NOVEMBER 2015 1ST YEAR LITERARY STREAM

DURATION: 2 H
FIRST TERM EXAM

Part One : Reading (15 points)

A. COMPREHENSION: (07 points)
Read the text and do the following activities.

Alfred is an American boy. He lives in Los Angeles, California. He lives with his family in a
modern house. He is eleven years old and he has got an older brother, David, and a younger sister, Emma.
He starts his day at about half past seven. He gets up, goes to the bathroom, takes a shower, brushes his
teeth and get dressed. Then he has breakfast and at a quarter to eight he leaves home and catches the bus
to school.
Classes begin at half past eight. He usually has lunch at the school canteen at half past twelve.
After school, at a quarter past five, he goes home. There he does his school homework and when he
finishes it he helps his Mum laying the table. At half past seven the family dines together.

Alfred is a very helpful boy, so he helps his mother cleaning up everything after dinner. He
usually watches TV for a while after dinner and at about ten o’clock the most he brushes his teeth again,
puts on his Spider Man pajamas and goes to bed. His parents always kiss him good night before he gets
asleep. Alfred is a very happy boy! www.eslprintaables.com
1.Circle the letter that corresponds to the right answer.
The text is about :…
a. Alfred’s daily routine b. Alfred’s Family c. Alfred’s house
2. Are these statements True or False. Write T or F next to the letter corresponding the statements.

a- Alfred lives in a modern flat.

b- Alfred is younger than his sister.
c- He walks to school.
d- Alfred and his family have dinner at half past seven.
3.Answer the following questions according to the text.
a- What time does Alfred wake up?
b- How often does he watch TV?
c- Does he make homework at school or at home?
d- What was he like?
4. Who/ what do the following words refer to in the text?
a- it (§2) b- his (§3)
B. Text Exploration (08 points)
1.A- Find in the text words that are synonyms to the following.
a. begins (§1) b. wears (§3) c. pleasant (§3)

B-Find in the text words that are opposites to the following.

a. old fashioned (§1) b. older (§1) c. end (§2)

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2. Complete the following chart as shown in the example.
Verb Noun Adjective
Example To help Help Helpful/helpless
……………… Application ……………...
To enquire ……………. ……………….
………………. ……………. Apologized
3.Combine the following pairs of sentences using the given connectors. Make any necessary changes.
Either ….or / neither ……nor / both ….and
a- You can have coffee. You can have tea.
b- I don’t speak Spanish. I don’t speak German.
c- The film was well made. The film was well acted.

4. Fill in the blanks with: have to / must / mustn't / don't have to (pts)
a- We …………….hurry. We've got plenty of time.
b- We ……………..make a noise. We……………..be quiet

5. Spot the mistakes and write the corrected sentences on your answer sheet.
a- Students are advised to work hard in order not to succeed.
b- Internet users often are stressful.
c- This computer turns himself off automatically.
5.Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their final ‘s’
Lives starts takes goes catches classes

/s/ /z/ /Iz/

Part two: Written Expression (5pts)

Choose ONE of the following topics:

Topic one
Internet has been perhaps the most outstanding innovation in the field of communication in
the history of mankind.
Using the notes below, write a short composition on the advantages and disadvantages of the
internet.
a- Adventages
- Easy communication - Get Information(Google, yahoo……….)
- Entertainment (downloading games, chatting, music……….etc)
- Useful services (job seeking, purchase tickets……………etc)

b- Disadvantages
- Theft of personal information - Virus threat - Destruction of children healthy mental
life - Addiction: (devote more time, distracts you from work)

Topic two: write a letter to Alfred in which you describe yourself, your family, regular activities,
and your country briefly and what is it famous for . Use frequency and degree adverbs with
adjectives.

Good luck

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