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GRADE 11

15-MINUTE TEST
-----    ----2ND SEMESTER

TEST 1
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest:
1. a. ready

b. friend

c. telephone

d. speedy

2. a. spacious

b. courteous

c. document

d. technology

II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c, or d - that best completes the sentences or substitutes
for the underlined word or phrase:
3. The panda's ______ habitat is the bamboo forest.
a. nature

b. natural

c. naturalized

d. naturally

4. Learners can feel very ______ if an exercise is too difficult.
a. courageous

b. encouraging

c. discouraged

d. discouragingly

5. The ______ friendly products are designed not to harm the natural environment.
a. environment

b. environmental

c. environmentally

d. environmentalism

6. The waste from the chemical factory is extremely ______.
a. harm

b. harmful

c. unharmed

d. harmless

7. People are destroying the air by adding ______ to it.
a. pollutants

b. polluters

c. pollution

d. polluted

8. .________ finds the treasure is entitled to twenty percent of it.
a. Who

b. The people who

c. Whoever

d. Man who

9. The instrument panel of a light airplane has at least a dozen instruments ___________.
a. the pilot must watch

b. what the pilot must watch

c. which the pilot must watch them

d. such that the pilot must watch

10. Dr Seuss, _____ was Theodor Seuss Geisel, wrote and illustrated delightfully humorous books for
children.
a. his real name

b. who had as his real name

c. with his real name

d. whose real name

11. Diamonds are often found in rock formations called pipes, _____ the throats of extinct volcanoes.
a. in which they resemble

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b. which resemble

c. there is a resemblance to
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d. they resemble

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12. If we had known your new address, we _____ to see you.
a. came

b. will come

c. would come

d would have come

III. Fill in each blank with an appropriate preposition:
13. Let us take care ____________ your studies for now and ever.
14. This computer's hardware isn't capable ______________ running this software.
15. She seemed satisfied ________________ her exam results.

TEST 2
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest:
1. a. feature

b. species

c. weather

d. decrease

2. a. decreased

b. influenced

c. endangered

d. established

II. Choose the one word or phrase - A, B, C or D - that best completes the sentences or
substitutes for the underlined word or phrase:
3. In some countries environmental organizations have been ________ to inform people and gain their
support.
A. made up

B. set up

C. brought up

D. taken up

4. People continue to ______ rainforests and increase the dangers of global warming.
A. cut off

B. cut in

C. cut out

D. cut down

5. Some people have a more _________ attitude towards animals than they do towards children.
A. human

B. humane

C. humanized

D. humanistic

6. _________ aren't effective anymore because insects have become resistant to them.
A. Fertilizers

B. Pesticides

C. Herbicides

D. Medicines

7. They started a campaign to ________ smoking among teenagers.
A. encourage

B. decrease

C. discourage

D. prohibit

8. The problem ______ never occurred.
A. I hadn't expected it

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B. that I had expected it
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C. who I had expected

D. I had expected

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9. In 1850, Yale University established Sheffield Scientific School, _____________.
A. engineers were educated there

B. where engineers were educated

C. in which were engineers educated

D. where were engineers educated

10. It was the ragtime pianist Scott Joplin ______ the Maple Leaf Rag, perhaps the best known of all
ragtime tunes.
A. wrote

B. the writer of

C. who wrote

D. writing

III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one:
11. Thanks to your help. I was able to finish the project.
=> Had it not ___________________________________________________________________.
12. She was so good to me that I'll always remember it.
=> I'll always remember __________________________________________________________.

TEST 3
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest:
1. a. gather

b. athletics

c. enthusiasm

d. through

2. a. compete

b. sport

c. effort

d. introduce

II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentences or substitutes
for the underlined word or phrase:
3.________ test was given, our class leader managed to get good marks.
a. Whenever

b. Whatever

c. However

d. Wherever

4. _____ volleyball players, footballers cannot use their hands in the game.
a. Like

b. Different

c. Unlike

d. Opposite

5. Shortly after receiving her gold medal, the Olympic champion answered questions at the press
_________.
a. discussion

b. assembly

c. conference

d. seminar

6. My brother takes photograph _____ a hobby.
a. as

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b. for

c. in

d. with
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7. Any stamps that were common I gave _____ to my friends.
a. up

b. back

c. away

d. out

8. There are some hobbies that I _____ in for a while besides reading books and listening to music.
a. occupy

b. accomplish

c. fascinate

d. indulge

9. My uncle, who is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play.
a. skilful

b. famous

c. perfect

d. modest

10. The first library _____ in the Nebraska Territory was built in Fort Atkinson in 1870.
a. to be established

b. was established

c. could established

d. establishing

III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one:
11. It's all his talk of poverty that really annoys me.
=> What _____________________________________________________________________.
12. If it hadn't been for your help he would be in a worse mess.
=> If you _____________________________________________________________________.
TEST 4
I. Choose the word in each group that has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest:
1. a. admire

b. avid

c. variety

d. while

2. a. occupy

b. simply

c. accompany

d. hobby

3. a. practised

b. stamped

c. indulged

d. accomplished

4. a. collect

b. common

c. modest

d. accomplish

5. a. friends

b. tunes

c. clubs

d. stamps

II. Choose the one word or phrase - a, b, c or d - that best completes the sentences or substitutes
for the underlined word or phrase:
6. The woman _________ next door is a famous director.
a. lives

b. who lives

c. living

d. that living

7. The house __________ in the storm has now been rebuilt.
a. destroyed

b. destroying

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c. which destroyed
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d. that is destroyed

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8. Many people believe that fossil fuels will be __________ in a relatively short time.
a. worn out

b. used out

c. damaged

d. exhausted

9. Water power gives energy _________ pollution.
a. with

b. without

c. and

d. including

10. Geothermal ________ is possible only in a few places in the world.
a. warmth

b. force

c. heat

d. wind

III. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar meaning to the first one:
11. _______ William Shakespeare is the most widely known.
a. Of all writers in English

b. All writers in English

c. All of the writers in English

d. With all, writers in English

12. ___________, John Glenn, was a pioneer in the U.S. space program.
a. The first American to orbit the earth
b. That the first American orbited the earth
c. Despite the first American who orbited the earth
d. He was the first American to orbit the earth
13. _________, that runner is likely to be the first one chosen.
a. Because agile and rapid

b. Although she is agile and fast

c. Due to her agility and speed

d. Despite her agility and speed

14. This information _________ to great many people.
a. has proved useful

b. has proved it useful

c. has been proved to be useful

d. was proved to be useful

15. The store __________________________________.
a. that had the recently big sale went bankrupt
b. that had the big recently sale went bankrupt
c. that had the big sale went recently bankrupt
d. that recently had the big sale went bankrupt

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