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    Cairo Governorate First Term Exam 2 nd prep

    Khalifa & Mokatam Educational Zone 2018 – 2019 English A.L


    Virginia National School

    Time: 2 hours 35 marks


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    A- Language Function (5 marks)
    :Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue -1
    .Tamer: Hi, Karim. This is my cousin, Samir. He lives in Jordan
    .Samir: It's (1)……..……………. to meet you, Karim
    ?Karim: Nice to meet you too, Samir. (2)………………………….. Cairo before
    .Samir: No, I (3)…………………., but I've been to Luxor
    ?Karim: Do you mean that you have been to Luxor not to Cairo
    .Samir: That's right! I (4)………………………. there with my family
    ?Karim: and what do you think about Luxor
    . ..………………..…………………Samir: (5)
    B- Vocabulary & Structure (10 marks)
    Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: (5 marks) .2
    .My father …………… to the market and he came back an hour ago .1
    a. has been b. has gone c. had gone d. have gone
    ?Is your English ……………. Better nowadays .2
    a. get b. gets c. getting d. got
    .They don't ……………. fish .3
    a. ate b. eaten c. has eaten d. eat
    ?Did you ……………… yesterday .4
    a. went b. go c. gone d. have gone
    I ……………….. doing anything yesterday at 5 o'clock .5
    a. wasn't b. didn't c. weren't d. hadn't
    .My friend always stays behind the door till I enter to …………. me .6
    a. respect b. shake c. regard d. scare
    .I can't understand what you just said. Your …………….. is not clear .7
    a. appreciation b. colonization c. pronunciation d. consolidation
    .We are building a/an ……………….. satellite .8
    a. natural b. artificial c. lethal d. settlement
    . …………… Gums aren't eaten. They are .9
    a. drunk b. thought c. chewed d. cut
    .I can't focus. I feel like I got some ………………. during the session .10
    a. confusion b. emotion c. pollution d. solution
    Rewrite the following sentence using the word(s) in brackets to give .3
    the same meaning: (5 marks)
    Old cars and factories pollute the environment (pollution) .1
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    .....………………………………
    He is not so good at grammar (grammatically) .2
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    ..…………………………………
    I understood the lesson very well (perceive) .3
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    ..…………………………………
    I haven't been to Cairo (never) .4
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    ..…………………………………
    He went to the club. (go) .5
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    ..…………………………………
    C- Reading and Comprehension (5 marks)
    :Read the following passage and answer the questions below .4
    It was a rainy day in January. The framers were in their fields. A boy ran
    towards them shouting for help. He told them that the river was coming
    up and they were in danger. He didn't believe them because he was just
    .a little boy. After an hour, the high water in the river came over the land
    The farmers knew that the boys' words were true. They tried to save
    their fields and houses, but they couldn't control the water of the river.
    They ran away. They were in grieve as they lost their crops and houses.
    In afternoon, some engineers came with number of machines to rescue
    .the village
    :A) Answer the following questions
    ?When did the farmers know that the boy's words were true .1
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    .…………………………
    ?Why did the engineers come .2
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    .…………………………
    ?What do you think the mistake that the farmers made .3
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………
    .B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, d
    The underlined "in grieve" means .4
    a. terribly sad b. happy c. excited d. feeling nothing
    . .………………… The farmers were sad because they lost .5
    a. their machines b. their crops and houses
    c. their children c. their crops only
    D- Writing (6 marks)
    Write a paragraph of EIGHT sentences on Only ONE of the following .5
    topic
    A. A Dream you want to achieve in the future
    B. A difficult situation that happened to you in the past
    ……………………………………………………………………………
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    E- Literature (9 marks)
    The Novel: (7 marks) -6
    A- Comment on only TWO of the following quotations: (4 marks)
    my father and grandfather had the power of life and death over the " .1
    ."people over the people who served us
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    ..…………………………………
    You are a very good woman and a very good mother, but you are too " .2
    ."religious
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    ..…………………………………
    "Stop or I'll shoot" .3
    ………………………………………………………
    ..………………………………………………………
    B- Answer only THREE of the following questions: (3 marks)
    ?What do you think about Monsieur Manette character .1
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    ………………………………
    What did Mr. Stryver ask Sydney Carton to do during the prosecution .2
    ?of Charles Darney
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    .………………………………
    .Charles Darney was a totally different person from his uncle. Discuss .3
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………
    ?How was the rich man making his money .4
    ……………………………………………………………………………
    …………………………………
    Poetry: (2 marks) .7
    :A- Answer the following questions
    :Leisure
    ,What is this life, if full of care
    ?We have no time to stand and stare
    ?No time to stand beneath the boughs
    .And stare as long as sheep or cows
    Get out two figures of speech of the previous stanzas and explain .1
    .them
    ……………………………………………………………………………
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    ?What is the rhyme scheme of the previous stanza 4 .2
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