THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAMINATION (2010-2011)
GRADE-11 N
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I. Choose the word that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the others.
1.A. easy B. death C. beach D. feature
2. A. old B. bone C. protect D. stone
3. A. sand B. habitat C. rare D. national
4. A. laws B. animals C. fertilizers D. pollutants
5. A. stopped B. destroyed C. introduced D. established
II. Choose the word or phrase which best fits each gap of the sentence.
6. “Have you met the man………over there ?” _”No, who is he ?”
A. stands B. standing C. is standing D. who he is standing
7. It was ……… 1986 to1992 that the Olympics were held every four years, except in 1916 and 1940
and 1944.
A. since B. in C. from D. on
8. How often are the Asian Games ………… ?
A. held B. taken place B. found D. opened
9. Swimming and watering skiing are both………….sports.
A. athletics B. boxing C. games D. aquatic
10. This speedy and secure service of transferring money can be useful.(cïng nghÜa)
A. rapid B. hurried C. careful D. slow
11.The first words spoken by Gagarin from……………were,” I see the earth. It so beautiful!”
A. space B. his flight C. the sky D. the air
12. I’ d like to see the photo…………
A. took B. you took it C. that you took D. that you took it
13. Hobbies are the things you like to do in your………….time.
A. happy B. free C. good D. working
14. It was the cat………….the boy hit in the garden.
A. who B. that C. whose D. where
15. To organize a ………… of books, you should classify them into different categories and have a

name tag on each category.
A. shelf B. library C. room D. collection
16. Do you know the woman Tom is talking ……… ?
A. to B. to her C. to him D. to whom
17.The Asian Games are a…event, where young people from all over Asia gather together to compete.
A. festival B. normal C. political D. multi-sport
18. How many gold………….has the Vietnam team won so far ?
A. silver B. coins C. medals D. bronze
19. Unless you………….all of my questions, I can’t do anything to help you.
A. answer B. answered C. are answering D. would answer
20. Tom admitted…………. the rock through to the window.
A. to throw B. being throw C. to be thrown D. throwing
21. The study of human beings and their environment is………
A. ecology B. economy C. sociology D. bio-chemistry
22. A coward is someone………….isn’t brave.
A. whom B. which C. who D. whose
23. Have you found the key ………….?
A. you lost B. you lost it C. which lost D. that lost
24. The human race is only one small………in the living world.
A. racing B. animal C. species D. thing
25. I was the last person……… to the party last night.
A. come B. to come C. came D. who come
26. Nobody phone, did…… ?
A. he B. she C. we D. they
27. When I came, they …………….chess.
A. are playing B. was playing C. were playing D. has playing
28. By the time we got to the theater, the movie…………………, so we missed the first five minutes.
A. had started B. started C. were starting D. starts
29. If the bus……… on time, I won’t miss the soccer match.
A. be A. are C. is D. has been

30. If he………… more carefully, he would not cause an accident.
A. drives B. is driving C. was driving D. drove
31. If he had offered me the job, I………….it.
A. would have taken B. would take C. takes D. had taken
32. Everything……… ready for the party.
A. are B. is C. were D. do
33. There are some other……….that I indulge in for a while, but they are not as interesting as
collecting coins.
A. hobbies B. games C. collectors D. relaxation
34. Jack insisted that he didn’t need any help,…………I help him anyway.
A. so B. but C. for D. and
35. Scientists have made list of………….species and suggested ways to save them.
A. special B. different B. important D. endangered
III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.
36. The film star (A) whom most (B) teenagers have chatted (C) is a (D) kind-hearted person.
37. I am (A) delighted (B) hearing (C) your (D) good news
38. (A) It said that (B) a friend in (C) need is a friend (D) indeed.
39. Thanh Ba Post Office (A) offers the best (B) services with a (C) good-trained staff, who (D) are
always thoughtful and courteous.
40. (A) In bodybuild, the Vietnamese athletes (B) at the 14
th
Asian Games (C) won (D) one gold medal
and one bronze medal.
IV. Choose the correct sentence with the same meaning as the one in italics.
41. It’s years since I last went to a basketball match.
A. I hadn’t gone to a basketball match for years B. I last went to a basketball match for years ago.
C. I haven’t been to a basketball match for years .D. I have never played basketball for year.
42. “I’m sorry I didn’t tell you about my flight earlier, ” Linda said
A. Linda apologized me for not telling about her flight earlier.
B. Linda apologized for not telling her about my flight earlier.

C. Linda apologized for not telling me about her flight earlier.
D. Linda apologized for telling me about her late flight .
43. In spite of his injured, he managed to get out of the plane.
A. After being injured, he couldn’t get out of the plane.
B. When trying to get out of the plane, he was injured.
C. His manager helped him to get out of the plane.
D. Although he was injured, he managed to get out of the plane.
44. Mary gave John the money.
A. It was Mary who gave John the money B. It is Mary who gave John the money.
C. John gave Mary the money. D. Mary gave money for John.
45. Jane is the tallest girl in her class.
A. Jane is very tall in her class. B. Nobody in Jane’s class is as tall as she is.
C. She is the tallest girl in Jane’s class. D. Nobody is as tall as Jane is.
V. Read the passage and choose the best answer.
The United States has two per cent (%) of the world’s oil. Reserves and consumes twenty-five per
cent of it annual production. Ninety -eight per cent of all energy used for road, rail, ocean and aviation
transport is provided by oil product.
A barrel (thïng) of oil is 42 US gallons or 34.97 British gallons or 159 liters. It is thought there
are between 1,000 and 2,ooo billion barrels of oil left in the planet’s reserves. The world produces
75,000 barrels a day. It would take a man working 25,000 hours to generate the same amount of
energy that is stored in one barrelful of oil.
46. How much oil does the USA use everyday ?
A. 2 per cent of the world production. B.25 per cent of the world production.
C. 98 per cent of the world production. D. 75,000 barrels.
47. Which fields consume most of oil products ?
A. The road transport B. The air transport
C. The field of the road, rail, ocean and aviation transport D. The sea transport
48. A US gallon and a British gallon, which is more in quantity ?
A. A US gallon B. A British gallon. C. They are equal D. No information given
49. How much oil is produced daily ?

A. 1,000 barrels B. 2,000 barrels C. 25,ooogallons D. 75,000barrels.
50. How much energy is a barrelful of oil ?
A. Equal to a man working for 25,ooohours B. 159 liters
C. 42US gallons D. 98per cent of all energy.

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