Grade 12 The General Certificate Of Secondaty Education Exam
I- Make the correct choice:
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. ago b. machine c. station d. material
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. occur b. oblige c. occasion d. oxygen
3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. capital b. indicate c. nice d. complicated
4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. dangerous b. assignment c. completion d. collaborate
5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. conventional b. pronounce c. mountain d. acceptable
6. The _____ of the moon for the earth causes the tides.
a. attractiveness b. attraction c. action d. movement
7. He is not very _____ of criticism.
a. tolerable b. tolerance c. tolerant d. tolerably
8. He has suffered many _____ in his new job.
a. disappointing b. disappointments c. disappointedly d. disappoints
9. They are not _____ good at their future job.
a. expectedly b. expectant c. expected d. expecting
10. They got the _____ of being successful in life.
a. satisfactory b. satisfactorily c. satisfying d. satisfaction
11. We can only get there by plane. There’s no _____.
a. choose b. chose c. choice d. chosen
12. He seldom goes to market, _____?
a. doesn’t he b. does he c. is he d. isn’t he
13. The fewer bags you take, _____ trouble you will have en route.
a. the fewer b. the little c. the less d. the least
14. Electric engines are very clean, for there’s no burning fuel to make _____.
a. smoke or dirty b. smoky or dirt c. smoke or dirt d. smoky or dirty
15. Most people prefer flying _____ going by sea because it’s so much faster.

fter inventing dynamite, Swedish-born Alfred Nobel became a very rich man. However, he
foresaw its universally destructive powers too late. Noble preferred not to be (31)______ as
the inventor of dynamite, so in 1895, just two weeks before his death, he created a (32) ______ to
be used for (33) ______ prizes to people who had made (34) ______ contributions to mankind.
Originally there were five awards: literature, physics, chemistry, medicine, and peace. Economics
was added in 1968, just sixty-seven years after the first awards (35) ______.
A
obel’s original legacy of nine million dollars was invested, and the interest on this sum is
used for the awards which (36) _____ from 30,000 to 125,000 dollars.
N
Every year on December 10, the (37) ______ of Nobel’s death, the awards (gold medal,
illuminated diploma, and money) are (38a) ______ to the winners. Sometimes politics plays an
important role in the judges’ (39) _____. Americans have won numerous science awards, but
relatively few literature prizes.
No awards were presented from 1940 to 1942 at the beginning of World War II. Some
people have won two prizes, but this is rare; others have (40) _____ their prizes.
31. a. remembered b. reminded c. enlisted d. enjoyed
32. a. fund b. store c. treasure d. property
33. a. rewarding b. extending c. professing d. awarding
34. a. trustworthy b. estimated c. esteemed d. worthwhile
35. a. opening b. recession c. adoption d. ceremony
36. a. divide b. separate c. vary d. prolong
37. a. anniversary b. remembrance c. memorization d. memory
38. a. demonstrated b. represented c. presented d. extended
39. a. decisions b. theories c. theology d. practice
40. a. removed b. shared c. deposited d. joined
IV. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
harmacy is a profession, a business, and a science. It is one of the world’s oldest professions
and is the companion of medical, dental, and public health sciences. A pharmacist
compounds, preserves, and dispenses drugs. He understands their chemical properties and how

b. Because of the steady development of the national economy, our life is becoming more comfortable
c. Because of the national economy of the steady development, our life is becoming more comfortable
d. Because of the developing steadily of the national economy, our life is becoming more comfortable
49. Mr. Brown is going to the circus tonight. So are his children.
a. Mr. Brown with his children is going to the circus tonight.
b. Mr. Brown with his children are going to the circus tonight.
c. Neither Mr. Brown nor his children are going to the circus tonight.
d. Either Mr. Brown or his children are going to the circus tonight.
50. They know little about what to expect when they start work.
a. They have little knowledge about what to expect when they start work.
b. They have little knowledgeable of what to expect when they start work.
c. They have little known of what to expect when they start work.
d. They have little knowledge of what to expect when they start work.
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