First Term English Test for Grade 11, 2021

HANOI NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF EDUCATION FIRST - TERM ENGLISH TEST

HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIFTED STUDENTS FOR GRADE 11
Time allowance: 60 minutes
Name: ..............................................................................
Class: ...............................................................................

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word which differs from the other
three in the position of the main stress in each of the following questions.
1. A. cognitive B. integrate C. compassion D. attitude
2. A. distract B. promote C. flashy D. absorb
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
3. A. elongate B. solidarity C. charity D. ancestor
4. A. policy B. economy C. conservative D. scholarship
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.
5. The pair were reconciled after Jackson made a public apology.
A. reunited B. disagree C. argued D. prioritized
6. Many skin diseases can be prevented by good personal hygiene.
A. self-discipline B. cleanliness C. compassion D. privacy
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.
7. The violence was the result of a political conflict.
A. agreement B. dispute C. clash D. struggle
8. Two-year-olds can be incredibly energetic.
A. dynamic B. disrespectful C. delicate D. passive

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
9. We________ open the lion's cage. It is contrary to zoo regulations.
A. must B. mustn't C. needn't D. should
10. You _____ tell Sandra anything about our story. She _____ keep a secret.
A. had better not / cannot B. needn’t / would rather not
C. ought to / would not D. do not have to / should not
11. Sarah grew from the hours of overtime at work. It became quite________ that she needed a
long vacation.
A. tired / obvious B. tired / obviously
C. tiredly / obvious D. tiredly / obviously
12. She________ the soup in the kitchen when the telephone rang.
A. has tasted B. tasted C. was tasting D. tastes
13. Neither Phillips nor his brothers ________ to school because their father teaches them at home.
A. have never been B. has ever been C. have ever been D. ever went
14. Although at that time my knowledge of German was very poor, I ________ most of what they said
about how to help people with mental disorders.
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A. understood B. have understood C. had understood D. didn't understand
15. She was hesitant ______ the coach of her problem and she thanked her coach ______ her ______
with the pressure.
A. telling / to help / deal B. tell / helping / dealing
C. told / help / dealing D. to tell / for helping / to deal
16. It is no use ______ the car. It would be cheaper _______ a new one.
A. repair / bought B. repaired / buy
C. to repair / buying D. repairing / to buy
17. The questions are easy ______. We hope _______ high scores.
A. to answer / to get B. answering / to get
C. to answer / getting D. answered / got
18. If your teenager keeps reasonable hours, there is no need to set a_______.
A. curfew B. burden C. priority D. constitution
19. He dropped ______of school a month before graduation.
A. up B. out C. in D. off
20. If you have feelings for him, why don’t you ______the initiative and ask him out?
A. make B. get C. take D. bring
21. These were what scientists call S waves, S _______for secunda, or second.
A. standing B. meaning C. naming D. replacing
22. The new tax regulations _______ into force next week.
A. enter B. bring C. arrive D. make
23. We have no interest in interfering in the ______affairs of other countries.
A. internal B. interior C. inside D. inward

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the most suitable response to complete
each of the following exchanges.
24. “What’s the matter? You’re not listening to me.” “______”
A. Excuse me. I’m thinking of something else.
B. I’m sorry. I have been thinking about something else.
C. Excuse me. I’m still listening to you.
D. I’m sorry. I have still been listening to you
25. “Thanks for helping me with my homework, John.” “______”
A. I don’t mean so. B. Please, don’t blame yourself.
C. Don’t mention it. D. No harm done.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction on each of the following questions.
26. The chef tasted the meat cautious before carefully serving it to his special guest.
A. tasted B. cautious C. carefully D. special
27. Billy really enjoys dancing but unfortunately, his parents don’t approve of it and they are making
him to join the school football team instead.
A. dancing B. approve of C. to join D. the school football team
28. It was in a warm and cosy coffee shop in where they had their first date.
A. warm and cosy B. in where C. had D. first date

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
Tourism and the Cairngorm Mountain Railway
Stretching from the east to the west of central Northern Scotland lies the rare and fragile environment
of the Cairngorm National Park. After driving about eight miles on the road south of Aviemore, you
come 29. _____ the Cairngorm Mountain Railway, which takes visitors on a scenic ride up the
mountain until they reach the Cairngorm plateau.
Since its construction in 2001, the Mountain Railway 30. _____ many visitors and, despite the positive
effects this has had on the region's economy, mass tourism has also done a great deal of harm
31.______the fragile environment of the national park.
The region's council has raised the issue of whether the benefits of the railway outweigh the
disadvantages, and environmentalists have been looking at ways in which tourism can be continued
while preventing damage to the region at the same time.
Finally, a series of talks and negotiations between environmental organisations and local authorities has
32. _____ to a compromise according to which visitors will still be 33. _____ to use the railway, but
with some restrictions. For now at least, it seems that the question of whether the railway is good or
bad for the area has been resolved.

29. A. on B. across C. against D. along

30. A. attracted B. has attracted C. had attracted D. will attract
31. A. on B. with C. to D. in
32. A. led B. resulted C. directed D. guided
33. A. let B. allowed C. made D. offered

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 following questions.
Endangered languages?
English is an international language spoken by an increasing number of people around the world. In
many English-speaking countries though, English isn't the only language. In the UK, for example,
people speak Welsh, Gaelic and a few other old languages. Because these languages aren't
international, people pay less attention to them. So what does this mean for children who grow up
speaking them as their mother tongue?
I grew up in Wales. My family spoke English, but the Welsh language was everywhere. When you
were driving around Wales, all the road signs were in English and Welsh. As a child, I hated reading
everything twice! We had Welsh television programmes too. While everyone in England was watching
fashionable American TV shows, we were learning about local farming in Welsh!
At secondary school I was dreaming of going to live in Paris, when I realised that instead of Welsh
lessons, I needed French lessons. No one spoke Welsh outside Wales. Now I'm older I feel differently.
Welsh is a part of my identity and, besides, we have better Welsh TV now!
In parts of Scotland some children grow up in families where grandparents still speak Gaelic. Gaelic
has even fewer speakers than Welsh, and few are confident that this part of their culture will survive.
It's difficult when English is everywhere else in the country, but teaching subjects in Gaelic in schools
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helps. However, often there aren't enough Gaelic-speaking teachers. Unless families continue to speak
the language at home too, these languages won't survive.
In fact, many old languages are disappearing in the UK. People on the Isle of Man spoke Manx for
centuries until the last native speaker died in the twentieth century. The same thing has happened to
Cornish. Cant was a language spoken by smugglers who were bringing goods into the country
illegally, or travellers and criminals. It allowed them to keep secrets from the police but it too has
disappeared. Languages, even if they are spoken by very few people, have a history and culture, and it's
a shame to see them go. If we care about saving forests and animals, we should care about saving
languages, too.

34. What does the writer say about English in the first paragraph?
A. It is the most popular language in the world.
B. It is one of several British languages.
C. It will become more important than it is now.
D. It has been replaced by other languages.
35. How did the writer feel about Welsh when he was younger?
A. annoyed about the quality of Welsh programmes
B. angry because he had to translate all the time
C. confused about when to use the two languages
D. disappointed because he had to learn a third language
36. What does the writer say about Gaelic speakers?
A. They find it hard to talk to relatives.
B. Many choose to stop speaking the language.
C. They understand that English matters more.
D. Too few speakers train in the field of education.
37. The word “smugglers” is closest in meaning to_____.
A. criminals B. police C. native speakers D. language teachers
38. The writer mentions “smugglers’ Cant”
A. because it was frequently used in the past.
B. to show that languages have already been lost.
C. because it was a good thing that it died out.
D. to suggest how some languages can be saved.
39. The word “it” refers to______.
A. Manx B. Cant C. Cornish D. Welsh
40. What would the writer be most likely to say?
A. Children need to learn languages they can use internationally.
B. There should be more support for languages in danger.
C. English may possibly die out too one day.
D. Entertainment is the best hope for saving languages.

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 following questions.

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Artist Adrian Gray is an unusual kind of artist. He makes shapes by balancing stones. He first
discovered stone balancing when he was making sculptures out of stone on a beach one day. He
accidentally balanced one stone on another in what seemed an impossible way.
Adrian has always been interested in stones. He was born in Bristol in the south of England. He studied
geology and spent a long time travelling, studying and photographing stones in places like the
Himalayas and around the Pacific. A tropical illness caused him to stop travelling and to settle back in
Britain. He chose to live in a small seaside town and began to develop his art of stone balancing.
Adrian displays his art for local people and visitors to see. Most of the people who see Adrian's work
are amazed. They cannot believe that it's possible to balance rocks on such a small point of contact.
They often believe that he's using glue or magnets of some kind. So, how do the stones balance? It
seems that it's all to do with physics. Gravity and friction cause the stones to stay in place.
Adrian's works of art take different lengths of time to complete. Some can take a few seconds or
minutes while others take days. Of course Adrian's works do not last long. A gust of wind, a wave or a
downfall of rain can cause the stones to suddenly fall. That's why he has a camera set up at all times so
that he can take photos of his work before it disappears. Adrian sells these photos to make a living. He
also works as a stonemason and a roofer, and makes bird tables and chests out of driftwood.
41. What is the writer’s main aim in writing the text?
A. to describe the changing career of an artist
B. to show how to make different types of sculpture
C. to talk about the benefits of being an artist by the sea
D. to explain how the weather affects an artist’s work
42. The word “accidentally” is closest in meaning to
A. by chance B. deliberately C. on purpose D. intentionally
43. What would a reader learn about Adrian Gray from the text?
A. He has many different skills.
B. He prefers working with wood.
C. He has always worked artistically with stones.
D. He brought back many stones from the Himalayas.
44. What does the writer say about Adrian’s works of art?
A. They always take hours to create.
B. They are often destroyed by the weather.
C. They are sometimes fixed with glue.
D. They are unpopular with tourists.
45. Which of the following could also be a title for this text?
A. Revealing the tricks of stone balancing
B. Using natural resources for art
C. Taking photos of people and stones
D. Different ways to make money from art

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning
to the sentence given in each of the following questions.
46. I regret not saying something nice about her appearance.
A. If only I hadn’t complimented on her physical beauty, then she wouldn’t have fallen in love with
me.
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B. I think it was my entire fault not to have said something good for her appearance.
C. I wish now that I had paid her a compliment on her appearance.
D. I couldn’t help paying tribute to her appearance but I wish I hadn’t.
47. He’s out of work, so they find it hard to balance income and expenditure.
A. They find it difficult to make ends meet because he’s out of work.
B. Being out of work, he is not able to balance income and expenditure.
C. Having lost his job, he barely spends money for his living.
D. They are unable to keep balance between income and expenditure and this makes him be out of
work.
48. The matter was only brought to my attention a few days ago.
A. I haven’t heard about the matter since Wednesday.
B. I have known the matter for a long time
C. What I know is that they didn’t want to tell the matter to me for a few days.
D. It wasn’t until a few days ago that I was made aware of the matter.

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.
49. He walked very quickly. I couldn’t keep up with him.
A. He walked very quickly for me to keep up with him.
B. He walked such quickly than I couldn’t keep up with him.
C. He walked so quickly that I couldn’t keep up with him.
D. He walked enough quickly and I couldn’t keep up with him.
50. We had spent nearly all our money. We couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
A. Having spent nearly all our money, so we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
B. Spent nearly all our money, we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
C. Having spent nearly all our money, we couldn’t afford to stay in a hotel.
D. After having spent nearly our all money, we couldn’t afford stay in a hotel.

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