Đề thi giữa HK2 môn Tiếng Anh 10 năm 2021

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others

Câu 1:

A. passed

B. watched

C. played

D. washed

Câu 2:

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: proud, about, around, would.

A. proud

B. about

C. around

D. would

Câu 3:

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: market, depart, card, scare.

A. market

B. depart

C. card

D. scare

Câu 4:

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: entrance, paddy, bamboo, banyan.

A. entrance

B. paddy

C. bamboo

D. banyan

Câu 5:

Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: problem, love, box, hobby.

A. problem

B. love

C. box

D. hobby

Choose the best answer from the four options given ( marked A, B, C, D) to complete each sentence

Câu 6:

A. is built

B. was building

C. was built

D. has been built

Câu 7:

The doctor ______ me not to stay up too late at night.

A. advised

B. suggested

C. insisted

D. forced

Câu 8:

Tomorrow we'll go to Noi Bai Airport to meet Maryam, ___________ comes from Malaysia.

A. who

B. whom

C. whose

D. that

Câu 9:

His house looks very large and beautiful. It is ________ house.

A. a seven-room

B. a seven-rooms

C. seven room

D. seven rooms

Câu 10:

If you get up early, you _______ late.

A. weren't

B. wouldn't be

C. aren't

D. won't be

Câu 11:

It's very hot today. I wish I ________ on the beach now.

A. am

B. was

C. were

D. had been

Câu 12:

When he lived in the city, he ______ to the theater twice a week.

A. uses to go

B. has gone

C. used to go

D. was going

Câu 13:

My father asked us ___________too much time playing computer games.

A. not to spending

B. did not spend

C. not to spend

D. to not spend

Câu 14:

Hoai can not remember the name of the restaurant _____ she ate her favorite roasted duck.

A. which

B. whose

C. whom

D. where

Câu 15:

If I were a flower, I ____ a sunflower.

A. was

B. were

C. will be

D. would be

Câu 16:

Nobody went to the party, __________-?

A. does he

B. do they

C. didn't they

D. did they

Câu 17:

It is nearly 3 months ______ he visited his parents.

A. while

B. during

C. since

D. when

Câu 18:

________ population is another unpleasant result we have to solve.

A. Increased

B. Increasing

C. The increase

D. To increase

Câu 19:

If we ________ enough time, we'll study this exercise more carefully.

A. will have

B. have

C. had

D. would

Câu 20:

What would you do, if you ______ a UFO?

A. see

B. saw

C. would see

D. had seen

Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B, C, D) need correcting to become an exact one

Câu 21:

A. The picture

B. was painting

C. by

D. last year

Câu 22:

Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B, C, D) need correcting to become an exact one: There's (A) the woman (B) who she (C) sold me (D) the handbag.

A. There's

B. the woman

C. she

D. me

Câu 23:

Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B, C, D) need correcting to become an exact one: Mr. Smith (A) is going to buy (B) a new Japanese (C) car, doesn't he (D)?

A. Mr. Smith

B. to buy

C. Japanese

D. doesn't he

Câu 24:

Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B, C, D) need correcting to become an exact one: I met (A) a lot of interesting (B) people while (C) I was studying at (D) Ho Chi Minh City.

A. met

B. interesting

C. while

D. at

Câu 25:

Identify the underlined word/ phrase (A or B, C, D) need correcting to become an exact one: If (A) I were you (B) , I didn't (C) buy that expensive (D) car.

A. If

B. you

C. didn't

D. expensive 

I went to Australia on a student program last year and I like to (26) _______ you about it. I was very (27)_______ when I knew I was going to Australia because I had never been there before. I didn't think about the problems of speaking English (28)_______ I meet my host family. At first I couldn't communicate with them because my English was so bad. All the five years I had been learning English wasn't much used at all (29)_______ we didn't have real practice at school. Even though my grammar was good, my pronunciation wasn't. My problem is (30)_______ "l" and "r". For example, Australian people often asked "What do you eat in Vietnam?" I wanted to tell them that we eat rice, but they didn't understand when I said “We eat lice”...

Câu 26:

(26) ................

A. say

B. tell

C. talk

D. speak

Câu 27:

(27) ...............

A. exciting

B. excites

C. excited

D. excite

Câu 28:

(28) ..............

A. after

B. until

C. when

D. while

Câu 29:

(29) ................

A. although

B. even

C. because

D. so

Câu 30:

(30) ................

A. pronuncing

B. speaking

C. reading

D. telling

Why we believe in astrology

People believe in astrology because it offers many desirable things such as information and assurance about the future.

Astrology claims that nothing in life is coincidental and everything that occurs to us happens for a particular reason. Astrology can provide us some good answers as to why these things happen to us and it can also predict them in advance. In this way, astrology actually helps people to understand the world around them much better.

As practiced today, astrology can work quite well. Most of the people who visit astrologers or read their horoscopes regularly end up feeling happy and satisfied. This does not mean that the astrologers have accurately predicted the individuals’ future based on their horoscope dates, but it means that having a horoscope explained can be actually a very fulfilling experience.

People enjoy reading their horoscope forecasts and this often leads to changes in personalities, behaviors and decision-making processes. Astrology can be a real lifesaver because it lets you know of the future obstacles and problems in advance. It is up to you whether you want to believe the advice and precautions suggested in a horoscope reading and save yourself from the pain without doing much.

Astrology takes into account two major aspects - our birth potential and the effects of the planets and the stars on our personal horoscope. It can help us choose the right career and education path for us, in order to make a good and successful life.

Last but not least, we believe in astrology because it’s about us. My horoscope is like a blueprint of my life that got created precisely at the time I was born. That means that my birth chart is as unique as my fingerprints are. Each planet’s placement in my horoscope can reveal a lot about my personality and destiny.

Câu 31:

Astrology claims that nothing in life is happening by chance because _________.

A. everything that occurs to us happens for no particular reason.

B. life can provide us some good reasons why these things happen to us.

C. it can help us predict our life in advance.

D. people can understand the world around them much better

Câu 32:

After visiting astrologers, people often feel and satisfied because ___________.

A. having a horoscope explained can be a satisfied experience

B. they have had their future predicted accurately based on their horoscope dates

C. they have had astrologers read their horoscopes regularly

D. astrologers help them understand the world much better on their own

Câu 33:

All of the following about astrology are correct EXCEPT that _________.

A. it lets you know of the future obstacles and problems in advance

B. you must believe the advice and precautions suggested in a horoscope reading

C. it considers our birth potential and the effects of the stars on our personal horoscope

D. it may help us make a good and successful life

Câu 34:

All of us believe and enjoy in astrology because _________.

A. it can reveal our exact personality and destiny

B. we know how our horoscope to be formed at the beginning

C. our fingerprints make our birth chart unique in the horoscope

D. our horoscope reading is unique based on the planet’s position

Câu 35:

The word “blueprint” in the last paragraph is closest in meaning to _________.

A. a design for a building

B. a description of something

C. a copy or print of something

D. a print of something in blue

Choose the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one

Câu 36:

A. They are said to buy this shop last year.

B. They are said to have bought this shop last year.

C. It is said that they bought this shop last year.  

D. Both B and C

Câu 37:

"How much do you think it will cost?" he said to me.

A. He asked me how much I thought it would cost.

B. He asked me how much I had thought it would cost.

C. He asked me how much I thought it will cost.

D. He asked me how much you thought it would cost.

Câu 38:

Mr.Brown's team has lost the game. He looks very sad.

A. Mr. Brown whose team has lost the game looks very sad.

B. Mr. Brown which team has lost the game looks very sad.

C. Mr. Brown who team has lost the game looks very sad.

D. Mr. Brown whose team has lost the game he looks very sad.

Câu 39:

Do you know the man who sat next to me at Nam‟s birthday party last night?

A. You know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night, don’t you?

B. You know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night, do you?

C. You know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night, didn’t you?

D. You know the man who sat next to me at Nam’s birthday party last night, aren't you?

Câu 40:

It takes Minh 2 hours to do his homework every day.

A. Minh spends 2 hours doing his homework every day.

B. Minh spends 2 hours do his homework every day.

C. Minh spends 2 hours do his homework every day.

D. Minh spends 2 hours having done his homework every day.