ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
Ministry of Education
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination,2006
First Stage Test eleven Time : 3 hours



1- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
1- Insects destroy large ( properties - proportions - opportunities -opportunists) of the crops .
2- Some businessmen invest their money in food (processing - modifying -cooking - proceeding) projects .
3- Up till now, there is no (evil - evidence - evident - even) that food with GM ingredients has any ill effects .
4- The label on cans and bottles should contain accurate information about the (percent - percussion - percentage - budget) of GM ingredients .
5- He got steamed (on - above - down - up) when the teacher dismissed him out of the class .
6- We don't use chemical fertilizers on this farm . All our vegetables are ( organic - organs - inorganic - energetic )
7-Insecticides and pesticides are (insects -herbs - pests - poisons )
8- Globalization will affect our economy badly unless our products are of high (kind - quantity - quality - quarter)
9- Travelers often stick (labels - tickets - papers - cards ) on their baggage with their names and addresses .
10- Lack of work (opportunists - proportions - opportunities - oppositions) is the main stumbling bloc that youth faces
11- Chemical fertilizers are (organic -natural - poisonous - inorganic ) substances used to make the land fertile .
12- Have you ever( been to - gone to - been on - been for) the internet ?
13- A bug is some kind of( computer-equipment - insects - plant)
14- So long as you have a car, you can put these bags in the (boot - truck -booth - post,
15- What (benefits - disadvantage - drawbacks - pen-friends) would you gain from seeking trouble ?
16- The more you read, the more you (broaden - border - burden - powder) your knowledge.
17-1 booked a seat in a first class (cart - carriage - truck - carpet) to Aswan.
18- Five-star restaurants serve meals at ( fox - fixing - fixed - mixed) price.
19- Companies and countries (do - borrow - lend - make) a lot of money out of tourism .
20- Millions of cars , trucks and lorries pass across this bridge every day (eating
- breaking - running - drinking) away its asphalt.
21- When the bell rings, the students ( fly - look - flock - block) to the school gate. 22- He has a fever. His temperature reaches its (high - length - height - long ) at night.
23- Spiders (reproduce - produce - provide - reconstruct) by laying eggs .
24- Some people claim that they can ( make - do - find - see ) predictions about the future.
25- New laws were passed to improve the (manage - manager - management -mango) of traffic in big cities .
26- He won the gold medal in running (in - for – since - ago) 1992.
27- A busboy receives five pounds a day other than (tips - tops - tapes - taxes )
28- The journey was exotic . It was ( normal - exciting - usual - depressing )
29- Game - Tame - Sport - Gain) is wild animals and birds .
30 - He went ( for - on - at - in) holiday to Alex .
31- Dr Magdi Yacoub has achieved great ( fame - frame - famous - famine)\ all over the world .
32- According to the (journey - itinerary - timetable - guide book ) we'll visit , the High Dam on the third day.
33- He aims at setting up a small industrial project to (do - make - work -
improve) his guide book .
34- Alex is a leading port in Egypt. It's full of( colour - colourless - colourful
- dark) markets .
35- (Rige- Rope - Ripen - Riddle )tomatoes go soft quickly.
36- The ( reason - disease - function - cause ) of the accident was thick mist.
37- We are to find a solution ( for - to - from - with ) this problem .
38- His behaviour was quite impolite , so he is ( proud - frightened -consisted - ashamed ) of himself .
39- He was ( delighted - angry - disappointed - fed up ) with his bad exam results . He didn't expect to get such bad marks .
40- As a result of hunting most rare birds and animals began to die (of – away -from – out)
41- The Gulf countries ( expert - operate - rely - work ) on the crude oil as a main earner of foreign currency .
42- He is hopeless (at - from - with - for ) spelling words .
43- He was imprisoned for a year because he was charged (of - with -for - from) robbery.
44-Will you accept the offer ? It all ( depends - depended - will depend - deepens)
45-Had he a flat, he ( will marry - would marry - would have married - will have married )
46-( Were - If - Had - Unless )she to have enough money , she'd buy a new T-shirt..
47-Without the Nile, it ( would be - would have been - will be - will have been ) difficult to irrigate the Delta lands .
48-He let them ( go - went - to go - going ) swimming last Friday .
49-Mother made us ( go - went - gone - going) to bed early last night.
50-The heart pumps oxygen-rich blood round the body through (veins - streams - pulses - arteries )
51-The heart ( pulses - valves - beats - surgeries ) prevents the blood from getting back into the arteries
52-The heart-lung machine can take (of - up - over - on ) temporarily from the heart and lungs .
53-" Financial help" means (training - education - money -equipment) 54-Our ancient remains are of ( output - outside - outsitting - outstanding ) value, 55-Turn on the radio please, I'd like to listen to the weather ( forecast forehead - foresee -foretime )
56-The new road must ( by post - go past - bypass - look across )the town
57-( Veins - Arteries - Valves - Vases ) carry the blood back to the heart after it has given up all its oxygen .
58-( Disorders - Instructions - Orders - Borders ) of the heart can now be treated with surgery .
59-Dr Magdi Yacoub is most famous in the (open - opening -opened -opens ) heart surgery .
60-As result of the earthquake, all the hospital ( words - wanders -wonders - wards ) were full of the injured people .
61-Thanks to the great breakthrough in heart surgery, the death ( rat - rare - rate - bare ) is decreasing .
62-The director of the hospital goes round the wards every day to (take - record - give - type ) notes on the work of the doctor .
63-He became an expert on heart surgery ( on - in - at - with ) the age of 32.
64-The injured people had to tie on the ( bare - bar - pure - bark ) floor of the hospital .
65-Mohamed Ali is remembered as the ( discoverer - finding -inventor - founder) of modern Egypt.
66-The reports which the visitor wrote about that school were (appealing - applying - appalling - applicant) the school conditions were very bad.
67-Hurghada is (guest - host - ghost - house ) to thousands of tourists every year.
68-Tourists are attracted to Hurghado and Safaga because of the beautiful coral ( roofs - roots - routes - reefs )
69-Polyps are tiny ( plants - animals - birds - fish )
70-When we break (away - down - out - off ) a piece of coral, it
takes about 100 years to grow back again .
71-It's irresponsible of us to ( dump - pump - bomb - bump) rubbish in he Nile causing its pollution to increase .
72-The coral reefs can be easily damaged because they are (hard -
floppy - fragile - strong )
73-The captain tied his boat up to the (buoys - pipes -anchors -lines ) installed along the coast.
74-( Hygiene - Hydroelectricity - Hydrogen - Hybrid ) is to keep yourself and things around.you clean .)
75-Those who ( dump - operate - operate on - anchor ) boats in Hurghada must have licence .
76There are a lot of people who ( gain - earn - win - get) a living from tourism.
77-Tourists come to the Red Sea ( researches - reports - buoys -resorts ) to enjoy seeing the coral reefs .
78-The coral reefs in Hurghada and Safaga are part of our national (industry - heritage - production - patriotism ), so we mustn't destroy them.
79-Even Mr John wouldn't ( dare - dear - diary - deer ) argue with the boss
80-When I was in Hurghada. I bought a piece of the coral reefs as a
( present - gift - memory - souvenir ) of my stay there .
81-The coral-reefs will survive as long as the (anchors - buoys -skeletons -polyps) are healthy .
82-Dial again . You may get (through - over - up - across ) and tell him the news.
83-When the telephone call was over. I ( held the line - hung up -got through - hanged up )
84-He lost his money and was in a real ( spot - fax - fix - deep , water )
85-Making friends with trouble makers will certainly (get - put -boil - drown ) you into deep water .
86-When the ship bumped into the reefs and began to sink . the captain realized that he was in a tight (spotty - split -fix - spot)
87-I'd like to buy a car but lack of money is the main stumbling ( block - fix - clock - flock)
88-She agreed to marry that bad man and ( swam - went - got -dived ) into hot water .
89-You should sleep well (at - on - in - through ) the night before your exam.
90-Eating GM foods may bring ( up - over - in - about) unknown diseases. 91-President Mubarak has warned Israel that war may lead to ( disastrous - deserts - desserts - disorders ) effects on the whole world
92-The industrial ( compounds - composers - complexes -
comparisons ) must be set up outside big cities . so as to reduce pollution.
93-The thief took everything . He left nothing but his ( feet - arms -legs - footprints)
99-The volcanic dust (looks - blocks - flocks - breaks ) out the sun rays for a long time .
100-(Infrared - Interviewed -Infernal - Inferior) rays are invisible .
101-Oil natural gas and coal are oil,( fossil - facility -fuss -vessels ) fuels
102-If the world's ice melted , the low-lying regions would be
(emerged - submerged - subtracted - substituted )