امتحان انجليزي وحدة رابعة-خالد الدعجة 2009

1. 1-  I’d love to cover traditional news stories which are in the--------- interest, where I could expose corruption.

   • heart
   • theory
   • clickbait
   • public

2. 2- Which of the following words means “causing a feeling of sadness”?

   • composed
   • poignant
   • cropped
   • landscape

3. 3- The journalist----------------------- his story was true, although it is difficult to believe him.

   • revealed
   • decreased
   • exposed
   • claimed

4. 4- The ------------------------- against him are shocking, but he denies all of them.

   • allegations
   • opportunities
   • improvements
   • workers

5. 5- ----------------------, you don’t expect me to believe that.

   • Surely
   • Fortunately
   • Foolishly
   • Disappointingly

6. 6- They later had to admit that they ---------------------------- the other newspaper for years.

   • have copied
   • are copying
   • had been copying
   • will copy

7.  By the time I got to the field, the object had disappeared.

   7- The meaning that the sentence above indicates is:

   • an action in progress at a specific time.
   • an action which took place before another.
   • a situation or an action which continued.
   • actions which follow each other in a story.

8. 8- While I rowed a boat across the sea, a large dolphin suddenly appeared in the water next to me!

     - The correct form of the sentence above is:

   • While I was rowing a boat across the sea, a large dolphin suddenly was appearing in the water next to me!
   • While I had rowed a boat across the sea, a large dolphin suddenly appeared in the water next to me!
   • While I was rowing a boat across the sea, a large dolphin suddenly appeared in the water next to me!
   • While I row a boat across the sea, a large dolphin suddenly appears in the water next to me!

9. 9- She won the race and she broke a world record.

     - The sentence that has the same meaning as the one above is:

   • Not only did she win the race, but she also broke a world record.
   • Not only she did win the race, but she also broke a world record.
   • Not only she won the race, but she also broke a world record.
   • Not only did she won the race, but she also broke a world record.

10. When the wind got stronger, they told the children to hide under the beds and under no circumstances should they come out. But as the storm was passing over their house, it took the roof off and soon their room was full of flying objects. ---------------had they huddled together in the basement than the wind blew a hole into the basement. Luckily, they were able to survive until the storm passed.

    10- The correct adverb/adverbial phrase to fill in the gap in the text above is:

    • Barely
    • Not only
    • No sooner
    • Scarcely

11. 11- Which of the following is correct regarding writing a story?

    • You should give your story a catchy/interesting title.
    • You could try starting the story at the end of the action for dramatic effect.
    • You should use the same language/tenses.
    • You should use direct speech to add emphasis.

12. 12- I turned round and saw the man in black.

        - The function that matches the sentence above is:

    • Describing an ongoing action that forms the background to a story.
    • Contrasting an event in progress with a single action that interrupts it.
    • Describing a situation or action which was in progress at or up to a time in the past.
    • Describing a single completed action in the past.

13. I watched him as he sat down on a bench. He peered curiously at me as I walked past him, but his attention was soon distracted by another call on his phone.

    The old woman glanced at the man and stopped as she was walking past. ‘Stop!’ He bellowed again. Then, he grabbed her by the arm.

     

    13- Find a word in the text above which means the same as “looked at something closely and carefully”

     

    • glanced
    • peered
    • bellowed
    • grabbed

14. 14- The tenses that are used in the underlined sentence above are:

    • Past Perfect Simple and Past continuous
    • Past Simple and Past Continuous
    • Past Simple and Past Perfect Simple
    • Past Perfect Simple and Past Perfect Continuous

15. 15- The odd one out from the following words is:

    • shuffle
    • tiptoe
    • snap
    • wander

16. 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.

    16- What opportunities does the development bring according to the report?

    • Free housing and education for locals
    • The new hotel will bring work and improvements to the beach area.
    • The new hotel will reduce pollution in the town.
    • The new hotel will replace all local businesses.

17. 17- What does the underlined relative pronoun “which” refer to?

    • the sad old beach restaurants
    • the developers
    • wide pavements
    • a new road

18. We have asked for such development for years and I’m so happy that the developers have come up with a solution to help local people. Not only will the hotel need local workers but there are sure to be other jobs in tourism when the hotel guests start to arrive.

    18- How will the hotel project give locals job security?

    • By offering free training programmes.
    • By hiring only international workers.
    • By needing local workers and creating tourism jobs.
    • By building offices for local companies.

19. When we first received information about a new hotel at our local beach, many local people were pleased and thought that the development could give us job security. But when I put in a request to find out more about the developers on the internet, I quickly changed my mind. It is very clear that the hotel is an international company and in all its branches, it employs an international staff. It also uses the same building contractors for all its hotels, and none of them are from our area.

    19- What was the first reaction of the local people when they received information about the new hotel?

    • They were angry and protested immediately.
    • They were pleased and thought it could give job security.
    • They were confused and asked for more details.
    • They ignored the news completely.

20. 20- Why is the writer concerned about the new restaurants?

    • They will be built underground.
    • They will be too expensive and locals may lose their jobs.
    • They will serve unhealthy food.
    • They will be open only in summer.