Reading comprehension (25 Marks)
Read the following passage, then answer the questions below:
Julius Caesar is one of the most famous tragedies in the world. William Shakespeare wrote it around
1599. There have been 5 thousands of performances in the 400 years since. The story is about power. It is
about people who use power well and people who use it badly. Julius Caesar was a general in the Roman
army. He won a big battle and returned to Rome. Most of the people loved him but some people envied him
because he was powerful. They decided to kill him.
Brutus was Caesar's friend. A man called Cassius asked Brutus to join the plot against Caesar. 'It is
for the good of Rome,' he said. The plotters decided not to kill Mark Antony, another important Roman. It
was a very bad decision.
The plotters decided to kill Caesar on 15th.March. The night before, Caesar's wife, Calpurnia, had a
dreadful dream about her husband. In her dream, Caesar died at work in the government building. She tried
to stop him going to work. But he didn't listen to his wife, and went. The plotters killed him. Caesar's friend
hit him last of all. After Caesar s death, Mark Antony spoke at Caesar's funeral. He told the crowd about
Caesar's good qualities and actions. The crowd got angry, and Cassius and Brutus had to leave the city.
A war started between the supporters of Brutus and Cassius and the supporters of Mark Antony. At
first, Brutus and Cassius won some battles. However, Mark Antony finally won the war, and the other two
men died. When Mark Antony saw the body of Brutus, he was very sad. 'He was the noblest Roman of them
all,' he said. 'The other plotters killed Caesar because they hated him. Brutus killed him for the good of
Rome.'
Questions
1-.The main idea in Paragraph 2 is ……………
a- the king’s wife dreadful dream
b- the plot against Mark Antony.
c-. the conflict between the supporters of the king and the supporters of Mark Antony
d-. the plot against the king.
2- The king’s death was on …………………..
a- 15th.March
b- 15th.April
c- 5th.March.
d- 25th.March
3- The main idea in this text is ……………..
a- respect among family members
b- the conflict between good and bad desires
c- how to make fun of others
d- the life of kings and queens
4- Brutus killed the king because ………………..
a- he loved him.
b- he wanted to marry the king’s wife..
c- he loved Rome more his friend.
d- he hated him
5-The underlined word “supporters "means…
Paragraph 4
a- writers
b- plotters
c- planners
d- followers
6- The pronoun" him” refers to……….
Paragraph 1
a- Mark Antony
b- Cassius
c- Brutus
d- Julius Caesar
7- The underlined word" dreadful “means….
Paragraph 3
a- noblest
b- happy
c- famous
d- terrible
8- The pronoun “them” means……….
Paragraph 4
a- Shakespeare’s plays
b- the crowd
c- the supporters
d- the plotters
9-. The plotters decided to kill Julius Caesar because……………….
a- they envied him.
b- he lost the war
c- all people loved him
d- he was a bad king
II – Vocabulary ( 15 Marks )
A- Choose the correct words:
1 – When some one dies we hold a ……………for him.
a) death
b) ceremony
c) marriage
d) funeral
2- The main …………. in Hamlet’s play is the murder of Hamlet.
a) character
b) play
c) plot
d) battle
3- ……………..is a beautiful piece of writing.
a) folklore
b) plot
c) literature
d) writer
4- Any play or story should have some …………..for the readers to gain.
a) morals
b) folklores
c) listeners
d) characters
5- William Shakespeare was a very famous ………………. .
a)king
b) playwrighter
c) playwright
d) character
6- The man who is ……………….can‘t think in a proper way.
a) insane
b) unsafe
c) happy
d) sane
7- Since Shakespeare’s death many of his works had been ………………into many languages.
a) celebrated
b) invited
c) discovered
d) translated
8- The main ……………in Hamlet’s play is Hamlet.
a) character
b) plotter
c) writer
d) player
9- A ……………play is about the life of kings and queens.
a) comedy
b) history
c) tragedy
d) romance
10. A ………………..play usually ends in a sad or an unhappy end
a) tragedy
b) history
c) romance
d) comedy
B- Match the followings together:
1- character
0
0
a person who appears in plays or stories
2- plot
0
0
traditional stories in a particular culture
3- story-teller
0
0
to plan against someone
4- envy
0
0
a person who tells a story
5- folklore
0
0
to hate someone
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III- Grammar (15 marks)
5 marks
A- Choose the right answers:
1- Yesterday, my father …………………a new house.
a) buys
b) buying
c) buy
d) bought
c) long
d) far
c) at
d) about
c) leave
d) left
c) which
d) whom
2-How ………………..is Ruwais from Abu Dhabi?
a) much
b) many
3- I’m interested ………………learning new languages.
a) on
b) in
4-I ………….my house at 10 o’clock last Monday.
a) leaved
b) leaving
5- The man ……………son was killed is my teacher.
a) who
b) whose
6- The exam was very easy,……………I answered it in a short time.
a) or
b) but
c) so
d) because
c) kings’ wife
d) kings wife
c) much
d) long
c) mineself
d) myself
7- The plotters decided to kill the ………………… .
a) king wife
b) king’s wife
8- How ………………sugar do you like in your tea?
a) many
b) often
9- I made my lunch ………………
a) my self
b) meself
10- Please, give me ………………cup of tea. It’s very delicious.
a) other
b) another
c) others
B- Correct the underlined words:
d) others
5 marks
1- Where did you went yesterday?
…………………….
2- After my father’s die, my mother looked after me..
…………………….
3- The elephant is heavy than the camel..
…………………….
4-. The children are enjoying theirselves in the park.
…………………….
5- Some people hated Julius Caesar because they killed him.
…………………….
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IV- Writing (15 marks)
A- Add the missing letters:
2 marks
1- Shakespeare was the most famous play…right in English lit..rature.
2- Any play should have some char..cters and a pl…t.
3 marks
1………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
B- Write THREE sentences on Shakespeare
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
2-..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………… ……
3………………………………………………………………………………………………………………...
…..……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..
C- Write a story of about 120 – 150 words on “ Juha and his
donkey “. You may use these ideas:
10 marks
- What is the story called?
- Who are the characters?
- What happened to Juha?
- What happened at the end of the story?
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