Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-022I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.1. A. called B. admired C. played D. liked2. A. guitars B. stamps C. relatives D. friendsII. Read these words and find out the word that has different stress pattern from the others.3. A. recreation B. decision C. improvement D. important4. A. enormous B. technical C. beautiful D. cosmonautIII. Choose the best answer to complete the sentences below.5. Excuse me! Could I have my EMS ____________in the shortest possible time?

A. delivered B. delivering C. to deliver D. deliver6. The first person ____________the classroom last Monday might know the reason.

A. entered B. to enter C. who enters D. whom enters7. Tom has a large ____________of foreign coins.

A. collecting B. collective C. collector D. collection8. The most common ____________activities in my country are home based.

A. test B. leisure C. practice D. freedom9. ____________Julia ____________her sister are going to the party.

A. Both / and B. Neither / nor C. Either / or D. Not only/but also10. Either my brother or my sister ____________listening to classical music.

A. likes B. like C. to like D. liking11. If you like music, you can take a ____________in karaoke singing.

A. test B. class C. course D. book12. Another hobby of my brother is____________.

A. to draw B. drawing C. drawn D. draw13. Yuri Gagarin was the first Russia ____________to be in orbit around the earth.

A. cosmonaut B. pilot C. actor D. doctor14. He is the singer about ____________I often tell you.

A. that B. who C. whose D. whom15. The film was really interesting. They are talking about it.

A. The film was really interesting which they are talking about it.B. The film was really interesting about which they are talking about it.C. The film which was really interesting they are talking about it.D. The film about which they are talking was really interesting.

16. All students should be equipped ____________a pocket calculator.A. for B. in C. of D. with

17. Elvis Presley, ____________died in 1977, earned millions of dollars.A. who B. whom C. that D. whose

18. Mr. and Mrs. Smith neither came ____________sent a message.A. or B. neither C. and D. nor

19. A burglar is someone ____________breaks into the house to steal things.A. he B. that C. which D. whom

IV. Choose the best answer A, B, C or D to compete the following passage.On 12th April, 1961, Yuri Gagarin, a Russian (20)________became the first human being in space.

Although his flight lasted only 108 minutes, its (21)________made him a national hero. He also became the first person to eat and drink in zero (22)________, and he was able to view the (23)________in a way that no one had done before. Unfortunately, a plane crash (24)________ March 1968 made Gagarin’s desire of revisiting space impossible. After his death, his hometown and the Cosmonaut Training Centre at Star City, Russia named after him.20. A. writer B. cosmonaut C. fighter D. worker21. A. attraction B. strength C. success D. failure22. A. spacecraft B. gravity C. water D. weightlessness23. A. Mars B. Moon C. Earth D. Sun24. A. in B. at C. on D. after

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Grade 11 THE SECOND SEMESTER EXAM-022V. Circle the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting.25. Either John or you was responsible for the things that happened. A B C D26. British people are very interested in watching and take part in sports. A B C D27. Neil Armstrong was the first person setting foot on the moon A B C D28. Hanoi, where is the capital of our country, is a city of peace. A B C DVI. Read the passage and answer the following questions.

People collect a large variety of objects: stamps, postcards, dolls. Some people collect objects which are connected with historical events with famous people. But one of the strangest collections is that of eggcups. Kevin’s Murphy of Bradford in Yorkshire has 10000 of them. Not surprisingly, his favorite eggcup is one of the shape of a typical Yorkshire man. Kevin’s hobby began seven years ago, after he lent an elephant eggcup to granddaughter who took such a liking to it she insisted on keeping it. Kevin saw a few eggcups he likes at a sale at a local shop, and started collecting them.29. Which objects do some people collect?

___________________________________________________________________________________30. Who has one of the strangest collections?

___________________________________________________________________________________31. How many eggcups does he have?

___________________________________________________________________________________32. What does his favorite eggcup look like?

___________________________________________________________________________________33. When did he began to collect eggcups?

___________________________________________________________________________________VII. Give the correct form of the words in brackets. 34. She got great ______________________from helping people learn. ( satisfy)35. The Vietnamese athletes will receive more medals in a _______of international sports events.(vary)VIII. Rewrite these sentences as directed.36. The Smiths were given rooms in the hotel. Their house had been destroyed in the explosion. (Combine the sentences, by using a relative pronoun.)

___________________________________________________________________________________37. Goats provide milk for cheese. Goats provide wool for clothing. (Use “both…………and.)

___________________________________________________________________________________38. We visited our grandparents last week. ( Use a cleft sentence in the passive voice)

___________________________________________________________________________________39. The black jacket didn’t fit her. The white jacket didn’t fit her, either. (Use “neither…………nor.)

___________________________________________________________________________________40. She is the only student that came to see me yesterday. (Reduce a relative clause.)

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29. Which objects do some people collect? They collect objects which are connected with historical events with famous people....................................30. Who has one of the strangest collections? Kevin’s Murphy does.......................................................................................................................................31. How many eggcups does he have? He has 10,000 ones..........................................................................................................................................32. What does his favorite eggcup look like? It is one of the shape of a typical Yorkshire man............................................................................................33. When did he began to collect eggcups? He began to collect eggcups seven years ago after seeing a few eggcups he likes at a sale at a local shop......................................................................................................................................................................

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