Đề kiểm tra giữa học kì 2 lớp 11 môn Tiếng Anh - THPT Nguyễn Huệ năm 2016

Nguyen Hue high school                             Second mid term test (45 MINUTES)

Name:

Class:

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others. (1p)

1. A. pesticide              B. city                          C. center                      D. campaign

2. A. dissatisfaction     B. spacious                  C. facsimile                D. telegram

II. Choose the best answer

3.Linda: “I have failed at English in the second examination.”    -   Tom: “…………”

            A. Congratulations!      B. That’s a good idea.  C. Thank you.  D. Poor you

4. Swimming is one of the ___________ sports.

A. mountainous           B. racing                      C. running                    D. aquatic

5. John was the last applicant ___________ for a position in that energy station.

A. to interview B. to be interviewed     C. interviewing            D. which is interviewed

6. All fossil fuels are _______ resources that cannot be used after use.

      A. unlimited                 B. renewable                C. non-renewable        D. available

7. Laws have been introduced to ______ hunting endangered animals.

            A. encourage                B. decrease                 C. discourage               D. ban

8. They asked me a lot of questions, _________ I couldn’t answer.

A. most of which         B. of which most         C. most of that              D. of that most

9. There are five students in my class ______ speak Chinese very well.

A. who                         B. whom                      C. whose                       D. which

11. Many scientists have claimed that _______ like music are often good at Maths.

      A. children                   B. children who                 C. children whom              D. whose children

12. The student _______ had an impressive record.

      A. the prize was awarded                                       B. that the prize was awarded

      C. to whom the prize was awarded                        D. who the prize was awarded

13. My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play.

     A. unimpaired                     B. skilled                     C. ill-educated               D. unqualified

14. The man _____ on the chair behind me kept talking during the film, _____really annoyed me.

    A. having sat/ that    B. sitting/ which          C. to sit/ what   D. to be sitting/ who

15. It is in  Quebec______ French is used as an official language .

         A. which                  B. where                   C. in where               D.  that

16. The problems ______they are discussing at the meeting are very important.

         A. who    B. which          C. Ø          D. both B and C

17. The ring ______ is made of gold and diamond.

            A. she is wearing it      B . he gave it to her      C. Linda like    D. she is wearing

18. .With his many theories, Albert Einstein did a great impact on physics,

                                                                      A

so much so that he is often called the greatest physicist of all time.

        B                                  C                                              D

19. I have a modest little glass fish tank where I keep a variety of small fish.

A. limited                        B. excessive                 C. conceited                    D. moderate

20.After the accident he lost his _________for the sport.

            A. enthusiasm    B. enthusiast    C. enthusiastic          D. enthusiastically

III. Read the following passage and choose the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct word(s) for each of the blanks from 21 to 24

There is now increasing concern about the world’s resouces, particularly about those involving fossil fuel. In less than a hundred years we shall probably exhaust all the present (21) ____ of oil and gas. The world’s coal (22) ____ should last longer but, once used, these cannot be(23)________. It is important, therefore, that we should develop such alternative sources of energy as solar energy and nuclear energy as well as water and wind force (classed as (24) _____ energy). Until these energy supplies are widely used, it is important for developed countries to reduce energy (25) ______ as much as possible.

21. A. findings B. productions             C. amounts      D. sources

22. A. reserves      B. stores      C. mines          D. contents

23. A. updated B. repeated      C. renewed      D. produced

24. A. repeatable         B. continual     C. renewable    D. continuous

25. A. exhaustion        B. destruction  C. waste           D. consumption

IV. Rewrite the following sentences as the directions in the brackets.

1. The rules that allow public access to wilderness areas need to be reconsidered. (using present participle)

………………………………………………………………………………………..

 2. It was the pedestrian that asked the policeman a lot of questions ( cleft sentence in the passive)

…………………………………………………………………………………………

3.The boy drew pictures of people at the airport. The people were waiting for their planes.( relative clause)

………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4.. Ms Kim Anh will be our History teacher next semester . You talked with her yesterday .( omit relative pronoun)

………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5. The Vietnamese/ participants/ take / in / 14th Asian Games  / enthusiasm.

……………………………………………………………………………

V. VII. Read the passage and choose the best option to answer the question

      Laird Gogins is fifty –seven- year-old inventor who has developed a device to harness the power of the wind. He claims that his invention could eventually provide all the electrical power needed by the United States. A network of his wind machines across the country could transfer electricity produced in a windy spot to a place where the air is still. Just one of Gogins’ wind machines will produce eighty megawatts of electricity, which is ten times the power produced by all the windmills in the United States were captured. It could provide one hundred percent of the electrical power now consumed. However, the inventor admits that the wind will probably never become the country’s sole power source.

15. What dose Laird Gogins do as stated in the passage?

A. He’s the director of a wind power station.                                               B. He’s an inventor.

C. He surveys all the power plants in the United States.                              D. He produces machines.

16. What does Laird Gogins’ device harness in nature?

A. Still air                 B. Electricity                     C. the power of the wind             D. Solar energy

17. Which of the following statements concerning Gogins’ machine is NOT true?

A. It is cheaper to construct than a windmill.            C. It could produce more power than windmill.      

B. It will produce eighty megawatts of electricity. D. It is currently providing all of the electrical power needed by the United States

18. What does Gogins admit about his invention?

A. He believes that the windmill is more practical than his machine.

B. He believes that a network of his machine would be incapable of transferring from one place to another.

C. He believes that his machine will never be popular outside the United States.

D. He believes that his machine will probably never be the only device used to produce power in the United States.

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