http://chuyenlytutrongct.edu.vn DỮ LIỆU THAM KHẢO HỌC SINH KHUNG BO - smod_forum_ltt@yahoo.com DIỄN ĐÀN TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÝ TỰ TRỌNG –TPCT Trang 1/5 THE FISRT-SEMESTER EXAM GRADE: 11 TIME ALLOTTED: 90’ I. PHONETICS A. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: (5m) 1. A. wish B. wrestle C. watermelon D. farewell 2. A. climb B. limp C. limb D. dim 3. A. question B. protection C. aviation D. exception 4. A. junkyard B. summit C. hallucination D. hunting 5. A. source B. country C. fundamental D. lung B. Choose the word which has a different stress syllable: (5m) 6. A. calendar B. procession C. unicorn D. ancestor 7. A. childbearing B. marriage C. fluctuate D. increasing 8. A. controversial B. international C. competitive D. representative 9. A. variety B. interview C. celibate D. pesticide 10. A. solemn B. exchange C. wrestle D. dragon II. STRUCTURE - PREPOSITION Choose the letter of the correct answer: (20m) 11. Can I speak _____ Jenny? Is she _____? No, she’s _____. A. to / in / out B. with / inside / outside C. / out / in D. to / indoors / outdoors 12. I’m writing to complain _____ the poor service provided _____ your restaurant. A. of / with B. about / by C. against / in D. to / at 13. The Internet allows accessing _____ information stored _____ other computers far _____. A. to / in / off B. to / at / from C. / by / D. / in / away 14. “If he had asked you, would you have accepted?” she said to me. She _____. A. said that if he had asked me, I would have accepted B. told me if he had asked me, she would have accepted C. asked me whether I would have accepted if he had asked me D. asked me whether I would accept if he asked me 15. ¼ is read _____ and ½ is read _____. A. a fourth / a second C. one-fourths / one half B. one over four / a half D. a quarter / a half 16. Robert _____ tomorrow morning on the 10:30 train. A. arrived B. is arriving C. has arrived D. would arrive 17. “How did you enjoy your dinner with Mr. Jackson?” “It was boring. He talked only about himself, _____ almost put us to sleep.” A. which B. that C. who D. that he 18. “I would keep a horse if I could afford it,” my uncle said. My uncle _____. A. said that he would keep a horse if he could afford it B. said that he would have kept a horse if he could have been afforded it C. told that he would keep a horse if he could afford it http://chuyenlytutrongct.edu.vn DỮ LIỆU THAM KHẢO HỌC SINH KHUNG BO - smod_forum_ltt@yahoo.com DIỄN ĐÀN TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÝ TỰ TRỌNG –TPCT Trang 2/5 D. asked that he will keep a horse if he can afford it 19. They asked me a lot of questions, _____ I couldn’t answer. A. all of that B. which C. all of which D. none of which 20. One of the children who _____ the windows _____ in the suburb. A. are painting / lives C. is painting / lives B. are painting / live D. paints / live 21. _____ many times, he still couldn’t understand it. A. Having been told C. Though he had been told B. He was told D. Having told 22. _____, we would have to put off the visit to the Marble Mountains. A. Did it rain tomorrow C. Should it rain tomorrow B. Were it to rain tomorrow D. Had it rained tomorrow 23. Despite their team _____, they _____ the match. A. effort / lost B. spirit / won C. interest / won D. members / beat 24. If you hadn’t watched that late movie last night, you _____ sleepy now. A. wouldn’t have been C. might not have been B. wouldn’t be D. wouldn’t have been being 25. _____ no proof, the judge refused to sentence him to death. A. It having B. There being C. Being D. There having 26. The population of cities in Eastern and Northern areas of the United States is declining, while _____ Southern cities is growing. A. that in B. that of C. those in D. those of 27. She was singing an old American folk song, a favorite of _____. A. her own B. herself C. her D. hers 28. Could I speak to Susan, please? _____. A. Talking B. Speaking C. Calling D. Answering 29. Is Dane in? No, he’s out. _____? A. Can I leave a message C. Do you need a message B. Can you take a message D. Would you like to leave a message 30. Mr. Brown _____ his newspapers in the evenings. Mrs. Brown _____ but she _____ tonight. A. is always reading / sometimes knits / doesn’t knit B. has always read / has sometimes knitted / knits C. always reads / sometimes knits / isn’t knitting D. always read / sometimes knit / has knitted III. MISTAKE-RECOGNITION Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that need correcting: (10m) 31. We (A) must do (B) something. (C) Until we act quickly, (D) it’ll be too late. 32. Let’s meet (A) ourselves at 8 o’clock, (B) shall we? (C) Everyone should make sure to be (D) on time. 33. My father said (A) that if I (B) left the next day, I (C) could have met him in Paris (D) on Friday. 34. Can you (A) name some (B) countries (C) which English is spoken (D) as the first language? 35. Albert Einstein’s contributions (A) to scientific theories (B) were as important (C) as that of Galileo and Newton (D) according to some people. http://chuyenlytutrongct.edu.vn DỮ LIỆU THAM KHẢO HỌC SINH KHUNG BO - smod_forum_ltt@yahoo.com DIỄN ĐÀN TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÝ TỰ TRỌNG –TPCT Trang 3/5 36. (A) Two-third of (B) the field (C) in my village was (D) under water. 37. Why (A) didn’t you come to my party? It will be difficult (B) to forgive you (C) for (D) breaking your promise. 38. The letter (A) that I (B) opened it wasn’t for me. It was (C) just an accident. I didn’t (D) mean it. 39. Antarctica (A) covered (B) with a huge ice cap containing (C) 70 percent of the (D) earth’s fresh water. 40. The person (A) from whom Sue bought (B) her bike was (C) a 82-year-old woman from (D) Germany. IV. READING Read the following passage and choose the correct answer to each question below: (10m) According to the census of 1800, the United States of America contained 5,308,483 persons. In the same year, the British Islands contained upwards of fifteen million; the French Republic more than twenty-seven million. Nearly one fifth of the American people were black slaves; the true political population consisted of four and a half million free whites, or less than one million able- bodied males, on whose shoulders fell the burden of a continent. Even after two centuries of struggle, the land was still untamed; forests covered every portion, except here and there a strip of cultivated soil; the minerals lay undisturbed in their rocky beds, and more than two-thirds of the people clung to the seaboard within fifty miles of tidewater, where alone the wants of civilized life could be supplied. 41. In the United States of America in 1800, _____. A. one out of every twenty-five Americans was a black slave B. one out of every four Americans was a black slave C. one out of every three Americans was a black slave D. one out of every five Americans was a black slave 42. Free white men in America numbered _____. A. about four-fifths of the population C. 5,308,483 B. about four and a half million D. less than one million 43. Two-thirds of the American people _____. A. lived where the wants of civilized life couldn’t be supplied B. lived in Washington C. lived on the seaboard D. live within fifteen miles of tidewater 44. The struggle to tame the American continent had been going on _____. A. about two hundred years C. about fifty years B. a little more than a century D. since 1750 45. This description of the United States in 1800 suggests that _____. A. most of the new nation was undeveloped B. the people of the new nation had succeeded in taming the continent C. strip of cultivated land were everywhere D. settlers were beginning to mine the valuable minerals of the new nation http://chuyenlytutrongct.edu.vn DỮ LIỆU THAM KHẢO HỌC SINH KHUNG BO - smod_forum_ltt@yahoo.com DIỄN ĐÀN TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÝ TỰ TRỌNG –TPCT Trang 4/5 V. CLOZE TEST Fill in each blank with one appropriate word. (10m) Among the festivals celebrated (46) _______________ some of Asian people is the Moon Cake Festival, also known (47) _______________ the Mid-August Festival. Large (48) _______________ of small round moon cakes (49) _______________ eaten on this day, and children (50) _______________ carrying colourful paper lanterns that come in all shapes; the more popular (51) _______________ are shaped like fish, rabbits, and butterflies. (52) _______________ to them, the moon (53) _______________ brightest on the night of the Moon Cake Festival. As the moon (54) _______________, tables are placed outside the houses and women make offerings of fruit and moon cake (55) _______________ the Moon Goddess. VI. WORD FORMS Put the word in brackets in the correct form: (10m) 56. They are considering the _______________ of the new system. (IMPLEMENT) 57. The room was _______________ small. (DISAPPOINT) 58. China gains a lot of benefits from their _______________ priced good. (COMPETE) 59. She is a much loved and highly _______________ teacher. (RESPECT) 60. They went hiking in a _______________ region. (MOUNTAIN) 61. The _______________ of computer data along telephone lines becomes very popular. (TRANSMIT) 62. It was a long and slow film. I nearly died of _______________. (BORE) 63. The club provides a variety of _______________ including tennis, swimming and squash. (ACT) 64. The changes were made with _______________ little difficulty. (SURPRISE) 65. Don’t behave _______________. (CHILD) VII. SENTENCE TRANSFORMATION Finish the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first sentence: (20m) 66. Thanks to Laura’s support, I was able to finish the project. Had Laura …………………………………………………………………………………………… 67. She urged her husband to write the letter. She urged that ……………………………………………………………………………………… 68. I want to see the manager, not his assistant. It is ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 69. I remember my father taking me to the zoo. I remember …………………………………………………………………………………………. http://chuyenlytutrongct.edu.vn DỮ LIỆU THAM KHẢO HỌC SINH KHUNG BO - smod_forum_ltt@yahoo.com DIỄN ĐÀN TRƯỜNG THPT CHUYÊN LÝ TỰ TRỌNG –TPCT Trang 5/5 70. We met on a beautiful day. The day ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 71. Arthur said he was sorry he had hurt my feelings. Arthur apologized ………………………………………………………………………………… 72. They had finished their work and they went home. After having ………………………………………………………………………………………… 73. They are going to brush up a little Spanish. Spanish is …………………………………………………………………………………………… 74. They are friendly people and everyone likes them. They are such ………………………………………………………………………………………. 75. Most of the world’s coffee comes from Brazil. Brazil is the place ………………………………………………………………………………… VIII. WRITING Imagine “Get-together 2008” in Ly Tu Trong Specialized High School is coming near and you are one of the class leaders. Write a proposal (about 100 words) for the celebration of that day. 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