MID – TERM II TEST

PHONETICS

I. Choose the word with the different pronunciation of the underlined part. 1. A. pollute b. psychic c. species d. rapid

2. A. Bear b. beard c. dear d. clear

3. A. walked B. passed C. closed D. released

4. A. tour B. pour C. course D. court

5. A. become B. better C. biscuit D. climb

Choose the word with the different stress pattern. B. create 6. A. dolphin C. damage D. flora

7. A. submarine B. entrapment C. destruction D. abandon

8. A. starfish B. cancer C. bottom D. explore

9. A. carnivore B. organism C. imprison D. wilderness

10. A. contamination B. biodiversity C. hydroelectric D. international

II. VOCABULARY

Choose the word which best fits each gap of the sentence 11. Modern devices have helped scientists carry out research on animals that live under the……… A. River B. sea C. water D. land 12. The garbage on the beach has ……….the sea water. A. Prevented B. preserved C. destroyed D. polluted

13. Whales and dolphins are known as ……..mammals.

A. Marine B. submarine C. small D. tiny

14. The local authority should arrest those who use ............... to kill fish.

A. Defoliants B. pesticides C. herbicides D. explosives

15. The world cup 2006 was ............... held in Germany in June.

A. Specially B. officially C. seriously D. independently

16. New laws have been passed to ............... wildlife in this area.

A. Eliminate B. endanger C. conserve D. produce

17. The hills are covered with lush green vegetation.

A. Animals B. plants C. land D. parks

18. If only I could ............... the bottom of the sea to see more about sea life.

A. Explore B. investigate C. travel D. establish

19. Oil pollution could damage the ............... of the area.

A. State B. nature C. economy D. ecology

20. Whaling ............... the whale species.

A. EndangersB. cancels C. kills D. maintains

III. GRAMMAR Choose the word which best fits each gap of the sentence: 21. Only if you promise to study hard ............... to help you. A. Will I agree B. agree I C. I agree D. I will agree. 22. A large number of visitor ............... attracted to this National Park in the past years. A. Are B. are being C. will be D. have been 23. It’s a beautiful day ............... to go sailing?

A. How about B. would you like C. Do you feel like D. do you like

24. I need some help with the table ............... you lift the other end, please?

A. May B. should S. could D. shall

25. Two of the books which Tom lost on the bus ............... returned to the main desk at his room.

A. Was B. had C. has D. were

26. They provided ............... and a bed which was very kind.

A. Food with me B. me with food C. food to me D. me too

27. There is a law that says that you ............... throw trash on the streets.

A. Don’t have B. shouldn’t C. must not D. might not

28. If I ............... the trick with my own eyes, I would never have believed it possible.

A. Don’t see B, hadn’t seen C. didn’t see D. haven’t seen

29. Whale hunting is being banned in some countries to prevent the whales from being...............

A. Death B. extinct C. extincted D. extinction.

30. On Friday afternoons, the highways ............... people on their way out of the city.

A. Are crowded with B. are crowding with C. are being crowd with D. crowded by

IV. USE OF ENGLISH

1. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that needs correcting.

Nick hadn't (B) come along, I (C) don't know what (D) would happen.

31. (A) If 32. The dentist (A) said to (B) brush three times a day and (C) don't (D)eat candy. 33. Before the final decision is reached,(A) the various possibilities should (B) probably discussed (C) by (D)

the whole team.

French (B) since (C) I've (D) started high school.

34. If we (A) leave now for our trip, we (B) can drive half the distance (C) before we stop (D) having lunch. 35. (A) I've been studying

2. Choose the correct sentence with the same meaning as the one in italics.

36. The picnic was cancelled because it rained.

If it didn’t rain, the picnic wouldn’t be cancelled. If it hadn’t rained, the picnic wouldn’t have been cancelled. If it didn’t rain, the picnic wouldn’t have been cancelled. If it hadn’t rained, the picnic wouldn’t be cancelled.

A. B. C. D.

37. “I think smoking in restaurant should be banned” he says. A. He doesn’t think smoking in restaurant is permitted. B. He doesn’t like smoking in restaurants. C. He advises everybody not to smoke in restaurants. D. He thinks the government should ban smoking in restaurants.

38. The made her hand over her passport.

A. She was made to hand over her passport. B. She was made hand over her passport. C. She was handed over to make her passport. D. She was handed over for her passport to make. 39. If I knew his telephone number, I would phone him.

I didn’t know his telephone number so I couldn’t phone him. I don’t know his telephone number. That’s why I can’t phone him.

I knew his telephone number and I could phone him.

A. B. C. Because I don’t know his telephone number, I can phone him. D.

40. The first national park in the world, Yellowstone National Park (YNP) was established in 1872.

It was in 1872 that YNP was established as the first park in the world.

A. YNP was established in the world’s national park in 1872. B. People established the first national park in the world, YNP, in 1872 C. D. 1872 was the year when the first park in the world was established.

V. READING COMPREHENSION

1. Choose the word or phrase which best fits each gap of the passage.

Tropical forests have (41) ............... us with very many sorts of plants for food, medicine and industry. They also reduce (42) ............... and droughts, keep water clean and slow down the Greenhouse Effect. However, the tropical forests are being (43) ............... to make rooms for things like farms, ranches, mines and hydroelectric (44)............... About twenty million hectares (45)............... each ear – an area more than twice the size of Austria.

41. A. given B. supplied C. provided D. B&C

42. A. floods B. water C. rain D. pollution.

43. A. destroying B. destroyed C. endangering D. endangered

44. A. power B. station C. current D. are losing

45. A. is lost B. lost C. are lost D. are losing

2. Read the passage and choose the best answer.

Since 1961, the World Wildlife fund has rescued over 30 mammals and birds from near extinction. It has supported conservation programs around the world and created 260 national parks on the five continents.

One of the World Wildlife fund’s most successful efforts has been the conservation of the polar bears. Their survival was endangered by hunters using rifles, motorboats and aircraft. The World Wildlife fund’s biggest land campaign has been the conservation of the tropical rain forests in order to protect different species of precious plants birds and animals.

46. Where does the World Wildlife fund have its program?

A. in 260 national parks B. All over the world C. In the tropical rain forests D. none of the places above.

47. The polar bears became one of the World Wildlife fund’s interests because

A. They endangered b=hunters B. they lived in the tropical rain forest.

B. They were mammals D. hunters were trying to kill them.

48. The word species refers to

A. Groups of animals, plants, birds having some common characteristics.

B. Groups of animals living in the tropical rain forests.

C. Precious plants, birds and animals D. mammals and birds.

49. If people stop destroying the tropical rain forest,

A. The World Wildlife fund will be most successful

B. different species of precious plants, birds and animals will be protected

C. different species of precious plants, birds and animals will be endangered

D. Different species of precious plants, birds and animals will be in danger of extinction.

50. The world conservation could best be replaced by

A. Consideration B. prevention C. preservation D. reservation

KEY MID TERM TEST

1. B 11. B 21. A 31. D 41. D 2. A 12. D 22. D 32. C 42. A 3. C 13. A 23. B 33. C 43. B 4. A 14. D 24. C 34. D 44. D 5. D 15. B 25. D 35. C 45. C 6. B 16. C 26. B 36. B 46. B 7. A 17. A 27. C 37. D 47. D 8. D 18. B 28. B 38. A 48. A 9. C 19. D 29. B 39. B 49. B 10. D 20. A 30. A 40. B 50. C