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Trang 1THANH HOA high school THE TRIAL TEST FOR THE GCSE EXAM
No 18
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part
is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Trang 24: A bamboo B food C blood D cartoon
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
6: The little girl asked me .
A whether I will be staying there all summer B if I am going to stay there all summer
C was I staying there all summer D if I was staying there all summer
7: It’s the first time .
A he has ever flown by Concorde B he had flown by Concorde
Trang 38: He had to explain the lesson very clearly .
A for his students in order to understand it B in order for his students to understand it
C in order that his students to understand it D so that his students to understand it 9: _, not much has been changed.
A Although their quick reaction is B Thanks to their quick reaction
C Despite their quick reaction D In spite their quick reaction
10: They felt bad about selling the house because _.
A they will have owned it for more than forty years
B they had owned it for more than forty years
C they have owned it for more than forty years
Trang 4D they have been owning it for more than forty years
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 11 to 15.
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy, (11) historically revolves aroundextended trade Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, Singapore is one (12) the FourAsian Tigers The economy depends heavily on exports, refining, imported goods, especially inmanufacturing Manufacturing constituted 26 (13) of Singapore’s GDP in 2005 Themanufacturing industry is well-diversified into electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, (14) engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent ofthe world’s foundry water output Singapore is the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage
Trang 5shipped Singapore is the world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, NewYork City (15) Tokyo.
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 16 to 20.
Trang 6Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer He has won 14 career
Olympic gold medals, the most by any Olympian As of August 2008, he also holds seven worldrecords in swimming
Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics with the eight golds
he won at the 2008 Olympic Games With this record, he surpassed Mark Spitz, who was also aswimmer and had held the previous gold medal total with the seven that he won at the 1972 OlympicGames
Overall, Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eightgold at Beijing in 2008 In winning these medals, he has twice equaled Soviet gymnast AlexanderDityatin’s record of eight medals (of any type) at a single Olympics; Dityatin garnered eight at the 1980Summer Olympics and the 2008 Summer Olympics Out of his eight gold medals from Beijing, five
Trang 7were won in individual events, tying the record for individual gold medals at a single Games originally
set by Eric Heiden in the 1980 Winter Olympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 SummerGames Phelps ranks second in total career Olympic medals, after Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina,who won a total of 18 medals (nine gold) spanning three Olympic Games
Phelps has won a total of 48 career medals thus far: 40 gold, six silvers and two bronze Thisincludes all of the Championships in which he has competed
16: How many Olympic medals has Phelps won?
17: What does it mean “Phelps has twice equaled Alexander Dityatin’s record”?
A Phelps won 8 medals in Olympics 2008 while Dityatin won 4 in Olympics 1980
Trang 8B Phelps won 16 in two Olympics and Dityatin won 8 in 1 Olympics.
C Phelps broke the record twice while Dityatin only once.
D Phelps won 8 medals in both Olympics 2004 and Olympics 2008 while Dityatin won 4 in Olympics 1980 18: When compared to Mark Spitz, Phelps _.
A won twice as many Olympic medals as Spitz B won four Olympic medals more than Spitz
C won 1 Olympic gold medal more than Spitz D won fewer Olympic gold medals
19: What does it mean “tying”?
A Living in the same era as B Sharing the same interest
C Having an equal number of points D Having more points than
20: Which statement is not true?
Trang 9A Phelps held 7 world records in Olympics 2008.
B Phelps ranks second in total career Olympic medals.
C Both Phelps and Vitaly Scherbo won 5 individual medals in Olympics.
D Phelps won 40 medals altogether
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show theunderlined part that needs correction.
21: As soon as I will graduate, I’m going to return to my country.
Trang 1026: My little brother is very collecting sea shells
A bored in B fond for C keen on D interested
27: Some students show their optimistic attitude, others are pessimistic.
Trang 11A in case B whereas C so that D even if
28: Would you mind not ?
29: you carry those heavy bags for me, please?
30: Pak Son Jit: “How do you like American food?”
Jan Lju Mah: “Well, it’s not bad Now I hamburgers.”
A used to eating B am used to eat C used to eat D am used to eating 31: Since 1981, scientists in the world a lot of things to flight AIDS.
Trang 12A had done B have done C did D were doing
32: Mrs White, taught me English 5 years ago, is a good teacher.
33: She worked hard everything would be ready in time.
34: You must fill in this form in capital letters.
35: These films are not to watch.
A so interesting B interesting too C enough interesting D interesting enough 36: The singer, most recent recording has had much success, is signing autographs.
Trang 13A whose B that C who D whom
37: An international conference in Hanoi next week.
A was held B will hold C is going to hold D will be held 38: It for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.
A is raining B had been raining C has been raining D was raining 39: Do you want to stop in this town, or shall we ?
40: She to me last year.
A doesn’t write B didn’t write C had not written D has not written
41: He looks tired of carrying that case, ?
Trang 14A doesn't he B don't he C isn't he D is he
42: The 25th Sea Games will be held in Laos It is Lao's first time as the _for the games
43: John: “Will you be able to come to the meeting?” - Jack: “ .”
44: “We haven’t been to a birthday party for ages.” – “ .”
A I have, either B Neither have I C So have I D Either have I 45: all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
Trang 1546: Let’s go ahead and do it now Nothing by waiting.
47: Nam: "I have passed my driving test."
Lan: " "
48: The 15th Asian Games was a sporting event
49: The earlier we leave, _.
Trang 16A the sooner will we arrive B the soon we will arrive.
C the more soon we will arrive D the sooner we will arrive.
50: John asked me in English.
A what does this word mean B what did that word mean
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Môn thi: ANH VĂN Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
Trang 17Câu 2: A teammate B graduation C educate D stimulate
Trang 18Câu 3: A marriage B age C message D village
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 6: The little girl asked me .
A whether I will be staying there all summer B was I staying there all summer
C if I am going to stay there all summer D if I was staying there all summer
Câu 7: It’s the first time .
Trang 19A he has ever flown by Concorde B he flew by Concorde
C he flies by Concorde D he had flown by Concorde
Câu 8: He had to explain the lesson very clearly .
A for his students in order to understand it B so that his students to understand it
C in order that his students to understand it D in order for his students to understand it Câu 9: _, not much has been changed.
A Although their quick reaction is B In spite their quick reaction
C Despite their quick reaction D Without their quick reaction
Câu 10: They felt bad about selling the house because _.
A they will have owned it for more than forty years
Trang 20B they had owned it for more than forty years
C they have been owning it for more than forty years
D they have owned it for more than forty years
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 11 to 15.
Singapore has a highly developed market-based economy, (11) historically revolves around extendedtrade Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, Singapore is one (12) the Four Asian Tigers Theeconomy depends heavily on exports, refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing Manufacturingconstituted 26 (13) of Singapore’s GDP in 2005 The manufacturing industry is well-diversified intoelectronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, (14) engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing In
Trang 212006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world’s foundry water output Singapore is the busiest port inthe world in terms of tonnage shipped Singapore is the world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centreafter London, New York City (15) Tokyo.
Câu 13: A persuasion B perception C percent D percentage
Câu 14: A machine B mechanic C mechanical D mechanically
Trang 22Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 16 to 20.
Michael Fred Phelps (born June 30, 1985) is an American swimmer He has won 14 career Olympic gold
medals, the most by any Olympian As of August 2008, he also holds seven world records in swimming
Phelps holds the record for the most gold medals won at a single Olympics with the eight golds he won at the
2008 Olympic Games With this record, he surpassed Mark Spitz, who was also a swimmer and had held theprevious gold medal total with the seven that he won at the 1972 Olympic Games
Overall, Phelps has won 16 Olympic medals: six gold and two bronze at Athens in 2004, and eight gold atBeijing in 2008 In winning these medals, he has twice equaled Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin’s record ofeight medals (of any type) at a single Olympics; Dityatin garnered eight at the 1980 Summer Olympics and the
2008 Summer Olympics Out of his eight gold medals from Beijing, five were won in individual events, tying
Trang 23the record for individual gold medals at a single Games originally set by Eric Heiden in the 1980 WinterOlympics and equaled by Vitaly Scherbo at the 1992 Summer Games Phelps ranks second in total careerOlympic medals, after Soviet gymnast Larissa Latynina, who won a total of 18 medals (nine gold) spanningthree Olympic Games.
Phelps has won a total of 48 career medals thus far: 40 gold, six silvers and two bronze This includes all ofthe Championships in which he has competed
Câu 16: How many Olympic medals has Phelps won?
Câu 17: What does it mean “Phelps has twice equaled Alexander Dityatin’s record”?
A Phelps won 16 in two Olympics and Dityatin won 8 in 1 Olympics.
Trang 24B Phelps won 8 medals in Olympics 2008 while Dityatin won 4 in Olympics 1980
C Phelps won 8 medals in both Olympics 2004 and Olympics 2008 while Dityatin won 4 in Olympics 1980
D Phelps broke the record twice while Dityatin only once.
Câu 18: When compared to Mark Spitz, Phelps _.
A won fewer Olympic gold medals B won four Olympic medals more than Spitz
C won 1 Olympic gold medal more than Spitz D won twice as many Olympic medals as Spitz
Câu 19: What does it mean “tying”?
A Having more points than B Sharing the same interest
C Having an equal number of points D Living in the same era as
Câu 20: Which statement is not true?
Trang 25A Phelps held 7 world records in Olympics 2008.
B Both Phelps and Vitaly Scherbo won 5 individual medals in Olympics.
C Phelps won 40 medals altogether
D Phelps ranks second in total career Olympic medals.
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to show theunderlined part that needs correction.
Câu 21: I like listening to music and to look after my dogs in my free time.
Trang 27Câu 27: “How do you like American food ?” – “Well, it’s not bad Now I hamburgers.”
A used to eating B used to eat C am used to eat D am used to eating Câu 28: You must fill in this form in capital letters.
Câu 29: Mrs White, taught me English 5 years ago, is a good teacher.
Câu 30: Since 1981, scientists in the world a lot of things to flight AIDS.
Câu 31: Would you mind not ?
Trang 28Câu 32: John asked me in English.
A what does this word mean B what did that word mean
C what that word meant D what that word means
Câu 33: you carry those heavy bags for me, please?
Câu 34: He looks tired of carrying that case, ?
Câu 35: The singer, most recent recording has had much success, is signing autographs.
Câu 36: She worked hard everything would be ready in time.
Trang 29A since B unless C so that D as if Câu 37: Some students show their optimistic attitude, others are pessimistic.
Câu 38: Do you want to stop in this town, or shall we ?
Câu 39: John: “Will you be able to come to the meeting?” - Jack: “ .”
Câu 40: The earlier we leave, _.
A the sooner will we arrive B the soon we will arrive.
Trang 30C the more soon we will arrive D the sooner we will arrive.
Câu 41: The 25th Sea Games will be held in Laos It is Lao's first time as the _for thegames
Câu 42: The 15th Asian Games was a sporting event
Câu 43: “We haven’t been to a birthday party for ages.” – “ .”
A I have, either B Neither have I C So have I D Either have I
Câu 44: all our careful plans, a lot of things went wrong.
Trang 31Câu 45: Let’s go ahead and do it now Nothing by waiting.
Câu 46: It for two hours and the ground is too wet to play tennis.
A is raining B had been raining C was raining D has been raining Câu 47: I understand your point of view. , I don’t agree with it.
Câu 48: She to me last year.
A had not written B didn’t write C doesn’t write D has not written Câu 49: These films are not to watch.
Trang 32A enough interesting B so interesting C interesting too D interesting enough Câu 50: An international conference in Hanoi next week.
A was held B is going to hold C will hold D will be held
Môn thi: ANH VĂN Thời gian làm bài: 60 phút
Trang 33Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Câu 2: A educate B graduation C teammate D stimulate
Trang 34Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Câu 6: The little girl asked me .
A whether I will be staying there all summer B was I staying there all summer
C if I am going to stay there all summer D if I was staying there all summer
Câu 7: It’s the first time .
A he had flown by Concorde B he flies by Concorde
C he has ever flown by Concorde D he flew by Concorde
Câu 8: He had to explain the lesson very clearly .
A for his students in order to understand it B so that his students to understand it