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‫ السنة الثانية والعشرون‬7647 ‫ العدد‬،2017/4/26 ‫األربعاء‬
‫ اإلنجاز‬/‫أسئلة وإجابات نموذجية من منهاج الثانوية العامة‬
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Section B:Literature
paper Two
Prepared by: Rayeq Musleh & Tahreer Qassrawi
A: Decide whether the following statements are TRUE or FALSE. (3 points)
1. A female character performed Juliet’s role in Shakespeare’s times. (
)
2. Romeo hates his name because it is an enemy to Juliet. (
)
3. Romeo and Juliet realized that they won’t face problems in the future. (
)
1. F
2. T
3. F
Form 1
Section A:Comprehension
(35 points)
Passage A (20 points)
Read the text. Then answer the questions below. (20 points)
For most teenagers, it seems, standing out and not being accepted as ‘normal’ is horribly embarrassing. They put great effort into being accepted by other teenagers. This will often take the form
of liking the right kind of music, wearing the right clothes, or even having the right kind of mobile
phone. In more extreme cases, a young person might deliberately choose not to work hard at school
and get good marks, or be led into bad habits.
This feeling is something that most people grow out of. They gradually learn to be confident about
who they are. They realise that being like everyone else isn’t such a good idea and that standing out
can be an advantage. After all, when you think about it, to stand out is to be outstanding, which is
definitely a positive word: when someone is described as an outstanding actor / writer / business person / leader, it’s high praise. The process can take quite a long while though. As the British TV star
Clare Balding once said: ‘Fitting in is boring. But it takes you nearly your whole life to work that out.
Fitting in is not the same as belonging. The need to belong to a group or community goes back to
the earliest days of human societies, and there are good reasons for it. Life in the past was hard, with
dangers all around, and people acting together with a common purpose had a much better chance
of surviving than an individual. In fact, being left out of or cut off from the group would more than
likely lead to death. Obviously, the consequences are not so disastrous in modern societies, but the
need survives. Many scientific studies have shown that people who don’t feel that they belong to a
group are more likely to become ill than those who are part of a community, and don’t live as long.
A: Answer these questions:
1. Why are some young people deliberately led into bad habits?
2. What does it mean when someone is regarded as an outstanding person?
3. Why was there a need for people to belong to groups?
1. Because standing out and not being accepted as normal is horribly embarrassing. /
to be accepted by others.
2. It’s high praise
3. Because life in the past was hard, with all dangers around……. than an individual.
B: Choose the correct answers.
1. ‘… a young man might deliberately choose not to work hard at school…’ The
underlined word means:
a. on purpose
b. freely
2. ‘This feeling is something that most people grow out of.’ The phrasal verb
means:
a. to gradually become too big
b. to lose a habit when you get older
1. a
2. b
2. T
)
3. F
D: Find words in the text that mean the same as:
1. little by little …………………….
2. benefit ………………….
3.shared aim …………………………
4. single person ……………………
1. gradually
b. advantage c. common purpose d. individual
E: Find words in the text that mean the opposite of:
1. safety ………………….
2. ambiguously ………………………..
1. dangers
2. obviously
F: Complete these sentences with the prepositions in the box.
1. The Capulet’s house 2. name / it is hated to Juliet
3. a jewel in the night
1. black wool
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
3. fighting and trouble in his house
1. He said that he would punish them by death.
2. Because it was actually written by Shakespeare
E: Circle the correct answer. (3 points)
1. Tybalt is Romeo’s:
a. friend
b. husband c. cousin
d. brother
2. What thing does Juliet accept Romeo to swear by?
a. the moon
b. himself
c. herself
d. love
3. Juliet will send a messenger to ask Romeo to:
a. tell the place and time to get married.
b. discuss how to stop fighting
c. get rid of Tybalt
d. escape from Verona
1. c
2. b
(of, with, in, to )
Passage B: (15 points)
Read the following text and answer the questions below.
One day, global oil production will start falling, just as it did in America in 1970. At that point,
however, the world will not be able to turn to other sources of supply, as Americans did. There will
be no other sources.
When will that point come? The experts disagree. Some say global production will peak in around
2040 and then start decreasing. Others are much less optimistic. They expect the peak as early as
2016. The exact year does not really matter. The fact is that demand will get steadily greater than
supply if we continue as we are. And if that happens, oil prices will explode.
Scientists everywhere are developing energy sources to replace oil. They are doing this first to reduce oil’s polluting emissions and the related global warming. They are also working to avoid that
disastrous energy gap. The alternatives should include hydrogen fuel cells to power our vehicles and
renewable energy sources such as windpower. However, these energy sources can’t yet provide the
cheap, reliable energy in huge quantities that oil does. The new technologies need more development
time. The potential energy gap therefore remains, and to fill it we have to make oil last longer.
A: Answer the following questions.
1. When will the world not be able to find other sources of supply?
2. When will oil prices go up?
3. What are the disadvantages of the oil alternatives?
4. What can we do to end the energy gap?
When global oil production starts falling
When demand gets steadily greater than supply
They can’t provide the cheap, reliable energy in huge quantities that oil does
We have to make oil last longer
B: From the text, find:
a) a word that means escapes …………….
b) a word used for contrast ………………
c) the opposite of increase …………….
a. emissions b. however c.decrease
D: Decide whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE.
1. Scientists agree on the year when oil will come to an end. (
2. There are various energy sources that can replace oil. (
1. F
2. T
B: Write a letter to your English-speaking friend who lives in America, telling him about
the various customs and traditions used in the Islamic world during the celebration of the
new Hijra Year.
the customs in Palestine
ways of celebrating the new Hijra Year
differences between Palestine and America
Form 2
3. underground
4. reflect 5.drops
Health for all was the hope in 1988, when WHO (the World Health Organisation) stated that most
infectious diseases should be disappear or be under control by the end of the 20th century. Scientists
were optimistic in those days. After all, in 1980 the world had finally eradicated smallpox, a terrible
disease that had killed millions since ancient times. By the year 2000, the world had made good
progress in some areas. For example, we had come close to the eradication of polio, and measles
was under control. However, the global health situation had actually got worse in other ways. TB
and malaria were not under control, and AIDS had become a global epidemic. World leaders at the
United Nations summit agreed new targets. One of these stated that by 2015, we will have stopped
or reduced the spread of AIDS, malaria and other killer major diseases.
Today , many scientists are more pessimistic _ and for good reasons. AIDS has now killed over 40
million people and has spread to regions such as Eastern Europe and China. Many African countries
face large population declines by 2050 and a life expectancy as low as 32. Moreover, malaria now
kills more people than it did 30 years ago.
B: From the passage, find:
1. a word that means aims ………………….
2. the adjective from globe …………………
3. the opposite of modern ………………….
4. the verb from reduction …………………
1. targets
1. F
(35 points)
2. global
3. ancient
4. reduce
Read the following passage and answer the questions below.
In English, the phrase ‘black sheep of the family’ is used to describe someone who doesn’t
live his or her life the way the rest of the family expects them to. People like this must be
common, because many other languages, mostly European, have exactly the same idiom.
Other languages, like Russian, talk about someone being a ‘white crow’ (crows being
birds that are nearly always black).
Real black sheep are rather rare. From a farmer’s point of view, black wool couldn’t be
changed into different colours, so it was seen as worthless. As a result, farmers used to be
disappointed when, by chance, their white sheep sometimes had a baby with black wool.
So if a family had a ‘black sheep’, it was definitely thought to be something undesirable.
Nowadays, though, the phrase has lost some of its negative meaning. This is probably
because people don’t worry as much as they used to if someone is a bit different from
normal. In fact, some people even think of it as an advantage: it means that the person
has a more exciting life than most others, who just follow the rules and don’t take risks.
Among creative people, it isn’t unusual to find those who were regarded as black sheep.
Being an outstanding artist or poet seems to require a different way of looking at the
world. Also, independent and strong-minded women, at least in the past, have tended to be
black sheep, simply because the social rules about what was an acceptable lifestyle were
stronger for women. In any field, people like this are outstanding because they stand out
from the crowd.
One example is the 19th century English writer Mary Shelley. Her mother died when she
was young, and it was the daughter of her father’s second wife who received an education.
Mary herself was left on her own a lot and began writing stories and poems. When she was
17, she travelled to Europe and was cut off from her family for some time after this. Two
years later, while in Switzerland, Mary, along with several friends, including well-known
writers, were amusing themselves one rainy afternoon by making up horror stories. Of all
the stories produced that day, Mary’s is the one people still remember. Although she wrote
several other books, the story of Frankenstein is by far her most famous work. It is known
all over the world and has been made into a film many times.
A: Answer these questions:
1. Why did farmers feel disappointed when their white sheep had a baby with
black sheep?
2. How has the meaning of the phrase ‘black sheep’ changed nowadays?
3. Who is described as ‘the black sheep of family’ in English?
C: Decide whether each of the following is True or False:
1. Nowadays, the idiom ‘black sheep’ is keeping its negative meaning. (
2. The story of Frankenstein was written by Mary’s friends. (
)
)
2. T
D: What do the following refer to?
1. these (line 8)………………………
2. did (line 13) ……………………….
1. many languages, mostly European, have exactly the same idiom.
2. be something undesirable.
3. Mary Shelley
)
2. commemoration
C: Decide whether these statements are TRUE or FALSE.
1. The global health situation improved in all aspects. (
)
2. The reasons that make scientists pessimistic are very serious ones. (
B: Complete the sentences:
1. People described as black sheep are quite common because………………..
2. If the family had a black sheep, it was supposed to …………………….………
3. The ‘most famous work’ belongs to …………………………………………
)
1. praise
1. the world had finally eradicated smallpox.
2. Polio
3. we will have stopped or reduced the spread of AIDS, malaria and other killer
major diseases
4. TB, malaria and AIDS
1. Because black sheep couldn’t be changed into different colours, so it was seen as worthless.
2. The phrase has lost some of its negative meaning.
3. The person who doesn’t live his or her life the way the rest of the family expects them to.
C: Say what the following refer to:
a) it (line 1) ………………………………
b) some (line 4) …………………………..
a. oil production
b. experts
(commemoration, underground, reflect, drops, praise, made it, move away )
He wrote several poems in ………………….. of God.
This event takes place in………………….of the life of a national hero.
Many large cities have an ……………….. railway system.
His opinions ……………….. the fact that he had a difficult life.
During the night, the temperature ………..…. by 20 degrees in desert areas.
Read the passage. Then answer the questions below.
(10 points)
Paragraph 1: How did people live in the past?
Paragraph 2: Some habits have changed over the years.
Paragraph 3: Technology and its effects on life today.
Paragraph 4: some pieces of advice
Section A:Comprehension
4. Well-known
Passage B: (15 points)
Write on one of the following topics.
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3. Different
A: Answer the following questions.
1. What has been the biggest success story in disease control?
2. Which other major disease is close to eradication ?
3. What target did WHO set in 2000 ?
4. Which diseases are still out of control ?
3. a
Section C:Composition
2. Undesirable
F: Complete these sentences with words from the box.
1. Who said these words? To whom?.................................................................
2. The pronoun him refers to ……………………………
3. What didn’t the speaker want the addressee to do? ………………………
D: Answer the following questions. (3 points)
1. How does Prince Escalus stop the fighting between the two families?
2. Why is the second edition of Romeo and Juliet more important than the first?
2. the phrase (line 10) ……………………..
2. black sheep
E: Find words in the text that mean the same as:
1. very sad ………………….. 2. not required ………………
3. various ………………..
4. famous ….…………………
“Calm down, leave him alone. I’d never be rude to him in my house. Do what I say. Don’t look so
angry.”
2. Romeo
)
3. T
D: What do the following refer to?
1. it (line 7) ………………………
C: Read the quotation. Then answer the questions. (3 points)
1. Lord Capulet/ Tybalt
2. F
1. Disappointed
Passage A: (20 points)
1. To get fit, some people stop taking lifts ……….. favour of upstairs.
2. At this time of year, performing groups of dancers organize performances in
praise ………….. Prophet Muhammad.
3. There are many different customs connected ………….. the New Year.
4. He cut off …………… his family when he went to Europe.
1. in 2. of 3. with 4. from
1.
2.
3.
4.
B: Complete the sentences. (3 points)
1. Romeo and Juliet first met in ………………………….
2. Romeo offers to give up his ……………..because………………………..
3. Romeo describes Juliet as ………………………………………………..
1. F
A: Family and technology
C: Decide whether the following are TRUE or FALSE.
1. Some teenagers do bad habits on purpose to be accepted by others. (
)
2. The process mentioned in the text is learning to be confident. (
)
3. According to Clare Balding, fitting in and standing out are the same. (
1. T
3. Being a black sheep requires you to look at the world differently. (
(15 points)
1. Targets 2. Killed
Section B:literature
(15 points)
A. Answer the following questions:
1. Why was Prince Escalus angry?
2. What does Juliet think about Laurence’s plan?
1. because this is the third time there has been a fighting in the street because of
the two families’ arguments, and they are disturbing everyone in the city.
2. She wants to do it.
B. Choose the best answer:
1. Benvolio holds his sword in order to …………………
a. stop the fighting between servants
b. fight Tybalt
c. kill Romeo
2. The party was taking place at …………………….. house.
a. The prince’s b. the Capulet’s c. The Montague’s
1. A
2. B
C. Complete the sentences:
1.Romeo describes Juliet as a true beauty and says she shines like
………..……………. and she looks like a snowy dove in a group of crows.
2. Prince Escalus shouting above the noise of the fighting describes the fighters as
a.…………………………………….. b …………………………………….
1. a jewel in the night
2. a. enemies of the peace
b. animals
D. Read these quotations then answer the following questions:
1. ‘I hate that word .1 hate it as much as I hate all the Montagues and you.’
a. Who said that? ………………………………………….
b. What is the word that he hates? ……………………………..
c. The pronoun ‘you’ refers to whom? ……………………………….
a. Tybalt
b. peace
c. Benvolio
2. The only man I have ever loved is from the only family I have ever hated. I fell
in love with him and now its too late”.
a. Who is the speaker? ……………………………………………………
b. Who is the only man? ………………………………………………….
c. Which family has the speaker ever hated? ……………………………
d. What is too late for the speaker? ………………………………………
a. Juliet b. Romeo c. the Montagues
d. because of the arguments between the two families
Section C:Writing
(10 points)
Write on One of the following topics.
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A. Write two or three paragraphs for the ‘About us’ area of community site.
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Welcome visitors to the site.
Explain the idea of the community.