Đề kiểm tra môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 11 học kỳ II năm học 2015-2016 - Mã đề A11017 - Trường THPT Đa Phúc

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Da Phuc High school The 2nd Term Test – Grade 11
Student’s code
 School year: 2015 -2016
 Time allowance: 45’
 Number: A11017
I. Reading: 
* Read the passage then choose the best answer: (1.25p)
In the early days of the postal service, stamps and envelopes did not exist. (For the most part, envelopes were not used because they were considered to be and additional sheet of paper which cost more to send.) When you wanted to send a letter you would fold it up and seal it shut, and the person who received the letter had to pay for the delivery costs. Since rates at that time were very high, many people refused to accept letters. In fact, many people developed secret marks on the outside of the letter that conveyed their message and all the addressee had to do was read the secret message, refuse to accept the letter, and thus not have to pay for it. Mainly for this reason, postal services turned to a means of repaying postage. 
In 1837 Sir Rowland Hill, the British Postmaster General, introduced the “Post Office Reforms” whereby the mail could go anywhere in the British Isles at the same rate (a penny a half-ounce); the postage was to be paid by the sender-not the addressee; and payment was receipted by placing a small piece of colored paper on the outsider of the letter- THE STAMP! Of course Hill’s proposal was enacted and instituted in 1840. Thus on May 6, 1840 (first date of valid use) the first government-printed postage stamps were born.
1. What was NOT TRUE about early postal service?
A. Senders would pay extra for the use of envelopes. B. Recipients might not be willing to take the mails
C. There were ways to fool postmen.	 D. Both senders and recipients were involved in payment.
2. According to the passage, past mails were not accepted possibly because of_______
A. the application of high fee	B. conflicts between senders and addressees
C. bad attitude of postmen	D. delayed carriage
3. What was done against dishonest refusals of mails?
A. Senders were made to pay.	 B. Mailmen checked all posts carefully before delivery.
C. Post offices banned mails with secret massages.	 D. Blank envelopes got issued widely.
4. What was the major change made by “Post Office Reforms?”
A. Secret codes made between senders and addressees were dismissed.
B. All senders were equal in terms of payment rate.
C. Stamps got colored to identify paid mails from unpaid ones.
D. Printing got involved in the production of first stamps.
5. According to the passage, which of the following is NOT TRUE?
A. The possibility of stamps was at first doubted.	 B. Stamps certified the payment of postage.	
C. Before 340, British were in the dark about prepaid postage.
D. The idea of stamps took about three years to be officially approved.
* Read the passage and choose the best option to complete the blank. (1.25p)
Rock carvings suggest that Stone Age people were hunting whales for food as early as 2200 BC. Such survival hunting is still practised today in a number of (1)..including the Inuit people of Greenland and North America.
	Whaling became big ( 2)..from the 17th century as the demand for whalebone and whale oil rose, and the humpback and sperm whales were hunted in ( 3 ).. ..large numbers. But just as stocks of these species began to fall , the explosive harpoon- gun was employed. This weapon together with the development of steam – powered ships, (4).the whalers to hunt the fast – moving fin and blue whales. 
	In 1905, the whaling fleets moved to the waters of Antarctica. The introduction of gross factory ships enable the whales to be processed at ( 5).sea.
	1. A. groups	B. societies	C. races	D. nationalities
	2. A. business	B. commerce	C. trade	D. finance
	3. A. repeatedly	B. frequently	C. continually	D. increasingly
	4. A. let	B. encouraged	C. enabled	D. forced
	5. A. the	B. X	C. a	D. an
II. Phonetics: 
* Choose the word which is stressed differently from the others: (0.5p)
1. A. ceremony 	B. alternative	C. researcher	D. expensive
2. A. planet	B. effort	C. discharge	D. capture	
* Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently (0.5p)
3. A. spacious	B. karate	C. occasion	D. educate
4. A. smile	B. smell	C. small	D. enthusiasm	
III. Grammar and vocabulary: 
* Fill in the blank with the correct form of the word in brackets: ( 1 p)
1. Wind energy is abundant and (limit)....., however, it is not always available.
2. Mary took to collecting stamps some years ago and now she has a big (collect)..
3. The Earth is expected to be a place where human beings and other living things can (peace) ...co-exist.
4. The installation will take place one week after your ( register) .
* Fill in the blank with the correct form of the verb in brackets: ( 1,5 p) 
1 . Do you know the building ( paint).............................................. green?
2. What (you / learn).. since you (come) .. here? 
3. There’s noone ( help)..................................... in this situation.
4. When I entered the classroom, the lesson (already/start).
5. (Know)..... your limitations is important.
* Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences: (1,5p)
1.This multi-sport event is an occasion when friendship and _____ are built and promoted.
A. enthusiasm	B. effort	C. solidarity 	D. knowledge 	
2. A football match is divided into two....................
A. halves 	B. parts 	C. sections 	D. lines
3. It's time the government ______ something to encourage people to conserve energy.
A. do 	B. did 	C. have done 	D. will do
4. He wasn't able to cope _____ the stresses and strains of the job. 
	A. to 	B. with 	C. in 	D. on
5. By cutting down trees we _____ the natural habitat of birds and animals. 
A. harm	 B. injure	C. hurt	D. damage 
6. For breakfast I had _____ sandwich and _____ apple. The sandwich wasn’t very nice.
	A. the / an	B. the / the 	C. a / an	D. a / the
IV. Writing: 
 *Find out one mistake in each sentence: (1p)
1. All competitors must observed the rules of the games in the true sprit of sportsmanship.
 A B C D
2. The girl is standing over there is from Australia.
	 A	 B	 C D
3. Lan can speak English more fluent than any other students in her class.
 A B C D
4. It was at the shop where she bought me a sweater.
 A B	 C	 D
* Rewrite the following sentences using the suggestions (1.5ps)
1 .The book which will be published this month is about banking (combine using participle phrase)
à.
2. Huong and Sandra sang together at the party. 	 (a cleft sentence with the subject focus)
à..
3. Graham took us to his office. It was filled with books. (combine using a relative word)
The office...
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