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(1)UNIT grade 11 ( 14-10-15 ) I Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others: a church b volunteer c culture d nature a writer b sunburnt c nurse d picture a hurt b purse c sure d curse a permission b better c prefer d warmer II Choose the word that has main stress placed differently from the others a contest b sponsor c observe d complete a stimulate b competition c disappointed d opportunity a recite b organize c apologize d participate a knowledge b maximum c athletics d marathon III Choose the word or phrase -a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentence or substitutes He's been teaching music for years, but he hasn't any _ a examinations b experiences c experience d qualifications I am pleased to _ the winner of the final competition It's Group B a recite b announce c explain d appoint After convincing myself that the result didn't matter, I felt oddly _ when we lost a encouraged b stimulated c disadvantaged d disappointed For work to flow _, proper preparations must be made a smoothly b freely c constantly d naturally The contestants are eliminated one by one until the last _ in a head-to-head contest a sponsor b support c compete d enter The winner of the contest was given a(n) _ for her excellent performance a bonus b reward c fine d award is someone who takes part in sports competitions a Judge b Sportman c Athletic d Sponsor They quickly read the questions and tried to find out the answers a complete b guess c offer d discover A string of defeats has failed to break the team's a spirits b efforts c works d methods 10 There is now intense between schools to attract students a competence b competition c competitive d competitor 11 Such questions provide a useful means of students' interest a expressing b encouraging c stimulating d providing 12 He his poem in front of the whole school a dedicated b recited c said d delivered IV Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect: We are going to study tonight until we will finish this chapter A B C D Only in the last few years people have begun to use home computers A B C D Have you heard the news ? The President has been shooting! A B C D The girl whom you met last night was used to be a singer A B C D V Choose the word or phrase- a, b, c or d - that best fits the blank space in the following passage A beauty contest, or beauty pageant, is a competition between people, (1) _ largely on the beauty of their physical appearance The modern beauty pageant can (2) _ its origin to the Miss America pageant, first held in Atlantic City, New Jersey, in 1921, under the title ‘Inter-City Beauty' contest The following year the title was (3) _ as Miss America Other contests include the yearly Miss World competition and Miss Universe, which are the two largest and most famous (4) _ beauty contests Women from around the world (5) _ in the competition for these titles To be selected as Miss World or Miss Universe, a contestant must be (6) _ or single If a Miss WorId fails to live up to people's expectations, she may, be (7) _ The organizers of the major beauty contests represent their contests (8) _ being events of world importance (9) _ many other people consider beauty contests to be (10) _ entertainment event of no great importance a set b based c regarded d used a trace b explain c pass d share a renewed b removed c renamed d retained a nation b national c internationale d international a interest b participate c excite d involve (2) a celibate b faithful c impressive d attractive a dismissed b declared c disqualified d dispensed a of b to c for d as a Besides b However c Therefore d Furthermore 10 a mass b popular c agreeable d remarkable VI Give the correct verb form (1.5ps) While I (have)………………………… a bath, the phone ……………………….(ring) She couldn’t find the book that I (lend)……………………………… her last month Did you hear him (go)…………………………………… out? The first man (set) ………………………………foot on the moon is Neil Armstrong I’m pleased (see) ……………………………………………….you It is no use _ to school if you _ ready to work hard ( go / not be ) She wanted to know if I Paul recently ( see ) I really hate _ away from home so long ( be ) VII Give the correct word forms (1.5ps) 3/ His wife was possibly the most highly _ prime minister of this century (educate) 6/ I feel so _ because there's nothing I can to make the youngster better.( help) 7/ _, we ask for a deposit of $200 beforehand.( Add ) 8/ The kids really liked the museum, _ the elephants.( special) 1/ She noticed a marked _ in the children on her second visit.( differ) 3/ By my _, we made a profit of £20 000 last year.( calculate) 5/ Disagreements about defence cuts have opened up deep _ within the military.( divide) 7/ I found the talk both informative and _ (entertain) VIII Prepositions The contest aimed to stimulate the spirit of learning English students The teacher explained the competition's rules the students very carefully Most students are interested the annual English Speaking Contests He apologized _ not being able to complete the poem Time was _, and the judges announced the results IX Rewrite the following sentences using suggestion (1p) The teacher said to us, “stop talking if you don’t want to copy punishing texts.” The teacher asked _ “Al right, I will install the new soft ware for you, Peter” Lan said Lan agreed _ My mother said “I will buy you a new dress on your birthday” My mother promised _ “Remember to your homework carefully,” the teacher told his students The teacher reminded “Don’t believe everything she says, Bruce” said Malcolm Malcolm warned “Go on, send your short story to the magazine,” Pamela said Paul Pamela encouraged _ “Don’t forget to phone the office” she told him She reminded _ Mother told Kathy, “I will buy you a doll if you get two tens Mother promised 9/ In the middle of our dinner there was a knock at the door -> When we were …………………………………………… 10/ "Don't forget to post the letter, " she told him -> She reminded ……………………………………… 11/ She said “ I’m repairing my motorbike” She said that………………………………………….…………………………………… …….… 12/ They haven’t finished their assignments Their assignments ………………………………….……………………………………… ……… 13/ They never made us anything we didn't want to We ………………………………….………………………………………………………………… 14/ It's a waste of time trying to explain anything to Tony -> It's not worth ………………………………………… 15/ I started working in this hotel six months ago -> I’ve ………………………………………………… (3) (4)