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.nerve 
B.audacity
C.resolution
D.courage

To improve parent-child relationships, teenagers are advised to be _____.
A.obedient                  
B.responsible                          
C.co-operative      
D.independent

The guests give the newly-wedded couple envelopes. There is a wedding card and money in the envelopes.
 
 
A.The guests give the newly-wedded couple envelopes which there is a wedding card and money in the envelopes.
B. The guests give the newly-wedded couple envelopes in which there is a wedding card and money.
C.The guests give the newly-wedded couple envelopes there is a wedding card and money in the envelopes.
D.The guests give the newly-wedded couple envelopes in that there is a wedding card and money in the envelopes.

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to show the underlined part that needs correction in each of the following questions
Kentucky was the home of Abraham Lincoln, that was the president during the Civil War.
A.was
B.that
C.during
D.the

__________(75)
A.setting
B.putting  
C.making   
D.coming

Choose the word or the phrase or sentence that best completes each unfinished sentence below or that best keeps the meaning of the original sentence if it is substituted for the underlined word or phrase.
How about ______ lunch with us on Sunday?
A.to have
B.have
C.have had
D.having

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
On the spur of the moment, she decided to enter the race that she had come to watch.
A.After careful thought     
B.At the earliest possible moment
C.For only a short time    
D.Without previous thought

The _______ of his first novel appeared in The Times yesterday.
A.inspection 
B.appraisal         
C. survey    
D. review

According to the passage, Jupiter has the shortest day among the principal planets because_____
A.its rotation period is shorter than 10 hours
B.the axial inclination is only just over 3°
C.it is on the average the brightest of all the planets
D.there is the interference of the Great Red Spot

Mark the letter A, B, C, or D on your answer sheet to indicate the word(s) OPPOSITE in meaning to the underlined word(s) in each of the following questions.
He was imprisoned because he revealed secrets to the enemies.
A.disowned
B.declared
C.betrayed
D.concealed