ENGLISH TEST

ENGLISH TEST
The Library of Congress is the largest library in he world.It contains approximately 530 miles of bookshelves and houses nearly 19 million books. It adds about 10.000 items to its collection every day. It also has the world’s largest collection of cartographic materials (maps) (4.9 millions itmes.)
Half of the library`s collections are in languages other than English. Materials in 460 languages include not only the largest collection of Russian language materials outside Russia, but also the most important collection of Chinese, Japanese and Korean materials outside Asia.
The Thomas Jefferson Building of the Library of Congress is considered one of the most beautiful buildings in the United States.
PART ONE
READING COMPREHENSION
ACTIVITY ONE: Answer the following questions(3ts)
1-Does the Library of Congress contain a lot of books?
2-Are the books in the library in English language only?
3- Is The Thomas Jefferson a small building?
ACTIVIY TWO: Complete the table with information from the text (2pts)
Length of bookshelves Number of books Number of maps Number of languages

ACTIVITY THREE: Find in the text words that are closest in meaning to:(2pts)
Includes=……………. Biggest= ……………
Find in the text words that are opposites in meaning to:
inside≠……………. horrible≠…………….
MASTERY OF LANGUAGE
ACTIVITY ONE: Complete the table (3pts)
Adjectives Comparatives Superlatives
……………………
pleasant
………………… ………………….
…………………..
better than The hottest
……………….
……………….
ACTIVIY TWO: Reoder the following words to get correct questions (2pts)
-1- like / you / Do / reading /?
-2- Does / contain / your / ? / a library / school /

ACTIVITY THREE:Classify the following words according to their final “s”
pronunciation: (2pts) books - miles – houses - languages

/s/ /z/ /iz/

PART TWO: WRITTEN EXPRES​SION(6pts)
You heard about an organisation called “Read and Enjoy” and you want to know about it. Meet a member of this organisation and ask him /her about the importance of reading in our daily life . These cues can help you in your dialogue
-Date of foundation of the organisation
- Its aims
- Importance of reading / books/ libraries.
Good luck