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Q.1. ( 10 points )
Read then answer the questions below.

For many years, the Soviet Union and the USA were in the race to space. The Soviets were first to put a satellite into orbit in the year 1957. In 1961, they also put satellite and a man called Yuri Gagarin into space. At about the same time, the Americans started doing important work with satellites. From one, they got the first weather pictures in 1960, and two years after that, the first communications satellites started sending pictures around the world. Then, at the end of the 1960s, the Americans also successfully put two men on the moon.

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( A ).
1. Give a suitable title to the passage? …… The first to put a satellite in orbit
2. Which country was the first to put a satellite and a man into an orbit?.............................
3. Which country reached the moon first?......................................
4. When did the race to space start? ………………………………………………
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( B ). True or False.
● " they" line "2" refers to Americans. T F
● " they" line "3" refers to Soviets. T F
● The first Russian man to space was Yuri Gagarin. T F
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( C ) COMPLETE WITH ONE WORD. ( one word is extra )

American satellite rockets space



--- To watch TV space channels we need a communication …………………………….

--- Sending a spacecraft to space must be pushed by ………………………………………..

--- Two …………………………….. men reached and walked on the moon.

Q.2
Vocabulary. ( 20 points)
( A ). Match words with meanings.

A B
1. Solar system ( )- job
2. Mission ( )- such as
3. Perhaps ( )- all the nine planets and the sun
4. Hurricane ( )- maybe
5. Like ( )- a strong wind

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( B ). Complete the table.

Noun ( person ) Noun ( thing)
---------------------------- song
worker ------------------------
guitarist ------------------------
-------------------------- music
-------------------------- build


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( C ). Rearrange these words ( from the largest )

Earth Jupiter the moon

the solar system the sun the universe






1. the universe
2.
3.
4.
5.

( D ). Complete by one word from the box.
third first
Neptune Mars Jupiter



a. ……………………… is often called the red planet.
b. The …………………… from the sun is Mercury.
c. ......................... is the largest of all the planets.
d. Earth is the ………………………. Planet from the sun.
e. ……………………… is the farthest planet from the sun.
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Q.3 ( 15 points )
Grammar.
@ Circle round the best answer.

1- Look! The birds are …………………… in the sky.
a. fly b. to fly c. flying

2- I …………… watching the news now.
a. is b. am c. was

3- Anna Torres …………………….. TV to watch the weather forecast.
a. uses b. use c. using

4- We …………………to watch action films.
a. like b. liking c. likes

5- Suzann was sad, she ………………… pass the exam, because she was ill.
a. did b. doesn't c. didn't

6- Ahmad ……………………… a horror film yesterday.
a. watching b. watched c. watch

7- They …………………. swum in the sea for hours.
a. have b. has c. having

8- He hasn't come …………….
a. but b. yet c. already


9 – The weather is cold, ……………. I put on my jacket.
a. because b. so c. but

10- You have been living in Aqabat Jaber Camp …………. 1967.
a. for b. ago c. since
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Q.4 ( 15 points)
Punctuation.

Δ = the number 6 2 5 4 9 9 8 7 5 6 3 1 2 is very large

β = are sami and nadia brothers living in palestine

Ω = yes they are

Φ = all the arab countries like: jordan syria egypt or sudan speak arabic

∑ = hello i m qasim


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