ĐỀ CƯƠNG ÔN THI HỌC KÌ 2 LỚP 10 MÔN TIẾNG ANH

I. Language focus and grammar:

- Conditionals
- The Passive voice with Modals
- Reported speech
- Articles
- Relative clauses
- Comparatives and superlatives
II. Các dạng bài tập:
1. Pronunciation
2. Choose the best answer (vocabulary and grammar)
3. Error identification
4. Reading (Cloze test & Reading comprehension)
5. Word formation
6. Writing (Sentence building & sentence transformation)
III. PRACTICE
TEST 1
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
others.
1. A. scientific B.school C.screen D. scheme
2. A.considered B.disappointed C.little D. scientist
3. A.invented B. considered C. contented D. interested
Choose the word that has stress pattern different from that of the other words.
4. A. travel B. listen C. answer D. complain
5. A. holiday B. importance C. tomorrow D. profession
Choose the best answer among A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
6. The telephone is considered to be one of the most useful ________achievements.
A. science B. scientifically C. scientist D. scientific
7. John often goes to bed early and ________up late.
A. to get B. gets C. get D. got
8. A ________is a place where plants and trees are grown for scientific study.
A. resort B. Botanical Garden C. pagoda D. pine forest
9. John isn't contented with his present salary.
A. excited about B. disappointed about C. interested in D. satisfied with
10. You ________English fluently if you don’t practice it everyday.
A. will not speak B. will speak C. did not speak D. can speak
11. I ________swimming with my classmates last weekend.
A. had gone B. was going C. has gone D. went
12. The New Year is coming so most of the clothing stores are ________with people.
A. accustomed B. full C. crowded D. fed up
13. Sheoften________stampsofmanyothercountry inhersparetime.Shehasalarge
________of stamps.
A. collections/collects B. collects/collection C.
collect/collective D. collecting/collect
14. At last, Mary could not master her piano lessons, ________made her parents
disappointed.
A. which B. these C. for which D. that
15. You will get a good seat if you ________first.
A. came B. come C. have come D. will come
16. Our teacher said that we ________an English test the following week.
A. have had B. had C. would have D. will have
17. He has not developed mentally as much as others at the same age. He's ________.
A. mentally retarded B. mentally alert C. mentally restricted D. mentally ill
18. Keep calm! There is nothing to worry ________.
A. in B. on C. about D. for
19. I ________Mr. Thompson at the airport at 4 o'clock this afternoon.
A. am meeting B. am going to meet C. was meeting D. often meet
20. When Marie first went to Paris, she had very little money to live ________.
A. at B. in C. on D. by
Do the following sentences as directed in parentheses.
21. Mr. Vy often gets up at 4:30.(Make the question from the underlined words)
@What time does MrVy often get up____________________________________________
22. Barbara stayed with an Italian family when she was in Italy. (Rewrite the sentence
using “used to”)
@barbara used to stay with an italy family when she was in italy______________________
23. The farmers have cut a lot of trees for firewood. (Rewrite the sentence into the passive
voice)
@a lot of trees have been cut for firewood by the farmers____________________________
24. I enjoyed the film although the story was silly. (Rewrite the sentence using “in spite
of”)
@I enjoyed the film in spite of the silly story______________________________________
25. Mark stopped working because he felt tired. (Rewrite the sentence using “because of”)
 @mark stopped working because of his tiredness___________________________________
26. He has had this car _for_______six months. (Fill in the blank with a suitable word)
27. If this film (finish) ____is finished______, I’ll stop the video. (Give the correct form of
the verb in parentheses)
28. “I'm taking my driving test tomorrow.” he said. (Rewrite the sentence into the reported
speech)
@he said he was taking his driving test the following day____________________________
29. He stopped working because of having a headache.
@ Because he had had a headache, he stopped workibf ______________________________
30. It’s nearly twenty years since my father saw his brother.
@ My father hasn’t seen his brother for nearly 20 years______________________________
Read the passage and choose one correct answer for each question.
Faraday was born into a poor family. He received little schooling in his boyhood and
had to start work at an early age in a bookbinder’s shop. He was very interested in science,
so he often attended scientific lectures given by Sir Humphrey Davy, a famous scientist at
that time.( bookbinder: thợ đóng sách)
One day, Davy discovered Faraday’stalent.Asaresult,heinvitedtheboy to work in his
laboratory. At first, Faraday was given very simple jobs, but later he had more important
work to do. It was in Davy’s laboratory that Faraday invented the generatorand became a
well-known scientist of England.
31. Why didn’t Faraday have a good education?
A. Because he wasn’t interested in studying. B. Because he
didn’t have money.
C. Because his family was too poor. D. Because his father was a blacksmith.
32. Where did he work at his early age?
A. in a bookshop B. in a book club C. in a bookbinder’s shop D. in a book
stall
33. The boy often attended ________.
A. lectures B. sentences C. letters D. speeches
34. What did Faraday do at first in Davy’s laboratory?
A. uneasy jobs B. easy jobs C. difficult jobs D. complex jobs
35. What did Faraday do later in Davy’s laboratory?
A. more tiring work B. more boring work C. more simple work D. more important
work
Read the passage and fill in the blank by choosing A, B, C or D.
Most people agree that computersare the most important (36)______of the 20 th century.
The first business computers (37)______introduced just about fiftyyears ago, and now they
arebeing used in a wide variety of fields, from banking to space travel. However, until just a
few years ago, computers were very large, expensive machines (38)______by large
corporations and governments. Although everyone knew that computers existed, very few
people had everseen one and even fewerhad used one. Thenin the 1970s the siliconchip was
invented. Because this electronic device could (39)______a large amount of information in a
very small space, computerscould be much smaller and less expensive than the huge
mainframe computers usedby corporations. Some computermanufacturers believed that
people might lie to have computersin(40)______homes, offices, and schools, so the personal
computers was born.
36. A.inventory B. invention C.invent D.inventive
37. A.have been B.had been C. were D. are
38. A.belonged B. owned C.had D. was
39. A. store B.hide C.stock D.provide
40. A.his B.our C.its D. their
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TEST 2
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the
other.
1. A. leaver B. pleasure C. release D. creamy
2. A. butterfly B.hurry C. annual D. hungry
3. A. channel B.newspaper C. making D. famous
Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others.
4. A. glorious B. poverty C. summarize D. decision
5. A. technology B. excursion C. similarity D. convenient
Choose the best option to complete each of the following sentences.
6. Minh: __________ do you have to spend many years learning English?
Nam: Oh! Learning a foreign language well is a long process.
A. What B. Why C. How D. How long
7. My mother warned __________ the electric plug.
A. not touch B. me not touch C. me touching not D. me not to touch
8. He didn’t come back home last night, ___________ made his parents really worried.
A. which B. that C. when D. who
9. Roses, tulips and other flowers __________ perfume.
A.have used to make B. are used to make C. has used to make D. is used to make
10. I remember __________ my mother said the carpets needed __________.
A. to hear/to clean B. hear / clean C. hearing/cleaning D. heard /cleaned
11. The bell went __________ and woke all the members in my family up.
A. out B. on C. off D. of
12. The government provided some shelters for __________ after the floods.
A. the disabled B. the hungry C. the deaf D. the homeless
13. Hoa: Could you tell me __________? -Mai: Well, it’s used to heat or cook any food you
want.
A. what is a microwave used B. what is a microwave used for
C. what a microwave is used for D. what a microwave is
14. Every time I rent a video, I choose a comedy. It means I __________ choose a comedy
to rent.
A. usually B. sometimes C. always D. never
15. __________ the typhoon warnings, we didn’t go out last night.
A. Because B. Although C. In spite of D. Because of
16. That storm, __________ happened two weeks ago, was very terrible.
A. that B. which C. who was D. which was
17. Thousands of rare animals __________ in the forest fire.
A. have been killed B. has been killed C. have killed D. has killed
18. __________ in the village, cars and lorries will get to the village more easily.
A. Should people widen the roads B. Were people widen the roads
C. Did people widen the roads D. If people widened the roads
19. Paul: What are they laughing at? -John: __________.
A. Sorry, I can’t tell you B. Well, Not at all C. Oh, I don’t like
them D. Oh, Jane’s jokes
20. Janet __________ for an advertising company but now she works as a tourist guide.
A. use to work B. got used to working C. used to work D.
was used to working
21. When we came to the party, the food __________ so we had to have a drink first.
A. was being prepared B. had been prepared C. was prepared D.
had prepared
22. The part of a computer that controls all the other parts of the system is called
__________.
A. USB B. VDU C. RAM D. CPU
23. Jane looks after her younger brother so well. She’s really __________ for her age.
A. mature B. old C. growing D. young
24. From our hotel window we can see a charming landscape of the surrounding mountain.
A. mysterious B. magnificent C. picturesque D. wonderful
25. _________ seriously injured in the accident were taken to _________ hospital an hour
ago.
A. no article /the B. The /no article C. no article /no article D. A /a
Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.
26. Theseverely disabledneeds full-time care.
A. needs B. the C. severely D. care
27. My brothers have stoppedto smoke because they are afraid that it will do harm to their
health.
 A.harm to B. have stopped C. afraid that D. to smoke
Read the passage and choose the correct answer for each question.
The media can be very helpful to people who carefully choose the movies and shows that
they watch. With high quality programs, TV and video tapes increase the viewers’ knowledge,
they can also improve thinking ability. Additionally, it offers language learners the advantage
of “real-life” audiovisual instruction and aural comprehension practice at any time of day or
night. TV and video can also provide almost everyone with good entertainment.
(comprehension: sự thấu hiểu)
Nevertheless, there are several serious disadvantages to the visual media. Firstly, some
people watch video tapes more hours than they do anything else. Secondly, those who spend
more time watching TV than manual work can easily suffer from near-sightedness and
obesity. Thirdly, the amount of violence and horror on the screen that have had bad effect on
children and teenagers. Finally, people often feel a strange and powerful need to watch TV
or play a video tape even when they do not enjoy it or have free time for entertainment.
(obesity: bụng phệ)
28. What inferred from the passage is considered FALSE?
A. To widen our knowledge we should watch TV as much as possible.
B. Watching TV and video is one of the ways to learn other cultures.
C. The visual media also have some disadvantages besides their advantages.
D. TV and other visual media affect the lives of almost everyone.
29. One of the advantages of TV and video tapes is that it can __________.
A. decrease viewers’ knowledge B. widen viewers’ knowledge
C. limit viewers’ good entertainment D. reduce viewer’s ability of thinking
30. The media can be very helpful to people __________.
A. who spend much time on them B. who carefully choose the programs to
watch
C. who enjoy them D. who know the way to enjoy them
31. TV is one of the media that presents information and entertainment __________
A. aurally and orally B. aurally C. visually and aurally D. orally
32. Who in the passage can easily suffer from near-sightedness and obesity?
A. people who often feel a strange and powerful need.
B. people who improve thinking ability.
C. people who carefully choose the movies and shows.
D. people who spend more time watching TV than manual work.
Choose the sentence which has the same meaning as the original one.
33. “We are going on an excursion to Thay pagoda tomorrow.” they said
A. They said that they were going on an excursion to Thay pagoda the next day.
B. They said that they were going on an excursion to Thay tomorrow.
C. They said that they are going on an excursion to Thay the day after.
D. They said that they are going on an excursion to Thay the following day.
34. We regretted that we had sold our house.
A. We regretted selling our house. B. We regretted to sell our house.
C. We regretted having sold our house. D. We regretted having been sold our
house.
35. The scientists have found out a vaccine for the flu recently.
A. A vaccine for the flu has been found out recently.
B. A vaccine for the flu has been founded out recently.
C. A vaccine for the flu have been found out recently.
D. A vaccine for the flu have been f CISES