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(1)A PREPARATION COURSE FOR GCSE 2010 PRE- FIRST SEMESTER TEST
I Read the following passage and circle the letter (A, B, C or D) to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks.
Around the age (1) sixteen, you must make one of the biggest decisions of your life Do I stay on at school and hopefully, go on to university later? Do I leave and start work or beginning a training (2) ? The decision is yours, but it may be (3) remembering two things: there is more unemployment (4) those who haven't been to university, and people (5) have the right skills will have a big advantage in the competition for jobs If you decide to go straight into a job, there are (6) opportunities for training Getting qualifications will (7) you get on more quickly in many careers, and evening classes allow you to learn (8) you earn Starting work and taking a break to study when you are older is (9) possibility This way, you can save up money for your student days, as well as (10) practical work experience
Question 1: A at B in C o n D of
Question 2: A school B class C course D term
Question 3: A worth B necessary C important D useful
Question 4: A between B among C with D through
Question 5: A whom B which C who D whose
Question 6: A much B many C little D few
Question 7: A permit B help C let D give
Question 8: A where B while C when D what
Question 9: A also B again C another D always
Question 10: A getting B making C taking D doing
II Read the following passage and circle the letter (A, B, C or D) to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions below.
"Where is the university?" is a question many visitors to Cambridge ask, but no one can give them a clear answer, for their is no wall to be found around the university The university is the city You can find the classroom buildings, libraries, museums and offices of the university all over the city And most of its members are the students and teachers or professors of the thirty-one colleges
Cambridge was an already developing town long before the first students and teachers arrived 800 years ago It grew up by the river Granta, as the Cam was once called A bridge was built ov6r the river as early as 875
In the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries more and more land was used for college buildings The town grew much faster in the nineteenth century after the opening of the railway in 1845 Cambridge became the city in 1951 and now it has the population of over 100,000 Many young students want to study at Cambridge Thousands of people from all over the world come to visit the university town It has become a famous place all around the world
11 Why most visitors come to Cambridge?
A To study in the colleges in Cambridge B To see the university
C To find the classroom buildings D To use the libraries of the university 12 Around what time did the university begin to appear?
A In the 8th century. B In the 9th century.
C In the 15th century. D In the 13th century.
13 Why did people name Cambridge the '"city of Cambridge"?
A Because there is a bridge over the Cam B Because the river was very well-known C Because it was a developing town D Because there is a river named Granta 14 After which year did the town really begin to develop?
A After 800 B After 875 C After 1951 D After 1845 15 From what we read we know that now Cambridge is
A a city without wall B visited by international tourists
C a city of growing population D a city that may have a wall around III Write complete sentences, using the words or phrases given and making any changes and additions if necessary.
Question 1: A happy marriage / should / based/ love
Question 2: When the boy / be / twelve / his father / die / dangerous disease
Question 3: The last time /we / eat / this restaurant /be/ six months / ago
IV Rewrite each of the following sentences in such a way that each has the same
meaning as original one.
Question 4: She started learning Japanese two months ago
(2)A PREPARATION COURSE FOR GCSE 2010 Question 5: If it doesn't rain soon, the crops will be lost
Unless
Question 6: "Why didn't you make an appointment earlier?" The doctor asked her
The doctor asked her
Question 7: “I’m sorry I gave you the wrong number," said Paul to Susan
Paul apologized
Question 8: How long is it since they bought the house?
When
Question 9: I wasn't hungry so I didn't eat anything
If
Question 10:People say that the Great Wall of China was built in the late of 1400s
The Great Wall of China V Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) of the underlined word or phrase which is not correct. Question 11: We are studying at a high school where is very famous in the country
Question 12: Though our poor living conditions, we all feel happy
Question 13: The course begins at January and ends some time in April Question 14: I always talk to my parents before doing an important decision
Question 15: If John had passed the GCSE examination, he would have allowed to take the entrance examination to the university
VI Circle the letter (A, B, C or D) to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 1: He is old enough to take for what he has done
A responsible B responsibly C responsibility D irresponsibly Question 2: One of the typical of the Vietnamese culture is worshiping ancestors
A features B methods C measures D advantages Question 3: Try to reduce the feeling of pressure and make a good impression your interviewer
A in B on C for D at
Question 4: Mr Brown a car if he had enough money
A will buy B bought C would buy D had bought
Question 5: I read a book by a friend of mine
A written B was written C wrote D which wrote Question 6: I'll get angry you make more mistakes
A unless B because C if D though Question 7:He refused to give up work he had won a million pounds
A despite B however C as though D even though Question 8: I haven't seen her she was a little girl
A when B as C since D while Question 9: "What did John after he fell?" "He kept despite his pain."
A run B to run C running D being run
Question 10: I was angry to argue with him
A so B very C quite D too Question 1 : I suggest we outside the cinema tomorrow at 8: 30
A meet B meeting C will meet D met Question 12: "You look ill What’s wrong with you?" " "
A No, sir B No matter C Thank you D Nothing Question 13: Brenda learned to play piano when she was at university
A the/0 B the /the C 0/the D the / an
Question 14: "Excuse me." “ ”
A Please B Yes ? C No, I'm not D Yes, I am
Question 15: The police questioned the woman handbag was stolen
A that B whom C which D whose
VII Circle the letter (A,B,C or D) to indicate the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 16: A doors B shops C hates D cooks
Question 17: A maximum B inflation C applicant D inha bitant
Question 18: A stopped B passed C watched D failed
VIII Circle the letter (A, B, C, or D) to indicate the word whose main stress is placed differently from that of the rest in each of the following questions.
Question 19: A confide B precede C maintain D nursery
Question 20: A psychology B mathematics C economics D archeology The end.