THE ONE PERIOD TEST (the 3
rd
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Grade 12 – Basic _ Duration: 45min.
I. PRONUNCIATION
Choose the word that has the main stress placed differently from that of the others.
1. A. Australia B. corridor C. geographical D. enormous
2. A. biodiversity B. agriculture C. urbanization D. contamination
3. A. entertain B. imagine C. understand D. unbelievable
Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the others
4. A. subject B. understand C. difficult D. vulnerable
5. A. animal B. character C. imagine D. personality
II. MULTIPLE CHOICE:
A. Choose the best option
6. In the northern part of the Simpson Desert, the dunes are separated by ________ of low, open shrubland.
A. streets B. ways C. corridors D. lines
7. Several deserts are a quite vast and uninhabited ________.
A. plain B. territory C. corridor D. shrub
8. _______ is the protection of environment and natural resources.
A. Survival b. Commerce C. Conservation D. Extinction
9. If an area is _______, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
A. endangered B. deforested C. contaminated D. polluted
10. A _____ is a story long enough to fill a complete book, in which the characters and events are usually imaginary.
A. pleasure B. novel C. page D. review
11. Can you ________ what it would be like to live without books?
A. imagine B. advise c. describe D. understand
12. Most deserts are enormous sandy areas.
A. mysterious B. narrow C. immense D. aerial
13. Many species have become extinct each year before biologists can identify them.
A. destroy B. drain C. endanger D. discover
14. Please give me some advice to buy suitable books for my ten-year-old girl.

III. WRITING: Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
29. This is his first visit to the Simpson Desert in Australia.
A. He is visiting the Simpson Desert in Australia for the first time.
B. He visits the Simpson Desert in Australia for the first time.
C. He had visited the Simpson Desert in Australia for the first time.
D. He visited the Simpson Desert in Australia for the first time.
30. He rang her as soon as he returned from the excursion to the Sahara Desert.
A. No sooner he had returned from the Sahara Desert than he rang her.
B. When he returned from the Sahara Desert, he was ringing her.
C. No sooner had he returned from the Sahara Desert than he rang her.
D. While he was returning from the Sahara Desert, he rang her.
31. Which of the following sentences is correct?
A. My grandfather has had his dinning room painted bright green.
B. My grandfather has done his dinning room painted bright green.
C. My grandfather has made his dinning room painted bright green.
D. My grandfather has had his dinning room to be painted bright green
32. Can you tell me directions for the station near here?
A. Would you tell me where to get to the station near here? B. Could you tell me how to get to the station near here?
C. Could you tell me what to get to the station near here?
D. Must you tell me the way to get to the station near here?
33. This island has a large population.
A. There are some people on this island.B. There are few people on this island.
C. There are very few people on this island.D. There are many people on this island.
IV. READING: A. Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase
SCIENTISTS LEARN FROM CROCODILES
From recent ……….. (34) we now know that crocodiles possess an extremely unusual form of haemoglobin
– the substance which carries oxygen in the blood. As a result, this has a direct effect on the length of time they can
hold their breath and consequently their ability to stay underwater for (35) …….. This is very important because they
drown their victims by holding them underwater.
When crocodiles hold their (36) …, their bodies produce a chemical signal which makes their haemoglobin

ending.
The four points above deal with the report aspect of your work. For the final section of your outline, give your reader
a sense of the impression the book made upon you. Ask yourself what the author was trying to achieve and whether
or not he achieved it with you. What larger idea does the story illustrate? How does it do that? How did you feel
about the author's style of writing, the setting, or the mood of the novel? You do not have to limit yourself to these
areas. Pick something which caught your attention, and let your reader know your personal response to whatever it
was.
39. When you write a book report, you can organize your thoughts by writing the basic elements down in an outline
format.
A. True B. False C. No information
40. When you report a non-fiction work, you needn't express your impression on the book.
A. True B. False C. No information