. the
Question 12: Hundreds of houses and other buildings were destroying by the tropical storm.
A. Hundreds B. other C. were destroying D. tropical storm
Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences below.
Question 13: The __________ of warm clothes from the __________ last winter was really meaningful
to those poor children.
A. donation- donate B. donate- donater
C. donation- donaters D. donation- donors
Question 14: I always try __________ in quietly but they always hear me __________ upstairs. It’s
impossible __________ an old wooden staircase at night without any noise.
A. To come/ to go/ to climb B. coming/ to go/ to climb
C. to come/ go/ to climb D. to come/ go/ climbing
Question 15: Ann thinks she ought to go to the university, __________ she wants to get qualifications for
her dream job.
A. and B. yet C. for D. so
Question 16: Jim __________ a plate when he __________ the washing-up
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A. break- is doing B. was breaking- did

C. broke- was doing D. broke- did
Question 17: Women also work to earn money to share the household __________ burden with their
husbands.
A. finance B. financial C. finances D. household
Question 18: We are all in the garden for the monthly family gathering. I __________ some omelets and
eel soup for the whole family. They __________ us healthy.
A. am preparing- keep B. prepare- are keeping
C. prepare- keep D. are preparing- are keeping
Question 19: My parents __________. My mother usually does more housework than my father.
A. split chores equally B. divide chores equally
C. don’t share chores equally D. all the answers are correct
Question 20: A: Why are you putting on your coat?
B: I __________ my dog out for a walk.
A. am going to take B. will take C. took D. was taking
Question 21: She does __________ work for the Red Cross of her school
A. volunteerism B. voluntary C. voluntarily D. voluntarism
Question 22: This organization is not intended to make a profit but to make money for the conservation
of ocean mammals. We are a __________ organization
A. not- profit B. no- profit C. non- profited D. non- profit
Question 23: We __________ her again since she __________school.
A. haven’t seen/ left B. saw/ has left
C. didn’t see/ has left D. have seen/ left
Question 24: The self- cleaning glass window and the fabric used to make umbrellas __________ the
smooth leaves of a lotus plant.
A. inspire B. are inspired by C. invent D. are invented by
Question 25: Earbuds are used __________ to music without __________ other people
A. to listening/ disturbing B. for listening/ to disturb
C. to listen/ disturbing D. to listen/ disturb
Question 26: His performance made me ________ asleep
A. fall B. to fall C. feel D. to feel
Question 27: Women whose husbands do not contribute ________ the household chores are more
vulnerable ________ illness and tend to think more about divorce.
A. To-with B. for- to C. to- to D. for- with
Question 28: I ________ of selling my car. Would you be interested in ________ it?
A. Think/ buy B. am thinking/ to buy
C. am thinking/ buying D. will think/ buying
Question 29: Food ________ down and ________ into energy in the digestive system.
A. breaks- converts B. is broken- converted
C. is breaking- converting D. broke- converted
Question 30: It is very ________ as it can do many things
A. portable B. economical C. versatile D. changeable
Question 31: ________ is the controller of the body. Led by the brain and nerves, it allows us to move,
talk and feel emotions.
A. circulatory system B. digestive system
C. respiratory system D. nervous system
Question 32: ________ is a device used to close a piece of clothing.
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A. Loop B. Hook C. Fabric D. Fastener

Question 33: My wife ________ most of the household chores around the house. She is the ________
and I’m the ________.
A. handles- homemaker- breadwinner
B. splits- homemaking- breadwinning
C. shares- homemaker- breadwinner
D. divides- homemaking- breadwinning
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes each of
the following exchanges.
Question 34: How did you come here this morning?
A. Thanks. That was right. B. By bus.
C. The weather was too bad. D. It cost a lot of money.
Question 35: “Thank you so much for your help, Miss Lan.” “………………..”
A. You’re welcome B. You’re right C. I know that D. Don’t forget it
Read the passage and choose the best answer for each of the questions about it.
Books and reading are a very important part of education. If you go into someone’s house in the modern
world, they will usually have some sort of bookshelf full of books that they like to read. Some very
educated or book-loving people have large rooms full of books. Nowadays, you can have many books
without needing a room to store them. The Internet is making it more efficient for people to read. Web
sites now make it easy for people to buy books. Thousands of books are available online. You can buy
used books or new books. Now you can even buy electronic books. The Kindle, released by the web site
Amazon, allows people to download books online and read them on the device. People can download
hundreds of books at a time and put them on this small, hand-held e-book reader. The personal libraries of
the past still look good and many people still like to have paper books, but e-book readers like the Kindle
are changing things fast. Now people can carry huge libraries with them anywhere. People can read books
for a lot cheaper as well. Books bought electronically are inexpensive because they do not have to be
printed. They are stored in files and sold straight to the device. The Kindle and other reading devices are
going to is change book-buying and reading forever.
Question 36: What would be the best title for the passage?
A. A New Age of Writing
B. Libraries Lost and Forgotten
C. Changes in the Reading Culture
D. Electronics Replacing Written Literature
Question 37: The author mentions all of the following EXCEPT ______.
A. carrying huge libraries everywhere
B. the Internet making it easier for people to read
C. books and reading as an important part of education
D. where to buy inexpensive books in North America
Question 38: Why does the author mention “the Kindle”?
A. To imply that soon libraries will not exist
B. To suggest that every book is now electronic
C. To show that there are few regular books now
D. To give an example of an electronic reading device
Question 39: What do the Kindle and other e-book readers allow people to do?
A. Read faster
B. Read books with friends
C. Travel with more books
D. Buy more books in stores
Question 40: What are the Kindle and other reading devices going to do to reading?
A. Destroy it
B. Make it difficult
C. Make it different
D. Make people stop reading
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Choose the best answers to complete the following passage.

Seeing live music
There's something very special about (41) ________ to a live concert. Although CDs are wonderful,
allowing you to listen to your favourite band in the comfort of your own home, they cannot create the true
atmosphere of a live (42) ________ . Whether you have queued up for tickets, or sent off for them
months before, you get the same feeling of excitement when you finally make it into the concert venue.
Standing with (43) ________other fans, you eventually see the road crew leave the stage. How can you
keep still after that, with everyone around you (44) ________, as the musicians come on stage? Even if it
is not your favourite band, you soon get carried away by the rhythm and power of the music. Like waves
in a heavy sea, the audience around you rocks and sways to the beat of each song. And when it seems to
be over, you stamp your feet and shout for more, and are rewarded at last by the (45)________ of the
band running back on stage for that final encore. Give me live music every time!
Question 41: A. going B. seeing C. watching D. attending
Question 42: A. act B. performance C. play D. exhibition
Question 43: A. thousands B. thousands of C. thousand D. thousand of
Question 44: A. yelling and screaming B. yells and screams
C. yelled and screamed D. yell and scream
Question 45:. A. sight B. look C. word D. sign
Choose the correct sentence that has the closest meaning to the original one.
Question 46: She has cooked for dinner for two hours.
A. She didn't start cooking for dinner until it was two.
B. She started cooking for dinner two hours ago.
C. She has two hours to cook for dinner.
D. Cooking for dinner took her two hours.
Question 47: It's a long time since I saw a movie.
A. I spent a long time looking for a movie to see.
B. I have seen some movies so far.
C. I haven't seen movie for a long time.
D. I saw a movie that took very long time.
Question 48: The plane had scarcely taken off when it crashed.
A. The plane took off and soon afterwards it crashed.
B. The plane hardly crashed after it took off.
C. When the plane was taking off, it crashed.
D. When the plane crashed, it hadn't taken off yet
Choose the best sentence (a, b, c, or d) made from the given cues.
Question 49: It/ wonderful/ hear/ magnificent performance//
A. It was wonderful to hear such a magnificent performance.
B. It was wonderful of hearing a magnificent performance.
C. It's wonderful to hear such magnificent performance.
D. It will wonderful to hear a such magnificent performance.
Question 50: He/ not keep/ promise/ visit me/ regularly/./
A. He doesn't keep promising and visiting me regularly.
B. He didn't keep his promise to visit me regularly.
C. He hasn't kept to promise to visit me regularly.
D. He doesn't keep his promise to visit to me regularly.

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