Minutes test - 1 (the 1st Semester) English 11 ( Basic)

<span class='text_page_counter'>(1)</span>Tan Ke High School 45 minutes test-1(the 1st Semester) Name:……………………… English 11 ( Basic) Class:…………………… Code B I. Choose one word (A, B, C, or D) whose bold printed part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group. 1. A. chef B. chance C. church D. cheese 2. A. match B. watch C. ache D. catch 3. A. gesture B. girl C. gift D. guest 4. A. write B. who C. watch D. whose 5. A. furious B. future C. number D. amuse II. These are incomplete sentences. Choose A or B, C, D as your best choice to complete each sentence. 6. A(n)………………is someone you know but he/she is not your close friend. A. acquaintance B. friend C. neighbour D. classmate 7. If you only care about your interests and feelings, you are very………………. A. happy B. friendly C. loyal D. selfish 8. It is said that girls are more……………..than boys. A. talkers B. talk C. talking D. talkative 9. I want to buy my mother a skirt. She is not very tall. She is of medium ……………… A. height B. high C. tall D. length 10. I’m looking forward …………your sister. A. to see B. of seeing C. to seeing D. seeing 11. I don't mind……. if you are tired. A. drive. B. driving C. to drive D. drives 12. He was accuseed ………….fake money. A. to make B. of making C. by making D. making 13. ………….money is a simple way to do charity. A. Donating B. Having donated C. Donation D. Donor 14. We are incapable of………….the work on time. A. being finished B. finish C. to finish D. finishing 15. I was enjoying my book, but I stopped ……….. my homework. A. reading to do B. to read for doing C. to read to do D. reading for doing 16. You are not allowed to ……………..private phone calls in the office. A. phone B. call C. make D. do 17. - "What does he do in his free time?" –“……………………” A. Listening to music. B. Doing his homework C. Studying his lessons D. Washing his clothes. 18.” ………….?" - "For over three years" A. How many years do you know each other? B. How long did you know each other? C. How long have you known each other? D. How much time have you known each other? 19. You must co-operate closely in order to finish the project in time . A. help B. work together C. agree with D. insist on 20. Do you think our teacher will let us……………our dictionaries in reading lessons? A. to use B. use C. using D. used III.Read. the following passage carefully and then choose the best option (A or B, C, D) to fit each space. FRIENDS AGAIN-FOREVER Mary Allen was my best friend - like the sister I never had. We did everything together: piano lessons, movies, swimming, horseback riding. When I was 13, my family moved away. Mary and I kept in touch through letters, and we saw each other on special occasions - like my wedding and Mary's. Soon we were busy with Lop11.com.

<span class='text_page_counter'>(2)</span> children and moving to new homes, and we wrote less often. One day a card that I send came back stamped "Address Unknown". I had no idea how to find Mary. Over the years, I thought of Mary often. I wanted to share stories of my children and then grandchildren. And I needed to share my sorrow when my brother and then mother died. There was an empty place in my heart that only a friend like Mary could fill. One day I was reading the newspaper when I noticed a photo of a young woman who looked a lot of like Mary and whose last name was Wagman -Mary's married name. 'There must be thousands of Wagman," I thought, but I wrote to her anyway. She called as she got my letter. "Mrs.Tobin!" she said excitedly. "Mary Allen Wagman is my mother". Minutes later I heard a voice that I recognized instantly, even after 40 years. We laughed and cried and caught up on each other's lives. Now the empty place in my heart is filled. And there is one thing that Mary and I know for sure: We won't lose each other again! 21. From what we read from the passage we can infer that……………… A. Mary Allen is Mrs. Tobin's sister. B. Swagman is an unusual last name. C. Mrs. Tobin loves and needs Mary Allen in her life. D. Only one of them moved away. 22. The word "Address Unknown" stamped on the card in this story means A. wrong address B. no house with that number. C. no way to find that address. D. no person in that house has the name on the envelope. 23. To Mrs. Tobin, Mary Allen is………………….. A. the one she can share everything B. the one who is very helpful C. a sister D. a friend in her childhood 24. They lost contact with each other because…………… A. they lived too far away from one another. B. they didn't have problems to share. C. they were too busy with housework. D. they moved away and were very busy. 25. The woman in the photo in the newspaper is ……………. A. Mary Allen Wagman B. Mary Allen Wagman's daughter C. a relative of Mary Allen Wagman's D. someone who knows Marry Allen. IV. Circle one underlined word or phrases that must be changed in order for the sentence to. be correct: 26. Finished my homework, I was allowed to go to the cinema with my friend. A B C D 27. He was singing loudly under the balcony of her room when she throws out a bucket of washing water. A B C D 28. We wrote to each other for a few years so then we lost contact. A B C D 29. The doctor strongly advised her take a few days’ rest A B C D 30. The bomb exploded in a bus, killed more than 20 people in it. A B C D V. The words OR the phrases below are the cues to make sentences. 31. I / friend/ like / great sense of / humour /because of /her / my. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 32. my/I/asking/for/money/hate/parents. …………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….. 33. The robber came from the back door. I could feel…………………………………………………………………………………………… 34. She couldn’t drive the motorbike.It was very difficult. Lop11.com.

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