GCSE 2015- PRACTICE TEST 1

PART 1: MULTIPLE CHOICE
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. builds B. destroys C. occurs D. prevents
Question 2: A. reduce B. offer C. product D. answer
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 the primary stress in each of the following questions.
Question 3: A. include B. achieve C. replace D. comment
Question 4: A. comfortable B. attractive C. secretive D. necessary
Question 5: A. appearance B. telephone C. government D. leadership
Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet t o indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Question 6: By September next year I __________ here for ten years.
A. will be working B. work
C. will have been working D. have been working
Question 7: The first customer __________ this morning was quite rude.
A. dealing with B. with whom we dealt C. to deal with D. dealt with
Question 8: Never before __________ such a beautiful waterfall.
A. that I have seen B. do I see C. have I seen D. I have seen
Question 9: My brother likes music very much. He __________ to music while working.
A. used to listen B. is used to listening C. is used to listen D. used to be listening
Question 10: The little girl is crying because she _______________ her doll.
A. has lost B. had lost C. was losing D. was lost
Question 11: We are not allowed _______________ jeans at school.
A. wear B. to wear C. wearing D. worn
Question 12: My new neighbour has two children, __________ are very lovely.
A. both of whom B. all of whom C. who both of D. both of that
Question 13: This room is __________.
A. too small for us to work in B. so small that we can’t work in
C. not big enough for us to live in it D. such small room that we can’t live in it
Question 14: This student is determined to be the best student __________.
A. so as his parents to be proud of him B. in order to be proud of his parents
C. in order for his parents will proud of him D. so that his parents will be proud of him
Question 15: In England schooling is compulsory _______________ all children from the age of 5 to 16.
A. with B. for C. to D. over
Question 16: “Do you think that the unemployment problem is emergency?” “_______________ .”
A. Yes ,I think of that B. Yes, it is
C. Yes, I think that D. Yes, I think so.
Question 17: They get _______________ to understand what the professor has explained.
A. the more difficult B. more difficult than
C. difficult more and more D. more and more difficult
Question 18: Tom is thought __________ the runaway murderer last week.
A. to meet B. to be met C. to have met D. that he met
Question 19: __________ all the evidence, the man denied having stolen the motorbike.
A. As a result of B. Even if C. Due to D. Despite
Question 20: My sister wishes she __________ to play the piano when she was young.
A. learnt B. would have learnt C. had learnt D. would learn
Question 21: This new kind of medicine is quickly __________ into the body.
A. absorbed B. accessed C. gone D. poured
Question 22: Computers and telecommunication have a huge ____________ on various aspects of our lives.
A. development B. contribution C. invention D. influence
Question 23: We must __________ traffic coming from the right.
A. make use of B. take note of C. give way to D. catch sight of
Question 24: John put _______________ his best clothes for the interview.
A. out B. down C. on D. back
Question 25: In my opinion, women are usually more