ENGLISH TEST 2- Grade 12 ( 2010-2011) code: 179 pdf

ENGLISH TEST 2- Grade 12 ( 2010-2011)

Foreign Language Group Time allowed: 45 minutes

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STUDYING ABROAD( 1→ 5)

Before applying to a foreign university, one should consider the disadvantages of

studying abroad. First, a student may feel lonely by being far from home and friends. Also,

difficulty in understanding a foreign language can be very disappointing and can affect the

student’s grades. It can be very expensive to pay the costs of travel and housing in a different

country. Finally, if there is an emergency at home, it will be hard to get home in a hurry.

However, studying in another country is advantageous in many ways. A student is exposed to

a new culture. This culture teaches him or her about other people and other ways of thinking,

which can promote friendships among countries. He can learn a new language which may be

beneficial for keeping up with research after the student has finished studying. He can learn

experience not available in his country. The student may also get the opportunity to study at a

university where a leading expert in his field may be teaching. The leading expert can

introduce the student to the most up-to-date finding of the tops researchers in the field.

Exposure to such available knowledge and insights into the field can aid the student in

becoming an expert as well.

1. ………to study abroad.

A. There are only disadvantages B. There are only advantages

C. There are both advantages and disadvantages D. There are neither

advantages nor disadvantages

2. When studying abroad, a student ………………

A. is homesick and feels lonely B. spends a lot of money for accommodation and

transportation

C. cannot go home immediately in emergency D. All are correct.

3. When studying abroad, a student is exposed to a new culture that ……….....

A. has no advantages B. enriches his knowledge about people and other ways of

thinking

C. has no effects D. causes some troubles

4. At a foreign university, a student ……………………

A. can learn a foreign language B. cannot learn a foreign

language

C. has to learn his mother tongue D. doesn’t have to learn a

language

5. At a foreign university, a student may …………………

A. meet his neighbor B. travel a lot C. meet a leading expert in his field

D. All are correct.

6. These students are made to study so much that they feel very tired and boring.

A. are made B. to study C. that D. boring

7. If she had taken the train last night, she would have been here now.

A. If B. had taken C. the train D. would have been

8.(Stress) A. obligation B. application C. achievement D. engineer

9. . …………….. Tom Cruise’s last movie? – Yes, I …………….. it three days ago.

A. Have you ever seen / saw C. Did you ever see / have seen

B. Had you ever seen / had seen D. Did you ever see / saw

10. He got good marks at his exams because all the lessons…………. carefully by him.

Paper code: 179