The First Term examination - School Year: 2008 - 2009
Phuoc Long High School Subject: English 10 - Time : 45 Minutes
Your full name:………………………………………………………………………….Class : 10A ………………………………………………
PART I: PHONETICS:
I.Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others :
1. a.orange b.today c.occasion d.complain
2. a.excursion b.sunburn c.nurse d.picture
3. a.weather b.ready c.early d.instead
II.Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently than the others:
4. a.essential b.difference c.expensive d.discussion
5. a.multimedia b.documentary c.environment d.education
6. a.attempt b.scientist c.carry d.mountain
PART II LEXICONS AND GRAMMAR :
7. the computer is out of work. It is………………now.
a.useful b.useless c.using d.usage
8.mickey mouse is a famous………………….character.
a.play b.comedy c.film d.cartoon
9.a…………………………..person cannot hear any kind of sound.
a.mute b.deaf c.blind d.dumb
10.you can…………………………..a lot of information from the internet onto your own computer.
a.take b.print c.save d.download
11………………..does it take to get to london from here ?
a.how far b.how long c.how much d.how often
12.ann is interested in………………….young children.
a.teach b.teaches c.teaching d.to teach
13.my father……………………………….morning exercises.
a.wasn`t used to do b.didn’t use to doing c.didn’t use to do d. used to doing
14.i haven’t heard from maria……………………….
a.since many months before b.for many months c.for many months ago d.since last year
15.marie curie…………………a nobel prize in chemistry in 1911.
a.was awarded b.has awarded c.awarded d.is awarded

illness.the environment will be improved because it will be possible to take the polluted air we breathe and
make it clean again.but perhaps the most exciting thought of all is that we won’t have to wait a thousand years
for nanotechnology-many people believe there is a good chance it will come in our lifetime.
24.this passage is mainly about………………………
a.inventions b.nanotechnology c.technological changes d.small machines
25.according to the passage,…………………
a.our lives have been changed by technology b.we can use the internet to get information
c.we have been able to travel to the moon d.all are correct
26.nanotechnology is………….
a.the skill of building very small machines b.the science of building computers
c.the new computer technology d.the recent advance in medical technology
27.which change will nanotechnology NOT bring about ?
a.fatal diseases will be cured b.the air will be cleaner
c.the pollution will be reduced d.the environment will be protected
28.which of the following is NOT true ?
a.scientists have a lot of interest in nanotechnology
b.the size of the machines will be much smaller than the smallest bit of dust.
c.nanotechnology will bring about some changes in the medical fields.
d.many people believe that they have to wait a thousand years for nanaotechnology.
PART IV:WRITING
A.which of the statements means exactly the same as the sentence printed before it
29.”if I were you, I would not smoke too much .” ,my brother said to me.
a.My brother advised me not smoke too much b. My brother advised me not to smoke too much
c. My brother advised me not smoking too much d. My brother advised me to smoke a little.
30.”please don’t tell anyone what happened.?
a.he asked me not to tell someone what happened. B.he asked me to tell someone what happened
c.he asked me not to tell anyone what had happened d.he asked me not telling what happened
31.would you like to go on a picnic with us this weekend?”
a.they invited me to like to go on a picnic with us this weekend
b.they invited me to go on a picnic with us this weekend