Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION A- PHẦN TRẮC NGHIỆM KHÁCH QUAN (7đ): Học sinh làm bài ở trang 2. I. Choose the word of which the stressed syllable is different from the others. 1. A. ability B. activity C. accompany D. entertainment 2. A. president B. possible C. astronaut D. engineer II. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 3. A. miles B. words C. accidents D. tensions 4. A. without B. earth C. death D. t hank III. Choose the correct answer that best completes the sentence. 5. Only 489 athletes took p a r t in the first Asian Games. A. participated in B. got rid of C. gave up D. added to 6. I often collect stamps in my f r e e time. A. spare B. bed C. allotted D. engaged 7. Which is the most popular recreation _________ summer? A. for B. at C. on D. in 8. A/ An _________ is a person who is trained for travelling in a spacecraft. A. engineer B. scientist C. astronaut D. technical 9. My father was a very clever man. He _________ speak 5 languages. A. wasn’t able to B. could C. isn’t able to D. can 10. I am late, _________ ? A. am not I B. aren’t I C. don’t I D. won’t I 11. You have got a new car, _________ ? A. do you B. don’t you C. aren’t you D. haven’t you 12. I _________ play football now, but when I was young I _________ play very well. A. am able to/ was able to B. cannot/ could C. am not able to/ was not able to D. can/ was able to 13. A: “Would you like something to drink?” -B: “ _________ .” A. No, I won’t. B. Not at all C. I’m not thirsty. Thank you. D. Yes, I will. 14. Alice: “Mike, can you take these books back to the library for me? I’m running late.” Tom: “ _________ .” A. I’m late too. Sorry B. No. C. Never mind. D. No, I don’t. 15. Linda: “Excuse me! Where’s the post office?” - Maria: “ _________ .” A. It’s over there B. Don’t worry C. I’m afraid of D. Yes. I think so 16. The man _________ the bank is a millionaire. A. is entering B. entering C. to be entered D. enters 17. Research and teaching are of _________ importance. A. equal B. equally C. equality D. equalize IV. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C, or D that needs correcting. 18. E i t h e r you or John a r e going to help Peter with his w o r k. A B C D 19. It w a s the event th a t h a d t a lk e d about a lot. A B C D 20. J ohn neither p l a y s football a nd r uns fast. A B C D V. Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one. 21. Yuri Gagarin/ born/ Russia/ March 9, 1934. A. Yuri Gagarin was born in Russia in March 9, 1934. B. Yuri Gagarin was born on Russia on March 9, 1934. C. Yuri Gagarin was born in Russia on March 9, 1934. D. Yuri Gagarin was born on Russia in March 9, !934. 22. She likes both ice-cream and candies. A. She likes not only ice-cream but also candies. B. She doesn’t both like ice-cream or candies. C. She doesn’t like neither ice-cream nor candies. D. She likes either ice-cream or candies. 23. She is intelligent, and she is beautiful. PAGE 1 THE SECOND SEMESTER Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION A. She is not intelligent nor beautiful. B. She is both intelligent and beautiful. C. She is neither intelligent nor beautiful. D. She is either intelligent or beautiful. VI. Read the text carefully and then choose the correct answer We are all slowly destroying the Earth. The seas and the rivers are too dirty to swim (24) _________ . There is so much smoke in the air that it is (25) _________ to live in many of the world’s cities. In one famous city, for (26) _________ , poisonous exhaust from cars pollute the air so much that traffic policemen have to wear oxygen masks. We have to cut down so many trees that there are now vast areas of waste land all over the world. As a (27) _________ , farmers in parts of Africa can not grow enough to eat. In certain countries in Asia there is too little rice. We must act now before it is too late to do anything about it. Save the (28) _________ ! 24. A. in B. on C. from D. to 25. A. healthy B. health C. unhealthy D. healthily 26. A. as B. example C. so D. that 27. A. result B. complete C. end D. last 28. A. Moon B. Sun C. Mars D. Earth B- PHẦN TỰ LUẬN (3đ) VII. Do as directed. 29. A leg injury prevented him from active participation in the (compete) __________________ . (Give the correct form of the word in the bracket.) 30. She doesn’t know. She doesn’t care what happened. ( Using “Neither … nor …”) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 31. My parents go to the cinema. My cousins go to the cinema. (Using “Not only … but also …”) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 32. I wanted to see different kinds of paintings a t t he Tr a ng T i e n e xhi b i tio n. (Using “It was…that…”) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 33. My son has just learned s o m e of i rr e g u l a r v e r bs by heart. ( Using “It is … that … ” in passive) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 34. The letter which was left in the mailbox was for me. (Reduce relative pronoun.) ___________________________________________________________________________________ 35. She had some close friends. She wanted to send her cards to them.(Combine sentences using relative pronoun.) ___________________________________________________________________________________ VIII. Read the passage and answer the questions. When you have a post-office box, the postman does not bring letters to you, but you go to the post office and get your letters and parcels from your box. The box is locked, and you have the key, so the letters are quite safe. One day, the headmaster of a school wrote to the post office and asked for a post-office box for his school. He soon got an answer. It said, “We will give you a post-box in one month.” Three months later, the headmaster wrote to the post office again and said, “Why haven’t we got a post- office box yet?” This was how the post office answered: “Dear sir, We gave you a post-office box two months ago and wrote to you then to tell you. Here is the key to your box. You will find your letter to you in it.” 36. What happens when you have a post-office box? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 37. Why are letters safe when they are in a post-office box? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 38. Why did the headmaster write to the post office? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 39. Why did he write to the post office three months later? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 40. Did the headmaster receive the key to his post-box? ___________________________________________________________________________________ PAGE 2 THE SECOND SEMESTER Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION THE END ANWER KEYS A- PHẦN TNKQ: Mỗi câu đúng: 0,25 điểm 1. D 2. D 3. C 4. A 5. A 6. A 7. D 8. C 9. B 10. B 11. D 12. B 13. C 14. A 15. A 16. B 17. A 18. C 19. C 20. C 21. C 22. A 23. B 24. A 25. C 26. B 27. A 28. D B- PHẦN TỰ LUẬN: Mỗi câu đúng: 0,25 điểm 29. competition 30. She neither knows nor cares what happened. 31. Not only my parents but also my cousins go to the cinema. 32. It was at the Trang Tien exhibition that I wanted to see different kinds of paintings. 33. It is some of irregular verbs that has just been learnt by heard by my son. 34. The letter left in the mailbox was for me. 35. She had some close friends to whom (whom/ that/ who) she wanted to send her cards (to). 36. When you have a post-office box, the postman does not bring letters to you, but you go to the post office and get your letters and parcels from your box. 37. Because the box is locked and only and you have the key. 38. The headmaster of a school wrote to the post office and asked for a post-office box for his school. 39. Because he hadn’t got his post-office box after three months. 40. No, he didn’t. PAGE 3 THE SECOND SEMESTER . not intelligent nor beautiful. B. She is both intelligent and beautiful. C. She is neither intelligent nor beautiful. D. She is either intelligent or beautiful. VI. . _________ play football now, but when I was young I _________ play very well. A. am able to/ was able to B. cannot/ could C. am not able to/ was not able to D. . able to 13. A: “Would you like something to drink?” -B: “ _________ .” A. No, I won’t. B. Not at all C. I’m not thirsty. Thank you. D. Yes, I will. 14. Alice: