TRIAL TEST 18

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THANH 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.

4: 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

C he flew by Concorde D he flies by Concorde

8: 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

D 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 around extended trade Along with Hong Kong, South Korea and Taiwan, Singapore is one (12) the Four Asian Tigers The economy depends heavily on exports, refining, imported goods, especially in manufacturing Manufacturing constituted 26 (13) of Singapore’s GDP in 2005 The manufacturing industry is well-diversified into electronics, petroleum refining, chemicals, (14) engineering and biomedical sciences manufacturing In 2006, Singapore produced about 10 percent of the world’s foundry water output Singapore is the busiest port in the world in terms of tonnage

shipped Singapore is the world’s fourth largest foreign exchange trading centre after London, New York City (15) Tokyo

13: A persuasion B percentage C percent D perception

14: A machine B mechanically C mechanic D mechanical

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.

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 the previous 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 at Beijing in 2008 In winning these medals, he has twice equaled Soviet gymnast Alexander Dityatin’s record of eight 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 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 Summer Games 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 This includes 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

B 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?

A 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.

A B C D

22: The place where he is studying is an university in Indiana.

A B C D

23: No matter how hardly she worked, she could not earn enough to support the family.

A B C D

24: The first national park in the world, was Yellowstone National Park, was established in 1872.

A B C D

25: Although the late answer we sent by post, they offered us the prize.

A B C D

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.

26: 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.

A 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.

A 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.

A 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, ?

A 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.

46: Let’s go ahead and do it now Nothing by waiting.

A will be accomplished B has accomplished

47: Nam: "I have passed my driving test."

Lan: " "

48: The 15th Asian Games was a sporting event

49: The earlier we leave, _.

A 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

C what that word meant D what that word means

-STUDY FOR YOUR FUTURE! SMILES!