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BÀI KIỂM TRA ĐỊNH KÌ LỚP 11
MÔN: TIẾNG ANH – BÀI SỐ 2



I.Read the passage, choose the best answer marked A, B, C or D to the following questions.
One of the major problems in the art world is how to distinguish and promote an artist. In effect, a market must be created for an artist to become successful. The practice of signing and numbering individual prints was introduced by James Abbott McNeill Whistler, the nineteenth-century artist best known for the painting of his mother, called “Arrangement in Grey and Black,” but known to most of us as “Whistler’s Mother.” Whistler’s brother-in-law, Sir Francis Seymour Haden, a less well-known artist, had speculated that collectors might find prints more attractive if they knew that there were only a limited number of copies produced. By signing the work in pencil, an artist could guarantee and personalize each print.
01.What made Whistler’s work more valuable?
A.His signatureon the prints B.His brother-in-law’s prints
C.His painting of his mother D.His fame as an artist
02.The word “distinguish” is closest in meaning to_____________.
A.recognizedifferences B.allow exceptions
C.making improvement D.accept changes
03.What was James Abbott McNeill Whistler famous for?
A.His painting of sight. B.His mother’s work.
C.His painting of portrait. D.His mother’s picture.
04.The word “speculated” could be best replaced by_____________.
A.denied B.noticed C.announced D.guessed
05.Which of the following would be a better title for the passage?
A.Whistler’s Greatest Works B.Copying Limited Edition Prints
C.Whistler’s Mother D.The Practiceof Signing Prints
II.Choose the letter marked A, B, C, or D that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Any change in one part of an ecosystem can cause changes in other parts. Drought, storms, and fires can change ecosystems. Some changes (06)________ the ecosystem. If there is too little rainfall, plants will not have enough water to live. If a kind of plant die off, the animals that (07)________ it may also die or move away. Some changes are good for ecosystem. Some pine forests need burning for the pine trees to reproduce. The seeds are sealed inside pinecones. Heat from a forest fire melts the seal and lets the seeds (08)________.
Polluting the air, soils, water can harm ecosystems. Building dams on rivers for electric power and irrigation can harm ecosystems (09)________ the rivers. Bulldozing wetlands and cutting down forests destroy ecosystems. Ecologists are working with companies and governments to find better ways of catching fish, cutting down trees, and building dams. They are looking for ways to get food, lumber, and other products for people (10)________ causing harm to ecosystems.
06.A.harmful B.harms C.harm D.harmless
07.A.feed on B.fed up with C.fed with D.feed
08. A.from B.out C.in D.over
09. A.on B.over C.around D.under
10. A.not B.without C.no D.avoid
III.Choose the word marked A, B, C, or D that is SYNONYMOUS to the bold italic one.
11.Whenever problems come up, we discuss them frankly and find solutions quickly.
A.arrive B.clean C.encounter D.happen
12.American children customarily go trick-or-treating on Halloween.
A.readily B.happily C.traditionally D.inevitably
IV.Choose the word marked A, B, C, or D whose stress pattern is different from others.
13.A.deliver B.discover C.communicate D.gratitude
14.A.begin B.borrow C.behave D.enter
V.Identify the one underlined word or phrase marked A, B, C or D that need correcting.
15.To grow well, a tree must bewell-suited to the area where is it planted.
A.is it B.must be C.well-suitedD.To grow
16.There`s no point having a car if you neveruse it.
A.There`s B.never C.use D.having
17.Having lived here for seven years, my friend is used to speak English with all her classmates.
A.for B.Having lived C.all her D.speak
18.Approximately 70 percent of all parents let their children