Third Intermediate 2nd Monthly Exam in English (1st half) Time:90 minutes 2013-2014 Date: 30/12/2013 Q1/A/Read the following passages carefully. ( 5 marks) When a plan from France arrived at London airport, Workers began to unload a number of wooden boxes, which had clothing. One of these boxes was very heavy so one of the workers wanted to open it. He was astonished at what he had found. A man was lying in the box on a top of a pile of woolen goods. He was so surprised to see that the man did not try to run away. After he was arrested, the man told them that he was hiding in the box before the plan left Paris. He had along and uncomfortable trip because he had been confined to the woolen box for ten hours, the man was ordered to pay 345$ for the cost of the trip. The normal price of a ticket is 230$. Now answer the following questions. 1- Where did the plane come from? 2- Did the man try to run away? 3- How much money did the man had to pay for the cost of the trip? 4- What did the worker find when he opened the heavy box? 5- Why was the trip uncomfortable for the man? Q1/B/ Read the following passage carefully (5marks) Salim has always wanted to go fishing. Last summer, he went on trip to Egypt. On the last day of his holiday, he went to Alexandria to fish in its beautiful beach. Unfortunately, he did not catch any fish; he was bored and decided to go swimming. When he stood up, his wallet fell out of his bag into the water. It had all his money, his passport, his plan – tickets. He jumped into the sea to look for it, but he did not find anything. The next morning, he was unable to leave the hotel. He had no money to pay the bill and no plane ticket or passport to go home. So what did he do? He called his boss and asked for some money. Now try to find the suitable answer . 1- The text tells us that Salim’s favourite hobby was …… (Swimming - fishing - sightseeing- taking photos) 2- Salim travelled to Egypt by ………………… (Ship - train - car - plane) 3- Salim couldnt leave the hotel because he ……… (Lost his wallet -got bored - didnt catch any fish- couldn’t swim in the sea) 4- He jumped into the sea to look for ……… (his boss - fish - his bag - his wallet ) 5- He asked his boss to ………………. (go fishing on the beach - send him money - look for his wallet - stay with him at the hotel) Q2/ A\ Do as required . (6marks) 1- My brother usually (Play) football on Thursdays. (Question) 2- Symbol/dragon/is/the/England/of (order the words) 3- We ……………. (not watch) TV very much at the moment because of our studies. (Correct the verb) 4- Cotton shirts ………. (fashionable) than silk shirts. (Comparative or superlative) 5- She is ………… (friendly) student in the class. (Comparative or superlative) 6- He sleeping in his bedroom now. (Correct the mistake) B/ Choose the correct answer. (4 marks) 1- Do you need ……………. from Britain? (anyone / someone / no one) 2- I’m ………in English than my brother ( better / good / best) 3- There is …………good on television. I’m going to read a book. (nothing / something / everything) 4- Look! What ……………. ? (does she make / is she making / she makes) Q3/ Choose the correct answer (10 marks) 1- She loves………clothes. She always wears T-shirts or sweatshirt ( Casual – colourful – formal) 2- I’ve got a poster of C. Ronaldo …… the wall of my room . ( in – at – on ) 3- I think Maysoon is very ………. . She never talks to people at parties. (Shy – outgoing – friendly) 4- My father is ….… He usually preserves pre-Islamic artefacts and monuments (Archaeologist - traveller – historian) 5- Aubyang is very ……… footballer . He can run 200 meters in 20 seconds. (fast – fat – strong) 6- At school , ‘m learning ……….famous people . (at – about – to) 7- on her feet . she is wearing -------------- (jacket - boots -sweatshirts) 8- I laugh and laugh during Adil Emam films . He is so ……….. actor ( funny – boring – exciting) 9- In Iraq , it is usually cold ……..December to March . (from – in – on) 10 -…………are black and white seabirds, which live in the arctic (walrus – whales – penguins) Q4/ A/Write the missing word (do 5 only) (5 m ) 1- Small x big // Boring x ….…. 2- Friend – friendly // attraction-…………….. 3- desk – desks // tooth-………. 4- go – going // get - …………. 5- Iraq – Iraqi // Britain ……………. 6- Play-played // cry …………… Q4/B/ Write the sentence wth the correct punctuation (5 m ) (( zainab and i will go to baghdad next friday )) Complete the function files with words between brackets (10 marks ) A/ (5 M) ( Goal oriented – triumph –opportunity seekers , perseverance , respect ) Successful employees should be (1)…………… and (2)…………… They should also know their strength and weaknesses . Finally, they should know and (3) …….. others’ views on matters regarding their business . Hence ,(4) ……………. Is a must for successful employees to a achieve (5) …………………….. B/ Complete the dialogue with these polite words . (5 M) ( Im afraid , Id like , Im sorry , Excuse me, Thank you) Customer : (1) …………..? Waiter: Yes, sir? Customer:Could I have a menu ,please? Waiter: of course , here you are , sir. Customer: (2)………………. Customer two : (3) ……………… some tomato soup please Waiter : (4)…………..,Madam (5). …………… we havent got any today . Weve got a chicken soup . Customer two : Never mind. For me , chicken soup, please Q6/ Do as required (10 marks) 1- Who died in the story? How they died? 2 m 2- Why was the stamp important in the story? 2 m 3- Twain write about children and his books were ………………….. 1 m 4- Did Edward like being poor? Why? 2m 5- What did the two boys change at the beginning of the story? 1m 6- Tom and Edward stayed friends and Tom lived with the new king (T/F) 1m 7- (John – Andrew – Hertford) taught Tom to read write and be polite (Choose the correct answer) 1m Q3/ Answer either A or B A/ Write a biography about your person, a relative, a teacher or someone you know well and admire. B/ Write a traditional Iraqi menu for tourists visiting Iraq. االعبيدي الانيق استاذ سرمد الصف الثالث متوسط
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