Mid-term Exam (CBT)
ENG 141 (Science & Medical)
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The mid-term exam is a Computer Based Test (CBT).
There are 60 questions and each question carries half a mark (1/2).
The exam duration is 90 minutes.
All the questions are MCQs with four options.
The breakdown of the questions is as follows;
Mid-Term Exam (30%)
Item
Grammar & Vocabulary
Reading (2 passages)
Listening (1 dialogue + 1 monologue )
Source:
Marks
20 (10+10)
20 (10+10)
20 (10+10)
Headway Plus (Elementary) Student’s Book
Headway Plus (Elementary) Workbook
Mid-term Exam Syllabus:
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The mid-term exam will be based on Units 1-8.
The exam will have four parts; Grammar, Vocabulary, Reading and
Listening.
In addition to Units 1-8, you also need to cover the grammar and
vocabulary list mentioned in this document.
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Grammar:
 10 Multiple Choice Questions.
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The grammar questions will be based on all the grammar points from
Units 1-8
In addition to the grammar points in Units 1-8, the following points also need
to be covered for the mid-term exam.
GRAMMAR ITEMS
Question words – e.g. wha?t, why?, when?
Singular demonstrative pronouns (This, That) – e.g. This is John; That is Bob
Subject pronouns – e.g. he, she, they, it
Possessive adjectives – e.g. my, your, his
Possessive nouns – e.g. Safia’s husband, the students’ classroom.
Present Simple: first, second, and third person, plural and singular – e.g. I
like tea.
Present Simple: questions and negatives – e.g. Do you like coffee? She
doesn’t go out on Wednesday evenings.
There is/are – e.g. There’s a chair. There are three cars.
Past Simple: regular and irregular verbs – e.g. went, came, saw
Past Simple: questions – e.g. What did you do?
Past Simple: ago – e.g. Cars were cheaper 10 years ago.
some and any – e.g. There are some cups. There aren’t any saucers.
can/can’t – e.g. I can ski really well. I can’t ride a bike.
could – e.g. I could swim when I was five.
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Grammar Sample Questions
1.
Sarah doesn’t like coffee; she usually __________ tea.
A
B
C
D
2.
Where does he __________?
A
B
C
D
3.
they are
are they
he is
we are
“Whose watch is this?”
“It’s __________.”
A
B
C
D
5.
to live
lives
living
live
“Are they students?”
“Yes, __________.”
A
B
C
D
4.
drinks
drink
drinking
to drink
your
mine
me
you
There _________ a bookshop in our neighborhood.
A
B
C
D
is
are
were
are no
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6.
You shouldn’t _________ too much junk food; it’s bad for your
health.
A
B
C
D
7.
He _________ travel to Dubai in the vacation.
A
B
C
D
8.
Sarah is
Sarah
Sarah’s
Sarah has
Please __________! I’m trying to sleep.
A
B
C
D
10.
is going
are going to
is going to
are going
__________ bag is brown.
A
B
C
D
9.
eating
eats
to eat
eat
don’t shout
doesn’t shout
not shout
can’t shout
My friend bought __________ lunch today.
A
B
C
D
he
I
we
me
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Vocabulary:
 10 Multiple Choice Questions.
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The vocabulary questions will be based from Units 1-8
In addition to the vocabulary in Units 1-8, the following vocabulary list also
needs to be covered for the mid-term exam.
Vocabulary List
apple
bag
because
Brazil
brother
camera
children
country
day
dictionary
doctor
Egypt
England
evening
extension
fine
flat
France
from
Germany
goodbye
have
hello
her
house
international
Italy
Japan
job
Jordan
key
language
learn
letter
library
live
magazine
married
me
Mexico
my
name
newspaper
nice
not bad
orange
postcard
Qatar
restaurant
Russia
see you
sister
Spain
stamp
student
Syria
teacher
telephone
number
thank you
the USA
this (book)
ticket
want
where
your
accountant
address
age
American
anything else
apartment
at home
aunt
big
brother
burger
café
cake
Can I have … ?
Can I help?
cheap
chicken
chips
chocolate
coffee
cold
college
daughter
different
difficult
5
drink
easy
egg
exciting
expensive
fast
father
first name
fish
French
friendly
girl
good
grandfather
grandmother
happy
here
here you are
hi
holiday
horrible
hot
How much?
How old?
husband
ice-cream
identity card
Ireland
journalist
Lebanon
love
lovely
menu
mineral water
morning
mother
new
now
nurse
old
orange juice
Pardon?
photo
pie
pizza
please
Poland
policeman
pound
practice
price
salad
slow
small
snow
son
soon
speak
subway
surname
Switzerland
tea
tuna
uncle
understand
use
Who?
wife
write
young
a little
afternoon
ambulance
architect
assistant
Australia
be quiet
before
biology
boat
breakfast
busy
but
centre
chef
city
clock
collect
come
cook
deliver
design
do the accounts
drive
end
every day
Excuse me
fireman
fly
6
flying doctor
football
free time
German
get up
go
go to bed
guest
help
hospital
How’s (Ann)?
hurry up
interpreter
island
late
like
listen
look after
make
man
money
mug
music
never
non-stop
north
office
only
ordinary
people
perhaps
petrol
pilot
plane
play
post
postman
radio
school
scientist
sell
serve
shop
shop assistant
sick
sit down
skiing
summer
supper
taxi driver
television
tennis
that’s right
there
thing
too
tourist
translate
undertaker
vanilla
waiter
walk
watch
week
weekday
winter
work
world
a lot
after
always
autumn
bad
baseball
beach
beautiful
boring
brown
bus
buy
called
car
chat
coffee shop
colour
computer
computer game
dance
dinner
dive
do
don’t worry
early
export
department
fall (autumn)
family
fantastic
favourite
fortunately
7
friend
garage
go out
gold
grey
gym
headquarters
hobby
hour
How?
I’m sorry
ice hockey
Ice skating
interesting
Internet
connection
It doesn’t matter
jogging
keep fit
kid
lake
lawyer
league
leisure activity
long
meet
mobile phone
motor racing
near
next
noisy
of course
often
open
parents
picnic
Portugal
race
reading
Really?
red
relax
repair
sailing
say
season
shopping
short
sometimes
special
spring
start
stock car
suddenly
sunny
swimming
take
take photos
team
That’s OK.
then
traffic
train
tree
underwater
usually
visit
warm
weekend
wet
What does …
mean?
What time?
What?
When?
Where?
Why?
window
year
yellow
address book
alone
armchair
at the moment
bank
bathroom
bedroom
best
blinds
block of flats
bookshelf
both
briefcase
bubble
bus ticket
cat
CD
coffee table
coin
comfortable
cooker
8
cup
cupboard
curtain
designer
door
downstairs
everything
exactly
ex-wife
famous
far
fire
fireplace
first
floor
food
fork
fridge
front door
furniture
garden
grandma
How many?
just (only)
kitchen
knife
lady
lamp
lazy
left
living room
lots (of books)
mirror
modern
most of the time
neighbour
newsagent(‘s)
notebook
over there
park
pen
perfect
pharmacy
picture
plant
plate
quite (big)
rain
rich
right
room
round
rug
sandwich
saucer
second
shelf
sofa
spoon
stop (bus)
supermarket
swimming pool
tall
thanks a lot
top
travel agent’s
wall
washing machine
accounts
baking
bedtime
between
bike
business
can’t stop
Canada
check
competition
conference
conversation
do homework
draw
dyslexic
elephant
entrepreneur
eye
factory
fall in love
feel
give directions
golf
hear
his
initial
investment
Italian
Japanese
know
large
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last month
laugh
lecture
little
luxury
mall
manager
marketing
message
motto
necessary
organiser
our
poem
poetry
Portuguese
poor
prodigy
product
public
question
really
require
sad
sea
see
Spanish
spell
spelling
store
style
successful
sun
swim
their
think
today
travel
until
very
very well
was born
wear
wedding
well
winner
yesterday
yesterday
evening
afraid
after that
agree
amaze
astronaut
at night
bath
become
begin
break
broadcast
build
century
champion
child
cliff
collision
compass
complete
connect
consultant
cotton field
create
credit card
decide
die
DVD
earn
education
election
engineer
Euro
event
everybody
exploration
finally
first (… next)
fog
gold metal
great
grandparents
grow
happen
hate
have a holiday
headache
immediately
important
injury
join
journey
junior
10
later
leader
leave
life
little (money)
look
lose
lucky
mankind
million
moon
natural
need
nineties
peace
personal
personality
plane crash
present (= Eid)
president
prize
problem
read
record
remember
rocket
same to you
search engine
sit
space
strong
study
subject (school)
sure
surface
tomorrow
university
verandah
war
wave
win
work hard
wrong
(3 years) ago
(coffee) break
arthritis
aspirin
banana
bestselling
blue
boy
cloth
company
Date (time)
delicious
drug
e-mail
enormous
face
fashionable
fax
fisherman
funny
green
in a hurry
incredible
invention
jeans
leg
mouth
nervous
painkiller
passenger
philosopher
phone call
produce
public holiday
recipe
ride
rose
send
strange
term
them
transmit
trousers
TRUE (FALSE)
way
women
wonderful
workmen
workroom
worried
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Vocabulary Sample Questions
1.
I don’t think I’m __________ enough to climb that mountain.
A
B
C
D
2.
I want __________ flight from Riyadh to Dubai, please.
A
B
C
D
3.
repair
repeat
relate
borrow
Someone who is in charge of a business or department
A
B
C
D
6.
angry
annoying
lonely
pleasant
My watch is broken. Can you _________ it for me?
A
B
C
D
5.
an international
a national
a local
an internal
She’s a very __________ person. Everyone likes her.
A
B
C
D
4.
flat
tall
kind
fit
a customer
a client
a secretary
a manager
Special clothes that are worn by members of a group or team
A
B
C
D
uniform
suit
trousers
shoes
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7.
The library was __________ today. There was nowhere to sit.
A
B
C
D
8.
Look at the sky. It’s so __________, I think it’s going to rain.
A
B
C
D
9.
sunny
cloudy
bright
blue
An area of land that has water on all sides
A
B
C
D
10.
clean
empty
crowded
quiet
a continent
a lake
an island
a country
Fatima’s father worked as a doctor for 40 years. He
__________six months ago, so he’s not working any more.
A
B
C
D
released
removed
retired
relied
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Reading:
 20 Multiple Choice Questions ( 2 reading passages with 10 MCQs each)
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The mid-term exam will be based on the reading skills covered in Units 1-8.
Sample Reading Passage with Questions
1.
Banana smoothies first appeared in the 1930s. Since then, they have
become very popular across the world. Not only is the banana
smoothie delicious, but it has many of the nutrients our bodies need to
function.
2.
Banana smoothies are made from fresh bananas using an electric
blender. The fresh fruit gives it that chunky but creamy look. The ice
keeps it cool in the hot summer heat. Bananas have a lot of healthy
carbohydrates which makes them a perfect food for athletes and
people with active lifestyles. Smoothies help to give energy after a
difficult workout.
3.
Doctors recommend bananas to patients who have heart problems and
high blood pressure, as they lower the risk of stroke and heart attacks.
Another good thing about this wonderful fruit is that it protects against
depression and keeps you in a good mood.
4.
Banana smoothies, when mixed with yogurt and other fruits like apples
or mangos, protect you from stomach ulcers and help your digestive
system. Bananas are a low-calorie food; there are about 100 calories in
a medium sized banana. They make you feel full, so if you eat a
banana, you will avoid snacking between meals. This is beneficial
because it helps you to reach your weight loss goals. But make sure
you don’t put sugar in your smoothie. Bananas are sweet enough!
1.
What happened in the 1930s?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Banana smoothies were first made.
Banana smoothies became very popular.
Banana smoothies were made all over the world.
Banana smoothies were found to have nutrients.
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2.
How many calories does a banana have?
A.
B.
C.
D.
3.
Which of the following is NOT true of bananas?
A.
B.
C.
D.
4.
apples
sugar
Mangoes
yogurt
In paragraph 1, what does the word 'function' mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
6.
They are good for your heart.
They are good for your digestive system.
They can help you lose weight.
They can cause stomach ulcers.
Banana smoothies should NOT be mixed with _____________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
5.
100 calories in a large banana
100 calories in a small banana
100 calories in a medium banana
100 calories in any banana
work properly
play
be popular
appear
In paragraph 4, what does the word 'beneficial' mean?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Low-calorie
Sweet
helpful
Full
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7.
What does the underlined word 'it' in paragraph 3 refer to?
A.
B.
C.
D.
8.
Wonderful fruit
Banana
Stroke
Blood pressure
Which of these titles is best for this passage?
A.
B.
C.
D.
Smoothies: An Alternative to Food
How To Prepare Apple Smoothies
Have a Banana Smoothie
101 Banana Recipes
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Listening:
 20 Multiple Choice Questions ( 2 listening scripts with 10 MCQs each)
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The mid-term exam will be based on the listening skills covered in Units 1-8.
Sample Listening Script with Questions
Hotel Clerk
[sound of phone ringing]
Good afternoon, Grand Palace Hotel. How may I help you?
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Hello, I’d like to book a room.
Certainly, sir... What dates did you have in mind?
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Ali
Hotel Clerk
Mr. Ali
Well, my flight from Riyadh arrives in Jeddah on January 10th
and I will be staying for two... no wait... three... yes, I’ll be in
Jeddah for three nights before leaving for meetings in Taif and
Abha…
So you’d like to book a room from January 10th through January
13th...
No, not the 13th, the 12th... I said I’d be there for three nights...
not four...
Yes, of course, sir, but you will be checking out of the hotel on
January 13th, correct?
Ah, yes, of course... you’re right. The check-out date will be
January 13th.
Let me just check the computer to see if we have rooms
available... mmmm, let’s see... we have a double room on
January 10th and 11th, but there’s nothing on the 12th... no
wait... I’m sorry, my mistake... we do have a junior suite
available on the 12th.
No that won’t work... I don’t want to change rooms.
Let me see then... hmmm... you could book the junior suite for
your entire stay...
Can you tell me how much the junior suite is?
Of course, sir... it’s one thousand two hundred and fifty Riyals
per night.
And what about a double room?
Our standard rate for the double room is seven hundred and
fifty Riyals... so the junior suite is only five hundred Riyals more
per night than the double.
Hmmm, that’s a bit more than I wanted to spend...
If you are travelling on business, I can apply our corporate
discount of twenty percent to your booking, sir...
Yes, I will be in Jeddah to meet with some clients. So with the
discount, that would make the rate... let me think, twenty
percent of twelve fifty is...
It would be a discount of two hundred and fifty Riyals per night,
sir...
Great! Let’s book it then...
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1. The man is calling the hotel _______________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
to make a reservation
to cancel a reservation
to speak to a guest
to make a complaint
2. The hotel is located in _______________.
A.
B.
C.
D.
Riyadh
Jeddah
Taif
Abha
3. How long will the man stay in the hotel?
A.
B.
C.
D.
One night
Two nights
Three nights
Four nights
4. When will the man check out of the hotel?
A.
B.
C.
D.
January 10th
January 12th
January 13th
January 30th
5. Why is the man travelling?
A.
B.
C.
D.
He is visiting his family.
He is meeting friends.
He is a tourist.
He is doing business.
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