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SỞ GD & ĐT SƠN LA

ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA KỲ I - NĂM HỌC 2010 - 2011
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
LỚP: 10
Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút

(Học sinh làm bài trực tiếp vào đề)
Mã đề thi 316
Họ, tên thí sinh:
Số báo danh:
I. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C, or D - that best completes the sentence.
1. _________money do you earn? - About £250 a week.
A. How many B. What C. How much D. Which
2. He agreed_________the job as soon as possible.
A. to start B. starting C. start D. to be started.
3. Jane isn't on the phone, _______ makes it difficult to contact her.
A. who B. what C. which D. where.
4. I_________ swimming in the stream near my house when I was small.
A. used to going B. used to go C. am used to going D. was used to go
5. To build a fair society, rich people should be responsible for helping __________
A. the poorly B. poor C. the poor D. the poorly people
6. The alarm clock _________ off, which woke everyone up.
A. rang B. put C. gave D. went
7. I'd like to borrow this book. _________it yet?
A. Did you read B. Have you read C. Had you read D. Do you read
8. “_________ do you go swimming?” – “Twice a week.”
A. What time B. How C. How often D. How long
9. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more_________ than the other boys at his class.

18. Henry should have done his homework last night, but he watched TV instead.
A. Henry didn't watch TV last night because he had to do his homework.
B. Henry watched TV last night instead of doing his homework.
C. Henry did his homework while watching TV.
D. Henry had already done his homework before he watched TV.
IV. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
19. A. sugar B. cup C. put D. pull
20. A. tea B. sea C. meat D. wear
21. A. teacher B. water C. term D. other
22. A. bird B. shirt D. thirsty D. tired
V. Choose the word that best fits the blank in the following passage.
I am thirty years old. I (23) _____born in a small town in the west of England. I (24) _____
there all my life, but I usually (25) ______my holiday in London. My town is not the same as in 1960
or 1965. In those days, we (26) ________walk from one side to the other side in about 15 minutes.
There (27) _______two schools but no big factories. Then in 1968 they build two factories, and a lot of
people came to my town. Both the factories are very big and I now have a job in one of (28) _______
23. A. am B. have C. was D. were
24. A. have lived B. am living C. lived D. will lived
25. A. am spending B. spend C. am passing D. pass
26. A. can B. could C. was able to D. were able
27. A. have been B. has been C. was D. were
28. A. they B. this C. their D. them
VI. Give the correct form of the verbs in brackets.
29. When I was small, I always (want)_________________ to be a pilot.
30. Mrs. Black often (do)____________________ the shopping at weekends.
31. When I got home last night, everyone (go) __________________to bed as it was too late.
32. (you/ water)____________________________the flowers yet?
VII. Read the passage below and answer the questions that follow.
Thomas Edison was born on February 11
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