WRITTEN TEST- 2nd Term/ no.1
Time allowance: 45 minutes
Full name: Mark:
Class: 10___


I. Listen to the recording and fill in the blanks with one word you hear.
Whales are mammals that live their entire lives in the water. Some whales are huge. The blue whale, for example, grows to 30 meters in length and over (1)____ tons in weight. It is the largest animal that has ever lived on Earth. Whales may also be the most (2)____ animals in the ocean.
Whales like to feed in the cold oceans where there is a lot of krill- their (3)____ food. Cold water in the North and South Atlantic Ocean and the North and South Pacific are good feeding grounds for whales. Some whales are known to migrate into warm waters to bear their calves.
Whale populations decrease quickly due to heavy hunting pressure. Conservation groups asked the International Whaling Commission to stop whaling. However, Native American hunters, (4)____ as the Eskimo, are still allowed to hunt a limited number of whales to feed their communities. If no effective measures were taken to protect whales, these wonderful animals would disappear (5)____.

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II. Pronunciation
A. Pick out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the other words.
1. A. nation B. cave C. locate D. park
2. A. toxic B. tourist C. feature D. threaten
3. A. established B. orphaned C. recognized D. endangered

B. Choose the word whose main stress is place differently from the others.
4. A. establish B. butterfly C. orphanage D. national
5. A. toxic B. ethnic C. explore D. threaten

III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences or replace the underlined words.
1. New laws have been passed to ________ wildlife in this area.
A. establish B. conserve C. produce D. endanger
2. Nearly 1,000 of the world`s bird species are threatened with ________.
A. appearance B. protection C. extinction D. destruction
3. Rare species of plants or ________ can be found in this region.
A. fauna B. flora C. flowers D. vegetation
4. Without plants, mast water would ________as soon as it falls.
A. run out B. run off C. run of D. run away
5. If modern technology did not exist, we would never have such precious information.
A. valuable B. precise C. confidential D. detailed
6. Some marine animals are dangerous to humans.
A. living in the mountain B. living in the ocean
C. living in the forest D. living in the house


7. `Here`s my phone` number.
`Thanks, I ________you a call if I________ some help.
A. will give/ will need B. would give/ needed
C. give/ need D. will give/ need
8. The floor was covered in tiny pieces of paper.
A. unimportant B. many C. very large D. extremely small
9. Sperm whales are ________, which means they eat meat.
A. herbivores B. carnivores C. omnivores D. mammals
10. These birds________ to North Africa in winter.
A. settle B. go C. relocate D. migrate

IV. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences.
1. Scientists have made many important new.........................of the DISCOVER
depth by using modern devices.
2. Seventy-five percent of the earth surface is ..................by water. COVER
3. People are ………………………doing harm to the environment. CONSTANT
4. The giant panda is a(n) …………………………………….species. DANGER
5. Cuc Phuong, the first ……………………. park in Viet Nam, was NATION
officially opened in 1960.

V. Choose the underlined part (A, B, C or D) that is incorrect.
1. If we leave now for our trip, we can drive half the distance before we stop having
A B C D
lunch.

2. If Nick hadn`t come along, I don`t know what would happen.
A B C D
3. Could you tell me when does the next train leaves and where to buy tickets?
A B C D
4. We`re used to think that there was no life in the ocean depths.