I. LISTENING

Listen to the conversation between Susan and Mr Johnson. Circle the best answer A, B, or C. You will listen TWICE.

1.  What does the guest do?

A. A counselor                                 

B. A principal                      

C. A school manager

2.  How many years has the school won the best award?

A. One year                                      

B. Five years                        

C. Seven years

3. What is the most important factor in the school’s success?

A. Teachers’ effort

B. Good facilities

C. Curriculum and extra activities

4. The guest believes that _____________.

A. learning art and music is a waste of time

B. students just need to study compulsory subjects

C. extra activities are good for the development of students

5. Why do the students in the school learn to play musical instruments?

A. To become professional musicians

B. To sharpen their brain function

C. To complete the programme

II. LANGUAGE FOCUS

Task 1. Cross out the words that do not belong.

1. dairy products: cheese, butter, coffee, milk

2. drinks: oranges, water, soda, tea

3. fruit: apples, bananas, eggs, lemons

4. meat: steak, turkey bacon, potatoes, chicken

5. vegetables: lettuce, peppers, onions, shrimp

Task 2. Read the phone conversation. Write the correct forms of the verbs

Amy: Hi, Yoshi. I can't hear you very well. It's so noisy. Where are you?

Yoshi: It's a soccer game at the stadium! I’m watching Viet Nam (1. play) against Thailand.

Amy: Really? Do you like it?

Yoshl: Yes! Absolutely! I like (2. watch) the game very much, but I don't know very much about the sport. All the players keep (3. run), and one player starts (4. throw) the ball.

Amy: And all the people keep (5. shout)!

Yoshl: You should come to a game with me. The tickets cost only $5.

Amy: I don't think you can make me (6. watch) soccer. I hate tear sports. I hope (7. enjoy) some individual sports like swimming and running.

Yoshi: So what do you want (8. do) today?

Amy: Right now, I am at the pool. I am learning (9. swim).

Task 3. Choose the best answer

1. Marisol and Javier _______ Lima on Saturday.

a. arrived                               

b. left                                     

c. stayed

2. They _______ to Cusco.

a. flew                                   

b. visited                               

c. left

3. The flight _______ about an hour and a half long.

a. was                                    

b. are                                     

c. went

4. In Cusco, they _______ a taxi from the airport to the hotel.

a. went                                  

b. rented                                

c. took

5. They _______ to the hotel and unpacked their suitcases.

a. stayed                                

b. checked in                        

c. changed in

6. On Sunday, they saw some farous places in Cusco. They _______ very happy.

a. spent                                  

b. went                                  

c. were

III. READING

Task 1. Read the passage. Circle the best answer A, B, or C to each of the questions.

Family life has been changing across some Southeast Asian countries over the past few decades. Many years ago, most of teenagers lived with their families, spending several hours at school and the rest of time at home enjoying family atmosphere. Besides their studying, adolescents could do some housework like doing the dishes, cooking, taking care of younger children or supporting their family business. These days, studying takes up such a lot of time that they cannot help much with household chores and sometimes they even hardly have time to relax. This can lead to suffering worse health and losing the bond with their family. In families with higher income, parents are often so busy with their work that they send their children to private boarding schools, and the time these students share with families is shortened more and more. In many cases, high-schoolers meet their siblings and parents at weekends only. It’s believed that there are some advantages to live and study in academic places, but other benefits that schools are unlikely to provide should be taken into consideration. For example, these young learners can learn a lot from their parents about social skills and doing domestic chores. On one hand, some people think that teenage students prefer to have privacy than to be controlled by adults, which may be true. On the other hand, nothing can compare or replace the parents’ affection in terms of nurturing their children’s souls and their behaviours. Changes often bring positive results but how people consider what is important to maintain and preserve is worth thinking again.

1. What is the passage mainly about?

A. The negative effect of living away from family.

B. Some changes in family life in Southeast Asian countries.

C. Teenagers love to live independently rather than rely on their parents.

D. Teenagers’ life today is much better than that of decades ago.

2. What does the word ‘this’ in line 10 mean?

A. The fact that students do not have time to relax.

B. The fact that students cannot help with family work.

C. The fact that students have to spend most of their time studying.

D. The fact that students do too much housework.

3. Long time ago young learners could help their parents with ___________.

A. family chores or parents’ business

B. family chores and earn money themselves

C. nothing because of their busy curricula

D. nothing because they were busy playing

4. What are the benefits of family education?

A. Children can learn about good conduct.

B. Children can learn about social skills.

C. Children can learn how to do business.

D. Children can learn about good conduct and social skills.

5. What is the most important thing in terms of raising a child?

A. Parents’ love                                                       

B. Parents’ control

C. Children’s privacy                                              

D. Children’s independence

Task 2. Read the text. Match the sentence parts

Rapa Nui, or Easter Island, is a small island in the Pacific Ocean. This little island is famous for some very old and very large statues. These statues, called moai, are hundreds of years old. They are enormous. The largest is 33 feet tall and weighs 80 tons. Even the smallest statue is big-it's 4 feet tall.

About a thousand years ago, people sailed from Polynesia to Rapa Nui. They settled on the island and made the statues from volcanic rock. They made eyes from white coral and used a black or red stone for the pupil. Some statues have headpieces, which could be hair or hats, made from red volcanic rock.

Researchers say the statues probably honor the ancestors of the Polynesian settlers. Rapanui legend says the statues have their ancestors' spirits inside them. There are many different ideas about how the statues came to be standing up.

The statues are located all over the island, usually close to the water. The rock used to make the statues came from miles away from where they stand. How did people move huge, heavy statues hundreds of years ago? Rapanul legend says they walked, and that the spirits of powerful ancestors inside the statues made it happen.

Researchers have different ideas about how the statues moved. Some think that people rolled the statues using cut wood. Other researchers think that people pulled and rolled the statues onto their rounded front sides. In fact, research teams have tried to recreate moving artificial statues to test their ideas. They were able to move the statues, but they were exhausted from the hard work.

IV. WRITING

Unscramble the words to make questions.

1. are / watching / where / the game / you

2. are / with / their / friends / English / speaking / they

3. tea / you / coffee / are / drinking / or .

4. climbing / is / without / he / ropes

5. buying / supermarket / are / the / you / at / what

6. she / teacher / why / the / to / talking / is

Đáp án Đề thi Học kì 1 Tiếng Anh lớp 10 Explore new worlds - (Đề số 2)

I. LISTENING

Script

Susan: Hello everyone! May I introduce to you a special guest, Mr Johnson, the principal of a famous school in our city.

Mr Johnson: It’s great to be here. Thanks for having me.

Susan: Thank you for joining us. First, I’d like to congratulate you and your school on being the best one for over the five consecutive years since you have run the school about seven years ago as I remember. My first question is what makes your school a great achievement.

Mr Johnson: Thank you very much. In fact, the first factor is our teachers and students’ great effort. And then it is our good facilities. But the most vital factor I think is that we have an excellent and flexible curriculum as well as amazing extra activities.

Susan: I absolutely agree with you. Some people suppose schools should only pay attention to academic subjects rather than other ones because it is quite a waste of time to force students to study artistic subjects like art and music. What do you think about it?

Mr Johnson: Honestly, I strongly disagree with this view. Besides some compulsory subjects, we always encourage students to get to know and practice some other subjects and skills. Our school also pays attention to teaching students to play musical instruments because I highly appreciate its advantages and contribution to the development of teenagers. Students don’t need to play them like an extraordinary musician. They just learn to play to improve their brain function. It’s kind of a physical exercise for the brain, you know. It’s very beneficial for their mental health, which helps them improve academic performance…

II. LANGUAGE FOCUS

Task 1.

Task 2.

Task 3.

III. READING

Task 1.

Task 2.

IV. WRITING

1. Where are you watching the game?

2. They are speaking English with their friends.

3. Are you drinking tea or coffee / coffee or tea?

4. He is climbing without ropes.

5. What are you buying at the supermarket?

6. Why is she talking to the teacher?

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