ENGLISH TEST 2 (45 minutes) pps

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Class:11A.... ENGLISH TEST 2 (45 minutes)

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I. LISTENING:(2.0 points).Listen and fill in the gaps:

Basketball: The tallest basketball (1) _________ was Suleiman Ali Nashnush who played for

the Libyan national (2) _________ in 1962. He was 2.45m tall.

The highest number of points (3) _________ by one player in a basketball match was achieved

by an Swedish player, Mats Wermelin, who scored all the (4) _________ in his team’s victory

in a tournament in Stockholm in (5) _________.

Football: The largest crowd at a football match was in the Maracana municipal (6)________

in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil on 16th July (7) _________ for the match between Brazil and

Uruguay. There were (8) _________100,000 spectators.

II. READING(2.5 points). Read the passage and decide whether each of the statements is

true(T) or false(F)

The Asian Games, also called the Asiad , is a multi-sport event held every four years among

athletes from all over Asia. The games are regulated by the Olympic Council of Asia(OCA)

under the supervision of the International Olympic Committee (IOC), Medals are awarded in

each event, with gold for first place, silver for second and bronze for third, a tradition which

started in 1951. The Asian Games are dominated by the People’s Republic of China.

Competitors are entered by a National Olympic Committee(NOC) to represent their country

of citizenship. National anthems and flags accompany the medal ceremonies, and tables

showing the number of medals won by each country are widely used. In general, only

recognized nations are represented, but a few non-sovereign countries are allowed to take part.

The special case of Taiwan was handled by having it compete as Chinese Taipei , due to the

political status of Taiwan.

The 15th Asian Games were held in Doha, Qata from December 1 to December 15, 2006.

The 16th Asian Games will be held in Guangzhou, China from November 12, 2010 to

November 27, 2010.

1…….The Asian Games is held every four years among athletes from all over Asia.

2.....…Gold medals , silver medals and bronze medals are awarded in each event .

3…….Competitors are entered for the games to represent their country of citizenship

4…….Some non-sovereign countries are also allowed to take part in the games.

5…….The fifteenth Asian games will be held in Doha, Qatar.

III.LANGUAGE FOCUS (3.0 points)

*Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently: (0.5 points)

1. A .some B .none C. not D .nothing

2. A. organise B. promise C. realise D. devise

3. A. annual B. announce C. active D. athletic

4. A. think B. that C. three D. thanks