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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.
B. Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
/ Love / the chemistry of love.
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
linguistic type learns by using language skills: listening, reading, beautiful colours and smells of roses and they would strew the

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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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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
A. Give short answers to the following questions: ……………..

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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 =
A) Give short answers to the following questions:
5 marks)
1-Answers will vary according to the students' opinions.

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A. Give short answers to the following questions: 2-................ to find affordable housing / .............. ..
1- Students express their opinions and give reasons. 3-................ by reducing the number of cars in the
2- e.g., improving the working conditions in the sending countries/ streets /..............
having higher salaries/ … etc. (Any reasonable answers are accepted)
3- It refers to highly skilled and educated people. B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d 1--b) won't be able to telecommute
4- b) complicates the unemployment problem. 5-d) part time
5- b) difference
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2013 General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2013
[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:
Many people like to take part in extreme ‫ شديد – متطرف‬sports. These From outer space, the earth looks like a blue ball. Since water
sports are thrilling ‫ مثيرة‬but can be dangerous. They require skill and covers three fourths of its surface, blue is the colour we see
technique and a sense of adventure. Extreme sports started long ago most. White clouds wrap around the earth like a light blanket.
Hanggliding, skydiving and hot-air ballooning are just three of the The earth is shaped like a sphere, or a ball. It is 25,000 miles
many extreme sports practised., Hot-air Ballooning is recognised as a around. It would take more than a year to walk around the
sport in 1960. The huge multicolour ‫وان‬h‫ددة ال‬h‫ متع‬balloon have been planet.
made from nylon and are lifted into the sky by controlling the air A spaceship can fly around it in 90 minutes. Apollo Spaceship
inside the balloon. To make the balloon go higher, the balloon pilot travelled to the moon in 1969, and its astronauts found no air,
blasts hot air inside the balloon. Bottled ‫ معبأ‬Propane gas ‫ غاز البروبين‬is water, plants or animals there. The sun is the closest star to the
used to heat the air. This fuel can be turned off and on by the earth. Its burning gases are so hot that they warm the earth from
balloonist. To make the balloon descend ‫ تهبط‬, the air has to be left to 93 million miles away. Even though the sun is always shining,

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cool . A basket, which holds the balloonist and passengers, is attached the night on earth is dark. We see light when the earth faces the
to the balloon by wires. sun, but when the earth turns away from the sun, it faces the
A. . Give short answers to the following questions: darkness od space.
L Do you like extreme sports? Why/Why not? A. Answer the following questions:
2- What does a balloonist do to lift or descend a balloon? 1- What causes darkness on the earth?
3- why is hot-air ballooning one of the extreme sports? 2- Why do we see the blue colour when looking at the earth
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b. cord: from outer space?
4- The air gets hot or cool by the . .......... 3- What did man discover on the surface of the moon?
a) skill b) wires c) balloonist d) basket B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
5- According to the passage, the basket carries................ .. 4- The underlined word there refers to …………………
a) balloon pilot b) passengers a) water b) air c) moon d) spaceship
c) passengers and pilots d) multicolour balloons 5- ……………… cover and spread around the earth.
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: Many a) Clouds b) Burning gases c) The planet d)
unusual weather phenomena ‫ ظواهر‬include lightening, droughts, and Water
floods. Lightening occurs when thunderstorms form in clouds These 6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
contain drops of water and fragments of ice which rub and hit to form Cleopatra was born in Egypt in 69 BC. In 58 BC, her father
electricity which travels through the air causing lightning. The was forced to leave the throne, but Cleopatra helped him regain
temperature of lightning can be hotter than that of the sun. Lightning it. After his death, Cleopatra and her brother took the throne in
is very dangerous. It may strike mountains, people, and buildings. It 51 BC, yet she was exiled by her brother, who had taken

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also causes trees to fall, or catch fire. control of Egypt. So, Cleopatra created an army and joined
A drought occurs when not enough rain falls. It happens when forces with Julius Caesar. With his help, her brother was killed
weather is hot and water is quickly evaporated in dry areas of land. in 47 BC and Caesar pronounced Cleopatra queen of Egypt.
Droughts can cause loss of topsoil and damage of crops. They can Cleopatra married Mark Antony around 35 BC, even though he
result in famine, diseases and wildfires. Floods are formed when big was also married to a woman named Octavia. In 35 BC, war
waves are rolled on dry places. They occur when it rains more than was declared upon Egypt from Octavia's brother because
the land can handle. Floods can make people drown and die, and may Antony had left Octavia for Cleopatra. Antony and Octavia
destroy many homes. divorced after that. Cleopatra's army was defeated in the Battle
A. Give short answers to the following questions of Actium, so Antony committed suicide. Saddened by
1- What causes droughts? Give two reasons. Antony's death, Cleopatra poisoned herself in 31 BC.
2- Mention three effects of a drought on man and environment. A. Answer the following questions:
3- According to the passage, how is electricity formed? 1- How old was Cleopatra when she died?
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b. c or d: 2- What does the underlined word "it" refer to?
4- Floods are caused when ..... ......... ........ . 3- Antony and Cleopatra killed themselves. Give reasons.
a) dry areas of land roll b) not enough rain falls B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
c) people drown and die d) land cannot absorb rain 4- In 32 BC, war on Egypt began because ………………
5- The underlined word that refers to the . ........... a) Antony and Octavia divorced b) Cleopatra married Antony
a) lightening b) temperature e) air d) c) Antony married Cleopatra d) Cleopatra had control of
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5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (4 5- Cleopatra ruled Egypt for ………………
marks)
a) 58 years b) 47 years c) 31 years d) 16 years
A. Give short answers to the following questions: (3 x 1 = 3
marks) 5-Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
1. According to the student's opinion. 1. When the earth turns away from the sun, it faces the
2. The balloonist blasts hot air inside the balloon to lift it up, and to darkness of space.
make the balloon descend, the air has to be left to cool. ( Two 2. Because water covers three-fourths of its surface.
actions: half a mark each) 3. Astronauts found no air, water, plants or animals there.
3. ..... because it is thrilling and dangerous. 4. c) moon 5. d) Water
b. Choose the correct answer rom abc or d: (2 x % = 1 mark) 6-Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
4-c) balloonist 1. 38
5-c) pilot and passengers – 2. The Throne
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (4 3. Cleopatra's army was defeated in the Battle of Actium, so
marks) Antony committed suicide. Saddened by Antony's death,
A. Give short answers to the following questions: (3 x 1 = 3 Cleopatra poisoned herself in 31 BC.
marks) 4. a) Antony and Octavia divorced 5. d) 16 years
1. A) when not enough rain falls. ( two reasons: half a mark each ) General Secondary Education Certificate Examination,
B) when weather is hot and water is quickly evaporated in dry 2014
areas of land. [Second Session – New System]
2. Droughts can cause: ~. loss of topsoil -damage of crops -famine ~ 5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions;
diseases -wildfires. Global litter is an ongoing problem which many nations have
3. .... ...when drops of water and fragments of ice rub and hit each to deal with. Fortunately, there are a number of possible
other. solutions which could lead to a permanent reduction in the
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d: (2 X '11= 1 mark) waste that has increased worldwide.
4-d) land cannot absorb rain One way would be to encourage companies to use bio-
5-·b) temperature degradable packaging for their products. Bio-degradable items
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 2014 decompose naturally and therefore they do not add to the
problem of litter. Another would be to save old metal in order
[Second Stage – First Session] to put it to further use. As a result, all discarded metal products

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5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions; such as vehicles water tools and machine pests could be
melted down and used to make other products. The most
Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. I'd like to start by explaining effective method of reducing litter, however, is to educate
that the purpose of our latest expedition to South America was not people to recycle their household waste products. In fact,
schemes such as paper, bottle and aluminum can collections
originally to study habitat loss. As some of you may know, a few have all been successful in reducing litter in many countries.
years ago I published a book about the wildlife of the Amazon after A- Answer the following questions:
1. Suggest a title for this passage.
having travelled extensively in the region. The purpose of our latest 2. How can education help to solve the litter problem?
trip was to follow up on the work I had done before. As time went on, 3. Why don’t bio-degradable items add to the problem of litter?
B- Choose the correct answer from a. b, c or d:
however, I realized, to my horror, that a number of the places I'd 4. The underlined word “can” means …………………….
visited the first time were no longer tropical rainforests. The trees had a) able to b) a container
c) have to d) a result
been cut down, so they simply lay bare, because the rain had washed 5. In the writer’s opinion, the waste problem is not
away the thin layer of the topsoil day by day and made the land ……………….
a) decomposed b) ongoing
completely useless. c) temporary d) molten
A- Answer the following questions: 6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
Maria started baking cookies when she was in grade five. By
1. What is the effect of man on nature as you understand from the the time she reached grade seven, her cookies were locally
famous. All of her friends would beg her to make her famous
above passage? chocolate chip cookie almost every week.
2. How did the speaker feel about that? One day a local reporter wrote a story about her and her
famous cookies. The story was later picked up by National
3. What does the underlined verb 'washed away' mean? Television News. The story talked about the number of
different recipes Maria could make and how tasty her cookies
B- Choose the correct answer from a. b, c or d:
were. Upon seeing the story, Coco Cookies Company called
4. The above passage can be a part of a/an ............. Maria to see if she would sell them her famous cookie recipe.
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a. article b. poster c. presentation d. interview thousand dollars and her pudding cookie recipe for fifty
thousand dollars, but she refused to sell them her
5. The speaker organized his latest expedition to the Amazon chocolate chip recipe. She decided to keep this recipe and start
to .......... her own company. On August 2002, she started Maria Boom
Cookies.
a. study habitat loss b. build on what he learnt A. Answer the following questions:
c. write a book about it d. fertilize the soil 1. When did Maria become locally famous for her cookies?
2. Did Maria sell all her recipes? Why?
6) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: 3. How much money did Maria make from selling her recipes?
Sometimes students ask to be given a list of topics which might come B- Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
4. A story about Maria’s famous cookies was picked up by …..
up in the English exam, so that they can prepare for them. As this is a. a local reporter b. her friends
an English language exam, there's no strictly prescribed topical c. National Television News d. Coco Cookie
Company
content. The best advice is to take a wide interest in topics of all 5. Maria is a/an ……………… person.
kinds. However, environmental topics like global warming, pollution a. foolish b. ambitious c. envious d.
pessimistic
and world problems appear in the exam. The reason for using them is
that they are of general interest, international in perspective and they 5) Read the following passage, and then answer the questions:
(5 marks, one mark each)
affect everyone. A. Give short answers to the following questions:
To help yourself feel more confident and comfortable with the topics, 1- Recycling.
2- Education will be effective if we educate people to recycle
you can watch documentaries or current affairs programmes in their household waste.
English. You can also read newspapers. You might find that, you not 3- Bio-degradable items decompose naturally.
B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
only feel more at ease with exam topics, more fluent at using the 4- container. 5- temporary
language, but you can also have fascinating things to share with your 6 ) Read the following passage. then answer the questions: (5
marks, one mark each)

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friends after school. A. Give short answers to the following questions:
1- She became locally famous for her cookies by the time she
A. Answer the following questions:
reached grade seven.
1. Why is it inadvisable for students to be given a list of topics? 2- She didn’t as she wanted to run her own business.
3- Seventy thousand dollars.
2. According to the passage, how can you be familiar with different
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topics? A. B. Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
4- National Television News.
3. What does the underlined pronoun 'them' refer to?
5- ambitious.
B- Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d: 2016‫تجريبى‬-
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: (4
4. Some students ask to be given a list of topics to ...... them in the
marks)
exam. Olive oil has been used by people of the Mediterranean
countries, Greece, Italy and Spain for about 4000 years. Many
a. organise b. advise c. help d. confuse
people have realised the healthy benefits of using olive oil
5. When you are at ease, you are................ instead of other oils. As well as tasting delicious and being the
healthiest cooking oil, olive oil has many other uses such as
a. relaxed b. released c. interested d. stressed
cosmetics, hair conditioners and soaps. It is a preservative
A ) answer the following questions : which keeps fish and cheese fresh for years. Perhaps more
1 – Man has removed the rainforests by cutting their trees./………. important, is olive oil's value as a medicine. Not only can
2 - He felt horror ( sad / unhappy)./ he was horrified. eating olive lowers the risk of serious diseases such as cancer
3 - removed./………….. and heart disease, it can also have a healing effect on many
B ) Choose the correct answer : stomach disorders and diseases. This could explain why people
4 – Presentation in the Mediterranean countries tend to live longer. It will make
5 – Build on what he learnt your food taste better and your life last longer.
A ) answer the following questions : A. Answer the following questions:
1- …..because there is strictly a list of topics on an English exam. 1. How can we keep fish fresh for years?
2- ……..by watching TV documentaries , current affairs programmes 2. What is the value of olive oil as a medicine?
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3- Environmental topics. live longer?
B ) Choose the correct answer : B. Choose the correct answer a, b, c or d:
4-Help 5- relaxed 4. …….…….is one of the Mediterranean countries.
2016‫تجريبى‬- a) Sudan b) Saudi Arabia
c) Spain d) England
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
5. The underlined pronoun "It" refers to…….……. .
It is true that men have invented a lot of useful things; the alphabet,
a) list b) olive oil
machines, rockets and so many other things. But scientists and
c) food d) life
archaeologists now agree that women invented one very important
6. Read the following passage , then answer the questions
thing which has changed history. They invented agriculture. Before
( 4 marks ) Although a city has great chances for pleasure and
the invention of agriculture, men were hunters. They went out every
work, life in it has many disadvantages. In the first place, there
day. Sometimes they killed animals, sometimes animals killed them.
are the problems of traffic that not only cause confusion but
Life was difficult and dangerous. Women had to go out every day too.
also endanger the lives of the passers-by. Therefore, street
They collected roots, fruit and grass. One day, more than 10,000 years
accidents often happen in a city. A further disadvantage of life
ago, a woman dropped some grass seeds. She dropped them near her
in a city is that trams, buses and other vehicles make noise that
home. They grew and the first wheat was born. The idea grew, too.
gets on our nerves. Moreover, it is sometimes difficult to enjoy
Women planted roots and fruit trees. Then they could stay at home
quietness for a long time because vehicles keep moving all day
and look after their children and their animals. Archaeologists think
long till a late hour at night. Owing to the big numbers of
that women kept the first domestic animals. Then their husbands did
people who live in a city, prices are high and everybody has to
not have to go hunting for meat. They stayed at home. They built
pay dear to get what he wants. The high cost of living is quite
villages and cities. Civilization began. Men began civilization after
noticeable in a city. Demand is sometimes more than supply
women had invented agriculture.
and this is caused by the rush of people to cities.
A) Answer the following questions:
A) Answer the following questions:
1. Who proved that women invented agriculture?
1- How does traffic in a city affect us badly?
2. How did the early man get his food?
2- What makes the cost of living high in a city?
3. What was the first crop cultivated by women?
3- Find the words in the passage which mean:
B. Choose the correct answer from a , b , c , or d:
a) to bring into danger b) means of transporting goods or
4. An archaeologist is a person who studies …………….
passengers
a) animal life b) agriculture life
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c) grass seeds d) buried remains of ancient times 4- According to the passage, life in a city is .........
5. The underlined word “they” refers to ………….. a) quieter b) quiet c) noise d)
a) women b) seeds c) men d) animals noisy
6. Read the following passage , then answer the questions 5- …...... gets on our nerves.
Successful marriage is the most effective form of social support; it a) Vehicles b) Making no noise
relieves the effects of stress, and leads to better mental and physical c) Traffic noise d) Passers-by
health. While many studies have shown the great importance of social 5- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:-
support, it is still clear exactly what this means. Most likely it consists
A- Answer the following questions:- (one mark each)
of being a sympathetic listener or offering helpful advice; providing
emotional support and social acceptance; giving actual help or 1. We can keep fish fresh for years by using olive oil.
financial help, and simply doing ordinary things together, like eating
2. Eating Olive lowers the risks of serious diseases such as
and drinking. Husbands seem to benefit much more from marriage
than wives do. Married women are in better physical and mental cancer and heart disease and it has a healthy effect on many
health, and are happier than single women, but these effects are nearly
stomach disorders.
twice as great for men. Various explanations have been considered,
but the most plausible is that wives provide more social support than 3. Because they use olive oil in eating and this makes life
husbands. Perhaps men need it more? They are more exposed to
last longer.
stresses at work, and have worse health, and die earlier than women.
A) Answer the following questions: B- Choose the right answer from a, b, c or d:- (½ mark each
1. How effective is successful marriage from the social point of view?
)
2. Why are men in need of more social support than women?
3. In what aspect did married women excel single ones? 4- c) Spain 5-b) Olive oil
B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d:
6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- (
4.The underlined word "plausible" is closet in meaning to……….
a. untrue b. ambiguous c. reasonable d. vague 4 marks ) A- Answer the following questions:- (one mark
5- Successful marriage is useful for……
each)
a. social support b. mental and physical health
c. plausible support d. social acceptance 1-Traffic makes noise that gets on our nerves.

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5- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- 2-The big numbers of people who live in a city.
A- Answer the following questions:- (one mark each) 3- a) endanger b) vehicles
1-Scientists and archaeologists proved that women invented B)Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
agriculture. 4- d) noisy 5- c) Traffic noise
2-They killed animals. 5) Read the following passage , then answer the questions:
Plants make most food people eat. They grow almost
3-Wheat was the first crop cultivated by women.
everywhere on our planet. Their parts include roots, stem, and
B- Choose the right answer from a, b, c or d:- (½ mark each ) leaves . The root takes in water and nutrients from the soil . The
stem carries water and nutrients from the roots to the other
4-d) buried remains of ancient times 5- b- seeds
parts. The leaves take the nutrients and light .All plants produce
6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- A- flowers to make seeds so another plant can grow.
Plants need energy to grow, replace damaged cells, get rid of
Answer the following questions:- (one mark each)
waste, and reproduce. Photosynthesis is the process by which
1- Successful marriage is the most effective form of social plants make food. In this process , carbon dioxide and water
combine in the presence of light to form food. Plants convert
support; it relieves the effects of stress, and leads to better mental
energy from the sun by absorbing it through their leaves .
and physical health. Chlorophyll, the green colour found in plants, helps plants,
make food. During photosynthesis, leaves use light and energy
2- They are more exposed to stresses at work, and have worse
to change carbon dioxide and water into food, and then oxygen
health, and die earlier than women. is released into the air .
A- Answer the following questions :
3- Married women are in better physical and mental health, and
1- According to the passage , how do humans get the oxygen
are happier than single women. they breathe ?
2- Energy is necessary to plants, why ?
B)Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
3- What is the function of the stem and the root in a plant?
4- c. reasonable 5- b. mental and physical health B- Choose the correct answer from a, b , c, or d :
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5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: which………..combine.
Flowers produce a fine powder called pollen, which is carried by the a- water, carbon, and energy b- light, carbon and
wind or by insects to other flowers of the same type so that they can water
produce seeds. Pollination, the carrying of pollen from one flower to c- carbon, light , and dioxide d- light, water ,and carbon
another, is necessary for the reproduction of plants and for the dioxide
production of food. Scientists estimate that one third of our food 5- ……………help plants reproduce.
depends on insects, mostly bees, for pollination. a- Seeds and stem b- Seeds and flowers
However, in recent years, there has been a big drop in the populations c- Roots and seeds d- Plants and seeds
of pollinators worldwide. There are several reasons. The use of 6) Read the following passage , then answer the questions:
pesticides has had the side effect of killing pollinators. Air pollution Taha Hussein was not born blind. He lost his sight after having
prevents insects from smelling and finding flowers, which they need the wrong medicine. So, he received special treatment from his
for food. Diseases are killing many insects. Growing cities are parents but he sometimes felt that his parents didn’t care about
destroying the environments where pollinators live. Recently, him.
shortages of fruit and vegetables in India were blamed on the loss of When he was a very little boy, he didn’t understand the reason
pollinators. Clearly, it is important that we find solutions quickly. for this but soon he found out. His brothers and sisters could do
A) Answer the following questions: many things that he couldn’t do of course because they saw but
1- What is a pollinator? he did not . This made him sit alone most of time.
2- Is pollen only carried by insects? Explain. All these experiences stirred him to use his mind more and
3- Why has the number of pollinators dropped? pushed him to try discovering things by himself, but this put
B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d: him into many troubles. One day, something happened that
4- Which is the best title for this text? changed his life and made him quite shy. It came to his mind to
a) The Importance of Bees b) Pollinators in India eat with both hands instead of one. As soon as he tried to do so,
c) The Loss of Pollinators d) Where Have All the Flowers his sisters and brothers roared with laughter but his father sadly
Gone? said: “ That is not the way to eat, son “
5- How does air pollution affect pollination? A- Answer the following questions :
a) Flowers can't make pollen. 1- What caused Taha to lose his sight ?
b) Insects can't smell the flowers, so they can't find them. 2- How did his parents treat him ?
c) Insects can't pollinate the flowers because they can't see them. 3- What does the underlined word “ So “ mean ?
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6. Read the following passage, then answer the questions 4- Taha lost the sense of………….
Most students find university very different from school. One of the a- hearing b- sight c- tasting d- touching
biggest differences is that university students are expected to manage 5- The difference between Taha and his brothers and sisters
their time themselves. Although staff will help, it is the students' ………
responsibility to be in the right place at the right time and to hand a- he could see, but they couldn’t b- they all couldn’t see.
homework in on time. The way teaching is organised is also very c- he couldn’t see, but they could d- they all could
different from school. hear
At university, lectures teach classes that may last two or three hours 5) Read the following passage , then answer the questions:
and can include 300 – 400 students. There are usually other smaller
A- Answer the following questions : ( 3 × 1 = 3 marks )
classes where students can discuss subjects they find difficult, and
from time to time lectures spend time with individual students, talking 1- During photosynthesis, leaves use light and energy to change
about work they have done. If students are not living at home while
carbon dioxide and water into food, and
they are at university, there are many ordinary things they may have
to do for themselves, such as cooking. then oxygen is released into the air.
A) Answer the following questions:
2- Plants need energy to help them grow, replace damaged
1. What two places does this passage compare?
2. How many students can be in a university class? cells, get rid of waste and reproduce.
3. Why are smaller groups sometimes necessary at university?
3- The stem carries water and nutrients from the roots to the
B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d:
4. Who does they refer to in talking about work they have done? other parts and the root takes in water and
a) lecturers b) classes c) students d) subjects
Nutrients from the soil.
5. What does the writer suggest students should be prepared to do
when they go to university? B- Choose the correct answer from a, b , c, or d : 4- d- light,
a) Be organized b) Read many books
water ,and carbon dioxide
c) Find a job d) Discuss ideas
5) Read the following passage, then answer the questions: 5- b- Seeds and flowers.
A: 1-It is an agent which carries pollination seeds. 6) Read the following passage , then answer the questions
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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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