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ENGLISH SECOND TERM TEST 1 A. LISTENING Listen to a talk about electricity and fill in the gaps. Track 9 Electricity (1) ________ the most important inventions ever. It is the thing that powers the Earth. If (2) ________ no electricity, we’d be back in the dark ages. Few people stop and (3) ________ just how amazing electricity is. With the flick of a switch, you can (4) ________ almost anything. Think about (5) ________ happen if there was no electricity. We’d have no TV, no computers, no traffic signals. It would be like (6) ________ to living in caves. There are a few (7) ________ about electricity, of course. Number one, it’s dangerous. Thousands (8) ________ die each year from electrocuting themselves or in electrical fires. And number two, it (9) ________ for the environment. Most electricity comes from (10) ________ and that creates greenhouse gasses. B. VOCABULARY AND GRAMMAR Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions. 11. A. eruption B. communicate C. multimedia D. earplug 12. A. increase B. speaker C. measure D. untreated Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions. 13. A. geography B. temporary C. apology D. astrology 14. A. adoptee B. employee C. refugee D. committee 15. A. chemical B. informal C. national D. medical Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions. 16. Hundreds of people were made ________ after the flood. They had nowhere to go. A. mindless B. helpless C. careless D. homeless 17. Both French and English are ________ languages in Canada. A. officiate B. officially C. office D. official 18. The air people breathe gets polluted ________ fumes from factories. A. due to B. since C. therefore D. because 19. The bald eagle, an American symbol, ________ in any other places besides North America. A. doesn’t live B. won’t live C. is not living D. hasn’t lived 20. This time tomorrow I ________ with my cousin in Sydney on Skype. A. will be chatting B. chat C. am chatting D. will chat 21. If people really cared about the environment, there ________ less pollution. A. will be B. would have C. will have D. would be 22. “Would you mind ________ me on Instagram, Lindsey?” - “Sure, why not?” A. being followed B. follow C. to follow D. following
23. All people ________ down into the cellar for protection by the time the tornado swept through the town yesterday. A. were going B. have gone C. had gone D. went 24. All the aquatic animals will die if people ________ dumping sewage into the lake. A. won’t stop B. don’t stop C. wouldn’t stop D. didn’t stop 25. Coming to Scotland, visitors can drive through vast green ________ A. lochs B. stations C. pastures D. castles 26. Using music, codes or signs to communicate is called ________ communication. A. non-verbal B. public C. non-public D. verbal 27. Five houses in a village in the eastern region ________ by the mudslide. A. buried B. were buried C. had buried D. was buried Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correcting in each of the following questions. 28. Peter refused working online because he prefers meeting face-to-face. A. because B. prefers C. face-to-face D. working 29. Hundreds of houses destroyed after a tornado hit the small town of Texas. A. Hundreds of B. of C. destroyed D. hit 30. The train to San Francisco will leave at 9:45 a.m. so you’d better hurry. A. will leave B. The C. so D. 'd better C. READING Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions. Every year, the average temperature of the Earth’s surface gets a little bit warmer. This gradual trend is called global warming. Warmer weather may sound nice, but global warming is something to be very concerned about. Scientists are worried that continued warmer temperatures could damage the environment in many devastating ways. Rising temperatures might cause plants and animals to become extinct. They could melt enough polar ice to cause the levels of the sea to rise. Weather patterns could also change. There might be more droughts or serious storms with flooding. In some areas, human diseases could spread. What is causing global warming? Humans are mostly to blame. Pollution from factories and cars adds toxic gases to the air. These gases rise to the Earth’s atmosphere. As the sun’s rays warm the Earth, the gases work much like the glass in a greenhouse. They help trap the heat in the atmosphere and make the Earth grow warmer. That is why they are nicknamed “greenhouse gases.” It is our responsibility to take care of our planet. Global warming is a serious problem with serious consequences. If we want future generations to enjoy their time on Earth, we must act now! 31. In the sentence: Warmer weather may sound nice, but global warming is something to be very concerned about. ” (in paragraph 1), the author suggests that people may not _________. A. care about warmer weather