Ministry of Education
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2012
[First Stage]


First Foreign Language: ENGLISH (2) Time: 3 hours
اللغة الأجنبية الأولى : الانجليزية (2) (الاسئلة في أربع صفحات)

A – Language Functions (8 Marks)
1- Respond to each of the following situations: (4 Marks)
1. Please, Can you repeat that? / Can you say that again please?
2. You can go through the exam by studying hard? ? exerting great efforts
3. Can I help you crossing the street?
4. I disagree with you./ I don’t agree with you.
2- Say where each of the following two mini – dialogues take place, the function and who the speakers are: 4 Marks )
1) Place : At the immigration department
Speaker : Foreigner / tourist
Speaker B : official / clerk / employee
2) Place : At the taxi
Spaeker A : Passanger
Speaker B: Taxi driver
B- Vocabulary and structure ( 14 marks )
3- Choose the correct answer from a,b,c or d : (8 marks )
1.Has been trying2.make3.didn’t use 4.island5.thought6.yield7.whose8.arrive9.for10.int ention11.if12.ambition13.higher14.benefit15.had16. catch
4- Find the mistake in each of the following sentences then write it correctly (6 marks )
1-concern ---------------à concerning2-atmosphere----------à atmospheric3-years -----------------à year4-contract --------------à attract / inspire / appeal 5-for ---------------------à since6-comfort-----------------) comfortable
C – Reading ( 17 Marks )
5- Read the following passage then answer the questions ( 5 marks )
1. the students taught using a combination of online and classroom
2 . about 609 billion people worldwide, over two billion have internet access
3. Research
4. make use
5. Internet usage
6- Read the following passage then answer the questions ( 5 marks )
1. As a sign of friendship
2. 350 pieces of the statue
3. How to finance the statue.
4. governor
5. freedom
The Mask of Gold (7 marks) (1-6)
7-( A ) Answer the following questions: ( 3 MARKS )
1-As he fell down his suit torn so the small spiders bit him.
2-As every venomous animal has a different antivenom so the anivenom of one spider can’t work well against the bite of another spider.
1-( Read the following quotations and then answer the questions (2 MARKS)
1-An officer said this to Professor Jones and Ayman as her was taking then to the colonel office.
2-As it protect them against the bite of the black and yellow spiders.
2-(C) Complete the Following Sentences: ( 2 MARKS )
1-The bad weather / the heavy rain
2-They were able to discover a medicine for the bite of the black and yellow spider.
D- Writing (11 marks)
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21st June 2012.
Dear ……اسم المرسل اليه,
I'm happy to write you this letter hoping to find you in good health . How are you and your family . I'm writing to………………………….…………….
…………………………..
I'm looking forward to seeing you .
Good bye for now , see you soon
Yours ,
اسم الراسل
Translation (5 marks)
7. (a) – Translate into Arabic : (3 Marks )
لقد عرفت مصر بأنها (مهد الحضارة) بسبب تاريخها الطويل الغنى. حاليا يجب أن نستعيد أمجادنا لكي نلاحق (نساير) التقدم المحقق في الدول المتقدمة
b Translate into English: ( 2 Marks )
1.The scientific inventions and discoveries (the invitations and the discoveries of science) has made great changes in our life.
2.We should (had better / ought to) all work hard to increase production and achieve self-sufficiency