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THE FIRST-SEMESTER FINAL EXAM – ENGLISH 11
Time alloted: 50 minutes
I. Pick out the word whose underlined and bold part is pronounced differently from that of the other words. [0.75]
1. A. cause 	B. causative 	C. causal 	D. casual
2. A. state 	B. status 	C. station 	D. statue
3. A. word 	B. world 	C. worry 	D. worst
II. Pick out the word that has the stress different from that of the other words. [0.75p]
1. A. efficient 	B. deficient 	C. ancient 	D. sufficient 
2. A. production 	B. definition 	C. situation 	D. politician 
3. A. occasion 	B. qualification 	C. photography 	D. Canadian
III. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence. [2.5p]
1. Her words left a.......impression on me.
 A. last 	B. lasting 	C. lasted	D. lastly
2. It was generous.........him to offer to pay for us both.
 A. to 	B. about 	C. of	D. at 
3. I can't stand people with no.........of humour.
 A. ability 	B. spirit 	C. keenness	D. sense
4. I have nothing in.....with Tim.
 A. together 	B. common 	C. commonly	D. altogether
5. When I bought the house, my sister helped me.........with a loan.
 A. out 	B. out of 	C. up	D. off
6. Do you want........by the doctor?
 A. to examine 	B. to be examined	
 C. being examined 	D. being to examine
7. Alice didn't expect.........to Bill's party.
 A. asking 	B. being asked 	C. to ask 	D. to be asked
8. We wish you both health and..........
 A. expectancy 	B. length 	C. longness 	D. longevity
9. Can there be........who has not stood in awe at the sight?
 A. no one 	B. none 	C. someone 	D. anyone
10.........of the students in my class could solve the problem yesterday.
 A. None 	B. Neither 	C. Either 	D. Not much
IV. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. [0.5p]
1. Soon after John has finished his thesis, he will leave for Boston, where he has a job waiting on him.
2. We spent a week to preparing for our concert.
V. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. [0.75]
1. You can enrich your knowledge by listening to the radio.
 A. You can be rich if you listen to the radio.
 B. Listening to the radio makes you know less.
 C. Listening to the radio enables you to be rich.
 D. Listening to the radio can make you know more.
2. There's no point in persuading him to do this.
 A. It is useless to persuade him to do this.
 B. He is able to do this although he does not want to.
 C. It would be useful to persuade him.
 D. I enjoy persuading him to do this.
3. He found it extremely difficult to learn this subject. 
 A. The subject was so easy that he could learn it well.
 B. It was extremely difficult for him to learn this subject.
 C. He had difficulty finding the subject.
 D. He did not find it difficult to learn this subject
VI. Choose the item among A, B, C or D that best answers the question about the passage. [1.25p]
 Each nation has many good people who take care of others. For example, some of high school and college students in the United States often spend many hours as volunteers in hospitals, orphanages or home for the aged. They read books to the people in these places, or they just visit them and play games with them or listen to their problems.
 Other young volunteers go and work in the homes of people who are sick or old. They paint, clean up, or repair their houses, do the shopping or mow their lawns. For boys who no longer have fathers there is an organization called Big Brothers. College students and other men take these boys to baseball games or on fishing trips, and help them to get to know things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
 Each city has a number of clubs where boys and girls can go and play games or learn crafts. Some of these clubs show movies or organize short trips to the mountains, the beaches, museums or other places of interest. Most of these clubs use a lot of high school and college students as volunteers because they are young enough to remember the problems of younger boys and girls.
 Volunteers believe that some of the happiest people in the world are those who help to bring happiness to others.
1. What do volunteers usually do to help those who are sick or old in their homes?
 A. They mow lawns, do shopping, and clean up their houses.
 B. They cook, sew, and wash their clothes.
 C. They tell them stories and sing and dance for them. 
 D. They take them to baseball games. 
2. What do they help boys whose fathers do not live with them?
 A. To get to know things about their fathers.
 B. To get to know things that boys want from their fathers.
 C. To learn things that boys usually learn from their fathers.
 D. To learn things about their fathers.
3. Which activity is NOT available for the students at the clubs?
 A. playing games 	B. watching films
 C. going to interesting places 	D. learning photography
4. Why do they use many high school and college students as volunteers? Because......
 A. they have a lot of free time.
 B. they can understand the problems of younger boys and girls.
 C. they know how to do the work. 
 D. they are good at playing games and learning crafts.
5. What do volunteers believe?
 A. In order to make others happy, they have got to be unhappy.
 B. The happiest people in the world are those who make themselves happy.
 C. The happiest people in the world are those who are young and healthy.
 D. Bringing happiness to others makes them the happiest people in the world.
VII. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. [1.5p]
 Have you ever stopped to wonder why people give each (1).......eggs at Easter? The Christian festival of Easter celebrates the return of Jesus Christ from the death, but the festival is actually named (2)......the goddess of the sun, Eostre, whose name is taken from the East where she (3)...... In very ancient times, Easter was a celebration that winter was (4).......and that a new life was about to begin. The rabbit, due to the number of young it produces, is the symbol of life. In some parts of the world, the rabbit leaves large (5).......of eggs (another symbol of new life) in the garden and children have to find as many as they can. This is very like Christmas, when Santa Claus leaves presents for individual children. At Easter, children have to be independent and look after themselves. In this (6)......the hunt for Easter eggs represents the need for young people to go out into the world and make their own fortune.
1. A. else 	B. person 	C. others 	D. other
2. A. for 	B. about 	C. after 	D. with
3. A. goes 	B. sets 	C. rises 	D. raises
4. A. finish 	B. conclusion 	C. up 	D. over 
5. A. numbers 	B. sums 	C. figures 	D. totals
6. A. day 	B. way 	C. habit 	D. time
VIII. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges. [0.5p]
1. Jolie and Tom are meeting at the supermarket. 
 ~ Jolie: "Hi, Tom. How are you doing?" ~ Tom: "...... How about you?"
 A. I'm waiting for my sister 	B. I'm shopping for food 
 C. I'm doing nothing 	D. I'm doing well 
2. Maria and Alex are talking about the environment. 
 ~ Maria: "Our environment is getting more and more polluted. Do you think so?" 
 ~ Alex: "...... It's really worrying."
 A. I'll think about that 	B. I don't agree 	 
 C. I don't think so 	D. I can't agree more
IX . You will hear two friends, Sarah and Jack, talking about their school project about extreme sports. Listen and decide if the sentences are True (T) or False (F). [1.5p]
1. [......] Jack totally agrees that extreme sports can be dangerous. 
2. [......] Jack says people don’t believe they’ll have an accident. 
3. [..] Sarah says she started going to a gym last year. 
4. [..] Jack agrees with Sarah that too much exercise can be bad for people. 
5. [..] The man ran 401 marathons to show it was possible to run a marathon every day. 
6. [..] The marathon runner failed to complete the right number of miles.
7. [..] Jack believes that extreme athletes enjoy the danger.
8. [..] The free runner worked with experts to learn how to free run.
9. [..] His free running career really started when he was eighteen.
10. [.....] Sarah says that it’s possible to have a career in any sport.
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