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Practice Test 1
A Language Functions
11 Finish
Finish the
the following
following dialogue:
dialogue:
Anwar andaIbrahim
Ibrahim  meet for the first time on a train. They introduce themselves to each other. ?
Anwar Hi, I’m Ibrahim.
Ibrahim: I’m fromI’m from Cairo. 1 What’s your name?/What about you
Alexandria.  ?
Anwar:
Ibrahim Anwar,
b and I’m from Alexandria. ?
Ibrahim:
Anwar
2 How old are you
I’m nearly nineteen.  ?
Anwar:
Ibrahim I’m
c  nearly nineteen. ?
Ibrahim:
Anwar
3 What do you do
I’m a student at the university.  ?
Anwar:
Ibrahim I’m
d  a student at the university. ?
Ibrahim:
Anwar
4 What would you like to be?/ What are you studying to be
I’d like to be a teacher.  ?
Anwar: I’d like to be a teacher.
2 Write what you would say in each of the following situations:
22 Write
Write what
what you
you would
would say
say in
in each
each of
of the
the following
following situations:
situations:
a Someone asks what your memory is like. Answer.
a A friend of yours asks you what you know about Neil Armstrong.
Ibdon’t
Someoneknow much./
wants He how
to know was good
the first
you man
are atto landAnswer.
maths. on the moon. 
b Your friend asks for some advice on how to study.
You should wants
c Someone studytoone subject
know for do
what you oneinhour, then move
the evenings. on to another subject./ You
Answer.
should make a list of words you want to learn.
c Someone wants to know what you do in the evenings. Answer.

c You are invited to dinner at a big restaurant, but you refuse the invitation politely.
No,
c thanks. I’m busy tonight./ I’d
dolove to, but I have an exam tomorrow. 
d Someone
Someone wants to know
asks how whathave
long you you in theEnglish.
studied evenings. Answer.
Answer.
d Your sister asks you what you think of Charles Dickens’s Oliver Twist.
Ic really liked
Someone it./ to
wants I didn’t like you
know what it./do
It in
is the
a sad story. Answer.
evenings.

B
B Vocabulary
Vocabulary and
and Structure
Structure
3 Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d. Answer only ten (10)
3 Choose the correct answer from A, B C or D:
questions:
1 PlCharlest Dickensb……… tt i in theil thsouth
i of England.
d
A grow B growing C grows D grew
b Howa bear b was born
has your grandfather  cyouborn
in your life? d is born
2 A“Dangerous”
shown is theBopposite
taken of ………C. grown up D influenced
c Have
a sad you ever been 
b serious for a job
c in your home? d safe
scared
3 AThe paysmallest parts B paid
of animals and plantsC paying
are called ……… D .bought
d If aI  hearts 30 students b cells in my class,c I’dbrains
know all their names by tomorrow.
d pieces
A have B had C would have D will have
4 If you do exercise regularly, you won’t ……… weight.
e It’s very hot today. What’s the  outside?
a put off b put away c put on d put down
A degrees B hot C temperature D sun
5f Hearing
You should is one of the five 
avoid ……… friends with such bad people.
a to
A bodies. make b Bmake
senses. c Cmaking
brains. d Dtotastes.
making
6g IfIfI my
feelpen
ill, I friend
usually……… fromtoItaly,
the I’ll
doctor’s.
show him around Cairo.
Aa gocome B went
b comes c Cis coming
had gone d Dcame
will go
7h He’s
Theylived in Aswan
left for

Rome after they 1999. ……… some business in London.
A for B until C to D since
a do b had done c would do d were doing
8 An ……… is someone with special skills or knowledge of a subject.
a accountant b electrician c expert d academic
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9 ……… Dickens was twelve, he went to work in a factory.
a While b When c During d As
10 Thieves and other criminals are usually punished by being sent to ……… .
a prison b a gang c a workhouse d a hospital
11 Someone just stole the money I had in my ………………….!
a gang b thief c pocket d prison
12 You should ………………. lots of milk if you want healthy bones.
a drink b drinks c drank d drinking

4 Rewrite the following sentences using the word(s) in brackets to

give the same meaning. Answer only four (4) questions:
1 Abu-Heif won the Egyptian primary schools swimming championship at the age of ten. (when)

When Abu-Heif was ten, he won the Egyptian primary schools swimming championship.

2 My uncle owns a very famous bookshop. (owner)

My uncle is the owner of a very famous bookshop. 
3 You look very ill. I advise you to see a doctor at once. (should)

You should see a doctor at once. 

4 No one in the family is older than Maha. (oldest)

Maha is the oldest (person) in the family. 

5 I usually don’t eat before I exercise. (after)
I usually don’t exercise after I eat. 
5 Read the text below, then write the word which best fits each
space:
Nabawiya Musa is a famous Egyptian. She was the first Egyptian 1 girl  to join
secondary school. She played an 2 important  part in girls’ education. She helped women
to learn and 3 find/get  jobs. She wrote a famous 4 book  about girls’
education in 1920. She also became the 5
headmistress  of a girls’ school in Cairo. She
really loved Egypt very much and helped Egyptian girls 6 progress  in education and work.

C Reading Comprehension and Set Books

6 Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
In the nineteenth century, while Dickens was writing about social problems in England, people in
American cities were facing similar problems. Thousands of immigrants were coming from Europe
every year because they had no jobs or land at home. They had little money and often lived in
poor, crowded buildings. Many of them had come from small villages. They did not know how to
live in big cities. Many of them did not speak English and they did not have job skills.
In 1889, two upper-class women, Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr, moved into a big house in a
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poor neighbourhood of Chicago. They called it “Hull House”. With others’ help, at night they gave
classes in English and job skills for factory workers. They opened a kindergarten for small children
whose parents worked in factories. They had clubs for older children and a library. They helped
2,000 people every week to have healthier and better lives.
Today in Chicago, the Hull House Association continues the social work that was begun by Jane
Addams more than a century ago.

1 What problems in nineteenth century America were similar to the problems in nineteenth century
England?
People were poor. They were crowded in cities. They had no jobs and no land. 
2 Why did Jane Addams and Ellen Gates Starr move into a poor neighbourhood?
To help teach English and job skills to poor factory workers. 
3 Why did they give classes at night and not in the day?
Because factory workers worked during the day. 
4 Do you think Hull House was a success? Why or why not?

Yes, because 2000 people were being helped per week./Because it led to a better society.
5 What are immigrants?
a poor people
b people who come to live in a country from another country
c visitors from another country d people who don’t speak English

6 Who or what does the underlined “they” refer to?

a factory workers b immigrants c Jane and Ellen d factories

7 Answer only four (4) of the following questions:

1 What is a photographic memory?

A photographic memory is the ability to remember information or visual images in
great detail. 
2 Mention two functions of the brain.
It stores memories./ It sends messages to the rest of body./ It controls breathing, 
body temperature and digestion. 
3 How did Ramy Ashour become famous at the age of 16?
He became the youngest player to win the Men’s World Junior Squash Championship.
4 Do you think we should be grateful to Dr Farouk El-Baz? Give a reason for your answer.
Yes, because he discovered underground water in the Western Desert using remote
sensing./ He made Egyptians proud. 
5 Nabawiya Musa played an important part in education. Do you agree or disagree?
Yes, because she helped other women to succeed in education and work. 
6 Mention two reasons why children grow up on the streets.
Children grow up on the streets because they come from very poor families who 

can’t afford to feed their children, so they send them away. Another reason is that

some children are very unhappy at home, so they run away to live on the streets with
other children. Other reasons include war and natural disasters like floods or 
earthquakes, in which the parents might be killed and the children and forced to 
look after themselves. 
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D The Novel
8 A Answer the following questions:
1 What did Noah Claypole say about Oliver’s mother that made Oliver so angry?

He told Oliver that his mother had died because she was no good anything, and
that if she hadn’t died, the owners of the workhouse would have punished her.

2 What is the setting (time and place) of Oliver Twist?

Oliver Twist is set in England during the Industrial Revolution. 
3 Why did Oliver cry when Mr Bumble took him to Mr Sowerberry?
Oliver cried because he had no friends and felt very lonely.

4 Oliver agreed that the notebooks were well made. Why did Fagin and the boys find this very
funny?
Because is was clear from Oliver’s response that Oliver had no idea that the
notebooks had been stolen. Oliver really did think they had made the notebooks
themselves.

B Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:

“Poor woman. She was so beautiful. We’ll never know who she was.”
1 Who said these words? The nurse said these words. 
2 Who is the beautiful woman? The beautiful woman is Oliver’s mother. 
3 Why will they never know who she was? They will never know who she was because 
she has died.

C Find the mistake in each of the following sentences and

correct it:
1 Mr Sowerberry complained that Oliver was very big.
Mr Sowerberry complained that Oliver was very small. 
2 Mr Bumble frightened Oliver when he was locked in Mr Sowerberry’s cellar.
Mr Bumble did not frighten Oliver. 
E Writing
y
9 Write a letter to your cousin:
Your cousin Wessam has asked you for advice on how to study English vocabulary. Write your
reply to your cousin. Your name is Reda and you live at 111 Hussein Wassef Street, Dokki, Giza.

F Translation
10 A Translate into Arabic:
1 Ramy Ashour is a famous Egyptian squash player.

ű1sp;ftÿf9s_6 NĐ1s:Nwf1
2 Neil Armstrong was the first person to step on the moon.

ű2g[bwcNqzf.[Gy@+:ar$jr27f1dzji^
B Translate into English:
¨„9f¼*Ž§g„6&¸*|µ'§¼*¨DÕF4f„¼*¢ž„9l¡F
I was one of the participants in the conference last week./ 
I was one of the people who participated in the conference last week.
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