Đề thi giữa HK1 môn Tiếng Anh 10 Cánh diều năm 2023-2024

Câu 1:

A. compete

B. intend

C. medal

D. defend

Câu 2:

A. extinction

B. exhibit

C. exhaustion

D. exist

Câu 3:

A. hurricane

B. photograph

C. recommend

D. separate

Câu 4:

A. dangerous

B. computer

C. courageous

D. industrial

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Câu 5:

A. full of experience

B. lack of responsibility

C. without money

D. full of sincerity

Câu 6:

Lisa rarely smiles because she’s shy about exposing her crooked teeth.

A. pulling

B. hiding

C. showing

D. brushing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.

Câu 7:

A. interpreted something indirectly

B. described something unconsciously

C. said something correctly

D. misunderstood something seriously

Câu 8:

The most irritating people are those who always disturb others by asking really stupid questions.

A. annoying

B. exciting

C. cheerful

D. humorous

Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentences that best complete the exchange in the following questions.

Câu 9:

A. Better luck next time!

B. Have a go!

C. God bless you!

D. Have a nice trip

Câu 10:

Tim: "Where will you go on holiday?”

- David " ___________________ "

A. The beach is nice, isn’t it?

B. Probably I won't think of.

C. Probably to the beach.

D. I have a four-day vacation.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Câu 11:

A. have travelled

B. have been travelling

C. had travelled

D. had been travelling

Câu 12:

The fireworks festival is ____________ event that we all want to watch it.

A. such wonderful an

B. so wonderful an

C. a very wonderful

D. a too wonderful

Câu 13:

Many  tourists  have  decided  to  visit  Ha  Long  Bay  because  of  UNESCO’s  _____  of  its natural beauty.

A. accepting

B. protection

C. recognition

D. condition

Câu 14:

I’ve been ___________ with my friends for a couple of years.

A. out of reach

B. out of the condition

C. out of touch

D. out of the question

Câu 15:

I thought the party ___________________ really well.

A. came off

B. came up

C. came about

D. came across

Câu 16:

He denied ___________________ the window of the classroom.

A. to break

B. break

C. to breaking

D. breaking

Câu 17:

The government is aiming _______  a 40% reduction _________ unemployment.

A. to - of 

B. at - in

C. on - in

D. for - of

Câu 18:

You should be a little more _________  if you want to attract their attention.

A. imaginative

B. imagine

C. imagination

D. imaginatively

Câu 19:

I didn’t ___________________ to see my aunt when I was in Paris.

A. take

B. make

C. get

D. meet

Câu 20:

The _________ of new technology transformed our lives.

A. interaction

B. advent

C. emergency

D. identity

Câu 21:

What does global warming have ___________________ overpopulation?

A. to do

B. to do with

C. made

D. made up

Câu 22:

I think I put my ___________________ in it when I asked Lisa about her ex-husband.

A. thought

B. elbow

C. foot

D. nose

Can we see (23) _______ the earth is a globe? Yes, we can, when we watch a ship that sails out to sea. If  we  watch  closely,  we  see  that  the  ship begins  (24)  _______.  The  bottom  of  the  ship  disappears  first, and then the ship seems to sink lower and lower, (25) _______we can only see the top of the ship, and then we see nothing at all. What is hiding the ship from us? It is the earth. Stick a pin most of the way into an orange, and (26) _______  turn the orange away.

Câu 23:

A. if

B. where

C. that

D. when

Câu 24:

A. being disappeared

B. to be disappeared

C. to have disappeared

D. to disappear

Câu 25:

A. until

B. since

C. after

D. by the time

Câu 26:

A. reluctantly

B. accidentally

C. slowly

D. passionately

Câu 27:

A. the same

B. alike

C. just as

D. similar to

Because the low latitudes of the Earth, the areas near the equator, receive more heat than the latitudes near the poles, and because the nature of heat is to expand and move, heat is transported from the tropics to the middle and high latitudes. Some of this heat is moved by winds and some by ocean currents, and some gets stored in the atmosphere in the form of latent heat. The term “latent heat” refers to the energy that has to be used to convert liquid water to water vapor. We know that if we warm a pan of water on a stove, it will evaporate, or turn into vapor, faster than if it is allowed to sit at room temperature. We also know that if we hang wet clothes outside in the summertime, they will dry faster than in winter, when the temperature is lower. The energy used in both cases to change liquid water to water vapor is supplied by heat - supplied by the stove in the first case and by the Sun in the latter case. This energy is not lost. It is stored as vapor in the atmosphere as latent heat. Eventually, the water stored as vapor in the atmosphere will condense to liquid again, and the energy will be released to the atmosphere.

In the atmosphere, a large portion of the Sun’s incoming energy is used to evaporate water, primarily in the  tropical  oceans.  Scientists  have  tried  to  quantify  this  proportion  of  the  Sun’s  energy.  By  analyzing temperature, water vapor, and wind data around the globe, they have estimated the quantity to be about 90 watts per square meter, or nearly 30 percent of the Sun’s energy. Once this latent heat is stored within the atmosphere,  it  can  be  transported,  primarily  to  higher  latitudes,  by  prevailing,  large  -  scale  winds.  Or  it can  be transported  vertically  to higher levels in the atmosphere, where  it  forms  clouds and subsequent storms, which then release the energy back to the atmosphere.

Câu 28:

The passage mainly discusses how heat ___________________

A. is transformed and transported in the Earth’s atmosphere.

B. is transported by ocean currents.

C. can be measured and analyzed by scientists.

D. moves about the Earth’s equator.

Câu 29:

The passage mentions that the tropics differ from the Earth’s polar regions in which of the  following ways?

A. The height of cloud formation in the atmosphere.

B. The amount of heat they receive from the Sun.

C. The strength of their large scale winds.

D. The strength of their oceanic currents.

Câu 30:

The word “convert” is closest in meaning to ___________________ .

A. mix

B. change

C. adapt

D. reduce

Câu 31:

Why does the author mention “the stove” in the passage?

A. To describe the heat of the Sun.

B. To illustrate how water vapor is stored.

C. To show how energy is stored.

D. To give an example of a heat source

Câu 32:

According to the passage, most ocean water evaporation occurs especially _________ .

A. around the higher latitudes

B. in the tropics

C. because of large - scale winds

D. because of strong ocean currents

Câu 33:

According to the passage, 30 percent of the Sun’s incoming energy __________ 

A. is stored in clouds in the lower latitudes

B. is transported by ocean currents

C. never leaves the upper atmosphere

D. gets stored as latent heat

Câu 34:

The underlined word “it” refers to ___________________ .

A. square meter

B. the Sun’s energy

C. latent heat

D. the atmosphere

Often  the  craft  worker’s  place  of employment  in  ancient  Greece  was  set  in  rural  isolation.  Potter,  for instance, found it convenient to locate their workshops near their source of clay, regardless of its relation to the center of settlement, At Corinth and Athens, however, two of the best-known potters’ quarters were situated on the cities’ outskirts, and potters and makers of terra-cotta figurines were also established well within the city of Athens itself. The techniques of pottery manufacture had evolved well before the Greek period,  but marked  stylistic developments  occurred  in  shape  and  in  decoration,  for  example,  in  the interplay  of  black  and  other  glazes  with  the  red  surface  of  the  fired  pot.  Athenian  black-figure  and  red-figure decoration, which emphasized human figures rather than animal images, was adopted between 630 and  530  B.C.;  its  distinctive  color  and  luster  were  the  result  of  the  skillful  adjustments  of  the  kiln’s temperature during an extended three-stage period if firing the clayware. Whether it was the potters or the vase-painters  who  initiated  changes  in  firing  is  unclear;  the  functions  of  making  and  decorating  were usually divided between them, but neither group can have been so specialized that they did not share in the concerns of the other.

The  broad  utility  of  terra-cotta  was  such  that  workers  in  clay  could  generally  afford  to confine themselves to either decorated housewares like cooking pots and jars or building materials like roof tiles and  drainpipes.  Some  sixth-and  fifth-century  B.C.  Athenian  pottery  establishments  are  known  to  have concentrated  on  a  limited  range  of  fine  ware,  but  a  rural  pottery  establishment  on  the  island  of  Tliasos produced many types of pottery and roof tiles too, presumably to meet local demand. Molds were used to create  particular  effects  for  some  products,  such  as  relief-decorated  vessels  and  figurines;  for  other products  such  as  roof  tiles,  which  were  needed  in  some  quantity, they  were  used  to  facilitate  mass production. There were also a number of poor-quality figurines and painted pots produced in quantity by easy, inexpensive means- as numerous featureless statuettes and unattractive cases testify.

Câu 35:

The passage mainly discusses ancient Greek pottery and its __________ .

A. production techniques

B. similarity to other crafts

C. unusual materials

D. resemblance to earlier pottery

Câu 36:

It can be inferred from the passage that most pottery establishments in ancient Greece were situated ___________ .

A. in city centers

B. on the outskirts of cities

C. where clay could be found

D. near other potters’ workshops

Câu 37:

The word “marked” in the first paragraph is closest in meaning to __________ 

A. original 

B. attractive

C. noticeable

D. patterned

Câu 38:

The word “confine” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to _________ .

A.  adapt

B. train

C. restrict

D. organize

Câu 39:

It can be inferred from the passage that terra-cotta had which of the following advantages?

A. It did not break during the firing process.

B. It was less expensive than other available materials.

C. Its surface had a lasting shine.

D. It could be used for many purposes.

Câu 40:

The word “presumably” in the second paragraph is closest in meaning to ____________ 

A. frequently

B. practically

C. preferably

D. probably