PHAN NGOC HIEN HIGH SCHOOL<br />
ENGLISH 11<br />
FULL NAME:...........................................................................................................CLASS: 11......<br />
THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAMINATION<br />
TIME ALLOWED: 45 MINUTES<br />
I. Multiple choices. (10ps)<br />
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Identify the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group.<br />
1. A. honour<br />
B. honest<br />
C. humour<br />
D. hour<br />
2. A. pleasant<br />
B. increase<br />
C. decrease<br />
D. creature<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete<br />
each of the following exchanges.<br />
3. The new manager’s.......................... took all the staff by surprise<br />
A. participation<br />
B. announcement<br />
C. education<br />
D. competition<br />
4. They never let me ........................ the night out when I was at school<br />
A. to spend<br />
B. spending<br />
C. spend<br />
D. having spent<br />
5. Mary’s brother ..................................... the packages before 6.30 p.m yesterday.<br />
A. delivered<br />
B. delivering<br />
C. has delivered<br />
D. had delivered<br />
6. “Be modest if you are a good pupil”, said my father.<br />
A. My father advised me to be modest if I was a good pupil.<br />
B. My father advised me to modest if I was a good pupil.<br />
C. My father advised me to be modest I if was a good pupil.<br />
D. My father advised me to be modest if I am a good pupil.<br />
7. His sudden sickness prevented him ....................... active participation in the competition<br />
A. for<br />
B. about<br />
C. from<br />
D. to<br />
8. I feel so .................at making a speech in front of a lot of people for the first time.<br />
A. embarrassed<br />
B. embarrassing<br />
C. embarrassment D. embarrass<br />
9. He stole the car. When we asked, he denied .......................... it.<br />
A. to steal<br />
B. stealing<br />
C. to be stolen<br />
D. having stolen<br />
10. How ............................the water is hot without touching it?<br />
A. did you know B. do you know<br />
C. have you known D. had you known<br />
11. Kevin’s .......................has made everyone keep away from him.<br />
A. selfish<br />
B. selfishness<br />
C. unselfish<br />
D. unselfishness<br />
12. If Susan .......................... so much chocloate last night, she wouldn’t feel sick.<br />
A. ate<br />
B. didn’t eat<br />
C. had eaten<br />
D. hadn’t eaten<br />
13. Tom thanked Kate .......................... driving him to the airport.<br />
A. of<br />
B. for<br />
C. from<br />
D. on<br />
14. In my opinion, there are five most important ................which are necessary for true friendship<br />
to exist.<br />
A. thing<br />
B. qualities<br />
C. appearance<br />
D. personality<br />
15. – A: “What do you think of the General Knowledge Quiz?” – B: “..........................”<br />
A. Congratulations!<br />
B. It’s so kind of you to say so<br />
C. I’m glad you like it.<br />
D. Oh, It’s great.<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the<br />
underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.<br />
16. A new educational program has been established to help economically disadvantaged children.<br />
A. looked up<br />
<br />
B. taken up<br />
<br />
C. sat up<br />
<br />
17. Europe’s 710 million comprised 11 % of the world population.<br />
A. accounted for<br />
B. comprised<br />
C.make up<br />
<br />
D. set up<br />
<br />
D. have<br />
<br />
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs<br />
correction in each of the following questions.<br />
18. The number of (A) young teachers nowadays (B) devote (C) themselves to teaching disadvantaged<br />
(D) children.<br />
19. The most (A) important thing was our participation (B) in the competitive (C) and enjoyment (D)<br />
20. The children agreed (A) to divide (B) the candy equally (C) by (D) their mother.<br />
II. READING.(10ps)<br />
1. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word that<br />
best fits each of the numbered blanks.<br />
Last Saturday, the representatives of three classes of my school....................... (20) part in the<br />
annual final English competition.................... (21) by our English teachers. To take part in in the<br />
contest, they have to work in groups..........................(22) three. They must complete five activities in<br />
all. On completion of each activity, they have to answer the questions ...........................(23) the<br />
worksheet. The judges will observe and score their ..........................(24).<br />
20. A. takes<br />
B. took<br />
C. taking<br />
D. take<br />
21. A. to organize<br />
B. organize<br />
C. organizing<br />
D. organized<br />
22. A. of<br />
B. for<br />
C. by<br />
D. with<br />
23. A. in<br />
B. at<br />
C. on<br />
D. of<br />
24. A. perform<br />
B. performed<br />
C. performance<br />
D. to perform<br />
2. Read the passage and answer the following questions.<br />
The ASEAN Para Games aims at promoting sports for people with disabilities in the region and<br />
increasing public awareness of disabled sports. Regional Para Sport events offer opportunities for<br />
building friendship and cooperation among disabled people in ASEAN member states.<br />
The ASEAN Para Games is held about every two years after the Southeast Asian Games (SEA<br />
games) in an ASEAN member state. The First ASEAN Para Games took place in 2001 in Kuala<br />
Lumpur, Malaysia. This was the first major sports events of the ASEAN Para Sports Federation<br />
(APSF). The second ASEAN Para Games was organised in 2003 in Viet Nam. The third, fourth, fifth<br />
and sixth ASEAN Para Games were held in the Philippines, Thailand, Malaysia and Indonesia<br />
respectively.<br />
Athletes with disabilities from the ten ASEAN members and East Timor attended the 7th<br />
ASEAN Para Games in 2014 in Myanmar. They competed in 12 sports: archery, athletics, boccia,<br />
chess, football 5-a-side, football 7-a-side, goalball, powerlifting, swimming, table tennis, sitting<br />
volleyball and wheelchair basketball. Indonesia finished first and Thailand, which had dominated the<br />
Games for more than a decade, dropped to the second place. Malaysia and Viet Nam retained the<br />
fourth position.<br />
There were about 120 Vietnamese athletes at the 2014 ASEAN Para Games. They took part in<br />
six events. Even though the Vietnamese delegation was not among the top three, the 7th ASEAN Para<br />
Games could be considered a successful event for Viet Nam, Asian and world Para Games records.<br />
*Questions:<br />
1. What does the ASEAN Para Games aim at?<br />
(The ASEAN Pare Games aims at) promoting sports for people with disabilities in the region,<br />
increasing public awareness of disabled sports and building friendship and cooperation among<br />
disabled<br />
2. How many countries took part in the 7th ASEAN Para Games in 2014 in Myanmar?<br />
<br />
Eleven countries (11/ eleven)<br />
3. When and where did the fifth ASEAN Para Games take place?<br />
In 2009 in Malaysia<br />
4. Did Thailand always finish first in the Games for more than a decade?<br />
Yes, it did<br />
5. Who can participate in the Games?<br />
Athletes with disabilities/ The disabled<br />
III. WRITING.(10ps)<br />
1. Rewrite the following sentence without changing its meaning.<br />
1. We didn’t fly to London because the weather was very bad.<br />
-> If the weather had been nice, we would have flown to London.<br />
2. After fighting the fire for hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out.<br />
-> The firemen managed to put the fire out after fighting it for hours.<br />
3. “I wouldn’t have succeeded if you hadn’t given me a hand”, Tom said to Daisy.<br />
-> Tom said to Daisy he wouldn’t have succeeded if she hadn’t given him a hand.<br />
2. Complete the following sentences<br />
4. Some people/ believe/ happiest people/ world/ those/ bring/ happiness/ others//<br />
-> Some people believe that the happiest people in the world are those who bring happiness to others.<br />
5. He/ help/ his friend/ get good mark/ explain/ lessons/ carefully//<br />
-> He helped his friend get (to get) good mark by explaining the lessons carefully.<br />
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