Bài ôn tập kiểm tra môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 10 - Unit 1: A day in the life of...

LESSON 1. REVISION OF UNIT 1 : A DAY IN THE LIFE OF 
A. PRONUNCIATION
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
	1. A. routine	B. literature	C. kindness	D. fifty
	2. A. peasant	B. appeal	C. reason	D. teapot
	3. A. exactly	B. medicine	C. pretty	D. become
	4. A. field	B. died	C. ties	D. pies
	5. A. typical	B. family	C. bicycle	D. cycling	
6. A. scream	B. death	C. peasant	D. ready
	7. A. traveled	B. stared	C. landed	D. seemed
	8. A. technology	B. teaching	C. purchase	D. lunch
	9. A. frighten	B. bridge	C. pilot	D. fire
	10.A. pens	B. books	C. rulers	D. pencils
B. VOCABULARY AND EXPRESSION
I. Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1/ Ask and answer questions about your daily routine, using the cues below.
A. action                  B. trip                   C. way                          D. habit
2/ I drink some cups of tea, have a quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the field.
A. strong                  B. fast                  C. mighty                      D. powerful
3/ I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A. 10 minutes           B. 15 minutes        C. 20 minutes               D. 30 minutes
4/ I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10.30.
A. keep away            B. keep back         C. keep down               D. keep on
5/ During my break I often drink tea with my fellow peasants and smoke local tobacco.
A. men                     B. women              C. person                     D. people
6/ Then I go home, take a short rest and have lunch with my family at 11.30.
A. break                   B. relaxation           C. while                       D. time
7/ We finish our work at 6 pm, sometimes much later.
A. now and then        B. lately                 C. recently                   D. and so on
8/ We have done everything as planned.
A. programmed         B. thought              C. said                         D. mentioned
9/ The police want to discuss these recent racist attacks with local people.
A. say to                  B. tell about           C. speak of                   D. talk to
10/ It takes me 30 minutes to prepare.
A. get ready             B. make easy         C. keep clean                D. be good
II.Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
1/ Ask and answer questions about your daily routine, using the cues below.
A. Question             B. Reply                 C. Tell                           D. Repeat
2/ What time do you go to bed?
A. go out                 B. sit down              C. leave for                   D. get up
3/ I drink some cups of tea, have a quick breakfast and then lead the buffalo to the field.
A. weak                   B. strict                  C. slow                         D. thin
4/ I leave the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
A. quickly                B. weakly                C. wrongly                    D. successfully
5/ I continue to work from a quarter past eight till 10.30.
A. complete             B. finish                  C. come                       D. start
6/ Our neighbors have always been very friendly towards us.
A. cool                     B. hot                     C. warm                       D. mad
7/ Choose the answer A, B, or C that best suits the meaning of the italicized word(s).
A. lastly                   B. late                    C. worst                       D. weakly
C. GRAMMAR
I. Put the verbs in brackets in the present and the past simple tense:
I (have) __________ coffee for breakfast every day. 
	2. They (began) __________ to study at this school 7 years ago.
	3. It (rains) __________ very much in the summer.
	4. Bad students never (work) __________ hard.
	5. He (visited) ______ his friend yesterday and (found) ______ that he had been out.
6. She sometimes (buys) ___________ vegetables at his market.
	7. I have not seen John for a long time. I (saw) __________ him 3 weeks ago.
	8. It (is) __________ very cold now.
	9. I (need) ____________ some money for my textbooks.
	10. Tom (likes) __________ to go to the museums.
	11. He (read) __________ that novel again during his last vacation.
	12. I often (leave) __________ the city at weekends.
13.The sun (sets)___________ in the west.
	14. My friend (studies) __________ English for an hour every night.
15. Honesty (is) __________ the best policy.
	16. The earth (moves) __________ round the sun.
	17. Two and two (make) __________ four.
	18. We (watched) __________ a good programme on TV last night.
	19. Mary (loves) __________ ice-cream.
	20. I (had) __________ a little trouble with my car last week.
	21. We always (do) ___________ our exercises carefully.
	22. I (met) __________ Mary last night. She’s become a very big girl.
23. She (goes) __________ to school every day.
	24. How long ago (did he start) __________ to learn French ?
	25. We seldom (eat) __________ before 6.30.
	26. She (lost) __________ her handbag on the train yesterday morning.
27. When he grew old, he often (thought) ________ of all the things he had done when he (be) _________ young.
28. I always (tell) _______ you to comb your hair, but you never (do) ____ what I (say) _____ .
29. When I (heard) _______ a knock at the door last night, I (walked) ___________ to the door and (opened) ___________ it. When I (opened) _________the door, I (saw) ________my brother. I (greeted) ________ him and (asked) _______ him to come in.
	30. I (saw) _______ you in the school play last night. You (did) _______ a terrific acting job. Had you ever acted in a play before this one?
	-Yes, I (started) _________ acting when I was in elementary school.
II. Choose the best answer.
 1. I know ______ how she felt.
 	A. exact	B. exactly	C. exactness	D. exacting
 2. I felt quite _______ with my day’s work.
	A. satisfy	B. satisfactory	C. satisfied	D. satisfaction
 3. I was late for school this morning because my alarm did not ____.
	A. go away	B. go up	C. go on	D. go off
 4. I have not met him since he ______ School.
	A. left	B. was leaving	C. had left	D. has left
 5. My house isn’t very far _____ school, so I usually go to school _____ bike.
	A. from- on	B. away - in	C. of - by	D. from - by
 6. _____ films should be made for school.
	A. Educational	B. Educating	C. Educated	D. Education
 7. Mr. Lam goes to work on foot once a week. It means he ____ walks to work.
	A. never	B. sometimes	C. often	D. usually
 8. When I was a child, I usually ______ fishing with my brother.
	A. go	B. went	C. gone	D. used to go
 9. We _____ dinner at home on Saturdays.
	A. haven’t had	B. didn’t had	C. doesn’t have	D. don’t have
 10. _______ class allows students to acquire knowledge about living things.
	A. Geography	B. Chemistry	C. Biology	D. History
 11. The contented smile on her face shows that she finally passed the exam.
	A. bored	B. boring	C. happy	D. disappointed
 12. Now I don’t take the bus to school as I ____.
	A. used to	B. did	C. took	D. was
 13. It ___ me 15 minutes to get to school every morning.
	A. takes	B. took	C. spends	D. spent
 14. 	- “_______ do you often go to school?”
	- “At 6.30 every morning.”
	A. How	B. What time	C. Who	D. With whom
 15. He’s not really interested in ____ on the farm.
	A. to work	B. being worked	C. working	D. worked
 16. Mr. Vy leaves the house at a quarter past five and arrive in the field at exactly 5.30.
 A B C D
 17. We haven’t seen Jim since he has returned the countryside.
 A B C D
 18. I spend 20 minutes to read books every day.
 A B C D
 19. I enjoy to talk with my classmates about their future plans.
 A B C D
 20. David immediate comes home after finishing school.
 A B C D
21. The milk was too sour to drink.
A. The milk was sour in order to drink.	B. The milk was very sour to be drunk.
C. The milk wasn’t fresh enough to drink.	D. The milk wasn’t enough fresh to drink. 
 22. We started to write to each other two years ago.
A. We used to write to each other for two years.	
B. We used to write to each other since two years.
C. We’ve written to each other for two years.	
D. We’ve written to each other since two years.
 23. He last had his eyes tested a year ago.
A. He has not had his eyes tested for a year.	B. He had not had his eyes tested for a year.
C. He had not tested his eyes for a year. 	D. He did not have any tests on his eyes in a year
 24. Mary is contented with what she does.
A. What she does doesn’t make her pleased.	
B. Mary is satisfied with what she does.
C. Whatever Mary does, she makes nobody pleased.
D. She feels happy when she does something.
 25. My brother always drives to work.
A. My brother always goes to work on the car.	B. My brother always gets to work by car.
C. My brother always repairs cars at work.	D. My brother’s driver is always off work.
READING
Read the passage below and choose one correct answer for each question.
 	My name is Seumas McSporran and I am a very busy man. I am 60 years old and I have thirteen jobs. I am a postman, a politician, a fireman, a taxi driver, a school- bus driver, a boatman, an ambulance man, an accountant, a petrol attendant, and an undertaker. Also, I and my wife, Margaret, have a shop and a small hotel.
	I live and work on the island of Gigha in the west of Scotland. Only 20 people live there but in summer, 150 tourists come by boat every day.
	Every weekday I get up at 6:00 and make breakfast for the hotel guests. At 8.00 I drive the island’s children to school. At 9:00 I collect the post from the boat and deliver it to all houses on the island. I also deliver beer to the island’s only pub. Then I help Margaret in the shop.
	My wife likes being busy, too. We never have holidays and we don’t watch television. In the evenings Margaret makes supper and I do the accounts. At 10:00 we have a glass of wine and then we go to bed. Perhaps our life isn’t very exciting, but we like it.
 1. Mr. McSporron does all the following jobs EXCEPT ______
	A. a firefighter	B. a driver	C. a farmer	D. a mailman
 2. Gigha is the name of _______.
	A. his wife	B. his hotel	
	C. the shop where they work	D. the island where they live
3. Tourists ________ to the island.
	A. sail	B. fly	C. swim	D. drive
 4. The word “it” in paragraph 3 refers to the ______.
	A. beer	B. post	C. boat	D. pub
 5. According to the passage which is TRUE about Seumas McSporran?
	A. He likes the job as a postman most.	B. He and his wife go on holiday every year.
	C. He does the accounts in the evenings.	D. He goes to bed very late.
Read the following passage and choose the best option for each blank.
	 The 29th of August in 2006 is a day I shall never forget. On that day, I stared ___1__ in the face. Our flight was ___2__ to leave at 10:30 a.m., and arrived at the airport with plenty of time to spare. We started boarding 10:00 a.m. Most of us were holiday makers and there ___3__ a lot of laughing and joking going on. It was raining slightly, but visibility was good and the plane ___4__ on time. The cabin staff were just beginning to bring round the duty- free goods when the plane began ___5__ . At first, we thought we had just hit bad weather. We were told to sit down and to fasten our seat belts. Then suddenly, the front of the plane seemed to ___6__ and we realized we were speeding towards the ground. People screamed in ___7__. Strangers joined hands and prayed. We thought we had only minutes to live. Then, just when we had __8__ all hope, we felt the plane level out, and slowly we began to gain height. A few minutes later, the pilot announced that everything was now ___9__ control, and we all began to clap and cheer hysterically. Twenty minutes ___10__ we landed safely.
 1. 	A. die	B. dead	C. death	D. deaden
 2. 	A. due	B. thought	C. plan	D. bound
 3.	A. was	B. had	C. were	D. has been
 4. 	A. went off	B. got on 	C. got in	D. took off
 5. 	A. to shake	B. shaking	C. shake	D. for shaking
 6. 	A. chop	B. dip	C. down	D. reduce
 7. 	A. danger	B. risk	C. afraid	D. panic
 8. 	A. given up	B. given back	C. brought up	D. brought back
 9.	A. of	B. with	C. under	D. below
 10.	A. after	B. later	C. behind	D. then 	
SPEAKING-WRITING
Talk about your daily routines.