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. laugh b. taught c. fault d. August
2. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. school b. champagne c. machine d. washing
3. Choose the word whose underlined part is pronounced differently from the others:
a. team b. weak c. health d. cheap
4. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. entertain b. magazine c. industry d. volunteer
5. Choose the word whose main stress is placed differently from the others:
a. ability b. activity c. intensity d. accuracy
6. When people in the U. S have a ____, they usually make others feel comfortable and relaxed.
a. host b. company c. guest d. friend
7. _______ the whole, they tend to be informal.
a. In b. On c. With d. As
8. Men usually shake hands only when they are introduced ______ each other.
a. to b. with c. by d. about
9. When a woman and a man are introduced, shaking hands _______ the woman.
a. is up to b. is due to c. is away from d. is about to
10. The scheme allows students from many countries _____ with each other.
a. communicate b. to communicate c. communicating d. communicated
11. _____ the storm warnings, we did not go out last night.
a. Since b. In spite of c. Because of d. In favor of
12. This is the fifth time you _____ me the same question.
a. ask b. asked c. are asking d. have asked
13. When I arrived at the party, Lucy _____ home.
a. has already gone b. had already gone c. already went d. already was going
14. English people spent 18 hours per week _____ TV.
a. watching b. to watch c. watch d. for watching
15. I’ve lived in a small house near the coast _____ 1990.

that time.
a. scientist b. scientific c. science d. scientifically
29. The meeting had been cancelled ________ the chairman’s absence.
a. because b. because of c. in spite of d. although
30. This computer isn’t capable _______ running this software.
a. on b. of c. in d. for
II. Identify one underlined word or phrase that is incorrect:
31. Smoke cigarettes is so harmful that you should give it up.
32. Mr. Ha takes very interested in working as a teacher because he enjoys teaching children.
33. In America, people always embracing each other when they meet.
34. During the war, our government received fewer information about the situation in that
country.
35. He told them to obey the traffic law when travelled on the road.
III. Read the passage and make the correct choice:
n (36) _______ in London I found another explanation in a guidebook. The author of this
book said that the Pope and Napoleon (37) ________ responsible. Some years before the
reign of Bonaparte, the pope came to visit Paris. Up to then there had been no rule about the
movement of traffic. The authorities, however, decreed (38) ______ the Parisians should ride or
drive on the right-hand side of the street, leaving the left-hand side clear for the movement of the
papal carriage. Thus a custom was born and, when Bonaparte came along, he made it the law of
the land. Moreover, as he conquered country after country, the right-hand rule was (39) _______
in those lands until it became the general things throughout continental Europe. The British,
however, hating Napoleon, reversed the (40) _______ out of sheer perversity. {decree: order}
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36. a. getting b. arriving c. coming d. entering
37. a. took b. got over c. were d. controlled
38. a. that b. if c. where d. so that
39. a. turned down b. in danger c. put in force d. broken up
40. a. land b. country c. continent d. custom
IV. Read the following passage and choose the best answer:

c. Because of the number of sharks that were killed.
d. Because shark fins can be used in medicine.
45. Which of the following is NOT mentioned in the passage ?
a. People like to hunt sharks.
b. Laws have been passed in sharks’ defense.
c. The governments prohibited people from killing sharks.
d. People are killing many sharks for some reasons.
V. Choose the correct sentence which has the same meaning as the above one :
46. My mother never allows me to go out alone at night.
a. I was not allowed to go out alone at night.
b. My mother never lets me go out alone at night.
c. My mother never goes out alone at night.
d. I usually go out with my mother at night.
47. We haven’t been to the concert for two years.
a. We never used to go to the concert. b. It’s two years since we went to the concert.
c. We didn’t go to the concert two years ago. d. We are used to going to the concert.
48. Although they were very poor, the children seemed happy.
a. The children seemed unhappy because they were very poor.
b. The children were very poor, so they seemed happy.
c. Despite their poverty, the children seemed happy.
d. The children seemed happy whether they were poor or rich.
49. He used to travel around the country.
a. He liked travelling around the country. b. He no longer travels around the country.
c. He is used to travelling around the country. d. He never travelled around the country.
50. Don’t forget to go to the supermarket after work.
a. He requested me not forget to go to the supermarket after work.
b. He asked me not to go to the supermarket after work.
c. He told me that I shouldn’t go to the supermarket after work.
d. He reminded me to go to the supermarket after work.
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