ENGLISH 12 – REVISION FOR 2nd MID TERM

PRACTICE TEST 1
Choose the best answer to each question:
1. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
A. habitat B. different C. industry D. introduce
2. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
A. medicine B. endanger C. addition D. survival
3. Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
A. swallow B. subject C. player D. enough
4.Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
A. book B. too C. who D. lose
5. Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the rest.
A. fewer B. wonderful C. swallow D. chew
6. Probability of extinction depends _______ both the population size and fine details of
the population demography.
A. on B. in C. from D. for
7. Although we are aware ___ the importance of environment, we still overexploit it.
A. from B. on C. for D. of
8. If an area is _______, all the trees there are cut down or destroyed.
A. endangered B. deforested C. contaminated D. polluted
9. All the countries of the area have _______ to protect their wildlife but they are rarely
enforced.
A. efforts B. laws C. results D. reserves
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. When a reader reads an interesting book slowly and carefully, he __________ it.
A. chews and digests B. reviews
C. swallows D. dips into
12. A defensive player may only hold, block or pull a / an _______ who is touching or
holding the ball.
A. audience B. referee C. goalie D. opponent
13. The more goals the players _______, the more exciting the match became.
A. marked B. made C. scored D. sprinted
14. If the score is tied at the end of regulation play, two _______ periods of three minutes
each are played.
A. half B. halftime C. quarter D. overtime
15. I have not met her for three years.
A. The last time I met her was three years ago.
B. It is three years when I will meet her.
C. I did not meet her three years ago.
D. During three years, I met her once.
16. If I were taller, I could reach the top shelf.
A. I am not tall enough to reach the top shelf.
B. I am too tall to reach the top shelf.

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C. I cannot reach the top shelf because I am very tall.
D. In spite of being tall, I cannot reach the top shelf.
17. Mary enjoys reading __, adventure, and whatever else she can either buy or borrow.
A. romance B. romantic C. romanticize D. romanticism
18. Chemical wastes from factories are_______ that cause serious damage to species
habitats.
A. pollutes B. pollutants C. pollutions D. polluters
19. _______ is a branch of Natural Science, and is the study of living organisms and how
they interact with their environment.
A. Biology B. Biological C. Biologist D. Biologically
20. Read the book ________ and you can find the information you need.
A. care B. careful C. carefulness D. carefully
21. It was so a good book that I couldn’t put it down.
A. so B. that C. couldn’t D. down
22. If you were here yesterday, you would have seen Jean.
A. If B. were C. would have D. seen
23. Hadn’t he resigned, we would have been forced to sack him.
A. Hadn’t he B. resigned C. been forced D. to sack
24. Keep quiet. You ___________ talk so loudly in here. Everybody is working.
A. may B. must C. might D. mustn't
25. John is not at home. He _____ go somewhere with Daisy. I am not sure.
A. might B. will C. must D. should
26. If I had gone white water rafting with my friends, I _______ down the Colorado
River right now.
A. should have floated B. must be floating
C. would be floating D. would have been floating
27. Peter has been working for 10 hours. He _______ be very tired now.
A. needn't B. must C. has to D. should
28. If someone knocked a candle over, it ___________ a fire.
A. will start B. started C. would start D. would have started
29. The next meeting ________ in May.
A. will hold B. will be held C. will be holding D. will have held
30. I _______ a terrible accident while I _______ on the beach.
A. see / am walking B. saw / was walking
C. was seeing / walked D. have seen / were walking
31. Your house needs ______________.
A. redecorated B. redecorating C. being redecorated D. to redecorate
32. No sooner _______ than I ________ her a letter to say that I had present for her.
A. I had arrived – sent B. I arrive – had sent
C. would I arrive – was sending D. had I arrived – sent
33. - What an attractive hair style you have got, Mary!
- ____________________.
A. Thank you very much. I am afraid B. You are telling a lie
C. Thank you for your compliment D. I don't like your sayings
34. - You look great in this new dress.

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 - ________.
A. With pleasure B. Not at all
C. I am glad you like it D. Do not say anything about it
35. I gave him my e-mail address _______ he could keep in touch with me.
A. that B. such that C. so that D. so as to
36. Five people ________ injured in the traffic accident.
A. reported to be B. are reporting C. are to be reported D. are reported to be
37. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
It is not fair to give such a challenging task to an inexperienced staff like her.
A. comprehensible B. difficult C. provocative D. intriguing
38. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Many people move to urban areas seeking for job opportunity as well as stable
employment.
A. durable B. long-lasting C. steady D. temporary
39. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
The goalkeeper can also be ejected for twenty seconds if a major foul is committed.
A. advanced B. sprinted C. played D. excluded
40. Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s)
CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Many schools provide environmental education to increase students' awareness of
conservation needs.
A. effort B. benefit C. exploitation D. knowledge
Rewrite the sentences, using the word given
41. It was a mistake of you to lose your passport.
=> You shouldn't _____________________________________.
42. No one has signed this cheque.
=> This cheque ______________________________________
43. Many people think Steve stole the money.
=> Steve is _________________________________________.
44. She would have called the police.
=> The police ________________________________________
45. Teachers should make lessons more interesting for school children .
=> Lessons _________________________________
46. “How many students are there in your class?”
=> The man asked me ___________________________
47. The children will not go swimming if it is not sunny.
 Unless ____________________________________
48. He finished his homework, then he played games online.(After)
=>After _______________________________________.

PRACTICE TEST 2

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Choose the word which has the underlined part pronounced differently from the
rest.
1. a. attitude b. survive c. introduce d. human
2. a. medicine b. priority c. crisis d. primary
3. a. determined b. expressed c. approved d. married
Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.
4. a. entertainment b. information c. difficulty d. understanding
5. a. swallow b. subject c. digest d. enough
6. a. imagine b. important c. example d. wonderful
Choose a, b, c, or d that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the
underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
7. Almost half of turtles and tortoises are known to be threatened with ____.
a. extinct b. extinction c. extinctive d. extinctly
8. Current extinction rates are at least 100 to 1,000 times higher than _____ rates found in
the fossil record.
a. nature b. natural c. naturally d. naturalness
9. It is reported that humans are the main reason for most species' declines and habitat
_______ and degradation are the leading threats.
a. destroy b. destructive c. destructor d. destruction
10. We have to apply effective measures to save many plant and animal species _______
extinction.
a. from b. in c. for d. on
11. Over-exploitation for food, pets, and medicine, pollution, and disease are recognized
_______ a serious threat _______ extinction.
a. as / of b. to / for c. over / with d. upon / at
12. Clearing forests for timber has resulted _______ the loss of biodiversity.
a. with b. at c. in d. for
13. Humans depend on species diversity to provide food, clean air and water, and fertile
soil for agriculture.
a. destruction b. contamination c. fertilizer d. variety
14. The world's biodiversity is declining at an unprecedented rate, which makes wildlife
_______.
a. prosperous b. prefect c. vulnerable d. remained
15. Life on Earth is disappearing fast and will continue to do so unless urgent action is
taken.
a. vanishing b. damaging c. polluting d. destroying
16. _______ is the protection of environment and natural resources.
a. Survival b. Commerce c. Conservation d. Extinction
17. Hunting for meat and burning forests for soil cause destruction to wildlife.
a. organization b. contamination c. protection d. damage
18. Toxic chemicals from factories are one of the serious factors that leads wildlife to the
_______ of extinction.
a. wall b. fence c. verge d.
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19..Since _______ 1600s, worldwide overexploitation of animals for _______ food and
other products has caused numerous species to become extinct or endangered.
a. the / a b. the / Ø c. Ø / the d. the / the
20. I _______ be at the meeting by 10:00. I will probably _______ take a taxi if I want to
be on time.
a. must/ have to b. may / must c. should / needn't d. mustn't / shouldn't
21. The television isn't working. It _______ during the move.
a. should have been damaged b. needn't be damaged
c. must have been damaged d. ought not be damaged
22. John failed again. He _______ harder.
a. must have tried b. should have tried c. can tried d. may have tried
23.Ted's flight from Amsterdam took more than 11 hours. He _______ exhausted after
such a long flight now.
a. must be b. must be being c. must have been d. should have been
24. Francis Bacon lived ________ about the same time as Shakespeare.
a. at b. for c. in d.
over
25.This book is not really ________. It is a waste of money buying it.
a. inform b. information c. informative d.
informatively
26. Sometimes it is ________ to find suitable books for our children.
a. difficult b. difficulty c. difficultly d. difficulties
27.A book may be evaluated by a reader or professional writer to create a book
________.
a. review b. reviewing c. reviewer d. reviewed
28. Anne says that she reads about half ________ hour a day, at least.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
29. ____ books are ones in which the story is told or illustrated with pictures.
a. Comic b. Thriller c. Romantic d. Science
30. It is a good book. I think it is interesting enough for you to ________.
a. put down b. swallow c. look up d. understand
31. A ________ is a report in a newspaper or magazine in which a writer gives his
opinion of a book, a film, or a play.
a. page b. subject c. review d. journey
32. If you ________ a book, you have a brief look at it without reading or studying it
seriously.
a. dip into b. put away c. pick up d. put down
33. The train ________ by bad weather. I am not sure.
a. might delay b. might be delaying
c. might have delayed d. might have been delayed
34. We found the exam extremely easy. We ________ so hard.
a. needn't study b. needn't be studying
c. needn't have studied d. needn't have been studied
35. The picnic ________ because Peter has just had a traffic accident.
a. will cancel b. will be cancelling

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 c. will be cancelled d. will have cancelled
36. The goalie tried to catch _______ ball, but he failed.
a. a b. an c. the d. Ø
37. The referee's _______ is the most important in any sport competition.
a. decide b. decisive c. decision d. decider
38. _______ players are not allowed to interfere with the opponent's movements unless
the player is holding the ball.
a. Defense b. Defensive c. Defender d. Defensively
39._______ is a sport in which two or more people perform complicated and carefully
planned movements in water in time to music.
a. Rowing b. Windsurfing c. Diving d. Synchronized
swimming
40. If the tie is not broken after two overtime _______, a penalty shootout will determine
the winner.
a. opponents b. waves c. parts d.
periods
41.Minor _______ occur when a player impedes or otherwise prevents the free
movement of an opponent including swimming on the opponent's shoulders, back or legs.
a. penalties b. shots c. fouls d.
motions
42. A penalty shot is _______ when a major foul is committed inside the 5-meter line.
a. prevented b. awarded c. committed d. ranged
Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
43. He could escape from hurt because he was wearing protective clothes.
a. Thanks to his protective clothes, he could escape from hurt.
b. His protective clothes made him hurt.
c. Due to his protective clothes, he was hurt.
d. His being hurt made his unable to wear protective clothes.
44. We were unable to type the contract because the computer malfunctioned.
a. Despite a computer malfunction, we managed to finish typing the contract.
b. The computer malfunction helped us complete the contract.
c. The fact that the computer malfunction prevented us from typing the contract.
d. Thanks to the computer malfunction, we could type the contract.
45. The roads were slippery because it snowed heavily.
a. It snowed too heavily to make the roads slippery.
b. The heavy snow prevented the roads from-being slippery.
c. Thanks to the slip of the roads, it snowed heavily.
d. The heavy snow made the roads slippery.
46. I did not understand what the lecturer was saying because I had not read his book.
a. What the lecturer wrote and said was too difficult for me to understand.
b. The lecturer's book which I had not read was difficult to understand.
c. I found it very difficult to understand what the lecturer said in his book.
d. I would have understood what the lecturer was saying if I had read his book.
Error Identification.
47. Too much television can has negative effects on young minds

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because of higher levels of television viewing correlate with lowered
B C
academic performance, especially reading scores. (because)
D
48. Reading cannot make your life longer, but reading really makes your
A B C
life more thicker. (thicker)
D
49. It is really sad how many people have the misconception that reading.
A B C
is bored . (boring)
D
50. There are many benefits that we may be gained by actually taking the
A B
time to read a book instead of sitting in front of the TV or doing some(may gain)
C D
Rewrite the following sentences as directed
1. He said: “ I don’t like coffee”.
 He said that_______________________________________________________
2. My father said: “ Do you go to school yesterday ?”.
 My father asked me________________________________________________
3. My sister washes the clothes every day.
 The clothes_______________________________________________________
4. He finished his homework, then he went to bed.
 After he_________________________________________________________
5. They didn’t water the flowers.
 The flowers____________________________________________________
6. The last time when he saw her was three years ago.
 I haven’t________________________________________________________
7. “I’ve made a terrible mistake.” said Peter.
 Peter said_______________________________________________________
8. “ Stay here! I can’t let you go out tonight,” her mother said to Jane.
 Her mother prevented______________________________________________
9. The computer can do all the accounts.
 All the accounts__________________________________________________
10.People know that English is an international language.
 English is known_________________________________________________
11. The police found the robber in the forest yesterday.
 The robber_______________________________________________________
12. They made him work all day.
 He_____________________________________________________________
13. People don’t make the children work hard.
 The children_____________________________________________________
14. They said that she won the competition.

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 She____________________________________________________________
15. They reported that the President had suffered a heart attack.
 The president____________________________________________________
16.They need to clean the windows
 The windows need________________________________________________
17.How long is it since they went to New York? (When)
 When__________________________________________________________
18. I read the book. I saw the movie (before)
 Before_________________________________________________________
19. He finished his homework, then he played games online.(After)
 After___________________________________________________________
20.We can’t possible work in this noise.
 It’s____________________________________________________________
21.Lee posted the photos of the trip on facebook last night.
 The photos______________________________________________________
22. We are destroying our tropical forests.
 Our tropical forests_______________________________________________
23. “It’s kind of you to drive me home” Linda said to Peter.
 Linda thanked___________________________________________________
24. “I don’t know how to use this smartphone” my mother said.
 My mother said_________________________________________________
25. She didn’t call me last night because she didn’t know my phone number.
 If she__________________________________________________________