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HIGH SCHOOL FOR GIFTED STUDENTS
MOCK TEST 08

ENGLISH 12



Time allowed: 60 minutes






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. obstacle
B. obscure
C. obsession
D. oblivious























Question 2:
A. agreed
B. succeeded
C. smiled
D. loved
























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. future B. involve C. prospect D. guidance

Question 4: A. reduction B. popular C. romantic D. financial

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 5: The better the weather is, __________.

A. the most crowded the beaches get B. the most the beaches get crowded
C. the more crowded the beaches get D. the more the beaches get crowded
Question 6: Unemployment is a serious problem in the area; there are__________jobs for the people there.
A. a little
B. a few
C. few
D. little

Question 7: Doctors advise people who are deficient
__________Vitamin c to eat more fruit and vegetables.

A. in
B. of
C. from
D. for

Question 8: I suggest that the doctor__________up his mind without delay.


A. makes
B. make
C. made
D. is to make

Question 9: Martha Thomas was an American educator who stood for equal__________rights for women.
A. educated
B. educational
C. educating
D. educationally

Question 10: Books and magazines__________ around made his room very untidy

A. that lie
B. laying
C. which lied
D. lying

Question 11: The cat was_________to wait for the mouse to come out of its hole.


A. patient enough
B. so patient
C. enough patient
D. too patient

Question 12: _________, he would have learned how to read.


A. If he has been able to go school as a child
B. If he could go to school as a child

C. Were he able to go to school as a child
D. Had he been able to go to school as a child

Question 13: He_________a terrible accident while he_________along Ben Luc Bridge.

A. see - am walking

B. saw - was walking


C. was seeing - walked

D. have seen - were walking

Question 14: The use of vitamin__________and herbs has become increasingly popular among Americans.

A. components B. materials C. ingredients D. supplements
Question 15: Peter, Harry and Chuck were first, second, and third__________in the school cross -country race.

respectively B. actively C. responsively D. tremendously
Question 16: The government should take__________to reduce the current high unemployment rate.

A. steps B. measures C. changes D. solutions

Question 17: In a formal interview, it is essential to maintain good eye__________with the interviewers.
A. link B. connection C. touch D. contact
Question 18: I know you have been working very hard today. Let’s__________and go home.
A. pull my leg B. call it a day C. put your back up D. push your luck

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 19: The board of directors rejected the proposed project, explaining that it was too expensive to be feasible at the present moment.

A. costly B. troublesome C. capable D. practicable

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Question 20: A brief outline of the course and bibliography were handed out to the students at the first meeting.
A. dispensed B. preserved C. distributed D. contributed

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your