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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 483
Họ, tên thí sinh:
Số báo danh:
I. Choose the word that best fits the blank in the following passage.
I am thirty years old. I (1) _____born in a small town in the west of England. I (2) _____ there
all my life, but I usually (3) ______my holiday in London. My town is not the same as in 1960 or
1965. In those days, we (4) ________walk from one side to the other side in about 15 minutes. There
(5) _______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 (6) _______
1. A. have B. was C. am D. were
2. A. will live B. am living C. have lived D. lived
3. A. spend B. am spending C. am passing D. pass
4. A. were able B. can C. was able to D. could
5. A. have been B. has been C. were D. was
6. A. this B. them C. their D. they
II. Choose the sentence (A, B,C, or D) which is closest in meaning to the sentence printed before.
7. I didn't use to like football.
A. I don't like football.
B. When I was young I liked football, but now I don't.
C. Once I didn't like football, but now I do.
D. I wasn't accustomed to football.

A B C D
IV. Choose the word or phrase - A, B, C, or D - that best completes the sentence.
19. _________ Ali went to sleep, he had called his family.
A. Before B. After C. As soon as D. While
20. I_________ swimming in the stream near my house when I was small.
A. used to go B. used to going C. am used to going D. was used to go
21. _________money do you earn? - About £250 a week.
A. How much B. What C. How many D. Which
22. Jane isn't on the phone, _______ makes it difficult to contact her.
A. who B. which C. what D. where.
23. He behaved like an adult. I think he is more_________ than the other boys at his class.
A. intelligent B. mature C. ambitious D. developed
24. The alarm clock _________ off, which woke everyone up.
A. rang B. went C. gave D. put
25. To build a fair society, rich people should be responsible for helping __________
A. poor B. the poor C. the poorly D. the poorly people
26. “_________ do you go swimming?” – “Twice a week.”
A. What time B. How C. How long D. How often
27. I'd like to borrow this book. _________it yet?
A. Did you read B. Had you read C. Have you read D. Do you read
28. He agreed_________the job as soon as possible.
A. start B. starting C. to start D. to be started.
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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