Đề thi học kì 2 tiếng Anh 10 Explore New Worlds - Đề 2
Đề thi cuối kì 2 tiếng Anh 10
SỞ GD&ĐT ……..
ĐỀ KIỂM TRA HỌC KỲ II
TRƯỜNG THPT…………….. NĂM HỌC 2022-2023
(Đề thi gồm có 03 trang) Môn: Tiếng Anh 10
Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút, không kể thời gian giao đề
I. Listen to the interview and choose the correct answer A, B or C. Bài nghe:
Question 1. What is the name of the girl being interviewed? A. Alice B. Ellen C. Alex
Question 2. She says we should save water when ______________. A. washing cars B. cleaning clothes C. taking a bath
Question 3. The girl's second suggestion is about _____________.
A. separating different types of garbage
B. disposing of trash properly
C. having a family clean-up party
Question 4. By recycling paper, we can ___________________. A. protect the forests B. cut down on waste C. save money
Question 5. What does the girl do once a month?
A. She visits a recycling centre.
B. She cleans a neighbourhood park. C. She collects newspapers.
II. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others. Question 6. A. horoscope B. honeymoon C. income D. money Question 7. A. reserve B. conserve C. preserve D. desert
III. Choose the word whose stress is put differently from that of the others. Question 8. A. popularity B. scuba-diving C. preservation D. economical Question 9. A. increase B. perfect C. object D. police Question 10. A. concentrate B. similar C. Vietnamese D. interesting
IV. Choose the best answer to each of the following questions.
Question 11. The principle of equal pay is that men and women doing _______ work
should get paid the same amount. A. same B. alike C. similar D. identical
Question 12. All forms of discrimination against all women and girls ______ immediately everywhere. A. ends B. must end C. musn’t be ended D. must be ended
Question 13. UN World Day for Cultural Diversity for Dialogue and Development on
May 21st is a chance to celebrate the cultural diversity of people around us, and find
out more about what we have ______. A. in common B. as usual C. as normal D. alike
Question 14. There are some things Americans would change, and that_____ people
would change is their education. A. a big B. the C. a bigger D. the biggest
Question 15. In _____ Netherlands, singing at the dinner table means you are singing
to the devil for your dinner – which means bad luck. A. a B. the C. Ø D. an
Question 16. Some teachers ____ levels of IT are not very high may resist teaching with electronic devices. A. who B. they C. whose D. their
Question 17. Students can also use word processing applications to ______ their vocabulary. A. improve B. make C. store D. spend
Question 18. The garden and islets near the Tien and Hau River are very attractive
ecotourism _____ of the region. A. sights B. destinations C. views D. scenes
Question 19. If you go to Park Ou Caves in Laos, you _____ thousands of Buddha
images and statues which have been deposited herere over centuries. A. see B. will see C. saw D. have seen
Question 20. If tourists _____ rubbish in the river, the water would be cleaner. A. don’t throw B. throw C. didn’t throw D. threw
V. Give the correct form of the word in brackets.
Question 21. ______ of hotels, recreation and other facilities often leads to increasing
sewage pollution. (Construct)
Question 22. Students can write essay on computers and submit them ________. (electronic)
Question 23. To many _______ street vendors, the success of their day is determined
by how it starts and by their first customer. (superstition)
Question 24. Their national ________ is largely dependent on tourism. (economic)
Question 25. It was quite _______ to spend a week on a camping trip with friends in the open air. (relax)
VI. Read the passage and choose the correct answer A, B, C or D to fill in the blank.
Tourism will always have an (26) ______ on the places visited. Sometimes the impact
is good, but often it’s negative. For example, if lots of people visit one place, then this
can damage the environment. The question is – how can we (27) ______ the problems
without preventing people from travelling and visiting places? The main aim of
ecotourism is to reduce the negative impact that tourism has on the environment and
local people. The idea is to encourage tourists to think about what they do when they
visit a place. It’s great to talk about (28) ______ the environment, but how do you
actually do this? There are a number of key points. Tourists shouldn’t drop litter; they
should stay on the paths; they shouldn’t interfere with wildlife and they should respect
local customs and traditions. Some people see ecotourism as a (29) ______. They say
that any tourism needs infrastructure – roads, airports and hotels. The more tourists
(30) ______ visit a place, the more of these are needed and, by building more of these,
you can’t avoid damaging the environment. Question 26. A. impact B. harm C. affect D. control Question 27. A. increase B. minimize C. go down D. understand Question 28. A. protect B. protecting C. to protect D. protects Question 29. A. contradicted B. contradictory C. contradiction D. contradict Question 30. A. whom B. that C. where D. what
VII. Read the passage and answer these following questions.
Working mothers are the ones who move out of the house for the purpose of earning
money and also maintain household chores. Every single woman at home prefers to
work in order to balance the financial and the other basic needs of the family. It is
now very rare that a girl does not prefer to work and chooses to remain at home as a housewife.
The children of working mothers become smart and active as compared to the
children of non-working mothers. This is because of the fact that the mothers being
working have to move out of the house leaving all the household chores intact. The
children behind understand their responsibilities and manages to do all their tasks
without being dependent on others, thus become smart and active enough.
The working mothers are now a day helped by their spouse in household chores after
returning from work. By seeing the fathers being a helping hand to mothers, children
learn good habits and inculcate manners of helping others as well as their mothers,
thus in this way good habits are inculcated in them. A working mother also adds to
advantage of helping the family financially. It is beneficial as a woman becomes a
helping hand to the husband in terms of money. This way family runs in a very
smooth way without any financial difficulty and the kids also get the best as parents
are able to afford due to a good income level.
The mothers when work, become an inspiration for their kids as they look up to their
mom and say that they aspire to be like their moms in the near future. Working moms
not only work but also look after their children without any difficulty. So such kids
need to look at others for an inspiration, but they get to see an inspiration at home
only. This way, they also learn to do hard work in their life.
Question 31. Why does every woman at home prefer to go to work?
……………………………………………….
Question 32. Why do the children of working mothers become smarter, more active and more independent?
……………………………………………….
Question 33. How can children learn good habits from their fathers at home?
………………………………………………….
Question 34. What financial benefits does a working mother bring to her family?
…………………………………………………….
Question 35. Why do working mothers become an inspiration for their children?
…………………………………………………….
VIII. Rewrite sentences with the same meaning as the first one.
Question 36. People should greatly encourage mothers to work outside the home.
Mothers ……………………………………
Question 37. The biggest expense of a wedding is the reception.
No ………………………………
Question 38. I can see a girl and her dog. They are painting their gate red to get good luck.
I can see ……………………………
Question 39. “Mr and Mrs Pike have just read these newspapers”, Nga said.
Nga said ……………………………………
Question 40. We get lost because we don’t have a map.
If ………………………………………………
Đáp án đề thi học kì 2 tiếng Anh 10 1. C 11. C 21. Construction 2. C 12. D 22. electronically 3. B 13. A 23. superstitious 4. A 14. D 24. economy 5. C 15. B 25. relaxing 6. A 16. C 26. A 7. B 17. A 27. B 8. B 18. B 28. B 9. D 19. B 29. C 10. C 20. C 30. B
Question 31. Because they want to balance the financial and the other basic needs of the family.
Question 32. Because the children behind understand their responsibilities and
manages to do all their tasks without being dependent on others.
Question 33. They learn good habits from their fathers at home by seeing the fathers
being a helping hand to mothers.
Question 34. The family runs in a very smooth way without any financial difficulty
and the kids also get the best as parents are able to afford due to a good income level.
Question 35. Because they not only work but also look after their children without any difficulty.
Question 36. Mothers should be greatly encouraged to work outside the home.
Question 37. No expense of a wedding is bigger than the reception.
Question 38. I can see a girl and her dog that are painting their gate red to get good luck.
Question 39. Nga said that Mr and Mrs Pike had just read those newspaper.
Question 40. If we had a map, we wouldn’t get lost.