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
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