Unlike many writings of her time , she was not preoccupied with morality .




A.writings
B.of her time
C.preoccupied with
D.morality

VIII- Read the following passage taken from Oxford Advanced Learner’s Dictionary, 8th edition, and mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word for each of the blanks from 55 to 64
John F. Kennedy
(John Fitzgerald Kenedy 1917-1963) the 35th US President( 1961-1963). He was the country’s youngest president and the first Roman Catholic ever ___(55)___. He was ___(56)___
Known informally as Jack Kennedy and JFK. His wife was Jackie Kenedy. He won a medal for ___(57)___ during World War 2, and was elected to the US House of Representatives (19947-1953) and then ___(58)___, the US Senate ( 1952-1960).
Kennedy greatest success ___(59)___ President was in ___(60)___ the Cuban missile crisis and his worst failure was over the Bay of Pigs incident. He worked ___(61)___ his brother, US Attorney General Robert Kennedy , to support the civil rights ___(62)___ . He was murdered in Dallas, probably by Lee Harvey Oswald, in one of the most shocking events in US history. Some people believed that others were responsible for his murder, but ___(63)___ has ever been ___(64)___ proved. Kennedy’ book, Profiles in Courage (1956), won a Pulitzer Prize.
“And so, my fellow Americans : ask not what your country can do for you – ask what you can do for your country.”
JOHN F KENNEDY




A.moving
B.moved
C.movement
D.move

II- Read the following passage and mark the letter A. B. C. or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct word or phrase that best fits each of the numbered blanks.
It is now extremely popular to take a gap year between school and university or university and work, and tospend it travelling. There are plenty of reasons to recommend it - travel (27) ______ the mind, you’re only young once,life isn't a rehearsal and so on.And if you don't do it, you may always regret that you didn't take the (28) ______. In the end, there's only one response: well, why not?
The idea may have its (29) _____ from the 18thcentury. Grand Tour once undertaken by the young, rich and noble, but it the middle classes who have (30) ____ it into something that 200.000 British youngsters do every year (31) ______ has never been so easy and cheap, with more places open to tourists than ever. Also, the gap year is now (32) ______ by many employers and universities.
The States, the Far East and Australia were among the original (33) _______ and although these remain in the (34) ________ five, young explorers are now going (35) _______ farther. The most far-flung comers of the world are (36) _______ in popularity year by year.
(33) ______




A.destinations
B.endings
C.landings
D.terminals

Mark the letter A. B. c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following

She ______ with her sister at the moment until she finds a flat.




A.stays
B.is staying
C.will stay
D.has stayed

Mark the letter A. B. c or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following

Choose the most suitable response to fill in the blank in the following exchange. - Would you like a cup oftea?" - _________




A.Yes. I usually drink coffee!
B.I could do with one!
C.It isn't my cup of tea!
D.Don't mention it.

Part II. In no more than 140 words, write a paragraph about a person you admire




A.
B.
C.
D.

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
I brought my television to the TV repairman yesterday to have it ...................




A.to repaired
B.repaired
C.repairing
D.repair

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
A man whom people cannot trust will have …………. friends.




A.little
B.few
C.a few
D.a lot

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the following questions.
Some people believe that books are .................. species, fighting for survival in competition with TV, film, the Internet and CD.




A.danger
B.dangerous
C.endangered
D.dangerously

V- Read the following passage and mark the letter A, B,C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each of the questions from 45 to 49.
Chess must be of the oldest games in the world An Arab traveller in India in the year 900 wrote that it was played “long, long ago”. Chess was probably invented in India, and it has been played everywhere from Japan toEurope since 1400. The name “chess” is interesting. When one player is attacking the other's King, he says, inEnglish, “Check", when the King has been caught and cannot move anywhere he says “Check mate”. These words come from Persian. “Shah mat” means "the king is dead”, that is when the game is over and one player has won.
Such an old game changes very slowly. The rules have not always been the same as they are now. For example, at one time the queen could only move one square at a time. Now she is the strongest piece or the board. It would be interesting to know why this has happened! Chess takes time and thought, but it is a game for all kinds of people. You don’t have to be a champion in order to enjoy it. It is not always played by two people sitting at the same table. The first time the Americans beat the Russians was in a match played by radio. Some of the chess masters are able to play many people at the same time. The record was when one man played 400 games! It is said that some people play chess by post. This must make chess the slowest game in the world.
One player has won the game when ___________.




A.he attacks the other player's King
B.he says some Persian words
C.the other player's King cannot move anywhere
D.he says “check” to the other player