PRACTICE TEST 11 – teacher’s

Time allowed: 90mins

Full name: …………………………… Class: 11

I. Which word has different underlined sound in each line? Circle A, B, C or D.
1. A. commemorate B. originate C. collaborate D. preoccupied
2. A. density B. whether C. overwhelm D. resist
3. A. distraught B. disease C. disengage D. disenchanted
4. A. big-headed B. pageant C. leather D. unhealthy
5. A. conventional B. popularization C. inscription D. question
II. Which word has different stress position in each line? Circle A, B, C or D.
6. A. ancestor B. chromosome C. distinctive D. resolute
7. A. commissioner B. evocative C. approximate D. coinciding
8. A. voraciously B. contraception C. commercialize D. disqualify
9. A. circumspect B. prominent C. bewildered D. honeymoon
10. A. inheritance B. genetically C. resemblances D. testimony
III. Circle the best answer (A, B, C or D) for each of the following sentences.
11. The ______ team were disappointed at the result, but all the players agreed that it had been
a good score.
A. lost B. losing C. loose D. having lost
12. Having spent too much time playing basketball in his spare time, Roger now found he was
falling ______ the other students in the other subjects at school.
A. down B. back C. behind D. over
13. The champion dancer will hold a press ______ tomorrow at which you will all be able to ask
her any questions you may have.
A. meeting B. seminar C. lecture D. conference
14. The President has made many visits to Japan, ______ began today.
A. whose recent one B. the most recent of which
C. which D. the most recent one
15. The rules of the competition are ______ change by the organizers.
A. subject to B. owing to C. attributed to D. subject for
16. You should always have an alternative plan to fall ______.
A. on B. in C. back on D. onto
17. As I ______, I should never have gone there alone.
A. remember B. look back C. thought D. recall
18. Tet holiday is a very ______ time for my family.
A. evocative B. innovative C. nostagic D. recalling
19. Our country has large areas of _______beauty.
A. unharmed B. undamaged C. unspoilt D. uninjured
20. Many stock companies are now struggling to survive in a highly- ______ market place.
A. competing B. competition C. competed D. competitive
21. My Mum reminded me ______ my alarm clock for 5.30 a.m.
A. to set B. setting C. to be set D. of setting
22. Our education will help with the ______ of knowledge for the young.
A. rich B. riches C. richness D. enrichment
23. A string of defeats has not succeeded in breaking our team’s ______.
A. spirits B. efforts C. works D. methods
24. The rapid growth of population has led to an acute ______ of housing.
A. shortfall B. shortcut C. shortcoming D. shortage
25. The government has spent $1 million on an ______ campaign to encourage family planning.
A. advertisement B. advertising C. advertised D. advertise
26. Is deforestation ______ in many countries a cause or an effect of overpopulation?
A. to occur B. occurring C. occurrence D. occurred
27. When my club agreed to run the contest, we got more than we ______.
A. came down for B. faced up to C. bargained for D. got round to
28. Up ______, and the people cheered.
A. went the balloon B. does the balloon go C. did the balloon go D. goes the balloon
29. Don’t mention her accent. She’s ______ about it.
A. supersensitive B. unfamiliar C. uncooperative D.
uneducated
30. - Cindy: "Your hairstyle is terrific, Mary!"
- Mary: " _______".
A. Yes, all right. B. Thanks, Cindy. I had it done yesterday.
C. Never mention it. D. Thanks, but I'm afraid.
IV. In the following passage, there are 10 (ten) errors. Underline and correct them.
CHESS TOURNAMENTS
All tournament chess games are played with a chess clock – that is, two clocks attached –
joined together. When one player does - makes his move, he presses a button which stops his
clock and starts his opponent – opponent’s clock. Whoever fails to keep the time limit, no
matter what the position on the board, loses the game.
Weekend tournaments with a fast time limit and long sections - sessions of play of up to
twelve hours a day are very strenuous and result from - in fatigue and time troubles. The play is
quite sharp. Active, attacking chess is the order of the day, and it is difficult to maintain any
sustained, precise defence against such play. A score of the game must be kept as play goes on.
Each move is written down on a score sheet, it – which has to be handed to the tournament
officials in – at the end of each round. The solely – only thought in everyone’s head is to win.
Talent and youth – that is what is needed for success at chess, with the emphasis on youth.
Some approach the board with a slow, purposeless – purposeful manner without giving you a
second glance – you simply don’t count. They seem to imply that the outcome is a foregone
conclusion for them; you only need to accept them – it with good grace.

31. 32. 33. 34. 35.

36. 37. 38. 39. 40.

V. Fill in each gap with one suitable word.

Since man has discovered ways of treating illnesses and diseases, and has thus reduced the
death-rate, the only way to control population increase/growth (41) is by lowering the birth-rate.
In fact, as people in modern industrial societies began to move in order (42) to work in the towns
and factories, they found that a smaller family was easier to support (43). So in Western Europe
after the Industrial Revolution, the birth-rate did slow down as parents chose to have fewer (44)
children. More importantly, modern birth control measures have made it possible for (45) parents
to decide how many children to have.
But reducing the birth-rate is not as easy as that. There are (46) religious, social reasons why
(47) some parents do not want to control the number (48) of children they have. For example, in
some of the less developed parts of the world, many children are needed to help work the land,
 or earn (49) wages that supplement the family income. To halt the population growth in such
areas, it will first be necessary to raise the standard (50) of living, so that parents do not need a
large family.
VI. Give the correct form of the words in brackets.
Over the past 600 years, English has grown from a language of few speakers to become
the (51) __________ dominant language of international communication. English as we know
it today emerged around 1350, after having (52) __________ incorporated many elements of
French that were introduced following the Norman (53) __________ invasion of 1066. Until
the 1600s, English was, for the most part, spoken only in England and had not extended
even as far as two centuries, English began to spread around the globe as a result of
exploration, trade (including slave trade), colonization, and (54) __________ missionary work.
Thus, small (55) __________ enclaves of English speakers became established and grew in
various parts of the world. As these communities (56) __________ proliferated, English
gradually became the primary language of international business, banking and (57)
__________ diplomacy.
Currently, about 80 percent of the information stored on computer systems worldwide is
English. Two - thirds of the world’s science writing is in English, and English is the main
language of technology, (58) __________ advertising, media, international airports, and air
traffic (59) __________ controlling - Today there are more than 700 million English users in
the world, and over half of these are nonnative speakers, (60) __________ constituting the
largest number of nonnative users than any other language in the world.
VII. Read the following passage and choose the correct answers.
The underlying cause of biodiversity loss is the explosion in human population. People
already consume more than half of all the food, crops, medicines, and other useful items
produced by the Earth’s organisms. But the problem is not sheer members of people alone:
the unequal distribution and consumption of resources and other forms of wealth on the
planet must also be considered. At the beginning of the 21st century, the average middle-
class American consumed an amazing 30 times what a person living in a developing nation
consumed, according to some estimates. Thus the impact of the American people must be
multiplied by 30 to derive an accurate comparative estimate of the impact that such
industrialized nations have on the world’s ecosystems.
The single greatest threat to global biodiversity is the human destruction of natural
habitats. Since the invention of agriculture about 10,000 years ago, but especially in the past
several centuries, humans have radically transformed the face of planet Earth. The
conversion of forests, grasslands, and wetlands for agricultural purposes, coupled with the
multiplication and growth of urban centers and the building of dams and canals, highways,
and railways, has physically altered ecosystems at an alarming pace. Global warming
threatens to destroy the habitats of countless species, driving many to the edge of extinction.
In addition, overexploitation of the world’s natural resources, such as fisheries and
forests, has greatly outstripped the rate at which these systems can recover. For
example, 12 of the 13 largest oceanic fisheries have been severely depleted. Modern fishing
techniques, such as huge fishing nets and bottom vacuuming techniques, remove everything
in their paths – including tons of fish and invertebrates of no commercial use. These victims,
as well as porpoises and seals that are also hauled in as accidental catches, are permanently
removed from their populations, significantly altering the ecosystems in which they live.
As human populations have grown, people have spread out to the four corners of the
Earth. In the process, whether on purpose or by accident, they have introduced non-native
species that have created ecological nightmares, disrupting local ecosystems and, in many
 cases, directly drive native species extinct. For example, the brown tree snake was
introduced to the island of Guam, probably as a stowaway on visiting military cargo ships
after World War II (1939-1945). The snake devastated the native bird population, driving over
half a dozen native species of birds to extinction – simply because the native birds had not
been exposed to this type of predator and did not recognize the danger posed by these
snakes.
61. The passage is about ______.
A. biodiversity loss
B. the effects of human on biodiversity
C. overexploitation of the world’s natural resources
D. the Earth’s organisms and population
62. The words “sheer” in line 3 means “______”.
A. thin B. turn C. complete D. steep
63. According to the first paragraph, ______.
A. Everybody on Earth enjoys the same distribution
B. The rich consume much more than the poor do
C. A person in a developing nation consumes 30 times more than a person in the US does
D. Industrialized countries do not have impacts on the world’s ecosystems
64. Which of the following is NOT referred in the first paragraph?
A. The US people have greater effects on the ecosystem than people from any other
countries.
B. Industrialized countries have tried to reduce their consumption of products from
the world’s ecosystem.
C. The growth of human population has triggered biodiversity loss.
D. More than half of the people’s consumption is produced from the Earth’s organisms.
65. The word “radical” in the second paragraph has a close meaning to ______.
A. certainly B. frequently C. differently D. significantly
66. Which change is NOT referred in the second paragraph?
A. Deforestation B. Construction C. Urbanization D. Invention
67. The sentence “In addition, overexploitation of the world’s natural resources, such as
fisheries and forests, has greatly outstripped the rate at which these systems can
recover.” means that ______.
A. Though natural resources are being exploited, they can retrieve quickly
B. Fisheries and forests have been overexploited and now nothing remains
C. Natural resources can recover after being exploited
D. The World’s natural resources cannot recover as promptly as they are exploited
68. Which sentence is true?
A. Huge fishing nets and bottom vacuuming techniques catch not only fish but also
other marine creatures.
B. Only fish is caught with huge fishing nets and bottom vacuuming techniques.
C. Huge fishing nets and bottom vacuuming techniques cannot be used to catch porpoises
and seals.
D. Fishermen catch invertebrates and they earn a lot of money from those species.
69. Which is NOT the cause of biodiversity loss?
A. World War II
B. The explosion in human population
C. The human destruction of natural habitats
D. Overexploitation
70. The passage is ______.
A. imaginary B. advisory C. informative D. controversial
VIII. Read the text below and decide which answer (A, B, C or D) best fits each space.
The graph shows the increase (71) _____ the ageing population in Japan, Sweden and
the USA. It (72) _____ that the percentage of elderly people, in all three countries is (73)
_____ expected to increase to almost 25% of the (74) _____ respective populations by the
year 2040.
In 1940, the (75) _____ proportion of people aged 65 or more stood at only 5% in Japan,
approximately 7% in Sweden and 9% in the US. However, while the figures for the Western
countries grew to about 15% in around 1990, the figures for Japan (76) _____ dipped to only
2.5% for much of this period, before (77) _____ rising to almost 5% again at the present time.
In spite of some (78) _____ fluctuation in some expected percentages, the proportion of older
people will probably continue to increase in the next two decades in the three countries. A
more (79) _____ dramatic rise is predicted between 2030 and 2040 in Japan, by which time it
is thought that the proportion of elderly people will be (80) _____ similar in the three
countries.

71. A. in B. of C. with D. to
72. A. explains B. explained C. indicates D. indicated
73. A. forecasted B. hoped C. expected D. thought
74. A. comparable B. consecutive C. comparative D. respective
75. A. number B. proportion C. figure D. amount
76. A. fell down B. dipped C. stood D. diminished
77. A. rising B. going C. improving D. recovering
78. A. fluctuation B. fluctuating C. plateau D. volatile
79. A. dramatical B. dramatically C. rocketing D. dramatic
80. A. likely B. similar C. same D. identical

IX. Complete the following article by writing one word only in each space.
Origami is an art of paper folding, the aim of which ______ (81) is to make objects using
folds and creases. In general, these objects begin with a square sheet of paper, whose ______
(82) sides may be different colors, and this is usually folded without cutting. The origins of origami
are disputed, most/many/some ______ (83) believing that it began in Japan, others that it
originated in China, from where ______ (84) it was taken to Japan in the seventeenth century. It
may also have developed independently in the West. What ______ (85) is undisputed is that it
reached its greatest development in Japan. Origami was mostly a traditional art carried out for
amusement, but it has also been put into practical use, such as producing boxes, mats and
umbrellas. It is also used in studying the principles of design. Probably the most famous modern
origami artist was Akira Yoshizawa, who ______ (86) died in 2005. He pioneered origami as a
creative art, as well as revising a symbolic method of representing paper folding. This allows
enthusiasts worldwide to copy his models from books, even ______ (87) if they do not speak
Japanese. Above all, he created more than 50,000 models, only a few hundred designs of
______ (88) which were shown in his books. In 1998, he was one of the exhibitors at the Louvre in
Paris for what ______ (89) was probably the greatest exhibition of origami yet/ever ______ (90)
seen.
X. Complete the second sentence so that it has similar meaning to the first sentence, using
NO MORE THAN EIGHT WORDS in the space.
91. It was inevitable that they should feel personally degraded.
Their personal feeling of degradation was inevitable.
92. All the contestants will receive a prize, whatever their score in the competition.
No matter what their score in the competition is, all the children will receive a prize.
93. The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
94. He was suspected to have stolen credit cards. The police have investigated him for days.
Suspected to have stolen credit cards, he has been investigated for days.
95. My friend persuaded me to take part in the dancing contest.
My friend talked me into taking part in the dancing contest.
96. Although he had his legs cut off after a serious accident, he competed in the competition and
won a medal. (PREVENT)
His disability/lame legs being cut off did not/ could not prevent him from competing in
the competition and winning a medal.
97. It was the little woman that rescued the baby just in time. (COURSE)
It was the little woman that rescued the baby in the course of time.
98. Everybody makes mistakes occasionally. (WHILE)
Everybody makes mistakes once in a while.
99. My personality is very similar to my mum’s. (AFTER)
Personality-wise, I take after my mum.
100. Fred had only himself to blame for losing his driving license for repeated speeding.
(SERVED)
It serves Fred right that he lost his driving license for repeated speeding.

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