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General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2011 General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2011
[Second Stage – First Session] [Second Stage – Second Session]
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: 5 ) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
A scientific principle is often understood long before it is made
What is love? The writer of “The Chemistry of Love” believes that
into an invention. This was the case with the power of steam
falling in love is influenced by our brain chemistry. This connection and steam engines, but not with laser. The word laser stands for
Light Amplification by Stimulated Emission of Radiation.
between the way we feel and the way our bodies function is his main
Simply laser is a device that produces a very strong light called
concern. Falling in love gives you extra energy. Your heart beats coherent light or laser beam. The light derived from electric
bulbs or the sun - incoherent light - moves in all directions.
faster and you feel optimistic. Love meets our emotional needs, this
Laser beam moves in only one direction and is much stronger.
makes everything look possible and rosy and we work better. The Laser uses are countless. One of its earliest uses was measuring
distances and speeds and it was amazingly accurate. For
book says we are programmed at birth to produce endorphins when
example, the exact speed of light was determined to be 186,
we are in close relationships. It is nature’s way of keeping us 282. 397 miles per second. Now laser is used in the military
field, surgery, factories, supermarkets, telephone work, video
together. When the relationship ends – or we are afraid it might end –
disc players and so many others. The laser can truly become the
production of endorphins stops. light of the 21st century.
A. Give short answers to the following questions:
What is remarkable in a relationship is the newness. You need
1- Prove that laser is a very accurate device.
newness, sharing and growth. The brain has to experience a change 2- What does the underlined word refer to?
3- Laser light is different from the familiar light. Explain.
which creates excitement. That is why the great romances of literature
B. Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
are never between people who stay together. 4- Laser is used in video disc players to ……………………
a) establish exhibitions b) show pictures on TV
A. Give short answers to the following questions:
c) record sound waves d) publish magazines
5- ……………is more concentrated than electric light.

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1- Mention briefly the main idea of the passage. a) Laser beam b) Incoherent light
c) Sun beam d) Speed of light
2- Why does the world look rosy when you are in love?
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
3- What does the underlined word refer to? What does it mean to be lucky? It commonly means someone
who gets something valuable without really trying, someone
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
who is in the right place at the right time. The person who buys
4- Endorphins could be the name of a …………… . a winning lottery ticket or who discovers a lost painting by a
famous painter - these are lucky people. Yet, luck does not
a) love story b) chemical substance
guarantee happiness.
c) part of the brain d) sort of literature Accepting ourselves exactly as we are at this present moment
provides the courage to move forward. Believing that all our
5- According to the passage, everlasting love ………….. .
choices in the past were the best we could have made frees us
a) must lead to marriage b) makes you pessimistic from regret. It also reinforces our belief that we are as good as
we can be now.
c) uses up a lot of your energy d) is determined by inner chemistry
The best preparation for the future is self-acceptance in the
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: present. Self-acceptance and trust in people are the foundations
of confidence and courage. Added to action, they lead to more
Some editors of newspapers and magazines often go to extremes to
opportunities for unexpected events - which people call luck -
provide their readers with unimportant facts and statistics. Once, a that can enrich our lives.
A) Give short answers to the following questions:
journalist was instructed to write an article on a new president's
1- Why is self-acceptance important?
palace. When the article arrived, the editor read the first sentence and 2- How can we best prepare for the future?
3- What does the underlined word refer to?
refused to publish it. The article began: "Hundreds of steps lead to the
B. Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
high wall which surrounds the president's palace." The editor at once 4- Trust in people……………
a) leads to unexpected events b) reminds us of the past
sent a telegram telling the journalist to find out the exact number of
c) means a good choice d) leads to confidence and courage
steps and the 5- A person who………………is a lucky person.
a) passes a final exam b) breaks a record

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The journalist set out to obtain these important facts. But he took a c) runs into an old friend d) buys a car of the latest model
long time to send them and the editor got impatient. In another 5) Read the following passage. then answer the questions: (5
telegram he said if he didn't reply soon, he would be fired. A week marks: one mark eacb)
A. Give short answers to the following Questions:
later, the editor was informed that the poor man had been arrested and
1. ........ the speed of light was determined to be 186, 282. 397
sent to prison.
miles per second.
A. Give short answers to the following questions:
2. ..... refers to laser's.
1- Who arrested the journalist? 3. Laser moves in only one direction.( but ..... moves in all
2- Why was the editor impatient? directions).
3- Where was the journalist asked to go? B. Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: 4-b) show pictures on TV 5-a) Laser beam
4- The underlined word refers to the ………….. . 6) Read the following passage. then answer the questions:
a) sentence b) telegram c) article d) palace (5 marks: one mark each)
A. Give short answers to the following Questions:
5- To be 'fired' here means to be ………………. .
1. ..... because it frees us from regret and reinforces our belief
a) shot with a gun b) dismissed c) set on fire d) promoted
that we are as good as we can be now.
5) Read the following passage, and then answer the questions:
2. ..... through (by) self-acceptance (and trust in people).
(5 marks, one mark each)
A. Give short answers to the following questions: 3. ... refers to self-acceptance, trust in people and action. OR:
1. 1-...... the connection between the way we feel and the way our self-acceptance and trust in people
bodies function.
/ Love / the chemistry of love. B. Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
2. ....... because love gives extra energy and we feel optimistic. 4- d) leads to confidence and courage 5-c) runs into an old
3. It refers to: love meets our emotional needs / love.

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B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
4-b) chemical substance friend
5-d) is determined by inner chemistry
6 ) Read the following passage. then answer the questions: General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2012
(5 marks, one mark each) [Second Stage – Second Session ]
A. Give short answers to the following questions:
1. The guards of the (president's) palace . 5. Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
2. because the journalist did not send important facts (about the The ancient Egyptians are among the first early civilizations to
palace). OR: because the journalist took a long time to send
important facts· (about the palace). learn how to grow roses. In 1811, two-thousand-year-old roses
3. to the (new president's) palace. were found in ancient Egyptian graves. The discovery
B. B. Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
4. c) article 5-b) dismissed suggested roses were an important part of the burial
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2012 ceremonies, which took place when an important person died.
[Second Stage – First Session] The roses found in the tombs are thought to be the oldest
5. Read the following passage, then answer the questions: preserved flowers ever found in the entire world. They must
Have you ever wondered how you would grasp the information taught have been cut and dried before opening to remain undamaged.
in class? Our minds and bodies gather information in various ways. On careful examination, it was discovered that the petals
Then our minds process that information, organizing it and making themselves were hardly damaged. Egypt‟s expertise in mass-
connection to things we already know. This process can also work cultivation of roses in early times led to the flowers becoming
differently: do we think in pictures or words? Do we remember an important export product. At the height of the Roman
details or the big picture? To sum up, people have different learning Empire, Egypt exported enormous quantities of the blooms to
styles. Psychologists have identified some basic learning styles: the the Roman courts. Wealthy Romans loved to indulge in the

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linguistic type learns by using language skills: listening, reading, beautiful colours and smells of roses and they would strew the
speaking and writing. floors of their main halls with layers of rose petals.
Logical refers to people who learn by applying scientific principles. A) Answer the following questions:
The visual type learns by seeing while musical people learn well 2- What is the main idea of the passage?
when information is presented through music. The next type learns 1- How did the Ancient Egyptians preserve the roses?
best by movement and physical activities. Finally, the intrapersonal 3- From the passage, prove that the ancient Romans loved
learners associate new information directly with their own roses.
experiences while the interpersonal type learns well by working with B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
others. 4- The roses found in the tombs were ………………..
A. Give short answers to the following questions: a) hardly saved b) greatly damaged
2- What is the main idea of the passage? c) undamaged d) hydrated
1- Which type of learners are you? Why? 5- The underlined word "They" refer to ………………..
3- How many learning styles are mentioned in the passage? a) roses b) petals c) tombs d)
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: ceremonies
1- According to the passage, an effective teacher …………… 6. Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
a) uses one teaching style. As cities become more crowded, workers often have to move
b) makes connections between mind and body. farther away from their offices to find affordable housing in
c) combines more than one teaching methods. desirable neighbourhoods. Sometimes they have to commute,
d) discourages pupils to think critically. that is to travel an hour or more to work and back, and endure

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5- The underlined word ‘grasp’ means …………… heavy traffic. One popular solution to the difficult daily travel
a) undertake b) follow c) misuse d) is telecommuting, which involves working from home and
understand communicating with one's employer by phone, fax, or e-mail.
6. Read the following passage, then answer the questions: Changing technology makes telecommuting increasingly easy
Brain drain, the action of having highly skilled and educated people and popular. Some people work at home full time, while others
leaving their country to work abroad, has become one of the go into the office one or two days and work at home the rest of
developing countries‟ concerns. Many of them are heading for more the week. Telecommuting has many advantages. Besides
developed countries, searching for higher wages and better working saving people from the stressful traffic, it allows for more
conditions. What makes those educated people leave their countries flexibility in the workplace. Telecommuters can plan their own
should be seriously considered and a distinction between push and timetables; and they can work from anywhere. Often, people
pull factors must be made. The push factors include low wages and with children like to telecommute because it means building a
lack of satisfactory lifestyle. Social and economic unrest may also be work plan around family demands and duties.
determining causes. The pull factors, however, include intellectual A) Answer the following questions:
freedom and enough money for 2- Are you for or against telecommuting? Why/Why not?
Brain drain has undesirable effects on the sending countries. It 1- Why do many people have to search for houses in remote
reduces the number of creative people in developing countries. areas?
Similarly, with more investments abroad, these countries are missing 3- How can telecommuting solve the traffic problem?
an opportunity of wealth creation. This also has negative results on B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
employment. 4- According to the passage, unless you have a computer, you

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A. Give short answers to the following questions: ……………..
2- Are you for or against the emigration of scientists? Why? a) may have a busy schedule. b) won‟t be able to
1- Mention one way to solve the brain drain problem. telecommute.
3- What does the underlined word „them‟ refer to? c) will be able to work from home.
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: d) can't have desirable work conditions.
1- According to the passage, brain drain ……… in the sending 5- While some people work at home the whole week; others are
countries. ………… employees.
a) increases the number of skilled people a) full time b) sometime c) halftime d) part time
b) complicates the unemployment problem 5. Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
[5 x 1 =5 marks]
c) adds to the chances of wealth creation
A) Answer the following questions:
d) develops working conditions 1-Answers will vary according to the students' opinions.
5- The word „distinction‟ may be replaced by …………… . 2-They cut and dried them before opening.
3-They imported enormous quantities of the blooms to their
a) similarity b) difference c) relation d) likeliness
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (5 x 1 = courts/Wealthy Romans loved to indulge in the beautiful
5 marks) colors and smalls of the roses and they would strew the
A. Give short answers to the following questions: floors of their main halls with layers of rose petals.
1- (Any reasonable answer will be accepted) (Any reasonable answers are accepted)
2- The answers will differ according to the students’ opinions. B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, cor d:
3- 7 (seven) learning styles. 4-c) undamaged
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: 5-a) roses
4- c) combines more than one teaching methods. 6. Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
5- d) understand [5 x 1 =5 marks]
6 ) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (5 x 1 =

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5 marks) A) Give short answers to the following questions:
A. Give short answers to the following questions: 1-Answers will vary according to the students' opinions.
1- Students express their opinions and give reasons. 2-................ to find affordable housing / .............. ..
2- e.g., improving the working conditions in the sending countries/
3-................ by reducing the number of cars in the streets
having higher salaries/ … etc.
3- It refers to highly skilled and educated people. /..............
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d (Any reasonable answers are accepted)
4- b) complicates the unemployment problem. B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d
5- b) difference 1--b) won't be able to telecommute
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2013 5-d) part time

[Second Stage – First Session] General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2013
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: [Second Stage – Second Session ]
Many people like to take part in extreme ‫ متطرف – شديد‬sports. These 5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
sports are thrilling ‫ مثيرة‬but can be dangerous. They require skill and From outer space, the earth looks like a blue ball. Since water
technique and a sense of adventure. Extreme sports started long ago covers three fourths of its surface, blue is the colour we see
Hanggliding, skydiving and hot-air ballooning are just three of the most. White clouds wrap around the earth like a light blanket.
many extreme sports practised., Hot-air Ballooning is recognised as a The earth is shaped like a sphere, or a ball. It is 25,000 miles
sport in 1960. The huge multicolour ‫ الوان متعددة‬balloon have been around. It would take more than a year to walk around the
made from nylon and are lifted into the sky by controlling the air planet.
inside the balloon. To make the balloon go higher, the balloon pilot A spaceship can fly around it in 90 minutes. Apollo Spaceship
blasts hot air inside the balloon. Bottled ‫ معبأ‬Propane gas ‫ البروبين غاز‬is travelled to the moon in 1969, and its astronauts found no air,
used to heat the air. This fuel can be turned off and on by the water, plants or animals there. The sun is the closest star to the

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balloonist. To make the balloon descend ‫ تهبط‬, the air has to be left to earth. Its burning gases are so hot that they warm the earth from
cool . A basket, which holds the balloonist and passengers, is attached 93 million miles away. Even though the sun is always shining,
to the balloon by wires. the night on earth is dark. We see light when the earth faces the
A. . Give short answers to the following questions: sun, but when the earth turns away from the sun, it faces the
L Do you like extreme sports? Why/Why not? darkness od space.
2- What does a balloonist do to lift or descend a balloon? A. Answer the following questions:
3- why is hot-air ballooning one of the extreme sports? 1- What causes darkness on the earth?
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b. cord: 2- Why do we see the blue colour when looking at the earth
4- The air gets hot or cool by the . .......... from outer space?
a) skill b) wires c) balloonist d) basket 3- What did man discover on the surface of the moon?
5- According to the passage, the basket carries................ .. B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
a) balloon pilot b) passengers 4- The underlined word there refers to …………………
c) passengers and pilots d) multicolour balloons a) water b) air c) moon d) spaceship
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: Many 5- ……………… cover and spread around the earth.
unusual weather phenomena ‫ ظواهر‬include lightening, droughts, and a) Clouds b) Burning gases c) The planet d)
floods. Lightening occurs when thunderstorms form in clouds These Water
contain drops of water and fragments of ice which rub and hit to form 6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
electricity which travels through the air causing lightning. The Cleopatra was born in Egypt in 69 BC. In 58 BC, her father
temperature of lightning can be hotter than that of the sun. Lightning was forced to leave the throne, but Cleopatra helped him regain

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is very dangerous. It may strike mountains, people, and buildings. It it. After his death, Cleopatra and her brother took the throne in
also causes trees to fall, or catch fire. 51 BC, yet she was exiled by her brother, who had taken
A drought occurs when not enough rain falls. It happens when control of Egypt. So, Cleopatra created an army and joined
weather is hot and water is quickly evaporated in dry areas of land. forces with Julius Caesar. With his help, her brother was killed
Droughts can cause loss of topsoil and damage of crops. They can in 47 BC and Caesar pronounced Cleopatra queen of Egypt.
result in famine, diseases and wildfires. Floods are formed when big Cleopatra married Mark Antony around 35 BC, even though he
waves are rolled on dry places. They occur when it rains more than was also married to a woman named Octavia. In 35 BC, war
the land can handle. Floods can make people drown and die, and may was declared upon Egypt from Octavia's brother because
destroy many homes. Antony had left Octavia for Cleopatra. Antony and Octavia
A. Give short answers to the following questions divorced after that. Cleopatra's army was defeated in the Battle
1- What causes droughts? Give two reasons. of Actium, so Antony committed suicide. Saddened by
2- Mention three effects of a drought on man and environment. Antony's death, Cleopatra poisoned herself in 31 BC.
3- According to the passage, how is electricity formed? A. Answer the following questions:
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b. c or d: 1- How old was Cleopatra when she died?
4- Floods are caused when ..... ......... ........ . 2- What does the underlined word "it" refer to?
a) dry areas of land roll b) not enough rain falls 3- Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves. Give reasons.
c) people drown and die d) land cannot absorb rain B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
5- The underlined word that refers to the . ........... 4- In 32 BC, war on Egypt began because ………………
a) lightening b) temperature e) air d) a) Antony and Octavia divorced b) Cleopatra married Antony

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electricity c) Antony married Cleopatra d) Cleopatra had control of
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (4 Egypt
marks)
5- Cleopatra ruled Egypt for ………………
A. Give short answers to the following questions: (3 x 1 = 3
marks) a) 58 years b) 47 years c) 31 years d) 16 years
1. According to the student's opinion.
5-Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
2. The balloonist blasts hot air inside the balloon to lift it up, and to
make the balloon descend, the air has to be left to cool. ( Two 1. When the earth turns away from the sun, it faces the
actions: half a mark each) darkness of space.
3. ..... because it is thrilling and dangerous. 2. Because water covers three-fourths of its surface.
b. Choose the correct answer rom abc or d: (2 x % = 1 mark) 3. Astronauts found no air, water, plants or animals there.
4-c) balloonist 4. c) moon 5. d) Water
5-c) pilot and passengers – 6-Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (4 1. 38
marks) 2. The Throne
A. Give short answers to the following questions: (3 x 1 = 3 3. Cleopatra's army was defeated in the Battle of Actium, so
marks) Antony committed suicide. Saddened by Antony's death,
1. A) when not enough rain falls. ( two reasons: half a mark each ) Cleopatra poisoned herself in 31 BC.
B) when weather is hot and water is quickly evaporated in dry 4. a) Antony and Octavia divorced 5. d) 16 years
areas of land. General Secondary Education Certificate Examination,
2. Droughts can cause: ~. loss of topsoil -damage of crops -famine ~ 2014
diseases -wildfires. [Second Session – New System]
3. .... ...when drops of water and fragments of ice rub and hit each 5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions;
other. Global litter is an ongoing problem which many nations have
to deal with. Fortunately, there are a number of possible
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: (2 X '11= 1 mark)
solutions which could lead to a permanent reduction in the
4-d) land cannot absorb rain waste that has increased worldwide.
5-·b) temperature One way would be to encourage companies to use bio-
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[Second Stage – First Session] decompose naturally and therefore they do not add to the
problem of litter. Another would be to save old metal in order
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions; to put it to further use. As a result, all discarded metal products
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to start by explaining such as vehicles water tools and machine pests could be
melted down and used to make other products. The most
that the purpose of our latest expedition to South America was not effective method of reducing litter, however, is to educate
people to recycle their household waste products. In fact,
originally to study habitat loss. As some of you may know, a few
schemes such as paper, bottle and aluminum can collections
years ago I published a book about the wildlife of the Amazon after have all been successful in reducing litter in many countries.
A- Answer the following questions:
having travelled extensively in the region. The purpose of our latest 1. Suggest a title for this passage.
trip was to follow up on the work I had done before. As time went on, 2. How can education help to solve the litter problem?
3. Why don’t bio-degradable items add to the problem of litter?
however, I realized, to my horror, that a number of the places I'd B- Choose the correct answer from a. b, c or d:
visited the first time were no longer tropical rainforests. The trees had 4. The underlined word “can” means …………………….
a) able to b) a container
been cut down, so they simply lay bare, because the rain had washed c) have to d) a result
away the thin layer of the topsoil day by day and made the land 5. In the writer’s opinion, the waste problem is not
……………….
completely useless. a) decomposed b) ongoing
A- Answer the following questions: c) temporary d) molten
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
1. What is the effect of man on nature as you understand from the Maria started baking cookies when she was in grade five. By
above passage? the time she reached grade seven, her cookies were locally
famous. All of her friends would beg her to make her famous
2. How did the speaker feel about that? chocolate chip cookie almost every week.
3. What does the underlined verb 'washed away' mean? One day a local reporter wrote a story about her and her
famous cookies. The story was later picked up by National
B- Choose the correct answer from a. b, c or d: Television News. The story talked about the number of
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4. The above passage can be a part of a/an ............. were. Upon seeing the story, Coco Cookies Company called
Maria to see if she would sell them her famous cookie recipe.
a. article b. poster c. presentation d. interview Maria sold them oatmeal raisin recipe for twenty
5. The speaker organized his latest expedition to the Amazon to thousand dollars and her pudding cookie recipe for fifty
thousand dollars, but she refused to sell them her
.......... chocolate chip recipe. She decided to keep this recipe and start
her own company. On August 2002, she started Maria Boom
a. study habitat loss b. build on what he learnt
Cookies.
c. write a book about it d. fertilize the soil A. Answer the following questions:
1. When did Maria become locally famous for her cookies?
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
2. Did Maria sell all her recipes? Why?
Sometimes students ask to be given a list of topics which might come 3. How much money did Maria make from selling her recipes?
B- Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
up in the English exam, so that they can prepare for them. As this is
4. A story about Maria’s famous cookies was picked up by …..
an English language exam, there's no strictly prescribed topical a. a local reporter b. her friends
c. National Television News d. Coco Cookie
content. The best advice is to take a wide interest in topics of all
Company
kinds. However, environmental topics like global warming, pollution 5. Maria is a/an ……………… person.
a. foolish b. ambitious c. envious d.
and world problems appear in the exam. The reason for using them is
pessimistic
that they are of general interest, international in perspective and they
5) Read the following passage, and then answer the questions:
affect everyone.
(5 marks, one mark each)
To help yourself feel more confident and comfortable with the topics, A. Give short answers to the following questions:
1- Recycling.
you can watch documentaries or current affairs programmes in
2- Education will be effective if we educate people to recycle
English. You can also read newspapers. You might find that, you not their household waste.
3- Bio-degradable items decompose naturally.
only feel more at ease with exam topics, more fluent at using the
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:

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language, but you can also have fascinating things to share with your 4- container. 5- temporary
6 ) Read the following passage. then answer the questions: (5
friends after school.
marks, one mark each)
A. Answer the following questions: A. Give short answers to the following questions:
1- She became locally famous for her cookies by the time she
1. Why is it inadvisable for students to be given a list of topics?
reached grade seven.
2. According to the passage, how can you be familiar with different 2- She didn’t as she wanted to run her own business.
3- Seventy thousand dollars.
topics?
Mr. JAN Teacher of Translation and phonetics
3. What does the underlined pronoun 'them' refer to? A. B. Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
4- National Television News.
B- Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
5- ambitious.
4. Some students ask to be given a list of topics to ...... them in the -2016‫تجريبى‬
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (4
exam.
marks)
a. organise b. advise c. help d. confuse Olive oil has been used by people of the Mediterranean
countries, Greece, Italy and Spain for about 4000 years. Many
5. When you are at ease, you are................
people have realised the healthy benefits of using olive oil
a. relaxed b. released c. interested d. stressed instead of other oils. As well as tasting delicious and being the
healthiest cooking oil, olive oil has many other uses such as
A ) answer the following questions :
cosmetics, hair conditioners and soaps. It is a preservative
1 – Man has removed the rainforests by cutting their trees./……….
which keeps fish and cheese fresh for years. Perhaps more
2 - He felt horror ( sad / unhappy)./ he was horrified.
important, is olive oil's value as a medicine. Not only can
3 - removed./…………..
eating olive lowers the risk of serious diseases such as cancer
B ) Choose the correct answer :
and heart disease, it can also have a healing effect on many
4 – Presentation
stomach disorders and diseases. This could explain why people
5 – Build on what he learnt
in the Mediterranean countries tend to live longer. It will make
A ) answer the following questions :
your food taste better and your life last longer.
1- …..because there is strictly a list of topics on an English exam.
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2- ……..by watching TV documentaries , current affairs programmes 1. How can we keep fish fresh for years?
in English or reading English newspapers. 2. What is the value of olive oil as a medicine?
3- Environmental topics. 3. Why do the people in the Mediterranean countries tend to
B ) Choose the correct answer : live longer?
4-Help 5- relaxed B. Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d:
-2016‫تجريبى‬ 4. …….…….is one of the Mediterranean countries.
a) Sudan b) Saudi Arabia
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
c) Spain d) England
It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things; the alphabet,
5. The underlined pronoun "It" refers to…….……. .
machines, rockets and so many other things. But scientists and
a) list b) olive oil
archaeologists now agree that women invented one very important
c) food d) life
thing which has changed history. They invented agriculture. Before
6. Read the following passage , then answer the questions (
the invention of agriculture, men were hunters. They went out every
4 marks ) Although a city has great chances for pleasure and
day. Sometimes they killed animals, sometimes animals killed them.
work, life in it has many disadvantages. In the first place, there
Life was difficult and dangerous. Women had to go out every day too.
are the problems of traffic that not only cause confusion but
They collected roots, fruit and grass. One day, more than 10,000 years
also endanger the lives of the passers-by. Therefore, street
ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds. She dropped them near her
accidents often happen in a city. A further disadvantage of life
home. They grew and the first wheat was born. The idea grew, too.
in a city is that trams, buses and other vehicles make noise that
Women planted roots and fruit trees. Then they could stay at home
gets on our nerves. Moreover, it is sometimes difficult to enjoy
and look after their children and their animals. Archaeologists think
quietness for a long time because vehicles keep moving all day
that women kept the first domestic animals. Then their husbands did
long till a late hour at night. Owing to the big numbers of
not have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built
people who live in a city, prices are high and everybody has to
villages and cities. Civilization began. Men began civilization after
pay dear to get what he wants. The high cost of living is quite
women had invented agriculture.
noticeable in a city. Demand is sometimes more than supply
A) Answer the following questions:
and this is caused by the rush of people to cities.
1. Who proved that women invented agriculture?
A) Answer the following questions:
2. How did the early man get his food?
1- How does traffic in a city affect us badly?
3. What was the first crop cultivated by women?
2- What makes the cost of living high in a city?
B. Choose the correct answer from a , b , c , or d:
3- Find the words in the passage which mean:

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4. An archaeologist is a person who studies ……………. a) to bring into danger b) means of transporting goods or
a) animal life b) agriculture life passengers
c) grass seeds d) buried remains of ancient times B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
5. The underlined word “they” refers to ………….. 4- According to the passage, life in a city is .........
a) women b) seeds c) men d) animals a) quieter b) quiet c) noise d)
6. Read the following passage , then answer the questions noisy
Successful marriage is the most effective form of social support; it 5- …...... gets on our nerves.
relieves the effects of stress, and leads to better mental and physical a) Vehicles b) Making no noise
health. While many studies have shown the great importance of social c) Traffic noise d) Passers-by
support, it is still clear exactly what this means. Most likely it consists 5- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:-
of being a sympathetic listener or offering helpful advice; providing
A- Answer the following questions:- (one mark each)
emotional support and social acceptance; giving actual help or
financial help, and simply doing ordinary things together, like eating 1. We can keep fish fresh for years by using olive oil.
and drinking. Husbands seem to benefit much more from marriage
2. Eating Olive lowers the risks of serious diseases such as
than wives do. Married women are in better physical and mental
health, and are happier than single women, but these effects are nearly cancer and heart disease and it has a healthy effect on many
twice as great for men. Various explanations have been considered,
stomach disorders.
but the most plausible is that wives provide more social support than
husbands. Perhaps men need it more? They are more exposed to 3. Because they use olive oil in eating and this makes life
stresses at work, and have worse health, and die earlier than women.
last longer.
A) Answer the following questions:
1. How effective is successful marriage from the social point of view? B- Choose the right answer from a, b, c or d:- (½ mark each
2. Why are men in need of more social support than women?
)
3. In what aspect did married women excel single ones?
B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d: 4- c) Spain 5-b) Olive oil
4.The underlined word "plausible" is closet in meaning to……….
6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- (
a. untrue b. ambiguous c. reasonable d. vague
5- Successful marriage is useful for…… 4 marks ) A- Answer the following questions:- (one mark
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c. plausible support d. social acceptance each)
5- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:-
1-Traffic makes noise that gets on our nerves.
A- Answer the following questions:- (one mark each)
2-The big numbers of people who live in a city.
1-Scientists and archaeologists proved that women invented
3- a) endanger b) vehicles
agriculture.
B)Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
2-They killed animals.
4- d) noisy 5- c) Traffic noise
3-Wheat was the first crop cultivated by women.
5) Read the following passage , then answer the questions:
B- Choose the right answer from a, b, c or d:- (½ mark each ) Plants make most food people eat. They grow almost
everywhere on our planet. Their parts include roots, stem, and
4-d) buried remains of ancient times 5- b- seeds
leaves . The root takes in water and nutrients from the soil . The
6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- A- stem carries water and nutrients from the roots to the other
parts. The leaves take the nutrients and light .All plants produce
Answer the following questions:- (one mark each)
flowers to make seeds so another plant can grow.
1- Successful marriage is the most effective form of social Plants need energy to grow, replace damaged cells, get rid of
waste, and reproduce. Photosynthesis is the process by which
support; it relieves the effects of stress, and leads to better mental
plants make food. In this process , carbon dioxide and water
and physical health. combine in the presence of light to form food. Plants convert
energy from the sun by absorbing it through their leaves .
2- They are more exposed to stresses at work, and have worse
Chlorophyll, the green colour found in plants, helps plants,
health, and die earlier than women. make food. During photosynthesis, leaves use light and energy
to change carbon dioxide and water into food, and then oxygen
3- Married women are in better physical and mental health, and
is released into the air .
are happier than single women. A- Answer the following questions :
1- According to the passage , how do humans get the oxygen
B)Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
they breathe ?
2- Energy is necessary to plants, why ?

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4- c. reasonable 5- b. mental and physical health 3- What is the function of the stem and the root in a plant?
B- Choose the correct answer from a, b , c, or d :
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
4- Plants make food through Photosynthesis in
Flowers produce a fine powder called pollen, which is carried by the
which………..combine.
wind or by insects to other flowers of the same type so that they can
a- water, carbon, and energy b- light, carbon and
produce seeds. Pollination, the carrying of pollen from one flower to
water
another, is necessary for the reproduction of plants and for the
c- carbon, light , and dioxide d- light, water ,and carbon
production of food. Scientists estimate that one third of our food
dioxide
depends on insects, mostly bees, for pollination.
5- ……………help plants reproduce.
However, in recent years, there has been a big drop in the populations
a- Seeds and stem b- Seeds and flowers
of pollinators worldwide. There are several reasons. The use of
c- Roots and seeds d- Plants and seeds
pesticides has had the side effect of killing pollinators. Air pollution
prevents insects from smelling and finding flowers, which they need 6) Read the following passage , then answer the questions:
Taha Hussein was not born blind. He lost his sight after having
for food. Diseases are killing many insects. Growing cities are
the wrong medicine. So, he received special treatment from his
destroying the environments where pollinators live. Recently,
parents but he sometimes felt that his parents didn’t care about
shortages of fruit and vegetables in India were blamed on the loss of
him.
pollinators. Clearly, it is important that we find solutions quickly.
When he was a very little boy, he didn’t understand the reason
A) Answer the following questions:
for this but soon he found out. His brothers and sisters could do
1- What is a pollinator?
many things that he couldn’t do of course because they saw but
2- Is pollen only carried by insects? Explain.
he did not . This made him sit alone most of time.
3- Why has the number of pollinators dropped?
All these experiences stirred him to use his mind more and
B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d:
pushed him to try discovering things by himself, but this put
4- Which is the best title for this text?
him into many troubles. One day, something happened that
a) The Importance of Bees b) Pollinators in India
changed his life and made him quite shy. It came to his mind to
c) The Loss of Pollinators d) Where Have All the Flowers
eat with both hands instead of one. As soon as he tried to do so,
Gone?
his sisters and brothers roared with laughter but his father sadly
5- How does air pollution affect pollination?
said: “ That is not the way to eat, son “
a) Flowers can't make pollen.
A- Answer the following questions :
b) Insects can't smell the flowers, so they can't find them.
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c) Insects can't pollinate the flowers because they can't see them. 2- How did his parents treat him ?
d) Pollution kills insects. 3- What does the underlined word “ So “ mean ?
6. Read the following passage, then answer the questions B- Choose the correct answer from a, b , c, or d :
Most students find university very different from school. One of the 4- Taha lost the sense of………….
biggest differences is that university students are expected to manage a- hearing b- sight c- tasting d- touching
their time themselves. Although staff will help, it is the students' 5- The difference between Taha and his brothers and sisters
responsibility to be in the right place at the right time and to hand ………
homework in on time. The way teaching is organised is also very a- he could see, but they couldn’t b- they all couldn’t see.
different from school. c- he couldn’t see, but they could d- they all could
At university, lectures teach classes that may last two or three hours hear
and can include 300 – 400 students. There are usually other smaller 5) Read the following passage , then answer the questions:
classes where students can discuss subjects they find difficult, and
A- Answer the following questions : ( 3 × 1 = 3 marks )
from time to time lectures spend time with individual students, talking
about work they have done. If students are not living at home while 1- During photosynthesis, leaves use light and energy to change
they are at university, there are many ordinary things they may have
carbon dioxide and water into food, and
to do for themselves, such as cooking.
A) Answer the following questions: then oxygen is released into the air.
1. What two places does this passage compare?
2- Plants need energy to help them grow, replace damaged
2. How many students can be in a university class?
3. Why are smaller groups sometimes necessary at university? cells, get rid of waste and reproduce.
B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d:
3- The stem carries water and nutrients from the roots to the
4. Who does they refer to in talking about work they have done?
a) lecturers b) classes c) students d) subjects other parts and the root takes in water and
5. What does the writer suggest students should be prepared to do
Nutrients from the soil.
when they go to university?
a) Be organized b) Read many books B- Choose the correct answer from a, b , c, or d : 4- d- light,
c) Find a job d) Discuss ideas
water ,and carbon dioxide
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A: 1-It is an agent which carries pollination seeds. 5- b- Seeds and flowers.
2-No, there are other agents such as wind which carries pollen from 6) Read the following passage , then answer the questions
one flower to another. A- Answer the following questions : ( 3 × 1 = 3 marks )
3- because of the shortage of fruit and vegetables. 1- He lost his sight after having the wrong medicine .
B: 4- c 5-b 2- He received special treatment from his parents.
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: 3- "So" means Therefore / That’s why / Thus / Consequently /
A: 1- the university and the school. For the reason.
2- 300-400 students. B- Choose the correct answer from a, b , c, or d : 4- b- sight
3- To discuss the difficult subjects. 5- c- he couldn’t see but they could
4- a 5- a

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