12CB Test 7 -Multiple choice

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Grade: 12
THE FIRST TERM TEST
Duration: 60 minutes
I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently that of the others:
1/ a. happy b. husband c. have d. hour
2/ a. iron b. celebrate c. parent d. restaurant
3/ a. who b. how c. which d. whose
4/ a. friend b. anniversary c. birthday d. cream
5/ a. children b. divorce c. married d. present
II. Choose the most suitable word, phrase or sentence:
6/ You cannot see Tom because he _________.
a. is working b. was working c. has been working d. had been working
7/ When we ________ to see him last night he __________ to music.
a. come/ listening b. had come/ listened c. came/ was listeningd. were coming/ listened
8/ I ________ no difficulty in learning English since _________ I to learn it 6 years ago.
a. have had/ began b. had had/ begin c. had/ has begun d. am having/ begin
9/ By the time Jack _______ with help, we ________ the work.
a. comes/ finished b. came/ have finished
c. will come/ will have d. comes/ will have finished
10/ At the moment John ________ his new car. He __________ his car on Sunday.
a. is washing/ often washes b. was washing/ has often washed
c. has washed/ is often washing d. washes/ often washed
11/ Instead of ________ out with Janet, we decided _________ home.
a. going/ to stay b. to go/ staying c. going/ staying d. to go/ to stay
12/ She is looking forward to ________ her parents' letter from Italy.
a. receive b. received c. to receive d. receiving
13/ These workers stopped _______ some coffee because they felt sleepy.
a. to have b. have c. having d. had
14/ I want to travel because I enjoy _______ people and ________ new places.
a. meet/ see b. meeting/ seeing c. meeting/ to see d. to meet/ see

15/ The teacher emphasized the need for regular _______.
a. present b. attendance c. absent d. visit
16/ It is a great _________ to live in a big city.
a. convenience b. comfortable c. ease d. meaning
17/ After two halves, the football match ended in a draw, so it went into _______ time.
a. interval b. half c. extra d. any more
18/ How much is this sewing ________?
a. machine b. machining c. machinist d. machinery
19/ She is a biologist. She is interested in ________.
a. conserves b. conservancy c. conservation d. conservative
20/ More and more people die of food _______ nowadays.
a. poison b. poisonous c. poisonment d. Poisoning
21/ The ________ of crops on the same land can prevent soil from exhaustion.
a. exchange b. growth c. rotation d. change
22/ We usually have farm ________ for meals when we spend our weekends on our uncle's farm.
a. article b. things c. goods d. products
23/ Feeling sleepy _________, the driver stopped _________ a coffee.
a. to drink b. dank c. drinking d. drunk
24/ He used to _______ television every night.
a. watch b. watches c. watched d. watching
25/ He is used to ________ early in the morning.
a. get up b. gets c. got up d. getting
26/ English is the language of international __________.
a. communicate b. communication c. communicative d. Communicatively
27/ The _________ of computer science is very important to many other sciences.
a. develop b. developed c. development d. developmental
28/ Your bad result made me ________.
a. disappoint b. disappointment c. disappointed d. disappointing
29/ If you earn a good salary, you can be independent ________ your parents.
a. of b. for c. from d. away

30/ It is _________ known that without computers we would not get information as quickly as we do now.
a. wide b. widen c. widely d. width
31/ Spoken English is easier than _________ English.
a. write b. writing c. writer d. written
32/ _______ my students are familiar with this kind of school activities.
a. Most b. Most of c. A few d. Few
33/ What would John do if he ______ the director of this company?
a. is b. was c. were d. has been
34/ I could not sleep last night _________ I was very tired.
a. although b. but c. if d. a and c
35/ Mary is the most beautiful girl ________ the three sisters.
a. in b. of c. with d. on
III. Read the test carefully and then choose the correct answers:
Women’s rights leaders around the world met at the office of the United Nations to discuss new
ways to prevent violence against women and girls. In the conference, the approved a plan of action to
improve the lives of women all over the world. They discussed some problems such as women’s health,
efforts to help poor women, sex education and human rights. The delegates also promised more efforts to
help women gain economic and political power.
A recent study by the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) says in Rwanda girls are often
mistreated. The girls questioned in the study said that no one would help them and punish the people that
hurt them. Several women face widespread fortune and murder and the government dose little to help
them.
36/ What did the women’s rights leaders from around the world discuss?
a. women health b. efforts to help poor women.
c. sex education and human rights d. all are correct
37/ What did the delegates promise?
a. to help women gain economic and political power.
b. to stop violence against women and girls immediately.
c. to do nothing to help women.
d. to consider women the second class.

38/ In Rwanda ______
a. boys are often mistreated b. girls are often mistreated
c. parents only expect girl babies d. girls are well bred
39/ According to the girls questioned in the study _________.
a. everybody was willing to help them.
b. the people who hurt them to punished.
c. nobody helped them and the people who hurt them were not punished.
d. they were protected by the government.
40/ The government _________.
a. does little to help them b. tries to help them.
c. protects them. d. punishes them.
IV. Fill in each numbered blank with suitable word or phrase:
Plants (41) ________in part of the world. We see such plants as flowers, grass and trees (42) ______
every day. Plants grow high on mountaintops, far out in the oceans, and in the deserts and the polar (43)
________. Without plants, there (44) _______ no life (45) ________ the earth. We couldn't live (46)
________ air or food, so we could not live without plants. The (47) _______ in the air we breathe (48)
_________ from plants. The food we eat also comes from plants or from animals that eat plants. We build
(49) _________ and make many useful things from wood. Much of our clothing is made from (50) _______
of the cotton plants.
41/ a. cut b. develop c. grow d. wither
42/ a. near b. nearly c. much d. such as
43/ a. regions b. ponds c. swamps d. districts
44/ a. has been b. will be c. would be d. may be
45/ a. in b. on c. around d. of
46/ a. on b. for c. without d. within
47/ a. oxygen b. hydrogen c. lead d. carbon
48/ a. goes b. extracts c. protects d. comes
49/ a. shelter b. holes c, houses d. caves
50/ a. synthetic b. fibre c. timber d. silk
Dap An,

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