GRADE 12 SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-011 THE SECOND TERM Circle the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others A bamboo B encourage C environment D capture A inhabitant B interpreter C imitation D initiate Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that the rest A seriously B primary C identify D biodiversity A described B enjoyed C digested D killed A pleasure B easy C reading D please Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D for each of the following sentences This is the girl _father owns the biggest shop in the area A who B which C whose D whom The man _she loves has been captured by the enemy A whose B who C whom D A&C This is the shortest way to the city centre; _, it is not the only way A therefore B so C but D however Your son is heading the right direction; _, I think you should encourage him to study harder A Because B However C But D Therefore 10.It was midnight, _the restaurant was still open A therefore B but C however D so 11.You _smoke in here It is against the rules A mustn't B don't have to C needn't D mightn't 12.This is a valuable book You must look after it carefully and _lose it A must B mustn’t C may D needn’t 13.I can’t find my book anywhere I _have left it on the train I am not sure A must B needn’t C should D might 14 _is the protection of environment and natural resources A Survival B Commerce C Conservation D Extinction 15. _is one of the main causes of species extinction A Pollution B Forestation C Population D Exploitation 16.Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with _ A extinct B extinctive C extinction D extinctly 17.Although we are aware _the importance of environment, we still overexploit it A from B on C for D of 18.Many rare animals are _risk of extinction A on B in C at D with 19.Human depend _species to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile soil for agriculture A at B on C in D about 20.If I had time, I _to the beach with you this weekend A will go B will have gone C would have gone D would go 21.If you _there, what would you have done? A were B had been C would be D would have been 22.When winter comes, I _a new coat A would have bought B buy C will buy D would buy 23.We _him for months now A don't see B haven't seen C won't see D didn't see 24.-Hung: “Would you like to have dinner with me?” - Lam: “ _.” A Yes, I’d love to B I’m very happy C Yes, it is D Yes, so I Page THE SECOND TERM GRADE 12 SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-011 THE SECOND TERM 25.A: “Are you coming on Saturday?” – B: “ _.” A I’m afraid not B I’m afraid not to C I’m afraid to D I’m afraid I don’t 26.- A: “ ” - B: “Certainly” A Welcome back! B What are you doing there? C I’m sorry I am late D May I borrow a pencil, please? 27.He said he a football match the day before A watch B was watching C had watched D watched 28.She told her brother where she then A studied B studies C had studied D was studying 29.We went by train to the west of England A a B an C the D no article 30.Did you read book I lent you last week? A a B the C an D no article Find an error in each sentence (A, B, C or D): 31.The flight was delayed, but we had time to have something to eat A The B but C to have D to eat 32.As we had plenty of food, we mustn’t go to the supermarket A the B mustn’t C had D As 33.The pupils failed the exam because of they were very lazy A failed B The pupils C because of D lazy 34.Since I have moved my house, they haven’t written to me A written to B my house C Since D have 35.He worked hard, however he could earn much money A much B worked C earn D however Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one (A, B, C or D): 36.I dance more beautifully than he does A He doesn’t dance more beautifully than I B He doesn’t dance as beautifully as I C He didn’t dance so beautifully as I D He danced more beautifully than I 37.Mary got wet because she didn’t have an umbrella A Mary didn’t have an umbrella However, she got wet B Although Mary got wet, she didn’t have an umbrella C Mary didn’t have an umbrella Therefore, she got wet D Mary got wet, but didn’t have an umbrella 38.They will ask you a lot of questions at the interview A You will be asked a lot of questions at the interview B You will be asked a lot of questions at the interview by them C A lot of questions will be asked you at the interview D A lot of questions will be asked at the interview 39.She is the most beautiful in her school A No one in her school is as beautiful as she is B No one in her school is as beautiful than she is C No one in her school are as beautiful as she is D No one in her school is as beautiful as she is 40.You live in a town The town is very old A You live in the town where is very old B You live in the town which is very old C You live in the town what is very old D You live in the town when is very old Page THE SECOND TERM GRADE 12 SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-011 THE SECOND TERM Choose the word that best fits each space in the following passage: Wild animals and wild places where they live are seriously (41) almost everywhere One species has become (42) _ in each year of this century, but many hundreds are now in (43) Lack of (44) would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction Already many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten But even more important, perhaps, the individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially the tropical forests are being cut down to ( 45) _man’s need of timber and paper 41.A protected B used C rescued D threatened 42.A valuable B extinct C endangered D dangerous 43.A beauty B preservation C danger D peace 44.A attention B care C look D ignorance 45.A reduce B help C satisfy D supply Read this passage and choose the best given answer A, B, C or D for each question: Once there were lots of pandas in the mountains of Western China Today they are becoming extinct The reason is that they can’t find enough food Pandas eat bamboo leaves They not like another food The bamboo grows very slowly It can take ten years for a bamboo to grow from a seed to a big plant Some types of bamboo have seeds only once every sixty years Pandas must wait many years for their food to grow While bamboo is growing, pandas not have enough leaves to eat Farmers are using more and more of the land on the mountain side to grow food for man The farmers cut down the bamboo Bamboo leaves become less plentiful Pandas cannot find enough food to eat They starve and die China and World Wild Fund are trying to save the pandas In 1979 they began to set up special parks where pandas live One such park is the Wolong Reserve in Sichuan The Wolong Reserve has highest number of pandas in the world Scientists come here to study the panda’s eating and mating habits By learning more about the pandas habits, scientists can save it from extinction 46.We could find a lot of pandas A in the mountains of Western China B in the national parks of the world C on bamboo trees D on the coast of Western China 47.It takes a bamboo to grow into a big plant A ten months B a decade C a century D sixty years 48.Farmers cut down bamboo trees because they want to A get food for pandas B drive pandas away C make pandas starve and die D get farmland 49.What the scientists to save pandas from extinction? A They stop farmers from cutting down the bamboo trees B They set up parks for them C They enact laws to ban hunting D They plant bamboo trees 50.Pandas are in danger of extinction because of A hunters kill them for commercial purpose B farmers cut down trees for fuel and housing C there is not enough food for them D They suffer from diseases THE END Page THE SECOND TERM