ONE PERIOD TEST ( UNIT 9+10+11) pps

environment Question 4: If you want to learn how to knit or work with wood, you should buy a _____ book.. mysteriousness Question 6: The primary causes of species extinction are habitat

Name : Class 12A ONE-PERIOD TEST ( UNIT 9+10+11) TYPE 1

Mark the letter A, B,C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions

Question 1: One well-known desert plant is the _ , which grows well in hot dry regions

A cactus B spinifex C date palm D eucalyptus

Question 2: Madigan led a expedition across the sand dunes on a more northerly route

A scientific B scientist C science D scientifically

Question 3: Humans benefit greatly from the many medicines and other products that provides

A biodiversity B habitat C diversity D environment

Question 4: If you want to learn how to knit or work with wood, you should buy a _ book

Question 5: The Simpson Desert remained a _ until Madigan made an aerial survey in 1929

A mystery B mysterious C mysteriously D mysteriousness

Question 6: The primary causes of species extinction are habitat destruction, commercial _ and pollution

A exploitation B damage C production D chance

Question 7: Many species of animals, birds and even insects are in of disappearing from the earth

A danger B endanger C endangered D dangerous

Question 8: Many species of animals and plants become extinct each year before _ can identify them

A biologists B biology C biological D biologically

Question 9: Books are still a cheap way to get _ and entertainment

A information B inform C informative D informatively

Question 10: If you like books with an _ story especially ones about crime or spies, read a thriller

A exciting B excite C excitement D excited

Question 11: Most of the Sahara desert consists rocky; large sand dunes from only a minor part

Question 12: Humans depend _ species diversity to have food, clean air and water and soil for agriculture

Question 13: If it is a book on a subject that you are interested , you will want to chew and digest it

Question 14: Last week, I _ home after playing tennis when it started raining heavily

A was walking B walked C had walked D had been walking

Question 15: Mary missed the meeting because no one her about it

A had told B was telling C has told D tells

Question 16: While her brother was in the army, Alice _ to him twice a week

A wrote B has written C was writing D had written

Question 17: If there is too much snow, the match

A will be cancelled B would be cancelled C had been cancelled D has been cancelled

Question 18: A lot of things at the same time

A must be done B must do C must been done D must have done

Question 19: Mr Brown retired from his job early his ill health

A due to B because C although D in spite of

Question 20: She bought the book _ she had heard it was good

A because B although C thanks to D due to

Question 21: The professor told me that I was doing well, _ my final grade was awful!

A yet B therefore C in spite of D so

Question 22: John ate a large dinner , he was still hungry

A However B So C Therefore D Although

Question 23: He had a lot of studying to do, _ he went to the concert anyway

A but B therefore C because D however

Question 24: I _ phone Steve when I get home I said I’d call him last night, but I forgot

Question 25: I can manage the shopping alone You _ come with me

Question 26: It was such an expensive car that I didn’t buy it

A.The car was so expensive that I didn’t buy it B.The car was enough expensive for me to buy

C.The car was too expensive for me to buy it D It was an expensive car so that I can’t buy it

Question 27: Although it was sunny, I felt quite cold

A Despite the sunny weather, I felt quite cold B I felt quite cold because of the sunny weather

C Despite the sunny weather, but I felt quite cold D I felt quite cold in spite of being sunny

Read the passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks

Books are written to (28) knowledge and good books enrich the mind By putting ourselves under the influence of superior mind We improve our mental powers Through good books we learn that people everywhere (29) the same, in all ages and in all classes This knowledge improves our love of others and helps us to live in (30) with them We also understand that the world was made (31) for man alone but for every creature that can feel hunger and thrist, (32) and cold

Question 30: A peace B peaceful C peacefully D peaceable

Read the passage and mark the letter A,B,C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

Gorillas are peaceful, gentle, sociable, and mainly plant-eating creatures They live in family groups A typical group is led by the biggest and strongest grown-up male gorilla A silverback’s group usually includes one or two sub-adult males and a few females and their young.Their food includes a variety of plants along with

a few kinds of insects and worms At night the animals make a nest to sleep in Many lightweight gorillas nest

in trees The heavier ones may nest in grasses on the ground Babies sleep with their mothers at night

Life for mountain gorillas is not always peaceful They are endangered and threatened by civil wars in the smaller parts of Africa Hunters kill them for food Their forests are cut down for farmland, fuel, and

housing But many scientists, forest rangers and other concerned people are working hard to protect mountain gorillas and their habitats

Question 33: We can find gorillas in

Question 34: Which of the following can be a group leader?

A The biggest and strongest adult male gorilla B The heavy gorilla

C The biggest adult female gorilla D A grown-up gorilla

Question 35: Why do hunters kill mountain gorillas?

A For food B For their skin C For their nests D For their trees they live in

Question 36: Which of the following statements is NOT true?

A Life for mountain gorillas is peaceful B Gorillas are endangered and threatened by civil wars

C Gorillas’ forests are cut down for farmland, fuel, and housing D A gorilla sometimes eats worms

Mark the letter A, B,C or D to show the underlined part that needs correction

Question 37: People do not know much about the need to protect rare and dangerous animals

A dangerous B the need C to protect D much

Question 38: He had not got any success since the time he began his work

Question 39: Governments have enacted laws to protect wildlife with commercial trade and overhunting

A with B commercial C to protect D have enacted

Question 40: It may take centuries to regrow a forest that cut down by humans

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