First semester final exam- عرفات القزعة

1. 1. a person or group that competes with others means:

   • groom
   • omnivore
   • rival
   • habitat

2. 2. to destroy something completely means:

   • wipe out
   • pick up
   • bring about
   • look after

3. 3. My science teacher is very good at ______ difficult ideas so that we always understand them.

   • getting across
   • spelling out
   • wiping out
   • looking after

4. 4. Randa’s mother was absolutely ______ when she found out that her daughter had cheated in the exam again.

   • ecstatic
   • exasperated
   • devastated
   • livid

5. 5. I found it hard to understand what the physics teacher was talking about.

   I found it hard to figure ______ what the physics teacher was talking about.

   • out
   • up
   • in
   • about

6. 6. Sharing a house creates a strong ______ between young people at university.

   • conversation
   • talk
   • laugh
   • bond

7. 7. Mina: So how did your evening go, Huda? Did you and Maha ______ it off?

   • across
   • bond
   • hit
   • compliment

8. 8. He started talking to the new neighbour. He ______ with the new neighbour.

   • created a bond
   • took to someone
   • struck up a conversation
   • jumped down his throat

9. 9. She didn’t have to jump down my ______.

   • neck
   • on
   • throat
   • throw

10. 10. She talked so much that I didn’t manage to say anything at all during lunch. This sentence means:

    • jump down somebody’s throat
    • not get a word in edgeways
    • insist on having the last word
    • put somebody on the spot

11. 11. Not get a ______ in edgeways means: to be unable to say anything because someone else is talking all the time.

    • word
    • sentence
    • letter
    • phrase

12. 12. I don’t usually like someone immediately but I really ______ him.

    • pass on
    • real bond
    • strike up
    • took to

13. 13. Body language, such as ______, can demonstrate that you are listening.

    • responsible
    • release
    • nodding
    • diary

14. 14. 80 percent of the energy we consume is provided by ______ which pollute the atmosphere.

    • toxic waste
    • soil erosion
    • exhaust fumes
    • fossil fuels

15. 15. For safety reasons ______ must be stored in sealed containers underground.

    • exhaust fumes
    • soil erosion
    • toxic waste
    • endangered species

16. 16. The gradual increase in the Earth’s temperature is called global ______.

    • acid
    • emissions
    • warming
    • habitat

17. 17. Something trapped in the atmosphere causes the planet to heat up means:

    • greenhouse effect
    • renewable energy
    • ozone layer
    • fossil fuels

18. 18. Water ______ will lead to war! We are thirsty for change!

    • endangered
    • scarcity
    • emissions
    • habitat

19. 19. People who live in the desert are used to the ______ heat.

    • soaring
    • humid
    • torrent
    • force

20. 20. Animals that are classified as ‘endangered’ are at risk of becoming ______.

    • critically
    • extinct
    • natural
    • cuddly

21. 21. Insects are ______ because they do not have a backbone.

    • invertebrate
    • nocturnal
    • solitary
    • furry

22. 22. Soil ______ happens when the plants and trees that keep it in place are destroyed by the elements or man.

    • erosion
    • vehicle
    • torrential
    • layer

23. 23. to speak to somebody angrily about something wrong that they have done means:

    • tell somebody off
    • make a fuss of somebody
    • wind up
    • look up to somebody

24. 24. The teacher got angry when the children ______ in class.

    • messed about
    • peacemaker
    • wind up
    • blow

25. 25. You can’t say anything to criticise her at all or she gets angry; she’s so ______.

    • defensive
    • passionate
    • bigoted
    • hypocritical

26. 26. It’s fine to be ______ but sometimes you have to be practical too.

    • defensive
    • idealistic
    • tough
    • sensational

27. 27. Nasser says he’s worried about climate change, but he drives everywhere and goes on holiday by plane twice a year. He’s ______.

    • passionate
    • hypocritical
    • bigoted
    • realistic

28. 28. be comfortable in a particular place means:

    • sense of belonging
    • make ends meet
    • skinny
    • relocate

29. 29. move to a new place to live or for work ______

    • relocate
    • flunk
    • row
    • siblings

30. 30. My mother has five ______, two boys and three girls!

    • flunk
    • clash
    • siblings
    • relocate

31. 31. He’s the ______ and always does his best to resolve arguments.

    • peacemaker
    • admire
    • capable
    • hypocritical

32. 32. Why do you think a newspaper reported ______ animals living on the moon?

    • gone down
    • maintain
    • fake
    • bizarre

33. 33. I’m responsible for creating all those ______ headlines that attract attention.

    • clickbait
    • hit
    • public
    • siblings

34. 34. shocking and exciting, not serious means:

    • sensational
    • exclusive
    • newsworthy
    • poignant

35. 35. Locals living on the street ______ the allegation that they did anything illegal.

    • refute
    • solve
    • release
    • deny

36. 36. It will be difficult to find a suitable ______ for Laila when she leaves her post.

    • allegations
    • allegates
    • allege
    • replacement

37. 37. make someone remember or feel an emotion means:

    • evoke
    • poignant
    • capture
    • release

38. 38. I love taking ______ photos of the countryside.

    • captured
    • composed
    • landscape
    • scenic

39. 39. The photographer wanted to ______ the light on the lake.

    • pose
    • evoke
    • capture
    • landscape

40. 40. Which fact about the five senses is true?

    • Sitting too close to a TV damages your eyesight.
    • Men have a keener sense of smell than women.
    • Touch is the first sense to develop in babies.
    • Elephants cannot hear sounds from far away.

41. 41. ______ are the tiny bumps on your tongue that allow you to recognise flavours.

    • Taste cells
    • Taste buds
    • Tongue receptors
    • Flavour sensors

42. 42. The smell of something delicious cooking is:

    • Smelly
    • Aroma
    • Overpowering
    • Subtle

43. 43. The sound of a washing machine is:

    • Screeching
    • Popping
    • Humming
    • Rustling

44. 44. An animal that makes a high-pitched noise:

    • Cow
    • Parrot
    • Dog
    • Horse

45. 45. The lovely ______ of the flower garden came in through the window.

    • scent
    • stench
    • smell
    • stink

46. 46. A person putting a pin in a balloon ______ is:

    • Screech
    • Pops
    • Rustle
    • Hum

47. 47. The high-pitched sound made by small birds is:

    • Screech
    • Thud
    • Sizzle
    • Chirp

48. 48. The miracle cream would make her skin look young and ______.

    • sticky
    • smooth
    • fluffy
    • coarse

49. 49. Sabriye explains that to adjust ______ her blindness, she had to make herself focus on what she could rather than couldn’t do.

    • to
    • of
    • about
    • with

50. 50. Take 2 kg of tomatoes and ______ them in half (no need to ______ them).

    • chop / stir
    • peel / slice
    • slice / peel
    • boil / whizz

51. 51. I have a keen sense of ______ and I could tell something was burning in the restaurant’s kitchen.

    • smell
    • stench
    • savoury
    • bland

52. 52. The child’s hands are very ______ because she has been sticking things with glue.

    • sticky
    • spiky
    • coarse
    • fluffy

53. 53. There was no noise except for the ______ of paper as the students began the test.

    • rustling
    • humming
    • buzzing
    • sizzle

54. 54. Listening to pink noise is ______ safe.

    • absolutely
    • finally
    • utterly
    • slightly

55. 55. I was seriously ______ when we walked across the tight rope.

    • loud
    • petrified
    • scared
    • deafening

56. 56. The police didn’t ______ the speeding car as it was going too fast.

    • put off
    • realised
    • vision
    • pursue