امتحان انجليزي قدرات عليا 2008-سيف عويمر

1. 1. My younger brother is ..... .. ... . . ; he always gives money to anyone who asks without questioning.

   • a go-getter
   • a soft touch
   • a dark horse
   • a smart alec

2. 2. Haroon doesn't feel very confident. Whenever someone criticizes him, he becomes quite . .... .... ...because heis

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

3. 3. People say she's........... because she rarely gets upset and handles pressure well.

   • forward-looking
   • laid-back
   • strong-willed
   • highly-strung

4. 4.  (Stop correcting the teacher in front of everyone — you're acting like ..........

   • a go-getter
   • a smart cookie
   • a smart alec
   • a soft touch

5. 5. After much thought, we finally decided to ......... ...the smaller car. 

   • plump for
   • click with
   • get a kick out of
   • wild about

6. 6. I immediately ....her when we met, and we became friends straight away.

   • clicked with
   • plumped for
   • got a kick out of
   • said a lot about

7. 7. The things we surround ourselves with as possessions can also say a lot about us. The underlined expression means:

   • be crazy about something
   • reveal our traits
   • not be very keen on something
   • hit it off with someone

8. 8. I'm sorry, but we need to have a......... discussion about your negative attitude.

   • frankness
   • frank
   • frankly
   • franked

9. 9.  I'm a real bookworm. So far this month I............six books

   • was reading
   • have read
   • have been reading
   • had read

10. 10. This time tomorrow, I'll be flying over the Atlantic. The function for this sentence is:

    • an action in progress up to a certain time in the future
    • an action that will be completed before a certain point in the future
    • an action that will be in progress at a specific time in the future
    • an action in progress up to the present moment

11. 11. ......... a headache ever since I woke up this morning.

    • had
    • have been having
    • have had
    • am havmg

12. 12. 1 had been there before. 

    - The function for this sentence is:

    • a recent action With a result in the present
    • an action in progress up to a certain time in the future
    • an action that will be completed before a certain point in the past
    • a completed action which happened before a certain point in the past

13. 13. When I finish the marathon, I ................42 kilometres.

    • will tun
    • will have run
    • will be running
    • have run

14. 14. Look at your hands! They're dirty because you.............. in the garden for two hours, and you ........ ten new flowers already.

    • were working / planted
    • have been working / have planted
    • have been working / planted
    • have worked / have planted

15. 15. They ... .... ... . . the house, so it looks amazing now.

    • have decorated
    • decorated
    • had been decorating
    • are decorating

16. 16. Since the days when humans .........the land, society .........on food production.

    • farmed / has depended
    • have farmed / has depe
    • were farming / has depended
    • farm / depends

17. 17. When 1 ...... to school, it started raining heavily.

    • was walkmg
    • walked
    • have walked
    • am walkmg

18. 18. Whi1e she ............ dinner, the kids are watching TV in the living room.

    • has cooked
    • was cooking
    • is cooking
    • cooked

19. 19. The word that means "Making something so easy to understand that it is no longer true" is:

    • oversimplification
    • destiny
    • imply
    • hereditary

20. 20.The compound adjective "highly-strung "is formed from:

    • noun- participle
    • adj-noun
    • adv-past-participle
    • adv-noun