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Standard English - TRIAL TEST FOR SUCCESS – GCSE PREPARATION COURSE

KÌ THI KSCL LỚP CHUYÊN ĐỀ Năm học 2022-2023
ĐỀ THI MÔN: TIẾNG ANH
ĐỀ SỐ
(Thời gian 90 phút)

Họ và tên thí sinh:……………………………………………………………………. class:…………..

A. PHONETICS
Mark А, B, C, or D to indicate the word whose underlined part differs from the others .
Question 01. A. doors
B. documents
C. combs
D. definitions
Question 02. A. transferred B. wicked
C. crooked
D. landed
Mark А, B, C, or D to indicate the word that differs from the others in position of primary
stress.
Question 03. A. confide
B. comfort
C. inflate
D. severe
Question 04. A. prestigious B. estimate
C. urbanity
D. proportion

B. LEXICO-GRAMMAR
Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to the questions.
Question 05. After having enough money, he bought his children__________ LG television.
A. 0 (no article)
B. a
C. the
D. an
Question 06. Students are_________ less pressure as a result of changes in testing procedures.
A. under
B. above
C. upon
D. out of
Question 07. You must leave at once, _________ you miss the train.
A. however
B. yet
C. still
D. otherwise
Question 08. Give me_________ examples, please!
A. a few
B. a little
C. few
D. little
Question 09. The children weren't surprised, _________?
A. were they
B. weren't they
C. did they
D. didn't they
Question 10. As soon as I walked in, I noticed that_________ was missing.
A. anyone
B. nowhere
C. anybody
D. something
Question 11. He promised__________ his daughter a new bicycle as a birthday present.
A. to buying
B. buying
C. buy
D. to buy
Question 12. Mr. Mai: “Who broke the window?” Nam: “_____________________.”
A. I am
B. I was. Thanks
C. I did. Sorry
D. I did. Excuse me
Question 13. __________, Joe stays in bed and reads magazines.
A. Whenever raining B. As it will be raining C. When it will rain D. Whenever it rains
Question 14. Jupiter is__________ planet in the solar system.
A. the biggest            B. the bigger       
C. bigger                    D. biggest
Question 15. I assumed you_________ paying for the repairs until the end of last year.
A. have been
B. was been
C. are being
D. had been
Question 16. Two other__________ in his argument for his country's independence are worth a
mention.
A. reports
B. effects
C. points
D. notices
Question 17. I telephoned the station to make_________ of the time of the train.
A. sure
B. true
C. real
D. right
Question 18. Julia said that she_________ there at noon.
A. is going to be
B. was going to be C. will be
D. can be
Question 19. Minh: “Pass me that pen, please!” Lam: “______________”.
A. Here you are
B. No, it isn't
C. Yes, please
D. It doesn't matter
Question 20. If the weather is fine this weekend, we_________ to see our grandparents.
A. were going
B. will go
C. would do
D. went
C. READING
Choose the word or phrase A, B, C or D that best fits each blank space in the following
passage.
There has been a revolution in the world of newspapers. Not many years ago, newspapers
were still being produced using techniques unchanged for (21).................... hundred years. The
journalists gave their stories to a typist, who prepared them for an editor, who passed them on
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(22).................... the printer. The printer, who was a very skilled man, set up the type. This was then
collected to make the pages. When the pages were completed, the printing machines could be
(23)..................... Nowadays what (24)....................? The journalists types their stories into a computer.
The computer checks their spelling, plans the pages, shape the articles. When the pages are ready,
another computer may control the spelling. (25).................... can be no doubt about it, producing a
newspaper is an entiderely different management now.
Question 21. A. a
B. some
C. an
D. over
Question 22. A. to
B. by
C.through
D. with
Question 23. A. swiched
B. started
C. stopped
D. moved
Question 24. A. gives
B. occurs
C. exists
D. happens
Question 25. A. It
B. There
C. You
D. We
Read the following passage and decide which option A, B, C or D best fits each of the
questions.
The country is more beautiful than a town and more pleasant to live in. Many people think
so, and go to the country for the summer holidays though they cannot live there all the year
round. Some have a cottage built in a village so that they can go there whenever they can find the
time.
English villages are not all alike, but in some ways they are not very different from one
another. Almost every village has a church, the round or square tower of which can be seen from
many miles around. Surrounding the church is the churchyard, where people are buried.
The village green is a wide stretch of grass, and houses or cottages are built round it.
Country life is now fairly comfortable and many villages have water brought pipes into each
house. Most villages are so close to some small towns that people can go there to buy what they
can't find in the village shops.
Question 26. When do city people often go the country?
A. At the weekends B. All the year round C. At Christmas
D. The summer holidays
Question 27. What is the advantage of city people when they have a cottage built in the village?
A. They can have their houses rented
B. They can go to the country at weekends
C. They can go to the country wherever they can find the time. D. All are correct
Question 28. What is the common feature of English villages?
A. They have a village green
B. They have running water.
C. They have a church with a tall tower, and a village green. D. They have church
Question 29. What is NOT mentioned in the life of English villages?
A. The village green B. The church
C. Running water
D. The Internet
Question 30. What can villagers do when their villages are close to small towns?
A. They can go there to buy whatever they want.
B. They can go there to buy cheaper things.
C. They can go there to buy what is not found in the village shops.
D. They can go there to buy luxury goods.
D. WRITING
Supply the right form of each word in CAPITAL to make a meaningful sentence.
Question 31. …………………… are trying to find out new stars.
SCIENCE
Question 32. He was turned down for the job because he wasn't……………………
QUALIFY
Question 33. My colleagues are very pleasant but the manager is a little……………………FRIEND
Question 34. Teenagers are now…………………… dressed. 
FASHION
Question 35. Some people claim to be able to…………………… the future.
TELL
Rewrite these following sentences in such ways that they keep meaning as the root ones.
Question 36. This is the first time we have eaten this kind of food.
 We have never…………………………………………………………………………………...
Question 37. I don't usually eat at restaurants.
 I'm not used to…………………………………………………………………………………...
Question 38. She can't carry the bag. It is very heavy.
 The bag is too………………………………………………………………….………………...
Question 39. If you don't study harder, you will surely fail the next exam.
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 Unless……………………………………………………………………………………..………...
Question 40. No one in class can play football better than Nam.
 Nam is………………………………………………………………………………………..……...
_______HẾT______

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