Exam: 1

Arab Republic of Egypt

Ministry of Education

General secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2001

[First Stage- First Session]

First Foreign Language: English (2)                                        Time: 3 hours

اللغة الأجنبية الأولى: الإنجليزية (1)

A - Language Functions

1- Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue (4.M):

Hamed met a tourist and asked him about his visit to Egypt.

Hamed  : Welcome to Egypt…………(1)…………………..?

Tourist  : I come from England.

Hamed  : Is this your first visit?

Tourist  : No, ……………………….(2)…………………

Hamed  : ……………………….(3)………………….?

Tourist  :  Because the weather here is fine, the Egyptian people are friendly and there 

                 are a lot of ancient monuments.

Hamed  : ……………………………(4)……………………….?

Tourist  : Two weeks. I intend to visit Luxor and Aswan.

Hamed  : Have a happy time.

Tourist  : Thank you.

2- Say where the two mini-dialogues are taking place ad who the speakers are (4.M):

1- A: How would you like to pay for it, sir?

    B: By credit card.

A: Well. Shall I put it in a bag for you, sir?

B: Yes, please.

Place         :…………...........................

Speaker A:...........................................

Speaker B:...........................................

2- A: Where to?

    B: The airport, please. Terminal 2.

        Could you hurry up, please? My plane leaves in half an hour.

    A: I'll do my best, but as you see, the traffic is very heavy today.

Place         :…………...........................

Speaker A:...........................................

Speaker B:...........................................

B- Vocabulary and Structure

3- Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d (8.M):

1. I'm very clever at cooking, but my mother is ......cook I've ever known.

    a) cleverer          b) clever           c) less clever             d) the cleverest


 

2. We stood on the .........of the ship and watched the sunset.

    a) land      b) deck      c) ceiling     d) ground

3. A ................ ...... students were absent yesterday.

      a) few               b) lot               c) some              d) many

4. St. Catherine in Sinai is a……………….. .

      a) palace                 b) tomb                  c) monastery                d) fortress

5. When Nermien went back to school, she found she…………..the wrong  

    composition the day before.

      a) wrote      b) had written           c) has written            d) had been written

6. My uncle .................to Germany lately.

      a) is               b) will be                  c) has been                  d) is being

7. The ........of the Mediterranean have a local population of about 130 million people.

      a) banks                 b) beaches                c) branches             d) shores

8. Is that the woman ........... .bag was stolen?

     a) whose               b) where                 c) who                d) which

 9. The visitors wanted to eat tasty food, so they ordered special...........

     a) plates                b) dishes                  c) pots                  d) trays  

10. Our teacher showed us how to ........... .onto the web.

     a) swing               b) wander                c) log                    d) load

11. ...........very happy, if you achieved your goals?

     a) You would be            b) Would you have been

     c) You will be                d) Would you be

12. I'm interested in listening to the weather ..................

     a) foresee                   b) forget                   c) forecast                  d) forbid

13. Stop! You'll be punished! You .......... .have parked here.

     a) shouldn't               b) didn't                   c) can't                  d) wouldn't

14. Small ..........stop the blood from getting back into the arteries.

     a) vessels                 b) veins                 c) tubes                  d) valves

15.    .......warming is a problem that affects every country in the World.

     a) National             b) Global              c) International              d) Universal

16. Toshka project ........out to achieve progress.

     a) is carrying         b) is being carried         c) will carry           d) would carry

4- Rewrite the following sentences using the word(s) in brackets (5.M)

1- She said that Tamer had broken the window.     (accused)

2- Noha doesn't like going to the cinema very much. (keen)

3-1 last visited my grandmother three weeks ago.   (since)

4- Samy and Khalid are of the same age.             (as.......... as)

5- She'll be early unless there is a traffic jam.        (provided that)


 

C-Reading Comprehension

5- Read and complete the fable (3.M):

people are trying to solve the problem of finding " green energy" which is clean and does not cause pollution. Thus, plants are grown everywhere and can be used as food and fuel. Sunflowers are grown for this reason. An old solution in India is to dry animal waste and form it into bricks for burning. The Chinese improve on this and

keep the waste until it produces methane gas which is used for cooking and heating.

Problem

Solution nowadays

An example

Indian solution

Chinese improvement

Usage of methane

.....(1).....

.....(2).....

.....(3).....

.....(4).....

.....(5).....

.....(6).....

 

6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions (7.M):

In many countries today, a difficult question is being asked: Do we have the right to use animals in laboratory experiments? Using animals in medical research has many benefits. Animal research has enabled researchers to develop treatments for many diseases, such as heart disease. It would not have been possible to develop vaccines for diseases like smallpox without animal research. Every drug anyone takes today was tried first on animals. Which is more important, the life of a rat or that of a three year old child? Medical research is also an excellent way of using unwanted animals. Last year, over twelve million animals had to be killed because nobody wanted them as pets. The fact is that human benefit cannot be used as a reason for using animals in research, any more than it can be used as a reason for experimenting on other humans. Animals suffer a lot during these experiments. They are forced to live in small cages and they may be

unable to move.

Animals have the same rights as humans do; to be able to move freely and not to have pain or fear forced on them. We can use computer modeling instead of animals in research laboratories to save animals' life.

A) Answer the following questions:

1- Why is animal research useful?

2- How do animals suffer during experiments?

3- What other ways can be used instead of experimenting on animals?

4- Are you with or against using animals in medical research? Why?

B ) Choose the best answer from a.b.c or d:

5- According to the passage, some people support using animals in research because they think that..............

     a- the life of people is more important than the life of animals.

     b- animals are harmful creatures.

     c- many people do not like animals.

     d- animals do not suffer during experiments.


 

6- The idea against using animals in research is that ……………

a- the life of animals is more important than the life of humans.

b- People should help to increase the number of animals.

c- researchers have to use animals in their medical research.

d- animals have the same rights as humans do.

7- An appropriate title for this passage would be ..................

a- Scientific Research

b- Research laboratories

c- Animal Rights

d-Human Rights

D- the Novel (9.M)

7- 1) Answer the following questions:

1-Why was Ayman surprised when he saw the spider?

2- What was the root of Echinacea Negra used for?

3- Why didn't Professor Jones want to destroy the deadly spiders?

Read the following quotation and then answer the questions:

" I'm sorry. I was looking forward to that trip. I've been studying arachnids for 25

years, but I'm still excited about finding unknown species." 

a. Who was the speaker?

b. Why was he angry?

c. Will he find any unknown species of spider?

Complete the following sentences:

1-Ayman used the internet for ....................

2- There was no antivenom for the black and yellow spider because .........

3- A female spider is much more dangerous than a male because .......

E- writing (6.M)

8- Write a paragraph of eight sentences, using the guidance provided:

"computer study is essential for a successful career."

Include the following points:

        -computerized machines.       - Great accuracy.

        - Challenging speed.              -Available information.

        -The internet.

F- Translation

9- a) Translate into Arabic (3.M):

Sports are useful for character development. In their books, children learn about such values as unselfishness, courage and love of one's country. However, what is learned by experience in sports has a deeper effect on a child's character.

b) Translate into English (l.M):

يقدم العلماء الجديد كل يوم لخدمة البشرية.

 

 

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