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<b>Daklak Department of Education and Training THE SECOND TERM TEST FOR GRADE 11</b>

<b>THPT Nguyễn Thái Bình</b> <b>Year: 2011-2012 </b>

Version 2
Full name:______________________________

Class:_______ Student’_{s number:__________}

<b>I. Grammar and vocabulary : Choose the correct answer to each sentence</b>
1. Our well-trained staff are always courteous to customers.

A. Polite B. crude C. patient D. Honest

2. Customers can choose to send their letters by air or________mail.

A. land B. Water C. Sea D. surface

3. The______service will help to send a document with its original shape.

A. express B. Facsimile C. transfer D. Delivery

4. Are you______the phone?

A. on B. with C. For D. to

5. Let’_{s have a drink,_________?}

A. don’_{t we} _{B. do we} _{C. Shall we} _{D. Will you}

6. He never drinks wine,_________?

A. doesn’_{t he} _{B. Won}’_{t he} _{C. Hasn}’_{t he} _{D. does he}
7. Amstrong was the first person to set________on the moon.

A. feet B. foot C. Leg D. Legs

8. Gagarin was the first person to eat and drink in zero gravity. It means__________.

A. conquest B. Orbit C. Spacemen D. weightlessness

9. Cats__________see in the dark.

A. can B. Were able to C. could D. Were unable to

10. It________Lan who always helps him in his trouble.

A. is B. has been C. Will be D. was

11. It was the red car______crashed into mine yesterday.

A. who B. That C. what D. Which

12. You can make a balanced aquarium by growing plants in the_________tank.

A. Fish B. pet C. bird D. Insect

13. I like the village ____ I used to live.

A. in that B. in which C. Which D. in where

14. Most houses that are situated in the suburbs have gardens.

A. situating B. to situate C. Were situated D. Situated
15. The woman _______next door is a famous singer .

A. lives B. living C. Who live D that living

16. Why don’_{t we_____in peace.}

A. co-exist B. existence C. Survival D. Survive

17. What is the different between human ______and animals?

A. is B. Beings C. are D. Be

18. The quiet country roads are ideal for cycling. The word “cycling” is closest in meaning to “____”.
A. driving a car B. playing football C. kicking a ball D. riding a bicycle
19. ____ from several countries competed in many Asian Games.

A. Athletes B. Audience C. Spectators D. Viewers

20. 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
21. He is interested in_______sports such as swimming and surfing.

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22. Dinosaurs became ____ millions of years ago.

A. disappear B. Endangered C. Lost D. extinct

23. Water power gives energy without_______.

A. poison B. nuclear C. Pollution D. Petrol

<b>II. Pronunciation: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others </b>

24. A. Lives B. spaces C. Surfaces D. Distances

25. A. Mature B. treasure C. Structure D. venture

26. A. Needed B. arrived C. Visited D. Wanted

27. A. Stopped B. jumped C. Robbed D. Stepped

<b>III. Writing</b>

28. The man is selling lottery tickets. He used to be very rich. (combine 2 sentences using a relative pronoun)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
29. Hue bought a bar of chocolate. It looked very delicious. (combine 2 sentences using a relative pronoun)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
30. Nam’s father got angry with him. (using Cleft sentence)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________

31. We planted some young trees in the garden. (using Cleft sentence)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
32. The Second World War ended on 7 May 1945 in Europe. (using Cleft sentence)

_______________________________________________________________________________________________
<b>IV. Reading : Circle the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage.</b>

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.

33. The Taj Mahal was built in_______and completed in______.

A. 1628/1645 B. 1931/1941 C. 1592/1628 D. 1631/1653

34. How much did The Taj Mahal cost?

A. thirty two million rupees B. twenty two million rupees
C. twenty thousand rupees D. thirty two thousand rupees
35. 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}
36. Which of the following is not true about the King?

A. He had a lot of children B. He spent his whole life in the palace

C. He loved his wife so much D. He was buried at the same place as his wife had been
37. The phrase is beyond description in the passage means_________.

A. Is impossible to describe B. can’_{t be described}

C. is too far to be seen from the back D. is too great to express in words
<b>V. Identify the error in each sentence</b>

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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