English 11: Practice test - Unit 2: Personal experiences

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1. ENGLISH 11: PRACTICE TEST UNIT 2 : PERSONAL EXPERIENCES I. Choose the word whose stress pattern is different from the others. 1. a. attention b. appreciate c. embarrassing d. memorable 2. a. experience b. imagine c. teenager d. discover 3. a. seriously b. carefully c. extremely d. beautifully II. Choose the best answer to complete the following sentences. 4. You look so in the new dress. a. great b. ugly c. selfish d. excited 5. The librarian showed some books us and said, “They are very interesting”. a. for b. with c. to d. of 6. I was extremely excited and decided to the shop at once to buy the hat I liked. a. going b. to go c. went d. gone 7. I saw a wad of dollar notes exactly like the ones my father .me. a. gives b. gave c. has given d. had given 8. I took my money back from the schoolboy’s bag, without a word about it. a. saying b. to say c. said d. to be saying 9. Failing an exam teaches Peter a lesson and makes him . harder. a. studying b. studies c. study d. to study 10. Christina about the most unforgettable experiences in her life. a. is being interviewed b. interviews c. is being interviewing d. interviewed 11. She complains noisily about anything she doesn’t like. She is the type of person who is always a fuss. a. taking b. getting c. wearing d. making 12.-A: .to Japan? -B: Once, when I was a little girl, we went to Osaka and saw the famous Osaka cattle. a. Did you ever go b. Were you ever c. Had you ever been d. Have you ever been 13. -A: What at weekend? -B: Nothing much, I went shopping on Saturday and spent Sunday with my family. a. did you do b. were you doing c. you did d. have you done 14. I didn’t see her, when I arrived at the party, she .home. a. was leaving and going b. left and went c. had left and gone d. leaves and goes 15.The members of the club in the auditorium when the lecturer arrived. a. was waiting b. are waiting c. had waited d. were waiting 16. Could you please tell our audience about the most memorable experience in your life? a. sorrowful b. unforgettable c. beautiful d. enjoyable 17. For me, football is a passion and Ronaldo is my . a. dream b. gift c. idol d. star 18. We began to learn English at the of 12. a. age b. old c. year d. ageing 19. When I looked into my own bag, the wad of dollar notes had gone. a. happened b. disappeared c. stolen d. shown 20. He pointed the picture on the wall and told us that he bought it from the USA. a. to b. with c. for d. at 21. We have a suspicion that he cheated in the exam. a. sneak b. sneaky c. sneaking d. sneakingly 22. The boy on the bus glanced at me and turned away. a. looked quickly b. looked carefully c. looked slowly d. looked angrily 23. My father pulled out a of money from his pocket to pay for the things we bought at the shop. a. wad b. piece c. sheet d. pile 24. I can never how our life would be like without music. a. make sure b. imagine c. take notes d. embarrass III. Choose the underlined word or phrase in each sentence that is incorrect. 25. I was busy to imagine how I would look in the new hat. a b c d 26. Talking to a native speaker made me more interesting in learning English. a b c d
2. 27. When the fire was starting, Christina was sleeping in her room. a b c d 28. After all, you can get many things any time, but a family can never be replacing. a b c d IV. Choose the correct sentence made from the suggested words and phrases. 29. Although/ lose/ the fire/ help me/ the experience/grow up/ many things. a. Although I lost many things in the fire, the experience helped me growing up. b. Although I lose many things in the fire, the experience helped me to grow up. c. Although I lost many things in the fire but the experience helped me to grow up. d. Although I lost many things in the fire, the experience helped me to grow up. 30. I/ remember/ meet/ summer/ nice/ afternoon. a. I remember meeting him on a nice summer afternoon. b. I remember meeting him in a nice summer afternoon. c. I remember to meet him on a nice summer afternoon. d. I remember meeting him in the afternoon summer nice. 31. You/ speak/ ever/ English/ native speaker. a. Had you ever spoken English to a native speaker? b. Have you ever spoken English to a native speaker? c. Did you ever speak English to a native speaker? d. Were you ever spoken English to a native speaker? 32. I/ dream/ be able to/ will/ one day/ speak English/ fluent. a. I hope I will be able to speak English fluently. b. I hope I would be able to speak English fluent. c. I hope I will be able to speaking English fluently. d. I hope I would be able to speaking English fluent. V. Read the following passage and choose the best answer for each blank. One day last summer I was walking through the local park. it was a hot day and I was eating an ice cream. As I was walking past the boating lake, I saw my friends, Carol and Jim. They were taking their dog for a walk. When we met, we stopped for a chat. While we (33) , the dog suddenly jumped up and (34) my ice cream. I pulled my hand away and unfortunately the ice cream came out of the cone. Now there was a bald man behind me. He was just sitting on a bench and reading a newspaper. Well, when I pulled my hand away, the ice cream flew through the air and it landed on the man’s head. I didn’t know (35) to laugh or to cry but Carol and Jim did. When I looked at them, they weren’t just laughing, they were in hysterics. But I was terribly (36) 33. a. talked b. were talking c. had talked d. had been talking 34. a. tried to get b. trying to get c. tried getting d. tried to getting 35. a. whether b. why c. what d. how 36. a. interested b. excited c. disappointed d. embarrassed II. Read the passage below carefully and choose the best answer. Never will I forget the terrible fire I witnessed two weeks ago. It was about nine o’clock in the evening and we were watching television. Suddenly I heard terrible shouts outside. We rushed out and to our bewilderment, noticed that the house at the corner of the street had just caught fire. People were running out of the burning house, carrying what they could. The raging flames rose higher and higher, a moment later the staircase suddenly fell down since the flames had burnt it completely. We heard the shouts of a woman from a window on the top floor. She could not escape from the burning house because the fire had trapped her. Fortunately, the firemen arrived; they quickly stretched out a net below and told her to jump down. After a short time of hesitation, the women jumped into the net, but she was taken to hospital at once since she fainted from fear. Every effort was made to put out the fire and after half an hour, the firemen succeeded in subduing the fire, but the house was wholly destroyed. Several people had to spend the night in the open because the fire made them homeless. 37. The word “at once” in the passage means: a. extremely b. immediately c. carefully d. excitedly 38. According to the passage, the fire . a. made some people be stuck in the house. b. made a great number of people lose their houses. c. destroyed the house completely. d. made a woman be seriously injured. 39. Which of the following is not true? a. The writer will always remember the terrible fire that happened two weeks ago. b. When the writer came, the house had just started to burn. c. After half an hour, the firemen came and put out the fire. d. There was a woman trapped in the burning house.
3. 40. The sentence “The fire had trapped her” in the passage means: a. The fire had surrounded her. c. The fire had made her unconscious. b. The fire had frightened her. d. The fire had made her burst into tears.