Part I: Grammar

1. ______ Omar was born poor, he became one of the richest people in the country.

(a) Until (c) While

(b) Although (d) Before

2. I ______ you driving to Khaldiya campus yesterday morning.

(a) see (c) sees

(b) saw (d) seen

3. The proverb "no news ______ good news" means that hearing no information is a
good thing because everything is probably going well.

(a) is (c) be
(b) are (d) were

4. It's not easy living ______ a car in a city that has no public transportation.

(a) unlike (c) without

(b) until (d) within

5. Let's not take home the wrong phones. This is ______ and this is yours.

(a) my (c) you

(b) mine (d) your

6. These mountains are beautiful, ______ they?

(a) don't (c) aren't

(b) doesn't (d) isn't

7. Yesterday, Sarah ______ lots of fresh vegetables for her children.

(a) bought (c) buy

(b) buying (d) buys

8. Now that our house ______ our whole family is free to move into it right away.

(a) was being built (c) are being built

(b) to be built (d) has been built

9. Aysha is depressed because she has ______ friends.

(a) few (c) a few

(b) little (d) a little
10. Dalal heard of the new graduate program ______ Kuwait University from her
friends.

(a) at (c) of
(b) to (d) on

11. If, like you, I was working part-time I would find it hard ______ good grades at
school.

(a) gets (c) am getting

(b) gotten (d) to get

12. Nowadays, reading poetry always ______ me before sleeping.

(a) relaxes (c) relaxed

(b) relax (d) relaxing

13. If you ______ home late, you would have reached your destination on time.

(a) have not left (c) will not leave

(b) had not left (d) should not leave

14. Abrar______ be joining Kuwait University.

(a) has (c) will

(b) have (d) did

15. Fahad ran ______ the stairs when he realized the lion’s cage was open.

(a) about (c) down

(b) back (d) like

16. My diploma was mailed a month ago but it still ______ yet.

(a) has arrived (c) was arrived

(b) hasn’t arrived (d) wasn’t arrived

17. ______, the supermarket was giving away free food to feed the hungry.

(a) Last week (c) Next month

(b) Tomorrow (d) Nowadays

18. This is the song ______ I told you about.

(a) where (c) what

(b) which (d) who
19. Ahmed went to the bookshop to buy ______ textbooks this morning.

(a) theirs (c) ours

(b) hers (d) his

20. Mona was taking her final exam ______ the electricity went out.

(a) what (c) when

(b) where (d) who

21. Bader ______ to play the piano every afternoon to relax after work.

(a) likes (c) to like

(b) is liked (d) will be liking

22. The architect will be finishing the new designs by the time we ______ from the trip.

(a) is returning (c) to return

(b) returned (d) return

23. Can you ______ my work to make sure that I did it correctly?

(a) look in (c) look out

(b) look at (d) look by

24. Hadeel, but not Fahad, ______ considered the most talented student in the music
class.

(a) are (c) have

(b) had (d) is

25. I am certain that Ali ______ to the meeting already.

(a) do go (c) has gone

(b) does go (d) is gone

26. ______ someone ringing the doorbell.

(a) Their (c) Theirs

(b) They’re (d) There’s

27. Our company ______ a new office next month in Rome.

(a) will be opening (c) has opened

(b) are opening (d) has been opened
28. Hurry up! Ahmad's flight ______ shortly and we have to be at the airport to
welcome him.

(a) have landed (c) will be landing

(b) has landed (d) to be landing

29. Did you receive a birthday present ______ your friends?

(a) between (c) on

(b) along (d) from

30. Neither the president ______ the prime minister was able to balance the budget this
year.

(a) nor (c) but

(b) or (d) and

31. You ______ to take this train to reach your destination.

(a) have (c) having

(b) has (d) is

32. Walking on ice ______ be dangerous to old people.

(a) have (c) is

(b) can (d) was

33. Everybody ______ to avoid smoking.

(a) should (c) ought

(b) must (d) could

34. I will take an umbrella with me ______ we can see dark clouds in the sky.

(a) since (c) over

(b) although (d) very

35. This bakery is the ______ in the neighborhood.

(a) well (c) better

(b) good (d) best
 Part II: Vocabulary

36. Maryam was ______ with the grades she obtained last term.

(a) disappointed (c) painted

(b) appointed (d) fainted

37. Nowadays, using the internet is ______ in social media.

(a) potential (c) essential

(b) credential (d) sequential

38. You have a bad cold. Remember to take your ______ before going to bed.

(a) pill (c) kill

(b) mill (d) bill

39. You need a ______ tool to fix this engine.

(a) spatial (c) liberal

(b) special (d) general

40. In Kuwait, elementary education is ______, which means that all children must go
to school.

(a) interesting (c) compulsory

(b) desirable (d) voluntary

41. The Manchester United fans were ______ with the loss of their team.

(a) elected (c) selected

(b) disinfected (d) displeased

42. Please pay ______ when you use the knife.

(a) attraction (c) impression

(b) attention (d) intention

43. The ______ of Bader Nasser as the new chairman was approved by the prime
minister.

(a) amusement (c) appointment

(b) entertainment (d) deployment

44. They had to ______ this restaurant because many people got sick after eating there.

(a) break down (c) calm down

(b) close down (d) cut down
45. This kind of weather always causes my ______ to become worse.

(a) allergy (c) analogy

(b) energy (d) anarchy

46. I finished my homework quickly because it was so ______.

(a) breezy (c) frizzy

(b) greasy (d) easy

47. Not many high school students in Kuwait make studying abroad their ______ .

(a) majority (c) authority

(b) priority (d) activity

48. Treating others with respect and ______ is essential in human relations.

(a) understanding (c) commanding

(b) understand (d) command

49. To be successful you have to work hard for many ______.

(a) pioneers (c) years

(b) spears (d) careers

50. The package ______ the computer and headphones but excludes the printer and the
software.

(a) interludes (c) concludes

(b) includes (d) intrudes

51. The ______ who fixed my car is also an opera singer.

(a) teacher (c) mechanic

(b) writer (d) surgeon

52. I need your help to program my laptop since the one you have is ______ to mine.

(a) ethical (c) skeptical

(b) technical (d) identical

53. The baby's hands were all ______ because he ate chocolate with his fingers.

(a) sticky (c) dizzy

(b) lucky (d) crazy
54. Their family ______ money for years to buy their own house.

(a) shaved (c) paved

(b) saved (d) braved

55. An ______ mark is used at the end of a sentence to express surprise or emphasis.

(a) exhibition (c) expedition

(b) exaggeration (d) exclamation

56. The judge ______ fear in the testimony of the witness.

(a) protected (c) respected

(b) detected (d) objected

57. If you study ______ you will learn where mountains and rivers are located.

(a) geography (c) architecture

(b) geometry (d) accounting

58. The fighter pilot ______ himself from the burning plane and landed safely on the
ground.

(a) ejected (c) suspected

(b) injected (d) subjected

59. The student ______ her application for a scholarship just in time.

(a) admitted (c) submitted

(b) omitted (d) acquitted

60. This poet was ______ regarded as a genius.

(a) yet (c) while

(b) ever (d) always

61. Everyone should have the right to defend himself against unfair ______.

(a) accusations (c) computations

(b) destinations (d) hesitations

62. We were furious when we heard that our holidays were ______.

(a) counseled (c) handled

(b) canceled (d) channeled
63. Wafa planned a group ______ to Japan next month.

(a) grip (c) ship

(b) drip (d) trip

64. A banker lends money to serious clients who have ______ business ideas.

(a) promising (c) suspicious

(b) declining (d) vicious

65. Their lawyer appealed to the court to ______ the sentence to one month in prison.

(a) abuse (c) reduce

(b) excuse (d) deduce

66. When I don't get enough sleep, I can't ______ on my work.

(a) concentrate (c) calculate

(b) complicate (d) captivate

67. Nadia will ______ her higher studies in the United States.

(a) view (c) pursue

(b) seize (d) move

68. We have to be ______ in order to understand and accept other cultures.

(a) well-paid (c) narrow-minded

(b) open-minded (d) well-behaved

69. William Shakespeare is a ______ English writer.

(a) regular (c) prominent

(b) strange (d) young

70. The athletes' ______ increased after they started jogging at dawn.

(a) campsites (c) headlights

(b) appetites (d) highlights
 Part III: Reading Comprehension

Bitcoin is a new currency that was created in 2009 by an unknown person using the false name
Satoshi Nakamoto. Transactions are made with no middlemen, meaning no banks. Bitcoin can
be used to book hotels, shop for furniture, and buy Xbox games. The price of bitcoin
skyrocketed into the thousands of dollars in 2017.
Bitcoin can be used to buy merchandise anonymously, which means buyers' identities are not
revealed. In addition, international payments are easy and cheap because bitcoins are not tied
to any country or subject to regulation. Small businesses may like them because there are no
credit cards fees. Some people just buy bitcoins as an investment, hoping that they will go up
in value.
No one knows what will become of bitcoin. It is mostly unregulated, but some countries like
Japan, China and Australia have begun considering regulations. Governments are concerned
about taxation and their lack of control over the currency.

71. Bitcoin is a ______.

(a) city (c) country

(b) currency (d) car

72. In the first paragraph, the word skyrocketed means ______.

(a) increased (c) changed

(b) decreased (d) disappeared

73. Using bitcoins means you ______ banks.

(a) need to build (c) don't buy

(b) need to go to (d) don't need

74. According to the passage, which statement is false?

(a) Bitcoin was created by an unknown person with a false name.

(b) Countries are pleased because they can control bitcoin.
(c) No one knows what will happen to bitcoin in the future.
(d) Bitcoin is not associated with any country.

75. Small businesses like bitcoins because they ______.

(a) pay less card fees (c) don't pay fees

(b) pay with credit cards (d) don't have credit
The Olympic Winter Games are a major international sporting event held once every four
years, for sports practiced on snow and ice. The first Winter Olympics, the 1924 Winter
Olympics, were held in Chamonix, France. The Olympic Games were inspired by the ancient
Olympic Games, which were held in Olympia, Greece, from the 8th century BC to the 4th
century AD. Baron Pierre de Coubertin founded the International Olympic Committee (IOC)
in 1894, leading to the first modern Games in Athens in 1896. The IOC is the governing body
of the Olympic Movement, with the Olympic Charter defining its structure and authority. The
original five sports (broken into nine disciplines) were bobsleigh, curling, ice hockey, Nordic
skiing (consisting of the disciplines military patrol, cross-country skiing, Nordic combined,
and ski jumping), and skating (consisting of the disciplines figure skating and speed
skating). The Games were held every four years from 1924 to 1936, interrupted in 1940 and
1944 by World War II, and resumed in 1948. Until 1992 the Winter and Summer Olympic
Games were held in the same years, but, in accordance with a 1986 decision by the IOC to
place the Summer and Winter Games on separate four-year cycles in alternating even-
numbered years, the next Winter Olympics after 1992 was in 1994.

76. According to the passage, the Winter Olympics are held every______.

(a) year (c) three years

(b) two years (d) four years

77. The modern Winter Olympics are modeled after______.

(a) the ancient Greek Olympics

(b) Baron Pierre de Coubertin
(c) the International Olympic Committee
(d) the Olympic Charter

78. The Winter Olympics were interrupted in 1940 and 1944 because of the ______.

(a) Summer Olympics (c) governing body

(b) Second World War (d) military patrol

79. When was the decision made to separate the Summer and Winter Olympic Games into
different four-year cycles?

(a) 1948 (c) 1986

(b) 1992 (d) 1896

80. According to the passage, the Olympic games occur on alternating ______.

(a) odd numbered years (c) two years from 1924 to 1936
(b) even numbered years (d) 8th century BC to the 4th century AD
The Old English language of the Anglo-Saxons has given us our basic stock of English words:
life, death, earth, heaven, sun, moon, day, night, black, white, broad, narrow, teach, learn,
seek, find, fire, wood, hand, foot and so on.
Since medieval times English has adopted cultural loanwords from French. The early ones
included attach, certain, chance, conquer, courage, language, money, place, pleasant, royal,
money, sure, tender, and even a word as common now as very, which at first meant 'true'.
Modern loanwords from French come with their present French spelling and a close
approximation to French pronunciation: collage, entourage, piquant, pirouette.
Technical terms for use in science are often derived from Latin or Greek. Aqueduct, subaquatic
are Latinate counterparts in meaning to ordinary English waterway, underwater. Similarly,
Greek elements make up scientific terms such as photosynthesis, polyglot, and pyromania.
That leaves a whole array of loanwords from other languages: kayak is from Eskimo, felucca
is from Arabic by way of Italian, and tobacco is from Arawak, an American-Indian language.

81. English words that are used for basic concepts come from ______.

(a) Old English (c) French

(b) Latin (d) Greek

82. English words like head, finger, nail, tooth are likely to come from ______.

(a) Greek (c) French

(b) Latin (d) Old English

83. English words like maquillage, détente, croissant, consommé were probably
borrowed ______.

(a) about 2500 years ago (c) about 1000 years ago
(b) about 2000 years ago (d) about 100 years ago

84. It is useful to understand Greek words if you are a ______.

(a) chemist (c) plumber

(b) chef (d) driver

85. According to the passage, which statement is false?

(a) Scientific words often come from Latin or Greek.

(b) The Arawak language comes from India.
(c) English borrowed words from more than six languages.
(d) English borrowed the word felucca from Italian, which itself borrowed it
from Arabic.