The trial test for the gcse exam

Phu Cat 3 high school	THE TRIAL TEST FOR THE GCSE EXAM 
Teacher: Nguyễn Kế Bảo	 Time: 60 minutes	 
*Choose one word which has different stress pattern from that of the other words:
1. A. physical	B. statistics	C. compulsory	D. computing
2. A. polite	B. signal	 C. waving	D. instance
3. A. effective	B. engineer	C. expensive	D. division
*Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others.
4. A. dates	B. speeds	C. days	D. bags
5. A. explained	B. walked	C. jumped	D. missed
*Choose the best option A, B, C or D to complete the sentence.
6. The children cheered wildly when the teacher let them _______ a game.
 A. play	B. to play	C. playing	D. played
7. Compulsory education in Vietnam starts at the ________ level.
 A. primary	B. lower secondary	C. upper secondary	D. kindergarten
8. Yesterday, I _________ my homework when my friend came.
 A. was doing B. am doing	C. did	D. have done
9. At first we didn’t like each other very much, but ______ the end we became good friends.
 A. in	B. at 	C. to	D. by
10. To get a passport, you must send in your birth _______ and two photos.
 A. certificate	B. card	C. paper	D. licence
11. To my knowledge, it’s very likely that scientists _______ a cure for common cold by the end of the 21st century.
 A. will have found 	B. will find	C. will be found	D. will have been found
12. The National Curriculum _____ by the government.
 A. is set	B. will set	C. sets	D. is setting
13. This school _____ in 1997.
 A. was built B. built C. were built	 D. be built
14. ______ , you would have got a better seat.
 A. Had you arrived ten minutes early B. If you hadn’t arrived ten minutes early 
 C. Were you to arrive ten minutes early D. If you arrived ten minutes early 
15. If she had a car, she ______ out in the evening.
 A. would go B. would be gone C. will go	D. would have gone
16. State schools are schools ______ all children can attend without paying tuition fees.
 A. where B. which C. who	D. when
17. My brother learned to play _____ guitar when he was young.
 A. the B. a C. an	D. no article
18. The ______ way to apologize is to say “ I’m sorry ”.
 A. simplest B. more simple C. most simple	D. simpler
19. The wedding day was ______ chosen by the parents of the groom.
 A. carefully B. carelessly C. care	D. careful
20. David : “ I’m sorry” 
 You : “ ______” .
 A. It doesn’t matter B. I don’t mind C. Really	 D. All right
21. Tom: “ You’ve got a lovely singing voice, Mary!”
 Mary: “ ______”.
 A. Thank you B. Don’t mention it C. It is all right D. Congratulation
22. Did you remember ____ the letter ? à Yes, I posted it yesterday.
 A. to post B. posting C. having posted D. being posted
23. The doctor ______ that he should slow down a bit.
 A. told Jim B. asked Jim C. said Jim D. told to Jim
24. I was enjoying my book , but I stopped _______ a program on T.V.
 A. reading to watch 	B. to read to watch 
 C. reading for watching	D. to read to watching
25. It is becoming--------------to find a job.
A. hard and hardly B. more harder and harder. C. harder and hard	D. harder and harder
*Find out one mistake in the underlined parts (A, B, C or D) of the sentence.
26. She suggested that we could go swimming in the river that afternoon.
 A B C D
27. Of my opinion , this book is much better than that one.
 A B C D
28. The last person to interview has good qualifications for the job.
 A B C D
29. After she had bought himself a new automobile, she sold her bicycle.
 A B C D
30. The company did not want to hire a man that experiment was so limited.
 A B C D
*Choose the sentence which has the closest meaning to the original one.
31. “Julia , you and your friends have to tidy up after the party ” 
 A. I reminded Julia that she and her friends had to tidy up after the party. 
 B. I reminded Julia that she and her friends had had to tidy up after the party. 
 C. I reminded Julia that she and her friends have to tidy up after the party. 
 D. I reminded Julia that she and her friends will have to tidy up after the party. 
32. The garden is too small to play football in.
 A. The garden isn’t big enough to play football in. 
 B. The garden is so small to play football in.	
 C. The garden is small enough to play football in.
 D. The garden is such small that we can’t play football in.
33. Mr Pike is a farmer. I bought his land last year.
 A. Mr Pike, whose land I bought last year, is a farmer. 
 B. Mr Pike, whom I bought his land last year, is a farmer. 
 C. Mr Pike, whose land I bought, is a farmer last year. 
 D. Mr Pike, who is a farmer ,whose land I bought last year . 
34. He is not old enough to do the volunteer work.
A. He is very young that he can’t do the volunteer work.
B. He is too young to do the volunteer work.
C. He can’t do the volunteer work because of his old age.
D. His younger prevents him from doing volunteer work.
35. She hoped to find the lost book. She searched everywhere.
A. Hoping to find a lost book, she searched everywhere.
B. Hoped to find a lost book, she searched everywhere.
C. Being hope to find a lost book, she searched everywhere.
D. Hopes to find a lost book, she searched everywhere.
*Choose the correct sentence among A, B, C or D made from the words and phrases given.
36. If / you / get / wet / change / clothes / immediate //
 A. If you get wet,you should change your clothes immediately.
 .B. If you got wet,you should change your clothes immediately. . 
 C. If you get wet,you would change your clothes immediately.. 
 D. If you got wet,you changed your clothes immediately..
37. always/ give/ his/ him/ smoking/ friends/ ask/.
 A. His friends always ask him to give up smoking.
 B. His friends ask always him to give up smoking. 
 C. His friends always ask to him to give up smoking. 
 D. His friends always ask him to give smoking up.
38. .if/ there/ happen/ earth/ no/ what/ plants/?
A. What will happen if there are no plants on earth?
B. What would happen if there were no plants on earth?
C. What would happen if there are no plants on earth?
D. What happened if there were no plants on earth?
* Mark the letter A,B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions
39. It was the most exciting film I___________ .
	A. ever saw	B. never saw 	C. have ever seen 	D. had ever seen
40. Do you know a restaurant___________ ?
A. that we have a good meal	B. which we have a good meal
 C. what we can have a good meal D. Where we can have a good meal*Read the following passage and choose the word or phrase that best fits each space from 41 to 45:
 Although most families in the United States enjoy a high living standard, many American women have to work (41)_____ at home and in their offices. Despite their husbands’ (42)_____ of the housework , women have to do (43)_____ of the housekeeping tasks. In single-parent families , the mothers may not have (44)_____ children to take care of , but they have to raise their families alone and have to provide for all the housekeeping money . Therefore, the (45)_____ mother have to work very hard to earn their living. Moreover, in spite of the fact that the single mothers have all the modern conveniences at their homes, they find that bringing up their teenage children alone is not easy.
41 A. hard B. fast C. hardly D. equally
42 A. share B. need C. refusal D. responsibility
43 A. most B. lot C. fewer D. a little
44 A. many B. much C. some D. few
45 A. single B. singly C. lonely D. dependent
*Read the passages below and choose the correct answer among A, B, C, D from 46 to 50:
 I had a week visit to England last years on the occasion of my gaining excellent prize. I went with a group of ten boys and girls . Each day, before going to bed we often discussed places to visit the following day . We decided to visit Buckingham Palace. We arrived at the palace early in the morning. It was very hot . It was much hotter than we expected. Everyone felt thirsty . Unfortunately, there was no ice cream stall around the palace. We wanted to get out of the area to buy some drink, but we hadn’t taken any pictures at the palace . There were a lot of visitors in front of the palace gate so we couldn’t find any space to take any photos . Half an hour passed, we were all too tired to wait any longer. We decided to get out of the crowd to get some drink and go back later . We caught a bus to Regent Street , one of the busiest streets in London . There were a lot of shops there. The shop windows were full of beautiful goods so we forgot our thirst. Everyone tried to look for the things they planned to buy. And noboby thought of the time. When I got out of the souvenir shop, it was already dark. It was time to come back to the hotel. We were all thirsty and hungry. We went to the hotel in silence. That ended our third day in England .
46. How many persons visited England last year on the special occasion ?
 A. 11 B. 10 C. 12 D. 14
47. How long did they spend in London ?
 A. Half a day B. All the morning C. All the afternoon D. The whole day
48. Why couldn’t they take any photos at Buckingham Palace ? 
 A. Because they couldn’t find space to take photos. 
 B. Because they weren’t able to take photos .
 C. Because they were too tired to wait for photos . 
 D. Because they didn’t want to keep waiting .
49 . What made them forget their thirst?
 A. Things they wanted to buy . B.The goods at the shop windows .
 C. Busy streets . D. The need of taking photos .
50. How long did their visit last ?
 A. Seven days B. Three days C. Five days D. Ten days
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