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Grade: 12

THE FIRST TERM TEST
Duration: 60 minutes

I. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently that of the others:
1/ a. happy b. husband c. have d. hour
2/ a. iron b. celebrate c. parent d. restaurant
3/ a. who b. how c. which d. whose
4/ a. friend b. anniversary c. birthday d. cream
5/ a. children b. divorce c. married d. present

II. Choose the most suitable word, phrase or sentence:
6/ You cannot see Tom because he _________.
a. is working b. was working c. has been working d. had been working
7/ When we ________ to see him last night he __________ to music.
a. come/ listening b. had come/ listened c. came/ was listening d. were coming/ listened
8/ I ________ no difficulty in learning English since _________ I to learn it 6 years ago.
a. have had/ began b. had had/ begin c. had/ has begun d. am having/ begin
9/ By the time Jack _______ with help, we ________ the work.
a. comes/ finished b. came/ have finished
c. will come/ will have d. comes/ will have finished
10/ At the moment John ________ his new car. He __________ his car on Sunday.
a. is washing/ often washes b. was washing/ has often washed
c. has washed/ is often washing d. washes/ often washed
11/ Instead of ________ out with Janet, we decided _________ home.
a. going/ to stay b. to go/ staying c. going/ staying d. to go/ to stay
12/ She is looking forward to ________ her parents` letter from Italy.
a. receive b. received c. to receive d. receiving
13/ These workers stopped _______ some coffee because they felt sleepy.
a. to have b. have c. having d. had
14/ I want to travel because I enjoy _______ people and ________ new places.
a. meet/ see b. meeting/ seeing c. meeting/ to see d. to meet/ see
15/ The teacher emphasized the need for regular _______.
a. present b. attendance c. absent d. visit
16/ It is a great _________ to live in a big city.
a. convenience b. comfortable c. ease d. meaning
17/ After two halves, the football match ended in a draw, so it went into _______ time.
a. interval b. half c. extra d. any more
18/ How much is this sewing ________?
a. machine b. machining c. machinist d. machinery

19/ She is a biologist. She is interested in ________.
a. conserves b. conservancy c. conservation d. conservative
20/ More and more people die of food _______ nowadays.
a. poison b. poisonous c. poisonment d. Poisoning
21/ The ________ of crops on the same land can prevent soil from exhaustion.
a. exchange b. growth c. rotation d. change
22/ We usually have farm ________ for meals when we spend our weekends on our uncle`s farm.
a. article b. things c. goods d. products
23/ Feeling sleepy _________, the driver stopped _________ a coffee.
a. to drink b. dank c. drinking d. drunk
24/ He used to _______ television every night.
a. watch b. watches c. watched d. watching
25/ He is used to ________ early in the morning.
a. get up b. gets c. got up d. getting
26/ English is the language of international __________.
a. communicate b. communication c. communicative d. Communicatively
27/ The _________ of computer science is very important to many other sciences.
a. develop b. developed c. development d. developmental
28/ Your bad result made me ________.
a. disappoint b. disappointment c. disappointed d. disappointing
29/ If you earn a good salary, you can be independent ________ your parents.
a. of b. for c. from d. away
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