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إعرف مستواك في الحال مع هذه الإمتحانات
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Exam: 4
امتحانات دور ثان الثانوية العامة 2002
ARAB REPUBLIC OF EGYPT
Ministry of Education
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination 2002
[Second Stage - Second Session]
First Foreign Language: ENGLISH (2) Time : 3 hours
A - Language Functions
1. Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue between Nada and Hany who are talking about an advertisement Nada has read in the newspaper :
Nada : Have you read the newspaper today?
Hany : ........... (1) ...........What is there in the newspaper today?
Nada : There is a very attractive advertisement on the third page.
Hany : What is it about?
Nada : ...................(2)...................
Hany : An accountant? This may be a good chance.
Nada : .................... (3)...................?
Hany : Yes, I will. When will the application forms be available?
Nada : Next Saturday. ............... (4)...............?
Hany : Of course, you can come.
2. Give the situation for the following mini-dialogues:
1-A : What's wrong with you?
B : I have a nasty headache.
A : How long have you been suffering from it?
B : Two days.
A : Let me examine you.
Place : ...........................
Speaker A:...........................................
Speaker B:...........................................
2-A : Why are you late?
B : The metro has broken down.
A : But you are always late for the first lesson.
B : Im sorry, sir. I'll not be late again.
Place : ...........................
Speaker A:...........................................
Speaker B:...........................................
B - Vocabulary and Structure
3. Choose the correct answer from a .b.c or d :
1 - Rubbish is a cheap sort of.......... energy.
a) nuclear b) non - smoking
c) non - renewable d) renewable
2- Mrs Mubarak has .......... powerfully for children's rights.
a) promoted b) argued c) defended d) supported
3-Your sister is.......... do her work now.
a) should b) has to c) supposed to d) ought to
4- The football match was.......... because of bad weather.
a) put off b) taken off c) put away d) taken away
5- Space cruisers will probably.........the Earth at a height of 320 kilometres.
a) wander b) orbit c) move d) fly
6- The eclipse of the sun is called a..........eclipse.
a) polar b) lunar c) solar d) regular
7- What........... if he had left the meeting?
a) will happen b) would happen
c) had happened d)would have happened
8- The.......... is someone who speaks or acts for you or for a company.
a) presenter b) representative c) advertiser d) educator
9- Plants can grow without soil..........they get food from water.
a) as much as b) as far as
c) as long as d) as many as
10- My son has been.......in the music class. He would like to practise playing the
guitar.
a) enrolled b) prescribed c) delivered d) shared
11- There was an international rescue operation to save Abu Simbel temples from
being...........
a) substituted b) disconnected c) overcrowded d) submerged
12- Don't stay up all night to revise for an exam because this usually works .......... you
in the end.
a) for b) at c) against d) on
13- That soup tasted delicious, ..........it?
a) isn't b) wasn't c) doesn't d) didn't
14- The.......... of the tree is the tough outer layer of the trunk.
a) branch b) bark c) root d) leaf
15- The interviewer asked the professor.......... he had worked at any foreign
universities.
a) whether b) unless c)that d) whatever
16- The teacher told us.......... an interesting story.
a) so b) thus c) very d) such
4. Rewrite the following sentences using the word (s) in brackets
to give the same meaning:
l- The boy had fallen off his bicycle and the policeman hurried to help him at once.
(No sooner........)
2- I'm willing to stay till you return. (don't mind)
3- She usually gets up late in the morning. (is used to ........)
4- She told her employer that she was sorry she had arrived late. (apologized )
5- People admired the man for his courage. (by)
5. Read and then write notes on the passage:
The American Indians were
the first people to chew gum. This gum Chewing gum
came from a special tree that grew on The tree
their land. In 1848, a sailor called It grew in .......(1) ....
John Curtis began selling it. He was The first seller
The first person to sell chewing-gum', He was a. .(2) ..
The gum he sold cost just a few Additives:
piastres for two pieces. It became Things are added to
popular very quickly even though it was make the gum .... (3)..
very hard to chew.
Nowadays, other things are
added to the gum to make it soft and sweet.
6. Read the following passage then answer the questions:
Not long after the death of Lord Carnarvon, an American who said he had caught a cold while visiting the tomb, also died. As time passed, the list of people who had been 'punished' by the curse grew and for many people there was too much evidence for the story to be ignored. However, a number of facts have been forgotten.
In 1982 an American policeman who had a heart attack claimed it was because he had spent time looking after the Tutankhamen Exhibition in San Francisco. He was not believed when it was discovered that another man who had actually slept in the tomb while guarding it for seven years was not only alive but in good health. Thus the idea of the curse was proved to be a fallacy.
A) Answer the following :
1- What made the people think that Lord Carnarvon's death was caused by
the curse of Tutankhamen?
2- Why did the man sleep in the tomb of Tutankhamen for seven years?
3- Do you really think there is a curse on the tomb of Tutankhamen? Why?
4- Who does the underlined word refer to?
B) Choose the best answer from a , b . c . or d ;
5-Lord Carnarvon died of...........
a) the curse of the tomb. b) blood pressure.
c) an accident. d)blood poisoning.
6- Many people could not ignore the story of the curse because ...........
a) they had no evidence, at that time.
b) They had too much evidence, at that time.
c) they failed to find any evidence.
d) they managed to prove that it was evident.
7- The New York World is a ..........
a) city. b) skyscraper. c) newspaper. d) network.
D-The Novel (9M)
7. a) Answer the following questions:
1-Why did Dr. Hafez have to keep good relations with the UNESCO people?
2- To what extent was Leila lucky in the story? (Mention one event).
3- How were the ancient Egyptians different from the Incas?
b) Read the following quotation and then answer the questions:
"No, I'm afraid that wasn't me. I'm a mining engineer, not an archaeologist."
1-Who said these words?
2- Did the addressed person believe him / her?
3- What was the speaker's real job?
c) Complete the following:
1-In order to be sure it was a royal tomb, .......... .
2- Before she came to Peru, Leila had worked with Dr. Hafez in ..
3-The Incas lived at........ ....
E-Writing (6M)
8. Write two paragraphs of five sentences each about:
Keeping a clean environment is the responsibility of every citizen.
Guiding points:
- role of the individual. - air pollution. - water pollution.
- noise. -hygiene and public health.
F- Translation
9. a)Translate into Arabic (3M):
Egypt has a strong cultural history. Some of the greatest Arab writers, musicians and craftsmen are Egyptians. In the last century, Taha Hussein, Tawfic Al Hakim and Naguib Mahfouz were probably the best known writers in Arabic.
b) Translate info English (1M):
إن الخيال العلمي عادة ما يكون محاولة جادة للكتابة عن شكل الحياة في المستقبل أو في عالم آخر.
