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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer
sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
The custom of paying a bride price before marriage is still a well-established part of
many African cultures. In paying a bride price, the family of the groom must provide
payment to the family of the bride before the marriage is allowed. The bride price can
vary greatly from culture to culture in Africa. In the Zulu and Swazi tribes of southern
Africa, the bride price often takes the form of cattle. In Western African, kola nuts,
shells, and other goods are often used for the payment of the bride price. The
actual payment of money sometimes takes place, but the payment of goods is more
frequent. The amount of paid in a bride price can also vary. In modern times, the bride
price is occasionally quite small and its value is mainly symbolic. However, the bride
price can still be quite high, especially among prominent or highly traditional families.
There are a number of justifications used to explain the payment of bride price. The
first is that the bride price represents an acknowledgement of the expense the bride’s
family has gone in order to raise her and bring her up as a suitable bride for the groom.
It also represents payment for the loss of a family member, since the bride will officially
become a member of her husband’s family and will leave her own. On a deeper level
the bride price represents payment for the fact that the bride will bring children into the
family of the groom, thereby increasing the wealth of the family. This concept is
reinforced by the fact that the bride price must often be returned if the bride fails to bear
children.
The payment of the bride price has quite a number of effects on African society. First,
the payment of bride price acts to increase the stability of African family structures.
Sons are dependent on their fathers and older relatives to help them pay the bride price
of their wives, and this generally leads to greater levels of obedience and respect. The
negotiations between the two families concerning the bride price allow the parents and
other family members to meet and get to know one another before the marriage. Finally,
since the bride price must often be repaid in case of divorce, the bride’s family often
works to make sure that any marital problems are solved quickly. Bride prices also
work as a system of wealth distribution in African cultures. Wealthier families can afford
to support the marriage of their son, and thus their wealth is transferred to other
families.
Question 1. According to paragraph 1, all of the following are true of the bride price
EXCEPT
A. its amount and form can vary
B. its practice is occasionally only symbolic
C. it is a relatively new practice in Africa
D. it is generally higher among traditional families
Question 2. Why does the author mention the payment of money?
A. To stress that the use of goods in the payment of bride price is most common
B. To illustrate how the practice of bride price has changed over time.
C. To demonstrate how expensive a bride price can be sometimes.
D. To demonstrate the differences in how rich and poor families pay the bride price.
Question 3. The word “prominent” in the passage is closest in meaning to _______.
A. conservative
B. important
C. religious
D. educated
Question 4. The phrase “The first” in the passage refers to the first _________.
A. marriage
B. bride price
C. payment
D. justification
Question 5. It can be inferred from the paragraph 2 that African families ________.
A. never see their daughters after marriage
B. never see their daughters after marriage
C. pay the bride price on the day of the wedding
D. place great importance on childbirth
Question 6. The author uses the word “marital” to indicate that the problems are related
to ________.
A. money
B. laws
C. marriage
D. pregnancy
Question 7. Which f the following statements is TRUE?
A. Sometimes the bride’s family has to return the bride price to the groom’s for equal
distributionof wealth.
B. The initial negotiations over the birde price provide opportunities for 2 families to
meet each other.
C. Animals are nt an acceptable form of payment when it comes to paying the bride
prices.
D. Without having to pay the bride price, African men would not respect their family
members.
Question 8. Why are women often married to older men?
A. Young men lack the financial to marry.
B. The legal age for marriage is lower for women than for men.
C. Families are eager to gain the bride price from their daughter’s marriage.
D. Women live longer than men on average.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that
best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
Question 9. The guest on our show who has won the Opera. He is the youngest
professional golfer that has won this award so far.
A. The professional golfer who has won the Opera so far is the youngest guest on our
show.
B. The youngest professional golfer won the Opera so far is the guest on our show.
C. The youngest guest on our show is the professional golfer winning the Opera so far.
D. The guest on our show is the youngest professional golfer to win the Opera so far.
Question 10. We arrived at the conference. Then we realized that our reports were still
at home.
A. No sooner had we realized that our reports were at home than we arrived at the
conference.
B. Only after we arrived at the conference did we realize that our reports were still at
home.
C. Not until we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at
home.
D. Hardly had we arrived at the conference that we realized that our reports were still at
home.
Question 11. Mr. Brown said to me “Make good use of your time. You wont get such an
opportunity again.”
A. Mr. Brown let me make use of my time, knowing that I wouldn’t get such an
opportunity again.
B. Mr. Brown ordered me to make good use of my time, said that I wouldn’t get such an
opportunity again.
C. Mr. Brown offered me such an opportunity so that I could make good use of my time.
D. Mr Brown advised me to make good use of my time as I wouldn’t get such an
opportunity again.
Question 12. Perhaps, the violent was provoked by the fans of the visiting team.
A. It can have been the visiting team’s fans that set off the violence.
B. The fans of the visiting team must have been the people who began the violence.
C. There might have been some violence caused by the visiting team’s fans.
D. The fans of the visiting team sould have brought about the violence.
Question 13. People say that Mr Goldman gave nearly a million pounds to charity last
year.
A. Mr Goldman is said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
B. Nearly a million pounds is said to be given to charity by Mr Goldman.
C. Mr Goldman was said to have given nearly a million pounds to charity last year.
D. Nearly a million pounds was said to have been given to charity by Mr Goldman.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to
each of the following questions.
Question 14. Most people indulge _________ harmless to relieve the boredom of their
lives.
A. Of B. in C. to D. for
Question 15. _______ they’ve already made their decision, there’s nothing much we
can do.
A. Seeing that
B. on grounds that
C. asuming that
D. for reasons that
Question 16. _______, the town does not get much of an ocean breeze.
A. Locating near the coast
B. Despite location near the coast
C. Though located near the coast
D. In spite having location near the coast
Question 17. We missed the ferry yesterday morning. It ________ by the time we
arrived at the pier.
A. Has already gone
B. was already going
C. had already gone
D. already went
Question 18. If the prisoners attempt to escape from prison, _______ immediately.
A. They will have caught
B. They will catch
C. they will be caught
D. they would be caught
Question 19. With its thousands of rocks and caves ________ out of the water, Ha
Long Bay has won international recognition.
A. Being emerged
B. emerged
C. emerging
D. emerges
Question 20. Is that the man, _______?
A. Whom you lent the money
B. Whom did you lend the money
C. you lent the money
D. you lent the money to
Question 21. His reply was so _________ that I didn’t know how to interpret it.
A. Explicable
B. assertive
C. explantory
D. ambiguous
Question 22. Shelly disagreed with the board’s decision. She ______ and went to work
for another company.
A. Pursed
B. resigned
C. abandoned
D. retained
Question 23. As an ASEAN member, VN has actively participated in the groups
programs and has also created new ________ and cooperation mechanics.
A. Initiatives
B. initators
C. initations
D. initates
Question 24. Archaelogists think that massive floods could have ________ the
dinosaurs.
A. Wiped out
B. laid out
C. put aside
D. taken down
Question 25. I’m going on business for a week, so I’ll be leaving everything ________.
A. On your guard
B. up to your eyes
C. in your capable hands
D. under the care of you
Read the passage and mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer to each of
the blanks.
The position of sport in today's society has changed out of all recognition. People no
longer seem to think of sports as 'just a game' - to be watched or played for the
(26)________ of enjoyment. Instead, it has become big business worldwide. It has
become accepted practice for leading companies to provide sponsorship. TV
companies pay large sums of money to screen important matches or competitions. The
result has been huge rewards for athletes, some of (27)_______ are now very wealthy,
particularly top footballers, golfers and tennis players. (28)_______ it is not unusual for
some athletes to receive large fees on top of their salary, for advertising products or
making personal appearances.
A trend towards shorter working hours means that people generally tend to have more
free time, both to watch and to take in sporting activity; sport has become a significant
part of the recreation industry that we now rely (29)________ to fill our leisure hours.
Professional sport is a vital part of that industry, providing for millions of (30)________
people all over the world.
Question 26.
A. advantage
B. good
C. benefit
D. sake
Question 27.
A. whose
B. whom
C. who
D. that
Question 28.
A. in addition
B. however
C. in contrast
D. therefore
Question 29.
A. for
B. with
C. on
D. in
Question 30.
A. ordinary
B. mightly
C. extremist
D. abnormal
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs
from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following
questions.
Question 31.
A. commerce
B. reserve
C. burden
D. comment
Question 32.
A. accomplish
B. embarrass
C. interpret
D. volunteer
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose
underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the
following questions.
Question 33.
A. approached
B. enforced
C. composed
D. embraced
Question 34.
A. sculpture
B. result
C. justice
D. figure
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
Question 35. The police have concluded tentatively that the explosion was caused by a
bomb.
A. Differently
B. hesitantly
C. certainly
D. temporally
Question 36. The palace was badly damaged by fire, but was eventually restored to its
original spiendor.
A. Refurbished
B. devasted
C. strengthened
D. renovated
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following
questions.
Question 37. He was attentive as Betsy and I talked about our charity concert to help
the victims of the recent floods.
A. Perceptive
B. indifferent
C. interested
D. negligent
Question 38. My father hit the roof when he found that I’d damaged the car.
A. Was over the moon
B. burst with anger
C. went with the flow
D. kept his shirt on
Mark the letter A, B, C or D in your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part
that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Question 39. Fruit and vegetables should be carefully (A) washed whether (B)
eaten fresh (C) or cook (D).
Question 40. The Netherlands, with much (A) of its land lying (B) lower than sea
level, have (C) a system of dikes and canals for controlling (D) water.
Đáp án
Quenstion 1 Quenstion 2 Quenstion 3 Quenstion 4 Quenstion 5
C A B D D
C B A D B
D C A B A
C C C C D
D B A A C
D B A C A
Quenstion 31 Quenstion 32 Quenstion 33 Quenstion 34 Quenstion 35
B D C D C
B C B D C
Phòng Giáo dục và Đào tạo .....
Đề thi Học kì 1
Năm học 2022 - 2023
Môn: Tiếng Anh 10
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
(Đề số 2)
Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the
others in each group
Question 1:
A. chat
B. drama
C. fact
D. back
Question 2:
A. media
B. get
C. bed
D. desk
Question 3:
A. deadly
B. healthy
C. dreamy
D. wealthy
Question 4:
A. hour
B. height
C. hell
D. head
Question 5:
A. meet
B. deed
C. geese
D. reelect
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each
group
Question 6:
A. partner
B. something
C. classmate
D. discuss
Question 7:
A. national
B. Liverpool
C. recommend
D. internet
Question 8:
A. animal
B. comedy
C. importanc
D. different
Question 9:
A. unknown
B. wealthy
C. moment
D. mountain
Question 10:
A. comment
B. reading
C. healthy
D. lucky
Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence
in the unit
Question 11: The President escaped through a secret passage underneath the
parliament building.
A. answer
B. hidden
C. confidence
D. basis
Question 12: Which channel do you recommend to someone who likes animals?
A. suggest
B. tell
C. speak
D. talk
Question 13: Documentary is a film or a radio or television program giving facts about
something.
A. things
B. numbers
C. truth
D. news
Question 14: What types of the media are the most and the least important to you?
A. successful
B. significant
C. wonderful
D. attractive
Question 15: Listen to the two radio news stories and check the right column under
News story 1 and News story 2.
A. honest
B. honorable
C. good
D. precise
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
Question 16: They take a _______ interest in their grandchildren.
A. live
B. alive
C. lively
D. living
Question 17: We're reading a _______ book this week.
A. differ
B. difference
C. different
D. differently
Question 18: She has been _______ criticized in the press.
A. heavy
B. heaviness
C. heavier
D. heavily
Question 19: Ask me again tomorrow. I'll have to give it some _______.
A. think
B. thought
C. thoughtful
D. thoughtless
Question 20: After the accident he suffered from loss of _______.
A. memory
B. memorize
C. memorable
D. memorably
Question 21: Diet plays an important role in the _______ of heart disease.
A. manage
B. manager
C. management
D. manageable
Question 22: Students say it is helpful if teachers _______ their pronunciation.
A. correct
B. correction
C. corrective
D. correctly
Question 23: Officially, Robert's in charge, but in _______ Hannah runs the office.
A. practice
B. practise
C. practical
D. practically
Question 24: Many locals are _______ opposed to the development.
A. strength
B. strong
C. strengthen
D. strongly
Question 25: Keep _______ by eating well and exercising regularly.
A. health
B. healthful
C. healthy
D. healthily
Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D
to complete it
World Wide Web (WWW), computer-based (1) _______ of information resources that
combines text and multimedia. The information on the World Wide Web can be
accessed and searched through the (2) _______, a global computer network. The
World Wide Web is often (3) _______ to simply as “the Web.”
The Web started to become a (4) _______ resource after 1993 when the first widely
distributed browser provided a convenient way to (5) _______ a variety of information
on the Internet. The Web uses (6) _______, which means that information can be
displayed in a wide variety of formats. (7) _______ can read text, view pictures, watch
animation, listen to sounds, and even explore interactive virtual environments on the
Web. A user can (8) _______ seamlessly from a document or Web page stored on the
computer to a document or Web page (9) _______ on another computer.
The Web offers a place where companies, universities and (10) _______ institutions,
and individuals can display information about their products, services, facilities, or
research, or their (11) _______ lives. Only a small percentage of information on the (12)
_______ is restricted to subscribers or other authorized users. The majority of Web
pages are available to (13) _______ who can access a computer that connects to the
Internet. The Web has become a (14) _______ for many companies selling products or
services, and a forum for people to exchange opinions and information. Museums,
libraries, government agencies, and schools post information on the Web to make it (15)
_______ to others.
Question 26:
A. system
B. source
C. network
D. resource
Question 27:
A. Computer
B. Radio
C. Television
D. Internet
Question 28:
A. said
B. referred
C. told
D. considered
Question 29:
A. popular
B. normal
C. ordinary
D. favorite
Question 30:
A. enter
B. access
C. come into
D. arrive at
Question 31:
A. yahoo
B. Media Player
C. information
D. multimedia
Question 32:
A. Users
B. People
C. Customers
D. Shop keepers
Question 33:
A. go
B. move
C. fly
D. run
Question 34:
A. placed
B. put
C. installed
D. stored
Question 35:
A. another
B. others
C. other
D. one another
Question 36:
A. private
B. popular
C. common
D. possessive
Question 37:
A. Computer
B. Network
C. System
D. Web
Question 38:
A. no one
B. everyone
C. someone
D. anyone
Question 39:
A. school
B. hospital
C. marketplace
D. company
Question 40:
A. good
B. available
C. free
D. valuable
Đáp án
Quenstion 1 Quenstion 2 Quenstion 3 Quenstion 4 Quenstion 5
B A C A D
D C C A A
B A C B D
C C D B A
C A A D C
C D B A B
D A B D C
A A D A C
C A D D B
B A A B A
Quenstion 16 Quenstion 17 Quenstion 18 Quenstion 19 Quenstion 20
C A B A D
A C C D A
B B A D D
F T F N T
T T F T T
(Đề số 4)
Choose the word whose underlined part has a different pronunciation from the
others in each group
Question 1:
A. technology
B. different
C. mental
D. dentist
Question 2:
A. computer
B. from
C. box
D. doctor
Question 3:
A. happy
B. weekly
C. accuracy
D. multiply
Question 4:
A. produced
B. wanted
C. needed
D. subtracted
Question 5:
A. magazine
B. device
C. live
D. unit
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others in each
group
Question 6:
A. beauty
B. machine
C. daily
D. modern
Question 7:
A. newspaper
B. multiply
C. magical
D. allowance
Question 8:
A. magazine
B. collection
C. performer
D. invention
Question 9:
A. request
B. subtract
C. produce
D. action
Question 10:
A. device
B. lighting
C. magic
D. worry
Select the synonym of the following bold and underlined word in each sentence
in the unit
Question 11: We visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty with the help of
computers.
A. stay with
B. look at
C. stop over
D. come to see
Question 12: We visit shops, offices, and places of scenic beauty with the help of
computers.
A. houses
B. pubs
C. stores
D. inns
Question 13: We read newspapers and magazines which have been produced on
computers.
A. born
B. shaped
C. begun
D. manufactured
Question 14: What makes computer a miraculous device?
A. strange
B. superhuman
C. wonderful
D. famous
Question 15: Each time you turn it on, with appropriate hardware and software, it is
capable of doing almost anything you ask.
A. suitable
B. good
C. right
D. important
Question 16: It is a calculating machine which speeds up calculations: it can add,
subtract, multiply, and divide with lightning speed and perfect accuracy.
A. full
B. total
C. capable
D. exact
Question 17: It is a calculating machine which speeds up calculations: it can add,
subtract, multiply, and divide with lightning speed and perfect accuracy.
A. precision
B. goodness
C. loveliness
D. wonder
Question 18: It is an electric store which manages large collections of data.
A. handles
B. works
C. drives
D. pilots
Question 19: Decide which of the three options below is the best title for the passage.
A. voices
B. desires
C. choices
D. answers
Question 20: Ask and answer questions about the uses of modern inventions.
A. up-to-date
B. new
C. late
D. present
Choose the best answer A, B, C or D for each sentence
Question 21: She noticed a marked _______ in the children on her second visit.
A. differ
B. difference
C. different
D. differently
Question 22: She had been a _______ in her day.
A. beauty
B. beautician
C. beautify
D. beautiful
Question 23: By my _______, we made a profit of £20 000 last year.
A. calculate
B. calculator
C. calculation
D. calculated
Question 24: The government provided an _______ £25 million to expand the service.
A. additive
B. addition
C. additional
D. additionally
Question 25: Disagreements about defence cuts have opened up deep _______ within
the military.
A. divide
B. divisions
C. divided
D. divisional
Question 26: Use conditioner regularly to make your hair soft and _______.
A. manage
B. management
C. manager
D. manageable
Question 27: I found the talk both informative and _______.
A. entertain
B. entertainer
C. entertaining
D. entertainment
Question 28: What’s your _______ of happiness?
A. definition
B. definite
C. indefinite
D. definitive
Question 29: We don’t know whether he’s _______ or dead.
A. live
B. lively
C. alive
D. living
Question 30: She has a highly _______ mind.
A. invent
B. inventive
C. inventor
D. invention
Read the following passage carefully, and then select the best option A, B, C or D
to complete it
Technology, general term for the processes by (1) _______ human beings fashion tools
and machines to increase (2) _______ control and understanding of the material (3)
_______. The term is derived from the Greek words tekhnē, which refers to an art or
craft, and logia, (4) _______ an area of study; thus, technology means, literally, the
study, or science, of crafting.
Many historians of science argue not only that technology is an essential condition of
advanced, industrial civilization (5) _______ also that the rate of technological change
has developed its (6) _______ momentum in recent centuries. Innovations now (7)
_______ to appear at a rate that increases geometrically, (8) _______ respect to
geographical limits or political systems. These innovations tend to transform traditional
cultural (9) _______, frequently with unexpected social consequences. Thus technology
can be conceived as both a creative and a destructive (10) _______.
Question 31:
A. that B. which C. whom D. what
Question 32:
A. the B. its C. their D. his
Question 33:
A. air
B. atmosphere
C. surroundings
D. environment
Question 34:
A. meaning
B. saying
C. telling
D. reading
Question 35:
A. and B. but C. or D. so
Question 36:
A. private
B. possessive
C. own
D. having
Question 37:
A. like B. want C. love D. seem
Question 38:
A. for B. by C. with D. without
Question 39:
A. systems
B. networks
C. world
D. matters
Question 40:
A. work
B. task
C. process
D. assignment
Đáp án
Quenstion 1 Quenstion 2 Quenstion 3 Quenstion 4 Quenstion 5
B B D A B
B D A D A
D C D C A
D A A C A
D C A C B
B C D A B
C D D A C
B C B A B
A B A D A
A D B C A
C A C B D
A B C D B
A D A D C
T F F T N