Grade 12 The General Certificate Of Secondary Education Exam
I- Make the correct choice:
1. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. suitable b. biscuit c. building d. guilty
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. dead b. bean c. meat d. seat
3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. wool b. wood c. blood d. foot
4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. accomplishment b. government c. practice d. vapour
5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. languages b. demanding c. develop d. tradition
6. I think it’s very _____ of him to expect us to work overtime every night this week.
a. reasonably b. reasonable c. unreasonable d. unreasonably
7. I’m bad _____ mathematics.
a. with b. about c. at d. in
8. The dog belongs _____ our neighbours.
a. to b. of c. with d. about
9. I would rather ________ unemployed than ________ in that factory.
a. to be / to work b. be / work c. being / work d. being / working
10. Working in a bank isn’t the most exciting job in the world but _____ least it pays the rent.
a. on b. at c. of d. in
11. I’m very fond _____ Chinese food.
a. off b. with c. for d. of
12. The weather is ______ awful that I don’t like going out this evening.
a. such b. so c. too d. very
13. We went _____ church to spay for our good luck.
a. into the b. into c. in d. in the
14. No one knows exactly how many planets _____ into being.
a. come b. came c. have come d. had come
15. She used _____ here but she doesn’t work here now.

30. I always tell you to comb your hair, but you never do what I said.
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
It was Pasteur who (31) ______ the process of immunization. When he was experimenting
(32) ______ causes of chicken cholera, he (33) ______ to inoculate healthy chickens with weak
cholera bacteria. After inoculation, the chickens (34) ______ only slightly ill. And later, when he
inoculated the chickens with normal cholera bacteria, the chickens did not get the (35) ______.
Thus Pasteur discovered that the body builds (36) ______ substances called antibodies in the
blood. These antibodies, (37) ______ attack harmful bacteria, can be formed by injections of
small amounts of the (38) ______ themselves. For thousands of years, men had known that
certain diseases (39) ______ people only once. Now Pasteur had shown what this process of
immunization was and (40) ______ it could be used to control diseases.
31. a. invented b. discovered c. thought d. controlled
32. a. for b. in c. with d. of
33. a. began b. avoided c. practised d. finished
34. a. came b. overcame c. gained d. became
35. a. disease b. ill c. ease d. sick
36. a. productive b. protective c. preservative d. active
37. a. that b. who c. whose d. which
38. a. bacteria b. medicine c. drugs d. water
39. a. attach b. attain c. attack d. attend
40. a. what b. how c. that d. who
III- Read the following passage and make the correct choice:
onservation is the protection and wise management of the environment. People practise
conservation so that the environment can preserve their needs and the needs of all other
living things. Without conservation, all the resources necessary for life – air, animals, energy,
minerals, plants, soil and water- would be damaged, wasted, or destroyed.
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onservation also involves a concern for the quality of the environment, so that people can
enjoy living in it. It means keeping it comfortable and safe to live in. A healthy environment
includes clean streets and highways with open spaces in cities for parks and playgrounds. Ideal

c. Mr. Miller lost his job because he was late every day.
d. Mr. Miller lost his job despite his everyday lateness.
47. They travelled across India, and then flew to Japan.
a. After they had travelled across India, then flew to Japan.
b. After they had travelled across India, they flew to Japan.
c. After they had flown to Japan, then they travelled across India.
d. After they had flown to Japan, they travelled across India.
48. Your house is bigger than mine.
a. My house isn’t as big as yours house.
b. My house isn’t as big as your.
c. My house isn’t so big as you.
d. My house isn’t so big as yours.
49. They asked him about the countries. He visited them last month.
a. They asked him about the countries which he visited last month.
b. They asked him about the countries which he visited them last month.
c. They asked him about the countries where he visited last month.
d. They asked him about the countries where he visited them last month.
50. The question was so difficult that we couldn’t answer it.
a. The question was too difficult for us to answer it.
b. The question was too difficult so that we couldn’t answer it.
c. The question was too difficult for us to answer.
d. The question was difficult enough for us to answer.
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