امتحان ثاني فصل اول - نصري العكة

1. At a surgery in London, 70 per cent of patients who were offered the choice between a herbal or a conventional medicine for common complaints such as insomnia, arthritis and migraines chose the herbal remedy. Fifty per cent of patients then said that the treatment helped.

                                    

   -The percentage of patients that said the herbal remedy was effective was

   • 70 %
   • 50 %
   • 90 %
   • 30 %

2. It's normal to feel a bit blue from time to time. However, studies show that negative emotions can harm the body. Anger can also have harmful effects on health. When you see red, your blood pressure is raised and you can suffer from headaches, sleep problems and digestive problems.

    

   - The colour idiom that has a sadness feeling is..

   • feel blue
   • see red
   • green light
   • out of the blue

3. The low infant mortality rate, as well as the excellent healthcare system, has been contributing factors to Jordan’s healthy population growth, which will result in a strong work force with economic benefits for the whole country.

    

   - The underlined word ( which ), line 2, refers to

   • factors
   • Jordan
   • infant mortality rate
   • Jordan's healthy population growth

4. Health experts have been warning about this trend for years, and their advice is clear. Adults should aim to exercise for at least two and a half hours every week; for children and teenagers the target should be at least an hour a day.

    

   - Teenagers should aim to exercise for at least ..

   • two hours every week
   • an hour a day
   • hour and a half a day
   • half hour a day

5. Most doctors used to be sceptical about the validity of homoeopathy, acupuncture and other forms of complementary medicine. If patients wanted to receive this kind of nonconventional treatment, they used to have to consult a private practitioner who was likely not to have a medical degree.

    

   - The word which means “ having doubts, not easily convinced” in the text is...

   • sceptical
   • nonconventional
   • complementary
   • private

6. Many classrooms now use a whiteboard as a computer screen. As a consequence, teachers can show web sites on the board in front of the class. Teachers can then use the Internet to show educational programmes, play educational games, music and recordings of languages.

    

   - By showing websites on the board in front of the class, teachers use the internet to display several things such as ....

   • recording interviews
   • seeing the people you are talking to
   • creating diagrams
   • playing recordings of languages

7. Many people are not so sure about the Internet of Things. They wonder what would happen if criminals managed to access their passwords and security setting. The dream could easily become a nightmare!

    

   - The main reason why many people are afraid of the Internet of Things is ...

   • electricity
   • criminals
   • prices
   • obesity

8. My grandfather has ……...…in his fingers, so he sometimes finds it difficult to write

   • ailment
   • migraine
   • allergies
   • arthritis

9. Another way of saying that something could be successful is to say it’s.....

   • viable
   • alien
   • conventional
   • sceptical

10. After a lot of looking into many issues, the thief was arrested …………

    • feel blue
    • red-handed
    • out of the blue
    • see red

11. We know that ten years such from 1990 CE to 2000 CE is called a ……

    • generation
    • hundred
    • millennium
    • decade

12. If anyone wants to…...……in the Internet, he can use a special blog or educational websites

    • share ideas
    • contribute
    • compare ideas
    • whiteboard

13. Fat people who manage to stay reasonably fit seem to have a risk of …………little  different to people of normal weight

    • look around
    • complementary
    • mortality
    • take place

14. If you have a……,the best thing to do is take some medicine and rest somewhere quiet

    • energy
    • migraine
    • arthritis
    • insomnia

15. Before she went to the library, Huda ………..  her mother to prepare lunch

    • had helped
    • help
    • have helped
    • helps

16. At the moment, young people ……………….. the most smart phones

    • buy
    • are buying
    • is buying
    • have bought

17. When I was young, I …………. fishing with my dad every weekend

    • am used to going
    • used to going
    • used to go
    • used to be go

18. Ali looks tired. He …………………… here for 9 hours

    • has been working
    • was working
    • will be working
    • have worked

19. In 2003, we ………….. this house in order to live in the country side

    • has bought
    • was buying
    • buy
    • bought

20. It is normal for me now to get up early to study.

           The sentence that has a similar meaning of the sentence above is

    • I was used to getting up early to study
    • I am used to getting up early to study
    • I used to getting up early to study
    • I used to get up early to study

21. I asked my brother to write my homework.

          The correct causative form of the sentence above is

    • I had my homework written
    • I have my homework written
    • The homework was written
    • I had written my homework

22. Yesterday, the main ideas ………. by the teacher in the classroom

    • are explain
    • explained
    • was explained
    • were explained

23. The sentence which is written in the correct order is

    • Nobody goes to the new private sports club. The building is a white elephant
    • Nobody goes to the new private sports club. The building is a elephant white
    • Nobody goes to the new private sports club. The a white elephant building is
    • Nobody goes to the new private sports club. The building is a red elephant

24. If Nasser ……………. at the station next Saturday, we will be there to meet him

    • had arrived
    • arrives
    • arrive
    • arrived

25. “I have some questions for you, Muna”.

    The correct reported speech of the sentence above is:

    • Jamal told Muna that he has some questions for her
    • Jamal told Muna that he had some questions for her
    • Jamal told Muna that she had some questions for him
    • Jamal told Muna that he had some questions for him

26. We had the computer repaired because it had stopped……….

    • to work
    • working
    • work
    • worked

27. I think you should study harder for the exams. The sentence is used to …

    • show consequence
    • show cause
    • give advice
    • opposition

28. Before the internet was invented……… nobody had dreamt of online shopping

    • :
    • ,
    • .
    • ?

29. The life ………..  figures show that Jordan’s healthcare system is successful.

    • expektancy
    • expictancy
    • expectancy
    • expactancy

30. If something seems very strange, we sometimes say it’s...................

    • alien
    • alein
    • aleen
    • alian