Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others. 1. A. called B. admired C. played D. liked 2. A. guitars B. stamps C. relatives D. friends II. Read these words and find out the word that has different stress pattern from the others. 3. A. recreation B. decision C. improvement D. important 4. A. enormous B. technical C. beautiful D. cosmonaut III. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences below. 5. Excuse me! Could I have my EMS____________in the shortest possible time. A. delivered B. delivering C. to deliver D. deliver 6. The first person____________the classroom last Monday might know the reason. A. entered B. to enter C. who enters D. whom enters 7. Tom has a large____________of foreign coins. A. collecting B. collective C. collector D. collection 8. The most common____________activities in my country are home based. A. test B. leisure C. practice D. freedom 9. ____________Julia____________her sister are going to the party. A. Both / and B. Neither / nor C. Ether / or D. Not only / but also 10. Either my brother or my sister____________listening to classical music. A. likes B. like C. to like D. liking 11. If you like music, you can take a____________in karaoke singing. A. test B. class C. course D. book 12. Another hobby of my brother is____________ A. to draw B. drawing C. drawn D. draw 13. Yuri Gagarin was the first Russia____________to be in orbit around the earth. A. astronaut B. pilot C. actor D. doctor 14. He is the singer about____________I often tell you. A. that B. who C. whose D. whom 15. The film was really interesting. They are talking about it. A. The film was really interesting which they are talking about it. B. The film was really interesting about which they are talking about it. C. The film which was really interesting they are talking about it. D. The film about which they are talking was really interesting. 16. All students should be equipped____________a pocket calculator. A. for B. in C. of D. with 17. Elvis Presley, ____________died in 1977, earned millions of dollars. A. who B. whom C. that D. whose 18. Mr. and Mrs. Smith neither came____________sent a message. A. or B. neither C. and D. nor 19. A burglar is someone____________breaks into the house to steal things. A. he B. that C. which D. whom IV. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to compete the following passage. On 12 th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian (20)________became the first human being in space. Although his flight lasted only 108 minutes, its (21)________made him a national hero. He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero (22)________, and he was able to view the (23)________in a way that no one had done before. Unfortunately, a plane crash (24)________ March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space impossible. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia named after him. 20. A. writer B. cosmonaut C. fighter D. worker Page 1 Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM 21. A. attraction B. strength C. success D. failure 22. A. spacecraft B. gravity C. water D. weightlessness 23. A. Mars B. Moon C. Earth D. Sun 24. A. in B. at C. on D. after V. Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 25. Either John or you was responsible for the things that happened. A B C D 26. British people are very interested in watching and take part in sports. A B C D 27. Neil Armstrong was the first person setting foot on the moon A B C D 28. Hanoi, where is the capital of our country, is a city of peace. A B C D VI. Read the passage and answer the following questions. People collect a large variety of objects. stamps, postcards, dolls, Some people collect objects which are connected with historical events with famous people. But one of the strangest collections is that of eggcups. Kenvin’s Murphy of Bradford in Yorkshire has 10000 of them. Not surprisingly, his favorite eggcup is one of the shape of a typical Yorkshireman. Kenvin’s hobby began seven years ago, after he lent a elephant eggcup to granddaughter who took such a liking to it she insisted on keeping it. Kenvin saw a few eggcups he likes at a sale at a local shop, and started collecting them. 29. Which objects do some people collect? They collect objects which are connected with historical events with famous people 30. Who has one of the strangest collections? Kenvin’s Murphy does 31. How many eggcups does he have? He has 10,000 ones 32. What does his favorite eggcups look like? It is one of the shape of a typical Yorkshireman 33. When did he began to collect eggcups? He began to collect eggcups seven years ago after seeing a few eggcups he likes at a sale at a local shop VII. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. 34. She got great…satisfacion…………………from helping people learn. ( satisfy) 35. The Vietnamese athletes will receive more medals in a …variety….of international sports events. ( vary) VIII. Rewrite these sentences as directed. 36. The Smiths were given rooms in the hotel. Their house had been destroyed in the explosion. ( Combine the sentences, by using a relative pronoun.) The Smiths, whose house had been destroyed in the explosion, were given rooms in the hotel 37. Goats provide milk for cheese. Goats provide wool for clothing. (Use “ both…………and.) Goats provide both milk for cheese but also wool for clothing 38. We visited our grandparents last week. ( Use a cleft sentence in the passive voice) It was our grandparents that/who we visited last week 39. The black jacket didn’t fit her. The white jacket didn’t fit her, either. (Use “neither…………nor.) Neither the black jacket nor the white jacket fitted her 40. She is the only student that came to see me yesterday. (Reduce a relative clause.) She is the only student to come to see me yesterday THE END Page 2 . enters 7. Tom has a large____________of foreign coins. A. collecting B. collective C. collector D. collection 8. The most common____________activities in my country are home based. A. test B. leisure. March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space impossible. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia named after him. 20. A. writer B. cosmonaut. started collecting them. 29. Which objects do some people collect? They collect objects which are connected with historical events with famous people 30. Who has one of the strangest collections?