THE FIRST TERM MOCK TEST (2) - GRADE 12
 Choose the word or phrase that best fits the blank space in each sentence:
1. If the wall weren't so high, he ______ it up to take his ball down.
A. climbed
B. could climb
C. is climbing
D. can climb
2. Tim started ______ his living by working as a waiter at a restaurant.
A. earned
B. to earning
C. earning
D. earn
3. The ______ of electronic books has changed the way many people read.
A. invent
B. invention
C. inventively
D. inventive
4. The darker it is getting, ______ we will find the way back.
A. harder
B. the hard
C. the hardest
D. the harder
5. ______, she will hold a party to celebrate the event.
A. When Sofia moved into her new house
B. When Sofia is moving into her new house
C. When Sofia moves into her new house
D. When Sofia had moved into her new house
6. He has to study for his exam. He can't go out.
A. If only he does not have to study for his exam, he can go out.
B. If he did not have to study for his exam, he could not go out.
C. If he did not have to study for his exam, he could go out.
D. He wishes he had to study for his exam, he could go out.
7. Under no circumstances ______ to smoke at petrol stations.
A. are people allowed
B. people are allowed
C. did people allowed
D. people will allow
8. The fourth successive failure made her life more ______
A. upbeat
B. miserable
C. ashamed
D. triumphant
9. It's not you that is ____. John was the one that booked the flight, and he chose the wrong destination.
A. by accident
B. at fault
C. in charge
D. under pressure
10. Sylvie grabbed her colleague's notebook ____ mistake, thinking it was her own.
A. on
B. at
C. by
D. with
11. Steel is nowhere near ____ gold. Gold is the most precious metal.
A. the most expensive
B. more expensive
C. expensive D. as expensive as
12. I saw _____ interesting documentary on TV last night.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. Ø
13. I _____ to the dentist yesterday. My headache hasn't gone.
A. must be
B. needn't have been C. may have been
D. should have been
14. I remember _____ him once in my life.
A. to meet
B. meeting
C. to have met
D. met
15. I'm afraid I __________come to the party on Sunday.
A. can't
B. may
C. needn't
D. shouldn't
16. You won't make a good impression on the interviewers _____ you are late.
A. unless
B. so
C. if
D. before
17. _______ parents joined the survey on uniforms; the hall was almost empty.
A. Very few
B. A few
C. A lot of
D. Much
18. _______ price of petrol is getting more and more expensive.
A. An
B. The
C. A
D. Ø
19. He raised his _______  eyebrows in mock disbelief.
A. head
B. lips
C. shoulder
D. eyebrows
20. Would you like to give me _______ apples?
A. any
B. much
C. some
D. a few
21. At this time last month, my sister and I _______ to London.
A. travelled
B. were travelling
C. will be travelling D. had travelled
22. Pardon my ignorance, but what does OPEC stand ______?
A. in
B. out
C. at
D. for

 Choose the word or phrase to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions:
23/ The cat kept clawing at my trousers.
A. pants
B. sweaters
C. jam
D. cookies
24/ The game was called off because of the bad weather.
A. met
B. continued
C. cancelled
D. typed
 Choose the word or phrase to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in
each of the following questions:
25/ The town was too dangerous for us to stay.
A. careful
B. safe
C. expensive
D. interesting
26/ The old man forgot the name of the hotel that he had booked.
A. magnified
B. aggravated
C. decreased
D. remembered
 Choose the word or phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in the following passage:
For Sean O'Brien, it was just an ordinary night out with friends. He (27) ______ that people
sometimes mocked him for being overweight, and he was usually able to shrug it off. But this time, as well as
laughing at him in person, someone decided to publicly fat-shame him by posting a video of him dancing
online, with a hurtful comment. Sean was (28) ______ unaware of it, but the post about him was shared
widely, and it prompted a wave of abuse from immature Internet trolls.
However, as well as the cyberbullies, other people were watching. A group of women (29) ______
California, who were campaigning to encourage people to have a positive body image whatever their size,
decided (30) ______ action. They put out a message on Twitter, inviting Sean on an all-expenses- paid trip
from London to Los Angeles, to meet and dance with them. When Sean's friends first told him about the
search for 'dancing man', he figured it was a bit of nonsense which would soon blow over, and decided not to
bother doing anything about it.
But the movement got (31) ______. Sean rethought his decision, made contact, and the women - all
1,700 of them - started raising money to throw him an extra-special party in LA. He went to the party in
California. Sean had assumed that just a few people would (32) ______, but he realised his mistake as soon as
he saw over 1,000 people queuing to get into the nightclub! Sean danced all night and the story of how he and
the women's group in California took a stance against cyberbullying was reported around (33) ______ world.
As a result of the event, some of the women set up Dance Free Movement, an online forum where anyone who
felt they had been bullied or victimised could receive support. The 'dancing man' himself has become a
fundraiser for several anti-bullying charities.
27/
A. knew
B. knows
C. is knowing
D. has known
28/
A. complete
B. completion
C. completing
D. completely
29/
A. on
B. in
C. at
D. to
30/
A. taking
B. to be taken
C. to take
D. taken
31/
A. biggest
B. bigger and bigger C. the bigger
D. as big as
32/
A. turned on
B. turned round
C. turned up
D. turned down
33/
A. the
B. an
C. a
D. Ø
 Choose the item (A, B, C, or D) that best answers the question or completes the unfinished statement
about the passage:
The Plastiki looks similar to many other boats in Sydney harbour. It's eighteen metres long, six metres
wide and it weighs about twelve thousand kilogrammes. It carries a crew of six people and has an average
speed of five knots. However, once you get near to the Plastiki you realise there's a big difference. It's made of
twelve thousand five hundred re-used plastic bottles.
David de Rothschild is an environmentalist who has crossed Antarctica and explored the Ecuadorian
Amazon. One day he was reading some information about all the plastic in the seas and oceans. He couldn't
believe what he was reading. For example, humans throw away four out of every five plastic bottles they use,
and plastic rubbish causes about eighty per cent of the pollution in the sea. In addition, scientists think that
around one million seabirds die every year from plastic pollution. De Rothschild decided he wanted to help
fight pollution in the sea. To help more people understand the problem, he started building a boat made of
plastic bottles.

As well as building the boat with recycled plastic, it was important for him to make the boat
environmentally friendly and user-friendly. The boat uses renewable energy such as wind power and solar
energy. The crew can make meals with vegetables from the small garden at the back of the boat. They can take
a break from work and get some exercise by using the special exercise bicycle. The energy from the bike
provides power for the boat's computers. And if anyone needs to take a shower, the boat's shower uses
saltwater from the sea.
(Adapted from Life by John Hughes, Helen Stephenson and Paul Dummett)
34. The word they in paragraph 2 refers to ________.
A. scientists
B. humans
C. plastic bottles
D. seas and oceans
35. The word fight in paragraph 2 is closest in meaning to ________.
A. compete
B. divide
C. compare
D.tackle
36/ Which of the following statements is TRUE?
A. The Plastiki looks different from many other boats in Sydney harbour
B. Scientists think that around one billion seabirds die every year from plastic pollution.
C. The movement of the sea and the changes in temperature destroyed the delicate parts.
D. When John Harrison was working with wood, he was making clocks.
36/ How long is The Plastiki?
A. 81 metres.
B. 180 metres
C. 8 metres.
D. 18 metres.
37/ The boat uses ________ energy such as wind power and solar energy.
A. non renewable
B. renewable
C. petrol
D. wind
38/ What is David de Rothschild's job?
A. He's an environmentalist
B. He's a teacher
C. He's an engineer
D. He's an architect
39/ Once you get near to the Plastiki you realise there's a big ________
A. information
B. difference
C. explorer
D. ship
40/ What provides power for the boat's computers?
A. The energy from the car
B. The energy from the motorbike
C. The energy from the bike
D. The energy from the plane
THE END OF THE TEST
Choose the word /phrase (A, B, C or D) that best fits the blank space in each sentence.
1. What ___________ when I phoned yesterday?
A. were you doing                B. do you do                     C. did you do                   D. do you did
2. My Tam made her fans ____ surprised when she was given the title of “Asia's Music Legend” in 2014.
A. feel
B. felt
C. feeling
D. to fee
3. He is famous for his ____________  as a mountain climber.
A. accomplish                        B. accomplished               C. accomplishing              D. accomplishment
4. Televisions keep children from
part in outdoor activities.
A. getting
B. taking
C. doing
D. having
5. Would you like
salt on your vegetables?
A. a few
B. a little
C. much
D. many
6. The sign says “Stop”. You
stop here.
A. must
B. mustn't
C. have to
D. don't have to
7. She is older than me.
A. I'm more younger than her.
B. I'm as young as her.
C. I'm older than her.
D. I'm younger than her.
8. Last year it wasn't as cold as this year.
A. This year it is as colder than last year.
B. This year it is colder than last year.
9. Did you have a good time at……… Christmas?
A. ∅
B. an
C. the
D. a
10. They crossed ………………. Black Sea by boat.
A. a
B. an
C. the
D. ∅

11. It's one of the most …………………. places in the world.
A. danger
B. dangerous
C. endangered
D. dangerously
12. They were very ……………………. with the organization of the festival.
A. disappointing
B. disappointed
C. disappointment
D. disappointingly
13. Listen! Someone…………………….
A. is singing
B. sing
D. are singing
D. sings
14. Would you like ……………. cup of tea?
A. the
B. a
C. ∅
D. an
15. I don't think you ………….. look down on people who didn't go to university.
A. shouldn't
B. should
C. must
D. have to
16. My sister …………….. buy more food because I've just bought a lot.
A. don't have to
B. mustn't
C. needn't
D. has to
17. No sooner __________ her homework than she was asked to start on a new project.
A. she had finished
B. she finished
C. did she finished
D. had she finished
18. Despite their different backgrounds, Jane and Mark see eye to eye on the importance of education,
__________?
A. do they
B. don't they
C. does she
D. doesn't she
19. ____________ will they make up their mind.
A. When they know the facts only
B. When they will know the facts
C. Only when they know the facts
D. Only when do they know the facts
20. Each child tries _______ who they are as an individual and wants to show they are separate from their
sibling(s).
A. define
B. to define
C. defining
D. defined
21. After much persuasion, Lisa managed to ___________ attending the family reunion.
A. make her brother up
B. turn her brother down
C. talk her brother into
D. put her brother down
22. On his way to the office, John stopped ____ a big breakfast at his favourite restaurant.
A. enjoying
B. enjoy
C. to enjoy
D. enjoyed
23/ What shall we do foodwise - do you fancy
out to eat?
A. go
B. to go
C. gone
D. going
24/ Let's all
to get the work done quickly.
A. to cooperate
B. cooperating
C. cooperated
D. cooperate
25. Can I have _______________ sugar, please?
A. few
B. a few
C. little
D. a little
26. The postman doesn't often come here. We receive _______________ letters.
A. few
B. a few
C. little
D. a little
27. You ___________swim when the red flag is flying.
A. must
B. have to
C. mustn't
D. don't have to
28. Every day, Sarah ________ her children to school.
A. takes
B. take
C. is taking
D. took
29. Look! A pair of shoes ____________under the bed.
A. is
B. are
C. was
D. were
30. The Missouri River is the
river in the United States.
A. most long

31. That whale is
A. big

B. longer

C. longest

D. longer and longer

B. bigger

C. the bigger

D. biggest

C. more talented

D. talentedly

than this dingo.

32. Our crazy Uncle Peter is the
A. talented

fisherman in all of Oregon.

B. most talented