Latin Patriarchate Schools

Our Lady of the Mountain School

Second Exam / First Semester
Scholastic year 2023/2024
Name:…………………………….. Day &Date : Monday
th
Class: 9 Grade 13/11 / 2023
Total Mark: 24 St’s Mark: ……..
St's Mark: ……..

READING COMPREHENSION PART

★Read the following text and answer the question below:

Fadwa Touqan
Fadwa Touqan is one of the greatest poets of Palestine in the 20th
century. Born in Nabulus to a well-known wealthy family, Touqan also
carried the Jordanian nationality. Even though she was not given the
opportunity to pursue her education, she still insisted on studying and
was self-taught with the assistance of her as brother, Ibrahim Touqan.
She was considered a great figure of modern Arabic literature and
received many awards including the United Arab Emirates Award in
1990 and the Honorary Prize for Poetry in 1996. She died in 2003.

1_ Where was she born?

2_ Does she have other nationalities? What are they?

3- Quote to the sentence which indicate that she didn’t finish her study?

4- How did she become a poet although she didn’t pursue her education?

5_ What did she get as being a great figure of modern literature?

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6_ Find out:
* Adverb ……………….….
* Adjective …………..…….
* Noun ……………………..
* Preposition ……………...
7_ The underlined word her refer to………..
* Gerund ………...............
* Pronoun ………….……
* Simple past …………...
* Linking word ………….

8_ Find a word from the text that means :

a. Continue doing an activity ……………………
b. Having learnt a skill or subject by practicing it yourself rather than in a
school …………………….

VOCABULARY PART

1. Complete the sentences using both words:

★ odd abandoned
There’s a light shining in the window of that old ……….….. house. That’s …….

★ theories myths
Your ……………..……….. about the Mayan civilization are good ones, but you
have to support them with something more than …………………..

★ evidence archaeologist
Does the …………………………… have any real …………………….. that the
Egyptian pyramids were built by creatures from outer space?

2. Circle the correct words :

* The cemetery/ tomb is actually a peaceful and beautiful place to walk.
* The trick/ legend of Robin Hood still interests filmmakers.
* They had to abandon/ weaken the ship because it was sinking

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 GRAMMAR PART

* The detective’s illusion/ theory was proved to be correct.

1. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the past simple
or the past continuous of the verb in brackets:

a. My father took a shower, had breakfast and ……………….

( leave) for his office.
b. I ……………….. ( order ) a dessert after dinner, but I
……….. ( be ) too full to eat it.
c. At 9 pm yesterday, we ……………………….. ( watch ) a
match.
d. It ………………… ( rain ) heavily, they …………...............
( run ) to a dry place.
e. The archaeologist ……………………... ( discover) the tomb
in 1922.
f. Yesterday , he ……………….….. ( try ) to rescue fallen cat.
g. I was sure I ……………… ( know) the answer to the
question.

2. Read and write when or while:

a. I was studying for this exam …………. my grandfather
visited me.
b. You phoned me last night ……………….. we were
watching TV.
c. My mother was reading a book …………… my brother was
playing in the garden.

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 d. ……………… I was looking for a documentary, I forgot the
coffee.
e. Harry screamed ………………. The ghost appeared.

USE YOUR ENGLISH PART

1. Write the correct phrasal verb to these meaning:

a. Be sure that something exists. ………………….
b. Only talk about one subject. ……………..…..
c. Examine facts and information. ………………..
d. Make a certain sound. ……………….

2. Fill in the word family table :

Verb Adjective Adverb

ridicule ridiculous ………………….

…………….. remarkable remarkably
use …………… usually

3. Complete the second sentence so that it has a similar

meaning to the first sentence:
a_ The town was abandoned by the people in 1890. LEFT

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The …………………………………………… in 1890.
b_ Helen let out a scream when she saw a ghost. SAW
Helen ……………………………………………… screamed.

GOOD LUCK
T. REEMA ALBADER