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ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ 1

NĂM HỌC 2021-2022
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH 10
Thời gian làm bài: 40 phút

PHẦN ĐỀ THI

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position
of stress in each of the following questions
Câu 1. A. passionate B. disabled C. magical D. glorious
Câu 2. A. forecast B. wildlife C. leftover D. diploma

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other
three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Câu 3. A. altitude B. documentary C. feature D. communicator
Câu 4. A. shape B. attention C. cave D. brigade

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
Câu 5. We _______ along the beach when suddenly a huge wave _______ over the rocks.
A. are walking / crashed 
B. walked / was crashing 
C. were walking / crashed
D. walked / crashed

Câu 6. If you have difficulty _____, why don’t you try _____ for a while before turning out the lights?
A. sleeping / reading B. to sleep / reading C. to sleep / to read D. sleep / read

Câu 7. A _______ may hold information, process information, or both.

A. keyboard B. storage device C. mouse D. speaker

Câu 8. Kate ______ all the units of the book so far and _____ to get a good mark in the exam.
A. had revised / will hope B. is revising / is hoping 
C. revised / hope D. has revised / hopes

Câu 9. We have been discussing the problem _____.

A. since last week B. last week C. the previous week D. the week before

Câu 10. It is advisable to avoid _____ during the rush hour.

A. to travel B. travelling C. travel D. to travelling

Câu 11. Judging by the cold temperatures, it ______ tonight.

A. is going to snow B. is snowing C. snows D. will snow

Câu 12. He had to _____ permission from his parents to audition for the show.
A. hold B. give C. get D. ask

Câu 13. What program is ______ VTV3 ______ 7:30?

A. on on / at B. on / at C. on in / in C. in on / at
Câu 14. Our car has _____ , which means we can’t go away tomorrow.
A. broken up B. broken down C. put up D. put down

Câu 15. _____ is it since you last saw Linda?

A. How long B. How far C. How often D. How

Câu 16. Working in ____ travel industry, my brother goes abroad several times _____ month.
A. the / a B. the / X C. a / the D. a / a

Câu 17. The city council _____ every possible solution by the time the pandemic broke out last year.
A. considered B. will have considered C. had considered D. have considered

Câu 18. The firm allowed her to take a month's ______ to take care of her daughter.
A. leave B. leaving C. left D. leaves

Câu 19. To hear the full interview, ______ to the free National Geographic News podcast.
A. come B. subscribe C. enter D. follow

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the sentence that best completes each of the following
exchanges
Câu 20. - Peter: What do you think of the new software?
- Mark: ___________
A. I’ve been thinking about it for an hour.
B. It certainly seems easy to use.
C. It’s available now.
D. The shop over there sells it at discount prices.

Câu 21. - Man: How about stopping at that new coffee shop our way to work tomorrow?
- Woman: ________.
A. A pound of coffee, please.
B. By five o’clock, I think.
C. Ok, I’ve heard good things about it.
D. It’s in front of ACD school.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in the following question
Câu 22. A calculating machine speeds up calculations with perfect accuracy.
A. increases B. slows down C. quickens D. hurries

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined
word(s) in the following question
Câu 23. Mrs Collins is a cultured woman. She is very knowledgeable, and she also composes songs for people
at the local church.
A. educated B. immature C. pretty D. friendly

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in
the following questions.
Câu 24. His wife was there. Therefore, I decided not to say anything about the accident.
A. Although his wife was there, I decided not to say anything about the accident.
B. Because his wife was there, so I decided not to say anything about the accident.
C. Despite his wife’s being there, I decided not to say anything about the accident.
D. Because of his wife being there, I decided not to say anything about the accident.

Câu 25: A puppy had been left on the street. We took in it and gave it a home.
A. A puppy which had been left on the street we took in it and gave it a home.
B. A puppy who had been left on the street was taken in and given a home by us.
C. We took in the puppy which had been left on the street and gave it a home.
D. We took in the puppy whom we had left on the street and gave it a home.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable question to the underlined part.
Câu 26. Those earrings cost $10.
A. What do those earrings cost?
B. How do those earring cost?
C. Which was the price of those earrings?
D. Do those earrings cost $10?

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the following
question
Câu 27. For the last ten years, they have made many advances in cancer treatment to save millions of
patients globally.
A. For the last ten years, they have had advances made in cancer treatment to save millions of patients in the
world.
B. For the last ten years, a lot of advances has been made in cancer treatment to save millions of patients
globally.
C. For the last ten years, many advances in cancer treatment have been made to save millions of patients
globally.
D. For the last ten years, cancer treatment has been made advances to save millions of global patients.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the best sentence based on the given words or phrases
Câu 28. What / name / architect / design / house?
A. What is the name of the architect to design your house?
B. What was the name of an architect who designed your house?
C. What is the name of the architect who designed your house?
D. What is name of an architect designing your house?

Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the
following questions.
Câu 29. We have a house on the mainland now, but we would live on a small island.
A. have B. the C. would live D. on
Câu 30. Despite of the fact that I live in the city center, it still takes me half an hour to commute to work.
A. live B. to commute C. Despite of D. the

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word or
phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks from 31 to 35.
GOSSIP – The source of media
When we think of the traditional media, we think of reliable editorial content, with professional (31) _____
reporting the news in a politically balanced way. But before the nineteenth century, there was no method of
transmitting information to the wider public and the main sources of information (32) _____ casual
conversations in the marketplace. Friends wrote letters to each other and the revelations they shared were
always rich in personal opinion. Sometimes it was the high-profile lives of (33) _____ rich and well-known
which caught their attention, but whoever their focus, they didn’t shy away from offering their opinions.
We’ve always had bias in the news, so it is a little ironic that the one-sided views on “social media” have been
branded as something new. There do seem (34) _____ a few more lies to expose withing posts, but it’s how
things have always been done. It’s opinionated, judgmental and completely unfair when innocent people fall
for tricks online. But let’s face it: social media isn’t going anywhere, and the historical appetite for gossip is
never going to just disappear just (35) _____ a handful of people disapprove.

Câu 31. A. journal B. journalists C. journalism D. journalistic

Câu 32. A. were B. was C. are D. is
Câu 33. A. - B. the C. some D. a
Câu 34. A. have B. being C. having D. to be
Câu 35. A. due to B. because C. owing to D. according to

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to
each of the questions from 36 to 40.
High-Tech Help for People with Disabilities
Assistive technology helps the disabled do things that would otherwise be very difficult, if not impossible.
Every day, new high-tech devices aimed at facilitating mobility or communication come to the market. These
have the potential to be of great help to people with mobility problems, blindness, hearing difficulties, speech
impairments, cerebral palsy, stroke damage, autism, brain damage, and more.

In recent years, information technology has become much more accessible to people with special needs. From
specially-designed keyboards used by people with limited hand function to software that uses a computer-
generated voice to read the text on a computer screen, assistive technology has brought information
technology into the lives of people with conditions that used to prevent them from enjoying such access. For
example, eye-
controlled devices, such as computers, can enable people with various disabilities to lead more independent
lives, and even to work.

One of the many non-profit organizations whose goal is to empower people with disabilities is California-based
Project:Possibility. This group’s main aim is to develop software that will “unlock new areas of life for people
with disabilities”. The software created by the individuals at Project:Possibility is open source, which means
that it is available to anyone who wants it, free of charge. The organization doesn’t prevent anyone from
taking part in developing its projects either, and the result is that a diverse set of participants can be found at
Project:Possibility, including people with disabilities, educational specialists, artists and professional engineers
of all disciplines.

Some of their most interesting projects include the Barcode Reader, which informs the blind about products, in
stores in an audio format, and the Power Reader, which is a text reader and a learning tool for people with
dyslexia, a condition which causes difficulty in reading and spelling.

Câu 36. What does the word “These” in paragraph 1 refer to?
A. the deaf
B. new high-tech devices
C. the blind
D. the dumb
Câu 37. The goal of Project:Possibility is to ______
A. employ an exclusively disabled workforce.
B. treat people with physical disabilities.
C. make a profit developing assistive technology.
D. expand the horizons of people with special needs.
Câu 38. Which of the following is NOT true about assistive technology, according to the passage?
A. It can help people with special needs earn a living.
B. Most of it is created for people with mobility problems.
C. It can improve communication between disabled people and others.
D. It can contribute to devices that facilitate mobility.
Câu 39. Based on the information provided in the passage, which of the following would be an example of
assistive technology?
A. a ramp to allow wheelchair access to a building
B. a computer game that helps people who are not hard of hearing understand deafness
C. voice-recognition software that transcribes in Braille
D. a machine used to identify medical problems
Câu 40. The primary purpose of the Barcode Reader is to ____
A. provide the visually-impaired with product information.
B. help supermarket sales.
C. assist dyslexic people in learning to read.
D. interest users in participating in Project:Possibility.

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ĐÁP ÁN ĐỀ CHÍNH THỨC

1. B 2. D 3. C 4. B 5. C 6. A 7. B 8. D 9. A 10. B
11. A 12. C 13. A 14. B 15. A 16. A 17. C 18. A 19. B 20. B
21. C 22. B 23. A 24. D 25. C 26. A 27. C 28. C 29. C 30. C
31. B 32. A 33. B 34. D 35. B 36. B 37. D 38. B 39. C 40. A