The second semester test
English 12
Duration : 60 minutes
I- Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest
1- a. surface b- replace c- necklace d- palace
2- a- attitude b- introduce c- survive d- human
3- a- endangered b- destroyed c- damaged d- provided
4- a- protect b- commercial c- construction d- climate
5- a- potatoes b- stretches c- grasses d- comprises
II- Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest
6. a. activity b- psychology c. information d. development
7-a- advanced b- punish c- vertical d- campus
8-a- perform b- invent c- attempt d- motion
9-a- maintain b- marine c- challenge d- device
10-a-investigate b- submarine c- independent d- information
III- Choose the best options
11- We are doing damage . . . . . . . . . our environment incidentally
a- on b- to c- with d- for
12- The farmers enrich the soil with . . . . . . . . .
a- fertilizers b- herbicides c- insecticides d- gases
13- I like to go hiking in the mountain, especially in spring when the weather is fine
a- gradually b- eventually c- particularly d- mostly
14- Frank’s wallet is lying on the coffee table. He . . . . . . . . . it here last night
a- must have left b- might have left c- should leave d-must leave
15- The environmentalists hope . . . . . . . . . the forest to its former condition
a- restoring b- restored c- having restored d- to restore
16- Since 1950 the world . . . . . . . . . nearly one-fifth of the top soil from its agriculture land and
one-fifth of its tropical forests
a- was losing b- is losing c- had been lost d- has lost
17- A lack of cross-cultural awareness can resulting misinterpretation , . . . . . . . . . may cause
offence

Meanwhile, it started self-help programs. Today, it has development programs in thirty-seven
countries.
CARE gives equipment and teaches people how to build water systems, roads, schools, houses
and (28) _______ centers. It also teaches people how to increase (29) _______ on their farms,
how to (30) _______ areas, and how to start small village industries.
Doctor and nurses (31) _______ to go to remote villages. They provide health (32) _______
for the villagers. They also teach them how to (33) _______ their health. They train people to
provide simple medical care.
CARE also provides food for about thirty million people each year and (34) _______ of them
are children. It gives special help when there is a flood, an earthquake, a (35) _______, or a war.
26. a. made b. organized c. deleted d. undergone
27. a. distributed b. parachuted c. overused d. improved
28. a. health b. healthy c. healthful d. healthiness
29. a. contribution b. collaboration c. consumption d. production
30. a. recover b. reforest c. refresh d. restrain
31. a. defend b. compete c. volunteer d. eliminate
32. a. care b. beat c. limitation d. mention
33. a. solve b. improve c. establish d. conserve
34. a. almost b. either c. most d. altogether
35. a. drought b. shower c. stream d. brook
VI- Read the passage carefully and then choose the best answers
Sea ice is commonly found in the Arctic and Antarctic where low air and water temperature
provide ideal conditions for ice formation and growth.
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Salinity, the amount of salt in seawater, determines the temperature at which seawater
freezes. Although seawater is usually very salty, sea ice is practically salt-free. Why is this ?
When the water temperature dips to its freezing point (about 28.6
0
F), tiny ice particles form. Salt
is not part of the ice crystals’ molecular, so it is gradually released into the surrounding water.

a- I wish you told us about this
b- I wish you would tell us about this
c- I wish you had told us about this
d- I wish you have told us about this
42- My brother and I went to that school.
a- I went to that school and my brother, too.
b. I went to that school and so my brother did.
c- I went to that school and so did my brother.
d. I went to that school and so my brother did, too.
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43- The sign says, “Keep off the grass.”
a- The sign says, “Have someone cut the grass immediately.”
b- The sign says, “Don’t walk on the grass.”
c- The sign says, “Grass should not be grown here.”
d- The sign says, “Water the grass, please.”
44- When I met my long-lost brother, I was at a loss for words.
a- When the speaker met his brother, he was puzzled about what to say.
b- When the speaker met his brother, he had much to say.
c- When the speaker met his brother, he refused to say anything.
d- When the speaker met his brother, he had nothing pleasant to say.
45- Donald could not help weeping when he heard the bad news.
a- Donald could not stop himself from weeping at the bad news.
b- Donald could not allow himself to weep at the bad news.
c- Donald could not help himself and so he wept.
d- Donald could not help himself because he was weeping.
46- Cancer and AIDS / untreated / now / be cured successfully.
a-Cancer and DIAS, which are untreated now, they will be cured successfully
b-Cancer and DIAS, they are untreated now, will be cured successfully
c-Cancer and DIAS, that are untreated now, will be cured successfully
d-Cancer and DIAS, which are untreated now, will be cured successfully

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a a d b c a b c a d b a c
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c c c b a a d c b d b
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