Đề thi thử GCSE Tiếng Anh 12 (Có đáp án)

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1. 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 B. believed C. considered D. learnt Question 34: A. more B. most C. least D. as Question 35: A. in B. at C. of D. on Question 36: A. worked B. work C. working D. to working Question 37: A. loss B. spend C. save 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 Page 3/5
2. 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 D. avoid------------------------------------------ ----------- THE END ---------- Page 4/5
3. KEY 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 A B C D 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 32 33 34 35 36 37 38 39 40 A B C D 41 42 43 44 45 46 47 48 49 50 A B C D Page 5/5