________ the fifth largest among the nine planets that make up our solar system is not surprising to me.  
A.The Earth being       
B.The Earth is      
C.That the Earth is 
D.Being the Earth

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that is closest in meaning to each of the following questions.
People believe that he and a friend discovered traces of treasure in the hole.
A.It is believed that he and a friend had discovered traces of treasure in the hole.
B. Traces of treasure are believed to have been discovered in the hole by him and a friend.
C.Traces of treasure were believed to have been discovered in the hole by him and a friend.
D.It was believed that he and a friend had discovered traces of treasure in the hole.

_________(21)
A.use
B.care
C.take
D.get

Mark the letter A, B, C or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word of phrase that is CLOSEST in meaning to the underlined part in each of the following question.
When you see your teacher approaching you, a slight wave to attract his attention is appropriate.
A.looking up to
B.catching sight of
C.pointing at
D.coming nearer to

Choose the word which is stressed differently from the rest.

A.development
B.security
C.pessimistic
D.particular

"Do you want to wait?" - "Two weeks _________too long for me to wait."
A.is
B.are 
C. were 
D.was

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the sentence that best combines each pair of sentences in the following questions.
The plan may be ingenious. It will never work in practice.
A.Ingenious as it may be, the plan will never work in practice.
B. Ingenious as may the plan, it will never work in practice.
C.The plan may be too ingenious to work in practice.
D.The plan is as impractical as it is ingenious.

Read the following passage, and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each question.
Fifty-five delegates representing all thirteen states except Rhode Island attended the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia from May to September 1787. The delegates had been instructed by the Continental Congress to revise the old Articles of Confederation, but most believed that a stronger central government was needed. There were differences, however, about what structure the government should take and how much influence large states should have.
Virginia was by far the most populous state, with twice as many as people as New York, four times as many as New Jersey, and ten times as many as Delaware. The leader of the Virginia delegation, James Madison, had already drawn up a plan for government, which became known as the Large State Plan. Its essence was that congressional representation would be based on population. It provided for two or more national executives. The smaller states feared that under this plan, a few large states would lord over the rest. New Jersey countered with the Small State Plan. It provided for equal representation for all states in a national legislature and for a single national executive. Angry debate, heightened by a stifling heat wave, led to deadlock.
A cooling of tempers seemed to come with lower temperatures. The delegates hammered out an agreement known as the Great Compromise- actually a bundle of shrewd compromises. They decided that Congress would consist of two houses. The larger states were granted representation based on population in the lower house, the House of Representatives. The smaller states were given equal representation in the upper house, the Senate, in which each state would have two senators regardless of population. It was also agreed that there would be a single executive, the president. This critical compromise broke the logjam, and from then on, success seemed within reach.
 
           
The author uses the phrase “broke the logjam” to indicate that
A.the government was nearly bankrupt
B.some major problems had been solved. 
C.the Convention came to a sudden end.
D.the situation had become desperate.

Read the passage carefully and choose the best answers to the questions from questions 28 to 32:
Friendship is a term used to denote co-operative and supportive behaviour between two or more humans. This article focuses on the notion specific to interpersonal relationships. In this sense, the term connotes a relationship which involves mutual knowledge, esteem and affection. Friends will welcome each other's company and exhibit loyalty towards each other. Their tastes will usually be similar and may converge and they will share enjoyable activities. They will also engage in mutually helping behaviour, such as exchange of advice and the sharing of hardship. A friend is someone who may often demonstrate reciprocating and reflective behaviours.
Yet, for many, friendship is nothing more than the trust that someone or something will not harm them. Value that is found in friendships is often the result of a friend demonstrating on a consistent basis: the tendency to desire what is best for the other, sympathy and empathy, honesty, perhaps in situations where it may be difficult for others to speak the truth, especially in terms of pointing out the perceived faults  of one's counterpart mutual understanding.
In a comparison of personal relationships, friendship is considered to be closer than association, although there is a range of degrees of intimacy in both friendships and associations. The study of friendship is included in sociology, anthropology, philosophy and zoology. Various theories of friendship have been proposed, among which are social psychology, social exchange theory, equity theory, relational dialectics and attachment styles.
What term is used to denote co-operative and supportive behaviour between people?
A.Anthropology
B.Psychology
C.Sociology
D.Friendship

IV- Read the following passage  and mark the letter (A, B, C or D) on your answer sheet to indicate the correct answer to each for  the questions. 
  Aspirin’s origins go back at least as early as 1758 .In that year , Englishman Edward Stone noticed a distinctive bitter flavor in the bark of the willow tree. To Stone , this particular bark seemed to have much in common with “Peruvian Bark ” , which had been used medicinally since the 1640s to bring down fevers and to treat malaria . Stone decided to test the effectiveness of the willow bark. He obtained some , pulverized  it into tiny pieces , and conducted experiments in  its properties . His tests demonstrated that this pulverized willow bark was effective both in reducing high temperatures and in relieving aches and pains .In 1763, Stone presented his findings to the British Royal Society.
  Several , decades later , further studies on the medicinal value of the willow bark were being conducted by two Italian scientists . These chemists , Brugnatelli and Fontana , determined that the active chemical that was responsible for the medicinal  characteristics in the willow bark was the chemical  salicin  , which is the active ingredient of today’s aspirin.
    The name “aspirin”   is the trade name of the drug based on the chemical salicin , properly known as acetylsalicylic  acid . The trade name  “aspirin” was invented for the drug in the 1890s by the Bayer Drug Company in Germany .The first bottles of aspirin actually went on the public just prior to the turn of the century , in 1899. 
 
What is true about Brugnatelli and  Fontana ?
A.They were from Italy   
B.They added a chemical to the willow bark.
C.They conducted studies on the willow bark.
D.They were medical doctors.