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Test on Units 1, 2, 3 & chapter one

1) Respond to each of the following situations:
1- Your friend wants to know what your plans are after finishing school.
2- You are told that you have just been accepted to the best university in Egypt. Express how you feel about this.
3- You want to know the number of countries which use nuclear power. Ask your teacher.
4- Your friend thinks there are better things to spend money on than space travel. Agree, giving a reason.
2) Mention the place, the speakers and the language function in each of the following two-mini-dialogues:
1- A: What’s today’s special? Place : …………
B: Spaghetti and meatballs. Speaker A : …………
A: Sounds good! I’m in the mood Speaker B : …………
for spaghetti. I’ll have some French Function : …………
fries and a hot dog, please. I also want a bowl of chicken soup.
2- A: May I be of any help to you? Place : …………
B: Could you give these notebooks to Speaker A : …………
your classmates? Speaker B : …………
A: With pleasure. Are these our Function : …………
homework notebooks?
B: Yes, that’s right. Yours was excellent.
3) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
1- He ………… a geologist when he leaves university. This is his plan.
a) will become b) is going to become c) is becoming d) becomes
2- Although the twins are …………, their personalities are different.
a) same b) like c) alike d) common
3- Millions of people watched the rocket ……….. on TV.
a) launch b) start c) set off d) eruption
4- Most furniture ………… in Damietta is of good quality.
a) are made b) makes c) made d) is made
5- A damaged nuclear reactor is dangerous to the environment. It can ………… radiations into the atmosphere.
a) lack b) lake c) leek d) leak
6- Cotton and wool are ……… into threads and yarn.
a) orbited b) spun c) spin d) queued
7- Statistics ………… my father’s favourite subject at school.
a) is b) was c) were d) has
8- Travellers to the moon feel weightless because there is no ……….. in space.
a) grave b) graveyard c) engrave d) gravity
9- Water ………… to the surface from underground lakes.
a) pump b) pumped c) is pumped d) has pumped
10- Energy from the sun is ………… so we can use it to make electricity.
a) expensive b) di***pensive c) unexpensive d) inexpensive
11- Sunlight reaches the solar panels and ………… electricity.
a) produce b) produces c) is produced d) has produced
12- Herbal medicines are sometimes effective and don’t often have side ……… .
a) effects b) affects c) defects d) infects
13- How many kilometres ............... from school to your house?
a) are they b) they are c) is it d) it is
14- Electricity is produced in a ............... station.
a) power b) railway c) bus d) energy
15- ………… people want to do something, the cheaper it will become.
a) More b) Most c) Most of d) The more
16- The film ............... at 7:30 at the weekend.
a) starts b) will start c) is starting d) is going to start
4) Find the mistake in each of the following sentences, then write it correctly:
1- How many time does the performance last?
2- Currents, the cost of meat is very high, but if we all eat less meat, prices will drop.
3- Tomorrow morning I’m travel to Tanta.
4- In our social studies class we had a big debit about whether women should be judges or not.
5- Ten kilometres is along way to walk in hot weather.
6- When atoms spelt, nuclear energy is produced.

5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
From outer space, the earth looks like a blue ball. Since water covers three-fourths of its surface, blue is the colour we see most. White clouds wrap around the earth like a light blanket. The earth is shaped like a sphere, or a ball. It is 25,000 miles around. It would take more than a year to walk around the planet. A spaceship can fly around it in 90 minutes. Apollo Spaceship travelled to the moon in 1969, and its astronauts found no air, water, plants or animals there.
The sun is the closest star to the earth. Its burning gases are so hot that they warm the earth from 93 million miles away. Even though the sun is always shining, the night on earth is dark. We see light when the earth faces the sun, but when the earth turns away from the sun, it faces the darkness of space.
A- Answer the following questions:
1- What causes darkness on the earth?
2- Why do we see the blue colour when looking at the earth from outer space?
3- What did man discover on the surface of the moon?
B- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
4- The underlined word there refers to ………… .
a) water b) air c) moon d) spaceship
5- ……….. cover and spread around the earth.
a) Clouds b) Burning gases c) The planet d) Water
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
Cleopatra was born in Egypt in 69 BC. In 58 BC, her father was forced to leave the throne, but Cleopatra helped him regain it. After his death, Cleopatra and her brother took the throne in 51 BC, yet she was exiled by her brother, who had taken control of Egypt. So, Cleopatra created an army and joined forces with Julius Caesar. With his help, her brother was killed in47 BC and Caesar pronounced Cleopatra queen of Egypt.
Cleopatra married Mark Antony around 35 BC, even though he was also married to a woman named Octavia. In 35 BC, war was declared upon Egypt from Octavia’s brother because Antony had left Octavia for Cleopatra. Antony and Octavia divorced after that.
Cleopatra’s army was defeated in the Battle of Actium, so Antony committed suicide. Saddened by Antony’s death, Cleopatra poisoned herself in31 BC.

A- Answer the following questions:
1- How old was Cleopatra when she died?
2- What does the underlined word (it) refer to?
3- Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves. Give reasons.
B- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
4- In 32 BC, war on Egypt began because ………… .
a) Antony and Octavia divorced b) Cleopatra married Antony
c) Antony married Cleopatra d) Cleopatra had control on Egypt
5- Cleopatra ruled Egypt for ……… .
a) 58 years b) 47 years c) 31 years d) 16 years

The Novel (The Prisoner of Zenda)

7) A- Answer the following questions:
1- What news did Rose bring for Rassendyll at breakfast?
2- Why did Rassendyll decide to go to Ruritania?
3- Why did the innkeeper like Duke Michael more than the King?
4- How could the old castle of Zenda be reached? How could the mansion be reached?
B- Read the following question, then answer the questions:
“The King likes to live well. Let’s say he prefers eating to action.”
1- Who said this to whom?
2- Where did this conversation take place?
3- In what way is the King unlike the listener?
C- Find the mistake in each of the following and correct it:
1- Rassendyll and Flavia took the same train to Dresden.
2- Rose was Rassendyll’s aunt.
8) Write a paragraph of about 100 words about:
What people can do to save energy?
9) A- Translate into Arabic:
We cannot make real progress unless we use modern technology in all fields of life. In this way we can lead a better life and enjoy welfare and prosperity. We can also keep up with advanced countries.
B- Translate into English:

1- كثرة المال لا توفر بالضرورة حلولاً للمشاكل.
2- ما نوعية الأنشطة التى تحب أن تمارسها خلال نهاية الأسبوع؟