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First Year Sec.,2009 (First Term)

A-Language Functions1-Finish the following dialogue:Ahmad and Yousef are talking about electric cars .Ahmad :What is this article about ?

Yousef:(1).

Ahmad :How do they work?Yousef:..(2)..

Ahmad:Is it better to use electricity?

Yousef(3)

Ahmad:.(4).?Yousef:Yes, it has acomputer.

2-Write what you would say in each of the following situations:1-An old man needs help. You offer to help him.

2-Mona says that the exam is difficult .You disagree3-One of your friends offers you a present on your birthday.

4-It is very cold .You offer to close the window.

B-Vocabulary and Structure

3-Choose the correct answer from a,b,c or d:

1-My father always advises me to work..a-easy b-hardly c-easily d-hard

2-Dr. Zahi Hawass is one of. archaeologists in the world.a-more famous b-less famous c-the most famous d-the

3-He finished his work a moment .a-just b-yet c-ago d-already

4-Without lifeboats, many people would have .

a-draw b-drowned c-drawn d-

5-Sientists are looking for ..sources of energy nowadays.

a-similar b-difficult c-alternative d-dif

6-Football is usually played

A-indoor b-indoors c-outdoor d-outdoors

7-Can you .my age?

A-guess b-invent c-spare d-spend

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8-Oliver Twist is one of the ..in Dickens novel.

a-persons b-actors c-characters d-thieves

9- A geologist uses to find out underground water.

a-remote sensing b-remote serving c-remote control d

10-The machine was very .. No one could repair it.

a-easy b-completed c-complicated

4-Correct the underlined mistakes

Last week, my father had to leave the office and go to a short breaking with one of his

colleagues. He was only out of the office for about five minute but when he got back,

everything looked strange . The lights had been turned on and his table had been turned off.

His tea mug was cleaning, and his desk had been tided. Someone had cleaned his office for

him.

5-Read the text below, then write the word which best fits each space:One day an old fisherman, who had not caught a fish for 84 days, decided to

1a long way to try to catch..2... On his first day, he caught a huge fish, but

it was so strong that he couldnt.3it to his boat. The fish kept the old man and

his boat for two days, but in the4..the fish was more tired than the man. Theman pulled the 5.and killed it. As the man was going home, sharks ate the fish.

The old fisherman arrived home with only the 6.of the fish.

C Reading comprehension and Set Books

6-Read the following passage, then answer the questions:Probably since the time of the first humans, people have eaten honey

made by bees. For many thousands of years, they took the honey frombees' nests in trees without understanding very much about the lives of

bees. Slowly, however, people realized that it would be simpler to keep

bees than to have to try to find their nests. At first they kept them in hollow

parts of trees or small clay containers which they hung from trees.

Nowadays in most countries they are kept in wooden hives. Honey is

specially mentioned as a cure, in the Quran. Most Arab beekeepers look

after their bees in the same way that Egyptian beekeepers looked after

theirs almost 5, 000 years ago. The earliest known record of Egyptian

beekeeping dates from the time of the Old Kingdom. Egyptian beehiveswere containers made of dried clay with a hole in them for the bees to fly

in and out of . Perhaps the main reason that there have been so few changes

to the way people keep bees in Egypt is that beekeeping has always been a

family industry with fathers passing the knowledge to their sons.

A- Answer the following questions:1- How long have people been eating honey?

2- Where is honey specially mentioned as a cure?

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3- What size are beehives ?4- Why has the beekeeping not changed a lot?

B- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d5- The passage is about ------------------------------

(a) making honey (b) the life of a bee

(c ) looking after bees in the Arab World(d)how to keep your own bees

6- The underlined word "they" refers to-----------

(a) most countries (b) the clay containers

(c ) the bees (d) hollow parts of trees7- The containers have a hole for the bees to..

a-live in b-eat in c-go out and in from d-sleep in

7-Answer only four of the following questions:

1-Why mustn't you leave dirty dishes lying around?

2-How does Abu Heif break the record?

3-Where was Oliver brought up?4-How many daughters did king Lear have?

5-Do you think Cordelia and king Lear deserve that sad end? Why? why not?

6-King Lear was wrong when he decided to divide his kingdom among his daughters .Doyou agree with this statement or not?

D-THE Novel

8-Answer the following questions

1-Why did the man come to take the bed away? (An Artist's Story)

2- Why did the man from the furniture shop visit Augustus?

3-What did the voice tell Mr.D- in his sleep? (Called to the Rescue)

4-Why was there a ferry in Exmouth?

B-Read the following quotation and answer the questions.

"And I feel certain that you will, because I've come to take it away."

1-Who was the speaker?

.

2-What does the pronoun "it" refer to?

.

3-Why did the speaker really come?

E-Writing

9-Write a paragraph of seven sentences about : " Air pollution ".

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F-Translation

a-Translate into Arabic:

1-I thanked my father for the nice present he gave to me.

2-What are the countries of Africa famous for?

b-Translate into English:

AnswersA- Language Functions( 8 Marks)

1-Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue: ( 4 Marks )1-Electric cars 2-By electricity3-Yes, of course. 4-Does it have a computer?

(Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)2-Write what you would say in each:(4Marks)one mark each

1-Can I help you?

2-I don't think so.

3-Thank you. You shouldn't.4-Do you want me to close the window?

(Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)

B- Vocabulary and Structure( 12 Marks)

3-Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d : (5 Marks) mark each:

1-d 2-c 3-c 4- 5-c6-d 7-a 8-c 9-a 10-c

4-Rewrite ..(4 marks) one mark each

1-break 2-minutes 3-computer 4-cleaned

5-Read the text below , then write the word ..(3 marks) mark each

1-have 2-fish 3-pull 4-end 5-fish 6-skeleton

(Any reasonable answer is acceptable.)

C- Reading Comprehension and Set Books (11 marks)

6-Read the following passage,..: (7 marks)one each1- People have been eating honey for many thousands of years2- Honey is specially mentioned as a cure in the Quran.

3- Beehives are about 90 cm long and 30 cm across.

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4- Beekeeping hasn't changed a lot because it has always been a traditional

family industry with fathers passing the knowledge to their sons.5- (a) 6-(c ) 7-(c)

7- Answer only four (4) of the following questions: (4Marks) one eachD- The Novel (7 marks)8- A-Answer the following questions: one mark each1-..because the bed wasn't paid for.

2-To take the bed away.

3-to go down to the ferry.4-Because people cross the river by the ferry to go to the railway station.

B-Read the following quotation, one mark each

1-The man / stranger from the furniture shop.

2-The bed.3-To take the bed away.

E- Writing ( 8 Marks)9-Write a paragraph.

(Any correct sentences related to the topic are acceptable)

F- Translation (4 Marks)10- A- Translate into Arabic: (2 marks)

B- Translate into English: (2 marks)

Total: 50 Marks