ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021
Môn: ANH VĂN – Khối 10
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
I. A. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest: (0.8pt)
1. A. channel
B. media
C. cartoon
D. comment
2. A. beautiful
B. television
C. internet
D. interfere
B. Choose the word which has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently
from the others:
3. A. repeat
B. report
C. determine
D. together
4. A. instead
B. seat
C. cheap
D. please
II. Error identification: (1pt)
5. Have you finished reading the English magazine which I lend you 2 days ago?
A
B
C
D
6. Then the computer will ask you restart it.
A
B

12. I came in tired and hungry and badly _____ need of a bath.
13. Will you pick me _____ after the party?
14. It’s nice to have a weekend away _____ the city.
15. I’m looking forward _____ joining you in the trip.
V.
Supply the correct form of the words in brackets: (1pt)
16. They are working _______________ in the fields from sunrise to sunset. (hard)
17. You can work all the time. You need some rest and _______________. (relax)
18. You need your parents’ _______________ before you can go on this school trip. (permit)
19. The cottage is surrounded by the _______________ countryside. (glory)
20. She has been in a bad condition by _______________ and illness. (poor)
VI. A. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (1pt)
21. I hope _____________(have) a well-paid job.
22. They suggest __________________(call) the ambulance for the injured boys
B. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
23. When I _______________ home, the boy was sleeping. (arrive)
24. He’ll be late for the bus if he _______________ at once. (not start)
25. Who _______________ you yesterday? (help)
VII. Fill in the text with the appropriate word in the box below: (1pt)
Only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay pagoda are closed until after Tet. So we
are visiting the ____________(26) near Huong pagoda instead. A night campfire on a
________________(27) trip will be a great event in our schooldays! To make the trip cheap,
we are bringing our own food and sharing buses ___________(28) some other classes.
The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ ______________(29). They may not
want to let me stay the night ____________(30) from home. I’ll try to persuade them.
26. A one
B. ones
C. these
D. those
27. A. two day

31. What was Edison greatly interested in?
A. selling vegetables
B. growing vegetables
C. buying chemicals
D. studying chemistry
32. How did he earn money when he was 10?
A. by doing experiments
B. by selling magazines and fruits on a train
C. by selling chemicals
D. by growing and selling vegetables
33. He needed money _____________
A. to buy chemicals for experiments
B. to print a weekly magazines
C. to grow vegetables
D. A and B are correct
34. He was put off the train and lost the job because _____________
A. he set up the printing press
B. he began printing a weekly magazine
C. he carelessly set fire to the luggage van
D. he carelessly made the train catch fire
35. The phrase “set fire to” is closest in meaning to __________
A. burn
B. sell
C. damage
D. break
IX. Rewrite the following sentences with the words given: (2pts)
36. In spite of his low grades, he was admitted to university.
 Although __________________________________________________________
37. My father has driven them to the station. (change into passive).
 They________________________________________________________________

C. internet
D. interfere
B. Choose the word which has the underlined letter(s) pronounced differently
from the others:
3. A. repeat
B. report
C. determine
D. together
4. A. instead
B. seat
C. cheap
D. please
II.
Error identification: (1pt)
5. Have you finished reading the English magazine which I lend you 2 days ago?
A
B
C
D
6. Then the computer will ask you restart it.
A
B
C
D
7. I enjoyed talking to the people whom I had dinner with them last night.
A
B
C
D
8. If I will have to make a difficult decision, I always discuss it with my friends.

17. You can work all the time. You need some rest and ____relaxation____. (relax)
18. You need your parents’ __permission____ before you can go on this school trip. (permit)
19. The cottage is surrounded by the ___glorious___ countryside. (glory)
20. She has been in a bad condition by _poverty___ and illness. (poor)
VI.
A. Supply the correct form of the verbs in brackets: (1pt)
21. I hope _______to have______(have) a well-paid job.
22. They suggest ____calling___(call) the ambulance for the injured boys
B. Supply the correct tense of the verbs in brackets:
23. When I ___arrived_______ home, the boy was sleeping. (arrive)
24. He’ll be late for the bus if he ______doesn’t start_____ at once. (not start)
25. Who ______helped_____ you yesterday? (help)
VII.
Fill in the text with the appropriate word in the box below: (1pt)
Only today have we learnt that the caves near Thay pagoda are closed until after Tet. So we
are visiting the ____________(26) near Huong pagoda instead. A night campfire on a
________________(27) trip will be a great event in our schooldays! To make the trip cheap,
we are bringing our own food and sharing buses ___________(28) some other classes.
The only problem I seem to have is getting my parents’ ______________(29). They may not
want to let me stay the night ____________(30) from home. I’ll try to persuade them.
26. A one
B. ones
C. these
D. those
27. A. two day
B. two days
C. two-day
D. two-days



33. He needed money _____________
A. to buy chemicals for experiments
B. to print a weekly magazines
C. to grow vegetables
D. A and B are correct
34. He was put off the train and lost the job because _____________
A. he set up the printing press
B. he began printing a weekly magazine
C. he carelessly set fire to the luggage van
D. he carelessly made the train catch fire
35. The phrase “set fire to” is closest in meaning to __________
A. burn
B. sell
C. damage
D. break
IX.
Rewrite the following sentences with the words given: (2pts)
36. In spite of his low grades, he was admitted to university.
 Although his grades were low/ he got low grade, he was....
37. My father has driven them to the station (change into passive).
 They have been driven to the station by my father.
38. “I have worked here since 2010”.
 She said she had worked there since 2010.
39. If you don’t study well, you will fail the exam.
 Unless you study well, you will fail the exam.
40. The girl chatted with him yesterday. She arrived here at 6:30 (use relative clause)
 The girl who arrived here at 6:30 chatted with him yesterday.
X. Listen and fill in the blanks. (1 m)
How important to you is your mobile phone? Do you really (41)need it? In the 1980s there
were no mobile phones. People still(42) managed to phone their family and friends and do