بسم الله الرحمن الرحيم
السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينيـــةPalestinian National Authority
وزارة التربية و التعليم العالي Ministry of Education and Higher Education
General Secondary Certificate Sample Test
Date:……….. اللغة الإنجليزية – الورقة الأولى English لالالالالالالالا
Total Marks (75) Paper One Time: 2.30
This paper includes Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary:
I : Reading Comprehension {40 marks}
1. Read the following passage then answer the questions below:
Normal life never stays normal for long simply because it is full of change. Stress is our reaction to change – all change, whether we see it positively or negatively.
Most people think stress is a negative reaction leading to feeling like anxiety. However, it can also be a positive reaction that helps us deal well with change.
Stress reactions depend not only on the situation, but also on attitudes to it. The same situation - a driving test, say – can affect two people very differently. One person is confident, so he experiences a positive stress reaction – active concentration – and this leads to success. The other lacks confidence. Negative stress reactions – fear and worry – take over. These emotions easily turn to panic, and failure becomes more likely. We need some stress in our lives. It can make us feel more alive and energetic. Without it, life would be very boring. Problems only develop when there is too much negative stress.
a. Answer the following questions: - ( 16 points)
1. What is meant by stress?
2. What creates stress?
3. Why is stress part of everyday life?
4. What does stress do to people.
5. What happened to the confident driver?
6. Why do we need stress?
7. What does the underlined pronoun It refer to?
8. Why is it important to be confident in facing stress situations?
b. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d : ( 6 points)
9. According to the passage stress is considered very ………………..
a. unnecessary b. unimportant c. normal d. suitable
10. A closest meaning for the word "anxiety" in the third line is ……………..
a. worry b. happiness c. sadness d. refusal
11. According to the passage, if you have a lot of positive stress, you will be very …………….
a. furious b. annoyed c. embarrassed d. pleased
c. Find from the passage: (8 points)
12. A word that means: a. usual ……………….… b. Pressure ………………..
c. lively ………………….. d. attentiveness ……………
13. The opposite of: a. difficult ……………….. b. happiness ……………….
c. interesting …………….. d. death ……………...……..
2. Read the following passage then complete the table below: (10 points )
Dinosaurs lived before man existed on earth. We know about them because we have found their bones. Some dinosaurs lived near the water. Some lived on dry land. We know that some dinosaurs ate grass while others ate animals. Most dinosaurs are gigantic. They had long necks and very long tails. They liked water and stayed in it as much as they could. They found much of their food in the water. After millions of years, something happened to them. Suddenly they died out and no one knows why.
1. Dinosaurs existed : ……………………………………………………………….……………….
2. Dinosaurs shape: …………………………………………………………………………………
3. Place of their living: ……………………………………………………………….………………
4. Their food: ……………………………………………………………………..………………..
5. Reasons for their death: …………………………………………………...………………………
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II. Vocabulary {35 Marks )
Answer all the following questions.
3. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d: (5 points)
1. If you are feeling shy, ………………… or depressed, don't just hide away.
a) home sick b) house sick c) homesick d) homesickness
2- The waste has become harder to deal with. Most plastic doesn't ………….. and will last for years.
a) break down b) break through c) break out d) break up
3- We can see plans and models of new skyscraper at a public …………….. at City Hall.
a) exhibit b) exhibits c) exhibiter d) exhibition
4. In Gaza farmers rely on the groundwater to water their ……………….
a) homeland b) farm land c) farmland d) farmers
5. Several banks in Palestine offer students ……………….. help.
a) financial b) finance c) fiancée d) finances
4. Fill in each space with one of the words in the List below : (5 points)
schedule - interest - faulty - emissions- foundations
1. To protect the tower from earthquakes, its ………………. will travel 200 metres into the ground.
2. Scientists are working hard to reduce oil's polluting …………….. and the related global warming.
3. If the new computer is ……………….., you need to take it back straight to the shop.
4. …………... is extra money that you should pay for the money that you borrow from a bank.
5. I have got a …………………. that tells me what I need to do every day.
5. Complete the sentences with words from the same word family: (5 points)
1. You must have a ………… personality to be qualified for this job. (friend)
2. Burj Dubai has a ……………. of 174 metres into the ground. (deep)
3. To remain ..…you should keep up with the latest developments in the field of finance. (employ)
4. The world's oil …………….. has increased in the last decade. ( consume)
5. The bank expanded its smaller construction ….. .. to much large projects in the oil industry. ( invest)
6. Supply the missing word (s) in each blank: (5 points)
1. Try to …………….. time wasters such as watching T.V and get rid of them quickly .
2. Oil ……………… is the amount of oil kept underground for future possible use.
3. An ………………is the person who leaves his own country to live in another.
4. For some people, the …………………… of life are so great that they burn out.
5. A ……………. is the place where rubbish is thrown.
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السلطة الوطنية الفلسطينيـــةPalestinian National Authority
وزارة التربية و التعليم العالي Ministry of Education and Higher Education
General Secondary Certificate Sample Test
Date:……….. اللغة الإنجليزية – الورقة الأولى English لالالالالالالالا
Total Marks (75) Paper One Time: 2.30
This paper includes Reading Comprehension and Vocabulary:
I : Reading Comprehension {40 marks}
1. Read the following passage then answer the questions below:
Normal life never stays normal for long simply because it is full of change. Stress is our reaction to change – all change, whether we see it positively or negatively.
Most people think stress is a negative reaction leading to feeling like anxiety. However, it can also be a positive reaction that helps us deal well with change.
Stress reactions depend not only on the situation, but also on attitudes to it. The same situation - a driving test, say – can affect two people very differently. One person is confident, so he experiences a positive stress reaction – active concentration – and this leads to success. The other lacks confidence. Negative stress reactions – fear and worry – take over. These emotions easily turn to panic, and failure becomes more likely. We need some stress in our lives. It can make us feel more alive and energetic. Without it, life would be very boring. Problems only develop when there is too much negative stress.
a. Answer the following questions: - ( 16 points)
1. What is meant by stress?
2. What creates stress?
3. Why is stress part of everyday life?
4. What does stress do to people.
5. What happened to the confident driver?
6. Why do we need stress?
7. What does the underlined pronoun It refer to?
8. Why is it important to be confident in facing stress situations?
b. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d : ( 6 points)
9. According to the passage stress is considered very ………………..
a. unnecessary b. unimportant c. normal d. suitable
10. A closest meaning for the word "anxiety" in the third line is ……………..
a. worry b. happiness c. sadness d. refusal
11. According to the passage, if you have a lot of positive stress, you will be very …………….
a. furious b. annoyed c. embarrassed d. pleased
c. Find from the passage: (8 points)
12. A word that means: a. usual ……………….… b. Pressure ………………..
c. lively ………………….. d. attentiveness ……………
13. The opposite of: a. difficult ……………….. b. happiness ……………….
c. interesting …………….. d. death ……………...……..
2. Read the following passage then complete the table below: (10 points )
Dinosaurs lived before man existed on earth. We know about them because we have found their bones. Some dinosaurs lived near the water. Some lived on dry land. We know that some dinosaurs ate grass while others ate animals. Most dinosaurs are gigantic. They had long necks and very long tails. They liked water and stayed in it as much as they could. They found much of their food in the water. After millions of years, something happened to them. Suddenly they died out and no one knows why.
1. Dinosaurs existed : ……………………………………………………………….……………….
2. Dinosaurs shape: …………………………………………………………………………………
3. Place of their living: ……………………………………………………………….………………
4. Their food: ……………………………………………………………………..………………..
5. Reasons for their death: …………………………………………………...………………………
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تابع امتحان اللغة الإنجليزية لجميع الطلبة الورقة الأولى ( نموذج امتحان لعام 2006/2007 )
II. Vocabulary {35 Marks )
Answer all the following questions.
3. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c, or d: (5 points)
1. If you are feeling shy, ………………… or depressed, don't just hide away.
a) home sick b) house sick c) homesick d) homesickness
2- The waste has become harder to deal with. Most plastic doesn't ………….. and will last for years.
a) break down b) break through c) break out d) break up
3- We can see plans and models of new skyscraper at a public …………….. at City Hall.
a) exhibit b) exhibits c) exhibiter d) exhibition
4. In Gaza farmers rely on the groundwater to water their ……………….
a) homeland b) farm land c) farmland d) farmers
5. Several banks in Palestine offer students ……………….. help.
a) financial b) finance c) fiancée d) finances
4. Fill in each space with one of the words in the List below : (5 points)
schedule - interest - faulty - emissions- foundations
1. To protect the tower from earthquakes, its ………………. will travel 200 metres into the ground.
2. Scientists are working hard to reduce oil's polluting …………….. and the related global warming.
3. If the new computer is ……………….., you need to take it back straight to the shop.
4. …………... is extra money that you should pay for the money that you borrow from a bank.
5. I have got a …………………. that tells me what I need to do every day.
5. Complete the sentences with words from the same word family: (5 points)
1. You must have a ………… personality to be qualified for this job. (friend)
2. Burj Dubai has a ……………. of 174 metres into the ground. (deep)
3. To remain ..…you should keep up with the latest developments in the field of finance. (employ)
4. The world's oil …………….. has increased in the last decade. ( consume)
5. The bank expanded its smaller construction ….. .. to much large projects in the oil industry. ( invest)
6. Supply the missing word (s) in each blank: (5 points)
1. Try to …………….. time wasters such as watching T.V and get rid of them quickly .
2. Oil ……………… is the amount of oil kept underground for future possible use.
3. An ………………is the person who leaves his own country to live in another.
4. For some people, the …………………… of life are so great that they burn out.
5. A ……………. is the place where rubbish is thrown.
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