GRADE 12 (PRACTICE TEST 3)

Sue and Mira are talking about the use of mobile phone in class.

– Sue: “Students should not be allowed to use mobile phone in class.”

– Mira: “________. This will distract them from studying.”

• Not really

• No way!

• I’m of the opposite opinion

• I quite agree

The children ________ happily in the park when their parents asked them to go home.

• played

• had played

• were playing

• would play

Tony’s parents check his Facebook account every day, he hates being under ________ all the time.

• scrutiny

• attack

• pressure

• control

Luke is offering help to Mary.

– Luke: “Shall I help you with your suitcase?”

– Mary: “Yes, _________.”

• not a chance

• well-done

• I don’t need you

• that’s very kind of you

Choose the word(s) to indicate the word(s) CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each the following questions.

Some newspapers are often guilty of distorting the truth just to impress readers with sensational news stories.

• gathering personal information

• making changes to facts

• providing reliable data

• examining factual data

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

• absence

• arrive

• absorb

• apologize

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

• bachelor

• chapter

• chemistry

• teacher

Choose the word whose underlined part differs from the other three in pronunciation in each of the following questions

• bushes

• wishes

• researches

• headaches

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• upset

• preserve

• rhino

• expand

Choose the word that differs from the other three in the position of primary stress in each of the following questions.

• benefit

• pesticide

• cinema

• aquatic