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  1. Question One: Reading

    For items (1-9), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.

    In many ways, human life on this planet is better than it has ever been. In many countries across the world, crime has been dropping steadily. This may be due to better education, or perhaps to a reduction in extreme poverty. In 2018, the proportion of the world’s population living in extreme poverty fell to around 10%. With luck, no one will be living in this way within a few decades.

    Technology is also making our lives easier and safer, and this trend is bound to continue. For example, driving is sure to become safer. Human error is the key reason for most car accidents, and well-programmed driverless cars may save huge numbers of lives. Such cars are already a reality and are going to become more common in the next few years.

    And finally, life expectancy is already higher than it4 has ever been and as a result of better medicine, people are likely to live until the age of 100.

    1- The reason for the steady decline in crime in many countries is ………

    • Increasing use of technology
    • Rising levels of extreme poverty
    • Better education and reduced poverty
    • Fewer cars on the roads

  2. 2- What is the author’s hope for the future regarding extreme poverty?

    • That it will decrease slowly
    • That it will stay the same
    • That no one will live in extreme poverty
    • That it will increase to 20%

  3. 3- According to the passage, why might driverless cars make driving safer? 

    • They are slower than human-driven cars
    • They can eliminate human error
    • They are still far from becoming common
    • They rely on human drivers for guidance

  4. It’s no accident that the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature is a giant panda. These animals are cute or beautiful, or both, and of course we all want to save them. This popularity enables organisations such as the WWF to raise money to support a range of critically endangered species.

    However, less well-known or ‘exciting’ creatures are far more likely to become extinct because they don’t get enough attention from researchers. Invertebrates make up over 90% of all the creatures on Earth, but get only a tiny percentage of the money available to protect our wildlife.

    4- Why is the giant panda used as the symbol of the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF)?

    • It less exciting
    • It is cute and popular, attracting public support
    • It is the only endangered species
    • It is less likely to become extinct

  5. 5- According to the passage, what is one reason some animals are more likely to become extinct?

    • They are too well-known
    • They receive too much funding
    • They get little attention from researchers
    • They are omnivore

  6. 6- The word that means ‘’ animals without a backbone’’ is ……

    • researchers
    • creatures
    • Invertebrates
    • species

  7. The idiom 'as blind as a bat' is often used to describe someone who can't find something that is right in front of them. However, even a thorough search is unlikely to reveal a truly blind bat because in fact, all species in the bat family have eyes and are capable of sight.

     About 70% of the nocturnal animals use something called echolocation to navigate, but that doesn’t mean they can't see. The remaining 30%, mainly the larger species, can see well all night.

    Another bat myth is that they love human hair. While they are known to occasionally dive towards people all high speed, scientific evidence shows that they are actually hunting insects and are not irresistibly attracted to your beautiful long hair!

    7- The idiom 'as blind as a bat' is used to indicate ---------------------------.

    • someone that is capable to see
    • someone that is angry
    • Someone that can see all night
    • someone that isn’t able to see things in front of them

  8. 8- According to the text, bats can see because:

    • They can’t find anything in front of them
    • They have eyes and sight
    • They dive towards people’s hair
    • They are blind

  9. 9- The underlined pronoun “they” refer to.

    • human
    • people
    • species
    • bats

  10. Question Two : Vocabulary

    For items (10-15), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.

    10- Deforestation causes ________ because tree roots are no longer in place to bind the earth together.

    • fossil fuels
    • soil erosion
    • exhaust fumes
    • wind turbines

  11. 11- Pollution in the atmosphere results in _______________ rain.

    • boiling
    • acid
    • erosion
    • blistering

  12. 12- Chemicals and other harmful waste products means _____

    • renewable energy
    • wind farms
    • toxic waste
    • exhaust fumes

  13. 13- Animals that are classified as ‘endangered’ are at risk of becoming ________.

    • extinct
    • natural
    • critically
    • erosion

  14. 14- I'm _________ between buying a luxury car and building a house.

    • torn
    • track
    • mind
    • hand

  15. 15- I'm on the _____________about the advertising campaign.

    • spot
    • torn
    • track
    • fence

  16. Question three : Writing

    For items (16-17), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.

    16- If you start a letter with a name, end the letter ___________

    • Yours sincerely
    • Dear Sir or Madam
    • Dear Mr Haddad
    • Yours faithfully

  17. 17- In the final paragraph in email ………..  

    • ask the recipient of the email/letter to take some action
    • state the problem(s) and offer solutions
    • mention that you expect a reply
    • state your reasons for writing

  18. Question Four : Grammar

    For items (18-25), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.

    18- My grandfather is 89 years old, but he's in great shape, so I'm sure he ______________ to be 100.

    • will live
    • are going to live
    • will have lived
    • will have been living

  19. 19- Look at these statistics – they are very optimistic. Without a doubt, crime figures ____________ to decrease in the near future.

    • will be continued
    • are going to continue
    • will continue
    • b or c

  20. 20- During a few days, I ____________my bags and buying any last-minute things I need for the journey.

    • will prepare
    • will have prepared
    • will be preparing
    • will be prepared

  21. 21- By the time they reach the red planet, they ______________ over 50 million kilometres.

    • are going to cover
    • had covered
    • will be covered
    • will have covered

  22. 22- By the time we reach the entrance, we _____________________for three hours!

    • will have been waiting
    • had been waiting
    • will wait
    • will have been waited

  23. 23- I ____________________doing my presentation on endangered species.

    • am hoping
    • thinking of
    • due to
    • am about to

  24. 24- We’re sure that we will find a cure for cancer in the future.

    The sentence that has the same meaning to the one above is ……..

    • We are bound to find a cure for cancer in the future
    • We are unlikely to find a cure for cancer in the future
    • We are likely to find a cure for cancer in the future
    • We are impossible to find a cure for cancer in the future

  25. 25-The lecture is going to start soon.

    The sentence that has the same meaning to the one above is

    • The lecture is about to start
    • The lecture is bound to start
    • The lecture is to start
    • The lecture is due to start