Thai Nguyen Department of Education and Training FINAL ENGLISH TEST FOR THE SECOND TERM Bac Son Upper Secondary School Class: 11 Full name : …………. Time allowance: 45 mins. M ®Ò 150· I. Find out a mistake in each sentence by circling A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentences. 1: He can speak three languages, doesn’t he? A B C D 2: Either Mrs. Nga nor her child has told him my new address. A B C D 3: My mother is the kind of person to who one can talk about anything. A B C D 4: He is not only handsome but also his father is rich. A B C D 5: It will be interesting to watching that film again. A B C D II. Read the following passage then choose the correct answer by circling its corresponding letter A, B, or C. NASA stands for National Air and Space Administration. It is an independent U.S government agency which was established in 1958 for research and development of vehicles and activities for aeronautics and space exploration. Its goals include improving human understanding of the universe, the solar system, and Earth and establishing a permanent human presence in space. Initially created largely in response to the Soviet Union’s launch of the first man-made satellite Sputnik in 1957, NASA has had many successful space missions and programs, including over 100 manned missions. The many notable manned missions have been from the Apollo programs, which were a sequence of missions to the Moon, and included the achievement of the first man to walk on the Moon, during Apollo 11. The Space Shuttle Program has also been a huge success with, despite the loss of two of the Space Shuttles, Challenger and Columbia which resulted in the deaths of their entire crews. NASA’s future plans for space exploration are with the Project Constellation, which aims at creating a new generation of spacecraft for human spacelight. 6: What does the last letter “ A” in NASA stand for? A. Air B. Administration C. National Air and Space Administration 7: According to the passage, what is NOT included in the goals of NASA? A. Space exploration B. Bringing human into space C. protecting human from outer space attack 8: What does “its” in line 4 refer to? A. US government’s B. NASA’s C. Human’s 9: What is “man-made” in line 8 closest in meaning to? A. artificial B. belongs to human C. natural 10: What of the following missions was a NASA’s failure? A. Challenger B. Sputnik C. Apollo 11 III. Read the following passage and choose the best option A, B, C or D that best fills in each of the gaps. Beginning a collection of something is exciting. The most exciting is (1) _________ stamps because there are so (2) _________ to choose from. Stamp-collecting (3) _________ a hobby of millions of people all over the world for more than (4) _________ hundred years. Nobody (5)________ how many stamps there are in the world. 11: A. collect B. collects C. collecting D. collection 12: A. much B. little C. more D. many 13: A. had been B. was C. has been D. is being 14: A. the B. an C. a D. some 15: A. know B. knows C. is knowing D. have known IV. Choose the best answer by circling A, B, C, or D to complete the following sentence. 16: Every day she practises in the _________. A. gymnast B. gymnasium C. gymnastic D. gymnastics 17: Did Vietnamese athletes take _________ the 14 th Asian Games? A. action on B. parts of C. part in D. medals in 18: I must thank the man from _________ I got the present. A. that B. who C. whom D. which 19: It _________ the patients that I had to look after. A. was B. were C. is D. are 20: I am fed up _________ being told what to do every day by my parents. A. about B. in C. for D. with 21: Neither Linda nor I _________ classical music. A. liking B. like C. likes D. likings 22: It is a new school that _________ in our village next week. A. is going to be built B. is going to build C. is built D. was built 23: She went to Ha Noi yesterday, _________?. A. didn’t she B. did she C. wasn’t she D. was she 24: Do you like the person ________ lives next door? A. which B. who C. whom D. whose 25: My brother is an _________ guitarist. A. accomplish B. accomplishment C. accomplished D.accomplishing 26: _______ my father and my brother are football fans. A. Either B. Neither C. So D. Both 27: Suddenly the light went out. Emma ________ not see anything. A. could B. was able to C. would D. should 28: The girl, injured in the accident yesterday, is my friend. A. which were B. who C. that were D. who was 29: Either I or my mother _________ to prepare our meal. A. has B. have C. am D. having 30: It was the red car _______ crashed into him yesterday. A. whose B. what C. who D. that V. Choose the word whose underline part is pronounced differently from that of the others. 31: A. steps B. meets C. reads D. wants 32: A. discarded B. wanted C. watched D. collected 33: A. gigantic B. solidarity C. official D. discarded 34: A. able B. album C. avid D. stamp 35: A. happens B. understands C. stops D. gives VI. Rewrite the following sentences, using the suggested words. 36. You can call me today or you can call me tomorrow. ( either… or) ………………………………………………………………………………………… 37. The computer can gather facts. It can store them, too. ( both….and) ->………………………………………………………………………………………… 38. Mai plays the guitar well. Mai dances beautifully. ( not only…… but also) ->……………………………………………………………………………………… 39. My grandparents built the house in 1989. -> It was the house……………………………………………………………………… 40. The boy gave me a book. -> It was the boy………………………………………………………………………… The end . B. like C. likes D. likings 22 : It is a new school that _________ in our village next week. A. is going to be built B. is going to build C. is built D. was built 23 : She went to Ha Noi yesterday,. spacelight. 6: What does the last letter “ A” in NASA stand for? A. Air B. Administration C. National Air and Space Administration 7: According to the passage, what is NOT included in the goals of NASA? . hundred years. Nobody (5)________ how many stamps there are in the world. 11: A. collect B. collects C. collecting D. collection 12: A. much B. little C. more D. many 13: A. had been B. was C. has