ONE PERIOD TEST ( UNIT 9+10+11) pps

Name : ______________________ Class 12A __ ONE-PERIOD TEST ( UNIT 9+10+11) TYPE 1
Mark the letter A, B,C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: One well-known desert plant is the _______ , which grows well in hot dry regions.
A. cactus B. spinifex C. date palm D. eucalyptus
Question 2: Madigan led a ________ expedition across the sand dunes on a more northerly route.
A. scientific B. scientist C. science D. scientifically
Question 3: Humans benefit greatly from the many medicines and other products that ________ provides.
A. biodiversity B. habitat C. diversity D. environment
Question 4: If you want to learn how to knit or work with wood, you should buy a _____ book.
A. craft B. fiction C. comic D. science
Question 5: The Simpson Desert remained a _______ until Madigan made an aerial survey in 1929.
A. mystery B. mysterious C. mysteriously D. mysteriousness
Question 6: The primary causes of species extinction are habitat destruction, commercial _____ and pollution.
A. exploitation B. damage C. production D. chance
Question 7: Many species of animals, birds and even insects are in ________ of disappearing from the earth.
A. danger B. endanger C. endangered D. dangerous
Question 8: Many species of animals and plants become extinct each year before _______ can identify them.
A. biologists B. biology C. biological D. biologically
Question 9: Books are still a cheap way to get _________ and entertainment.
A. information B. inform C. informative D. informatively
Question 10: If you like books with an _______ story especially ones about crime or spies, read a thriller.
A. exciting B. excite C. excitement D. excited
Question 11: Most of the Sahara desert consists ______ rocky; large sand dunes from only a minor part.
A. of B. about C. with D. from
Question 12: Humans depend ___ species diversity to have food, clean air and water and soil for agriculture.
A. on B. with C. for D. of
Question 13: If it is a book on a subject that you are interested ______ , you will want to chew and digest it.
A. in B. at C. about D. with
Question 14: Last week, I _______ home after playing tennis when it started raining heavily.
A. was walking B. walked C. had walked D. had been walking
Question 15: Mary missed the meeting because no one ________ her about it.

A. had told B. was telling C. has told D. tells
Question 16: While her brother was in the army, Alice _______ to him twice a week.
A. wrote B. has written C. was writing D. had written
Question 17: If there is too much snow, the match ____________.
A. will be cancelled B. would be cancelled C. had been cancelled D. has been cancelled
Question 18: A lot of things ________ at the same time.
A. must be done B. must do C. must been done D. must have done
Question 19: Mr Brown retired from his job early ________ his ill health.
A. due to B. because C. although D. in spite of
Question 20: She bought the book _________ she had heard it was good.
A. because B. although C. thanks to D. due to
Question 21: The professor told me that I was doing well, _______ my final grade was awful!
A. yet B. therefore C. in spite of D. so
Question 22: John ate a large dinner. __________, he was still hungry.
A. However B. So C. Therefore D. Although
Question 23: He had a lot of studying to do, _________ he went to the concert anyway.
A. but B. therefore C. because D. however
Question 24: I _____ phone Steve when I get home. I said I’d call him last night, but I forgot.
A. must B. might C. needn’t D. mustn’t
Question 25: I can manage the shopping alone. You _________ come with me.
A. needn’t B. mustn’t C. may D. ought to
Question 26: It was such an expensive car that I didn’t buy it.
A.The car was so expensive that I didn’t buy it. B.The car was enough expensive for me to buy.
C.The car was too expensive for me to buy it. D. It was an expensive car so that I can’t buy it.
Question 27: Although it was sunny, I felt quite cold.
A. Despite the sunny weather, I felt quite cold. B. I felt quite cold because of the sunny weather.
C. Despite the sunny weather, but I felt quite cold. D. I felt quite cold in spite of being sunny.
Read the passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
Books are written to (28)______ knowledge and good books enrich the mind. By putting ourselves
under the influence of superior mind. We improve our mental powers. Through good books we learn that people

everywhere (29)______ the same, in all ages and in all classes. This knowledge improves our love of others and
helps us to live in (30)______ with them. We also understand that the world was made (31)______ for man
alone but for every creature that can feel hunger and thrist, (32)______ and cold.
Question 28: A. provide B. describe C. change D. buy
Question 29: A. are B. is C. were D. was
Question 30: A. peace B. peaceful C. peacefully D. peaceable
Question 31: A. not only B. enough C. despite D. due to
Question 32: A. warmth B.warm C. warmly D. warmer
Read the passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions.
Gorillas are peaceful, gentle, sociable, and mainly plant-eating creatures. They live in family groups. A
typical group is led by the biggest and strongest grown-up male gorilla. A silverback’s group usually includes
one or two sub-adult males and a few females and their young.Their food includes a variety of plants along with
a few kinds of insects and worms. At night the animals make a nest to sleep in. Many lightweight gorillas nest
in trees. The heavier ones may nest in grasses on the ground. Babies sleep with their mothers at night.
Life for mountain gorillas is not always peaceful. They are endangered and threatened by civil wars in
the smaller parts of Africa. Hunters kill them for food. Their forests are cut down for farmland, fuel, and
housing. But many scientists, forest rangers and other concerned people are working hard to protect mountain
gorillas and their habitats.
Question 33: We can find gorillas in __________.
A. Africa B. Europe C. Asia D. Australia
Question 34: Which of the following can be a group leader?
A. The biggest and strongest adult male gorilla B. The heavy gorilla
C. The biggest adult female gorilla D. A grown-up gorilla
Question 35: Why do hunters kill mountain gorillas?
A. For food. B. For their skin. C. For their nests. D. For their trees they live in.
Question 36: Which of the following statements is NOT true?
A. Life for mountain gorillas is peaceful. B. Gorillas are endangered and threatened by civil wars
C. Gorillas’ forests are cut down for farmland, fuel, and housing. D. A gorilla sometimes eats worms.
Mark the letter A, B,C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction.
Question 37: People do not know much about the need to protect rare and dangerous animals.

A. dangerous B. the need C. to protect D. much
Question 38: He had not got any success since the time he began his work.
A. had not got B. work C. any D. success
Question 39: Governments have enacted laws to protect wildlife with commercial trade and overhunting.
A. with B. commercial C. to protect D. have enacted
Question 40: It may take centuries to regrow a forest that cut down by humans.
A. cut B. take C. humans D. to regrow
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