امتحان نهائي فصل اول -انجليزي متقدم عرفات القزعة

  1. 1) I really get a kick .......... of mystery stories.

    • out
    • with
    • into
    • by

  2. 2) ........... is devoting time and energy to something.

    • Spontaneity
    • Commitment
    • Frankness
    • Stability

  3. 3) The stress from moving house has left Mum feeling quite ........ , so be careful around her.

    • highly strung
    • absent-minded
    • thin-skinned
    • forward-looking

  4. 4) The government advises against travel until the political situation is more ...........

    • stable
    • spontaneous
    • committed
    • tactful

  5. 5) Making something so easy to understand that it is no longer true means:

    • vulnerability
    • imply
    • oversimplification
    • moulded

  6. 6) Suha's intelligence is ............, she gets it from her parents who are both teachers.

    • hereditary
    • disposition
    • vulnerability
    • moulded

  7. 7) Be careful what you say to Habib. He's ........... so he gets quite .............. if he's criticised.

    • trustworthy
    • tough / resilient
    • underconfident / defensive
    • enthusiastic / passionate

  8. 8) In my opinion, Heba is a .............. horse and I'm sure she knows much more about the situation than she's letting on.

    • yellow
    • black
    • dark
    • red

  9. 9) Are you ........... people are more influenced by their upbringing than their personality?

    • deciding
    • implying
    • conceiving
    • considering

  10. 10) My brother and I lifted up the sofa with some difficulty and ............ across the room with it. It was far heavier than we expected.

    • strode
    • hobbled
    • surged
    • staggered

  11. 11) As the wind became stronger, the boat started to ................ from side to side and we nearly capsized.

    • stride
    • lurch
    • surge
    • hobble

  12. 12) I was so stressed while reading the speech that I ........... over some of the words.

    • lurched
    • staggered
    • hobbled
    • stumbled

  13. 13) The government's plans to reform the public sector have been ......... until after the general election.

    • driven
    • parked
    • sailed
    • flown

  14. 14) The volume was so high it nearly .............. us up the wall.

    • drove
    • took
    • gave
    • sent

  15. 15) What is the literal meaning of "swept along with the crowds"

    • pushed people
    • moved quickly
    • cleaned the floor
    • a broom to collect dirt

  16. 16) What is the literal meaning of "find his footing"

    • recovered something lost
    • located shoes
    • stood firmly
    • measured foot

  17. 17) What ........... might you have to overcome to be successful in your chosen career?

    • brag
    • hurdles
    • effect
    • share

  18. 18) The initial .......... for developing a space tourist programme was immense ...

    • getaway
    • outlay
    • breakthrough
    • outcry

  19. 19) There's been a .......... with the project and we're unlikely to finish before next week now.

    • breakthrough
    • outlay
    • setback
    • outcry

  20. 20) The design of the building was .......... flawed ...

    • fundamental
    • fundamentals
    • fundamentally
    • fundament

  21. 21) I think it is blindingly .......... that there is a serious issue with your system.

    • flawed
    • mistaken
    • obvious
    • doubtful

  22. 22) "Making a new product available to be sold" means: 

    • branching out
    • venturing
    • quoting
    • launching

  23. 23) Planes are expensive to design and make, so require a lot of upfront ...........

    • buy
    • investment
    • up
    • gimmick

  24. 24) Eventually, we did manage to ............ them ...........

    • build / up
    • pass / up
    • win / over
    • set / up

  25. 25) You can't expect to get good quality 

    • how high their turnover was.
    • so he needs bespoke shoes.
    • at bargain-basement prices.
    • if you're only working in one room.

  26. 26) I try to avoid ........... by taking a shopping list to the supermarket.

    • word-of-mouth
    • impulse buys
    • start-ups
    • quotes

  27. 27) The dealership has ........... my car at 10,000 dinars, but I think it's probably worth more than that.

    • valued
    • budgeted
    • refunded
    • owed

  28. 28) But which business .......... is the best?

    • venture
    • concept
    • start-up
    • launch

  29. 29) I loved the film ! I thought the story was ............ and I've never seen anything like it before.

    • naive
    • shrewd
    • gullible
    • ingenious

  30. 30) "She convinced the child to clean her teeth." -> convinced means

    • impulse
    • bespoke
    • coaxed
    • bricks and mortars

  31. 31) "There are also other costs to take into account, such as the cost in your time."
    "take into account" in the above sentence means:

    • negate
    • cancel out
    • bear in mind
    • persevere

  32. 32) It took a lot of creative meetings before we came up with a new business .............. for a chain of bakeries.

    • gimmicks
    • concept
    • margins
    • spree

  33. 33) I usually do a big shop at the supermarket, but then ........... on essentials locally.

    • go on
    • stock up
    • shop around
    • carry

  34. 34) How many syllables in "complimentary"?

    • 3
    • 2
    • 4
    • 1

  35. 35) I was expecting the steak to be ............ but instead, it was tough and very ............

    • tender / chewy
    • fluffy / greasy
    • succulent / soggy
    • velvety / stodgy

  36. 36) I sent back my cheese board because the cheese was ............ !

    • succulent
    • mouldy
    • velvety
    • tempting

  37. 37) She finished off the cake with a .......... of icing sugar.

    • pinch
    • dusting
    • sprig
    • dab

  38. 38) The only green vegetable my dad will eat is a ............ of peas now and again.

    • handful
    • sprig
    • scoop
    • segment

  39. 39) Rana: My steak was OK. But you didn't eat yours.
    Amina: No, it was really tough and .........

    • tempting
    • gristly
    • mouldy
    • scalding

  40. 40) "you get a sudden message from your stomach" →

    • let your dinner go down
    • your stomach rumbles
    • devour
    • comfort eating

  41. 41) The programme on nutrition really ........... home to me how dangerous some foods are for our health.

    • hauled
    • brought
    • became
    • slurped

  42. 42) My mum used to tell me to ............ my manners when I ate at schoolfriends' houses.

    • bring
    • mind
    • feel
    • haul

  43. 43) Zeina uses the word ............. to describe her attitude to people throwing food around the table.

    • happy
    • indefensible
    • acceptable
    • normal

  44. 44) I read about the effects of too much salt and sugar in our food. It brought it .......... to me how unhealthy my diet actually is.

    • home
    • back
    • near
    • close

  45. 45) Seeing that documentary on the environment really brought it ............ to me how much work humankind needs to do to improve our home.

    • near
    • home
    • close
    • back

  46. 46) Fadi ............ to temptation and had a second serving of the stew.

    • trawled
    • succumbed
    • triggered
    • wafted

  47. 47) If you're feeling ............, it's not a good time to do your food shopping.

    • ravenous
    • additives
    • portion
    • reduced

  48. 48) I'm exhausted and really ............

    • breezing through everything
    • getting the hang of studying
    • running on empty
    • keeping on track with my goals

  49. 49) Choose the appropriate preposition: Do that four times and then take a longer break:

    go for a walk or snack ............. fruit.

    • at
    • for
    • with
    • on

  50. 50) After a series of failures

    • last-ditch
    • sustained
    • frantic
    • futile

  51. 51) Being polite was ........... into us from an early age.

    • drummed
    • dragged
    • pushed
    • forced

  52. 52) He sped up towards the end of the race ........

    • in a valiant attempt to overtake me and win.
    • in a futile attempt to rest and recover energy.
    • in a misguided effort to slow down the pace.
    • in a half-hearted way

  53. 53) Snacking between meals is associated ................. unhealthy eating.

    • with
    • to
    • for
    • at

  54. 54) If you master this technique, your mind may never ............ again!

    • go blank
    • forget
    • empty
    • blank out

  55. 55) I'd done badly in my exams and really ........... faith in myself, but my sister helped me to keep going.

    • lost
    • pat
    • run
    • stake

  56. 56) The teacher praised everyone's artwork. Then he ........... his favourite painting.

    • singled out
    • picked up
    • chose from
    • selected of

  57. 57) Which definition matches "linger"?

    • If you linger somewhere, you take a long time to leave.
    • Someone who collects things that people have thrown away.
    • Used to unblock a pipe completely.
    • An informal way to describe an old car.

  58. 58) Got in a bad condition

    • deteriorated
    • rejuvenation
    • beneficial
    • staycation

  59. 59) [of a field] dug and turned over to prepare for planting seeds

    • ploughed
    • gig
    • shed
    • colt