TEST FOR UNIT 1

TEST FOR UNIT 1- ENGLISH 12 (PILOT CURRICULUM)
Time allotted: 25 minutes, 25 questions
I. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
1. A. dedication B. distinguished C. determine D. slightly
2. A. respect B. preserve C. talent D. recognize
II. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
3. A. remain B. invent C. acclaim D. talent
4. A. reputation B. distinguished C. generosity D. inspiration
III. Choose the best answer A, B, C, or D to complete each sentence.
5. The tourist lost his camera while he _____ around the city.
A. walked B. to walked C. had walked D. was walking
6. While I_________ my homework, my mother_______ the dinner.
A. was doing/ prepared B. did/ was preparing
C. was doing/ was preparing D. was doing/ prepared
7. His car struck a tree, you can still see the mark on _______tree
A. a B. an C. the D. 0
8. Reaching 29,029 feet above sea level, ______Mount Everest in _____ Himalayas is _____ highest mountain on Earth.
A. 0/the/ a B. 0/ a/ the C. 0/the/ the D. the/ the/ the
9. He is a ________ actor. He has won both international and national awards by the character he has starred.
A. dedicated B. distinguished C. anonymous D. respectable
10. Mark Zuckerberg`s enormous success has taken a lot of hardwork and ____.
A. indifference B. dedication C. loyalty D. reputation
11. I’m very impressed by Steve Job’s _____, so I decided to talk about his works in my presentation.
A. inventor B. inventions C. inventing D. invention
12. Every child should be brought up to know right from wrong and to ______ their peers and elders.
A. respect B. respectable C. respectful D. respected
III. Choose the word that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in following question.
13. Her courage not only inspiredher followers but moved her rivals as well.
A. depressed B. overlooked C. motivated D. rejected
IV.Choose the word that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in following question.
14. I was relieved by the news that they had gone home safe and sound.
A. comforted B. relaxed C. lightened D. concerned
V. Choose the underlined part that need correcting in the fowling question.
15. Her passion in helping a poor have motivated her to found her own charity organization.
A B C D
16. When I had difficulties deciding which major I was going to study, I was asking my parents for advice.
A B C D

VI. Read the passage and answer the following questions by marking the correct answer A, B, C, or D

Charlie Chaplin’s Early Life
He was believed to have been born on April 16, 1889. There is some doubt whether April 16 is actually his birthday, and it is possible he was not born in 1889. There is also uncertainty about his birthplace: London or Fontainebleau, France. He was born in a family which both his parents worked in art field. His father was a versatile vocalist and actor; and his mother, known under the stage name of Lily Harley, was an attractive actress and singer, who gained a reputation for her work in the light opera field.
Charlie was thrown on his own resources before he reached the age of ten as the early death of his father and the subsequent illness of his mother made it necessary for Charlie and his brother, Sydney, to fend for themselves.
Charlie first took to the stage when, aged five, he performed in Music Hall in 1894, standing in for his mother. In 1900, aged 11, his brother helped get him the role of a comic cat in the pantomime Cinderella at the London Hippodrome. In 1903, he appeared in “Jim, A Romance of Cockayne”, followed by his first regular job, as the newspaper boy Billy in Sherlock Holmes, a part he played into 1906.
Having inherited natural talents from their parents,