الرئيسية
أحدث الصور
Al-Basateen Educational
Zone Atef El Sadat 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:-
2- Write what you would
say in the following situations:- (4 marks)
1-
Your sister Marwa says she won’t be home for lunch. Report this to your
mother.
2-
You want permission from your father to go the cinema tonight.
3-
Your friend wants to go swimming this evening. You disagree and suggest
another sport.
4-
The bus you were traveling in was in an accident and you are the only
one who has a mobile phone and can call the police for help.
B- Vocabulary and structure (12 marks)
3- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: (5 marks)
1-
Your question was so easy to understand. The answer was very
-----------.
2-
A palace is a -------------.
3-
Hossam ------------- a job next summer.
4-
“Disease” means a / an --------------- or serious medical condition.
5-
If they --------- more careful, they wouldn’t have had that bad
accident.
6-
Big cities are often crowded and have air ---------.
7-
Athletes must work with a good ----------- to perform well.
8-
--------- Dickens was twelve, he went to work in an office.
9-
The smallest parts of animals and plants are called ---------.
10-
If you do exercise regularly, you won’t
--------- weight.
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)
One day, there will be no oil
left. Every one ----- (1) ----- that, but more and more ---- (2) ---- are
traveling by plane. This is because ---- (3) ---- travel is cheaper than ever before.
It is sometimes cheaper than ever before. It is sometimes cheaper to ---- (4)
---- to another country than to travel a hundred kilometers on a train, as well
as using fuel, planes produce air ---- (5) ---- we can’t stop air travel, but
we should ---- (6) ---- carefully before we decide to fly.
C- Reading comprehension and set books (11 marks)
6- Read the following
passage, then answer the questions:- (7 marks)
Video and
television are responsible for the declining interest in reading among the
young. While they may be harmless in themselves, they do nothing to
build up reading skills. If some of the hours children spend watching television
were devoted to reading the population would be better educated.
Watching a story is a totally passive
pastime. Someone else has made the decisions about everything in the story.
Reading a story is an active partnership between writer and reader. Ideas are
sketched and the mind of the reader creates the rest .Watching something is
easier.
The problem is that many children read
very slowly. They decode a page or two in a class and about the same again for
homework. It is hardly surprising that such children then declare that they
find reading boring and prefer to watch television. They need to be able to
read fast enough to feed the mind’s hunger for a story. That means practice.
Only by reading daily will a child become a strong and independent reader.
Parents need to be convinced of preventing
their children from wasting their hours on inert viewing. Without the
television, the child is likely to turn to books for entertainment.
A) Answer the following questions:-
1-
What is the writer’s main objection to video and TV?
2-
Why is watching a story easier than reading it?
3-
How can children be good readers?
4-
The writer believes that visual images, such as watching television
spoil the imagination. Do you agree? Why?
B) Choose the correct answer:-
5-
The underlined pronoun "they" refers to -----.
6-
The writer says that the population would be better educated if the
children--------.
7-
According to the writer’s view, TV is ----------.
7- Answer only Four (4)
of the following questions:- (4 marks)
1- Nabawiya Musa played an important
part in education. Do you agree or disagree?
2- ‘’Cordelia should have left her
father and not tried to save him.‘’ Do you agree? Why? Why not?
3- Do you think Egyptians should have
honoured Abu Heif more in his old age? How?
4- Santiago was foolish to go to sea alone. Do you agree or not? Give a reason for
your answer.
5- Mention two functions of the brain.
6- Why was King Lear angry with his
daughter Cordelia?
D- The Novel
(7 marks)
8- From "I Never
Forget a Face", answer the following:
1-
From ‘’ I never forget a face ‘’ Why did the writer offer to give John
a lift to his house?
2-
From ‘’ called to ‘rescue ‘’ What made Mr. D go to Exeter?
3-
From ‘’I never forget a face ‘’ Why did the writer go to Bardfield police
station?
4-
‘’From called to rescue ‘’ Why was the hotel waiter at Exeter very slow in bringing Mr. D – the meal ?
Read the following quotation , then
answer the questions :
From
‘’ I never forget a face ‘’ ‘’ of course, as soon as I got there I remembered
who the man was. ‘’
1-Who is the man
that the writer remembered?
2-What does refer to?
3- What happened to
the writer before he went to that place?
E- Writing (8 marks)
9- Write a paragraph of
seven sentences about:
A person’s fight against
nature
F- Translation
(4 marks)
10- A) Translate into
Arabic:
1-
We boast that education is the first national project in Egypt.
2-
Increasing the production has become a national duty.
B) Translate into English:
تتمتع
مصر بالعديد من عناصر الجذب السياحي غير الآثار مثل الشواطئ و الطبيعة.
انتهت الأسئلة
Zone Atef El Sadat 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:-
| Randa | : | You seem happy, Leila (1)…………………………..? |
| Leila | : | Yes, I’m, I’ve just passed my driving test. |
| Randa | : | (2)…………………………………………………….? |
| Leila | : | Yes, my uncle has just bought a new car. He is going to give me his old one. |
| Randa | : | That’s fantastic. |
| Leila | : | So, would you like to go for a drive on Saturday? |
| Randa | : | Yes, I’d love to. Where (3)……………………………..? |
| Leila | : | (4)……………………………………………………….. |
| Randa | : | I’ll come for you at about 11 o’clock. |
2- Write what you would
say in the following situations:- (4 marks)
1-
Your sister Marwa says she won’t be home for lunch. Report this to your
mother.
2-
You want permission from your father to go the cinema tonight.
3-
Your friend wants to go swimming this evening. You disagree and suggest
another sport.
4-
The bus you were traveling in was in an accident and you are the only
one who has a mobile phone and can call the police for help.
B- Vocabulary and structure (12 marks)
3- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: (5 marks)
1-
Your question was so easy to understand. The answer was very
-----------.
| a) obvious | b) poisonous | c) infected | d) dangerous |
2-
A palace is a -------------.
| a) very tall building | b) symbol |
| c) house for king or queen | d) tower |
3-
Hossam ------------- a job next summer.
| a) finding | b) to find | c) finds | d) find |
4-
“Disease” means a / an --------------- or serious medical condition.
| a) cure | b) suffering | c) illness | d) examination |
5-
If they --------- more careful, they wouldn’t have had that bad
accident.
| a) had been | b) has been | c) were | d) are |
6-
Big cities are often crowded and have air ---------.
| a) environment | b) condensation | c) traffic | d) pollution |
7-
Athletes must work with a good ----------- to perform well.
| a) training | b) train | c) trainer | d) trainee |
8-
--------- Dickens was twelve, he went to work in an office.
| a) While | b) When | c) During | d) As |
9-
The smallest parts of animals and plants are called ---------.
| a) hearts | b) cells | c) brains | d) pieces |
10-
If you do exercise regularly, you won’t
--------- weight.
| a) put off | b) put away | c) put on | d) put down |
4- Rewrite the
following sentences using the words in brackets to give the same
meaning:- (
4 marks)
| 1. My uncle owns a very famous bookshop. | (owner) |
| 2. No one in the family is older than Maha. | (oldest) |
| 3. If I had enough money, I’d buy a car. | (as) |
| 4. She said that she hadn’t stolen the books. | (denied) |
5- Read the text below
then write the word which best fits the space:- (3 marks)
One day, there will be no oil
left. Every one ----- (1) ----- that, but more and more ---- (2) ---- are
traveling by plane. This is because ---- (3) ---- travel is cheaper than ever before.
It is sometimes cheaper than ever before. It is sometimes cheaper to ---- (4)
---- to another country than to travel a hundred kilometers on a train, as well
as using fuel, planes produce air ---- (5) ---- we can’t stop air travel, but
we should ---- (6) ---- carefully before we decide to fly.
C- Reading comprehension and set books (11 marks)
6- Read the following
passage, then answer the questions:- (7 marks)
Video and
television are responsible for the declining interest in reading among the
young. While they may be harmless in themselves, they do nothing to
build up reading skills. If some of the hours children spend watching television
were devoted to reading the population would be better educated.
Watching a story is a totally passive
pastime. Someone else has made the decisions about everything in the story.
Reading a story is an active partnership between writer and reader. Ideas are
sketched and the mind of the reader creates the rest .Watching something is
easier.
The problem is that many children read
very slowly. They decode a page or two in a class and about the same again for
homework. It is hardly surprising that such children then declare that they
find reading boring and prefer to watch television. They need to be able to
read fast enough to feed the mind’s hunger for a story. That means practice.
Only by reading daily will a child become a strong and independent reader.
Parents need to be convinced of preventing
their children from wasting their hours on inert viewing. Without the
television, the child is likely to turn to books for entertainment.
A) Answer the following questions:-
1-
What is the writer’s main objection to video and TV?
2-
Why is watching a story easier than reading it?
3-
How can children be good readers?
4-
The writer believes that visual images, such as watching television
spoil the imagination. Do you agree? Why?
B) Choose the correct answer:-
5-
The underlined pronoun "they" refers to -----.
| a) the young | b) video & television |
| c) children | d) reading skills |
6-
The writer says that the population would be better educated if the
children--------.
| a) do their homework | b) watch TV |
| c) read much | d) read slowly |
7-
According to the writer’s view, TV is ----------.
| a) not an effective | b) an encouraging | c) an effective | d)not a cheap |
7- Answer only Four (4)
of the following questions:- (4 marks)
1- Nabawiya Musa played an important
part in education. Do you agree or disagree?
2- ‘’Cordelia should have left her
father and not tried to save him.‘’ Do you agree? Why? Why not?
3- Do you think Egyptians should have
honoured Abu Heif more in his old age? How?
4- Santiago was foolish to go to sea alone. Do you agree or not? Give a reason for
your answer.
5- Mention two functions of the brain.
6- Why was King Lear angry with his
daughter Cordelia?
D- The Novel
(7 marks)
8- From "I Never
Forget a Face", answer the following:
1-
From ‘’ I never forget a face ‘’ Why did the writer offer to give John
a lift to his house?
2-
From ‘’ called to ‘rescue ‘’ What made Mr. D go to Exeter?
3-
From ‘’I never forget a face ‘’ Why did the writer go to Bardfield police
station?
4-
‘’From called to rescue ‘’ Why was the hotel waiter at Exeter very slow in bringing Mr. D – the meal ?
Read the following quotation , then
answer the questions :
From
‘’ I never forget a face ‘’ ‘’ of course, as soon as I got there I remembered
who the man was. ‘’
1-Who is the man
that the writer remembered?
2-What does refer to?
3- What happened to
the writer before he went to that place?
E- Writing (8 marks)
9- Write a paragraph of
seven sentences about:
A person’s fight against
nature
F- Translation
(4 marks)
10- A) Translate into
Arabic:
1-
We boast that education is the first national project in Egypt.
2-
Increasing the production has become a national duty.
B) Translate into English:
تتمتع
مصر بالعديد من عناصر الجذب السياحي غير الآثار مثل الشواطئ و الطبيعة.
انتهت الأسئلة