Secondary 1 - Review A

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Secondary 1 - Review A

Name ______________________________________ Date ______________

A. Language Functions

1. Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue.

Ahmed and Mustafa are talking about the renowned musician Mohamed Abdel Wahab.

Ahmed: What do you know about Mohamed Abdel Wahab?

Mustafa: Not much. __________________________________________? (1)

Ahmed: He grew up in Cairo, Egypt.

Mustafa: ___________________________________________________? (2)

Ahmed: He was born in 1907.

Mustafa: ___________________________________________________? (3)

Ahmed: He was a great singer and composer. He wrote music for many famous singers like Umm Kulthum.

Mustafa: ___________________________________________________? (4)

Ahmed: He died in 1991.

2. Write what you would say in each of the following situations.

1. You want to ask your friend if he is good at maths.

______________________________________________________________.

2. A new student joined your class. You want to ask where she is from.

______________________________________________________________.

3. Your brother is looking for his book. You haven’t seen it. Tell him you will give it to him if you find it.

______________________________________________________________.

4. Your little sister asks what happens if the police catch a thief. Explain to her.

______________________________________________________________.

B. Vocabulary and Structure

3. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d.

1. A(n) __________ is someone whose job is to report the news for a newspaper or magazine.

a. geologist b. astronaut c. journalist d. archaeologist

2. Policemen are searching for a __________ of car thieves.

a. character b. gang c. cell d. statue

3. The teacher __________ Ali for not doing his homework.

a. punished b. won c. rewarded d. took

4. What kind of __________ is best for growing wheat?

a. space b. remote sensing c. soil d. statue

5. The main __________ in Oliver Twist was kidnapped and later adopted.

a. novel b. prison c. debt d. character

6. I always __________ the piano in the evenings.

a. plays b. play c. has played d. playing

7. Hoda __________ an e-mail to her friend yesterday.

a. sends b. send c. sent d. sended

8. After the police __________ the gang, Mr Brownlow adopted Oliver.

a. arrests b. arrest c. had arrested d. arresting

9. While Hazem __________ his car, it started raining.

a. drives b. drive c. drove d. was driving

10. If I were an astronaut, I __________ to the moon.

a. travels b. travel c. will travel d. would travel

4.

a. Rewrite the following sentences using the word in brackets to give the same meaning.

1. I promise to buy you that watch when you succeed. (If)

____________________________________________________________.

2. We went out for dinner at the end of the match. (After)

____________________________________________________________.

3. Nada doesn’t listen to modern music. (never)

____________________________________________________________.

4. I was writing an e-mail to my friend when the telephone rang. (While)

____________________________________________________________.

b. Correct the underlined mistakes in the following paragraph.

I’d like to tell you about my best friend Nadia. We’re the same age and I know Nadia all my life. We used to play together when we are young children. Now we are in the university and we both want becoming journalists. We don’t always agree with each other but still we were best friends.

5. Read the text below, then write the word that best fits each space.

I read a very exciting story in the newspaper about an escaped prisoner. The _______________whowrote the story said that the police are looking for Hatem Kamel, who escaped from _______________ two days ago. He was one of four members of a _______________ who were _______________last monthbecause they had broken into a bank and stolen the money that was in the safe. He was _______________ with three years in prison. He had to steal because he owed a lot of money to a lot of people. He was in _______________. He is very dangerous and was carrying a gun in his jacket _______________.

C. Reading Comprehension and Set Books

6. Read the following passage, then answer the questions.

Al Ahram newspaper is published daily and includes local and international news in politics, sports and economics, as well as advertisements. Reading it is one of the important methods of knowing what is happening around the world. Even in our age of advanced computer technology, newspapers continue to be an essential part of everyday life.

It is important to know the sections of the newspaper and the information each one contains. For example, the front page provides the most important stories of the day. Each event or story has a headline and the name of the journalist who wrote it. The classified section of a newspaper is where advertisements are placed. Those who want to apply for a job, buy or sell a house or a car, are interested in this section. Anyone who has things to sell or a job they wish to advertise for can buy space in this section. The number of words and the size of the advertisement determine its cost. Big companies usually buy whole pages to publish their advertisements. Newspapers make a lot of money from these advertisements.

1. Why is reading the newspaper important?

______________________________________________________________.

2. What does the front page provide?

______________________________________________________________.

3. What does the classified section include?

______________________________________________________________.

4. How can a person advertise for a thing he wants to sell?

_____________________________________________________________.

5. The underlined pronoun ‘it’ refers to

a. politics

b. sports

c. economics

d. the newspaper

6. The underlined word ‘essential’ means

a. necessary

b. exciting

c. painful

d. interesting

7. Each event or story has _______________.

a. advertisements

b. stories and events of the day

c. a headline and the name of the journalist who wrote it

d. jobs

7. Answer only four of the following questions.

1. How did Dr Farouk El-Baz help the astronauts in the Apollo space project?

___________________________________________________________.

2. How did Mr Brownlow help Oliver Twist?

___________________________________________________________.

3. How does the human brain work?

___________________________________________________________.

4. Do you think Charles Dickens’s life had an impact on his writing? How?

___________________________________________________________.

5. Which character do you like best and which character do you like least in Dickens’s novel Oliver Twist and why?

___________________________________________________________.

6. Which famous Egyptian would you most like to be similar to and why?

___________________________________________________________.

D. The Novel

8. Answer the following questions.

From "An Artist's Story"

1. How did Augustus’s parents help him to be an artist?

___________________________________________________________

2. What made him think of painting for money?

___________________________________________________________

3. What did he do after he failed to draw for newspapers?

___________________________________________________________

4. What was the reason for the stranger’s visit?

___________________________________________________________

5. “I know what you are going to say — if I had had the soul of a true artist, I would have died rather than do such a thing.”

a. Who said this? _____________________________________________

b. What thing is he referring to? _________________________________

c. Did he do this thing and did it bring the results that he wanted?

________________________________________________________

From "I Never Forget a Face"

1. What was the problem the writer suffered from?

___________________________________________________________.

2. Who did the writer think the traveller was?

___________________________________________________________.

3. What did the stranger do before he got out of the writer’s car?

___________________________________________________________.

4. What made the writer go to the police station?

___________________________________________________________.

5. "Wake up, old fellow! We’re there!"

a. Who said this and to whom was it said? ___________________________

b. Where were they? __________________________________________

c. What did the speaker offer to do later?

_________________________________________________________

From "Called to the Rescue"

1. What is it that forced Mr D— to get out of bed?

___________________________________________________________

2. What made Mr D— stay in Exeter?

___________________________________________________________

3. What did the accused man say he was doing at the time of the crime?

___________________________________________________________

4. Several months before the trial, Mr D— had gone to visit a friend. When Mr D— discovered his friend was out, what did he do?

___________________________________________________________

5. "There is a special reason that would make him remember me."

a. Who said this? _____________________________________________

b. Who is "him"? ____________________________________________

c. What was the special reason?

________________________________________________________

E. Writing

9. Write an e-mail of seven sentences to your friend advising him on the best way he can revise before exams. Your name is Amir and your e-mail address is amir_one@example.com. Your friend’s name is Samer, and his e-mail address is samer93@example.com.

F. Translation

10.

a. Translate into Arabic:

The internet is used for many different purposes.

b. Translate into English:

جمع رواد الفضاء عينات من الصخور والتربة من القمر.

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ANSWERS

A. Language Functions (8 marks)

1.

Mustafa: Not much. Where did he grow up? (1)

Mustafa: When was he born? (2)

Mustafa: What did he do?/What was he famous for? (3)

Mustafa: When did he die? (4)

2.

1. Are you any good at maths?

2. Where are you from?

3. If I find your book, I’ll give it to you.

4. If the police catch a thief, they take him to prison. (answers will vary)

B. Vocabulary and Structure (12 marks)

3.

1. c. journalist

2. b. gang

3. a. punished

4. c. soil

5. d. character

6. b. play

7. c. sent

8. c. had arrested

9. d. was driving

10. d. would travel

4. a

1. If you succeed, I will buy you that watch.

2. After the match had finished /ended, we went out for dinner. OR We went out for dinner after the match had ended.

3. Nada never listens to modern music.

4. While I was writing an e-mail to my friend, the telephone rang.

b

I’d like to tell you about my best friend Nadia. We’re the same age and I have known Nadia all my life. We used to play together when we were young children. Now we are in the university and we both want to become journalists. We don’t always agree with each other but still we are best friends.

5.

I read a very exciting story in the newspaper about an escaped prisoner. The journalist who wrote the story said that the police are looking for Hatem Kamel, who escaped from prison two days ago. He was one of four members of a gang who were arrestedlast monthbecause they had broken into a bank and stolen the money that was in the safe. He was punished with three years in prison. He had to steal because he owed a lot of money to a lot of people. He was in debt. He is very dangerous and was carrying a gun in his jacket pocket.

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ANSWERS

C. Reading Comprehension and Set Books

6.

1. Reading the newspaper is important because it is one of the methods of knowing what is happening around the world.

2. The front page provides the most important stories of the day.

3. The classified section includes advertisements.

4. A person can advertise for a thing he wants to sell by buying space in the classified section.

5. e. the newspaper

6. a. necessary

7. c. a headline and the name of the journalist who wrote it

7.

1. He gave them advice on where they should land on the moon and on how to collect rocks and soil from there.

2. Mr Brownlow stopped the police from arresting Oliver and took him back to his house and looked after him. Later he adopted Oliver.

3. The human brain receives information from your senses, analyses it and then sends messages.

4. Yes, Charles Dickens's life had an impact on his writing. At the age of twelve, he was working for ten hours a day in a London factory. (He saw how hard life was for poor people.) Many of the ideas for the stories of his novels and the characters in them came from this time.

5. Answers will vary.

6. Answers will vary.

D. The Novel

8.

From "An Artist's Story"

1. His parents gave him plenty of pencils and paper and gave him the opportunity to study under great painters.

2. He had little money left and was without hope and almost hungry.

3. He started drawing for advertisements.

4. The reason was to take Augustus’s bed because it was not paid for.

5. a. Augustus Pokewhistle

b. He is referring to painting for money and/or drawing funny pictures for the newspaper.

c. He did it, but he didn't succeed in earning any money from it.

From "I Never Forget a Face"

1. The problem the writer suffered from was not being able to remember (people’s) names.

2. He thought the traveler was a newcomer / one of those who had come to live in small houses by the bus stop.

3. The stranger hit the writer hard on the back of his head and pushed him out of the car.

4. The writer went to the police station to report that someone had stolen his car, his new umbrella, his gold watch and his money.

5. a. The writer said this to the stranger.

b. They were in the train.

c. The writer offered to give the stranger a ride by car.

From "Called to the Rescue"

1. Mr D— got out of bed because he heard a voice.

2. He became interested after hearing all about the trials from a waiter at the hotel's restaurant.

3. He said he was repairing a window.

4. Mr D— entered his friend’s library, intending to read a book while he waited for his friend. He saw a man mending the window and watched him as he did so.

5. a. The accused criminal said this.

b. "Him" is the man who could prove that the accused man is innocent.

c. The special reason was that Mr D— was the one who had seen the man as he worked. Mr D had borrowed a pencil from the man in order to write something in his notebook.

E. Writing

9.

Answers will vary.

F. Translation

10.

a.

يستخدم الإنترنت لأغراض كثيرة ومختلفة.

b.

Astronauts collected samples of rocks and soil from the moon.

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