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At Both Cars
At Both Cars
Part Questio
I. Grammar 35
II. Vocabulary 35
III. Comprehension 15
Total 85
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Part I: Grammar
1. Yesterday both cars near the entrance.
5. Bassam is as Ali.
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10. The bus at 8:00 am tomorrow.
14. Aisha is very busy. If she had more time, she our club
15. When you are very hungry, a hot meal always delicious.
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19. They don't mind all that way by car.
22. They not make a hotel reservation, so they had no place to stay.
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28. The flowers have just to the bride.
34. Sarah can't visit us because she to stay with her children.
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Part II: Vocabulary
36. Since Huda cannot use sugar, she uses an sweetener instead.
39. The family had to the thief who stole everything from their house.
40. The government the latest news on the P.O.W.'s to the newspapers.
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45. If you go to New York, you may have to ride the
46. At first Hamad didn't like his job, but __ he got used to it.
48. Ali has to with his homework after missing two weeks of classes.
49. The for spring semester classes 2006 is available at the Registrar’s
Office.
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55. The police have not solved the of the stolen jewels.
59. The inside of my house is painted blue while the is painted white.
61. Be _. Your teacher cannot give you a good grade if you don't
deserve it.
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64. It's good to have ___________ goals to work towards.
67. When Khalid came home wet, it w as__________ that he had fallen into the
swimming pool.
69. The tennis player ________ her ankle during the match.
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Part III: Comprehension
People in China used to go to work in different ways. Very few could go by car
since there were no private cars in China. In fact, there was only one automobile per
10,000 people, which added up to fewer than 100,000 cars in the whole country. All
of those cars were either taxis or government vehicles. Most workers travelled by
bicycle. They used a model that did not have gears or lights, although it had a bell 5
that was in constant use. Even though bicycles were very expensive, there were two
million in Beijing, and perhaps twice as many in Shanghai. People who did not have
bicycles travelled in crowded buses or in three-wheeled vehicles that could take six
passengers. There were also a few rickshaws in which two passengers proudly rode 10
under an old cloth shelter.
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In 1919, a prize of 25,000 dollars was offered to the first person who could fly
nonstop from New York to Paris. Six people had died trying to get the prize before a
young pilot named Charles Lindbergh decided to try the flight - alone.
On May 20, 1927 at 7:52 a.m., Lindbergh climbed into a small plane called
the Spirit of St. Louis. Until 8 p.m. Lindbergh had flown over land, but then he 5
started to cross the sea. At 1:52 a.m. he was half-way to Paris, but it was hard for
him to keep awake. When morning came, he saw fishing boats and the Irish
coast. Ireland sent out the news that Lindbergh was headed for France. The
French became excited and rushed to the airport. At 10:18 p.m. the waiting
crowd saw his plane come in for a landing and roll to a stop. Lindbergh looked 10
out and saw people waving at him. He had done it! He had flown across the
Atlantic Ocean.
77. Lindbergh's main problem during the second half of the flight was that he _
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Americans today believe strongly in freedom of the press, the right of newspaper
or magazine publishers to print what they want. In colonial times, however, the royal
governors held power over the press. Anyone who dared to write critically about
government officials might be charged with defamation - printing statements that
unfairly harm a person's reputation.
In 1735, John Peter Zenger, publisher of the New York Weekly Journal, was
arrested for libeling* the governor. After spending almost twelve months in jail,
Zenger finally came to trial. Zenger's lawyer made a brilliant defense. He said that
Zenger had been speaking and writing the truth. Certainly, the lawyer insisted, it
was no crime to speak and write the truth. The jury agreed and set Zenger free,
while the people in the courtroom cheered.
Zenger's trial is important in history for two reasons. First, it showed that while
people can be punished for libel, they cannot be punished for telling or printing the
truth. Second, it marked a big step toward freedom of the press in America.
84. The word 'defamation' in the first paragraph, line 4 means ____________ .
(a) writing false accusations
(b) writing critically about government officials
(c) printing statements about a person's character
(d) power over the press
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