امتحان شهر ثاني فصل ثاني-انجليزي اول ثانوي

1. He was a quiet boy, who loved reading. When he spoke later of his childhood, he said that he remembered listening to children playing outside, as he sat indoors. He always preferred reading to playing with other children.

   At the age of 12, life for his family changed very suddenly. His father had financial problems, so Charles was no longer able to attend school regularly, and he had to work at a factory. The loneliness he felt there was an important influence on his writing, especially in his books Great Expectations and David Copperfield.

   When he was 14, Charles stopped going to school altogether and started working as a clerk in a lawyer’s office in London. He didn’t like working there.

   Luckily, things changed for him again. Charles had always wanted to be a writer, and he became a very respected journalist. He began to write short pieces for publication in the newspaper. In 1836, a series of pieces called The Pickwick Papers appeared monthly in the newspaper and were very popular. Dickens was a famous author by then.

   Throughout his life, Dickens enjoyed travelling. He travelled to many countries, writing novels and giving talks about the cruelty of slavery. Novels such as Oliver Twist and Dombey and Son highlighted the cruel treatment of people, especially children, and child labour in the 19th century. He died on 8th June, 1870, at the age of 58.

   Q1: Read the following text and according to the text answer these question

   1- Charles Dickens has to stop going to school because ………

    

   • He had to work
   • He didn’t like school
   • His father told him to stop going to school.

2. 2- When Charles Dickens was 14, he stopped going to school altogether and started working as……………

   • A writer
   • A worker in a factory
   • A clerk

3. 3- What influenced Charles Dickens’ writing?

   • Working as a clerk
   • Feeling loneliness
   • Felling happiness

4. 4- What does the underlined pronoun “he “refer to?

   (He began to write short pieces for publication in the newspaper.)

   • Charles Dickens
   • His father
   • His family

5. 5- Find a word in the text that means “ someone who keep records or accounts in an office.

   • An author
   • A lawyer
   • A clerk

6. 6- Find a word in the text that mean “a person who writes news stories or articles for a newspaper or magazine.”

   • A lawyer
   • A playwright
   • A journalist

7. 7- Two books of Charles Dickens are mentioned in the text. What are they?

   • Great Expectation and the Old Mam and The Sea.
   • Great Expectation and the David copper field.
   • David copper field and The Old Man and The Sea.

8. 8- At what age did he die?

   • Fifty-eight
   • Eight-five
   • Fifty-three

9. 9- The word that means the character who tells you what is happening in a book or film

   • narrator
   • Novelist
   • author

10. Q2: complete the sentence with suitable word

    1- My job as a ………………. Is to expose the truth.

    • Journalist
    • lawyer
    • novelist

11. 2- Speech is the fastest method of …………… between people

    • Alphabet
    • symbol
    • communication

12. 4- …………………………..allows blind and visually impaired people to read through touch

    • communication
    • gestures
    • braille

13. 5- A radio ………….. was sent to the spacecraft.

    • signal
    • mass media
    • symbol

14. 5- Shakespeare’s is a famous poet and dramatic ………….

    • Playwright
    • poets
    • lawyer

15. Q3: choose the correct answer

    1- I need to practice ……………..my violin before the concert

    • to play
    • playing
    • played

16. 2- I really miss _____ to yoga classes but I don't have time any more.

    • go
    • to go
    • going

17. 3- We talked about ……………... together next month

    • to travel
    • travelling
    • travel

18. 4- He expects …………… his studies next summer.

    • finished
    • to finish
    • finishing

19. 5- I might _____. I'm not sure.

    • went
    • go
    • going

20. 6- what made you …………….. your mind

    • change
    • to change
    • changing

21. 7- When I lived in Canada I ………………. economics

    • Studied
    • was studding

22. 8- Before we…………….. to bed that night I had been reading a very scary story.

    • had gone
    • went

23. 9- I was sleeping quite peacefully when I suddenly ………………. Out of bed!

    • Fell
    • was falling

24. 10- Until the 15th century, it …………………….. possible to reach thousands of readers at the same time

    • wasn’t
    • hadn’t been

25. 11- By the time we ……………… at the party most people had already left.

    • arrived
    • were arriving

26. 12- Not surprisingly, two of Jordan’s largest experts are chemicals…………………………fertilizers

    • and
    • but

27. 13- Sara worked hard in the exam;……………….she did very well.

    • because
    • consequently

28. 14- we were late ……………………..the traffic

    • because of
    • although