D.

is taught
ENGLISH TEST FOR 7. That young man _____ play football.
WBCS PRELIMS 2017 A. never
B. not
C. is not
D. does not
PART ONE: GRAMMAR 8. He _____ a car when he was 16.
A. have
Questions 1–40 are grammar questions. B. had
Choose the letter of the one best answer C. has
for each question. Then darken the letter of D. having
the answer on your answer sheet. 9. When the woman was injured, an
1. Students at school _____ books for their ambulance _____ to the hospital.
courses. A. took her
A. given B. takes him
B. give C. took him
C. are given D. takes her
D. gives 10. We have to stop the car and buy some
2. Those boys look like _____ fathers. petrol because there _____
A. his in the tank.
B. them A. aren’t many
C. their B. isn’t much
D. they C. aren’t any
3. Classes are sometimes _____ Thursday. D. isn’t many
A. held at 11. What color _____ car?
B. hold on A. is you
C. hold at B. your
D. held on C. you are
4. At that time, houses _____ consisted of D. is your
two or three rooms. 12. One of the _____ is from Canada.
A. were A. English teachers
B. usually B. teachers English
C. are C. English teacher
D. did D. teacher English
5. He will _____ medical studies next year. 13. How many times _____ the biology class
A. finish his meet each week?
B. finishes the A. are
C. finish him B. is
D. finishes his C. does
6. That teacher _____ at the university since D. do
1990. 14. He didn’t usually _____ any tea when he
A. teaches was in America.
B. taught A. drank
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C. drink 22. Of course the mother _____ son died
D. drinks was very sad.
15. A young girl who is away from her A. her
mother and father for the first B. the
time often _____. C. whose
A. miss her D. who
B. misses them 23. Do you know when _____?
C. misses her A. the class starts
D. miss them B. does the class start
16. Oxygen and hydrogen _____ water. C. will the class start
A. compose D. is the class
B. composed of 24. The school that was opened last year
C. are composed of _____ 1,000 students.
D. is composed of A. there is
17. The homework can be _____ in 90 B. have
minutes. C. there are
A. do D. has
B. done 25. An airplane’s doors are always _____
C. does before the plane takes off.
D. did A. close
18. Egypt has more people but Saudi Arabia B. closes
_____ larger in area. C. closing
A. is more D. closed
B. has more 26. The food that she is cooking _____ best.
C. more A. the
D. is B. smells the
19. How many car accidents _____ at night? C. smells the most
A. happens D. the most
B. do they happen 27. Ali and his family _____ to several
C. does it happen European countries in 1997.
D. happen A. go
20. You must _____ sell that car. B. goes
A. never C. have gone
B. be D. went
C. are 28. The books _____ on the table.
D. have A. were put
21. Only people and bicycles can cross the B. put
bridge because it is _____ C. was put
for cars. D. puts
A. wide enough 29. The woman _____ teaches chemistry
B. too wide comes from India.
C. narrow enough A. that
D. too narrow B. what
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D. which B. rain
30. My mother bought _____. C. it is raining
A. for me some new clothes D. it rained
B. some new clothes me 38. Several new diseases _____ in recent
C. me some new clothes years.
D. for some new clothes for me A. found
31. The book _____ was very difficult. B. have been found
A. which read C. have found
B. that she read it D. find
C. which were read 39. I wouldn’t go to medical school if I
D. she read already _____ a medical doctor.
32. When _____ penicillin? A. will be
A. was discovered B. am
B. did Fleming discover C. were
C. has been discovered D. become
D. Fleming discovered 40. There is another important difference
33. He ran 5 km although _____ already between a man and a
very tired. woman _____ a larger percentage of a
A. was man’s body is made up of
B. he had muscles.
C. is A. is that
D. he was B. which is
34. I have two brothers. One is older than I C. that
am and _____ younger. D. in that
A. other is
B. the other is
C. another
PART TWO: VOCABULARY
D. another is
35. They _____ study mathematics when Questions 41–80 are vocabulary questions.
they were in school. Choose the letter of the
A. had to one best answer for each blank OR choose
B. must the letter of the word which
C. have to means the same as the underlined word.
D. were Then darken the letter of the
36. I am driving a friend’s car because I answer on your answer sheet.
couldn’t start _____ this 41. Foods such as bread and rice _____
morning. energy for the body.
A. my A. control
B. it B. lose
C. mine C. prevent
D. his D. provide
37. It is difficult to drive today because of 42 . Most people need about eight hours of
_____. sleep every day. A few
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people, _____,need only four hours of A. heavy
sleep. B. serious
A. therefore C. difficult
B. hence D. hard
C. on the other hand 50 . The door was so _____ that the x-ray
D. because machine would not go
43 . The primary sources of body energy are through it.
starch and sugar. A. thin
A. only B. close
B. simplest C. minor
C. main D. narrow
D. lowest 51 . Before Mohammed repaired the
44 . Hardness is a _____ of steel. engine, he _____ it carefully.
A. property A. recognized
B. substance B. examined
C. material C. saw
D. structure D. sighted
45 . When a substance loses its water 52 . Only one little boy _____ the accident.
content, it becomes _____. Everyone else was killed.
A. shallow A. absorbed
B. filtered B. survived
C. dampened C. consumed
D. dehydrated D. reckoned
46 . The _____ by which plants make sugar 53 . The upper part of the leg is called the
is called photosynthesis. _____.
A. change A. jaw
B. process B. scalp
C. device C. thigh
D. quality D. ankle
47 . Dry cloth and paper will _____ water. 54 . The girl doesn’t feel good. She must be
A. wet _____ a cold.
B. release A. taking
C. absorb B. becoming
D. regulate C. getting
48 . The tissues, organs and systems of a D. holding
body _____ the living 55 . Ahmed studies _____ midnight. At
organism. midnight he goes to bed and
A. consist of sleeps.
B. constitute A. after
C. contain B. from
D. include C. on
49 . The doctor said that the woman would D. until
get well soon because her 56 . A rough surface is not _______
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B. smooth C. precedes
C. flexible D. comes
D. rigid 64 . Variations in the sun’s brightness could
57 . The markings on a thermometer make affect the earth’s climate.
_________ A. Supplies
A. a scale B. Rays
B. extremes C. Changes
C. a reading D. Temperatures
D. a grid 65 . The river has been seriously
58 . We should be careful to _____ fires in contaminated.
the laboratory. A. dried up
A. produce B. diverted
B. prevent C. polluted
C. conduct D. obstructed
D. ignite 66 . It is invisible from here.
59 . For good health, everyone needs _____ A. cannot be seen
exercise. B. cannot be divided
A. almost C. can be viewed
B. inadequate D. cannot be heard
C. excessive 67 . A plant _____ sunlight and air to make
D. sufficient its food.
60 . Out of 200 people, 150 are from Syria. A. consists of
The _____ are from Syria. B. depends on
A. majority C. contains
B. equivalent D. includes
C. proportion 68 . On most days, Sara is late for class. Sara
D. minority is _____ late for class.
61 . The only metal which is liquid at room A. occasionally
temperature is mercury. B. seldom
Mercury is the _____ . C. almost
A. generalization D. frequently
B. likelihood 69 . Ali failed the English test three times,
C. exception but he studied hard and
D. acceptance _____ he passed.
62 . Plants need a lot of sunshine. They will A. meanwhile
die if they _____ light. B. because
A. lack C. eventually
B. lose D. until
C. discover 70 . As the distance increases, the force
D. prevent decreases. Thus, distance and
63 . In the alphabet, the letter B _____ the force are ________ proportional.
letter A. A. directly
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D. inversely A. stored
71 . What is the source of the problem? B. eliminated
A. origin C. secreted
B. effect D. distilled
C. circumstance 79 . Glands are body structures that _____
D. result hormones into the blood.
72 .The way an experiment is performed is The blood carries these hormones
called the _____ . throughout the body.
A. substance A. releave
B. condition B. restore
C. precaution C. remove
D. procedure D. release
73 . Calcium and other minerals are _____ 80 . What do the experts forecast?
in bones for later use. A. deny
A. explored B. declare
B. controlled C. prefer
C. stored D. predict
D. supplied
74 . Oil ____ friction between moving parts PAPER THREE: READING
so they can move more
easily. COMPREHENSION
A. permits
B. reduces DIRECTIONS: In this part of the test you are
C. releases asked to read several paragraphs and to
D. protects answer questions about what you have
75 . Mineral elements _____ iron (Fe) and read. Each question has four answer
sulphur (S). choices and you must decide which choice
A. compose is the correct answer: A or B or C or D.
B. contain Begin with number 81 on your answer
C. include sheet.
D. enclose Ancient Egypt:
76 . Dr. Smith’s _____ is children’s diseases. Ancient Egypt consisted of the desert
A. prescription regions surrounding the Nile.
B. specialty This region was the center of one of the
C. notation great early civilizations. The civilization was
D. identification based on farming, particularly the growing
77 . Sugar disappears in hot tea because it is of cereals such as wheat, which was used to
_______. make bread. The soil near the Nile was very
A. soluble fertile. However, when the Nile flooded,
B. solid extra water had to be drained away. On the
C. sweet other hand, during the dry parts of the year,
D. elemental the land needed to be irrigated with water
78 . Waste products are _____ from the from the Nile. Drainage and irrigation
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Because people had to work together on C. the civilization was based on farming
these projects, they also learned to D. people learned to cooperate by building
organize their cities and government. After drainage and irrigation
about 7,000 years ago, the early Egyptians systems
introduced the use of copper and other Insect Anatomy
metals, the first writing and the first sea- Insects vary a great deal in structure but
going ships. Until 5,200 years ago, Egypt certain fundamental aspects
was divided into two states. The two states of body structure are common to all of
were combined by the pharaoh named them. The body of an insect
Menes. During the next thousand years the consists of three main parts: the head, the
Egyptians developed a strong system of thorax and the abdomen.
government. They also began to build the The head contains the insect’s brain, eyes
pyramids that can still be seen today. Egypt and mouth. It also carries
began to control areas in other parts of the the antennae. The thorax is the central part
Middle East about ,500 years ago but after of the body. It bears the
500 years it lost control of these areas. The legs and wings. There are three pairs of legs
Romans invaded and conquered Egypt and two pairs of wings.
about 2,000 ago. Approximately 1,400 years The rear end of the body is the insect’s
ago, it was conquered by the Arabs at the abdomen, which contains its
battle of Heliopolis and became an Islamic digestive and reproductive organs.
country. 85. Anatomy refers to _____.
A. a type of insect
81. The Egyptians began to build the B. insect antennae
pyramids ____ years ago. C. insect diseases
A. between 7,000 and 5,200 D. body structure
B. between 5,200 and 4,200 86. An insect’s legs and wings are _____.
C. between 3,500 and 3,000 A. on its head
D. between 3,000 and 1,400 B. between its head and its abdomen
82. Wheat is _____. C. behind its thorax
A. a cereal D. on the part that holds the digestive
B. a kind of bread organs
C. a type of farming 87. We can understand from the text that
D. a kind of soil an organism that has eight
83. The Ancient Egyptians were the first legs _____.
people to _____. A. has only one pair of wings
A. grow wheat B. has a very large abdomen
B. make bread C. is not an insect
C. use irrigation D. has a very large thorax
D. use copper
84. According to the text, the reason the The Ear
Ancient Egyptians had wellorganized Normal people have two ears. Each ear has
governments and cities is that _____. four main parts.
A. the soil near the Nile was very fertile 1] The lobule is outside the skull. It helps to
B. the pharaoh Menes united Egypt collect sound.

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2] The outer ear contains the eardrum, was 21, he had enough money to become a
which is a thin sheet of skin. student in the medical school of St. Mary’s
Sound waves enter the ear and produce Hospital, a part of London University.
vibrations in the eardrum. [2] One of Fleming’s teachers at St. Mary’s
3] The middle ear is next to the outer ear. It was Sir Almroth Wright, who was a famous
contains three small bacteriologist. He discovered a lot of
bones which transmit vibrations from the information about how the blood protects
eardrum to the inner ear. the body from bacteria. He also developed
4] The inner ear is next to the middle ear. It a vaccine that prevented people from
contains the cochlea, getting typhoid fever. This vaccine saved
which is filled withliquid. In this liquid are the lives of thousands of people. Wright
tiny hairs. They move in passed his knowledge and interest in
response to vibrations of sound. bacteria and disease to his student,
Their movements are transmitted as nerve Fleming.
signals to the brain, where [3] During World War I, Fleming worked as
hearing actually takes place. an army doctor in France. He saw a large
number of men die because of their
88. The bones of the ear are found in the wounds. In most cases, the wounds did not
_____. kill men directly. Instead, the wounds
A. lobule allowed large numbers of bacteria to enter
B. outer ear the bodies of the wounded men. These
C. middle ear bacteria caused infection and the infection
D. inner ear killed the men.
89. What is the function of the tiny hairs in [4] After the war, Dr. Fleming specialized in
the cochlea? bacteriology, and in 1924 he replaced his
A. They change vibrations to nerve signals. former teacher, Sir Almroth Wright as a
B. They produce vibrations in the liquid in professor of bacteriology at St. Mary’s
the cochlea. Hospital in London. He continued Wright’s
C. They cause three small bones to move. research. In particular, he was looking for
D. They collect sound. substances which would directly attack
90. Where does hearing really happen? harmful bacteria without harming the body
A. In the eardrum. itself.
B. In the middle ear. [5] In 1928 he was studying the bacteria
C. In the tiny hairs of the cochlea. that caused a painful skin disease. In order
D. In the brain. to find out how to deal with these germs,
he was growing them on small plates. One
Alexander Fleming and the Discovery of day he noticed a small area of mould on
Penicillin one of these dishes. Mould is a common
[1] Alexander Fleming was born on a farm in tiny plant-like substance, called fungus,
Scotland in 1881. When he was 13, he went which often grows on old bread or fruit.
to live with his brother, who was a doctor in Fleming thought that the mould had
London. Because his family was poor, he destroyed his experiment and He would
had to work in an office for five years, but have to throw it away. However, because
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he was a trained scientist, he looked at the C. He had to work to earn money.
mould under a microscope. It was the very D. He stopped studying when he was 13.
common mould, Penicillium notatum. 92. We can understand from the Paragraph
Fleming noticed that the bacteria all around [2] that a vaccine _____.
the mould were dead. Because of his A. is found in the blood
trained scientific mind, he began to ask B. can stop people from getting a certain
questions. Fleming put some of the mould disease
with more bacteria of the same kind. The C. is a substance that causes typhoid fever
germs were destroyed. He tried it on D. is a kind of bacteriologist
bacteria of other kinds. It stopped the 93. In World War I, why did most wounded
growth of many other germs. He seemed to men die?
have discovered a powerful substance that A. The wounds let bacteria enter their
could kill disease-causing bacteria. bodies.
[6] There were many more questions still to B. The wounds allowed their blood to come
be answered, however. What was the out of their bodies.
substance in Penicillium notatum that killed C. There were no doctors to help the
germs? Was it possible to isolate it, to wounded men.
prepare it as a separate substance? Would D. There were no vaccines at that time.
it harm the body or any part of it? 94. We can understand from Paragraph [5]
[7] For years, Fleming continued his that germs are _____.
experiments. He found that the substance A. kinds of mould
killed many different kinds of disease- B. bacteria which cause disease
causing bacteria. He was also able to isolate C. bacteria which are dead
it and he called it penicillin. However, the D. small plates
substance was very hard to control. Fleming 95. Why did Fleming grow germs?
was not able to produce it in such a way A. To destroy them.
that it always had the same effects. It was B. To study them.
not until 1940 that two biochemists were C. To combine them with mould.
able to produce penicillin as a powder with D. To sell them.
an unchanging character. Soon after this, 96. How is penicillin different from
penicillin began to be used by doctors Penicillium notatum?
around the world and it immediately began A. Penicillin can kill bacteria but Penicillium
to save thousands of lives. Penicillin also notatum can’t.
showed the way to the discovery of many B. Unlike Penicillium notatum, penicillin is a
other antibiotics which can kill most of the fungus.
bacteria which can C. Penicillin is separated from Penicillium
cause disease. notatum. D. Penicillin is a kind of mould
whereas Penicillium notatum is a fungus.
91. Why didn’t Fleming enter medical 97. Why wasn’t penicillin given to people to
school until he was 21 years old? save their lives as soon as
A. He studied at home with his brother, it was produced?
who was a doctor. A. It was very expensive.
B. He lived on a farm, a long distance from B. It couldn’t be isolated or prepared as a
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C. It was a powder.
D. Its effects were changeable.
98. Who developed a method to produce
penicillin as a drug which
could be used to treat sick people?
A. Sir Almroth Wright
B. Dr. Alexander Fleming
C. Two biochemists
D. Doctors around the world
99. About how many years passed between
the discovery of the effects
of penicillin and the use of penicillin to
prevent death?
A. one
B. four
C. twelve
D. twenty
100. Two advantages of penicillin are
mentioned in the text. One
advantage is that it saves lives by killing
harmful bacteria. What other
advantage is given?
A. It helped scientists discover similar drugs.
B. It can also be used to kill viruses.
C. It is very cheap.
D. It comes from a very common mould.
End of English Test

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