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Question One: Reading
For items (1-5), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.
In England during the 1800s, many people came to the cities to work. There were places called workhouses where the poorest people could live, work and eat to make ends meet. But life in the workhouses was not easy, where people somehow managed a subsistence, living day-to-day, huddled together to keep warm.
One night, a woman arrived at a workhouse. She gave birth to a baby but then sadly died. A nurse called the baby Oliver Twist and he was sent to a house for orphans until he was nine. Then he was sent to a workhouse to work. Oliver was sad to leave the other orphans. Although the boys lived hand-to-mouth, they had a sense of belonging at the house and looked after each other.
1- The person who gave a birth to a baby in the workhouse was ……
- a nurse
- Oliver Twist’s mother
- Oliver Twist
- an orphan
2- According to the author, people in England used to go to cities because they wanted to
- find an easy life
- mostly work
- meet each other
- look after each other
3- The underlined phrase means ……………..
- to have just enough money to buy what you need
- didn’t have enough food
- dealing with things without thinking about the future
- very thin
However, it was his experience at working with other poor people in a factory that made Dickens the compassionate writer he became, aware of the difficult lives many people were living. When he left school, Dickens started off working in the law, but he always loved writing, and soon became a journalist. He started writing stories in magazines, and his stories were very popular .
4- The main reason that made Dickens compassionate writer was ……..
- working in Law
- working with poor people
- being a journalist
- leaving the school
5- The reason that made Deckens to be become a journalist is …………
- leaving the school
- working with poor people
- loving writing
- working in Law
Question Two : Vocabulary
For items (6-11), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.
6- The phrase for ways of behaving that means ‘’to say things in order to annoy somebody’’ is ……..
- mess about
- show off
- tell somebody off
- wind somebody up
7- Dareen will look after your baby well; she’s reliable, responsible and completely _____.
- modest
- trustworthy
- defensive
- tough
8- Karam’s the _________________ and always does his best to resolve arguments.
- peacemaker
- capable
- sincere
- temper
9- When Hashem lost his job, his life turned upside __________
- up
- down
- in
- out
10- Yanal hates anyone who is different from him. He's really ________
- modest
- pushy
- hypocritical
- bigoted
11- The phrase that indicates ‘’impersonal opinion’’ is …………..
- It is sometimes held that
- I firmly believe
- In my opinion
- for instance
Question Three : Grammar
For items (12-25), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.
12- On Saturdays, I ________________ swimming with my dad.
- am used to going
- would go
- used to go
- use to go
13- He _____________ be quite tall for his age, but then all the other boys caught up.
- use to
- used to
- would
- wouldn’t
14- Did you ___________ to walk to school when you were little?
- used to walk
- use to walk
- would walk
- use walk
15- Fatemah winds me up all the time.
The sentence which has the similar meaning to the above one is ……
- Fatemah is always winding me up
- Fatemah was always winding me up
- Fatemah used to wind me up
- Fatemah will wind me up
16- Zaid talks behind my back and then denies it.
- Zaid was forever talking behind my back and then deny it
- Zaid used to talk behind my back and then deny it
- Zaid will talk behind my back and then deny it
- Zaid would talk behind my back and then deny it
17- Did you see that car which was parked next to ours?
The underlined phrase with a participle clause can be replaced with ………
- parking
- parked
- parks
- which parked
18- What’s the name of that website that sells retro-tech?
The present participle in the sentence which has the same meaning to the above one is ……
- What's the name of that website which sells retro-tech?
- What's the name of that website is selling retro-tech?
- What's the name of that website selling retro-tech?
- What's the name of that website sold retro-tech?
19- Osamah had just arrived home with his wife, who had been working that afternoon.
The function of the non-defining sentence in the above sentence is:
- a typical characteristic of a person
- a repeated action in the present
- to give extra, non-essential information
- an annoying repeated habit in the past
20- The sentence you can omit the relative pronoun without affecting the meaning is …………
- you had to have a wire that connected your computer with the telephone line.
- I had to go into the hall, where the phone was kept, and everyone could hear every word I said.
- My best friend, who I was usually talking to, used to get fed up with me whispering all the time!
- phones are something that you can keep in your pocket.
21- The town______ we relocated to was in the south.
- which
- where
- when
- who
22- Her fiancée, ________she split up with last month, wasn’t very trustworthy.
- that
- which
- who
- A or C
23- They go to that beach in summer. It’s their favourite place.
The sentence which has the same meaning to the above sentences is ……
- The beach which they go in summer is their favourite place
- The beach where they go in summer is their favourite place
- The beach that they go in summer is their favourite place
- The beach where they go to in summer is their favourite place
24-The architect knew the couple for _____________ he had designed the house.
- who
- that
- which
- whom
25- When I stayed with my cousin, she ________ forever ________ her phone!
- was, losing
- is, losing
- used to , lose
- were, losing