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TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN THƯỢNG HIỀN

ĐỀ THI HỌC KỲ 2

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NĂM HỌC 2014 - 2015
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH - LỚP 10

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
1. A. answer

B. listen

C. music

D. solemn

B. medicine

C. examine

D. determine

B. special

C. difficult

D. ocean

B. detective film

C. romantic comedy

D. thriller

K: C
7. His only chance of ______ was a heart transplant.
A. existence

B. life

C. survival

D. living

K: C
8. Success is dependent _______ how hard you have worked.
A. upon

B. into

C. onto

D. out of

K: A
9. That film is only 90 minutes _______ length but it is very interesting.
A. on


12. She was not in the back yard and _______ upstairs.
A. either she was B. nor she was

C. nor was she

D. no she was

C. is said for being

D. is said being

K: C
13. The president _______ seriously ill.
A. is said

B. is said to be

K: B
14. I didn’t know you were asleep. Otherwise, I ______ so much noise.
A. didn’t make

B. wouldn’t make

C. wouldn’t have made

D. won’t make

K: C
15. The schoolboys are in a hurry _______ to miss their school bus.
A. not


B. we realized

C. had we realized

D. we had realized

K: A
19. Kate is going to the United States for her holiday. She _______ up for nearly a year now.
A. save

B. saves

C. is saving

K: D
20. - “What do you think of love story films?”

- “_______”

A. I don’t think so.

B. I find them moving.

C. I prefer love story films.

D. That’s a good idea.

K: B


who make motion pictures take great pride in their (23)_________ work. Like artists who express
themselves by painting, movie-makers express their ideas by making movies. The cost of creating a
movie that is an art as well as a business is generally greater than the money needed to
(24)________ any other work of art like a piece of music or a painting. Although the movies only
date back to the late 1800s, the motion picture (25)_________ is now a gigantic one. A good movie
can cost several million dollars and require the skills before it is completed.
Key:
21. enable
22. those
23. creative
24. create
25. industry
Read the passage below carefully and choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D).
The earliest turtles were known from around 200 million years ago, which makes turtles one of the
oldest reptile groups, and a much more ancient group than the lizards and snakes. About 300 species
are alive today. Some are highly endangered. Turtles vary widely in size, although, marine turtles
tend to be relatively bigger animals than their land and freshwater relatives. The largest is a marine
turtle, which reaches a shell length of 200 cm and can reach a weight of over 900 kg. Freshwater
turtles are generally smaller. They became extinct at the same time as the appearance of Man, and it
is assumed that humans hunted them for food. Most turtles and tortoises have eyes placed on the
upper sides of their heads. Species of turtles that spend most of their life on land have their eyes
looking down at objects in front of them. The color of a turtle’s shell may vary. Shells are
commonly colored brown, black, or olive green.
In some species, shells may have red, orange, yellow, or grey markings and these markings are
often spots, lines. Even though many spend large amounts of their lives underwater, all turtles and


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tortoises are air-breathing reptiles, and must surface at regular intervals to refill their lungs with

A. have the same color

B. are always white

C. are commonly violet

D. are various in color

K: D
30. Turtles___________________.
A. cannot survive on land

B. lay eggs in the sea

C. are air-breathing reptiles

D. keep their eggs carefully

K: C
Sentence building:
31. It was not until / younger brother / grow up / she / got married//
32. She / going on / diet / lose weight//
33. The heavy rain / keep / going out / yesterday//
34. The movie / so / thrill / that / we / sleep / last night//
35. She / take / bus / in order not / late//
Key:
31. It was not until her younger brother grew up / had grown up that she got married.


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