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TEST - 11 2020 O/L BATCH Practice Makes Perfect: Achievers English Academy
TEST - 11 2020 O/L BATCH Practice Makes Perfect: Achievers English Academy
TEST -11
2020 O/L BATCH
PRACTICE MAKES PERFECT
Q-01 Read the following paragraph and fill in the blanks using the words
given below.
Inside honey queens together bees shape hive
Between wise flowers winter busy have work
Bees live in a house that is called a hive. There are three kinds of bees: workers,
drones and 1)………………………only one queen can live in each
2)……………………..if she is lost or dead the other 3)……………….will stop their
work. Bees are very 4)……………..and busy little creatures. They all join
5)…………………….to build cells of wax for their 6)…………….…Each bee takes its
proper place and does its own 7)…………………… Some go out and gather honey
from the 8)…………………….. Others stay at home and work 9)…………… hive.
The cells which they build are all of one 10)………………. and size, and no room
is left 11)………………….them .The cells are not round. They 12)……………..six
sides. It is pleasant to see how 13)………………….they always are. But the drones
do not work. Before 14)……………………comes, all the drones are driven from the
hive so that they don’t eat the honey which they did not gather. ( 7 Marks)
Q-02 Use the words to fill in the blanks. There are two extra words.
Q-03
Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. There are three extra words.
Do you know how a bee keeper gets honey from honeycombs? The bees react
1)…by…. filling themselves with honey because their 2)……………..instinct tells
them that the smoke might be coming from a forest 3)………………..in the vent of
this, the bees will move to a 4)………………home. This defence mechanism has
developed 5)…………………….many years. This is why bees rarely sting the
person 6)……………………………scrapes the bees away 7)………………the honey
comb. As a result, the bee keeper has made his job 8)………………………………to
perform.
Still, the bee keeper 9)…………………precaution by wearing a long
sleeved coat so that arms will not be 10)…………………..to the bees. He puts on a
pair of gloves when he 11)…………………….the hives. He also wears a
12)……………….with a veil so that the bees are unable to 13)…………………….his
face. He holds the hives carefully to 14)………………………knocking them and
alarming the bees. The bees are scraped into new hives and they start collecting
15)……………………. For making honey all over again. ( 7 Marks )
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Q-11
Fill in the blanks with the words given in the box. There are three extra words.
malaria and dengue. also when it rains, the 10)……………………rots and gives
out unpleasant smells. Garbage also helps breed flies. Remember that the
cleanliness of the school reflects on the character of the students. It is important
to keep the school clean 11)…………………………….we must also remember now
to dump garbage on the reads as it 12)………………………the area and also spoils
the beauty of the place.
Q-13
Complete the following letter with the correct form of the verbs within brackets. The
first one is done for you.
Dear Betty,
Thank you for dinner last night. We (1)…ate… (eat) like Kings and (2)…………..
(have) a wonderful time. Charles (3) …………. (put) so much effort into the meal.
It (4)……….. (be) a wonderful way to end our vacation. Your directions were
excellent. Unfortunately, Jim (5) …………… (take) the wrong street and we (6)
………… (get) lost. We finally ( 7) ……………. (find) the right street around 3:00
a.m. But we didn’t (8) ………….. (go) home. Instead we (9)……………. (go) to the
beach and (10) ………….. (see) the sunrise. It (11) ……….. (be) spectacular. We
got back to the hotel around 7:00.
Again, many thanks.
Linda and Jim
Q-15
NOISE POLLUTION
If there were no sounds in the world, it would be a strange world. Sound is our
chief means of communication. It gives us warnings that often save lives. It
provides beauty in the form of music. Sound is made by (1) .........................
.This movement causes vibrations (2) ......................... waves to push through (3)
......................... air. These unseen waves reach (4)......................... ears.
Sensitive nerves soon (5) ........................ the messages to the (6)
......................... , and sound is heard. 7)..................... sounds of different types,
(8) ......................... , and frequency fill the (9) ......................... at the same time,
the (10)......................... is noise. Noise has (11) ......................... a danger in our
(12) ......................... . In many cities, noise (13) ......................... reached a level
where (14) ......................... can damage people’s health. Too much noise can
injure the sensitive nerves in the ears. So, steps should be taken to limit noise
pollution.
Q-17
Select a word from the box which has a similar meaning to the word given
within brackets and write it in the spaces given. One is done for you.
A vendor of 1.……………..… (of high worth or cost) stones once sold a necklace
made of 2…………………..…….(man - made) stones to a Roman Empress. On
discovering the3………………..……. (intentional deception) she was so furious
that she 4………………………......... (influenced) the Emperor, despite his
reluctance, to condemn the man to the arena. On the appointed day the Empress
proceeded to the place of 5……………………...... (killing) with her maids. She
anticipated with great pleasure the spectacle of the poor dealer being torn to
pieces by a 6.….…………..….......... (marked by violent energy) animal. The
cage was opened but instead of the wild animal there came out a lamb.
(5x1=05 marks)
Endangered species generally refer to plant and animal species that are in
danger of becoming extinct. To date it is (1) ……………………. that over nineteen
(2) ……………………. plant species and five thousand animal species in the (3)
……………………. are classified as endangered and many thousand more become
(4) ……………………. in each year. There are three (5) ……………………. of
endangerment. First of all, endangered (6) ……………………. are at immediate risk
(7) ……………………extinction and probably can’t (8) ……………………. without
immediate and direct human (9) …………………….
Secondly, threatened species are abundant but they are (10) ……………………. in
total numbers and therefore, at a (11) ……………………. of extinction in the
foreseeable (12) ……………………. Lastly biologists also (13) …………………….
That there are certain rare species that are (14) ……………………. low in
numbers. (7 Marks)
Q-19 Read the following paragraph and fill in the blanks using the words given
below. One has been done for you.
the, every, another, fly, leave, enjoy, can, by, than, who, work, also, they,
airport, pilots
Airport
You can (1) fly place to places all over (2)…………………….world from airports.
Planes and helicopters (3)………………………. and arrive (4)…………………day.
You often take a plane from an (5)……………..........
When you go to (6)………………….. country on holiday or for work. Some
people go to air ports because they (7)……………………….watching planes there.
You get to airport (8)………………….bus, taxi, or car. Sometimes you go there to
meet friends (9)………….are arriving from other places. In most air ports, there
are shops, cafes, and toilets. People (10)……………….buy things before they get
on the plane. These things are usually cheaper in air port (11)……………….in
other shop. You have to wait in a plane called the departure lounge before you
fly. A lot of people (12)………………..in the airports. People have to clean them all
the time because (13)................................are very big and a lot of people use
them. You see a (14)……………………there, too. There are
(15)……………………………..policemen and policewomen, and mechanics who
work on the planes before they fly. (1/2x14=7)
doctor/ terrible/ had/ made/ decided/ dropped/ lunch/ forgot/ bit/ received/
planned/ hospital/pieces/ shop
Running is one of the simplest yet most beneficial forms of exercise. Technique
comes naturally, equipment is minimal but, more importantly, it’s very good for
1) ………………..body. There are many benefits 2) ……………… running and it
does a lot of good 3)……………………. you. It increases fitness 4) ………………..
energy, lowers the risk of 5)………………… disease releases tension and 6)
……………………….. sleeplessness. With each step, hundred 7) …………………….
are automatically used. When breaking 8)……………………… a run, the system
really 9) …………………. to work. The body needs 10) …………………. for energy,
so the 11) ………………….. rate increases from 18 to 50 times a minute. The
12)………………. fill and the heart pumps freshly oxygenated 13) ………………….
through the body. Muscles are strengthened and in 14) ……..….. average person,
a great deal of energy is used for each eight – minute mile. (07 marks)
(London, for , end , was , queue , man , grumble , his , train , hour , after , but ,
people , a , way)
Tom entered the station shortly 1 after five O’ clock in the afternoon. This is a
bad time to travel in 2.____________, both by bus and 3_____________ , because
crowds of 4_______________ go home from work at this 5_____________. He had to
join a long 6________________of people who are waiting 7_______________ tickets.
When at last 8_______________ turn came, he had some difficulty in making the
9________________ understand the name of the station he wanted to go to. The
people in the queue began to 10_______________ impatiently at the delay.
However, he got the right ticket in the 11_____________ and, by asking several
people the 12 _____________, he also found the right platform. This
13_____________ packed tight with people. He did not manage to get on the first
train, 14________________ he was able to move nearer the edge of the platform so
as to be in 15___________better position to get on the next one. When this came
in emerging from the tunnel with a terrifying roar, Tom was swept forward on to
the train by the rush of people behind.
Q-23 Read the following paragraph and fill in the blanks using the words
given below.
The blue whale is the 1……………….. living animal 2………………… have ever
lived on 3………………planet earth. Blue whales 4……………….. larger than
largest dinosaur that ever 5………………. the largest blue whale can
6………………….as large as 100 feet 7…………………… which is longer
8………………… three buses put together. Even though blue 9…………… are huge
, they 10.………..………….. tiny creatures known 11…….……………….krill.
Krills are tiny shrimp like shellfish. The whale simply open 12….……………….
mouth, fills it with Krill and salt 13………………………. After that it filters the
water out of plates in its mouth called baleen. The blue whale may eat over 8000
pounds of Krill 14…..……………….. a single day. (14x1/2 =7 marks)
Q-25
Read the following paragraph and fill in the blanks using the words given
below.
[Than, look after, mothers, in, common, each, are, but, more, that, the, probable,
their, do]
Dolphins are regarded as the friendliest creatures in the sea and the
stories of them helping drowning sailors have been 1)………………………………..
since Romans times. The 2)…………………………we learn about dolphins
3)………………………..more we realize that 4)…………………..society is more
complex 5)………………… people previously imagined. They 6)…………………….
dolphins when they 7)………………………………. ill,
Care for pregnant 8)…………………………….and protect the weakest
9)…………………………the community, as we 10)………………….. . Some scientists
have suggested 11)…………………….. dolphins have a language
12)………………..it is much more 13)……………………………..that they
communicate within 14)……………………… other without needing words. Could
any of these mammals be more intelligent than man? (07 marks)
Although, farmer, for ,hid ,in, said, the, them, who, you
Once there was a farmer who had a large plantation of grapes. He had two lazy
sons 1)…………..did not help their father. 2)……………….the father wanted to
teach 2)…………..farming, they were never interested 4)……… learning . Just
before death, the 5) ………….called for his sons.
“I 6)…………….a treasure in our vineyard 7)………………the two of you. Make
sure 8) ……………… search for it together”, 9)…………….the farmer.
After he died,10) ………………two sons worked hard to find the treasure but they
could not find it but their hard word made the vineyard full of juice grapes.
Finally the two sons realized what the buried treasure was.
Fill in the blanks with words given within the box. There are 3 extra words.
Interviewing, salesmen, say, called, pen, looked, to, rupees, in,
Asking, my, there, favourite, and, different, at, he
I was the manager of a trading company in Colombo, it was my duty
to interview young men and women for posts vacant in my department.
One of my (1) __________________techniques in interviewing prospective (2)
_____________________ was to hand them (3) _____________________ expensive
fountain pen and (4) _____________________ “Try to sell this (5)
_____________________ me” One day after (6) _____________________ several
applicants who used (7) _________________ marketing skills, I was surprised (8)
_____________________ the skills of an applicant. (9) _____________________ picked
up my pen (10) _____________________ at it, put it (11) _____________________ his
pocket, sat back (12) _____________________ said, “Sir, for thousand (13)
_____________________ you can have your (14) _____________________ back.” I was
so impressed I appointed him as an assistant manager within weeks.
Q-29 Fill in the blanks in the following text using the words given in the
box. There are three extra words.