امتحان نهائي فصل اول -اللغة الانجليزية محمد خالد
Question: Choose the correct answers from A, B, C or D.
READING
1 ) “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”
-What inspired Jane to go to Africa in her 20s?
- Her love for animals
- Books about Dr. Dolittle
- An invitation from a scientist
- Her mother’s suggestion
2- “The idiom ‘to bury your head in the sand’ means to ignore a problem in the hope that it will go away. The saying is based on the behaviour of ostriches, known for using their beaks to dig holes in which to hide their head from enemies. The only problem is that this is not actually normal ostrich behaviour. The myth that the world’s largest birds do this is probably based on the writings of Pliny the Elder. He was a famous Roman naturalist who suggested around two thousand years ago that ostriches ‘imagine, when they have thrust their head and neck into a bush, that the whole of their body is concealed.’ Considering ostriches are the fastest creatures on two legs and have a kick powerful enough to kill a lion, they are much more likely to run or fight than try to hide.”
-According to the text, what do ostriches usually do when threatened?
- Bury their heads in the sand
- Dig holes to hide
- Run or fight
- Conceal themselves in bushes
3-“In England during the 1800s, many people came to the cities to work. There were places called workhouses where the poorest people could live, work and eat to make ends meet. But life in the workhouses was not easy, where people somehow managed a subsistence, living day-to-day, huddled together to keep warm. One night, a woman arrived at a workhouse. She gave birth to a baby but then sadly died. A nurse called the baby Oliver Twist and he was sent to a house for orphans until he was nine. Then he was sent to a workhouse to work. Oliver was sad to leave the other orphans. Although the boys lived hand-to-mouth, they had a sense of belonging at the house and looked after each other.”
-How did the boys at the orphanage feel about each other?
- They cared about each other.
- They often fought for survival.
- They were indifferent to one another.
- They relied on the nurse to take care of them.
4-“Like many people who later became successful writers, Charles Dickens grew up in a nice house and received a good education. However, this was to change when he was only 12 years old. In 1824, his father found that he owed people a lot of money and he was sent to prison with Charles’s mother. Charles had to stop going to school, live alone and get a job to make ends meet. He worked in a factory, putting labels onto bottles. He was paid very little and lived hand-to-mouth. He loathed every minute of it.”
-Why did Charles Dickens stop going to school when he was 12 years old?
- He wanted to start working.
- His family moved to a new city.
- He received a job offer at a factory.
- His father was sent to prison for owing money.
5- “When the developers released a statement that they were going to build a luxury new hotel at the local beach, everyone in the town was very excited. There have been talks for years about opportunities for new developments, but they never seem to happen. We all have to seize the opportunity and realise that the hotel will not only give us work, but offer improvements to the whole area around the beach. The developers have promised a new road with wide pavements to and from the beach and a replacement of the sad old beach restaurants which have been there for years.”
-What was the town’s reaction to the announcement of the new hotel?
- Disappointment
- Excitement
- Indifference
- Opposition
6- “Radio has been around forever and despite recent allegations in printed media that it is dying, there is evidence to suggest it is very much alive. According to research, 89% of people over the age of 15 listened to the radio every week in 2022. The medium is also moving with the times and over half of all listeners now tune in digitally, whether at home, in the car or on the move. You can even ‘watch’ your favourite radio shows via live feeds online.”
-Where do over half of radio listeners tune in digitally?
- Only at home
- Only in the car
- At home, in the car, or on the move
- Exclusively on mobile devices
7- The blue whale is critically endangered. Blue whales are solitary animals, preferring to travel alone or in small groups. They have few natural predators other than man.
-The word that means “at risk of becoming extinct” is:
- solitary
- predators
- endangered
- critically
8- When Suha heard the bad news, she sadly ---------.
- showed off
- burst into tears
- made a fuss
- was the peacemaker
9- Subhi is a ------ teacher whose students appreciate his classes. Also, he is very well-known but doesn’t show off about it. He is very ------.
- defensive / sincere
- bigoted / inspirational
- tough / conceited
- dedicated / modest
10- The essays I write rarely shed much ------ on the key issues that have ------ the headlines.
- light / hit
- attention / corruption
- public / clickbait
- go / verify
11- After hearing the bad news, Sarah was sad for the rest of the day.
-The sentence which has a similar meaning to the one above is:
- After hearing the bad news, Sarah has had it up to here with it.
- After hearing the bad news, Sarah was feeling a bit blue for the rest of the day
- After hearing the bad news, Sarah can’t stop smiling.
- After hearing the bad news, Sarah was worried sick about it.
12- what / to us / couldn’t / I / believe / was happening
-The sentence which has the correct word order is:
- To us was what I couldn’t believe happening.
- Couldn’t believe I was what happening to us.
- I couldn’t happening what was believe to us.
- I couldn’t believe what was happening to us.
13- Gas and oil prices --------- more and more costly these days.
- got
- was getting
- get
- are getting
14- Nobody was having fun at the party as planned, ---------?
- wasn’t it
- was it
- were they
- weren’t they
15- When you come back home tonight, please be quiet as everybody else --------- to bed.
- will have already gone
- will be already going
- will already go
- will have been already going
16- That boy ------ mum is Japanese is fluent in five languages.
- who
- when
- that
- whose
17- Othman ------ his dirty clothes on the floor when he was younger.
- was always leaving
- is always leaving
- will be always leaving
- used to always leaving
18- Akram ------ at the company for ten years before he ------ to resign.
- had worked / was deciding
- worked / had been deciding
- had been working / decided
- was working / decided
19- My friends and I have arranged to meet on Friday morning.
-The sentence which has a similar meaning to the one above is:
- My friends and I were planning to meet on Friday morning.
- My friends and I are planning to meet on Friday morning.
- My friends and I are about to meet on Friday morning.
- My friends and I are to meet on Friday morning.
20- We revealed the truth and then we announced more lies.
-The negative-inversion sentence which is written correctly is
- No sooner had we revealed the truth and then we announced more lies.
- No sooner did we reveal the truth and then we announced more lies.
- No sooner we did reveal the truth and then we announced more lies.
- No sooner we had revealed the truth and then we announced more lies.