Hanoi-Amsterdam High School for the Gifted REVISION FOR FIRST-TERM TEST (21-22)

Name:................................... Grade 10 MARK:................

Class:... Time allowance: 60 minutes

PART A. PHONETICS
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest
1. A. circulatory B. contest C. contribute D. opportunity 1....................
2. A. intestine B. invalid C. priority D. imitate 2....................
3. A. laptop B. collapse C. financial D. apply 3....................
4. A. consume B. submarine C. disease D. inspire 4....................
5. A. dedicated B. complicated C. extended D. nurtured 5....................
II. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others
1. A. audience B. fabric C. benefit D. compose 1....................
2. A. concern B. grocery C. portable D. hopeless 2....................
3. A. convergence B. development C. biography D. oxygenate 3....................
4. A. interact B. passionate C. meaningful D. principle 4....................
5. A. bulky B. compound C. allergic D. earbud 5....................
PART B. USE OF ENGLISH
III. Choose the option that best completes each of the following sentences
1. The weather turned out to be very good, _______was more than we expect. 1. ……………
A. what B. that C. it D. which
2. We regret ______you that you have exceeded your overdraft facility. 2. ……………
A. to inform B. informing C. to tell to D. telling
3. Why don’t you try _______the key anti-clockwise? 3. ……………
A. to turn B. on turning C. turning D. turn
4. As it is known _____ all, Harbin is known _____‘the city of ice’ _____the magic ice lamps. 4. ……………
A. to – by - for B. to – as - for C. by – by – with D. by – for - with
5. The little girl came in, _______a cake with six _______candles on it. 5. ……………
A. brought - lit B. carrying – lighted C. bringing – burnt D. carried - burning
6. The manager will reply to all letters ________are sent to him. 6. ……………
A. when B. that C. if D. who
7. This tool is not dangerous ________it is used carelessly. 7. ……………
A. unless B. whether C. only D. except
8. Janet’s plane to New York was an hour late _______ 8. ……………
A. rising up B. moving away C. pulling out D. taking off
9. ‘I don’t want a holiday,’ she said; ‘I’d rather _______the money’. 9. ……………
A. saved B. save C. have saved D. will save
10. I think our team depends too heavily on ______players. 10. ……………
A. a very good few B. few a very good
C. a few very good D. a very few good
11. My mother takes the responsibility _______ running the household. 11. ……………
A. out of B. over C. for D. of
12. The cocoons of silkworms were first used ______ silk by the Chinese. 12. ……………
A. to make B. for make C. to making D. to be made
13. Broccoli supplies a great source of vitamin K, which is known to ______thinking function 13. ……………
and _______brainpower.
A. develop - stop B. enhance - improve
C. encourage - improve D. stimulate - decrease
14. The Voice is becoming popular among young ____ who love to watch their generation on TV. 14. ……………
A. spectators B. singers C. audiences D. teenage
15. The project only accepts students who are_______ their profession and have a strong, 15. ……………
related working knowledge.
A. dedicating B. dedicated C. dedicated to D. dedicated in
16. Fish, poultry, beans, or nuts _______ half of the dinner plate. 16. ……………
A. make B. make up C. make out D. make of
17. Volunteers ______games and ________activities with disadvantaged children while 17. ……………
they ______ for the centre.
A. played - had - worked B. were playing-having-were working
C. have played - playing - are working D. played - had - were working
18. Do you have to do ________? 18. ……………
A. the mess B. your bed C. the washing-up D. the cook
19. Her teachers and schoolmates noticed her ______a deep love of music during her childhood. 19. ……………
A. was developing B. to develop C. developing D. developed
20. Blu-ray _______ is used to produce complex tools and components. 20. …………….
A. print B. printing C. printer D. blueprint

IV. Choose the word/phrase whose underlined part needs correction and correct it.

1. I like the fresh air and green trees of the village which I spent my vacation last year. …………………..
A B C D
2. Some people often say that using cars is not as convenient as use motorbikes. ………….……….
A B C D
3. Not until we reached the top of the hill we realized how far we had come. …………………..
A B C D
4. Looking from afar, the village looks like a small green spot dotted with tiny fireballs. …………………..
A B C D
5. It is common knowledge that a balanced diet holds the key in good health. …………….…….
A B C D

V. Use the correct form of the given word to complete each of the following sentences
1. A collected edition of his works, with a _______preface, was published in 1737. (BIOGRAPHY)
2. He raised a ________eyebrow at the end of his inspection. (CRITIC)
3. Hot water _______through the heating system. (CIRCULAR)
4. Solar energy for your home is expensive in the short term but it is more _______ in the long term. (ECONOMY)
5. She applied herself to the task with enormous energy and________. (DEDICATE)
6. The government extends help to _______minorities. (DISADVANTAGE)
7. Combine all the dry ingredients in a food________  and run until thoroughly blended. (PROCESS)
8. The Great War was an outstanding example of ________conflicts. (MEANING)
9. Goldman Sachs has ________been the highest paying investment bank on Wall Street. (TRADITION)
10. His musical director was not only a/an ________but a composer as well. (INSTRUMENT)

1. biographical 2. critical 3. circulates 4. economical 5.dedication

6. disadvantaged 7.processor 8. meaningless 9. traditionally 10. instrumentalist

PART C. READING
VI. Fill in each blank with ONE suitable word to complete the following passage
Since man has discovered ways of treating illnesses and diseases, and has thus reduced the death-rate, the only way
to control population (1)_______is by lowering the birth rate. In fact, as people in modern industrial societies began to move
in (2) _______to work in towns and factories, they found that a smaller family was easier to (3)_______. So in Western
Europe after the Industrial Revolution, the birth rate did slow down as parents chose to have (4)_______children. More
importantly, modern birth control measures have made it possible (5)_______parents to decide how many children to have.

(6)_______ reducing the birth rate is not as easy as that. There are many religious, social economic reasons
(7)_______some parents do not want to control the (8)_______of children they have. For example, in some of the
developed parts of the world, many children are needed to help work on the land, or (9)______ wages that supplement the
family income. To halt the population growth in such areas, it will first be necessary to raise the (10)________of living, so
that parents do not need a large family.

1. growth 2. order 3. support 4. fewer 5. for

6.But 7. why 8. number 9. earn 10. standard