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HCMC Department of Education and Training THE SECOND-SEMESTER EXAMINATION
…………………………High School Subject : English 11
Name: _____________________ Time allowed : 60 minutes


Class:_______


Choose the word having different sound with the others

a. chooses b. roses c. horses d. rises
a. gained b. cooked c. jogged d. smiled
a. teach b. mean c. heat d. bread

Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the others

a. hobby b. collect c. relax d. impress
a. scientist b. accident c. engineer d. cosmonaut

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word

The hobby I like most is playing my guitar. My uncle, (6) ______ is an accomplished guitarist, taught me how to play. Now I can play (7) ______ simple tunes. I have even begun to sing while playing the guitar, but I have not been very successful at this. My uncle tells me that all I need is to practice regularly and I should be able to do it. He is very good (8) _____ accompanying people singing with his guitar and I admire him very much.

Another hobby of mine is keeping fish. I have a modest little glass fish tank where I keep a (9) _____ of little fish. Some of them were bought from the shop while some others were collected from the rice field near my house. They look so beautiful swimming about in the tank. I love (10) ______ them and my mother loves watching them, too.

a. that b. who c. which d. whom
a. few b. little c. a few d. a little
a. in b. with c. on d. at
a. variety b. abundant c. plenty d. several
a. to watch b. watch c. watching d. watched

Choose the best answers

Have you ever prepared _____ your future?
a. for b. about c. at d. of
Students are looking forward _______ from our reply.
a. to hear b. to hearing c. hearing d. to be hearing
_______ the bad weather conditions, we decided to come to see poor people in mountainous areas.
a. Though b. Although c. In spite d. Despite
They ______ television when we came to see them.
a. are watching b. were watching c. watched d. had watched
Tom doesn’t smoke. ___________.
a. So does John b. john doesn’t too c. So doesn’t John d. Neither does John
Neither Linh nor Lam _____ to eat now.
a. want b. is wanting c. are wanting d. wants
There is no point ____ a fuss over it.
a. to make b. made c. making d. to be made
___________ who was elected the first woman mayor of Chicago in 1979.
a. It was Jane Byrne b. Jane Byrne c. That Jane Byrne d. when Jane Byrne
Bill Gates, _____ is the president of Microsoft Company, is a billionaire.
a. who b. whose c. whom d. that
It’s my baby _____ broke the vase.
a. which b. whom c. that d. why
She hasn’t written to John _______ she left school.
a. since B. after C. when D. before
They live in the house that ____ in 1980.
a. build b. built c. was built d. building
Collecting dolls is her ____ hobby.
a. favorite b. preferred c. liked d. popular
How many countries ____ in the last Asian Games?
a. took part b. participated c. entered d. a and b
Let’s go out for dinner, _____?
a. shan’t we b. shall we c. do we d. don’t we
That is a very interesting film, _______?
a. isn’t that