Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (31) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (32) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (33) _____ school before you (34) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (35) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (36) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (37) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (38) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (39) _____ same time for two years, (40) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
(36)
A.what
B.that
C.where
D.whose

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (31) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (32) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (33) _____ school before you (34) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (35) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (36) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (37) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (38) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (39) _____ same time for two years, (40) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
(34)
A.reach
B.come
C.approach
D.go

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (31) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (32) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (33) _____ school before you (34) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (35) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (36) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (37) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (38) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (39) _____ same time for two years, (40) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
(33)
A.dependence
B.independence
C.independent
D.independently

Fill in each numbered blank with one suitable word or phrase.
The General Certificate of Secondary Education or the GCSE examinations for (31) _____ are the standard school-leaver qualifications taken by (32) _____ all UK students in the May and June following their 16th birthday. If you come to a UK (33) _____ school before you (34) _____ the age of 16, you will study towards GCSE examinations in up to 12 subjects. Some subjects are compulsory, including English arid mathematics, and you can select (35) _____, such as music, drama, geography and history from a series of options. GCSEs provide a good all-round education (36) _____ you can build on at college and eventually at university.
AS- and A-levels are taken after GCSEs. They are the UK qualifications most (37) _____ accepted for entry to university and are available in subjects from the humanities, arts, sciences and social sciences as well as in (38) _____ subjects such as engineering, and leisure and tourism. You can study up to four subjects at (39) _____ same time for two years, (40) _____ AS-level examinations at the end of your first year (called the lower-sixth) and A-level qualifications at the end of your second year (called the upper-sixth).
(31)
A.short
B.long
C.big
D.wide

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
That machine is useless. It _______ not been used for a long time.
A.is
B.was
C.did
D.has

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
No longer _______ in our office since it _______.
A.have typewriters been used / computerized
B.typewriters have been used / was computerized
C.have typewriters been used / was computerized
D.typewriters have been used / computerized

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Something _______ immediately to prevent teenagers from _______ in factories and mines.
A.should be done / being exploited
B.we should do / exploiting
C.should do I be exploited
D.should have done / exploited

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
More than ten victims _______ missing in the storm last week.
A.are reported to be
B.are reported to have been
C.are reporting to have been
D.are reporting to be

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
Portuguese _______ as an official language in this city since three hundred years ago.
A.has always been spoken
B.has been spoken always
C.has always spoken
D.had always spoken

Choose the answer that best completes each unfinished sentence, substitutes the underlined part, or has a close meaning to the original one.
The preparations _______ by the time the guests _______.
A.had been finished / arrived
B.have finished / arrived
C.had finished / were arriving
D.have been finished / were arrived