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<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>Grade 11. THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM. Find out the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest. 1. A. trouble B. flood C. shout D. country 2. A. photograph B. though C. laugh D. enough 3. A. medium B. lecture C. inventor D. president 4. A. heat B. break C. meaning D. seaside 5. A. choose B. chorus C. church D. children Choose the best option to complete the gap. 6. If I were you, I _______ him more politely. A. wouldn’t have treated B. will treat C. would treat D. would have treated 7. Please forgive me. I didn’t mean _______ you, Sue. A. to upset B. being upset C. upsetting D. to be upset 8. I’m afraid I can’t go with you. I have a lot of things _______ today. A. to do B. to doing C. doing D. do 9. The number of _______ people in the remote and mountainous areas is gradually decreasing. A. literacy B. illiterate C. illiteracy D. literating 10. Everybody _______ ready to leave now, aren’t they? A. is B. are not C. is not D. are 11. Western people are not used _______ with chopsticks. A. to eating B. to eat C. with eating D. for eating 12. _______ printing _______ by Chinese? A. Did / invent B. Did / invented C. Was / invented D. Was / inventing 13. _______ is one of the most important qualities of the two friends. A. Loyalty B. Loyalness C. Loyalcy D. Loyal 14. The competitors in the competition have _______ in five activities. A. to taken part B. to taking part C. to take part D. taking part 15. We _______ any interesting films lately. A. didn’t see B. saw C. haven’t seen D. hadn’t seen 16. Mary suggested _______ for a picnic by the lake. A. go B. going C. to go D. that going 17. If he didn’t spend much time _______ computer games, he would pass the exam. A. at B. in C. on D. by 18. He wouldn’t have failed if he _______ his father’s advice. A. takes B. would take C. took D. had taken 19. The blind are unable to see _______. A. nothing B. everything C. something D. anything 20. It’s usually dry here at this time of the year. It _______ much. A. isn’t rain B. not rain C. hasn’t rained D. doesn’t rain 21. _______ all his homework, he was allowed to go out with his friends. A. Did he do B. To do C. Having done D. Had done 22. The police stopped the strange man _______ the building. A. to leave B. for leaving C. to have left D. from leaving 23. Can you tell me the most _______ experience in your life? A. unforgot B. unforgettable C. unforget D. forget 24. It was really a boring weekend. I didn’t do _______. A. anything B. something C. everything D. nothing 25. We’d have a nice picnic if the weather _______ fine today. A. wasn’t B. were C. is D. weren’t 26. Do you remember _______ Tommy at the party last month? A. met B. meeting C. to meet D. to have met 27. His parents made him _______ for the coming exam. Page 1. Lop11.com. THE FIRST SEMESTER.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> Grade 11. THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM. A. to study B. study C. having study D. studying 28. Some young _______ work in the home of sick or old people. A. volunteer B. voluntary C. volunteered D. volunteers 29. The old lady forgave the little boy _______ the window of her house. A. for breaking B. to break C. for broke D. by breaking 30. Computers _______ in many places of work nowadays. A. used B. are used C. use D. are using 31. Streets are often decorated _______ colorful lights and red banners during Tet. A. on B. with C. for D. by 32. When we got to the station, the train _______. A. had left B. had leaved C. left D. has left Find out the sentence which is similar in meaning to the given one: 33. People speak English in most countries. A. People speaking English in a country. B. Speaking people in most countries English. C. People spoken English in two countries. D. English is spoken in most countries. 34. It’s necessary to learn a foreign language well. A. To learn a foreign language is good necessary. B. It’s well to learn a foreign language. C. Learning a foreign language is well necessary. D. Learning a foreign language well is necessary. 35. “Would you like to have lunch with me on Sunday?”- she said to me. A. She offered me to have lunch with her on Sunday. B. She suggested me to have lunch with her on Sunday. C. She reminded me to have lunch with her on Sunday. D. She invited me to have lunch with her on Sunday. 36. “If Peter had gone to school yesterday, he would have understood that lesson.” A. Peter didn’t go to school yesterday but he understood that lesson. B. Peter went to school yesterday and understood that lesson. C. Peter didn’t go to school yesterday and he didn’t understand that lesson D. Peter went to school yesterday but he didn’t understand that lesson. Indicate an error in each sentence. 37. If she hadn’t be sick, she would have gone out with me to the party. A B C D 38. The aim of the lecture is teach children to understand and love their country more. A B C D 39. After finished his homework, John closed the windows, turned off the lights and went to bed. A B C D 40. The film was so bored that a lot of people walked out of the cinema after just 15 minutes watching it. A B C D Find out the most suitable option for each to complete the passage. I had an amusing experience last year. When I was (41)______ to a town in the south of France, a young man waved to me. I stopped and he asked me for a lift. As soon as he had got into the car, I said good morning to him (42)______ French and he replied in the same language. (43)______ of us spoke during the journey. I myself know a little of French. I had nearly (44)______ the town when the young man suddenly said, very (45)______, "Do you speak English?". As I soon learnt, he was English himself. 41. A. driving B. walking C. flying D. riding 42. A. from B. at C. by D. in 43. A. No B. None C. Either D. Neither 44. A. came B. went C. approached D. stopped 45. A. quick B. slowly C. slow D. slowliness Page 2. Lop11.com. THE FIRST SEMESTER.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(3)</span> Grade 11. THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM. Read the passage and find out the most suitable option for each question. All men should study. We study to widen our knowledge and develop our intelligence. Education plays an important role in our life. First of all, we have to learn how to observe accurately, to think truthfully, to speak correctly and to write clearly. Education gives us knowledge of things around us and it preserves the national noble traditions and customs from generation to generation. Education makes a person more perfect. An educated man is both talented and virtuous. In every country, the government always considers education as the most important policy. Some of us sometimes think that we "have finished" our education when we leave school or graduate from a university. Actually, real education should never finish. 46. Education ______________. A. plays an important role in our life B. can play role important C. helps us play important role D. has an important role in a play 47. When will education finish? A. Education will never finish. B. Whenever one leaves school. C. At the end of the school-year. D. When one gets old. 48. We study in order to ______________. A. develop our intelligence B. make things easier C. widen our knowledge D. both A and C 49. We learn how ______________. A. to play a role in life B. to observe accurately, to think truthfully, to speak correctly and to write clearly. C. to widen our knowledge D. to be talented 50. An educated man is ______________. A. talented B. perfectly C. virtuous D. both talented and virtuous. ------THE END------. Page 3. Lop11.com. THE FIRST SEMESTER.

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