امتحان نهائي فصل ثاني- انجليزي متقدم عرفات القزعة

1. 1) fold your arms when you are feeling ........?

   • excited
   • defensive
   • attentive
   • impatient

2. 2) I usually have to ............ my throat before speaking to an audience.

   • grind
   • clear
   • shrug
   • twirl

3. 3) I remember how our mother used to tent her .......... when she was trying to explain something to us.

   • brow
   • fingers
   • ankles
   • hands

4. 4) Everyone fails at things at some points in their lives - it's just a matter of keeping your ............ up and trying again.

   • nose
   • chin
   • head
   • back

5. 5) I asked Rob about the exam, but he ............ his shoulders and said he had no idea.

   • tilted
   • shrugged
   • rubbed
   • furrowed

6. 6) ........... is a weaker emotion than apprehension.

   • Fear
   • Loathing
   • Anticipation
   • Contempt

7. 7) Some people believe animals experience the same emotions as humans

   • endeavour
   • ascribe human emotions to animals
   • suppress
   • exacerbate

8. 8) Something which removes harmful or unpleasant elements from air or water is called .......... 

   • filter
   • nourish
   • exposure
   • sufficient

9. 9) My daughters are both really .......... at university. They love their subjects and are making lots of new friends.

   • nourishing
   • thriving
   • filtering
   • exposing

10. 10) After putting mud from the Dead Sea on your skin, it should feel ..... 

    • rough and dry
    • hard and cold
    • soft and silky
    • thick and wet

11. 11) Fruit and nuts are much better sources of ............ than eating sweets. (NOURISH)

    • nourishment
    • nourishing
    • nourish
    • nourishes

12. 12) think deeply about something

    • engage
    • abundance
    • contemplate
    • stimulation

13. 13) Oh, it's .......... like a jumpsuit, I think, but with wide trousers.

    • greenish
    • sort of
    • stuff
    • thingy

14. 14) The film wasn't very enjoyable at all. In fact, I thought it was ..........

    • overrated
    • jaw-dropping
    • mediocre
    • fascinating

15. 15) She decided to wear an .......... dress.

    • blue, evening, elegant
    • evening, elegant, blue
    • elegant, blue, evening
    • blue, elegant, evening

16. 16) I love to buy ............. -hand clothes as it helps the environment and saves me money.

    • first-hand
    • old-hand
    • second
    • used-hand

17. 17) I like spending time in nature at the weekends, so I usually go camping, hiking, kayaking, and ........... on.

    • etc
    • forth
    • so
    • further

18. 18) I found these old ............ trousers from the 1970s! They're amazing!

    • flared
    • polo-neck
    • wide-leg
    • pleated

19. 19) What is a metaphor?

    • A word that rhymes with another word at the end of a line
    • A poetic device that compares two things to make a description more vivid
    • A phrase that repeats the same sound at the beginning of words
    • A sentence that asks a question but doesn't expect an answer

20. 20) Which word is an example of onomatopoeia (a word that sounds like the sound it describes)?

    • silken
    • purring
    • golden
    • playful

21. 21) In the phrase *"slowly with a silken swish"*, which two poetic devices are used?

    • Alliteration and onomatopoeia
    • Sibilance and alliteration
    • Personification and simile
    • Metaphor and rhyme

22. 22) Everyone was talking about how good her poems were, but I thought they were a bit ........... and not that good at all.

    • appealing
    • jaw-dropping
    • overrated
    • avant-garde

23. 23) I'm sorry, but in my opinion, coloured squares aren't abstract art. It's just ........... and doesn't say anything useful.

    • avant-garde
    • gimmicky
    • tongue-in-cheek
    • jaw-dropping

24. 24) Sometimes, people find that a bit ........., or scary.

    • ambiguous
    • intimidating
    • intricate
    • commercial

25. 25) continued to work :

    • Influence
    • Creation
    • Development
    • Banana

26. 26) She set .......... to her proposal and the committee listened carefully.

    • up
    • down
    • out
    • about

27. 27) To begin with, people who ............ across this mother and her son, working hard for apparently no reward, were confused.

    • set
    • came
    • held
    • took

28. 28) Adnan: Did you know that a lot of important scientific and historical discoveries ........... Arab scholars long before we had computers?

    • were credited with
    • came up with
    • originated with
    • set out with

29. 29) After the meeting between the managers of the two companies, ...............

    • they decided to compete against each other
    • both parties agreed that they could join their workforces
    • nothing changed and they left without a decision
    • they cancelled all future collaborations

30. 30) Unfortunate misunderstandings can set even the best of friends ............. each other.

    • against
    • into
    • between
    • above

31. 31) We've been advised to ............ starting the new sports club until funding has been agreed.

    • take in
    • set about
    • hold off on
    • come out with

32. 32) Clothes aren't just practical, they are a way of ........... yourself.

    • showing
    • expressing
    • presenting
    • revealing

33. 33) If a young man wanted to avoid catching a ............ , they would wear a necktie.

    • flu
    • virus
    • cold
    • fever

34. 34) Adventure sports clothing is a ............ industry, but you do not have to spend a lot of money to have high quality, durable and practical clothes.

    • traditional
    • lucrative
    • global
    • expressive

35. 35) Choose the sentence that uses overstatement to describe burnt food.

    • The food is a bit overdone.
    • The food is just slightly overcooked.
    • The food isn't exactly perfect.
    • The food is completely incinerated.

36. 36) Choose the sentence that uses understatement to describe a bad idea.

    • Eating cake for breakfast isn't exactly a good idea.
    • Eating cake for breakfast is a terrible decision.
    • It's a gigantic mistake to eat cake for breakfast.
    • That's probably the worst breakfast choice ever.

37. 37) Which word describes someone who is solitary and emotionally distant in social situations?

    • outgoing
    • gregarious
    • stand-offish
    • sociable

38. 38) You can't explain or believe it.

    • mind-boggling
    • breathtaking
    • heart-stopping
    • mesmerizing

39. 39) The jug looked as though it were suspended in midair. It ............ me how it didn't fall down and smash into pieces.

    • hits
    • strikes
    • beats
    • knocks

40. 40) For a moment I was really taken ........... thinking the house was invisible!

    • back
    • away
    • aback
    • aside

41. 41) We were ............ over by the brilliance of the group's performance.

    • taken
    • bowled
    • blew
    • scratching

42. 42) This tiny spider produces an enormous web in minutes - it just defies reality.
    The word "reality" should be replaced with:

    • logic
    • belief
    • reason
    • imagination

43. 43) Tia: Well, I often have ............ dreams that I can fly, which is not possible. (CREDIBLE)

    • credible
    • incredible
    • credibly
    • credibility

44. 44) Many artists have produced illusory works of art whose images are ..............

    • deceive
    • deception
    • deceptive
    • deceit

45. 45) My brother's always had a vivid ............ which is why he's so good at art.

    • imaginary
    • imagined
    • imagination
    • immigration

46. 46) aphantasia (n)

    • a condition where some people cannot voluntarily visualise images
    • a condition where some people experience extreme mental imagery, visualising images, smells, sounds, etc.
    • a condition where people have difficulty remembering faces
    • a condition where some people can only dream in black and white

47. 47) My computer crashed yesterday and it took me ages to ...........the file I had been working on.

    • rectify
    • retrieve
    • override
    • recycle

48. 48) Jamal is quite sensible with his money and ................. to spend it on unnecessarily expensive items.

    • reluctant
    • reputable
    • compelling
    • far-fetched

49. 49) The newspapers .............. detailed mention of the claims made by several witnesses in the case.

    • lay
    • have
    • open
    • make

50. 50) We're running the 5K race to raise .................... and collect donations for a children's charity.

    • aware
    • awareness
    • awakening
    • awares

51. 51) You must watch the film about the French tightrope walker - it really .............. belief.

    • defy
    • defied
    • defies
    • defying

52. 52) Even when our brains reassure us that there simply cannot be a deep hole in the pavement, we continue to .......... our heads.

    • itch
    • rub
    • scratch
    • shake

53. 53) Being always available online and ready to reply is called ...........

    • grasp the significance
    • constant connectivity
    • pay dividends
    • strike the right balance

54. 54) Something very useful and valuable in the future will ...........

    • grasp significance
    • draw a line
    • pay dividends
    • maintain balance

55. 55) At first, I didn't grasp the ............ of what the teacher was saying.

    • signification
    • significance
    • connectivity
    • balance

56. 56) Try to .......... a line between when you're available to chat and when you need to focus.

    • maintain
    • strike
    • draw
    • grasp

57. 57) Sometimes you can work ............ and get nowhere.

    • your socks off
    • the ropes
    • a line
    • your targets

58. 58) The manager has asked me to help a new recruit ......... the ropes this week.

    • throw
    • pay
    • learn
    • call

59. 59) There's no question about whether Zeinab will be offered the job. It is ...........

    • have your say
    • throw it all in
    • a given
    • pop down

60. 60) I ought to be .............. about it so they can bring someone else in.

    • throw it all in
    • upfront
    • a given
    • have your say

61. 61) Not many people imagine doing the same job for life. 
    imagine means:

    • calling
    • envisage
    • coveted
    • a pipe dream

62. 62) I'm apt ............. forget people's names if I'm introduced to too many at once.

    • at
    • to
    • back
    • of

63. 63) Some of those personality traits held me in good ............ for doing my current job.

    • rut
    • stead
    • cut
    • way

64. 64) What skills or interests do you have now that you think will hold you in good stead in your future career?

    • be useful to you
    • get very angry
    • be just right for
    • start at the bottom and progress

65. 65) He's very controlling. He's always telling everyone what to do.
    He's just ............ and knows what he's doing.

    • insecure
    • confident
    • shy
    • oversensitive

66. 66) He's adamant. He always insists he's right and he's rather confrontational.
    I think he's just ............. , and a bit ........... and ............

    • shy / insecure / oversensitive
    • resolute / assertive / vocal
    • trusting / sincere / straightforward
    • defensive / unapproachable / opinionated

67. 67) It was all a bit of a ............... dream really - there was no way he could become an astronaut.

    • upfront
    • pipe
    • dividends
    • cards