Pandas eat bamboo leaves.. Some types of bamboo have seeds only once every sixty years .Pandas must wait many years for their food to grow.. While bamboo is growing, pandas do not have e
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ENGLISH TEST – GRADE 12 ALLOWED TIME: 45 MINUTES
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I Phonetics: Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest ( A, B,
C or D ):
4 A subject B understand C difficult D vulnerable
II Grammar, Vocabulary, and Structure :
Choose the best answer A , B , C , or D for each of the following sentences
6 This is the girl father owns the biggest shop in the area
7 The man she loves has been captured by the enemy
8 He told me not to do it; , I did it
9 My car broke down on the way , when I got to the airport, the plane had taken off
A Because B However C But D Therefore
10 It was midnight, the restaurant was still open
A therefore B but C however D so
11.You smoke in here It is against the rules
12.This is a valuable book You must look after it carefully and lose it
13 I can’t find my book anywhere I have left it on the train I am not sure
14 is the protection of environment and natural resources
A Survival B Commerce C Conservation D Extinction
15 is one of the main causes of species extinction
A Pollution B Forestation C Population D Exploitation
16 Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with
17 Although we are aware the importance of environment, we still overexploit it
18 Many rare animals are _ risk of extinction
A on B in C at D with
19 Human depend species to provide food , clean air and water , and fertile soil for agriculture
20 If I had time, I _ to the beach with you this weekend
A will go B will have gone C would have gone D would go
21 If you there, what would you have done?
A were B had been C would be D would have been 22.When winter comes, I a new coat
23 We him for months now
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24 - Hung: “Would you like to have dinner with me?” - Lam: “ .”
A Yes, I’d love to B I’m very happy C Yes, it is D Yes, so do I
25 A: “Are you coming on Saturday?” – B: “ _.”
A I’m afraid not B I’m afraid not to C I’m afraid to D I’m afraid I don’t
26 - A: “ ” - B: “Certainly”
A Welcome back! B What are you doing there?
C I’m sorry I am late D May I borrow a pencil , please?
27 He said he a football match the day before
28 She told her brother where she then
29 We went by train to the west of England
30 Did you read book I lent you last week ?
B Find an error in each sentence ( A, B, C or D ):
31 The flight was delayed, but we had time to have something to eat
A B C D
32 As we had plenty of food, we mustn’t go to the supermarket
A B C D
33 The pupils failed the exam because of they were very lazy
A B C D
34 Since I have moved my house, they haven’t written to me
A B C D
35 He worked hard, however he could earn much money
III Writing:
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one ( A, B, C or D ):
36 I dance more beautifully than he does
A He doesn’t dance more beautifully than I B He doesn’t dance as beautifully as I
C He didn’t dance so beautifully as I D He danced more beautifully than I
37 Mary got wet because she didn’t have an umbrella
A Mary didn’t have an umbrella However, she got wet
B Although Mary got wet, she didn’t have an umbrella
C Mary didn’t have an umbrella Therefore, she got wet
D Mary got wet, but didn’t have an umbrella
38 They will ask you a lot of questions at the interview
A You will be asked a lot of questions at the interview
B You will be asked a lot of questions at the interview by them
C A lot of questions will be asked you at the interview
D A lot of questions will be asked at the interview
39 She is the most beautiful in her school
A No one in her school is so beautiful as she B No one in her school is as beautiful than she
C No one in her school are as beautiful as she D No one in her school is as beautiful as she
40 You live in a town The town is very old
A You live in the town where is very old B You live in the town which is very old
C You live in the town what is very old D You live in the town when is very old
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III Reading:
A Read this passage and choose the best given answer A, B, C or D for each question:
extinct The reason is that they can’t find enough food Pandas eat bamboo leaves They do not like another food The bamboo grows very slowly It can take ten years for a bamboo to grow from a seed to a big plant Some types of bamboo have seeds only once every sixty years Pandas must wait many years for their food to grow While bamboo is growing, pandas do not have enough leaves to eat Farmers are using more and more of the land on the mountain side to grow food for man The farmers cut down the bamboo Bamboo leaves become less plentiful Pandas cannot find enough food to eat They starve and die China and World Wild Fund are trying to save the pandas In 1979 they began to set up special parks where pandas live One such park is the Wolong Reserve in Sichuan The Wolong Reserve has highest number of pandas in the world Scientists come here to study the panda’s eating and mating habits By learning more about the pandas habits, scientists can save it from extinction
41 We could find a lot of pandas
A in the mountains of Western China B in the national parks of the world
42 It takes a bamboo to grow into a big plant
43 Farmers cut down bamboo trees because they want to
C make pandas starve and die D get farmland
44 What do the scientists do to save pandas from extinction?
A They stop farmers from cutting down the bamboo trees B They set up parks for them
C They enact laws to ban hunting D They plant bamboo trees
45 Pandas are in danger of extinction because of
A hunters kill them for commercial purpose B farmers cut down trees for fuel and housing
C there is not enough food for them D They suffer from diseases
B Choose the word or phrase ( A, B, C, or D ) that best fits each space in the following passage:
Wild animals and wild places where they live are seriously (46) almost everywhere One species has become (47) in each year of this century, but many hundreds are now in ( 48) Lack of (49) would lead to the rapid advance of the process of extinction Already many kinds of wild animals have been so reduced in number that their role in the ecosystem is forgotten
But even more important, perhaps, the individual kinds of animals and plants, whole habitats are in danger of vanishing: marshes are being drained, and the world forests, especially the tropical forests are being cut down to ( 50) _ man’s need of timber and paper