1) _____ children could be turned off their favourite subjects for _____ life if they are pushed too hard to take _____ exams, _____ psychologists are warning. a) The, the, the, the b) -, -, -, - c) -, a, -, a d) -, the, -, the 2) _____ study of 11-year-olds found that those who had taken exams to win _____ school places rapidly lost _____ interest in their school work after _____ exams were over. a) -, a, the, - b) The, -, -, a c) A, -, -, the d) -, the, a, - 3) Other children who did not take _____ same kind of tests did not have _____ same experience. a) the, the b) a, a c) -, - d) an, an 4) In this study, _____ group of researchers measured _____ motivation of children in _____ Science, _____ English, and _____ Maths a) a, a, a, a,a b) a, the, -, -, - c) the, a, the, the, the d) the, the, the, the, the 5) Before _____ exams, _____ children all appeared very motivated. a) a, the b) the, a c) the, the d) -, - 6) But as soon as _____ exams were over, they changed and their ______ motivation went down. a) the, - b) -, the c) the, the d) -, - 7) Motivation stayed _____ same among another _____ group who took normal school tests. a) the, - b) a, the c) -, - d) a, a 8) Researchers think it is possible that some _____ children can be put off _____ subject permanently by an exam. a) -, an b) -, a c) -, - d) the, the 9) Apple Computer was founded in Los Gatos, California, on 1st April 1976 by Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak, and Ronald Wayne to sell _____ Apple I personal computer kit at $666.66. a) a b) an c) the d) - 10) They were hand-built in Jobs’ parents’ garage and _____ Apple I was first shown to _____ public at _____ Homebrew Computer Club. a) a, the, a b) the, the, the c) the, a, the 11) Jobs and Wozniak, _____ two Steves, had been _____ friends since 1971. a) a, - b) -, the c) the, - d) the, the 12) Jobs managed to interest Wozniak in making _____ personal computers and selling them. Jobs found _____ Computer Store, which ordered 50 units and paid $500 for each unit.  a) -, a b) a, the c) the, the d) a, a 13) Jobs then ordered components from Kramer Electronics, _____ company making electronic parts. a) the b) a c) an d) - 14) Using _____ number of methods, including borrowing space from _____ friends and family and selling _____ things, including _____ Volkswagen Type II bus, Jobs managed to get _____ parts needed while Wozniak and another friend, Ronald Wayne, put together _____ Apple I. a) the, a, -,the, a, - b) a, -, -, a, the, the c) the, the, the, a, -, - d) a, a, -, the, the 15) The computers were delivered in June and paid for on delivery. Eventually, 200 Apple I computers were built. _____ Apple II was first sold in _____ 1977. a) The, - b) A, - c) -, - d) The, the 16) It was popular with _____ home users and was occasionally sold to _____ business users, particularly after _____ release of _____ first computer data sheet, called VisiCalc. a) a, the, a, the b) the, the, the, a c) -, -, the, the d) the, a, the, a 17) Cairo is _____ capital city of _____ Egypt. It has _____ long and interesting history and is still one of _____ most exciting _____ places to visit. a) The, a, the, a, the b) A, -, the, a, the c) The, -, a, the, - d) A, the, an, the, a 18) They had _____ writing in the form of hieroglyphics which decorate _____ tombs and monuments of their pharaohs, and they produced beautiful stone and metal objects which can be seen in _____ Egyptian Museum. a) the, a, the b) -, the, the c) the, -, the d) the, a, - 19) Pictures in the tombs at Giza and Saqqara show how the ancient Egyptians lived, the clothes they wore, and_____ gods they worshipped. a) a b) an c) the d) - 20) _____ visit to Cairo isn't complete without _____ trip to _____ Big Bazaar Khan al-Khalili, where you can buy everything from _____ belly-dancing costumes to dates, beautiful silver and gold jewelry, and papyrus pictures of camels and pyramids. You can even have your name written in _____ hieroglyphics.  a) A, a, the, -, - b) The, a, a, -, the c) A, the, a, the, a d) The, the, a, a, -

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