A) Vocabulary & structure

1- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:

1. Most people feel –––– when athletes from their country do well in the Olympics.

a) shy b) ashamed

c) angry d) proud

2. Swimming and cycling are very good forms of ––––.

a) reading b) sports

c) business d) selling

3. In our English class, the students usually take –––– to answer the teacher's questions.

a) place b) part

c) care d) turns

4. I couldn't take –––– in the race because I had broken my leg.

a) part b) role

c) place d) care

5. The swimmer hoped he would win the race , but he came third and won the ––– – medal.

a) gold b) silver

c) bronze d) metal

6. –––– is a sport in which two men wearing gloves hit each other.

a) Boxing b) Swimming

c) Hockey d) Chess

7. In 2008, the Olympic Games took –––– in Beijing.

a) part b) place

c) turns d) care

8. –––– is a Japanese sport which is a kind of fighting.

a) Running b) Judo

c) Rowing d) Skiing

9. He looked so –––– when he received his medal , didn't he ?

a) pride b) proud

c) shy d) ashamed

10. How –––– did he do there ?

a) better b) best

c) well d) good

11. He –––– on that project for two years, and it still needs a lot of effort.

a) worked b) am working

c) has been working d) had worked

12. It –––– for two hours. Now the sky is clear.

a) rained b) has been raining

c) is raining d) has rained

13. He’s in hospital because he has –––– an accident,

a) had b) been having

c) having d) not had

14. She –––– for the test for three hours now.

a) revised b) had revised

c) revises b) has been revising

15. The forest fires –––– for three weeks now. We need a lot of rain to put them out.

a) has burnt b) have been burning

c) has been burning d) have burnt

16. I –––– my aunt six times this year.

c) turns d) care

 B – Reading Comprehension

2- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:

What inspires someone to make a new invention? Most inventors are inspired by need. Louis Braille, who was born in 1809, lost his sight when he was a child. However, his parents helped him to continue his education. His teachers helped him a lot and he reached the top of his class. At the age of seventeen, he was given money to study at the Royal Institution for Blind Youth, where he started to use a simple raised-print system for reading.

Louis Braille invented a better system based on raised dots. The dots are put into patterns in a rectangle which has six positions for dots. The different arrangements of the dots represent the letters of the alphabet or other characters. There are symbols for punctuation marks and for math and music. A blind person reads by feeling the dots with their fingertips. Braille writing was not well known until sixteen years after its inventor’s death in 1852. Today, it is used in almost every country in the world and is considered the standard form of reading and writing for the blind.

A. Answer the following questions

1. What do you think inspired Louis Braille to invent a better system of reading for the blind?

2. How do you think a blind person can read with the Braille system?

3. In what year do you think the Braille system became well known?

4. Do you agree that there were many persons in Louis Braille's life that helped him? How?

B. Choose the correct answer:

5. The underlined relative pronoun "where" refers to ––––

a) the money to study

b) the Royal Institution for Blind Youth

c) his home

c) simple raised-print system for reading

6. Louis Braille began attending the Royal Institution for Blind Youth when he was – ––

a) born

b) three years old

c) seven years old

d) seventeen years old

7. The different arrangements of the dots – ––– for the letters of the alphabet or other characters.

a) present

b) stands

c) represent

d) refers

8. Louis Braille was given money to study at the Royal Institution for Blind Youth …. ten years old.

a) in the age of

b) aging

c) aged

d) ages

c- writing

3- A- Translate into Arabic:

1) Egyptians are proud of Professor Magdi Yacoub. Thanks to his high qualifications, he has become the pioneer of heart transplant operations.

2) Scientific research is essential for upgrading our country. So, the state must foster Egyptian researchers since they are the key to scientific renaissance.

B- Translate into English:

1-تبذل الدولة قصاري جهدها لتأمين فرص متساوية للرجل والمرأة في كل المجالات .

2- اتمنى أن تدار مياه النيل بطريقة أفضل في المستقبل ومن ثم لن تكون ملوثة جدا .

4- Write an essay of about ONE HUNDRED and eighty (180) words on only ONE

(1) of the following topics: