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(1)Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others: A design B exist C biography D iron A travel B survey C space D accommodate A event B enjoy C energetic D experiment Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from that of the others: A excursion B passenger C frontier D astronaut A attack B exact C ancient D behave A remain B famous C relax D pretend Choose A, B, C or D that best completes each of the following sentences He was the first guest _at the party last night A arrives B arriving C arrived D to arrive Neither of these roads _to the airport A lead B leading C leads D A&C None of the shops _open at ten o’clock last night A were B are C is D have been 10 It was through the Internet _they got that song A which B whom C who D that 11 My mother together with her friends often _in this park A jog B jogged C jogging D jogs 12 We can _ dance _sing well A neither/nor B either/or C meither/or D either/nor 13 I’m really not interested in sports I like _football _tennis A either / nor B either/ or C neither/ or D neither/ nor 14 You have eaten nothing all day You _be very hungry A could B might C should D must 15 He wasn't able to cope _the stresses and strains of the job A in B with C to D at 16 I’m talking to the man _for more than 20 years A I have known B to whom I have known C which I have known D whose I have known 17 Even though I’d hurt my leg, I _swim back to the boat A can B could C was able to D am able to 18 This restaurant is well-known for its friendly atmosphere and excellent service A famous B outstanding C renowned D all are correct 19 The information you told me was so _that it made me _ A surprising/surprised B surprised / surprising C surprising/surprising D surprised/surprised 20 _I bought the golden fish A It was this shop which B It was from this shop where C It was this shop that D It was from this shop that 21 The participants' efforts were much appreciated when they won some gold medals A accepted B encouraged C understood D highly valued 22 Some films about violence have badly _on children A taken B influenced C entertained D offered 23 My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play A skillful B famous C perfect D modest 24 _ working for a research institute A Both of they are B Both of them is C Both of them are D Both they Which of the following sentences expresses the same idea? 25 He hasn’t smoked a cigarette for nearly a week A It’s a cigarette that he smoked a week ago Page Lop11.com THE SECOND SEMESTER (2) Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION B It was for a week that he hadn’t smoked a cigarette C It’s nearly a week since he last smoked a cigarette D It’s a week ago that he smoked a cigarette 26 Having put the child in bed, I phoned the doctor A After I put the child in bed, I phoned the doctor B After I had put the child in bed, I phoned the doctor C After putting the child in bed, I phoned the doctor D After I have put the child in bed, I phoned the doctor 27 Although he is intelligent, he doesn’t well at school A In spite of being intelligent, he doesn’t well at school B In spite of he is intelligent, he doesn’t well at school C Despite of being intelligent, he doesn’t well at school D Be intelligent, he doesn’t well at school 28 The men whom I don’t like are angry A The men I don’t like are angry B The men who I don’t like are angry C The men that I don’t like are angry D All are correct Choose the underlined part that needs correction 29 My teachers congratulated me for my success [on] A B C D 30 There is a door at either ends of the corridor [end] A B C D 31 I had an artist drawn my portrait It looked just like me [draw] A B C D 32 The house which she lived was destroyed by the storm [in which/where] A B C D Read the following passage and choose the best answer to complete each blank YURI GAGARIN Yuri Gagarin was born in Klushino near Gzhatsk, a region west of Moscow, Russia, on March 9, 1943 He was a Soviet (33) _who in 1961 became the first person in space and the first person to (34) _the Earth The adjacent town of Gzhatsk was renamed Gagarin in 1968 in his (35) _ His parents worked on a collective farm His mother was reportedly a voracious reader, and his father a skilled carpenter He was the third of four children (36) _his family His teachers described him as intelligent and hard-working (37) _starting an apprenticeship in a metal works as a foundry worker, he was (38) _for further training at a high technical school in Saratov While there, he joined the “AeroClub”, and learned how to (39) _a light spacecraft In 1955, after completing his technical schooling, he entered military flight training at the Orenburg Pilot’s school While there he met Valentina Goryacheva, (40) _he married in 1957, after gaining his pilot’s wings in a MiG-15 33 A cosmonaut B pilot C driver D sailor 34 A orbit B travel C set on D move 35 A name B honor C death D life 36 A on B for C in D at 37 A If B After C Because D Although 38 A decided B approved C invented D selected 39 A drive B take C ride D fly 40 A which B that C Ø D whom THE END -Page Lop11.com THE SECOND SEMESTER (3)