Saturday 31 December 2011

نموذج اختبار للمراجعة


Test

A) Language Functions
1-     Finish the following dialogue:
    Ola    : Oh no, we haven't got any bread.
    Ashraf: …………………………………………………………………. .
    Ola    : Thanks. Could you also buy some potatoes?
    Ashraf: ………………………………………………………………….
    Ola    : Oh yes, I didn't see those. Have you got enough money for the bread?
    Ashraf: ………………………………………………………………….
    Ola    : Which shop are you going to go to?
    Ashraf: -----------------------------------------------------------------------------
  2-Write what you would say in each of the following situations:
1-     The sky has suddenly gone very dark. Someone asks you what you think about the weather in the near future. What do you say?
2-     Someone asks your opinion about abook you have read.What do you say?
3-     A friend asks about your holiday plans for next summer. Your plan is to spend a month in Turkey. What do you say to your friend.
4-     Someone asks you what famous Egyptian you admire. What do you say?
B) Vocabulary and Structure
3-Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d:
1-     My uncle lived in Australia ………………….. three years.
a) since                  b) ago               c) for              d) during
2-     I ………………… never traveled outside my country.
a) has                    b) have              c) am             d) was
3-     A professional ………… helped Abu-Heif to become a famous swimmer.
a) trainer                b) train              c) training       d) trains
4-     I couldn't run any farther because I was completely …………………….
a) tired                   b) exhausting     c) tiring           d) exhausted
5-     The Old Man and the Sea is shorter …………….. A Farewell to Arms.
a) than                   b) as                  c) that             d) to
6-To many people, The Old Man and the Sea is Hemingway's ……… novel.
a) good                  b) best                c) better          d) well
Some people think that Dickens is the ………….. important English novelist.
a) most                  b) more               c) very            d) much
6-     Mr. and Mrs. Mohamed are ……………….. and wife.
a) son                    b) father              c) brother         d) husband
7-     Our …………… fill with air when we breathe.
a) walk                   b) walks               c) walked         d) walking
8-     It took the taxi two hours to reach the station because of the ………. jam.
a) car                     b) traffic               c) vehicle         d) accident
2-     Rewrite using the word(s) in brackets to give the same meaning:
1-     If finished my homework and then I watched a DVD. (After)
2-     I was so extremely tired that I slept for twelve hours.  (exhausted)
3-     Leila can't find her school bag. (lost)
4-     There isn't a longer river in the world than the Nile. (longest)
3-     Read the text below, then write the word which best fits each space:
            One day, there will be no oil left. Everyone (1)……………… that, but more and more (2)……………… are traveling by plane. This is because (3)…………….. travel is cheaper than ever before. It is sometimes cheaper to (4)…………… to another country than to travel a hundred kilometres on a train. As well as using fuel, planes produce air (5)………………….. . We can't stop air travel, but we should (6)………………… carefully before we decide to fly.
C) Reading Comprehension and Set Books
4-     Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
            For homework, Youssef's class had to study traffic. Their teacher told them to stand outside their houses for one hour that evening and count the vehicles they saw.
             Youssef's friends lived in the town, but Youssef's father was a farmer, so he lived in the country. For one hour, Youssef stood outside his house, but very few vehicles went past. After fifteen minutes, he saw a bicycle. After another thirty minutes, a car drove past. Finally Youssef saw his neighbour driving a tractor.
              The next day, the teacher asked the students what they had seen. Ahmed – who lived in the town – had seen a hundred cars, six buses and twenty lorries. The other students had seen about the same. When the teacher asked Youssef, he didn't want to answer. Then he said, "I saw a tractor, one car and a bicycle." All the other students laughed, but the teacher smiled and said, "You live in the best place, Youssef. Think of all the pollution the other students breathe every day. Think how nice it is to live in a place with clean air."

A)    Answer the following questions:
1-     Where did the students have to stand to count the vehicles they saw?
2-     How long had Youssef been waiting when he saw the car?
3-     Why didn't Youssef want to answer the teacher's question?
4-     Who or what does the underlined word them refer to?

    B) Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d:
5-     Where do most of Youssef's friends live?
a) in the country     
b) near Youssef    
c) in the town    
d) near the school

6-     Why does Youssef live in the country?
a) because he likes to breathe clean air        
b) because most of his friends live in the town          
c) because of his father's job        
d) because he doesn't like traffic

7-     Why did the other students laugh?
a) because they were very happy   
           b) because Youssef had seen only three vehicles
c) because Youssef lived in the country
d) because the teacher told them a joke

5-     Answer only Four (4) of the following questions:
1-     What was the old man's job in The Old Man and the Sea?
2-     Why couldn't the old man pull the fish to the boat?
3-     Why couldn't the old man sell the fish he had caught?
4-     Do you think it was a good idea for the old man to go fishing alone? Why? Why not?
5-     Why do you think Manolin was worried about the old man after he returned from the sea?
6-     How do you think the old man and Manolin felt at the end of the story?

D) The Novel

6-     A) Answer the following questions:
1-     What harm did the man do before leaving the car?
                                                                           (I Never Forget a Face)
2-     Why did the writer think that the stranger didn't own a car?
                                                                            (I Never Forget a Face)
3-     What did Augustus decide to do after giving up the struggle?
                                                                            (An Artist's Story)
4-     What did the stranger want when he said "but"?    (An Artist's Story)
     B)Read the following quotation and then answer the questions:
        "Listen. There isn't a bus for a quarter of an hour. I've got my car in the station-yard."
1-     What did the speaker offer?
2-     How was the weather at that time?
3-     What did the stranger steal?
E) Writing
    
7-     Write a paragraph  seven (7) sentences about :
             A person's fight against nature

F) Translation

8-     A) Translate into Arabic:
       1- The Arabs had a great civilization in the past.
       2- Engineers designed electric cars.

      B) Translate into English:
لقد حققنا الكثير من التقدم فى بعض المجالات

Then why  English is the most ..... and ....... you know ?

Thursday 29 December 2011

King Lear Unit 8




King Lear is the story of an elderly king who decides to split his kingdom among his daughters and the chaos that ensues from it. The king decided that he would ration his kingdom between his three daughters, Cordelia, Regan, and Goneril, based on the love each had for him. Regan and Goneril both proclaimed indying love for him, while Cordelia was blunt and honest which upset Lear. Because of this Lear disinherits Cordelia out of anger. Cordelia then marries the King of France because he respects her honesty. Lear then states that he will live with his two daughters, who will supports his personal guard of one hundred knights.....


        - He decided to give his country to his three daughters, Goneril, Regan and  Cordelia.
      2- What did Shakespeare want to know before he gave his money and land to his daughters?
         - He wanted to know how much they loved him.
      3- What did Goneril and Regan tell Lear?
         - They told him they loved him so much.
      4 - Why was King Lear angry with his daughter Cordelia?
          - Because she couldn't say how much she loved him.
          - Because she didn't know how to describe her love to him.   
       5 - What did King Lear do to his daughter, Cordelia? Why?
         - He didn't give her any of his money and land and sent her away to France because she didn't tell him how much she loved him.
       6 - Why didn't Lear give any of his money and land to Cordelia?
          - Because she didn't tell him how much she loved him.
       7-How do you think Lear discovered he had made a terrible mistake?
          - He saw that Goneril and Regan didn't really love him.
       8 -What did King Lear find out about Goneril and Regan?
         - He found out that they loved him only so that they could have his money and his country and they did not love him at all.
        9 -Why do you think Lear wanders around the country?
           - He probably doesn't want to live with the two dishonest daughters.
       10 -Why did Cordelia come back to England with French soldiers?
         - She wanted to try to help her father and save him.
      11-   How did Cordelia try to help her father?
        - She came back to England with French soldiers to try to save him and to take his country back from her two sisters.
      12 -   Who puts Cordelia and Lear in prison? Why?
          - The English soldiers who are working for Goneril and Regan because Cordelia and Lear were trying to take the power from them.
      13-    When did Cordelia tell her father how much she loved him?
         - When they were captured and put into prison.
     14 -   How do you think Cordelia feels when she hears what has happened to her father?
         - She feels sad and sorry because she loves him.
      15   "Cordelia should have left her father and not tried to save him." Do you agree? Why? Why not?
    - No, because she must be kind to her father no matter what he does to her.
    16 - How do you think Lear feels when Cordelia tries to help him?
 - He probably feels regretful and ashamed.
       17- What does Lear realize in the end?
- He realizes that Cordelia really loves him more than his other two daughters.
     18 -   How do you think Lear feels when he finds out how much Cordelia loves him?
- He feels ashamed, sorry, foolish and guilty
19 -  What did Lear learn from his mistake?
- He learns that people can have feelings without talking about them.
        20 -   What is the moral of King Lear story?
- People can have feelings without talking about them.http://www.mediafire.com/?vw5lqw1htzk رابط ترجمة النص الكامل للاديب كامل كيلانى 

تدريبات على ال If 3rd conditiuonal


Rewrite using the word(s) in brackets to give the same meaning:
1-  They didn’t win the match because they played badly. (If)
2-  He didn’t have an umbrella. Therefore, he got wet in the rain. (Had)
3-  She lost her tennis match because she didn’t have enough practice. (If)
4-  He didn’t work hard. Perhaps that’s why he failed. (If)
5-  He went to school. He learned to read and write well.  (If)
6-  I wanted to come to see you, but I didn't know your address.
7-  I didn't have your mobile number, so I couldn't phone you.
8-  He forgot to write the time of the meeting, so he arrived an hour late.   (If)
9-  The flat was very expensive, so they didn't buy it.  (Unless)
10- You didn't do very well in the test because you didn't do enough revision.(If)
11- She went to bed very late: That's why she was so tired this morning.
12- They played badly so they didn’t win.                          ( If)
13- His family had financial problems. He left school.  (If)


Grammar                  the IF  third coditional


If + past perfect ماضى تام  +  would/could/might/should +have +p.p.

- If I had (I'd) left home on time, I would (I'd) have caught the school bus.
  I would (I'd) have caught the school bus if I had (I'd) left home on time.
- If you hadn't gone to Italy, you wouldn't have met Mario.
   You wouldn't have met Mario if you hadn't gone to Italy.
Ÿ تستخدم الحالة الثالثة للتعبير عن تعبر مواقف مستحيلة الحدوث أو التغيير فى الماض أو مواقف كنا نتخيلها فى الماضى كما تعبر عن الندم.
    - If I'd run faster, I'd have won the race.
      = I didn't run faster so I didn't win.
    - If you hadn’t gone to Italy, you wouldn’t have met Mario.
       =  You went to Italy and you met Mario.
Ÿ لاحظ  صيغة الاستفهام مع if  
   - What would you have done if you had won a lot of money?
Ÿ يمكن أن نستخدم  had  بدلا من  if و يليها فاعل ثم تصريف ثالث
    - If he had played well, he would have won.  (Had)
      Had he played well, he would have won.
Ÿ فى حالة وجود جملتين فى الماضى نستخدم الحالة الثالثة و نحول النفى إلى  إثبات و العكس
1-  He got up late, so he missed the train. (If)
 If he hadn’t got up late, he wouldn’t have missed the train.

2-  He didn’t have a map, therefore he was lost. (If)
 If he had had a map, he wouldn’t have been lost.
3-  He failed because he was lazy.  (If)
   If he hadn’t been lazy, he wouldn’t have failed.
4-  He failed, as he didn’t work hard. (If)
   If he had worked hard last year, he wouldn’t have failed the exam.
Ÿ نضع الجملة التى تسبق so / therefore / that’s why  بعد if  كما فى المثالين   1,2   
Ÿ نضع الجملة التى تلى  because / as بعد if  كما فى المثالين 3,4
Ÿ يمكن أن نستخدم  unless بدلا من if  و يأتى بعدها جملة مثبتة
-         He worked hard, so he succeeded. (Unless)
    Unless he had worked hard, he wouldn’t have succeeded.
Ÿ لاحظ التعبيرات التالية.
If it hadn’t been for  
Without                                 + v.+ ing / noun      +       would have + pp
But for
 
-     Without his hard work, he wouldn’t have succeeded. (If it ………)
  -    If it hadn’t been for his hard work, he wouldn’t have succeeded.