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Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct answer.
What is it like being a teenager in Britain?
School
British teenagers spend most of their time at school. Students in Britain can leave school at sixteen (grade 11). This is also the age when most students take their first important exams, the GCSE (General Certificate of Secondary Education). Most teens take between 5 -10 subjects, which means a lot of studying. They are spending more time on homework than teenagers ever before. Forget watching TV, teenagers in Britain now spend 2 -3 hours on homework after school.
School uniform
Visit almost any school in Britain and the first thing you’ll notice is the school uniform. Although school uniform has its advantages, when they are 15 or 16 most teenagers are tired of wearing it. When there is more than one school in a town, school uniforms can highlight differences between schools. In London there are many cases of bullying and fighting between pupils from different schools.
Clothes and looks
In Britain, some teens judge you by the shirt or trainers you are wearing. 40% of British teenagers believe it’s important to wear designer labels. If you want to follow the crowd, you need to wear trendy labels. Teenagers in Britain wear fashionable trainers and the more expensive, the better.
According to the passage, which of the following statements is NOT true?
A:
Many British teenagers judge their friends by their shirts or trainers.
B:
Students in Britain can take 8 subjects at the GCSE.
C:
Most British teenagers spend 2-3 hours watching TV after school.
D:
Most 16-year-old students in Britain don’t like school uniforms.
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Mark the letterA,B,C,or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence which has a similar meaning to the first one in each of the following questions.
"Should I tell her the truth about her misery?" she asked herself.
A:
She wondered whether she tells her the truth about her misery.
B:
She wondered if she told her the truth about her misery.
C:
She wondered if tell her the truth about her misery.
D:
She wondered whether to tell her the truth about her misery.
14
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.
A:
favourable
B:
adolescence
C:
relaxation
D:
concentration
15
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.
A:
problem
B:
love
C:
hobby
D:
box
16
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Hoa said she was very ________ and she didn’t want to go to the cinema with us.
A:
tired
B:
quick
C:
smoothly
D:
fast
17
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Nga’s dream is to be a ________, but her parents want her to be a medical doctor.
A:
musical
B:
musicians
C:
music
D:
musician
18
Mark letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to the original sentence in each of the following questions.
He said he wouldn"t have enough time to finish the job the following day.
A:
He said: "I won’t have enough time to finish the job tomorrow".
B:
He said: "I won’t have enough time to finish the job the following day”.
C:
He said: "I won’t have enough time to finish the job the following day".
D:
He said: "I won’t has enough time to finish the job tomorrow”.
19
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the most suitable response to complete each of the following exchanges.
“Mom, I’ve got the first rank in class this semester!” - “ ________.”
A:
Well done!
B:
Thank you!
C:
Let’s go!
D:
Never mind!
