Đề kiểm tra 15 phút Unit 15, 16 môn Tiếng Anh Lớp 11

15-MINUTE TEST (UNIT 15)
1-5. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words.
1. A. impossible 	B. unfortunately 	C. psychology 	D. temperature
2. A. scientist 	B. accident 	C. engineer 	D. cosmonaut
3. A. planet 	B. mission 	C. explore 	D. conquest
4. A. astronaut 	B. tragedy 	C. enormous 	D. magical
5. A. venture 	B. design 	C. orbit 	D. secret
6-15. Choose the best answer among A, B, C or D that best completes each sentence. 
6. _____ is a book that someone write about someone else's life. 
A. Biography 	B. Biology 	C. Auto-biography 	D. Brochure
7. In space, astronauts have to suffer from _____.
A. weight 	B. weightlessness 	C. heaviness 	D. pressure 
8. Yuri Gagarin died in a plane _____ on a routine training flight in 1968. 
A. crash 	B. failure 	C. defeat 	D. feat 
9. Man's successful _____ into space are thanks to a lot of talented scientists and engineers who have been working hard to make these flights possible. 
A. adventures 	B. ventures 	C. experiments 	D. travelling 
10. Some people thought that too much money was spent on _____ flights.
A. space 	B. spacious 	C. spaceman 	D. voyage
11. I am the only representative from our school in the competition, _____? 
A. am not I 	B. aren't I 	C. am I not 	D. B & C 
12. They went to Nha Trang last year, _____? 
A. aren't they 	B. didn't they 	C. haven't they 	D. did they
13. That was exciting, _____?
A. wasn't it 	B. was it 	C. was that 	D. wasn't that
14. They'd better attend the meeting, _____?
A. wouldn't they 	B. hadn't they 	C. had they 	D. would they
15. I'm afraid I _____ come to your party.
A. can 	B. could 	C. won't be able to 	D. couldn't be 
16-20. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 
16. (A) In order to walk on the (B) moon's surface, the (C) astronaut needed (D) wear a spacesuit. 
17. Before Gagarin's flight (A) into space, (B) everyone knew exactly (C) what (D) would happen to a human being there. 
18. The price (A) of crude oil used to (B) be a great deal (C) lower than now, (D) wasn't it?
19. An American flag (A) was placed (B) on the moon's surface (C) after the moon (D) landed.
20. (A) The crew of Apollo 11 (B) successful completed their (C) historic (D) mission. 
21-25. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank space in the following passage. 
On December 21 1968, the United States launched Apollo 8 from Kennedy Space Center. The astronauts on (21) _____ Frank Borman, James Lovell and William Anders, were the first humans to journey to the moon. They (22) _____ the moon ten times and sent television pictures of its surface back to the earth. 
On July 16 1969 Apollo 11 was launched. Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins went (23)_____ space with the lunar module, the Eagle, which would land on the moon. Six hours after a successful landing on the moon, Neil Armstrong was ready to leave the Eagle. He wore the special (24)_____ and heavy boots. He placed his foot on the moon's surface and said, "That's one small step for man, one giant (25)_____ for mankind." 
21. A. ship 	B. space 	C. board 	D. deck
22. A. orbited 	B. surrounded 	C. circled 	D. rounded
23. A. away 	B. into 	C. to 	D. up
24. A. space-outfit 	B. space-wear 	C. space-suit 	D. space-cloth
25. A. walk 	B. skip 	C. jump 	D. leap
26-30. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 
26. He lost his job three months ago. 
A. It is three months ago since he lost his job. 
B. It is three months since he lost his job. 
C. They are three months since he lost his job. 
D. It has been three months since he has lost his job. 
27. She hasn't played the piano for five years. 
A. She doesn't play the piano five years ago. 
B. The last time she played the piano was five years ago. 
C. The last time she played the piano five years ago. 
D. She played the piano five years. 
28. It is believed that the man escaped in a stolen car. 
A. The man is believed to have escaped in a stolen car. 
B. The man believed to escaped in a stolen car. 
C. The man is believed to escape in a stolen car. 
D. They believed that the man stole the car. 
29. I didn't have an umbrella with me, so I got wet. 
A. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn't get wet. 
B. If I had had an umbrella, I would get wet. 
C. If I had had an umbrella, I would have got wet. 
D. If I had had an umbrella, I wouldn't have got wet. for me to drink. 
A. The coffee was so hot that I can't drink it. 
B. The coffee was so hot that I couldn't drink. 
C. The coffee was so hot that I couldn't drink it. 
D. The coffee was so hot that I can't drink. 
15-MINUTE TEST (UNIT 16)
1-5. Pick out the word that has the stress differently from that of the other words. 
1. A. burial 	B. discovery 	C. pyramid 	D. mystery 
2. A. construction 	B. belonging 	C. perio 	D. purpose
3. A. chamber 	B. structure 	C. spiral 	D. Egyptian
4. A. surpass 	B. service 	C. wonder 	D. traditional 
5. A. eternal 	B. challenging 	C. impressive 	D. enlist
6-15. Choose the best answer that best completes each sentence. 
6. Scientist have supposed many _____ about the construction of the Great Pyramid of Giza. 
A. legends 	B. theories 	C. mysteries 	D. miracles
7. The Empire State building was _____ in height by the World Trade Center in 1972. 
A. succeed 	B. kept 	C. lost 	D. surpassed
8. Today the Great Pyramid of Giza is _____ in the tourist region of the Giza on the west bank of the River Nile. 
A. enlarged 	B. broadened 	C. closed 	D. enclosed 
9. The _____ Sun Boat of the Great Pyramid was discovered in 1954. 
A. mystery 	B. mysterious 	C. mysteriously 	D. mysteries 
10. It is believed that the Sun Boat was used to carry the body of Khufu in his last _____ on earth. 
A. journey 	B. travel 	C. sightseeing 	D. carriage
11. The Ponagar Cham Towers are an example of Cham _____ in Central Vietnam.
A. customs 	B. history 	C. architecture 	D. people
12. Stonehenge in England was made and used by _____ people for thousands of years. 
A. local 	B. famous 	C. countryside 	D. prehistoric 
13. The structure of the Great Pyramid consisted _____ approximately 2 million blocks of stone. 
A. in 	B. with 	C. of 	D. 0 
14. People _____ the world was flat and sailors refused to travel around the world 
A. believe 	B. believed 	C. were believed 	D. were believing 
15. The missing child is believed _____ a white sweater and blue jeans. 
A. wear 	B. wore 	C. to have worn 	D. to be wearing 
16-20. Choose the underlined part among A, B, C or D that needs correcting. 
16. (A) In the middle (B) of the garden (C) does stand a (D) sixty-year-old tree. 
17. It (A) said that (B) thousands of people are (C) homeless after (D) the floods. 
18. It was (A) in this forest (B) that (C) some caves (D) found. 
19. (A) The office we are working (B) in it is (C) in good (D) condition. 
20. It (A) is estimated that Asia (B) is housed a third of (C) the poorest people (D) in the world
21_25. Choose the word or phrase among A, B, C or D that best fits the blank Space in the following passage.
The leaning tower of Pisa is one of the most famous buildings in the world. It is famous not because of its beauty or size, but (21)_____ it leans dangerously to one side. Each year the tower attracts thousands of visitors from all around the world. (22)_____ the tower leans to the south and also curves toward the north. It is said that the tower has leaned more than 17 feet. Over the past years, various proposals have been made to stop the tower from leaning (23) _____ and to prevent its collapse. Some people would like to pull it down and rebuild it on stronger foundations. Others have suggested pouring (24)_____ around the base of the tower to stop it from leaning further. If nothing is done, the tower might collapse very soon. But until it is rebuilt or straightened, it will remains as one of the most fascinating (25) _____ mistakes in the world 
21. A. because 	B. when 	C. for 	D. nevertheless 
22. A. Sometimes 	B. Today 	C. Yesterday 	D. Also 
23. A. much 	B. further 	C. westwards 	D. downwards 
24. A. straw 	B. ropes 	C. concrete 	D. water 
25. A. artistic 	B. architectural 	C. literacy 	D. art 
26-30. Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D which has the same meaning as the given one. 
26. If it hadn't been so late, I would have called you. 
A. It was not late when I called you. 
B. It was late, so I did not call you. 
C. It was late, but I called you. 
D. It was not late but I did not call you. 
27. No one but the seven-year-old boy saw the accident. 
A. Only the seven-year-old boy saw the accident. 
B. No one at all saw the seven-year-old boy's accident. 
C. The seven-year-old boy saw no one in the accident. 
D. No one in the accident saw the seven-year-old boy. 
28. Most people get fewer colds in summer than in winter. 
A. A person is more likely to get a cold in winter than in summer. 
B. More people have summer colds than winter colds. 
C. People get colder in summer than in winter. 
D. Winter is much colder than summer. 
29. They are watering the flowers. 
A. The flowers are being watered by them. 
B. They need some water and flowers. 
C. There are some water on the flowers. 
D. They are putting the flowers in water. 
30. I would rather you stopped talking about her. 
A. I would rather stop talking about her. 
B. I prefer you not to talk about her any more. 
C. I would rather you not talk about her. 
D. I want you to talk about her.