Arab Republic of Egypt
Ministry of Education
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 20
( First Stage – First Session )
First Foreign Language: English (1) Time: 3 hours
اللغة الأجنبية الأولى (1) الانجليزية . ( الأسئلة في أربع صفحات )
Language Functions
Respond to each of the following situations:
Your brother wants to know your opinion of a film you have just seen.
A friend wants to know what job you would like to do when you leave school.
You meet a foreigner who asks you the way to the Opera House.
Your friend wants to go swimming this evening. You disagree and suggest another sport.
Say where these mini-dialogues take place and who the speakers are:
A : Can I help you?
B : I'd like some coffee, please.
A : With or without sugar?
B : Without sugar.
A : What's wrong with you?
B : I have great pain in my bones and I have a sore throat.
Vocabulary and Structure
Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
The bus won't stop …………………… you wave to it.
a) if b) unless c) though d) so
We benefited a lot ………………… the computer course.
a) from b) of c) with d) by
It was dark ………………… I could see.
a) so that b) despite c) but d) because
Our teacher asked us to ……………. notes on what we've read.
a) do b) sigh c) help d) make
Sorry, I ……………… you at the door.
a) wasn't hear b) won't hear c) didn't hear d) don't hear
( بقية الأسئلة في الصفحة الثانية )
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Adel will switch off his computer when he ………… using it.
a) finish b) finishing c) finishes d) finished
A ……………… is a person who is employed by a government to live in another country and to speak for the government.
a) churchman b) diplomat c) presenter d) employee
No sooner ……………… than it started to rain.
a)he arrived b)he had arrived c)had he arrived d)he arrives
There's a factory in our town which ….. parts for cars and buses.
a) do b) does c) make d) makes
I didn't open the door ………………… I had found my key.
a) before b) while c) until d) when
A ……… is written opinions about and descriptions of a subject.
a)complementary b)documentary c)commentary d)elementary
……………… is money which we carry in our pockets.
a) Cost b) Cash c) Crash d) Casher
Intelligent ………………… he is , he finds it difficult to express his ideas in writing.
a) however b) but c) as d) so
Old People's main reasons …………… continuing to work are that they like seeing people and they like feeling useful.
a) of b) for c) to d) at
A/An ……………… is someone with special skills or knowledge of a subject.
a) expert b) tourist c) guide d) customer
………… running your own business is hard, it's better than working for someone else.
a) Although b) Whatever c) Despite d) Because of
Find the mistake in each of the following sentences, then write them correctly:
He always is honest and polite.
A fully grown person is a baby.
He is really please with his job.
This mobile phone belongs for me.
I prefer get information from the internet.
During Adel was playing a football match, he fell on the ground.
( بقية الأسئلة في الصفحة الثالثة )
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Reading
Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
A goal is something you want to achieve. First, decide what your goal is. For example, do you want to pass a test? Do you want to be a doctor? When you have decided on your goal, write it down on paper and look at it every day. Then decide what you must do to succeed.
Some people never reach their goal because they think it is impossible. But you must always believe that your goals are possible. Don't think, "This test is difficult. I'll probably fail". Instead, think, "This test is difficult, but I've worked hard and I will pass it".
Most people are successful at things they enjoy. So always try to enjoy your work. Keep looking at the goal you wrote on paper and think how happy you will be when you succeed. Think about that happiness while you are working and you will enjoy your work.
a ) Give short answers to the following questions:
What is this passage about?
What should you do when you have written your goal on paper?
Why do some people not reach their goal?
b ) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
What is the opposite of pass?
a) succeed b) fail c) lose d) miss
What kind of things are most people successful at?
a) Things that are easy. b) Things that are difficult.
c) Things that they enjoy doing. d) Things they work hard at.
Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
Most of the passengers were fast asleep in the eight o'clock train. It was already half past nine. Suddenly we were all shocked to hear a very loud cry from a young lady. She screamed , "Help! He's going to kill me." We ran towards her. We asked her where the murderer was. She looked around her for a few moments, then at us, and finally said in a whisper, Oh, What a terrible dream! He killed my mother and a sister. That thief! He had a gun, and a big knife! We said to her that she was safe. One of us got her a cold drink. When she felt better, we returned each to his seat. I observed an old man sitting beside her. He kept talking with her all through the last fifty-five minutes of the journey. I wondered what they were discussing.
When we got off at the station, I asked the old man, "It was kind of you to keep talking with her to help her to be quiet". He said, "Oh, no! I only wanted to prevent her from sleeping again and having another dream"!
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a ) Give short answers to the following questions:
What was the young lady's terrible dream?
What made the old man keep talking with the girl?
How long did the train journey take when the lady gave a loud cry?
b ) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
One of the passengers gave the young lady ……… .
a) an ice cream b) a cold drink c) a gun d) a letter
The underlined word "they" refer to ……… .
a) the passengers b) the murderers
c) the writer's family d) the old man and the young lady
The Reader (The Spiders)
a ) Answer the following questions:
How did the four robbers meet their end?
Where do spiders usually hide?
b ) Complete the following to make meaningful sentences:
The people decided to burn the town down to ………………… .
Archaeologists do not use GPR because ……………………….. .
c ) Read the quotation and answer the questions:
"We'd better get on the radio."
Who did the engineer think they should get on the radio to?
How did these words save the pilot's life?
Writing
Write a paragraph of about 100 words about:
"The advantages of the computer and the internet "
Translation
a ) Translate into Arabic:
Sports plays an important role in building up one's body and character. The young can acquire many virtues such as courage, co-operation and discipline. Through sports, the young find an outlet to their energies and they can be protected from deviation.
b ) Translate into English:
لقد حققت مصر تقدماً كبيراً في مختلف مجالات الصناعة والتعليم والطب.
أصبح العالم مدينة صغيرة وذلك بفضل الأقمار الصناعية ووسائل الإعلام.
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Ministry of Education
General Secondary Education Certificate Examination, 20
( First Stage – First Session )
First Foreign Language: English (1) Time: 3 hours
اللغة الأجنبية الأولى (1) الانجليزية . ( الأسئلة في أربع صفحات )
Language Functions
Respond to each of the following situations:
Your brother wants to know your opinion of a film you have just seen.
A friend wants to know what job you would like to do when you leave school.
You meet a foreigner who asks you the way to the Opera House.
Your friend wants to go swimming this evening. You disagree and suggest another sport.
Say where these mini-dialogues take place and who the speakers are:
A : Can I help you?
B : I'd like some coffee, please.
A : With or without sugar?
B : Without sugar.
A : What's wrong with you?
B : I have great pain in my bones and I have a sore throat.
Vocabulary and Structure
Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
The bus won't stop …………………… you wave to it.
a) if b) unless c) though d) so
We benefited a lot ………………… the computer course.
a) from b) of c) with d) by
It was dark ………………… I could see.
a) so that b) despite c) but d) because
Our teacher asked us to ……………. notes on what we've read.
a) do b) sigh c) help d) make
Sorry, I ……………… you at the door.
a) wasn't hear b) won't hear c) didn't hear d) don't hear
( بقية الأسئلة في الصفحة الثانية )
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Adel will switch off his computer when he ………… using it.
a) finish b) finishing c) finishes d) finished
A ……………… is a person who is employed by a government to live in another country and to speak for the government.
a) churchman b) diplomat c) presenter d) employee
No sooner ……………… than it started to rain.
a)he arrived b)he had arrived c)had he arrived d)he arrives
There's a factory in our town which ….. parts for cars and buses.
a) do b) does c) make d) makes
I didn't open the door ………………… I had found my key.
a) before b) while c) until d) when
A ……… is written opinions about and descriptions of a subject.
a)complementary b)documentary c)commentary d)elementary
……………… is money which we carry in our pockets.
a) Cost b) Cash c) Crash d) Casher
Intelligent ………………… he is , he finds it difficult to express his ideas in writing.
a) however b) but c) as d) so
Old People's main reasons …………… continuing to work are that they like seeing people and they like feeling useful.
a) of b) for c) to d) at
A/An ……………… is someone with special skills or knowledge of a subject.
a) expert b) tourist c) guide d) customer
………… running your own business is hard, it's better than working for someone else.
a) Although b) Whatever c) Despite d) Because of
Find the mistake in each of the following sentences, then write them correctly:
He always is honest and polite.
A fully grown person is a baby.
He is really please with his job.
This mobile phone belongs for me.
I prefer get information from the internet.
During Adel was playing a football match, he fell on the ground.
( بقية الأسئلة في الصفحة الثالثة )
111 ث.ع / أول ( تابع ) -3-
Reading
Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
A goal is something you want to achieve. First, decide what your goal is. For example, do you want to pass a test? Do you want to be a doctor? When you have decided on your goal, write it down on paper and look at it every day. Then decide what you must do to succeed.
Some people never reach their goal because they think it is impossible. But you must always believe that your goals are possible. Don't think, "This test is difficult. I'll probably fail". Instead, think, "This test is difficult, but I've worked hard and I will pass it".
Most people are successful at things they enjoy. So always try to enjoy your work. Keep looking at the goal you wrote on paper and think how happy you will be when you succeed. Think about that happiness while you are working and you will enjoy your work.
a ) Give short answers to the following questions:
What is this passage about?
What should you do when you have written your goal on paper?
Why do some people not reach their goal?
b ) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
What is the opposite of pass?
a) succeed b) fail c) lose d) miss
What kind of things are most people successful at?
a) Things that are easy. b) Things that are difficult.
c) Things that they enjoy doing. d) Things they work hard at.
Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
Most of the passengers were fast asleep in the eight o'clock train. It was already half past nine. Suddenly we were all shocked to hear a very loud cry from a young lady. She screamed , "Help! He's going to kill me." We ran towards her. We asked her where the murderer was. She looked around her for a few moments, then at us, and finally said in a whisper, Oh, What a terrible dream! He killed my mother and a sister. That thief! He had a gun, and a big knife! We said to her that she was safe. One of us got her a cold drink. When she felt better, we returned each to his seat. I observed an old man sitting beside her. He kept talking with her all through the last fifty-five minutes of the journey. I wondered what they were discussing.
When we got off at the station, I asked the old man, "It was kind of you to keep talking with her to help her to be quiet". He said, "Oh, no! I only wanted to prevent her from sleeping again and having another dream"!
( بقية الأسئلة في الصفحة الثالثة )
111 ث.ع / أول ( تابع ) -3-
a ) Give short answers to the following questions:
What was the young lady's terrible dream?
What made the old man keep talking with the girl?
How long did the train journey take when the lady gave a loud cry?
b ) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:
One of the passengers gave the young lady ……… .
a) an ice cream b) a cold drink c) a gun d) a letter
The underlined word "they" refer to ……… .
a) the passengers b) the murderers
c) the writer's family d) the old man and the young lady
The Reader (The Spiders)
a ) Answer the following questions:
How did the four robbers meet their end?
Where do spiders usually hide?
b ) Complete the following to make meaningful sentences:
The people decided to burn the town down to ………………… .
Archaeologists do not use GPR because ……………………….. .
c ) Read the quotation and answer the questions:
"We'd better get on the radio."
Who did the engineer think they should get on the radio to?
How did these words save the pilot's life?
Writing
Write a paragraph of about 100 words about:
"The advantages of the computer and the internet "
Translation
a ) Translate into Arabic:
Sports plays an important role in building up one's body and character. The young can acquire many virtues such as courage, co-operation and discipline. Through sports, the young find an outlet to their energies and they can be protected from deviation.
b ) Translate into English:
لقد حققت مصر تقدماً كبيراً في مختلف مجالات الصناعة والتعليم والطب.
أصبح العالم مدينة صغيرة وذلك بفضل الأقمار الصناعية ووسائل الإعلام.
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مسيو وليد2012-03-22, 1:12 pm