REVISION FOR MID-TERM TEST (2ND SEMESTER)

GRADE 11
Lexis & Grammar - take place (/ happen)
1.Collocations and fixed phrases - decrease (fall/ go down) ≠ increase (rise / go up)
* U9 - prohibit (ban/ forbid) ≠ allow / permit
- Express Mail Service (EMS) - encouraged ≠ discouraged
- Express Money Transfer - remain ≠ leave
- Messenger Call Service - serious = important ≠ unimportant
- Flower Telegram Service - destroy (devastate) ≠ preserve, conserve
- Mail and Parcel service - rural ≠ urban
- Press distribution - cut down = chop down
- Facsimile service - set up = establish = found
- be equipped with - abundant(/plentiful, large in number)≠ insufficient, scare
- advanced technology - renewable resources ≠ renewable resources
- a well-trained staff - to exhaust = use up, empty
- a very competitive rate - alternative = different
- send a letter by air ( / surface / electronic) mail - available = existing, obtainable ≠ unavailable
- subscribe to sth - deep ≠ shallow
- notify sb of sth - create = produce
- make a phone call
- have/get sth done
- fixed telephone
* U10
- have a great influence / impact on sth
- make an effort to do sth
- result in …
- be (ir)responsible for + N/Ving
- be in danger of + Ving
- interfere with sth
- suggest measures
- take measures
- kill + O + for fur / skin / food
- capture + O + for recreation
- use sth for cultivation
- discharge/ release sth.into the atmosphere
- become extinct
* U 11
- refer to
- fossil fuels
- source of energy
- provide sth for sb /provide sb with sth
- change .., into
- make full use of
- Geothermal heat
- Nuclear power
- Solar energy
- Wind / Water power
2. Synonym/ antonym
- recipient = receiver
- punctuality = Being on time
- spacious (/large) ≠ cramped
- courteous (/polite) ≠ rude, impolite
- speedy (/fast, quick) ≠ slow
- original ≠ changed
- secure = safe ≠ insecure, unsafe
- limited (/restricted) ≠ unlimited, unrestricted
- extinct = ended ≠ living
 PRACTICE TEST 1
I. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined
part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
1. A. chemical B. discharge C. change D. feature
2. A. wild B. prohibit C. environment D. survive
3. A. heat B. great C. release D. reach
4. A. polluted B. consume C. nuclear D. fuel
5. A. scatter B. nature C. danger D. race
6. A. facsimile B. transfer C. spacious D. fax

II. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from
the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
7. A. protect B. prohibit C. pollute D. cultivate
8. A. agriculture B. extinction C. environment D. establish
9. A. electricity B. geothermal C. alternative D. radiation
10. A. release B. supply C. nuclear D. convenient
11. A. provide B. expand C. announce D. number
12. A. pollutant B. influence C. however D. condition

III. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of
the following questions.
A. Synonym (closest in meaning)
13. The staff of that post office are always thoughtful and courteous to customers.
A. kind and beautiful     B. helpful and friendly
C. helpful and polite     D. nice and arrogant
14. Animals should not be captured for recreation and entertainment.
A. used B. hunted C. kept D. kidnapped
15. Discharging chemical pollutants into the environment is a cruel action to the environment as well as the
future generation.
A. Releasing B. Filling C. Making D. Adding
16. The offspring of some animals can be very vulnerable and need special care to be able to grow.
A. friends B. parents C. young animals D. eggs
17. Tropical forests have supplied us with many sorts of plants for food, medicine, and industry.
A. affected B. influenced C. changed D. provided
B. Antonym (opposite)
18. Oil spills are having a devastating effect on coral reefs.
A. Little B. detectable C. significant D. powerful
19. The most important thing in time-management is keeping yourself occupied
A. Busy B. relaxed C. comfortable D. free
20. The number of rare animals is decreasing rapidly.
A. slowly B. quickly C. mostly D. gradually
21. Water is one of the most precious resources ______ for our life.
A. we depend on which B. which we depend C. on which we depend D. on that we depend
22. Do you know that environmentalist ______?
A. with whom I used to work B. with that I used to work
C. with I used to work D. with who I used to work
23. The girl ________ by her brother was very nice.
A. who was picked B. who picked up C. picked up D. that picked up
24. Some chemical ________which farmers use to make the soil richer can pollute our environment.
 A. medicines B. elements C. fertilizers D. proportion
25. Farmers use ________to kill insects that devastate their crops.
A. pesticides B. toothpaste C. cheese D. plums
26. The house________ 40 years ago is still in good condition.
A. which built B. to build C. built D. building
27. I like the food________ by my mother.
A. was cooked B. cooked C. which cooked D. cooking
28. Linda was the last student________ at the oral exam.
A. to be asked B. asking C. asks D. to ask
29. Fax transmission has now become a cheap and _______ way to transmit texts and graphics over distance.
A. convenient B. uncomfortable C. difficult D. expensive
30. The government is going to __________ some reserves to save rare animals and plants there.
A. set up B. cut down C. go off D. look for
31. What exactly is the influence of air pollution ………… human beings?
A. to B. with C. on D. for
32. We are proud of our ______ staff, who are always friendly and efficient.
A. well-trained B. well-appointed C. well-behaved D. well-done
33. The teacher asked those who ______ their tests ______ in their papers.
A. completed/ turn     B. completed/ turned
C. had completed/ to turn     D. completed/ turns
34. She stay in the room ___________ a color TV and a fridge.
A. has B. had C. with D. which have
35. A home computer ______ an opportunity for convenient and efficient work at home.
A. provides     B. to be providing C. which provides     D. providing it
36. Do you know the girl ______________ a long white dress?
A. wears                     B. to wear                    C. wear D. wearing

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
1. Visitors were not permitted to enter the park after dark because the lack of security and lighting.
2. Our polluted environment which is the results of the overusing of resources and destroying the wild.
3. Dams building across river help hold back the water.
4. We are moving to Manchester, that is in the north-west of England.
5. George is enough intelligent to pass this economics class without help.
6. He is the second person be killed in that way.
7. She asked me if I knew whom had got the job.
IV.  Jenny is the seventh student in my college winning the scholarship to study in England.
8. They believe that she is living in Adam island, which was named from the one who discovered it.
V. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best
completes each of the following exchanges.
1. “Would you like some more tea?” – “_______”
A. Yes, please B. Yes, thanks C. No, thank D. No, please
2. “That’s a nice dress you are wearing” – “_______”
A. I’m glad you like it B. That’s alright
C. That’s nice D. You’re quite right
3. Tom: I thought your tennis game was a lot better today, Tony.
Johny: _______ ! I thought it was terrible.
 A. No, I don’t think so B. You can say that again
C. Thanks! Same to you D. You’ve got to be kidding
4. John: “Can you tell me the way to the nearest post office?” Nam: “_______”.
A. It opens at nine o'clock. B. Turn left and then right.
C. You can walk or go there by taxi D. It's about two kilometers.
5. Jim: “This dictionary is for you. I hope you will find it useful.” Mai: " ______________."
A. Thanks. I’ll do it B. No problem!
C. Thanks. It’s very kind of you D. Yes, please
6. Peter: “Do you like going to the cinema this evening, Susan?”
Susan: “_______.”
A. I feel very bored B. That would be great
C. You’re welcome D. I don’t agree, I’m afraid.

VI. Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to
indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
By 1984, non-renewable (1) ______ fuels, such as oil, coal and natural as, provided over 82 percent of the
commercial and industrial energy (2) ______ in the world. Small amounts of energy were (3) ______ from nuclear
fission, and the (4) ______ 16 percent came from burning direct perpetual and renewable fuels, (5) ______ biomass.
Between 1700 and 1986 a large number of countries (6) ______ from the use of energy from local sources to a
centralized generation of hydropower and solar energy (7) ______ to electricity. The energy derived from
nonrenewable fossil fuels has been (8) ______ produced in one location and transported to another, as is the case
with most automobike fuels. In countries with private, rather than public (9) ______, the age of nonrenewable fuels
has created a dependency on a finite (10) ______ that will have to be replaced.
1. a. clean     b. unleaded c. fossil     d. solid
2. a. used     b. produced c. supplied     d. stored
3. a. produced     b. derived c. extracted     d. released
4. a. resting     b. leaving c. restricting     d. remaining
5. a. as     b. therefore c. such as     d. for
6. a. shifted     b. transferred c. obtained     d. applied
7. a. saved     b. reformed c. delivered     d. converted
8. a. actually     b. increasingly c. gradually     d. consequently
9. a. transports     b. transportation c. transporters     d. transportable
10. a. reserve     b. material c. resource     d. power
VII. Fill in each blank with one appropriate word from the box.
represents          fueled         oversee       alarming     lost           imported
establish            reduced      covered       sought       derived      cleared.

The rate at which the deforestation of the world is proceeding is (1) ________. In the 1950 approximately
25 percent of the earth’s land surface had been (2) ________. with forests, and less than twenty-five
years later -the amount of the forest land was (3) ________. to 20 percent. This decrease from 25
percent to 20 percent from 1950 to 1973 (4) ________. an astounding 20 million square kilometers of
 forests. Predictions are that all, additional 20 million square kilometers of forest land will be (5) ________.
by 2020.
The majority of deforestation is occurring in the tropical forests in developing countries, (6) ________. by
the developing countries’ need for increased agricultural land and the desire on the part of developed
countries to import wood and wood products. More than 90 percent of the plywood used in the United
States, for example, is (7) ________. from, developing countries with tropical rain forests. By the mid-
1980s, solutions to this expanding problem were being (8) ________., in the form of attempts to
(9) ________. an international regulatory organization to (10) ________. the use of tropical forests.

VIII. Give the correct form of the given words to complete the following sentences.
1. It's difficult to prove the _____________ of life in other planets. (EXIST)
2. ___________ are searching ways to preserve DNA of useful plants and animals all around the world.
(ENVIRONMENT)
3. There are concerned about the protection of ___________environment. (NATURE)
4. Solar energy is not only _____________ but also clean and safe. (LIMIT)
5. The hunting of many tribes in Africa is responsible for _________ lives of hundreds of rare animals.
(danger)
6. She is the only ___________ in the plane crash. All the others were killed. (SURVIVE)
7. It's hoped that the Earth will be a happy planet where human beings and other animals_________
coexist. (PEACE)
8. We should cut down the use of_____________ and pesticides for cultivation. (FERTILE)
9. Human beings have ________ the environment with many kinds of activities. (POLLUTE)
10. Nuclear energy can provide enough__________ for the world's need for hundreds of years.
(ELECTRIC)
11. __________ , if the wind does not blow, there is no wind energy. (FORTUNE)
12. The total energy __________ in 2005 was over 150 million tons. (COMSUME)
13. That country is facing the __________ of oil supplies. (EXHAUST)
14. Although there are some__________ , solar energy is used in many parts of the world. (ADVANTAGE)
15. __________ all over the world are trying to find other new sources of energy. (RESEARCH)
16. The health of our children is being _______ by exhaust fumes (DANGER)

IX. Rewrite the sentences as directed beginning with the words given.
1. I watched a film last night. The film was interesting.
 The film _______________________________________________________________
2. Sydney is the largest Australian city. It is not the capital of Australia.
 Sydney, ________________________________________________________________
3. Neil Armstrong was the first person who set foot on the moon.
 Neil Armstrong __________________________________________________________
4. I haven’t eaten this kind of food before.
 This is the first_____________________________________________________________
5. She started working as a secretary five years ago.
 She has __________________________________________________________________
6. The mechanic served my car last week
 I _______________________________________________________________________
7. Somebody stole his watch yesterday.
 His watch _______________________________________________________________
8. The last time she had a swim was five years ago.
 She hasn't _______________________________________________________________
9. They’ll have to change the date of the meeting again.
 The date ________________________________________________________________
10. The police haven’t arrested the man who stole your money.
 The man _________________________________________________________________
 11. Somebody robbed the bank near our house last week.
 The bank _________________________________________________________________
12. Nobody has invited her to the party.
 She _____________________________________________________________________
13. They are introducing the game to students.
 The game _________________________________________________________________
14. The man who is standing there is a clown.
 The man __________________________________________________________________
15. Two young men are not good persons. You are acquainted with them.
 Two young men ____________________________________________________________