Choose the best answer to fill in each blank: About 35% of all high school graduates in America continue their education in an institution of higher learning.. Most private schools requi
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FIRST-SEMESTER ENGLISH EXAM
CLASS 12D
Student’s full name:
Class: ……
Choose the best answer to fill in each blank:
About 35% of all high school graduates in America
continue their education in an institution of higher learning
The word ‘college’ is used to (I) to either a college
or a university These institutions offer four-year programs
that lead to a Bachelor of Arts or Bachelor of Science
(II) Some students attend a junior college before
entering a four-year college as a sophomore or junior
It is generally easier to be admitted at a state university
than a private one Most private schools require
(III) entrance examinations and a high grade point
average (GPA), as well as specific college preparation
classes in high schools Private schools cost (IV)
more than colleges, and famous private schools are very
expensive Poorer students can sometimes attend, however
, by earning scholarships Some college graduates go on to
get master or doctoral degrees Since college costs are
very high, most students work at part-time jobs Although
college and work demands (V) the great part of a
student’s time, most still enjoy social activities
1 (I)
2 (II)
A certificate B qualification
C diploma D degree
3 (III)
A strict B arduous
C rough D intense
4 (IV)
A subsequently B absolutely
C considerably D allegedly
5 (V)
A take up B bring up
C catch on D account for
Read the following passage and choose the correct
answers:
Strictly speaking, cartography is the drawing or compiling
of maps The explorers and surveyors go out and make
measurements and gather the information from which the
cartographers draw their maps Sometimes the fieldwork
and the creation of the map are done by the same person
But when the scope is broad and the sources of
information many, maps are more often a compilation of
that information They represent the accumulated work of
many people, brought together under the supervision of
one person, the compiler The value of maps depends, of
course, on the expertise of the compiler, who must sift
through available information, select the most accurate
data, and come up with a thoughtful and accurate
synthesis of the geographic knowledge of the region
6 What does it mean “scope”?
A range B problem
C expense D result
7 Which statement is wrong?
A The compiler is very important
B Sometimes the fieldwork and the creation of the map are done by the same person
C Maps are the accumulated work of many people
D Compilers can come up with the most accurate data
8 What does a compiler most likely do?
A represent information
B select the information
C correct the information
D draw
9 Which of the following procedures is the most common
of cartography?
A The cartographers draw, and the explorers and surveyors go out to check the information of their drawing
B The cartographers draw from the information the explorers and surveyors collect while going out measuring
C The explorers and surveyors go out, make measurements, gather information and then draw maps for cartographers
D The explorers and surveyors collect information and then go out to measure and draw
10 What is the main idea of the passage?
A The compiler’s task is more important than that of the explorers and surveyors
B Maps are the product of a group effort brought together usually by one person
C Not all of the information initially compiled for maps is accurate
D The definition of cartography is the drawing or compiling
of maps
Choose the best word or phrase to complete the following sentences:
11 Who will pay _ the camping trip? The school or the parents?
12 Different cultures dreams in different ways
A express B interpret
C interfere D associate
13 Linda insisted making a trip to the Lake District, but nobody agreed her
A in-about B in-with
C on-with D on-to
14 Parents tend to have little credit their children’s performance
15 She _ a small business and _ a good living
A put up-made B did – made
C got – had D set up - earned
16 Though Helen is much younger than Rita, she is much more _
A mature B attentive
C sympathetic D respectful
17 Youths are the _ force behind many social and technological advances
A pushing B driving
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18 The boss blamed me _ the loss of the contract
19 I read the contract again and again
avoiding making spelling mistakes
A with a view to B in view of
C in terms of D by means of
20 Everybody working in the bank was suspicion
after the robbery
A on B in C of D under
21 Carla is believed _through the next round of the
interview easily
A to go B having gone
C going D to have gone
22 _ Mount Everest is _ highest peak of
Himalayas
A O- the-the B The-the-the
C The – the – O D O – the - O
23 If you the teacher’s advice in the first place,
things would be different
C had taken D have taken
24 It is time we the shopping for Xmas
25 Talking loudly and staring at someone older than you
may mean _ for him or her
A informality B attention
C astonishment D disrespect
26 Deforestation has resulted _ floods in many
provinces
27 What a surprise! Rita _ the chairwoman of the
club after 12 years
A maintains B sustains
C exists D remains
28 The people living in the countryside should be stopped
_ burning forests for cultivation
29 Don’t keep nagging the child _ his forgetfulness
30 It is imperative that every parcel on board
before the flight
A were checked B is checked
C must be checked D be checked
31 If you _ such an important appointment
tomorrow, we fishing together
A haven’t had – could go
B don’t have – will go
C didn’t have- could go
D hadn’t had- would have gone
32 yourself in the job and see how well you can
do it
A Do B Put C Make D Set
33 We will try to make different TV programs to _
the needs of viewers
A fill in B answer
C satisfy D attend to
34 My grandparents are those who the most
influences on me
35 The room was too small and I felt as if I in a lift
A would be B had been
36 The immigrants, _ are under 15, are going to be put in this school
A half of them B whose half
C half of which D half of whom
37 You can always rely _us We are ready to help
A with B in C on D by
38 The new painting has wonder for the living room
39 Yolanda just walked into the race what her parents might think of it
A because of B as for
C regardless of D apart from
40 The interviewer asked me for any other job
A had I applied
B if I have applied
C whether I had applied
D that I applied
Identify the mistake in each of the following sentences:
41 A million of tourists from all over the world visit New York every year
A A B of C the D visit
42 Susan, my best friend, has been chosen being the only representative of this non-benefit organization
A has been B being
43 Unless you know the truth, things would be easier for you, at least for now
44 This brochure, which I received from your agency, gives wrong informations about the tour
C informations D the
45 I have never met him before we were put in one group during a field trip for high school seniors
A have never B put in
C field trip D seniors
Pick out the word whose stress pattern is different
46 A peninsula B economy
C economics D advisory
47 A demeanor B mechanize
C energy D concentrate
48 A attribute B address
49 A profound B witness
C pursue D career
50 A individual B responsible
C environment D equipment
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7 D
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25 D
26 D
27 D
28 B
29 A
30 D
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