First term examination English 11 (basic) - No: 003

 DANG TRAN CON FIRST TERM EXAMINATION Student name:
Upper Secondary School English 11 (Basic) .............................
 Time allotted: 45 mins Class..................... 
GRAMMAR-VOCABULARY-PRONUNCIATION
1: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
 Jack promised............. me repair my bike. 
A.
 helping 
B.
 having helped 
C.
 to have helped 
D.
 to help
 2: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
 When they arrived at the meeting, everyone ............ home . 
A.
 was gone 
B.
 to go 
C.
 had gone 
D.
 has gone
3: Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group: 
A.
 effective
B.
 golden 
C.
 celebrate 
D.
 birthday
4: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
 I’ve heard a lot about Dr. John and I’m looking forward ............... his talk tomorrow.
A.
 to hearing
B.
 about hearing
C.
 with hearing
D.
 to hear
5: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence. 
 A .............is a person that officially decides who is the winner of a competition.
A.
 sponsor
B.
judge 
C.
 participant
D.
 contestant
6: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
 If I had a car, I ....................... you to the airport.
A.
could take 
B.
 would taking
C.
 could to take
D.
 would have taken
7: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
 Ann asked me .................. anything to her parents. 
A.
 not to say 
B.
 don't say 
C.
 that I didn't say 
D.
 to not say
8: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
................. in some developing countries may be the cause of poverty and hunger.
A.
 Overpopulation 
B.
 Modernization 
C.
 Pollution 
D.
 Literacy
9: Identify one error among A, B, C, D. 
 The naughty boys apologized with their neighbors for making a lot of noise.
 A	 B	 C 	 D
10: Identify one error among A, B, C, D. 
 If you work hard, you would be successful in anything that you do.
	 A B C D
 11: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
 .................. all the papers , Sarah put them back in the file . 
A.
 copy 
B.
 Having been copied 
C.
 To copying 
D.
 Having copied
12: Identify one error among A, B, C, D. 
You had better learning a foreign language before applying for a job.
	 A B C D
13: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group : 
A.
 storage 
B.
 passage 
C.
 voyage 
D.
 age
14: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group : 
A.
 towards 
B.
 winter
C.
 answer 
D.
 award
15: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
 Tim ................ TV when his parents came home . 
A.
 was watching 
B.
 has been watching 
C.
 is watching 
D.
 watch
16: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence
 I want to avoid ............... everybody's feelings. 
A.
 hurting 
B.
 hurt 
C.
 being hurt 
D.
 to hurt
17: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence 
 If I ................... enough money , I would have bought the coat. 
A.
 had 
B.
 have had
C.
 were having 
D.
 had had
18: Choose the word or phrase that best completes the following sentence.
 Let the boy ............... it himself before you offer to help. 
A.
 trying
B.
 try
C.
 to try
D.
 tried
19: Choose the word whose syllable is stressed differently from the rest in each group: 
A.
 relation
B.
 mountainous
C.
 celebrate 
D.
 handicapped
20: Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the rest in each group : 
A.
 meat 
B.
 dream 
C.
 seat 
D.
 bread
READING COMPREHENSION (From 21 to 28 ): Choose the words or phrases that best complete the following passage.
 In the summer of 2000, the Vietnam Society of Learning Promotion (21)................... a campaign for illiteracy eradication. In the campaign, six hundred (22)................... minority students from the northern highlands were asked to (23)................... reading and writing skills to 1,200 illiterate people living in their home villages. In 2001, eight hundred volunteer students (24)................... the campaign. The number of people receiving reading and writing lessons reached 4,623. This was an (25)................... way to help people in remote and mountainous areas to read and (26)...................
Those students who took part in the fight (27)................... illiteracy considered it an honorable job to (28)................... people in their home villages.
21:
A.
 departed
B.
 studied
C.
 started 
D.
 ended
22: 
A.
 ethnic 
B.
 eternal 
C.
 colored 
D.
 ethical
23: 
A.
 have 
B.
 begin 
C.
 know 
D.
 provide
24: 
A.
 worked out 
B.
 studied 
C.
 took part in 
D.
 departed
25: 
A.
 experienced 
B.
 ineffective 
C.
 effective 
D.
 hopeless
26: 
A.
 fight 
B.
 writer 
C.
 write 
D.
 play
27: 
A.
 against 
B.
 from 
C.
 with 
D.
 for
28: 
A.
 keep 
B.
 lead
C.
 help 
D.
 leave
WRITING : ( 3 marks) 
Rewrite these sentences , beginning as shown so that the meaning stays the same : 
1. “I think you should see a doctor,” my friend said to me.
→ My friend advised...................................................................................
2. We didn't have money, so we didn’t go on holiday last year.
→ If...........................................................................................
3. " I’m sorry I didn’t phone you earlier,” John said to me.
→ John apologized for................................................................................
4. I’m not rich. I don’t live in a big house.
→ If ..........................................................................................
5. " If I know the answer, I’ll tell you.” 
→ She told me.............................................................................................
6. “Let’s go out and enjoy the nice weather,” said Rita.
 → Rita suggested........................................................................................
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