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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.
What is the first thing you’ll notice when you visit almost any school in Britain?
A:
the school gate
B:
the school playground
C:
the school uniform
D:
the school logo
9
Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B, C, or D to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits blank (23).
Recently, a study in the USA showed that 75% of high school students (23)________ in tests and exams. If we include (24)________ homework, the number is 90%. Many students don’t even realize that (25)________ they’re doing is wrong. They think that cheating is OK now because it’s (26)________
In the past, weaker students cheated but now cheats are often clever kids who need higher grades. There is more competition today.
One high school student says, “There’s big (27)________ to get into a good university. You have to get good marks, and to get good marks some teens think they have to cheat.”
A:
has cheated
B:
cheat
C:
have cheated
D:
are cheating
10
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Picture 3
A:
A
B:
B
C:
C
D:
D
11
Mark the letter A, B, C or D to indicate the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions.
Picture 2
A:
A
B:
B
C:
C
D:
D
12
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.
