Grade 12

THE FIRST SEMESTER EXAM-10

I. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word whose main stress is put differently from that of the others in the group.
1. A. project
B. support
C. secure
D. believe
2. A. obedience
B. mischievous
C. biologist
D. decision
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others.
3. A. family
B. parents
C. happy
D. frankly
4. A. mischief
B. believe
C. obedience
D. niece
5. A. shifts
B. works
C. groups
D. hands
II. GRAMMAR & VOCABULARY
Choose the word, phrase or sentence a, b, c or d that best completes each unfinished sentence.
6. Many of our students come _____ poor families.
A. in

B. despite
C. so
D. because
13. Our parents join hands to give us a nice house and a happy home.
A. deal with
B. manage
C. help together
D. work together
14. Mark enjoys having fun by causing trouble. He's a very _____ boy.
A. stubborn
B. mischievous
C. spoiled
D. bright
15. I _____ the new Harry Potter book now, so you can borrow my copy if you like.
A. finish
B. finished
C. am finished
D. have finished
16. As you _____ your car at the moment, can I borrow it?
A. don't use
B. aren't using
C. haven't used
D. won't use
17. Look at the dirt on your clothes! _____ in the garden again?
A. Do you dig
B. Are you digging
C. Have you dug
D. Have you been digging
18. In a break-in last week, the burglars _____ all my jewellery but left the picture.
A. took

D. don’t leave
25. ______ irritating they are, you shouldn't lose your temper with your children. (irritate: make angry)
A. No matter
B. However
C. Despite
D. Because of
26. News ______ in of a large fire in central London.
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A. is coming
B. are coming
C. have come
D. come
27. Were you going to the language center ______ I saw you yesterday morning?
A. while
B. if
C. because
D. when
28. If I ______ a lot of money, I'd definitely stop working.
A. win
B. won
C. would won
D. had won

A. Receiving this letter
B. To receive this letter
C. You receive this letter
D. By the time you receive this letter
Choose the underlined part in each sentence that should be corrected.
36. Average family size has increased from the Victorian era. (since) (Queen Victoria's reign 1837-1901)
A
B
C
D
37. They prefer to stay in their home country because family ties.
A
B
C
D
38. In 1892, the first long-distance telephone line between Chicago and New York was formally opening.
A
B
C
D
39. There are probably around 3,000 languages speaking in the world.
A
B
C
D
40. The development of transistors made possible it to reduce the size of many electronic devices.
A
B
C
D

A. there have always been a wide variety of family arrangement in the United States
B. racial, ethnic, and religious groups have preserved the traditional family structure
C. the ideal American family is the best structure
D. fewer married couples are having children
43. The word 'current' in line 7 could best be replaced by which of the following?
A. typical
B. present
C. perfect
D. traditional
44. In the passage, married couples whose children have grown or who have no children represent
_____.
A. 1/3 percent of households
B. 20 percent of households
C. 7 percent of households
D. 3 percent of households
45. Who generally constitutes a one-person household?
A. A single man in his twenties
B. An elderly man
C. A single woman in her late sixties
D. A divorced woman
Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C, or D) that best fits each space in the following passage.
In an age when technology is developing faster than ever before, many people are being
(46)_____ to the idea of looking back into the past. One way they can do this is by investigating their
own family history. They can try to (47)_____ out more about where their families came from and what
they did. This is now a fast-growing hobby, especially in countries with a (48)_____ short history, like
Australia and the United States. It is one thing to spend some time (49)_____ through a book on family
history and to take the (50)_____ to investigate your own family's past. It is quite another to carry out
the research work successfully.
46. A. pushed
B. attracted