SỞ GD & ĐT THÁI BÌNH TRƯỜNG THPT NGUYỄN TRÃI	ĐỀ KIỂM TRA GIỮA HỌC KỲ I NĂM HỌC 2020 - 2021 MÔN: ANH 11 Thời gian làm bài: 45 phút

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on the answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following sentences.

A. church B. mutual C. which D. headache

A. rank B. nine C. ink D. bank

A. clothes B. speaks C. looks D. beliefs

A. lived B. decided C. listened D. played

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

Last year, we _______dinner with a French family.

A. had B. have C. having D. have had

Try_______ so many mistakes.

A. not to make B. not make C. to make not D. make not

The mouse avoided _____ by coming out only when the two cats were outside.
A. catching B. to be caught C. being caught D. to catch

He always feels ____ when seeing her every morning.

A. happily B. happy C. happiness D. unhappily

She always takes good care_______ her children.

A. for B. in C. of D. with

She _______ a look at Alan when he made a mistake in class.

A. took B. made C. had D. got

I know from _________that he’ll arrive late.

A. knowledge B. experience C. understanding D. reality

I was born in Scotland but I ________ in Northern Ireland.

A. grew up B. raised C. brought up D. rose

Would you mind ____ the windows now?

A. opened B. to open C. having opened D. opening

By the time my mother home, I all my homework.

A. got/ had done B. got/ did. C. got / had did D. had got / had done

Nowadays, the divorce rate is higher than it used to be________ young people are allowed to decide on their marriage.

A. despite B. but C. even though D. because

I remember seeing him on one other ­­­­_________ with his wife.
A. incident B. moment C. celebration D. occasion

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Sometimes when I hear the news, I feel very miserable.

A. confused B. frightened C. upset D. disappointed

The US troops are using much more sophisticated weapons in the Far East.

A. expensive B. complicated C.advanced D.difficult to operate

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word or phrase that is OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following questions.

Population growth rates vary among regions and even among countries within the same region.

A. restrain B. stay unchanged C. remain unstable D. fluctuate

My cousin tends to look on the bright side in any circumstance.

A. be optimistic B. be pessimistic C. be confident D. be smart

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.

 The driver is so tired of drive the same route everyday.

A. is B. so C. drive D. route

In the end of the story, Cinderella and the prince get married and live happily together.

A. in B. of C. prince D. married

The new teacher requires that each boy and girl have a textbook.

A. requires B. each C. have D. textbook

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions

When we were in England last year, I went fishing with my friend, Peter. Early in the morning we were sitting quietly by the side of the lake when we had an unpleasant surprise. We saw a duck come along with three ducklings padding cheerfully behind her. As we watched them, there was a sudden swirl in the water. We caught a glimpse of the vicious jaws of a pike – a fish which is rather like a freshwater shark – and one of the ducklings was dragged below the surface.

This incident made Peter furious. He vowed to catch the pike. On three successive mornings we returned to the vicinity and used several different kinds of bait. On the third day Peter was lucky. Using an artificial frog as bait, he managed to hook the monster. There was a desperate fight but Peter was determined to capture the pike and succeeded. When he had got it ashore and killed it, he weighed the fish and found that it scaled nearly thirty pounds – a record for that district.

Why do you think Peter was sitting quietly by the lake?

A. He was watching the ducks.

B. He was waiting for the pike to appear.

C. He wasn’t very talkative.

D. He was fishing.

To what does surprise in line 2 probably refer?

A. to the duck.

B. to the ducklings.

C. to the action of the pike.

D. to the time of the day.

What were Peter’s feelings about the incident two days later?

A. He caught and killed the pike.

B. He vowed that he would catch the remaining ducklings.

C. He remained determined to catch the pike.

D. He caught a frog and used it as bait for the pike.

How much was the pike worth?

A. about thirty pounds.

B. about two hundred and forty dollars.

C. the passage contains no information on this point.

D. the passage says that the fish scaled nearly thirty pound.

Which of the following titles best sums up the whole passage?

A. Revenge on a duck.

B. Mysterious disappearance of ducklings.

C. Record pike caught by an angry fisherman.

D. Huge pike caught by fisherman after desperate struggle atsea.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

“___________________________.”
“ I have a terrible headache.”
A. What’s the problem to you?      B. What’s the matter with you?
C. What happens with you?          D. What causes you?

-Tim: “Do you like going to school? - John: “__________.”

A. I usually visit my friends and sometimes I go to the cinema.

B. Yes, I do. I have lots of friends there.

C. Yes, I have one brother and one sister.

D. Geography. It’s very interesting.

Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to choose the word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.

More and more people are discovering that sharing and talking about their favorite books with others can be as rewarding as the act of reading itself. For people who feel that theyare too busy to sit down with a book, a book club helps them schedule time to read, others have gained self-confidence by participating in or leading a discussion. And most people enjoy the chance to (31) ______ new friends. A successful book club should have a group that is small enough so even the quiet people can be heard but also big enough for many different opinions. The best (32) ____ is a mixture of ages, sexes, and backgrounds for more reading variety and livelier discussions. The book club could specialize in one subject or type of books, like mysteries, science fiction, or biographies. (33) ____ the members could read books of all types, as long as the book is highly recommended by someone (34) ____ thinks it would be worth discussing. Some book clubs meet in places like bookstores, public libraries, or restaurants, but most have their meetings in members’ homes. This approach simply offers more privacy and time (35) ___ longer meetings. To make the meeting go smoothly, a leader should be appointed. The leader will usually start the discussion by asking what the author’s main idea was. Book club members should never be afraid to offer their opinions, even if they don’t like a book. They just need to be prepared to explain why they didn’t like something.

A. do B. form C. make D. gather

A. arrangement B. situation C. method D. characteristic

A. and B. or C. moreover D. but

A. how B. what C. whose D. who

A. for B. to C. in order D. so as that

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is CLOSEST in meaning to each of the following questions.

They got success since they took my advice.

A. They took my advice, and failed.

B. If they did not take my advice, they would not get success.

C. For taking my advice, they got success.

D. My advice stopped them from getting success.

Question 37: There is no point in persuading him to take part in the game.

A. It is impossible to persuade him to take part in the game.

B. He is able to take part in the game although he doesn’t want to.

C. I enjoy persuading him to take part in the game

D. It would be useful to persuade him to take part in the game.

Question 38: After fighting the fire for 12 hours, the firemen succeeded in putting it out.

A. The fireman managed in vain to put the fire out after a 12-hour fight.

B. Having fought the fire for 12 hours, the firemen were able to put it out.

C. The firemen wasted 12 hours putting the fire out.

D. Fighting the fire for 12 hours, the fire was put out

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.

Question 39: It was an interesting novel. Therefore, I stayed up all night to finish it.

A. I stayed up all night to finish the novel, therefore, it was interesting.

B. Unless it were an interesting novel, I would stay up all night to finish it.

C. Though it was an interesting novel, I stayed up all night to finish it.

D. The novel was so interesting that I stayed up all night to finish it.

Question 40: My mother is very busy with her work at the office. She still takes good care of us.

1. My mother is so busy with her work at the office that she can not take good care of us.

2. My mother is too busy with her work at the office to take good care of us.

C. In spite of beimg very busy with her work at the office, my mother takes good care of us.

D. Because my mother is very busy with her work at the office, she can not take good care of us.