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Asmaa Bent Abi-Bakr Secondary School for Girls
First Term Final Exam
(2009) English Language
First Secondary Time allowed 3 hours
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A – Language Functions (8 marks)
1- Finish the following
dialogue:- (4 marks)
Mona
is waiting for her friend Huda in a traffic jam.
2- Write what you would
say in the following situations:- (4 marks)
1-
You are too busy to help your sister with her math problems.
2-
Your little sister is eating a sandwich with dirty hands.
3-
Your mother wants to know your plans during the weekend.
4-
You and your friends have some free time, suggest how you can spend it.
B- Vocabulary and structure (12 marks)
3- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: (5 marks)
1-
I wish we could avoid --------- badly maintained cars not to pollute
our surroundings.
2-
It’s expected that the world -------- will increase rapidly to reach
1000 billion.
3-
If he'd been more careful, he --------- all his money.
4-
This problem is very simple, the solution is very ---------. You just
need to concentrate.
5-
His father was sent to prison because he --------- into debts.
6-
You must be ------ of yourself. You have just told your friend
something that isn’t true.
7-
He is a famous journalist and he never -------- false news or stories.
8-
The bodies of the living things consist of millions of --------- which
are very small.
9-
No one was as -------- as Abu-Heif, he was the world best swimmer.
10- While hygiene is your own
cleanliness, --------- is public cleanliness.
4- Rewrite the
following sentences using the words in brackets to give
the same meaning:-
( 4 marks)
5- Read the text below
then write the word which best fits the space:-
(3 marks)
Shakespeare is the most well-known
playwright all over the world. One of his most famous ----- (1) ----- is King
Lear. It is about an old king who decided to give his ----- (2) ----- to his
daughters. He asked them to tell him how much they ----- (3) ----- him. The two
old daughters told their father that they loved him more than they really did. The
third girl couldn't ----- (4) ----- her love to her father so he was very -----
(5) ----- with her. At last, when Lear and his third daughter were ----- (6)
----- and sent to prison, he could know that his third daughter loved him more
than any one else.
C- Reading comprehension and set books (11 marks)
6- Read the following
passage, then answer the questions:- (7 marks)
Some people say that reading is not now as important as it was. Today we
have computers, films, TVs and photos. Why may you read if you can get whatever
information you need via the internet? Why may you read a novel if you can
enjoy watching it as a film? Why may you read a description of something if you
can watch it as a picture? Why may you read a newspaper to know the news if the
latest news is brought to you hourly on radio and TV?
Photography is certainly a wonderful invention; photos can give a very
accurate idea about places and people that we have never seen. Anyhow, a photo
of a lion for instance, can give you a very good impression about how a lion
looks like but it says nothing about where it is found or what its exact
size may be. But an encyclopedia is always better for good illustrations.
In the same way, a film is rich in action, movement, colour and music
but still reading a novel has more advantage than watching it as a film. Reading gives you your own
imagination to the events which is different from each one's imagination.
Newspapers are an important part of our lives if we want to understand
what is going on in our own community and other parts of the world. Watching
the news on TV or listening to it on radio can no doubt, be mastered
but still reading gives you more concentration.
Reading
is thus essential for information and pleasure. You need to be good readers to
prove that you are making the best use of your brain. Reading is a skill and it
needs practice, the more you read, the better readers you will be. Please, read
at least little every day.
A) Answer the following questions:-
1- What can you use the internet to do?
2- Which is better reading a novel or
watching it as a film? Why?
3- Why should you read a newspaper?
4- Do you think it is important for you
to read? Why? Why not?
B) Choose the correct answer:-
5- The underlined word "it" in
the second paragraph refers to -----.
6- As reading is a skill, it needs
--------.
7- "mastered" in paragraph
four, means ----------.
7- Answer only Four (4)
of the following questions:- (4 marks)
1-
Where did Oliver Twist grow up?
2-
What makes someone like Abu-Heif a national hero?
3-
How are the engines of today's cars better than in the past?
4-
How do some stomach problems begin?
5-
What is the Statue of Liberty
a symbol of?
6-
What is remote sensing?
D- The Novel
(7 marks)
8- From "I Never
Forget a Face", answer the following:
1- Why did the writer offer a lift to
the stranger?
2- Why did the writer go to the police
station?
From "Called to the Rescue",
answer the following:
3- Why was the hotel waiter at Exeter slow in bringing Mr
D_'s breakfast?
4- What was the guilty man accused of?
Was he found guilty or not?
Read the following quotation then answer
the questions from "I
Never Forget a Face":
"My memory for faces helps me a lot in
business."
5- How did the writer use his memory for
business?
6- Mention two social activities which
the writer named when he talked about business?
7- What would the writer be able to do
within five minutes of talking about business?
E- Writing (8 marks)
9- Write a paragraph of
seven sentences about "My best friend":
F- Translation
(4 marks)
10- A) Translate into
Arabic:
1-
It is necessary to move factories from the center of cities to reduce
pollution.
2-
Doing exercise everyday helps you keep healthy.
B) Translate into English:
إن
تعلم اللغات الأجنبية يساعدك على الحصول على وظيفة جيدة في المستقبل.
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Zone
Asmaa Bent Abi-Bakr Secondary School for Girls
First Term Final Exam
(2009) English Language
First Secondary Time allowed 3 hours
===================================================================
A – Language Functions (8 marks)
1- Finish the following
dialogue:- (4 marks)
Mona
is waiting for her friend Huda in a traffic jam.
| Mona | : | Hi, Huda, at last you came. |
| Huda | : | Hi, I’m really sorry, but I was stuck in a traffic jam. |
| Mona | : | Oh, but it’s 9:30 am on Friday, I think ------------ (1) ------------. |
| Huda | : | I know that it isn’t the rush hour, but that was because of a road accident. |
| Mona | : | ---------------------- (2) ------------------------------? |
| Huda | : | A giant lorry was about to fall off the bridge and the traffic policeman -------------------- (3) ------------------------. |
| Mona | : | It was necessary for them to do that to stop the passing cars from crashing. ----------------- (4) ------------------? |
| Huda | : | No, but the lorry driver was badly injured. |
2- Write what you would
say in the following situations:- (4 marks)
1-
You are too busy to help your sister with her math problems.
2-
Your little sister is eating a sandwich with dirty hands.
3-
Your mother wants to know your plans during the weekend.
4-
You and your friends have some free time, suggest how you can spend it.
B- Vocabulary and structure (12 marks)
3- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: (5 marks)
1-
I wish we could avoid --------- badly maintained cars not to pollute
our surroundings.
| a) using | b) used | c) to use | d) use |
2-
It’s expected that the world -------- will increase rapidly to reach
1000 billion.
| a) outbreak | b) apprentice | c) generosity | d) population |
3-
If he'd been more careful, he --------- all his money.
| a) wouldn’t lose | b) won’t lose |
| c) wouldn’t have lost | d) isn’t going to lose |
4-
This problem is very simple, the solution is very ---------. You just
need to concentrate.
| a) mysterious | b) complicated | c) poisonous | d) obvious |
5-
His father was sent to prison because he --------- into debts.
| a) has got | b) had got | c) have got | d) is to get |
6-
You must be ------ of yourself. You have just told your friend
something that isn’t true.
| a) pleased | b) proud | c) ashamed | d) fond |
7-
He is a famous journalist and he never -------- false news or stories.
| a) writing | b) writes | c) wrote | d) write |
8-
The bodies of the living things consist of millions of --------- which
are very small.
| a) cells | b) brains | c) analysis | d) senses |
9-
No one was as -------- as Abu-Heif, he was the world best swimmer.
| a) good | b) better | c) best | d) well |
10- While hygiene is your own
cleanliness, --------- is public cleanliness.
| a) infections | b) stomach | c) sanitation | d) germs |
4- Rewrite the
following sentences using the words in brackets to give
the same meaning:-
( 4 marks)
| 1- No country was as great as Egypt in architecture. | (greatest) |
| 2- After they had collected enough information, they wrote a report about pollution. (until) | |
| 3- He has lived in London for ten years. | (since) |
| 4- You aren't allowed to cross the road if the traffic light is red. (mustn't) | |
5- Read the text below
then write the word which best fits the space:-
(3 marks)
Shakespeare is the most well-known
playwright all over the world. One of his most famous ----- (1) ----- is King
Lear. It is about an old king who decided to give his ----- (2) ----- to his
daughters. He asked them to tell him how much they ----- (3) ----- him. The two
old daughters told their father that they loved him more than they really did. The
third girl couldn't ----- (4) ----- her love to her father so he was very -----
(5) ----- with her. At last, when Lear and his third daughter were ----- (6)
----- and sent to prison, he could know that his third daughter loved him more
than any one else.
C- Reading comprehension and set books (11 marks)
6- Read the following
passage, then answer the questions:- (7 marks)
Some people say that reading is not now as important as it was. Today we
have computers, films, TVs and photos. Why may you read if you can get whatever
information you need via the internet? Why may you read a novel if you can
enjoy watching it as a film? Why may you read a description of something if you
can watch it as a picture? Why may you read a newspaper to know the news if the
latest news is brought to you hourly on radio and TV?
Photography is certainly a wonderful invention; photos can give a very
accurate idea about places and people that we have never seen. Anyhow, a photo
of a lion for instance, can give you a very good impression about how a lion
looks like but it says nothing about where it is found or what its exact
size may be. But an encyclopedia is always better for good illustrations.
In the same way, a film is rich in action, movement, colour and music
but still reading a novel has more advantage than watching it as a film. Reading gives you your own
imagination to the events which is different from each one's imagination.
Newspapers are an important part of our lives if we want to understand
what is going on in our own community and other parts of the world. Watching
the news on TV or listening to it on radio can no doubt, be mastered
but still reading gives you more concentration.
Reading
is thus essential for information and pleasure. You need to be good readers to
prove that you are making the best use of your brain. Reading is a skill and it
needs practice, the more you read, the better readers you will be. Please, read
at least little every day.
A) Answer the following questions:-
1- What can you use the internet to do?
2- Which is better reading a novel or
watching it as a film? Why?
3- Why should you read a newspaper?
4- Do you think it is important for you
to read? Why? Why not?
B) Choose the correct answer:-
5- The underlined word "it" in
the second paragraph refers to -----.
| a) reading | b) the lion | c) photography | d) its size |
6- As reading is a skill, it needs
--------.
| a) practice | b) watching | c) concentration | d) pleasure |
7- "mastered" in paragraph
four, means ----------.
| a) confused | b) ignored | c) understood | d) mistaken |
7- Answer only Four (4)
of the following questions:- (4 marks)
1-
Where did Oliver Twist grow up?
2-
What makes someone like Abu-Heif a national hero?
3-
How are the engines of today's cars better than in the past?
4-
How do some stomach problems begin?
5-
What is the Statue of Liberty
a symbol of?
6-
What is remote sensing?
D- The Novel
(7 marks)
8- From "I Never
Forget a Face", answer the following:
1- Why did the writer offer a lift to
the stranger?
2- Why did the writer go to the police
station?
From "Called to the Rescue",
answer the following:
3- Why was the hotel waiter at Exeter slow in bringing Mr
D_'s breakfast?
4- What was the guilty man accused of?
Was he found guilty or not?
Read the following quotation then answer
the questions from "I
Never Forget a Face":
"My memory for faces helps me a lot in
business."
5- How did the writer use his memory for
business?
6- Mention two social activities which
the writer named when he talked about business?
7- What would the writer be able to do
within five minutes of talking about business?
E- Writing (8 marks)
9- Write a paragraph of
seven sentences about "My best friend":
F- Translation
(4 marks)
10- A) Translate into
Arabic:
1-
It is necessary to move factories from the center of cities to reduce
pollution.
2-
Doing exercise everyday helps you keep healthy.
B) Translate into English:
إن
تعلم اللغات الأجنبية يساعدك على الحصول على وظيفة جيدة في المستقبل.
انتهت الأسئلة