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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 Pronunciation: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
1 A Needed B arrived C Visited D Wanted
2 A Stopped B jumped C Robbed D Stepped
3 A Lives B spaces C Surfaces D Distances
4 A Mature B treasure C Structure D venture
II Grammar and vocabulary : Choose the correct answer to each sentence 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 does he C Hasn’t he D Won’t he Amstrong was the first person to set on the moon
A foot B feet C Leg D Legs
8 Gagarin was the first person to eat and drink in zero gravity It means
A conquest B weightlessness C Spacemen D Orbit
9 Cats see in the dark
A can B could C Were able to D Were unable to
10 It Lan who always helps him in his trouble
A was B has been C Will be D Is
11 It was the red car crashed into mine yesterday
A who B what C That D Which
12 You can make a balanced aquarium by growing plants in the _tank
A bird B pet C Fish D Insect
13 The quiet country roads are ideal for cycling The word “cycling” is closest in meaning to “ ” A driving a car B riding a bicycle C kicking a ball D playing football 14 from several countries competed in many Asian Games
A Athletes B Audience C Spectators D Viewers
15 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 16 He is interested in _sports such as swimming and surfing
A watering B team C Aquatic D Competing
17 Dinosaurs became millions of years ago
A disappear B extinct C Lost D Endangered
18 Water power gives energy without _
A poison B nuclear C Petrol D Pollution
19 I like the village I used to live
A in that B in where C Which D in which
20 Most houses that are situated in the suburbs have gardens
A situating B to situate C Were situated D Situated 21 The woman _next door is a famous singer
A lives B living C Who live D that living
22 Why don’t we _in peace.
A existence B co-exist C Survival D Survive
(2)A is B are C Being D Be 24 Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers
A patient B crude C Polite D Honest
25 Customers can choose to send their letters by air or mail
A land B surface C Sea D Water
26 The service will help to send a document with its original shape
A express B transfer C Facsimile D Delivery
27 Are you the phone?
A to B with C For D On
III 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
28 The Taj Mahal was built in _and completed in
A 1631/1653 B 1931/1941 C 1592/1628 D 1628/1645
29 How much did The Taj Mahal cost?
A twenty two million rupees B thirty two million rupees C twenty thousand rupees D thirty two thousand rupees 30 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 31 Which of the following is not true about the King?
A He had a lot of children B He loved his wife so much
C He spent his whole life in the palace D He was buried at the same place as his wife had been 32 The phrase is beyond description in the passage means _
A is too great to express in words B can’t be described C is too far to be seen from the back D Is impossible to describe IV Writing
33 The Second World War ended on May 1945 in Europe (using Cleft sentence)
34 We planted some young trees in the garden (using Cleft sentence)
35 Nam’s father got angry with him (using Cleft sentence)
36 Hue bought a bar of chocolate It looked very delicious (combine sentences using a relative pronoun)
37 The man is selling lottery tickets He used to be very rich (combine sentences using a relative pronoun) 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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