Giza Governorate

Manshaat Al Kanater Directorate

M3T Private Schools

Second mid-term 2015

Date
Time
Name
Seat No.

Subject : English A.L.

Based on Traveller
prep 3 ( Language Section )

Grade

Secret Code

A)Vocabulary and Structure

1-Choose the correct word{s} between brackets :
1-What does the weather ( prophecy expectation prediction forecast ) say for tomorrow ?
2-We intend to buy a new ( habitat home house residence ) next summer.
3- Our ( zone outskirts neighbourhood suburbs ) is noisy, so we've decided to leave it and
try another one .
4-New York has a lot of the tallest ( skyscrapers cottages block of flats office blocks )
5- The government always ( gives sets does gets ) standards for everything .
6-There is an increase ( to on in with ) the petrol prices this year .
7- Look out! A car ( will hit may hit is hitting is going to hit ) you .
8- My father is almost sixty . He ( is retiring will retire may retire is going to retire ) next
month .
9- Students will be learning at home ( with- on at by ) 2050 .
10-I hope you ( will finish finish is finishing are going to finish ) your work in time .
2-Rewrite these sentences using the word(s) in brackets :
1- I've arranged to fly to London next Sunday .
(flying)
..
2- Do you intend to study hard this year ?
(going)
.
3- I've decided to buy a new computer within the next few days .
(will )

4-We've arranged to paint our flat next month .

( painting )

5-I read the paper at this time everyday .

(tomorrow)

3-Give one word :

1- to have a goal = ..
2- the number of the people who live in particular country = .
3- to make something better = .
4- a very high building = ..
5- the place where you live with your family = ..
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Giza Governorate
Manshaat Al Kanater Directorate
M3T Private Schools

Second mid-term 2015

Subject : English A.L.

Based on Traveller
prep 3 ( Language Section )

B)Language Functions
4-Supply the missing parts in the following dialogue :
Maha : What is your favourite hobby ?
Soha : My favourite hobby is
Maha : . ?
Soha : When I was eight years old .
Maha : . ?
Soha : My mother helped me to write .
Maha : .. ?
Soha : I wrote five or six stories .
Maha : Did you publish any of them ?
Soha : Yes, .. in the school magazine .
C-Reading Comprehension
5- Read the following , then answer the questions :
John was invited to New York to visit some old friends who worked there . He lived in an
English small town, which is an hour's journey away from Heathrow airport . The flight was
due to leave at 9:30 a.m. so he had to be at the airport by 8:00 in the morning . He ordered a taxi
for 7:30, set his alarm clock for 6:45 and went to sleep .
Unfortunately , He forgot to wind the clock and it stopped shortly after midnight . Also the
driver of the taxi had to work very late that night and overslept . John woke up withthat awful
feeling that something was wrong and it was true because he found out that the alarm clock
stopped over night and that it was pointing to half past twelve . So he lost hope and switched on
the water boiler for a cup of tea .
While he was having his late breakfast, he heard the radio announcer reporting the news
that there was a plane crash near the airport . It was a Boeing 707 on its way to New York while
taking off that morning Flight number 3234 . It was then that John turned pale and screamed,
"My flight, if I had not over slept, I'd have been on that plane "
A- Answer the following questions:
1-Why didn't John travel to New York ?
.
2-What happened to the taxi driver ?

3- Why was John happy and relaxed after listening to the news on the radio ?
.
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Giza Governorate
Manshaat Al Kanater Directorate
M3T Private Schools

Second mid-term 2015

Subject : English A.L.

Based on Traveller
prep 3 ( Language Section )

B) Choose the right answer :

4- John should have arrived at the airport before the plane's departure by ( half an hour hour
two hours three hours )
5- The alarm clock did not ring because ( John set it for 6:45 John set it for 6:30 the taxi
driver overslept John did not wind it )
D-Composition
6-Write a paragraph of at least six sentences on :
Imagine you were a millionaire what would you do ?
The following ideas may help you .
Buy expensive things build houses for the poor hospitals library

Giza Governorate
Manshaat Al Kanater Directorate
M3T Private Schools

Second mid-term 2015

Subject : English A.L.

Based on Traveller
prep 3 ( Language Section )

E- Literature
7-The Novel

A Tale Of Two Cities

A)Write (T) for True and (F) for False :

1-Dfarge appeared hard-hearted
2-There weren't any difficulties travelling from England to France .
3-Darnay revealed his name to Tellson's people .
4-The Marquis was te cause of the people's misery.
5-The Defarges were the leaders of the revolution .

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B)Choose the right answer :

1-Gabelle was ( Dr Manette the Marquis Gaspard ) tax collector .
2-The letter was addressed to ( Charles Darnay Mr Stryver Gabelle )
3-Darnay was going to Paris to save his ( friend servant family )
4-Lucy knew about her husband imprisonment from ( Dr Manette Mr Lorry the letter )
5-The Manettes family came to ( England Paris Beauvais )
Fill in the gaps using the following words :
(influence shocked-working system imprisoned prison- save )
One day as Mr Lorry was .. at Telleson's Paris office ,he was to see
Dr Manette and Lucie in his chamber . Lucie told him they had come for Charles who had been
sent to .. Dr Manette added that he had great over the revolutionaries .
He said he had come to Charles .