overdone – undercharged Read the following passage and choose the correct answers: At midnight of 31st December throughout Great Britain people celebrate the coming of the New Year, by
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FIRST-SEMESTER ENGLISH EXAM
CLASS 11D
Student’s full name:
Class: ……
Pick out the word whose stress pattern is
different
1 A retreat B contest
C object D decline
2 A familiar B sensitive
C attractive D athletic
3 A repentance B ancestor
C previous D festival
4 A opportunity B remedial
C interpersonal D volunteer
5 A sympathetic B indifferent
C comparative D conservative
Identify the mistake in each of the
following sentences:
6 I am going to my room to bring my
glasses; I’ll be back in a minute
A am going B bring
C glasses D in a
7 I regret telling everybody the truth which
makes them more worrying
A telling B the
C which D worrying
8 Working late into the night too frequently,
your health is harmed
A Working B into
9 The man whom the police questioned
denied to have come to the bank that night.
A whom B questioned
C to have come D that night
10 I know you are a heavy smoker, but you
have to refrain off smoking in the meeting
room
A I know B heavy
Choose the best answer to fill in each
blank:
Healthy eating is undoubtedly the key (I)
general well-being Our bodies are made up of
what we eat, so our fitness and vitality cannot
possibly escape the effects of bad diet Sweets,
chocolate and cake are fine (II) _, but
trouble arises when people just can’t leave them
alone, greedily (III) _ every possibly
sticky item that comes their way Treatment is
available for serious problem but avoidance is normally better than cure (IV) _ a careful choice when it comes to desserts, and have a good selection of fruit to round off a meal A reduction in your sugar intake may well (V) _ at first but you’ll feel better for it
11 (I)
12 (II)
A on average B little by little
C in moderation D at least
13 (III)
A eat B having eaten
C to eat D eating
14 (IV)
15 (V)
A damage B spoil
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences:
16 She is for voting; she is just 16
A inedible B incredible
C ineligible D indelible
17 The last contestant was _ for his rowdy behavior
A unqualified B disqualified
C not qualified D disqualifying
18 You can never _ the time you have lost
A make up for B do up to
C get on with D bring forward
19 Healthy food is now increasing
A on average B on amount
C in importance D in popularity
20 Beauty contests for teenagers are _ Many detest them, while others support them
A disagreeable B controversial
C degrading D indifferent
21 _ interests have brought the members of my team together
A Sharing B Common
C Normal D Popular
22 Bad events are avoided at New Year so that life will not be by bad luck
A haunted B brought
C celebrated D deemed
23 There are more golf in the South than in the North
A pitches B courses
C courts D grounds
24 Water _of hydrogen and oxygen
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C is consisted D comprises
25 There was a long in the
conversation, and then suddenly everybody
burst out laughing
A interruption B pause
26 _ the deposit, the man
complained why he could not get the order
A He paid B Having paid
C Paying D Being paid
27 Don’t worry about the lunch I’ll it
A go through B see to
C work into D look into
28 at the audience, the speaker
raised the first question
A Having looked B Looked
C Being looked D Looking
29 The yellow socks won’t your
sweater and anyway yellow won’t you
A match – suit B fit – suit
C match – fit D suit – match
30 The Jewish Rosh Hashanah is a _
holiday for fasting
A mental B ornamental
C solemn D silent
31 Late arrivals for theatres are not allowed to
come in until the
C half-time D interval
32 They our attention to the stage
by ringing the bells
33 The new policy has _ the
development of small businesses
A edged its way in
B put down its name for
C given way to
D made room for
34 The yoghurt must have _ by now
You should not eat it
A gone off B come out
C put off D brought about
35 People going to work tend to think they are
while employers always think their
employees are
A undercharged – overdone
B overpaid – underpaid
C underpaid – overpaid
D overdone – undercharged
Read the following passage and choose
the correct answers:
At midnight of 31st December throughout Great
Britain people celebrate the coming of the New
Year, by holding hands in a large circle and
singing For Auld Lang Syne ‘For auld lang syne’ means ‘in memory of past time’ and the words were written by Scotland’s most famous poet, Robert Burns He wrote much of his poetry in the Scots dialect
New Year’s Eve is a more important festival in Scotland than it is in England, and it even has a special name It is not clear where the word
‘hogmanay’ comes from, but it is connected
with the provision of food and drink for all visitors to your home on 31st December In addition, many people believe that you will have good luck for the coming year if the first person to enter your house after midnight is a
‘tall dark stranger’ It is also thought lucky if this person brings a piece of coal and some white bread Most Scots take part in a dance
on New Year’s Eve until the early hours of the morning
36 What is wrong about the New Year’s Eve in Scotland and England?
A A piece of coal and white bread means luck
B Food and drink is provided for all visitors
C People dance until early in the morning
D People hold hands in a queue and sing
37 New Year’s Eve is
A important in neither Scotland nor England
B as important in both England and Scotland
C more important in England than in Scotland
D more important in Scotland than in England
38 Who do Scottish people expect after midnight on December 31st?
A A tall dark stranger
B Some people bringing white coal
C Many people to come to dance
D Robert Burns
39 What is ‘hogmanay’?
A good luck
B food and drink
C New Year’s Eve
D in memory of past time
40 ‘For Auld Lang Syne’
A means ‘in memory of past time’
B was originally written in English
C was about Robert Burns
D was sung by a famous singer
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