A The written Test * 6 - 45’ Name:………………………… Class: 11 Question I: Choose one word whose bold part is pronounced differently. Identify your answer by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 1. A. sign B. tide C. wild D. sting 2. A. match B. scan C. chase D. dam 3. A. confident B. continent C. modify D. conceal 4. A. current B. customs C. butcher D. tumble 5. A. senior B. method C. credit D. metric Question II: Choose from the four options given (marked A, B, C or D ) one best to complete each sentence by circling the corresponding letter A, B, C or D. 6. If I had met you last Sunday, I here today.……………… A. wouldn’t have been B. would have been C. were not D. were 7. I’m not used spoken to like that.…………………… A. to be B. to being C. being D. with being 8. As soon as the teacher came back into the room, the students stopped …………… A. talking B. to talk C. talk D. and talked 9. Jane has now sold the car she was given by her parents.………………… A. who B. that C. where D. whose 10. It is getting cold. You had better not .without a coat.……………… A. go out B. to go out C. going out D. have gone out 11. The patient examined by the doctor.………………… A. were B. is being C. has D. have been 12. When she her mistake, she apologized.…………… A. was realizing B. realizes C. realized D. has realized 13. Unless it stops raining, they the tennis tournament.……………… A. cancel B. will cancel C. would cancel D. would have cancel 14. He bought an air conditioner and installed himself.………… A. them B. it C. him D. your 15. Neither the director nor his assistant yet.…………… A. haven’t come B. has come C. have come D. hasn’t come 16. I think you better not tell him the truth.…………… A. had B. would C. should D. will 17. Don’t go out in the rain without an umbrella.……………… A. in B. under C. through D. of 18. I was very angry Tom, because he was very rude me.…………… …………… A. about - with B. at - with C. with – about D. with – to 19. The subject, we arte going to discuss, is very important.…………… A. who B. both A and C are correct C. which D. that 20. The woman .next to your friend is my aunt.……………… A. sits B. to sit C. sitting D. sat Question III: Read the passage and choose the best answer A, B, C or D to each question: Everybody loves movies. We (21) them at theatres, and we watch them on TV. They are popular ……… with children and adults, too. We can learn from them, or we can have a good (22) watching ………… them. They are a wonderful invention. We also call movies “motion pictures”. “Motion” is a noun for “moving”. People (23) .tried to show motion in pictures for centuries. Even prehistoric artists ……… showed animals running in the cave pictures. Near the end of the nineteenth (24) ., several Europeans and Americans tried to make movies. ………… No one (25) .who made the first one. New York city had the first movie theater in 1894. People ………… put money in a small machine (26) looked into it at the movie. By 1900, movies were popular all ………… over Europe and the United States. They were not very good, but people (27) .them because they ………… were new and different. Every year people invented ways to make movies better. They (28) .machines to show the ………… pictures on a screen. Then every one could see the motion pictures on the front wall of a theatre instead of inside a small machine. In 1927, inventors (29) sound to movies. Then they added colour.…………… Today it costs several million dollars to make a movie. However, movie makers collect millions of dollars from people at movie theatres (30) everyone loves movies. ………… 21. A. eat B. smell C. see D. take 22. A. place B. age C. time D. money 23. A. are B. has C. have D. will 24. A. century B. year C. age D. era 25. A. believes B. thinks C. guesses D. knows 26. A. but B. and C. also D. while 27. A. liked B. thought C. disliked D. disbelieved 28. A. discovered B. invented C. bought D. found 29. A. subtracted B. added C. divided D. multiplied 30. A. also B. therefore C. then D. because Question IV: Each of the following sentences has one mistake, identify the mistake by choosing A, B, C, or D. 31. After a week, we finally got to Miami, that my aunt lives. A B C D 32. My favourite uncle, which lives in Texas, arrived last night. A B C D 33. Paulo is someone who he really loves soccer. A B C D 34. One singer who’s voice I like a lot is Madonna. A B C D 35. The stories what I’ve told you are all true. A B C D Question V: Finish each of the following sentences in such a way that it is as similar as possible in meaning to the original sentence. 36. Tom looked through the window. He saw a beautiful rose. Looking .………………………………………………………………………………………… … 37. I asked a porter to carry the luggage to the station. I had ……………………………………………………………………………………………… 38. The boys are very disappointed. They can’t continue the discussion. The boys are ……………………………………………………………………………………… 39. Jane goes to the market. Peter goes to the market, too. Both .……………………………………………………………………………………………… 40. Hoa doesn’t write the letter. They don’t write a letter. Neither Hoa………………………………………………………………………………………… . ………… 21 . A. eat B. smell C. see D. take 22 . A. place B. age C. time D. money 23 . A. are B. has C. have D. will 24 . A. century B. year C. age D. era 25 D. knows 26 . A. but B. and C. also D. while 27 . A. liked B. thought C. disliked D. disbelieved 28 . A. discovered B. invented C. bought D. found 29 . A. subtracted