The mid - Term test grade 11

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Class : 11A .. Number: Grade 11CB (45’) - Date: March 16th, 2009
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I. Give the correct prepositions: (1m)
1. Only 489 athletes took part __________ the 1st Asian Games. 
2. It is said that there will be some more new sports added _____________ the Games. 
3. I think it was not the athlete's fault. He did not do it ____________ purpose. 
4. Can you help me look _____________ the meaning of the word "wrinkle" in the dictionary?
5. How many sports are there ____________ the 14th Asian Games? 
II. Supply the correct word forms: (2m)
1. After the accident he lost his 	for the sport. (enthusiastic) 
2. Certain gases are highly 	. (explode) 
3. The games is an international sporting event with about three thousand____________. (participate)
4. More people would be ______________ to cycling if conditions were better. (attract)
5. I do weight training every day to improve the ______________ of muscles. (strong)
III. Give the correct verb form or tense: (2m)
1. He (visit) ___________ his friend yesterday and (find) ___________ that he (be) ___________ out.
2. He was sleeping and (understand) ________________ what you (say) _________ to him.
3. He (be) _____________ so kind to me when I was a boy that to this day I (forget) __________ his kindness .
4. Mary is in charge of (hold) _____________ the meeting.
5. You are not (allow) ______________ (smoke) ________________ in the hospital.
IV. Rewrite the following sentences, using a present or past participial phrase in place of a relative clause. (1m)
1. The boy who is playing the piano is Bend. 
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2. Do you know the man who is coming toward us?
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3. The people who are waiting for the bus in the rain are getting wet.
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4. The ideas which are presented in that book are interesting. 
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5. I come from a city that is located in the southern part of the country.
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V. Fill in the blanks with the words in the box: (2m)
	dating	on	so	about	were
	held	called	every 	strength	place
In 776 B.C the first Olympic Games were (1) ______________ at the foot of Mount Olympus to honor the Greek’s chief god, Zesus. The Greeks emphasized physical fitness and (2) _______________ in their education of youth. Therefore, contests in running, jumping, discus and javelin throwing, boxing, and horse and chariot racing were held in individual cities, and the winners competed (3) ________________ four years at Mount Olympus. Winners were greatly honored by having olive wreaths placed (4) _______________ their heads and having poems sung (5) _______________ their deeds. Originally these were held as games of friendship, and any wars in progress (6) ______________ halted to allow the game to take (7) _____________.
The Greeks associated (8) ______________ much importance to these games that they calculated time in four-year cycles (9) _______________ “Olympiads” (10) _____________ from 776 B.C.
VI. Rewrite the following sentences: (2m)
1. Maria opened the present and smiled happily.
- Opening ..
2. Had you told me your problem, I could have helped you. 
- If ..
3. I thought that learning English was very difficult; but it is really not.
- Learning English ..
4. They say that his house is haunted. 
- His house ..
5. I haven’t written to her for five years.
- It is five years