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(1)Daklak Department of Education and Training THE SECOND TERM TEST FOR GRADE 11
THPT Nguyễn Thái Bình Year: 2011-2012
Version Full name:
Class: _ Student’s number:
I Grammar and vocabulary : Choose the correct answer to each sentence Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers
A Polite B crude C patient D Honest
2 Customers can choose to send their letters by air or mail
A land B Water C Sea D surface
3 The service will help to send a document with its original shape
A express B Facsimile C transfer D Delivery
4 Are you the phone?
A on B with C For D to
5 Let’s have a drink, _?
A don’t we B we C Shall we D Will you
6 He never drinks wine, _?
A doesn’t he B Won’t he C Hasn’t he D does he Amstrong was the first person to set on the moon
A feet B foot C Leg D Legs
8 Gagarin was the first person to eat and drink in zero gravity It means
A conquest B Orbit C Spacemen D weightlessness
9 Cats see in the dark
A can B Were able to C could D Were unable to
10 It Lan who always helps him in his trouble
A is B has been C Will be D was
11 It was the red car crashed into mine yesterday
A who B That C what D Which
12 You can make a balanced aquarium by growing plants in the _tank
A Fish B pet C bird D Insect
13 I like the village I used to live
A in that B in which C Which D in where
14 Most houses that are situated in the suburbs have gardens
A situating B to situate C Were situated D Situated 15 The woman _next door is a famous singer
A lives B living C Who live D that living
16 Why don’t we _in peace.
A co-exist B existence C Survival D Survive
17 What is the different between human and animals?
A is B Beings C are D Be
18 The quiet country roads are ideal for cycling The word “cycling” is closest in meaning to “ ” A driving a car B playing football C kicking a ball D riding a bicycle 19 from several countries competed in many Asian Games
A Athletes B Audience C Spectators D Viewers
20 The ring _is made of gold and diamond
A she is wearing it B he gave it to her C She is wearing D Linda like 21 He is interested in _sports such as swimming and surfing
(2)22 Dinosaurs became millions of years ago
A disappear B Endangered C Lost D extinct
23 Water power gives energy without _
A poison B nuclear C Pollution D Petrol
II Pronunciation: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
24 A Lives B spaces C Surfaces D Distances
25 A Mature B treasure C Structure D venture
26 A Needed B arrived C Visited D Wanted
27 A Stopped B jumped C Robbed D Stepped
III Writing
28 The man is selling lottery tickets He used to be very rich (combine sentences using a relative pronoun)
_ 29 Hue bought a bar of chocolate It looked very delicious (combine sentences using a relative pronoun)
_ 30 Nam’s father got angry with him (using Cleft sentence)
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31 We planted some young trees in the garden (using Cleft sentence)
_ 32 The Second World War ended on May 1945 in Europe (using Cleft sentence)
_ IV Reading : Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.
The Taj Mahal is considered one of the wonders of the world It was built by the fifth Mughal Emperor of India as a memorial to his beloved wife, Mumtaz Mahal, who died when she was giving birth to their 14th child in 1631 He began to build a monument in the same year and mourned her for ten years The Taj Mahal was completed 22 years later at the cost of 32 million rupees Twenty thousand people worked on it
The Taj Mahal, meaning “Crown of the Palace”, stands on the bank of the Yamuna River in Agra Built of white marble, its beauty is beyond description, particularly at dawn and sunset It was said that the King spent the last days of his life in prison staring into a small piece of glass at the reflection of The Taj Mahal, and he died with a mirror in his hand He was buried in The Taj Mahal with the wife he never forgot
33 The Taj Mahal was built in _and completed in
A 1628/1645 B 1931/1941 C 1592/1628 D 1631/1653
34 How much did The Taj Mahal cost?
A thirty two million rupees B twenty two million rupees C twenty thousand rupees D thirty two thousand rupees 35 The King had The Taj Mahal built to
A commemorate his wife’s death B pay homage to his beloved wife C immortalise their love D Mourn his wife wife’s death 36 Which of the following is not true about the King?
A He had a lot of children B He spent his whole life in the palace
C He loved his wife so much D He was buried at the same place as his wife had been 37 The phrase is beyond description in the passage means _
A Is impossible to describe B can’t be described
C is too far to be seen from the back D is too great to express in words V Identify the error in each sentence
38 Anybody is fond of beauty, isn ’ t he ? 39 It is him who I met yesterday. A B C D A B C D
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