امتحان الوحدة الاولى 2008 -انجليزي عمر جوارنه

1. 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 ……..

   • Telephone calls
   • Smoke signals
   • Morse code
   • Email

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

   • 1956
   • 1958
   • 1962
   • 1945

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

   • Paolina
   • Ake Viking
   • stories
   • wife

4. 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 ………

   • she spent a long time there before
   • she read a book about talking to animals
   • she went with her mother
   • she liked talking to the chimpanzees

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

   • Serengeti National Park
   • Dr Dolittle’s Park
   • Gombe Stream National Park
   • all countries in Africa

6. 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.

   • getting across
   • figure out
   • spell out
   • pick up

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

   • spread
   • pass
   • keep
   • lose

8. 8- I couldn’t get a word in edgeways.

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

   • to be unable to say anything because someone else is talking all the time
   • to have to make the final point
   • to talk to someone
   • to like someone in a short time

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

   • up
   • off
   • across
   • down

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

    • livid
    • tense
    • terrified
    • Exasperated

11. 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.

    • I am worried sick about
    • I’m so happy
    • I can breathe a sigh of relief now
    • get out of here!

12. 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.

    • am watching
    • was watching
    • have been watching
    • watched

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

    • a- had established
    • established
    • have established
    • were establishing

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

    • was thinking
    • thinks
    • has been thinking
    • is thinking

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

    • appears
    • is appearing
    • was appearing
    • appear

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

    • right now
    • once in a while
    • the day before yesterday
    • in recent weeks

17. 17- Let’s get some ice cream,………..?

    • will we
    • shall we
    • will not we
    • shall not we

18. 18- He paid me a lot of compliments.

    He paid me a lot of compliments.

    • Doesn’t he
    • don’t he
    • did he
    • isn’t he

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

    The function (meaning) of the above sentence is:

    • routine and habit
    • situation which is changing during the present time
    • thing happening now or around now
    • action that started and finished at a specific time in the past

20. 20- Teenagers rarely write emails.

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

    • a long activity interrupted by a shorter one
    • actions in progress at a specific time in the past
    • an action in the past that was completed before another action
    • facts and things that are generally true.

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

    • will you
    • don’t you
    • do you
    • are you

22. 22- No one likes him,

    • does he
    • don’t they
    • do they
    • doesn’t he

23. 23- ___________ that close, are we?

    • We are
    • We are not
    • Are not we
    • Ali and Omar are not

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

    • weren't we?
    • can't I ?
    • couldn’t we?
    • doesn’t it?

25. 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 ………

    • to show interest
    • past habit
    • routine in the present
    • generally true