بوابة الثانوية العامة المصرية - كل ما يتعلق بامتحانات 2011 من اسئلة - اجابات

Model Answers * Practice Tests: Workbook 3rd Sec.

Practice Test : (1)

1- What would you say ……… ?

1. I don't agree. / I completely disagree. Magazines are an excellent means of
spreading news and educating people.
2. I think/It looks like it's going to rain.
3. That's (just) not true./I disagree. (It was a good match.)
4. What does energy mean?/Could you explain "energy", please?

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2- Mention the place, the speakers and the language function:

1. Place:radio station/studio
Speaker A:interviewer
Speaker B:writer
Function:asking and answering (interview) questions

2. Place:outside a family home
Speaker A:mother
Speaker B:daughter
Function: asking for help and agreeing to help

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3- Choose the right answer from a, b, c or d :

1. b) side effects 2. a) going to meet 3. c) distance 4. a) gravity
5. d) attend 6. b) is made 7. c) grow 8. c) liquid
9. a) fossil 10. c) is going to become 11. b) leaves 12. d) much
13. a) alike 14. b) is 15. c) castle 16. c) the essay

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4- Find the mistakes :

1. She's going to meet her sister in town.
2. I fixed the leak in the petrol tank.
3. How much time do I need to drive to the city centre? / How many times do
I need to drive to the city centre?
4. Oil and gas are found under the ground.
5. Water is the liquid form of ice .
6. The married couple went to Italy on their honeymoon.

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5 & 6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:

(5)
1. Because they need a warmer climate and more food in winter.
2. They use them to navigate. / To help them find the right way/direction.
3. It can travel up to 20,000 kilometres.
4. b. They are very long.
5. c. birds and animals.

(6)
1. They are traveling to Brazil.
2. It crashes in a (thick) jungle.
3. She finds herself in a small town.
4. b. Someone who does not die in an accident.
5. c. a week

7- The Novel (The Mask of Gold):

A) Answer the following questions:
1. She had been in Peru.
2. She took a device/machine which helps the archaeologists to discover the age of things made of wood and cloth. / She took a laser.
B) Complete the following sentences:
1.……………… two months.
2.……………… any writing.
C) Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:
1. Samira said it to her older/big sister, Leila.
2. When she was leaving her at the airport at the start of her/Leila's trip to Peru.

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8- Write a paragraph of about 100 words about:

- What families can do to save energy.

All of us can do many things to save نوفر energy. We should all use energy more wisely بحكمة. Families can recycle تعيد استخدام paper, plastic, glass and aluminium cans العلب المصنوعة من الألمونيوم. They can turn the air conditioner down. They can use energy-saving الموفرة للطاقة bulbs المصابيح. Family members can use their cars less. Walking and cycling ركوب الدراجات are great forms أشكال of exercise. They can use energy-efficient ذات كفاءة في استخدام الطاقة home appliances الأجهزة المنزلية. They should turn off computers and televisions when they are not using them. They should not leave lights on when there is no one in the house. They can use fans المراوح instead of air conditioners as they use less electricity. They should buy things that can be used over and over instead of buying disposable items المواد الغير مفيدة بعد الاستعمال that are used once and then thrown away. In fact, saving energy is very important nowadays.
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9- Translation:

A) Translate into Arabic:
- كل من سافر في الفضاء (الخارجي)قد وصف الإحساس السحري لرؤية الكرة الأرضية (من أعلى) وهى تدور. من المستحيل أن يذهب المرء للتمشية (وهو هناك). ولكن يمكن ممارسة التمرينات الرياضية.

B) Translate into English:
1. Do you switch off the lights when you are not in a room?
2. After finishing school, she went to/joined Cairo University.

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Practice Test : (2)

1- What would you say ……… ?

1. First of all, boil some water, then add it to some tea leaves in a mug.
2. I was having/eating my breakfast. / I was going to school.
3. In my opinion/I think/ As far as I'm concerned, they're too long/too short/too
serious/very interesting.
4. If I were you, I'd/I think you should/Why don't you study/train to be a doctor/a
nurse/a volunteer in a charitable organization/an NGO?

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2- Mention the place, the speakers and the language function:

1. Place:airport
Speaker A:son
Speaker B: father
Function: asking and answering questions
2. Place:classroom
Speaker A:teacher
Speaker B:student
Function: giving instructions

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3- Choose the right answer from a, b, c or d :

1. c- I'll see 2. a- examined 3. d- any 4. a- occasion
5. b- is made 6. c- renewable 7. d- used to 8. b- has been
9. a- suspect 10. b- style 11. a- is thought 12. c- innocent
13. b- feels 14. d- I'll go 15. b- instrument 16. c- amnesia

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4- Find the mistakes .

1. I need to get fit, so I've made a decision. I'm going to/I'll do more exercise.
2. "The Prisoner of Zenda" was written by Anthony Hope.
3. We moved to this house two years ago today, so we have lived here for exactly
two years.
4. Before I entered the university, I had to show my identity card.
5. If you heat water, it boils. / If you heat ice, it melts.
6. Ra'fat EI-Haggan and Goma'a EI-Shawwan were very famous Egyptian spies.

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5 & 6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:

(5)
1. She was the favourite wife of Emperor Shah Jahan.
2. 1655 (1633 + 22)
3. It is (a beautiful structure) made of white stone which is covered with beautiful
designs. The highest part of the roof of the Taj Mahal is shaped like an onion.
4. c. in memory of Shah Jahan’s wife.
5. a. The water is like a mirror.

(6) 1. Because they thought they looked horrible.
2. They could catch people and kill them.
3. They did not believe the stories. / They thought that they had been made
up byjournalists sell a few more newspapers.
4. b. a science fiction story.
5. d. the people.

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7- The Novel (The Mask of Gold):

A) Answer the following questions:
1.He said he was a mining engineer.
2.He thought he had met the man somewhere before.
B) Complete the following sentences:
1.……………… was born in South Africa.
2.……………… she had brought the laser.
C) Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:
1.Because she thought the man was asking her a lot of questions. Some of her work
was secret.
2.He looked through the pocket in the seat in front of her, where she had put her
papers about the latest archaeological research.

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8- Paragraph Writing .

- A novel or a short story you have enjoyed reading.

"Quick thinking" is a tragic story قصّة مأساوية. One day a diamond merchant تاجر ماس wanted to hire يؤجر an officer to guard him يحرسه and his diamonds. An officer read the advertisement and thought that the job suited him كانت مناسبة له. The merchant was going to America to sell his lovely diamonds (children). They took a ship and the officer advised the merchant to keep them in the ship's safe خزانة السفينة. The merchant obeyed, but after a few minutes, he took his children out of the safe to take a look at them يلقى نظرة عليها. At this moment the ship gave a sudden and violent roll لفّة مفاجئة وعَنيفة. The box which contained كان يحتوى على the diamonds shot towards and under the railing السور الحديديand fell into the sea. The clever officer seized أمسك a table and two chairs and threw them after the box. They reached the sea and formed كونوا/شكلوا one group with the box of diamond. The merchant didn't see all this. He died of a heart attack نوبة قلبية as soon as he saw his well- loved children (diamonds) disappear into the sea.

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9- Translation:

A) Translate into Arabic:
- ولد (يحيى حقي) في عام 1905 في حي السيدة زينب بالقاهرة. تخرج من (كلية) الحقوق وعمل/اشتغل لفترة قصيرة كمحام. وفي عام 1929 بدأ حياته المهنية كدبلوماسي.
B) Translate into English:
1. If you are worried, you should ask your parents for advice.
2. What kind of things (activities) do you like doing/to do at weekends?

Practice Test : (3)

1- What would you say ……… ?

1. Can you explain why it goes dark at night?
2. Running/Squash/Tennis is also good exercise/a good way to get fit.
3. (Personally,) I'd prefer to/I'd rather join a tennis club. / How about joining a
tennis club?
4. Ali must be on holiday. I haven't seen him for a long time.

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2- Mention the place, the speakers and the language function:

1. Place:plane
Speaker A:flight attendant
Speaker B:passenger
Function: making a request

2. Place:office
Speaker A:boss/manager
Speaker B:Tarek's colleague/office worker
Function: asking for information and guessing/reducing information

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3- Choose :

1. c- you'll see 2. a- nature 3. b- attachment 4. d- phenomenon
5. a- must have left 6. b- might have 7. d- take 8. c- positioned
9. a- he had been 10. c- would phone 11. b- knocking 12. d- doing
13. a- had left 14. b- Unless 15. b- going 16. d- occur

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4- Find the mistakes .

1. Let's try to find them. They can't have gone very far.
2. Teachers and supervisors belong to the teaching profession.
3. He asked me if I had seen his newspaper.
4. The statue of Ramses is a very important Ancient Egyptian monument.
5. People can save lots of money by using the underground.
6. The accident wouldn't have happened if he hadn't been using his mobile
phone.

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5 & 6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:

(5)
1. Moscow. 2. Because the first World War started.
3. To carry commuters to and from the outskirts of Paris.
4. d. 1900.
5. c. people who regularly travel to work.
(6)
1. Because he wants him to look out for his enemies.
2. Because the map shows where the treasure is buried.
3.He hid it. 4. b. part of a novel. 5. c. the secret papers.

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7- The Novel (The Mask of Gold):

A) Answer the following questions:
1. Because she was worried that someone was listening to their conversation.
2. A gold figure of a child.
B) Complete the following sentences:
1. …………..…… take gold and silver things out of the country and sell them to rich
collectors.
2. ……………… the wall into the tomb.
C) Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:
1. In the tomb (through the wall).
2.He says that they are human bones.

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8- Write an e-mail:

To : ahmedfadel1993*************
From : ashoor1994***********
Subject : Describing a book
Date : 24th Jan., 2011

Dear Ahmed,
Reading is a very important hobby. It is very useful. It helps to broaden توسع our minds. I like reading very much. I have read a very interesting book recently. It is about the future. The writer of the book is very optimistic متفائل. He thinks that the future will be better than the present. There will be no pollution تلوث. Everyone will have a home. Everybody will get enough food. There will be no wars حروب and people will live in peace سلام. We will find a cure for علاج لـ all diseases. Means of transport وسائل النقل will be faster and more comfortable. New inventions will be made to make man's life easier. Schools will be more interesting and students will learn better and faster.
Best wishes
Ashoor

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9- Translation:

A) Translate into Arabic:
- مصر فيها الكثير من الأعمال الهندسية المدهشة ، القديمة والحديثة كذلك. ففي جنوب أسوان ، على سبيل المثال ، أبو سمبل موقع لمعبدين. تم حفرهم في جرف في عام 1250 قبل الميلاد.
B) Translate into English:
1. Excuse me, could you tell me/what is the best way to get to/reach the station?
2. The sun is very strong and you should not look straight/directly at the sun.

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Practice Test : (4)

1- What would you say ……… ?

1. What's the matter? / Is something wrong?
2. I wish I had helped my mother yesterday. / I regret that I didn't help/not helping
my mother yesterday.
3. I/We celebrate by eating salted fish. I/We eat salted fish.
4. I'm (very) sorry, I forgot to thank you for the present.

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2- Mention the place, the speakers and the language function:

1. Place:classroom/teachers' room
Speaker A:student
Speaker B:teacher
Function: offering help/asking and answering questions

2. Place:library
Speaker A:university student
Speaker B:librarian/library worker
Function: asking for information and giving instructions.

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3- Choose the right answer from : a, b, c or d :

1. b) starts 2. a) landmarks 3. d) profession 4. c) knew
5. d) hadn't spent 6. a) achieved 7. c) amount 8. a) had eaten
9. b) had been revising 10. d) object 11. a) recognize 12. c) going
13. b) to fly 14. b) celebrate 15. c) folk 16. b) responsibility

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4- Find the mistakes .

1. I want to make some sandwiches. Have we got any bread?
2. Soha shouldn't eat too many sweets because she is diabetic.
3. I asked my mother whether she had seen my English book.
4. Sylvia is on a low-fat diet because recently she's gained a lot of weight.
5. She has always enjoyed going to the theatre.
6. Alfred Farag is a famous Egyptian playwright.

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5 & 6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:

(5)
1. It takes place in Siena, Italy.
2. It lasts around 90 seconds.
3. They have flags of their districts.
4. b. twice.
5. b. each district.
(6)
1. The ways in which scientists can help us to solve our problems.
2. They are helping them to produce good quality food for a growing population and
developing new disease-resistant crops.
3. They are helping the medical profession by researching new treatments for
serious illnesses.
4. c. more efficient cars.
5. d. the problems.

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7- The Novel (The Mask of Gold):

A) Answer the following questions:
1.She saw Amalia talking to Martin Lander in a café.
2.He tested cloth that was with the skeleton with the black box device/laser Leila had
brought with her from Egypt.
B) Complete the following sentences:
1.……………… would do anything wrong.
2.……………… have been killed (because his skull was *****ed)/have been a king.
C) Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:
1. Leila said this to Amalia.
2.They are talking about Martin Lander.

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8- Paragraph Writing .

- What you think is the most important scientific discovery or invention of the last 50 years.

I think the internet is the most important scientific invention of the last 50 years. Millions of people all over the world use the internet. Using the internet is very easy. We can get all kind of information through the internet. People can use the internet for their studies. They can use it for making friends in other countries. They can do the shopping on the internet using credit cards. Companies use the internet to advertise تعلن عن their products منتجاتها and sell them. People like engineers, doctors, teachers, accountants and professors use the internet to help them with their jobs. You can learn a foreign language on the internet. You can get money from the bank on the internet. The internet is also used for entertainment الترفيه. You can play games and listen to songs. The internet has become an essential part of our modern life. In fact, the internet is the most important invention in our age.

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9- Translation:

A) Translate into Arabic:
- عندما بلغ/أصبح ألكسندر دوماس عشرين عاماً ، كانت أمه قد أنفقت مالها كله. حينها ذهب إلى العيش في باريس ، ووجد هناك عملاً كسكرتير/كأمين سر لصديق قديم لوالده/لأبيه.
B) Translate into English:
1. I wish I had studied harder when I had the time.
2. What kind of music do you like to listen/listening to?

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Practice Test : (5)

1- What would you say ……… ?

1. Watch out!/Look out! There's a car coming!/A car is coming!
2. I'm sure/certain they will.
3. Can you tell me what "magnet" means? / What does "magnet" mean? / What is
the meaning of "magnet"?
4. For two reasons. Firstly, because I can use it for e-mail, and secondly, because
the camera is better.

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2- Mention the place, the speakers and the language function:

1. Place:hospital
Speaker A:doctor/nurse
Speaker B:patient
Function: asking for and giving reasons

2. Place:university
Speaker A:interviewer
Speaker B:future student
Function: asking and answering interview questions

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3- Choose the right answer from : a, b, c or d :

1. d) is 2. a) an identity 3. b) can't have missed
4. c) had taken 5. d) cause 6. b) to meet
7. b) in which 8. a) effective 9. c) regards 10. d) hearing
11. c) excitement 12. d) so 13. c) downloaded
14. a) have been published 15. b) screen 16. c) enthusiastic

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4- Find the mistakes .

1. When I have nothing to do, I feel really bored.
2. The person whose job is to clean the school is not here today. He's ill.
3. When Umm Kalthoum died, thousands of people attended her funeral.
4. You should recycle paper, rather than throw it away.
5. Some people believe that in the future, water will be used as a fuel for cars.
6. Although he is 68, my grandfather is still working. / Despite being 68, my
grandfather is still working.

5 & 6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:

(5)
1.Four hundred/400 women. 2.It means being in space.
3.She enjoyed parachuting. 4. c. 26. 5. d. not well.
(6)
1. He's a slow reader. 2. They took him to have an eye test.
3. If he is tired, he falls asleep after a few minutes and then can't remember what
he's read the next day.
4. c. he was lazy. 5. a. Noises make it difficult for him to read.

7- The Novel (The Mask of Gold):

A) Answer the following questions:
1.Because Leila (had) found Martin Lander raiding the tomb and Lander (had) trapped
Leila in the cave.
2.They found a little gold rabbit.
B) Complete the following sentences:
1.……………… found a gold mask.
2.……………… she was angry that Leila had been made the leader of the team of
archaeologists.
C) Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:
1.Leila was in the tomb/cave. Lander had left her in the cave and closed the door.
2.Dr. Hafez opened the cave door and helped her out.

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8- Write an e-mail:

- Write an e-mail to a friend describing where and when you most enjoy reading.

To : nada555*************
From : najm 888***********
Subject : Time and place of enjoying my reading
Date : 2nd June, 2011
Dear Nada,
I most enjoy my reading in my spare time in public العامة and school libraries المكتبات. Public and school libraries help in self-learning التَعَلّم الذاتي and critical النقدي thinking التفكير. These libraries have been equipped with مُجهّزة بـ computers, internet and other facilities تسهيلات that help learners المتعلمين and researchers الباحثين get information from different sources مصادر. School libraries have been furnished أثثت and supplied with ذودت بـ up-to-date الحديثة devices الأدواتِ to serve تخدم students effectively بفاعلية and efficiently بكفاءة. These libraries help greatly in widening توسيع the scope نطاق of knowledge المعرفة and promoting تعزيز self-learning and critical النقدي thinking. It is a national قومية mission مهمة to updateنحدث and modernize our libraries all over the country.
Best wishes,
Najm

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9- Translation:

A) Translate into Arabic:
- كل عام/سنة ، يتم قطع ملايين الأشجار لتصنيع/لإنتاج/لعمل ورقاً جديداً. لحسن الحظ ، الشجر الذي يعطينا أجود/أفضل (أنواع) الخشب لـ (صنع) الورق ينمو بسرعة كبيرة. كما أنه يمكن إعادة تدوير/تصنيع الورق القديم.
B) Translate into English:
1. If you don't study a bit harder, you'll fail the test.
2. I think that people will go on reading books for their own enjoyment.

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Practice Test : (6)

1- What would you say ……… ?

1. Can you tell me what qualifications and experience you have? / What
qualifications and experience do you have?
2. You look exhausted. You should go home and sleep.
3. The reason is that a friend (has) recommended this company to me.
4. Can you explain what distance learning is? / I don't understand what distance
learning is. Can you explain it to me, please?

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2- Mention the place, the speakers and the language function:

1. Place:university or college
Speaker A:future student
Speaker B:first year student
Function: asking for and giving advice

2. Place:company/office
Speaker A:interviewer/boss
Speaker B:successful job applicant
Function: expressing happiness

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3- Choose the right answer from : a, b, c or d :

1. c) is heated 2. a) routine 3. b) must have forgotten
4. d) regularly 5. b) in which 6. d) had been doing
7. d) conscientious 8. a) had1seen 9. d) a trainee
10. a) to think 11. a) celebrity 12. d) thrown away
13. b) must 14. a) had 15. c) enrolling 16. b) provides

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4- Find the mistakes .

1. I wish I could read more quickly.
2. She asked her friend whether she had finished her homework.
3. My parents have invited one of my friends to stay for the weekend.
4. When Wagdy was five years old, he was stung by a scorpion.
5. I need to go to the pharmacy to buy some medicine.
6. A civil servant is someone who works for the government.

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5 & 6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:

(5)
1. The passage compares universities and schools.
2. There can be 300 to 400 students.
3. The big classes are too big for discussions. Students can discuss things/ask
questions in the smaller groups.
4. c. students
5. a. Be organised.

(6)

1. He does dangerous things instead of famous actors.
2. They don't want to injure/hurt themselves.

3. The people watching must think he is the actor who is replacing.
4. b. films and television programmes. 5. c. dangerous.

7- The Novel (The Mask of Gold):

A) Answer the following questions:
1.Martin Lander had persuaded him to put/invest his money in a silver mine.
2.She crashed into it with Lander's truck.
B) Complete the following sentences:
1.……………… take Amalia to hospital.
2.……………… an ancient Inca site.
C) Read the following quotation, then answer the questions:
1.Pablo, one of the archaeological team.
2.He took the gold mask to Martin Lander and Lander gave him money.

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8- Letter Writing .

- Write a letter to a friend telling him or her what you hope to do next year.

15,ElGamhoryaStreet,

Facus.

30thJune, 2011

Dear Manar,
I hope to join the Faculty of Engineering next year as I’d like to be an architect مهندس معماري. I admire أعجب بـ modern buildings and our country is in need of constructing بناء thousands of buildings to provide نقدم comfortable housing إسكان for the youthful families الأسر الشابة in the new cities. By designing تصميم new original houses provided with مزودة بـ the modern commodities السلع, I’ll be able to share أشارك in solving the problem of the increasing population تزايد السكان. I’ll design and build suitable comfortable homes to accommodate يسكنوا for the youth.
I'm looking forward to seeing you soon.

Yours,

Najm

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9- Translation:

A) Translate into Arabic:
- منذ ثلاثين عاماً (مضت) ، كان معظم طلاب الجامعات يعتقدون أنه ما إن يتخرجون/يكملون دراستهم الجامعية ، فإن تعليمهم قد انتهى/تم ، و (كانوا يعتقدون) أنهم سيحصلون على وظيفة واحدة فقط وأهم سيعملون لدى الشخص نفسه/الجهة نفسها. كانوا يعملون/يشتغلون في مكان واحد حتى بلوغ سن المعاش/التقاعد.
B) Translate into English:
1. Have you thought of applying to a university abroad after you graduate?
2. Being wealthy/rich does not always solve problems. / Having a lot of money does
not necessarily solve problems.