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PHU YEN TRAINING AND EDUCATION DEPARTMENT
NGUYEN THI MINH KHAI HIGH SCHOOL
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THE TRIAL TEST FOR THE GCSE
SUBJECT
:
ENGLISH
Time
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60’

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word whose underlined part differs
from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions.
Question 1: A. dream
B. wear
C. treat
D. mean
Question 2: A. liked
B. coughed
C. laughed
D. appeared
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word that differs from the other three
in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. across
B. simply
C. common
D. brother
Question 4: A. university
B. technology
C. entertainment

D. application
Mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the questions.
Question 5: Hardly he had entered the office when he realized that he had forgotten the document.
A
B
C
D
Question 6: After he had returned to his house, he was reading a book.
A
B
C
D
Question 7: Facial expression involves some of smallest body movements, but its impact may be greater
A
B
C
than any other body language.
D
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 8: The last person ____the room must turn off the lights.
A. who leave
B. leaving
C. leaves
D. to leave
Question 9: Her boss fired her, ____made her angry.
A. which
B. who
C. that
D. whom

Question 10: ____he tried, his father didn’t let him run the company.
A. Although hard
B. No matter what hard C. However hard
D. Whatever hard
Question 11: The pop star ____when the lights ____.
A. sang/went out
B. was singing/went out
C. sang/were going out
D. was singing/were going out
Question 12: Nobody seemed to be interested in the news. It was greeted with a lack of ____.
A. enthusiasm
B. enthusiastically
C. enthusiast
D. enthusiastic
Question 13: I’m terrified ____breaking down on a motorway at night.
A. of
B. for
C. from
D. with
Question 14: He behaves just like his father. He really takes ____him.
A. after
B. on
C. off
D. with
Question 15: Peter would rather we ____now, but we must go to work.
A. not leave
B. had not leave
C. didn’t leave
D. not to be left
Question 16: Many young people have objected to ____marriage, which is decided by the parents of the

bride and groom.
A. sacrificed
B. shared
C. agreed
D. contractual
Question 17: I never read ____newspapers during the week, but I buy the Observer every Sunday and I
read it in ____bed.
A. the / a
B.  / 
C. the / the
D. a / the
Question 18: The festival was a failure. It was____.
A. bad organized
B. bad organization
C. badly organizing
D. badly organized
Question 19: Many species of plants and animals are in____of extinction.
A. dangerous
B. danger
C. endangered
D. dangerously
Question 20: Nam wanted to know what time ____.
A. the movie began
B. did the movie begin C. the movie begins
D. does the movie begin
Question 21: Emails are ____among young people than the elders.
A. more used widely B. more widely used C. more widely
D. widely more used
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Mark A, B, C, or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
Question 22: Jane: “Would you mind if I used your computer for an hour?” - Tony: “____.”
A. Of course. I still need it now
B. Yes, it’s all right
C. Not at all. I’ve finished my job
D. Yes, you can’t use it
Question 23: John: “Congratulations! You did great.” - Mary: “____.”
A. You’re welcome
B. That’s okay
C. It’s nice of you to say so
D. It’s my pleasure
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
Question 24: When being interviewed, you should concentrate on what the interviewer is saying or asking
you.
A. express interest in B. be related to
C. be interested in
D. pay attention to
Question 25: School uniform is required in most of Vietnamese schools.
A. compulsory
B. divided
C. paid
D. depended
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions.
Question 26: My cousin tends to look on the bright side in any circumstance.
A. be confident
B. be optimistic
C. be pessimistic

D. be smart
Question 27: Those clothes are inappropriate for this evening.
A. attractive
B. suitable
C. available
D. improper
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to
each of the following questions.
Question 28: Many people think that the new regulations will encourage people to use less energy.
A. The new regulations are thought to encourage lower consumption of energy.
B. It is thought that the new regulations will encourage people to consume more energy.
C. It was thought that lower consumption of energy was stimulated by the new regulations.
D. Lower consumption of energy is thought to lead to the introduction of the new regulations.
Question 29: "I will let you know the answer by the end of this week,” Tom said to Janet.
A. Tom insisted on letting Janet know the answer by the end of the week.
B. Tom suggested giving Janet the answer by the end of the week.
C. Tom offered to give Janet the answer by the end of the week.
D. Tom promised to give Janet the answer by the end of the week.
Question 30: It usually takes her an hour to drive to work.
A. She never spends an hour driving to work. B. She used to drive to work in an hour.
C. She doesn't usually drive to work in an hour. D. She usually spends an hour driving to work.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair
of sentences in the following questions.
Question 31: The test was very long. Terry couldn't do it in 60 minutes.
A. The test was very long so that Terry couldn't do it in 60 minutes.
B. The test was too long that Terry couldn't do it in 60 minutes.
C. The test was too long for Terry to do in 60 minutes.
D. The test was too long for Terry to do it in 60 minutes.
Question 32: The book is very interesting. My brother bought it yesterday.
A. The book my brother bought yesterday is not interesting.

B. The book which is very interesting my brother bought yesterday.
C. The book which my brother bought it yesterday is very interesting.
D. The book which my brother bought yesterday is very interesting.

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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the
correct word or phrase that best fits each o f the numbered blanks.
Nowadays, we must say that all high schools teach mathematics and it is (33) ____one of the
(34) ____important subjects. High school students are required to study mathematics even though they are
interested (35) ____it or not. Up to now, no one knows exactly the time when the early people began (36)
____on mathematics. mathematics has been developed today. It is no longer only figures, simple
calculation, and forms. Mathematics is divided into branches, such as arithmetic, geometry, algebra, and
trigonometry; other branches have gradually been added. The invention of the electronic computer is one of
the great achievements in mathematics. Thanks to computers, we can (37) ____a lot of time when solving
problems.
Question 33: A. taken
Question 34: A. more
Question 35: A. in
Question 36: A. worked
Question 37: A. loss

B. believed
B. most
B. at
B. work
B. spend

C. considered

C. least
C. of
C. working
C. save

D. learnt
D. as
D. on
D. to working
D. send

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.
Every year students from many countries learn English. Some of these students are young children.
Others are teenagers, many are adults. Some learn at school, others study by themselves. A few learn
English just by hearing the language in films, on television, in the office or among their friends. But not
many are lucky enough to do that. Most people must work hard to learn another language.
Why do all these people want to learn English? It is difficult to answer that question. Many boys and
girls learn English at school because it is one of their subjects. They study their own language and
mathematics and English. In England or America, or Australia many boys and girls study their own
language, which is English, and Mathematics, and another language, perhaps French, or German, or
Spanish.
Many adults learn English because it is useful for their work. Teenagers often learn English for their
higher studies because some of their books are in English at college or university. Other people learn
English because they want to read newspapers or magazines in English.
Question 38: According to the writer, ____.
A. English is popular in much of the world
B. English is useful only to teenagers
C. No children like learning English
D. Only adults learn English

Question 39: Many people learn English by____.
A. watch video only
B. hearing the language in the office
C. talking with the film stars
D. working hard on their lessons
Question 40: Many boys and girls learn English because____.
A. it is included in their courses
B. English can give them a job
C. they have to study their own language
D. their parents make them
Question 41: Many adults learn English because____.
A. most of their books are in English
B. it helps them in their work
C. they want to go abroad
D. their work is useful
Question 42: In America or in Australia, many students study____.
A. English and mathematics only
B. English as a foreign language
C. their own language and no foreign language
D. such foreign languages as French, German and Spanish
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.
PANDEMIC DISEASES
Diseases are a natural part of life on Earth. If there were no diseases, the population would grow too
quickly, and there would not be enough food or other resources. So in a way, diseases are nature's way of
keeping the Earth in balance. But sometimes they spread very quickly and kill large numbers of people. For

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example, in 1918, an outbreak of the flu spread across the world, killing over 25 million people in only six
months. Such terrible outbreaks of a disease are called pandemics.
Pandemics happen when a disease changes in a way that our bodies are not prepared to fight. In 1918, a
new type of flu virus appeared. Our bodies had no way to fight this new flu virus, and so it spread very
quickly and killed large numbers of people. While there have been many different pandemic diseases
throughout history, all of them have a few things in common.
First, all pandemic diseases spread from one person to another very easily. Second, while they may kill
many people, they generally do not kill people very quickly. A good example of this would be the Marburg
virus. The Marburg virus is an extremely infectious disease. In addition, it is deadly. About 70-80% of all
the people who get the Marburg virus die from the disease. However, the Marburg virus has not become a
pandemic because most people die within three days of getting the disease. This means that the virus does
not have enough time to spread to a large number of people. The flu virus of 1918, on the other hand,
generally took about a week to ten days to kill its victims, so it had more time to spread.
While we may never be able to completely stop pandemics, we can make them less common. Doctors
carefully monitor new diseases that they fear could become pandemics. For example, in 2002 and 2003,
doctors carefully watched SARS. Their health warnings may have prevented SARS from becoming a
pandemic.
Question 43: This passage is mainly about ____.
A. pandemic diseases
B. why pandemics happen
C. pandemic diseases throughout history
D. how to prevent pandemic diseases
Question 44: According to paragraph 1, how are diseases a natural part of life on Earth?
A. They kill too many people.
B. They help the world grow quickly.
C. They prevent pandemics.
D. They help control the population.
Question 45: Based on the information in the passage the term pandemics can best be explained as ___.
A. new diseases like SARS or the Marburg virus
B. a deadly kind of flu

C. diseases with no cure
D. diseases that spread quickly and kill large numbers of people
Question 46: According to the passage, what causes pandemics?
A. Population growth that the world cannot support.
B. Careless doctors who do not watch the spread of diseases.
C. Changes in a disease that the body cannot fight.
D. The failure to make new medicines.
Question 47: According to the passage, all of the following are true of the 1918 flu pandemic EXCEPT
that ____.
A. it was the last pandemic in history
B. it involved a new kind of flu virus
C. it killed over 25 million people
D. it took a little over a week to kill its victims
Question 48: The word “it” in the passage refers to ____.
A. disease
B. bodies
C. flu virus
D. pandemics
Question 49: Which of the following is mentioned as a common feature of all pandemic diseases?
A. They do not kill people very quickly.
B. They may kill many people very quickly.
C. They kill all the victims.
D. They spread from people to people very slowly.
Question 50: The word “monitor” in the passage is closest in meaning to ____.
A. fight
B. prevent
C. watch
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