Respond to each of the following situations:
1- You are doing your homework. Your brother asks if you need any help. You refuse politely.
2- You regret not taking part in the school journey to Luxor.
3- You need an explanation of how to log on the computer. You ask a friend.
4- A friend thinks there will be life on other planets. You think not.
2) Mention the place, the speakers and the language function in each of the following two mini-dialogues:
1- A: Excuse me. Could you give me a copy of surprise Book third year.
B: OK sir. That's 18 pounds.
2- A: What can I do for you?
B: I'd like to change a reservation for flight 732.
A: OK. Let me check the timetable.
3) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
1- Hazem was.........to get the promotion because he had worked hard,
a) basedb) satc) positioned d) raised
2- .........energy is generated by the power of running water.
a) Nuclearb) Atomicc) Solard) Hydro-electric
3- He was.........a doctorate by Cairo University.
a) gainedb) awardedc) wond) earned
4- When I paint, I need to use.........to thin the paint.
a) rubberb) toothpaste c) sapd) turpentine
5- The.........were stuck in the metro for three hours because of a power failure.
a) diameters b) commuters c) regionsd) cliffs
6- Sally argues her points well and backs them with evidence. She'd be very good at..........
a) signingb) conversation c) speaking d) debate
7- Samir spent three days in hospital to.........after his accident.
a) commitb) recuperate c) excavate d) profess
8- Millions of people watched the rocket.........on TV.
a) startb) launchc) set offd) beginning
9- .........today, he would get there by Sunday.
a) Were he to leaveb) If he leaves c) Had he leftd) Will he leave
10- He wanted to know if.........English well.
a) did I speak b) I spokec) do I speak d) have I spoken
11- Do you regret.........to the party?
a) goingb) to goc) god) went
12- He is turning on the radio. He.........to the news.
a) will listen b) is listening c) listensd) is going to listen
13- No sooner.........got the message than he read it.
a) he hadb) had hec) he hasd) has he
14- Our plane.........next Tuesday at 6.05.
a) is going be b) was arriving c) arrivesd) arrive
15- If you are riding a bicycle, fifty kilometres.........not such a long way.
16-The ring.........while she was washing the dishes.
a) was lost b) lost c) is lost d) was losing
4) Find the mistake in each of the following sentences, then write it correctly:
1- The car stopped because there was a lack in its petrol tank.
2- Hala always takes part in reading race at school.
3- The minister's possession passed our village.
4- All the furniture in our house are new.
5- While Ramy is walking home, he met his cousin.
6- He was accused of murder despite he was innocent.
5) Read the following passage and answer the questions:
When the woman opened the door she guessed at once that the man was a prisoner of war. There was mud on his face and on his torn clothes. He asked for food and shelter. He told the woman that a 'friend' had given him her address. She immediately asked what the name of the friend was, but he replied that he had forgotten. This made the woman suspicious. She knew that the enemy was making every effort to prevent the local people from helping prisoners. Deciding not to take the risk, she told the man she could not help him. For days she wondered whether she had acted rightly-until she heard that enemy soldiers had arrested a neighbour for helping a 'prisoner of war'. The arrest put the villagers on their guard, for they realized that the enemy had sent out specially trained soldiers who pretended to be prisoners who had escaped.
A) Give short answers to the following questions:
1- What did the man at the door appear to be?
2- What did enemy soldiers do some days later?
3- What was this 'prisoner' really? What effect did the arrest have on the villagers?
Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:4- The woman was suspicious because..........
a) the man's answer wasn't convincing b) the man's appearance was not good
c) the man was a prisoner of war d) the man's visit was surprising
5- The woman.........
a) was sure of what she did b) wasn't sure of what she did
c) blamed herself for what she did d) regretted what she did
6) Read the following passage and answer the questions:
Detectives work with the police department. They like their jobs because they try to solve a new puzzle every day. Their job takes them to lots of different places. Detectives are called to houses where there have been robberies. They walk into the home, and the family is sitting there sad, confused and angry. All the furniture has been turned upside down, and just everything valuable has been taken. There's a ton of evidence, but they have to know where to look for it. To some people, this kind of work does not sound like much fun. But to detectives, it's all fascinating. Every case is a new, special puzzle, and their job is to help solve it. They do that by looking for evidence, carefully collecting it and then studying it to see what it tells them. The evidence can come from a million different places. They work with all sorts of scientists and experts top help ****yse the evidence and figure out what happened.
A) Give short answers to the following questions:
1- When are detectives generally called?
2- What does the underlined "it" refer to?
3- According to detectives, why is their job fascinating?
Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: 4- This passage is about..........
a) the detectives' jobb) a house robbery c) solving a puzzled) police department
5- A detective's job is after..........
a) new discoveriesb) finding criminals c) helping expertsd) accusing people
7) A) Answer the following questions:
1- Why did the Duke poison the King?
2- Why did Rassendyll kill Max Holf?
3- What do you think of the King? Did he deserve to be crowned?
4- Rupert Hentzau was a bold man. Explain.
Read the following quotation and answer the questions: "He's always lived in Ruritania and he cares about the people, so people like him."
a- Who said this? To whom? b- Who was the speaker talking about? c- Why did the speaker praise that person?
C) Find the mistake in each of the following sentences and correct it:
1- All the hotels were full of people who wanted to see the wedding.
2- Rassendyll was able to protect himself from Michael's men's guns by using an armour.
8) Write a paragraph of about 100 words about:
"Your favourite hobby." F) Translation
9) A) Translate Into Arabic:
The problem of unemployment is a severe blow to our economy. Besides, it threatens the security of our country, as the unemployed persons tend to commit crimes and spread fear among citizens.
Translate into English: 1 – تقدم الدولة كل التسهيلات الممكنه لتشجيع الاستثمارات العربيه و الاجنبيه فى مصر و ذلك لزيادة الدخل القومى .
2 – لا بد من زيادة الانتاج لكى يكفى احتياجاتنا و يوفر علينا الاستيراد .