GCSE MOCK TESTS 256

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Mơn: TIẾNG ANH – ĐÊ SỐ 256
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Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in
meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 01: The mayor and her deputy locked horns over plans for the new road.
A. reached agreement
B. struggled
C. began to argue
D. disputed
Question 02: He became increasingly dissatisfied and querulous in his old age.
A. dilapidated
B. fretful
C. forbearing
D. indignant
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 from 03 to 08.
WHAT PRICE FOR FAME
A. In 1968, the pop artist, Andy Warhol, proclaimed that "in the future, everyone will be worldfamous for 15 minutes". If people didn't believe him then, they surely do now. The pursuit of fame
has never been more prevalent in popular culture than it is today. It has been suggested that the
21st century has brought a serious shift in moral values. Where fame was once reserved for the
most gifted artists in the entertainment industry, these days it seems that anyone from a reality TV
contestant to an online video blogger can become famous. But, should we all be pursuing it? Is
fame all it is made out to be or is it, in fact, a lifestyle that's better off left to the stars in

Hollywood?
B. The Internet offers people an enticing fast track to fame. Video sharing websites invite you to
'broadcast yourself' by sharing any part of your life or your interests. Video bloggers can build up
a virtual audience in no time, and they can even keep track of the number of viewers they receive.
When a video is viewed by a large audience in a short space of time, it is said to have gone viral.
That means that the video uploader's work has spread like a highly infectious disease! Few people
go on to find more than their fifteen minutes, but a minority of stars have been born from the
Internet. British pop star Little Boots achieved mainstream success after posting her musical
performances on YouTube and Myspace. Another hopeful, American teenager Rebecca Black,
achieved instant fame after her music video Friday went viral, receiving almost 170 million views,
on the same social media sites.
C. Similarly, the TV talent contest The X Factor, which is broadcast in countries worldwide,
continues to have millions of viewers hooked, as rival contestants battle it out for The X Factor
crown. However, these contests have their fair share of critics who say the judging panels are cruel
to contestants and that such highly competitive shows bring out the worst instincts of viewers as
well as contestants. Reality television promotes a culture of bullying, they say, in which
humiliation is regarded as entertainment.
D. What is more, most talent show contestants are young people with little or no idea about how
to handle fame.They can struggle to cope with the sudden glare of the spotlight. Then, as their
fifteen minutes of fame ends and the public's attention turns elsewhere, these fading stars often
struggle to readjust to normality. However, hanging on to fame has its own pitfalls. Fame brings a
loss of privacy as a star's life becomes the subject of media attention and, sometimes, malicious
rumour. This can have a devastating effect on their friendships. People who desire fame have to be
prepared to live their life under a microscope. Fame may build confidence, but any negative
attention can destroy this confidence, bringing insecurity, depression and loneliness, too.
E. On the other hand, the makers of Glee, a popular US TV show, wanted to show how a shared
passion for performing pop music could actually bring people together rather than push
competitiveness and rivalry. In the series, a group of shy, self-conscious students are brought
together to perform their idols' hits. The programme is all about having the courage to be oneself
without being concerned about perfection and success. Unlike other reality shows, Glee explores

friendship and communication, presenting a positive example for teenagers.


F. It is important to put human emotions and relationships before fame because, after all, fame
does not bring happiness. The bright lights of fame have blinded many wannabes who, later, end
up feeling lonely and confused. Fame is fleeting for most people, but the real world is lasting for
everyone.
[From ON-SCREEN B2+, Workbook, Virginia Evans, 2016]
Question 03: Andy Warhol’s opinion about fame is likely to be believed today because_________.
A. it’s easier to become famous now.
B. people know and respect Andy Warhol.
C. more people are looking to be famous. D. popular culture makes fame seem important.
Question 04: The word pitfalls is closest in meaning to_________.
A. slander
B. defamation
C. traps
D. obstacles
Question 05: The writer says the Internet can help people to achieve fame because_________.
A. there are many different sharing websites.
B. the audience is always large.
C. it’s an easy process to upload videos.
D. their work can be seen quickly by many people.
Question 06: The purpose of paragraph four is to_________.
A. describe how young people cope with fame.
B. explain why some talent show winners lose their fame.
C. describe what most talent show winners are like.
D. describe the disadvantages of losing or keeping fame
Question 07: Opponents of TV talent shows don’t like_________.
A. how the producers change contestants. B. how they make people behave.
C. how the winners are chosen.

D. the poor quality of contestants.
Question 08: In the final paragraph, the writer_________.
A. encourages young people to live their dreams.
B. warns against the dangers of fame.
C. dissuades young people from entering TV talent shows.
D. agrees with Andy Warhol’s quote.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the
following questions.
Question 09: We decided to_________ a coin to see who would go first.
A. pitch
B. toss
C. poll
D. throw
Question 10: "How was your interview?" ~ "Fine. I_________ worried."
A. wouldn’t have
B. must not have
C. needn’t have
D. might not have been
Question 11: It rained last night so it isn’t_________ hot and muggy today.
A. so much
B. quite
C. that
D. such a
Question 12: Two months is_________ time to allow for the job to be completed.
A. extensive
B. protracted
C. ample
D. profuse
Question 13: All but two of the injured were_________ from hospital within twenty four hours.
A. discarded

B. discharged
C. allowed
D. sent
Question 14: Even at that early stage her teachers felt that she_________ a good chance of passing
her exams. A. gained
B. possessed
C. stood
D. took
Question 15: The government’s new safety brochure_________ against smoking in bed.
A. declares
B. advises
C. emphasizes
D. maintains
Question 16: Peggy wanted to give Hanson a present that was a little bit out of the_________.
A. normal
B. average
C. ordinary
D. everyday
Question 17: I'll leave you my phone number_________ you need to get in touch with me.
A. in case
B. if only
C. therefore
D. so that
Question 18: It goes without_________ that Isaac Stern is among the greatest violinists.
A. being said
B. saying
C. to be said
D. to say
Question 19: Don't jump_________ conclusions; we don’t yet know all the relevant facts.
A. for

B. into
C. to
D. up
Question 20: On July 28, 1995, Vietnam became_________ seventh member of ASEAN.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. Ø
Question 21: Most people would_________ at the chance of working for that company.
A. seize
B. jump
C. grab
D. dive


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 from 22 to 29.
Until recently, most American entrepreneurs were men. Discrimination against women in
business, the demands of caring for families, and lack of business training had kept the number of
women entrepreneurs small. Now, however, businesses owned by women account tor more than
$40 billion in annual revenues, and this figure is likely to continue rising throughout the 1990s. As
Carolyn Doppelt Gray, an official of the Small Business Administration, has noted, "The 1970s was
the decade of women entering management, and the 1980s turned out to be die decade of the
woman entrepreneur."
What are some of the factors behind this trend? For one thing, as more women earn
advanced degrees in business and enter the corporate world, they are finding obstacles. Women
are still excluded from most executive suites. Charlotte Taylor, a management consultant, had
noted, ‘In the 1970s women believed if they got an MBA and worked hard they could become
chairman of the board. Now they’ve found out that isn’t going to happen, so they go out on their
own.’

In the past, most women entrepreneurs worked in ‘women’s’ fields - cosmetics and
clothing, for example. But this is changing. Consider ASK Computer Systems, a $22-miIlion-a-year
computer software business. It was founded in 1973 by Sandra Kurtzig, who was then a housewife
with degrees in maths and engineering. When Kurtzig founded the business, her first product was
software that let weekly newspapers keep tabs on their newspaper carriers - and her office was a
bedroom at home, with a shoebox under the bed to hold the company’s cash. After she succeeded
with the newspaper software system, she hired several bright computer science graduates to
develop additional programs. When these were marketed and sold, ASK began to grow. It now has
200 employees, and Sandra Kurtzig owns $66.9 million of stock.
Of course, many women who start their own businesses fail, just as men often do. They still
face hurdles in the business world, especially problems in raising money; the banking and finance
world is still dominated by men, and old attitudes die hard. Most businesses owned by women are
still quite small.
But the situation is changing; there are likely to be many more Sandra Kurtzigs in the years
ahead.
Question 22: All of the following were mentioned in the passage as detriments to women in the
business world EXCEPT_______.
A. women were required to stay at home with their families
B. women were not trained in business
C. women lacked ability to work in business
D. women faced discrimination in business
Question 23: In paragraph 2, "that" refers to_______.
A. women achieving advanced degrees B. women believing that business is a place for them
C. a woman becoming chairman of the board
D. women working hard
Question 24: The expression "keep tabs on" in paragraph 3 is closest in meaning to_______.
A. provide transportation for
B. recognize the appearance of
C. pay the salaries of
D. keep records of

Question 25: The word "excluded" in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to_______.
A. charged admission to
B. decorators of
C. often invited to
D. not permitted in
Question 26: The author mentions the "shoebox under the bed" in paragraph 3 in order to_______.
A. point out that initially the financial resources of Sandra Kurtzig’s businesswere limited
B. suggest that the company needed to expand
C. show the resourcefulness of Sandra Kurtzig
D. show the frugality of women in business
Question 27: According to the passage, Charlotte Taylor believes that women in the 1970s_______.
A. were still more interested in education than business opportunities
B. were unable to work hard enough to succeed in business
C. had fewer obstacles in business than they do today
D. were unrealistic about their opportunities in business management
Question 28: The author’s attitude about the future of women in business is_______.


A. frustrated
B. skeptical
C. negative
D. optimistic
Question 29: What is the main idea of this passage?
A. The computer is especially lucrative for women today.
B. Women are better at small businesses than men are.
C. Women today are better educated than in the past, making them more attractive to the
business world.
D. Women today are opening more businesses of their own.
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 30: A. fundamental
B. intellectual
C. mendacious
D. creativity
Question 31: A. optimistic
B. pedestrian
C. majority
D. philanthropy
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 32: The search has been carried on for a week. No trace of the lost boy has been found.
A. For a week the search has been going on, no one found the lost boy’s trace.
B. Having been carried on for a week, the search hasn’t found the lost boy.
C. Despite the whole week’s search, the lost boy hasn’t been found.
D. No trace of the lost boy hasn’t been found because the search lasted for a week.
Question 33: He appeared in disguise. He didn’t want to be recognised.
A. He disguised himself to be not recognised by the public.
B. He appeared in disguise because he wanted not to be recognised.
C. He was in disguise because no one would recognise him.
D. He appeared in disguise so as not to be recognised.
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning
to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
Question 34: In a number of developing countries, war has been an additional impediment to
progress.
A. hindrance
B. cause
C. impatience
D. impossibility
Question 35: After the operation on his heart, Dad was as right as rain.
A. home and dry

B. safe and sound
C. up and about
D. soft and weak
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 of the numbered blanks from 36 to 40.
We send our children to school to prepare them for the time when they will be big and will
have to work for themselves. They learn their own language (36)_______ they will be able to tell
others clearly what they want and what they know and understand what others tell them. They
leam foreign languages in order to be able to (37)_______ from what people in other countries
written and said, and to make people from other countries understand what they (38)_______
mean. They learn arithmetic to measure and to count things in their daily life, (39)_______ to know
something about world around them and history to know something about the human beings they
meet every day. Nearly everything that they study at school has some practical use in their life and
work. But is that the only reason why they go to school? No. There is more in education than just
learn facts. We go to school above all to learn how to learn so that when we leave school we can
continue to learn. A man who really knows how to learn will always be (40)_______, because
whenever he has to do something new which he has never had to do before, he will rapidly teach
himself how to do it in the best way.
Question 36: A. so that
B. so long
C. now that
D. so far
Question 37: A. win
B. interest
C. benefit
D. separate
Question 38: A. himself
B. themselves
C. ourselves
D. herself

Question 39: A. history
B. literature
C. chemist
D. geography
Question 40: A. successfully
B. successful
C. perfectly
D. famous
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 41: A. alone
Question 42: A. shower

B. stone
B. power

C. bone
C. tower

D. shone
D. lower

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the underlined part that needs
correction in each of the following questions.
Question 43: The sounds of speaking language do not always match up with the symbols of
written language.
A. do not
B. the symbols of

C. always
D. speaking
Question 44: There are more potatoes cultivated than any the other vegetable crop worldwide.
A. cultivated
B. There are
C. the other
D. vegetable crop
Question 45: The first recorded use of natural gas to light street tamps it was in the town of
Frederick, New York, in Ỉ825.
A. to light
B. recorded
C. it was
D. the town
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 46: I’d prefer it if you sat at the back of the room.
A. I would like you to have sat at the back of the room.
B. You must have sat at the back of the room because I didn't see you at all.
C. You'll have no choice but to sit at the back of the room.
D. I'd rather you sat at the back of the room.
Question 47: Not until two weeks had passed did the letter arrived.
A. The letter arrived two weeks ago, which was too late.
B. We were very happy when the letter finally arrived after two weeks.
C. In our opinion, two weeks was more than enough to deliver the letter.
D. Two weeks passed before the letter arrived.
Question 48: I don’t have the faintest idea what you’re talking about.
A. It’s none business of mine what you’re talking about.
B. I really don’t know what you’re talking about.
C. What is the point of your talking about this?
D. I really object to what you’re talking about.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best completes
each of the following exchanges.
Question 49: ~ Marx: “_____________”
~ Dick: “Really? I’ve been there three times.”
A. On the way coming here I fell into a sewage puddle. B. Ugh, your bathroom smells.
C. I've always wanted to go to Disneyland Paris.” D. Bob was said to have been sent to jail.
Question 50: ~ Mike: “Bob isn't at home. He isn't answering the phone.” ~ Boris: “_____________”
A. Is he home?
B. He’s not using your iPhone.
C. The line is through now.
D. He must be in the shower.
_________THE END__________