امتحان انجليزي نهائي - أول ثانوي
Read the text carefully then answer the question
Communication, the sharing of information, ideas and thoughts, can take many forms. Before the development of writing, people communicated via smoke signals, cave paintings and drumbeats. The first systems of writing used pictures to convey meaning. Gradually, as language developed, alphabets evolved, using letters and symbols which represented sounds. These sounds in turn made up words. The invention of the printing press in the 15th century led to the first forms of mass media: newspapers and magazines. Until then, it hadn’t been possible to reach thousands of readers at the same time. However, only sighted people could access these media.
This all changed in 1821 CE. It happened when an officer in the military in France was visiting the Royal Institute of the Blind in Paris. He wanted to demonstrate to the students a system of dots he had invented. These dots allowed soldiers to communicate without speaking. This method of communication caught the attention of Louis Braille, a young man who was studying at the Institute. After many years of work, Louis Braille had improved and completed the system of raised dots, which became known as Braille. The characters consist of six tactile dots that can form 64 combinations, spelling out letters, numbers and symbols. By 1868 CE, 16 years after Louis Braille’s death, blind people all over the world were using Braille every day. It has also been adapted to scripts in different languages. It enables blind people to read books, maps and labels, and even to press buttons in a lift. A wide range of national daily newspapers are available in Braille, too. Nowadays, screen-reading software means that the text on a computer screen can be heard aloud. Digital talking books that simultaneously generate output in Braille are also available.
- before the development of writing, how did people communicate?
- writing text messages
- smoke signals, cave paintings and drumbeats
- photos
- voice messages
2. What did the first system of writing use?
- pictures
- voice messages
- phone calls
- video calls
3. who is louis braille?
- a young man who was studying at institute
- officer in the military
- clerk
- Docter
4.what was the first form of mass media?
- signals
- symbol
- newspaper and magazines
- television
5.what did soldiers use the system of dots for?
- to communicate without speaking
- to read
- to speak
- to write
6. what does the underline word refer to
- louis braille
- students
- officer in the military
- the system of dots
7. what does share or exchange information,news, or ideas means?
- symbol
- drumbeats
- mass media
- communicate
8. Cricle the letter of appropriate answer.
The fish is _________ with salt and pepper
- raw
- marinated
- seasoned
- stew
9. The meaning of ‘ to buy and sell goods and services’
- commercial
- migrate
- trade
- inscription
10. _____ is a traditional dish in Jordan
- ceviche
- mansaf
- raw
- none of these
11. when a biomass is burnt, the heated water produces ______
- turbine
- steam
- generator
- solar energy
12. He hopes ________ to London next year
- moving
- moved
- move
- to move
13. sara ‘’ Do you want to dance ‘’
- sara asked me do I wanted to dance
- sara asked me I wanted to dance
- sara asked me if I wanted to dance
- none of these
14. Ali didn’t fix his car himself , he _______ at the garage
- had it fix
- had it fixed
- had it fixing
- none of these
15. He has finally finished _________ the report
- to write
- writing
- write
- wrote
16. Why did you change the channel? I ________ that movie
- watched
- was watching
- had watched
- had been watching
17. She considered _________ her job
- to change
- changing
- changed
- change
18. I knew he _________ because his eyes were red
- cried
- was crying
- had cried
- had been crying
19. He stopped _________ a year ago. He doesn’t want to start smoking anymore
- smoking
- to smoke
- smoke
- smoked
20.One of my wisdom teeth really hurt, so I went to the dentist___________
- to have it remove
- to have it removed
- to have it to be removed
- to have remove
21. A car ________ down on the road
- might have broke
- might have broken
- might broke
- none of these
22. While I _______ to work Ahmad disturbed me.
- had tried
- was trying
- were trying
- tried
23. Ahlam, what are you doing?
- Ahlam asked me what are you doing
- Ahlam asked me what I was doing
- Ahlam asked if I was doing
- none of these
24. By the time we arrived at the party most people ________
- already left
- had already left
- already lifting
- none of these
25.My friend__________ the project yesterday.
- can have finished
- have finished
- could have finished
- could have be finished
26. I get up every morning seven o’clock”, Ali said
- Ali said he got up every morning at seven o’clock
- Ali said I got up every morning at seven o’clock.
- Ali said he had got up every morning at seven o’clock
- none of these
27. I ___________ my nails_____ every week.
- was, doing
- get, done
- get, do
- none of these
28. I think the team really deserve ________ the game
- won
- win
- to win
- winning
29. I quit my job today”, he told me. This sentence into reported speech becomes: He told me that he had quit his job_________.
- That day
- Today
- The next day
- Yesterday
30. Samar said that she played basketball in college
- Samar said, “I play basketball in college
- Samar said, “I’m playing basketball in college”
- Samar said, “I had played basketball in college”
- Samar said, “I played basketball in college
31. While I was working on my computer it suddenly____________ working!
- stop
- stopped
- stopping
- had stopped
32. They didn’t mind __________me
- to help
- help
- helping
- helped
33. She asked her, “How long have you lived here”
- Asma asked her how long she has lived there.
- Asma asked her how long she lived there
- Asma asked her how long she had lived there.
- Asma asked her how long she has lived here.
34. Kaled has offered to fix Ali’s PC, but she would rather _______ by a professional
- have done it
- have it done
- do it
- done