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

1. Engineering is a / an .................... career .
   1. worthwhile
   2. neglecting
   3. illegal
   4. unknown
2. Gihan’s mother forced her ......................... her room
   1. not to tidy
   2. tidying
   3. tidy
   4. to tidy
3. Because he is a / an .................. person, all his dreams always come true .
   1. lazy
   2. passive
   3. ambitious
   4. uncaring
4. In the future, every new book ......................... as an e-book .
   1. will publish
   2. was published
   3. will be published
   4. will have published
5. ..................... being brilliant , he didn’t have the luck to be in the right place .
   1. Though
   2. However
   3. Despite
   4. But
6. Animals have .................. to protect themselves from their enemies .
   1. evolved
   2. involved
   3. resolved
   4. revolved
7. My parents still remember .............. Luxor and Aswan . It was enjoyable .
   1. to visit
   2. visiting
   3. visit
   4. having visited
8. Writing a lot of novels , Naguib Mahfouz ..................... famous as a novelist .
   1. is becoming
   2. had become
   3. become
   4. became
9. Plants change the energy from the sun into ...................... energy .
   1. solar
   2. chemical
   3. mechanical
   4. physical
10. He prefers watching squash ...................... playing it .
    1. for
    2. into
    3. to
    4. on
11. All religions consider ................... a crime an illegal deed .
    1. making
    2. committing
    3. concluding
    4. taking
12. Abo Simbel temple is an amazing ......................... of ancient and modern engineering .
    1. combination
    2. organization
    3. competition
    4. collaboration
13. If your expression or voice ............., you begin to look unfriendly .
    1. shortens
    2. hardens
    3. softens
    4. widens
14. Without the help of youth , the development projects cannot take ..................
    1. part
    2. in
    3. over
    4. place
15. After much ...................... , the committee decided to close the factory .
    1. donation
    2. debate
    3. delay
    4. deletion