The man mentioned in the passage, who used his cellphone too often, ______.




A.suffered serious loss of mental ability
B.could no longer think lucidly
C.abandoned his family
D.had a problem with memory

"Negative publicity" in the passage most likely means ______.




A.information on the lethal effects of cellphones
B.widespread opinion about bad effects of cellphones
C.the negative public use of cellphones
D.poor ideas about the effects of cellphones

The changes possibly Caused by the cellphones are mainly concerned with ______.




A.the mobility of the mind and the body
B.the smallest units of the brain
C.the arteries of the brain
D.the resident memory

Public assistance has become more and more popular due to the ______.




A.young people’s voluntarism only
B.volunteer organizations
C.people’s growing commitment to charity
D.innovations in the tax system

The restaurants on the island are expensive, so it’s worth______ packed lunch.




A.taken
B.taking
C.to take
D.take

It was announced that neither the passengers nor the driver _________in the crash.




A.are injured
B.was injured
C.were injured
D.have been injured

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