Mr Yacoub
05-01-2009, 02:16 AM
Test 1
A) Language Functions
1- Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue:
Ayman: Hello. I'm pleased to meet you. Welcome to Egypt.
John : Me too. Thank you.
Ayman: ……………………………………………………………………….?
Johh : I come from England.
Ayman: ………………………………………………………………………..?
John : I live in London.
Ayman: How long will you stay in Egypt?
John : …………………………………………………………………….. .
Ayman: Have a nice stay.
John : ………………………………………………………. .
2- What would you say in each of the following situations:
1- You want to know the price of something.
2- You invite your friend to your birthday party.
3- You suggest going to the club.
4- You ask your friend to lend you his new camera.
B) Vocabulary & Structure
3- Choose the correct answer:
1- An (accountant-electrician-expert-academic) is someone with special skill or knowledge of a subject.
2- Ramy Ashour (won-earned-gained-beat) an important championship in Canada.
3- Neil Armstrong was the first man (walk-walked-walking-to walk) on the moon.
4- From 1967 to 1973, Dr El-Baz worked (at-out-in-on) the American Apollo space project.
5- He (played-gave-took-won) me some advice about the best study plan.
6- He gave up his job and became a (sports-professional-profession-professor) footballer.
7- Amal (watch-is watching-was watching-watches) television every day.
8- In 1968, Neil Armstrong (walking-walks-walked-walk) on the moon.
9- Ali (scored-won-played-took) a goal in a school football match yesterday.
10-Plants grow very quickly in the rich (rocks-soil-sand-moon).
4- Rewrite using the word(s) in brackets to give the same meaning:
1- Mr Smith lived in Egypt from 1997 to 2007. (for)
2- When I was young, I went to the beach every day. (used to)
3- Ramy Ashour lost to Amr Shabana in the Hong Kong Championship. (beat)
4- He goes to school late at all times. (always)
5- Read the text below, then write the word which best fits each space:
Dr El-Baz is s a space scientist and a geologist. He is the world's greatest……(a)……….in remote sensing. It is the use of ……(b)… to find water under deserts. Thanks to the photographs he …(c)…… underground water was found in the WesternDesert. He gave …(d)….on where the astronauts should land. He…(e)……..born in Zagazig in 1938. He was educated …(f)…. AinAhamsUniversity.
a) ………………..……….
b) ………………………...
c) ………………………….
d) …………….……………
e) ………………………….
f) ………………………….
C) Reading Comprehension and set books
6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigrated هاجرت to New York city when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking تبحث عن admission القبول to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So determined مصممة was she that she taught at school and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition تعليم.
In 1849, after graduation التخرج from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first female physician and founding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.
A) Answer the following questions:
1- How did Elizabeth Blackwell earn money for her tuition?
2- How old was Elizabeth when she graduated from medical school?
3- Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
4- What are the “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell?
B) Choose the correct answer:
1- Elizabeth Blackwell emigrated to New York City in ……………………. .
a) 1821 b) 1831 c)1849 d)1857
2- The main obstacle that almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor was that ………………………. .
a) she was a woman
b) she wrote too many letters
c) she couldn’t graduate from medical school
d) she couldn’t establish her hospital.
3- Elizabeth Blackwell went to a medical school in ……………………… .
a) Paris b) New York c) England d) Philadelphia
7- Answer only four (4) of the following questions:
1- What do you know about Dr Farouk El-Baz?
2- Why is remote sensing so important in Egypt and other countries today?
3- How did Ramy Ashour become famous at the age of 16?
4- Do you think Ramy Ashour felt surprised when he won the Junior Squash Championship? Why? Why not?
5- What is Dr Zahi Hawass famous for?
6- Nabawiya Musa played an important part in education. Do you agree or disagree?
D) The Novel
8- A) Answer the following questions:
1- Why did Augustus decide to take to his bed?
2- What did Augustus paint when he started his work?
3- Why was the immense man sure that Augustus would rise from his bed?
4- Why did Augustus consider drawing for the newspapers “selling his soul”?
B) Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:
“So I gave up the struggle, my heart was broken and I determined to take to my bed, never to rise again.”
1- Who said these words to whom?
2- What was the speaker’s last decision?
3- What made him take this decision?
E) Writing
9- Write a paragraph of seven sentences about:
"A world champion you will never forget."
F) Translation
10- A) Translate into Arabic:
1- Ramy Ashour is a famous Egyptian squash player.
2- Neil Armstrong was the first person to step on the moon.
B) Translate into English:
الدكتور زاهى حواس عالم آثار مشهور.
A) Language Functions
1- Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue:
Ayman: Hello. I'm pleased to meet you. Welcome to Egypt.
John : Me too. Thank you.
Ayman: ……………………………………………………………………….?
Johh : I come from England.
Ayman: ………………………………………………………………………..?
John : I live in London.
Ayman: How long will you stay in Egypt?
John : …………………………………………………………………….. .
Ayman: Have a nice stay.
John : ………………………………………………………. .
2- What would you say in each of the following situations:
1- You want to know the price of something.
2- You invite your friend to your birthday party.
3- You suggest going to the club.
4- You ask your friend to lend you his new camera.
B) Vocabulary & Structure
3- Choose the correct answer:
1- An (accountant-electrician-expert-academic) is someone with special skill or knowledge of a subject.
2- Ramy Ashour (won-earned-gained-beat) an important championship in Canada.
3- Neil Armstrong was the first man (walk-walked-walking-to walk) on the moon.
4- From 1967 to 1973, Dr El-Baz worked (at-out-in-on) the American Apollo space project.
5- He (played-gave-took-won) me some advice about the best study plan.
6- He gave up his job and became a (sports-professional-profession-professor) footballer.
7- Amal (watch-is watching-was watching-watches) television every day.
8- In 1968, Neil Armstrong (walking-walks-walked-walk) on the moon.
9- Ali (scored-won-played-took) a goal in a school football match yesterday.
10-Plants grow very quickly in the rich (rocks-soil-sand-moon).
4- Rewrite using the word(s) in brackets to give the same meaning:
1- Mr Smith lived in Egypt from 1997 to 2007. (for)
2- When I was young, I went to the beach every day. (used to)
3- Ramy Ashour lost to Amr Shabana in the Hong Kong Championship. (beat)
4- He goes to school late at all times. (always)
5- Read the text below, then write the word which best fits each space:
Dr El-Baz is s a space scientist and a geologist. He is the world's greatest……(a)……….in remote sensing. It is the use of ……(b)… to find water under deserts. Thanks to the photographs he …(c)…… underground water was found in the WesternDesert. He gave …(d)….on where the astronauts should land. He…(e)……..born in Zagazig in 1938. He was educated …(f)…. AinAhamsUniversity.
a) ………………..……….
b) ………………………...
c) ………………………….
d) …………….……………
e) ………………………….
f) ………………………….
C) Reading Comprehension and set books
6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
Elizabeth Blackwell was born in England in 1821, and emigrated هاجرت to New York city when she was ten years old. One day she decided that she wanted to become a doctor. That was nearly impossible for a woman in the middle of the nineteenth century. After writing many letters seeking تبحث عن admission القبول to medical schools, she was finally accepted by a doctor in Philadelphia. So determined مصممة was she that she taught at school and gave music lessons to earn money for her tuition تعليم.
In 1849, after graduation التخرج from medical school, she decided to further her education in Paris. She wanted to be a surgeon, but a serious eye infection forced her to give up the idea.
Upon returning to the United States, she found it difficult to start her own practice because she was a woman. By 1857 Elizabeth and her sister, also a doctor, along with another female doctor, managed to open a new hospital, the first for women and children. Besides being the first female physician and founding her own hospital, she also established the first medical school for women.
A) Answer the following questions:
1- How did Elizabeth Blackwell earn money for her tuition?
2- How old was Elizabeth when she graduated from medical school?
3- Why couldn’t Elizabeth Blackwell realize her dream of becoming a surgeon?
4- What are the “firsts” in the life of Elizabeth Blackwell?
B) Choose the correct answer:
1- Elizabeth Blackwell emigrated to New York City in ……………………. .
a) 1821 b) 1831 c)1849 d)1857
2- The main obstacle that almost destroyed Elizabeth’s chances for becoming a doctor was that ………………………. .
a) she was a woman
b) she wrote too many letters
c) she couldn’t graduate from medical school
d) she couldn’t establish her hospital.
3- Elizabeth Blackwell went to a medical school in ……………………… .
a) Paris b) New York c) England d) Philadelphia
7- Answer only four (4) of the following questions:
1- What do you know about Dr Farouk El-Baz?
2- Why is remote sensing so important in Egypt and other countries today?
3- How did Ramy Ashour become famous at the age of 16?
4- Do you think Ramy Ashour felt surprised when he won the Junior Squash Championship? Why? Why not?
5- What is Dr Zahi Hawass famous for?
6- Nabawiya Musa played an important part in education. Do you agree or disagree?
D) The Novel
8- A) Answer the following questions:
1- Why did Augustus decide to take to his bed?
2- What did Augustus paint when he started his work?
3- Why was the immense man sure that Augustus would rise from his bed?
4- Why did Augustus consider drawing for the newspapers “selling his soul”?
B) Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:
“So I gave up the struggle, my heart was broken and I determined to take to my bed, never to rise again.”
1- Who said these words to whom?
2- What was the speaker’s last decision?
3- What made him take this decision?
E) Writing
9- Write a paragraph of seven sentences about:
"A world champion you will never forget."
F) Translation
10- A) Translate into Arabic:
1- Ramy Ashour is a famous Egyptian squash player.
2- Neil Armstrong was the first person to step on the moon.
B) Translate into English:
الدكتور زاهى حواس عالم آثار مشهور.