Suez Governorate
Second Term Exam 2022 - 2023
Suez Educational Directorate
English Language Exam (1)
English Language Inspectorate
Time Allowed : Two hours
Third Year Preparatory
A Language Functions ( 5 marks )
1 Finish the following dialogue. (5 marks)
Omar : Where did you go yesterday?
I went to the club
Hazem : (1).......................................................................................................
.
Who did you go with? / With whom ?did
Omar : (2)......................................................................................................
you go?
Hazem : With my sister Mona. We had a chess competition.
Who came first? What was the result?
Omar : (3)......................................................................................................
?
Hazem : I came first!
Omar : (4)......................................................................................................
Congratulations! / Well done! / Great.
news!
Hazem : Do you like playing chess?
Omar : (5)........................................................................................................
.
Yes, I do. / of course.
Hazem : So let's play tomorrow.
B Reading Comprehension ( 10 marks )
2 Read and complete the text with words from the following list (4 marks)
was - achieve -very- is - other - customers
Laila’s father, Mr Ali is a successful merchant. He started his business when he (1)....................
was
customers
young. Now, he has many supermarkets in Alex and he is very rich. His (2)......................like him
because he is an honest man. Laila’s family work hard to (3)……...................
achieve their goals. Really,
they are a wonderful family. They love each (4)..........................
.
other
3 Read the following text, then answer the questions. (6 marks)
Time is very important, so if we have spare time, ______________________________________
we should spend it in a useful way. A wise
person is the one who makes the best use of it. Some people like to practise sports to keep fit and
_________________________________________________________________________________________
strong, others prefer reading and writing to live in their own world. (5)
___________________________________________________________
Reading is the most important and famous hobby that people can enjoy a lot. It helps them to
spend a nice and useful time. A book is a good friend that you can have with you wherever you go.
It provides you with different kinds of knowledge and lots of information. That is why we have to
encourage our pupils to go to school libraries. ________________________________________________
There, they can read and borrow books to know more
about different subjects, countries and different people. Nowadays free reading competitions are
(6)____________________________________________________
held, and winners are awarded to spread the love of reading among students as it gives them the
chance to think better.
A. Choose the correct answer:
1. The best title for this passage can be "..................................... ".
a) Reading and writing
b) ________________
Make good use of your time
c) Useless ways
d) Time isn't important
2. .................................... can spread the love of reading among students.
(1)
a) Watching TV
b) Running
c) Practising sports
d) _______________
Free reading competitions
3. The underlined pronoun "it" refers to ....................................
a) game
b)______
spare time
c) hobby
d) life
B. Answer the following questions:
4. Explain why we consider the book a good friend.
Because you can have it with you wherever you go. It provides you with different kinds. of knowledge and lots of
...............................................................................................................................
information.
5. Infer how we can make the best use of our spare time.
............................................................................................................................... .
6. What is the importance of school libraries?
............................................................................................................................... .
C. Vocabulary and Structures ( 8 marks )
4. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d . (3 marks)
1. The opposite of “pleased” is “........................”.
a. weak
b. dangerous
c.___
sad
d. happy
2. True has the same meaning of “..........................”.
a. negative
b. fake
c.____
real
d. false
3. You can make an adjective from the verb “comfort” by adding ............... .
a. -ous
b. _____
-able
c. -ant
d. -er
4. In the word ‘irregular’, ‘ir-’ is a/an ............................. .
a. adverb
b. synynom
c. suffix
d._____
prefix
5. My wife wears beautiful ....................... around her neck.
a. bridges
b. facts
c. regards
d. _______
jewellery
6. .................................... means correct or polite for important situations.
a. Terrible
b. Slow
c. Informal
d. ______
Formal
5. Complete the sentences with the correct form of the word(s) in brackets: (5 marks)
1. She said that she had bought a car ...................(yesterday) the day before/the previous day.
didn't
2. If he ……………………..………
(doesn’t) hate flying, he would travel by plane.
ago
3. I last saw Youssef three years .......................... (for).
did
4. What ………………(do)
you use to learn at primary school ?
5. I’d like ...………………………
(eat) fish, rice and salad.
to eat
D. Writing ( 7 marks )
6. Write ONE HUNDRED and TEN (110) words on (7 marks)
"A biography of Dr. Farouk El -Baz"
Dr. Farouk El - Baz is one of the most important scientists in the world. Dr. Farouk El-Baz is an
Egyptian American space scientist and geologist. He worked for NASA in the scientific exploration
of the Moon and the planning of the Apollo program. He is one of the most important scientists who
had done a lot of research before the first man walked on the moon. He helped astronauts to land
on the moon. He gave advice to astronauts to collect the rock on the moon. He has studied deserts.
He used satellites to find underground water in the desert. His work has helped a lot of countries to
find water.
(2)