Name _________________________________________
Date __________________
1. Respond to each of the following situations:
Your friends want to shop at a big mall but you want to shop in the city centre.
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You want to ask your father for permission to use the car.
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You and your friends have been arguing about what to do at the weekend. You want to end the argument.
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Your friend asks you to compare Egypt before and after 25 January 2011.
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2. Say where each of the following two mini-dialogues takes place and who the speakers are:
A
If you want to save money, I can get you accommodation in a three-star hotel.
Place:____________________
B
That sounds good. Is there something near the Pyramids?
Speaker A:________________
A
Yes, there are several good hotels near them.
Speaker B:________________
B
Great! When can you make the final arrangements?
A
OK, men, today we're going to knock down those two old buildings over there.
Place:____________________
B
Do we have to wear hard hats?
Speaker A:________________
A
Yes, hard hats and boots are required.
Speaker B:________________
B
Do we have to cut down those trees around the buildings?
A
No, you mustn't cut down the trees. They will be part of the garden of the new hotel.
B. Vocabulary and Structure
3. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d.
You really _____ visit the Citadel in Cairo. I strongly recommend it.
a) will
b) must
c) need
d) have
Many people will _____ homeless if sea levels rise.
a) made
b) make
c) be making
d) be made
A lot of people say bad things about that company. It doesn't have a good _____.
a) reputation
b) destination
c) accommodation
d) eruption
When Anwar was five years old, he _____ speak two languages.
a) will
b) could
c) can
d) should
When volcanoes erupt, they send dust into the _____.
a) carbon dioxide
b) award
c) atmosphere
d) culture
Elephants have a _____ ability to cooperate. They're amazing animals!
a) cautionary
b) remarkable
c) fertile
d) silent
My science teacher explains things in a way that _____ by everyone.
a) can understand
b) be can understood
c) be understood
d) can be understood
Pollution is killing us. It is _____ that we stop polluting the air and water.
a) possible
b) fantastic
c) essential
d) ambitious
Mother doesn't _____ to cook dinner tonight because we're going to eat at a restaurant.
a) need
b) must need
c) has
d) should
After the plane crashed in the mountains, five _____ climbed down the mountain to get help.
a) survivors
b) awards
c) cultures
d) fences
Thousands of Egyptians _____ in the tourist industry.
a) employ
b) are employing
c) are employed
d) employed
New stadiums will _____ for the 2016 Olympics.
a) need built
b) need to be built
c) must be built
d) have built
Let the neighbours solve their problems by themselves. Don't _____ with them.
a) abandon
b) ban
c) melt
d) interfere
Michael Crichton _____ in 2008 at the age of 66.
a) died
b) had died
c) has died
d) will have died
My little cousin likes to _____ that she is a queen.
a) reduce
b) produce
c) pretend
d) set up
After the earthquake in Japan, the shops were soon empty. They _____ food.
a) starved
b) wore away
c) set up
d) ran out of
4. Find the mistake in each of the following sentences, then write it correctly:
We should reduce our demand on fuels like petrol and coal.
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If countries can't grow enough food, they will suffer from hungry.
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These roads are dangerous at night and lorries don't have to drive fast on them.
__________________________________________________ _______________________
Books are much interestinger than films.
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However I had to get up very early this morning, I went to bed late last night.
__________________________________________________ _______________________
Countries on the Mediterranean cost receive 100 million tourists every summer.
__________________________________________________ _______________________
5. Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
The world uses billions of plastic bottles for drinks every year. Most of this plastic is made from petroleum. One large international corporation now makes its bottles with 30% of the material from plants. But in March 2011, another large international corporation announced that it can now make bottles from 100% plant material. The company, which has spent millions of dollars in research, said that it will make a few hundred thousand of these bottles in 2012 as a test. When it is sure that it can successfully produce the new bottles in large numbers, it will begin to use the new bottles for all of its products. The company plans to make the new bottles from orange peels, potato scraps and other leftovers from its food business. Plants will not have to be grown for this purpose, and the new bottles can be recycled.
Give short answers to the following questions:
What is most of the plastic for drinks bottles made from now?
__________________________________________________ _______________________
When will the company test the new bottles?
__________________________________________________ _______________________
Why do you think the company wants to make bottles from plant material?
__________________________________________________ _______________________
Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
When will the company use the new bottles for all of its products?
a) in March 2011
b) in 2012
c) after it has tested them
d) when it has potato scraps
What does this purpose mean in "plants will not have to be grown for this purpose"?
a) to use leftovers from its food business
b) to recycle the new bottles
c) to use petroleum
d) to make the new bottles
7. The Reader (The Spiders) (Chapters 7 & 8)
Answer the following questions:
When did the female spider bite Ayman?
__________________________________________________ _______________________
Why didn't the bite of the female spider kill Ayman?
__________________________________________________ _______________________
Complete the following to make meaningful sentences:
They think it's probably dead, but it might be still alive, so …
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There would be thousands of killer spiders in Hamdayya now if you …
__________________________________________________ _______________________
Read the quotation and answer the questions:
"And the plants are in there. We mustn't lose them."
Who said this and where was the person?
__________________________________________________ _______________________
Where were the plants and why were they in danger of being lost?
__________________________________________________ _______________________
8.
Write a letter of about 100 words to your grandfather and say what you think Egytpians should do to make Egypt a better country. Your name is Gihad.
9.
a. Translate into Arabic:
Mass tourism became popular in the 1960s. Countries make a lot of money from tourism, but there are also disadvantages. For Egypt, tourism is an important earner of foreign currency.
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b. Translate into English:
1. Answers may vary.
I'd rather shop in the city centre. / I'd prefer to shop in the city centre. / Let's shop in the city centre (instead of the mall).
Dad, could I use the car tomorrow? / Would you mind if I borrowed/used the car tomorrow?
Let's stop arguing. We can do one thing this weekend and the other thng next weekend.
The streets were safer before 25 January. / Egytpians have more freedom/hope after 25 January.
2.
Place: a travel agency / tourism agency
Speaker A: travel agent
Speaker B: tourist / someone who wants to travel
Place: a building site / a place where they are building (a new hotel)
Speaker A: engineer/manager/boss
Speaker B: (construction) worker
B. Vocabulary and Structure
3.
1 - b
2 - d
3 - a
4 - b
5 - c
6 - b
7 - d
8 - c
9 - a
10 - a
11 - c
12 - b
13 - d
14 - a
15 - c
16 - d
4.
We should reduce our dependence on fuels like petrol and coal. / We should reduce our demand for fuels like petrol and coal.
If countries can't grow enough food, they will suffer from hunger / starvation.
These roads are dangerous at night and lorries mustn't drive fast on them.
Books are much more interesting than films.
Although I had to get up very early this morning, I went to bed late last night.
Countries on the Mediterranean coast receive 100 million tourists every summer.
5.
Answers may vary.
Most of the plastic for drinks bottles is made from oil/petroleum.
The company will test the new bottles in 2012.
They (probably) make plastic from plants because oil/petroleum will run out. / I think they make plastic from plants because oil/petroleum is becoming more expensive.
c
d
6.
Answers may vary.
A tsunami wave travels very fast and its wavelength is very long.
It moves as fast as a jet plane.
No, because in deep water a tsunami is less than one metre high.
c
a
7.
Answers may vary.
The female spider bit Ayman when he knocked it into the box after he took the photo.
Ayman's body made lots of antivenom the first time he was bitten. He still had antivenom in his body from the first spider bite.
Answers may vary.
They think it's probably dead, but it might be still alive, so they are still looking for it. / they have to keep looking for it.
There would be thousands of killer spiders in Hamdayya now if you hadn't warned the police.
Wafaa said this when she was in Sinai (trying to get the plants to the hospital where Ayman was).
The plants were in the third car and they were in danger of being lost because the wadi was flooded and they couldn't cross the water.
8.
Student's own answer.
9.
a.
b.
1. Humans can be affected by science experiments which go wrong.
2. We must all reduce the carbon dioxide (that) we produce