Đề kiểm tra cuối năm môn Tiếng Anh lớp 10
(Thời gian làm bài: 90 phút)
PART ONE : PHONOLOGY (10 ms)
A. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest (5ms)
1. A. height B. neighbour C. weigh D. eight
2. A. cook B. look C. pound D. could
3. A. easy B. head C. heavy D. weather
4. A. metre B. Sean C. ski D. leave
5. A. any B. many C. send D. place
B. Show where the strong stress lies in these five pairs : (5ms)
1. advertiser – advertisement 4. benefit - beneficial
2. ambiguous – ambiguity 5. celebrate - celebrity
3. architecture – architectural
PART TWO : VOCABULARY (20 ms)
A . Choose the best choice (10ms)
1. You should …………. a lawyer before you sign that document. (counsel / check / consult / communicate)
2. We couldn’t have our picnic because it began to ………… with rain. (flow / drench / run / pour)
3. We can no longer afford the cost of ……….. two cars, so we’re selling one. (operating / managing /
running / controlling)
4. My brother is a parachute ……….. (trainer / teacher / educator / instructor)
5. She doesn’t ……….. what people think about the way she dresses. (matter / care / attend / concern)
6. You can’t compare those two hotels. They’re not in the same ………. (form / class / band / set)
7. I enjoy working as his secretary, but he is such a perfectionist that it’s ……….. (exhausting / exhaustive /
fatigued / sleepy)
8. It is becoming more and more …………… that the Government has lost the confidence of the nation.
(understood / apparent / anticipated / expected)
9. In the summer we often sleep in the …………. air on our terrace. (clear / clean / open / full)
10. The taxi-drivers are complaining that their fares are too …………. (small / little / low / few)
B. Word forms (10ms)
1. Kate gave a child a ………………….…… of sweets. (hand)
2. The discussion was brought to a ………….………………. conclusion. (satisfy)

C.Fill in each blank with suitable phrasal verbs from the list : (5ms)
“pick up , own up , take in , settle down , see off , end up, work off”
1. I’ve lost a lot of weight recently. I’ll have to have my clothes ……..………………….
2. If William doesn’t mend his ways, he’ll ……………………… in prison.
3. Our chairwoman has just ………………………. That it was she who stole the jewel.
4. Children, go into the garden and …………………….. some of your energy there, not here in the house!
5. After living for years in a big house, we found difficult to ……………….. in a flat.
PART FOUR: READING COMPREHENSION (20 ms)
A. Reading comprehension (10ms)
The body of primitive man, a faraway and primitive man called Homo sapiens, so far as we can reconstruct
from the fragmentary evidence we have, was exactly like our own, and his brain was as big as that of
modern man and quite as complicated in structure. His intelligence and his ability to learn were probably as
great as that of the average man today, but he had a very meager inheritance of knowledge.
The use of tools and weapons of a primitive sort was probably passed on from the subhuman creatures, who
had learnt how to break stones and use the sharp-edged pieces for cutting and scraping, and how to use a
short, heavy stick for a club and a long, pointed one for a spear. The subhuman creatures knew how to make
use of fire when they found it, but they did not know how to make it.
They had probably also discovered the advantages of social living; that several families living together in a
tribe could offer each other help and protection, and that hunters killed more game if they banded together
and had a leader to direct the hunt.
The discovery that social living increased the odds in favor of survival was, perhaps, primitive man’s
greatest discovery - greater than either the discovery of fire or the invention of the wheel.
1. What we know of primitive man is based upon
A. pieces of evidence B. a great deal of evidence.
C. no evidence. D. pictures in caves.
2. The first real man
A. was unintelligent.
B. was incapable of learning.
C. received very little knowledge from his ancestors.
D. received a great store of knowledge from his ancestors.

Nobody ……………………………………………………………………………………………..
5. I’m sure it was by mistake that he took your umbrella.
I’m sure he didn’t ……………………………………………………………………………………. .
6. Katherine is the only real friend that Dolly has.
Except ……………………………………………………………………………………………….
7. Rita doesn’t realize how serious her husband’s operation is going to be.
Little …………………………………………………………………………………………………
8. Driving at that speed is dangerous on this road, whether you are an experienced driver or not.
However ……………………………………………………………………………………………
9. It’s such a wonderful opportunity that we mustn’t miss it.
It’s too ………………………………………………………………………………………………
10. Paul left the room without saying a word.
Paul didn’t …………………………………………………………………………………………
B. Rewrite the following sentences, using the given words. Do not alter these words (5ms)
1. I don’t personally care if they come or not. MATTER
…………………………………………………………………………………….
2. We didn’t go to the island that stormy weekend in case we couldn’t get back. FEAR
…………………………………………………………………………………….
3. You shouldn’t pay so much attention to their complaints. NOTICE
…………………………………………………………………………………….
4. Go and ask Mary. I’m sure she’ll know the answer. BOUND
…………………………………………………………………………………….
5. Your hair is much too long, dear. NEEDS
…………………………………………………………………………………….
C. Underline 10 mistakes in this passages , then correct them ( 10ms)
She was eight year old and small for her 1. ………………………………….
age and the baby brothers she carried on her 2. ………………………………….
left hips was large and plump so that all the 3. ………………………………….
way to the Grand house where her mother 4. ………………………………….
works, the little girl puffed and panted. 5. ………………………………….

A. Reading comprehension (10ms)
1A / 2C / 3A / 4B / 5C
B. CLOZE TEST : Fill in each numbered blank with a suitable word : (10ms)
1. of / 2. are / 3. schools / 4. by / 5. ago / 6. from / 7. enter / 8. test / 9. taught / 10. under
PART FIVE: WRITING (30MS)
A. Rewrite the following sentences, beginning with the words given (10ms)
1. Only a very brave person could have done that.
2. For fear of waking anyone up, Doris tiptoed up the stairs.
3. She said: “You might have invited us too”.
4. Nobody took any notice of my protests.
5. I’m sure he didn’t take your umbrella on purpose.
6. Except for Katherine, Dolly has no real friends.
7. Little does Rita realize how serious her husband’s operation is going to be.
8. However experienced a driver you may be, driving at that speed is dangerous on this road.