Grade 12
THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-020
Which word has the different stress pattern from the rest?
1.
A. capacity
B. fortunately
C. decorate
D. patience
2.
A. enlightenment
B. admiration
C. hesitation
D. intellectual
Which word has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest?
3.
A. clear
B. deal
C. seat
D. appeal
4.
A. podium
B. title
C. tsunami
D. wilderness
5.
A. apple
B. basic
C. transit
D. tramp
Choose the best answer to complete each of the sentences below.
6. It’s the present __________ I like the most.

A. who
B. whom
C. whose
D. that
7. Where is the T-shirt __________ she gave you on your birthday?
A. which
B. who
C. whom
D. of which
8. Books are still a cheap way to get __________ and entertainment.
A. inform
B. information
C. informative
D. informatively
9. Mary: “I’ve got an interview for a job today.” -Peter: “__________”
A. Thank you.
B. The same to you!
C. Good luck!
D. See you!
10. They decided to postpone their journey till the end of the month because of the epidemic.
A. take up
B. turn round
C. put off
D. do with
11. Keep quiet! You __________ talk so loudly in here. Everybody is working.
A. may
B. must
C. might
D. mustn’t
12. I find prepositions very __________.

A. interested
B. interest
C. interesting
D. interestingly
13. He drives very __________ so he often gets a fine from the police.
A. careful
B. careless
C. carefully
D. carelessly
14. We turned off the radio __________ the boring program.
A. because
B. because of
C. however
D. in spite of
15. The child will die __________ nobody sends him for a doctor.
A. if
B. unless
C. when
D. so
16. Be sure to __________ a real effort to answer all the questions the interviewer asks.
A. do
B. make
C. put
D. take
17. If you __________ the application on time, they might have called you for an interview.
A. have sent
B. sent
C. had sent
D. was sent
18. Two __________ were sacked because they always went to work late.

A. applicants
B. applications
C. employees
D. employers
19. - What does "WWF" stand __________? - World Wildlife Fund.
A. over
B. for
C. on
D. up
20. The company expanded rapidly. It grew __________ all the time.
A. the bigger and bigger
B. bigger and bigger
C. more and more big
D. the bigger and the bigger
21. Tom __________ his glass window while he __________ it last Sunday.
A. broke / has cleaned
B. has broken / has cleaned
C. broke / was cleaning
D. is breaking / is cleaning
22. - Mary: You look beautiful today. I like your new hairstyle. - Daisy: __________
A. Shall I? Thanks.
B. It’s nice of you to say so.
C. Oh, Well done!
D. I feel interesting to hear that.
23. They are interested in __________ jeans at work.
A. wear
B. to wear
C. wearing
D. worn
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24. How long did you spend __________ your homework?
A. in
B. for
C. of
D. on
25. The country air is fresh. __________, it is not crowded.
A. However
B. Moreover
C. Whenever
D. and
26. __________ you study for these exams, __________ you will do.
A. The harder / the better
B. The more / the much
C. The hardest / the best
D. The hard / the good
27. Please ask them __________ in this area.
A. don’t smoke
B. not smoking
C. to not smoke
D. not to smoke
28. Your bill __________ before you leave the hotel.
A. should pay
B. will pay
C. should be paid

D. must be paying
29. __________ up! The bus is coming.
A. Wash
B. Put
C. Wake
D. Hurry
30. This is the school __________ I studied __________ I was a boy.
A. where – when
B. which – when
C. which – that
D. where – that
Read the text and choose the correct answers.
The family in Britain is changing. The once typical British family headed by two parents has
undergone substantial changes during the twentieth century. In particular there has been a rise in the
number of single-person households. In the past, people got married and stayed married. Divorce was
very difficult, expensive and took a long time. Today, many couples live together (cohabit) without
getting married. Only about 60% of these couples will eventually get married. In the past, people
married before they had children, but now about 40% of children in Britain are born to unmarried
(cohabiting) parents. Cohabiting couples are also starting families without first being married. Before
1960 this was very unusual, but in 2001 around 23 per cent of births in the UK were to cohabiting
couples.
31. The family in Britain is __________.
A. different from the past
B. similar to the past
C. unchangeable
D. very stable now
32. Single-person households refer to the family in which there __________.
A. are two parents
B. is a father or a mother
C. are two generations

D. is a couple
33. The percentage of the couple eventually gets married after cohabiting in Britain today is about____.
A. sixty
B. forty
C. fifty
D. fifty five
34. It can be implied that divorce in Britain today is __________.
A. easy
B. taking long time
C. difficult
D. expensive
35. Which sentence IS NOT true?
A. Cohabiting couples are also starting families without first being married
B. Cohabiting couples increase.
C. Some British today have children before marriage.
D. In the past, living together without marriage is usual.
Choose the underlined part that needs correcting.
36. She left her house in a hurry without to say goodbye to us.
A
B
C
D
37. He was surprising at the bad news.
A
B
C
D
38. Could you take care in my handbag while I am going to the toilet?
A
B

C
D
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39. I’ll be back in a minute, Jane. I just want to trying out my new tape recorder.
A
B
C
D
40. Nobody is happy than Miss Snow is.
A
B
C
D
Rewrite the following sentences as directed.
41. They spend half an hour watching the news on TV.
 It takes ____________________________________________________________________
42. No one in the team can play better than John.
 John ______________________________________________________________________
43. You should keep the flowers in a warm sunny place.
 The flowers ________________________________________________________________
44. I regret not studying French when I had a chance.
 I wish _____________________________________________________________________
45. Although Mr. Pike was seriously ill, he still composed nice pieces of music.
 In spite of __________________________________________________________________

From questions 46 to 55, read the text and fill in the gaps with the correct words coming from the
words in CAPITALS. Your answers must be written in your answer sheet.

(46)______________ is a normal process in the
course of (47)______________. Species have
(48)______________ evolved and disappeared throughout
geologic time as the result of climate changes and the
(49)______________ to adapt to survive competition and predation.
Since the 1600s, however, the rate of extinction has accelerated
rapidly because of human population (50)______________ and
human resource (51)______________. Today, most of the world’s
habitats are changing (52)______________ than most species can
adapt to such changes through evolution, or natural
(53)______________. The current global extinction rate is
exponentially (54)______________ than the background extinction
rate. Many biologists believe that we are in the middle of the
greatest mass extinction episode since the (55)______________ of
the dinosaurs 65 million years ago.

EXTINCT
EVOLVE
SLOW
UNABLE
GROW
CONSUME
FAST
SELECT
GREAT
DISAPPEAR


Extinction-evolution- slowly- inability- growth- consumption-faster- selection- greater- disappearance

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