امتحان الوحدة الاولى 2008 -انجليزي عمر جوارنه

Question One: Reading

For items (1-5), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.

Since the dawn of time, people have been using different ways of communicating at a distance.

In ancient times, they used smoke signals and after writing developed, they invented more ingenious methods of delivering messages; for example, sending a message in a bottle. At the turn of the twentieth century, bottles were found which had been sent by people who were travelling on board the Titanic.

Happier stories have also come to light in 1956, Ake Viking, a Swede, tossed a letter into the sea, hoping it would reach is future wife. Two years later he received a letter from a Sicilian girl, Paolina, who had found his bottle and soon after they were married!

1- The method of communication which people used in ancient times before development of writing was ……..

2- The year in which Paolina came across Ake Viking’ letter was ……………

3- The underlined pronoun “who” refers to …..

As a child, Jane loved reading books about a fictional character called Dr Dolittle, who could talk to animals. Perhaps this is what inspired her to go to Africa when she was in her 20s. Here she came across a scientist who asked Jane if she might want a job observing chimpanzees in the wild. She immediately said yes.
She went with her mother to the shores of Lake Tanganyika in Tanzania to start her new job, and it was not long before she made out a group of chimpanzees in the trees around an area now called the Gombe Stream National Park.

4- The motive that encouraged Jane to work in Africa in her twentieths was ………

5- The location in which Jane observed and studied chimpanzees was ………

Question Two : Vocabulary

For items (6-11), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.

6- We couldn’t use our mobile phones in the desert, but started to ………………………. Signals.

7- Could you   ……………………………on the message to Samer that I'll be ten minutes late?

8- I couldn’t get a word in edgeways.

The meaning of the underlined word in the above sentence is.

9- I didn’t really hit it ……………………  with her friends when I met them.

10- Nothing is changing and he is becoming more and more ……………………about the situation.

11- I'm extremely concerned about my aunt – she isn't very well.

The phrase that has the same meaning to I'm extremely concerned is.

Question Three : Grammar

For items (12-20), read each one carefully then choose from A,B,C or D the correct answer.

12- I ………………………………….a film when the lights suddenly went out.

13- I ……………………… contact with Mr Farley earlier today, but he hasn’t responded yet.

14- My mum…………………………………it's the best idea.

15- She……………………………. to be highly intelligent, but she’s awfully lazy too.

16- I forgot my password and blocked my email account …………………………………

17- Let’s get some ice cream,………..?

18- He paid me a lot of compliments.

He paid me a lot of compliments.

19- She's writing a text message right now.

The function (meaning) of the above sentence is:

20- Teenagers rarely write emails.

The present simple in the above sentence is …………

21- Come and look at this, …………………………... ?

22- No one likes him,

23- ___________ that close, are we?

24- The question tag where the sound /t/ is omitted (disappears) is ……………

25- Habib: Actually, it's my birthday tomorrow.

Faisal: Is it ? Do you have anything special planned?

The function of the underlined echo question is ………