I. Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions below:
A century ago, the ancestors of Emirati people didn’t have electricity. This meant that they couldn’t save food by freezing it or putting it in cans, but they had many clever ways to save food. For example, dates (tamr) were pressed until thick sweet syrup came out of them. However, the main way of saving or preserving food was to dry it. The most important dried foods were fish, milk, and limes.
Fish have always been plentiful in the Arabian Gulf and the Sea of Oman. When fishermen caught small fish (“Jashe’a), they spread them on the ground and dried them in the sun. Larger fish (“maleh”) had to be covered with salt before they were left. Oysters (“douch) were left in the sun to open. Later, people boiled them in water before they ate them. Milk didn’t last long in the days before refrigerators and air conditioning. Yegat is a kind of dried milk that has been mixed with salt and shaped into round balls. You can still find this type of dried milk in markets today.
In the past, people got lemons and limes from Oman or Somalia and dried them in the sun. Fresh lemons were used with fish, but dried lemons or loumee gave food special flavour. The lemons turn brown when they are dried. Drying food was a good way to preserve it, but it had other benefits. When you dry food, the healthy vitamins remain and the process makes the flavour stronger. Perhaps that’s why traditional dried food are still popular today.
QUESTIONS:
A. Mark the following statements as true (√) or false (x):
1. The grandparents of Emarati people had electricity a hundred years ago. ( )
2. The main way of keeping food was to dry it. ( )
3. The most prominent dried foods were fish, limes and milk. ( )
4. Yegat is a kind of dried fish that has been mixed with salt. ( )
5. The healthy vitamins remain if you dry food. ( )
B. Fill in the missing information in the following table:
Mention the ways of preserving food in the past
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C. Answer the following questions:
1. Why were dried loumee or lemons used with fish?
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2. How do we preserve food nowadays?
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II. Read the following passage carefully, and answer the questions below:
In most parts of the world, education began with religious schools and the same is true of the UAE where the first schools were the Mutawa schools. But, since 1962 when oil production started, the UAE education system has developed rapidly. By1971 there were approximately 28,000 students in the country but students wishing to continue to further education had to go abroad, usually to the UK or the United States. Today, every village has at least one primary and secondary schools are accessible to the whole population. The first university, the UAE University in Al Ain, opened in 1977 and has graduated over 20,000 students since then. There is now a wide range of institutions offering higher education opportunities including the Higher Colleges of Technology and several universities. The Ministry of Education and Youth has a 20 years strategy to further develop education in the UAE. They aim to provide computers to students at all levels and to emiratise the teaching staff. The goal is for 90 % of teachers to be Emiratis by the year 2022. The success of the UAE education system can be seen in the rise in literacy rates. In 1975 only 54% of men and women 31 % of women were literate. In 1998 this had risen to 73 % for men and 77% for women.
QUESTIONS:
A. Mark the following statements as true ( √ ) or false (x):
1. The UAE education system has developed slowly. ( )
2. The plan for the development of Education in the UAE is 20 years. ( )
3. They want to emiratise the teaching staff. ( )
4. The success of the UAE education system can be seen in the rise in illiteracy rates. ( )
5. The first schools were the Mutawa schools. ( )
B. Fill in the missing information in the following table:
In the year Education development in the UAE
1971
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1977
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1998
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C. Answer the following questions:
1. How has education developed in the UAE?
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2. Why did students have to go abroad in the past?
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III. Read the following passage, then answer the questions below:
The coldest regions in the world are the Polar Regions near the North and South poles. They have an arctic climate. The hottest regions are in south Asia, North Africa and Central America. They are in the tropics. Their climate is tropical. The countries between the polar and tropical regions have a temperate climate. This is the climate of Europe. The plant growth in a particular region is called the vegetation. The vegetation of an area depends on its climate. In wet, tropical regions, for example, jungles are the commonest vegetation. In these jungles the tops of the trees are large, and meet overhead. Underneath there are smaller trees.
The forests in the temperate regions are different. They don’t have the thick undergrowth that is found in the tropical jungles. These forests, therefore, are more open than the jungles. The deserts are the driest areas. They have very little vegetation at all. The regions farther north and south of the Equator are regions with ice, snow and frost all the year round. Here, too, there is little or no vegetation. Man’s most important interest in vegetation arises from his need for food. Different kinds of crops are grown in different climates. But with the scientific knowledge of farming that man possesses nowadays, he can grow some kinds of crops even in climates where formerly they could not be grown.
Questions:
A. Choose the MOST SUITABLE answer and write a, b or c in the blank spaces:
1. According to the passage. ——————–.
a. the Equator is at the coldest part of the earth.
b. Europe is a tropical region.
c. South Asia has a tropical climate because it is close to the equator.
2. The passage clearly shows that —————-.
a. Europe is a tropical region.
b. The climate of Europe is different from that of Central America.
c. Europe is located in the polar region.
B. 3. Circle the most suitable meaning of the underlined words as they are used in the text:
I. climate (paragraph 1)
a. whether b. weather c. pressure
II. underneath (paragraph 1)
a. beyond b. behind c. beneath
III. formerly (paragraph 2)
a. previously b. fortunately c. approximately
C. 4. What do the underlined words refer to?
i. “ they ” (line 10 ) refers to ——————–.
ii. “ he ” (line 14 ) refers to ——————–.
D. Answer the following questions:
5. What climate do the coldest regions have?
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6. Where are the temperate regions to be found?
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7. In what parts of the world is there little or no vegetation?
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VI. LETTER WRITING
1. Your friend Ali asked you for some help on a test. Write a letter telling him how to get better marks in his exams.
Your name is Mohammed and your address is P. O. Box 46071, Abu Dhabi.
2. Read the following advertisement and apply for the job advertised:
REQUIRED
A doctor
Good command of English & Arabic preferred.
At least 5 years experience.
Salary in the range of Dhs. 5,300 – 8,000 per month.
Applications to: The Personnel Manager, Al Jazeera Hospital, P.O. Box 3784, Abu Dhabi.
Your name is Mohammed Maher and your address is P.O. Box 232, Dubai.
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V. Vocabulary
A. Fill in the spaces with words from the list:
massive – bangle – positively – heaped – settled
1. If you work —————–, you can achieve your targets quickly.
2. Rubbish and garbage are —————— and taken to the factories to be recycled.
3. The Bedouins —————— wherever they wanted and lived in tribal groups.
4. There are several —————— stadiums in the cities of the UAE.
5. Maha is wearing the most fantastic —————— I have ever seen.
B. Choose the word(s) that best complete(s) the sentences, then write a, b or c in the
spaces:
6. Women in the UAE are fond of wearing —————— clothes that suit their traditions.
a. multiple b. embroidery c. clumsy
7. Do you imagine that all goods are —————— in the malls of your city?
a. available b. dangerous c. spectacular
8. I don’t like others to help me. I want to be ——————.
a. independent b. client c. society
9. Farmers are still —————— wells to irrigate their farms and animals.
a. decorating b. dismissing c. digging
10. Most developing countries —————— electrical goods from Japan and Germany.
a. import b. prevent c. hunt
C. Choose the word that is closest in meaning to the underlined words then write a, b or c
on the opposite line:
11. You must figure out your complicated problems wisely.
a. spread b. elevate c. solve
12. After long negotiating, we bought a new car from Al-Fatim Company.
a. compressing b. bargaining c. increasing
13. A lot of customers go to DSF to buy their needs.
a. clients b. trainees c. volunteers
14. Planning helps decrease your stress.
a. crave b. reduce c. grab
15. His plan is to get the best marks depends on his effort and persistence.
a. strategy b. survey c. anxiety
Paper ONE
Model Answer
1. Seen Passage
A. 1. x 2. √ 3. √ 4. x 5. √
B. 1. drying 2. pressing 3. salting
C. 1. to give food special flavour.
2. canning, freezing and salting
2. Seen Passage
A. 1. x 2. √ 3. √ 4. x 5. √
B. 1. 28000 were in schools.
2. The first university was in Al Ain.
3. A risen in education for women
C. 1. It has developed rapidly.
2. To complete their education.
3. Unseen Passage.
A. 1. C 2. B
B. 3. i. b ii. c iii. a
C. 4. i – the deserts ii- man
C. 5. very cold and icy.
6. The countries between the polar and tropical regions have a temperate climate.
7. deserts.
4. Letter Writing ( 10 marks)
5. Vocabulary
1. positively 2. heaped 3. settled 4. massive 5. bangle
6. b 7. a 8. a 9. c 10 a 11. c 12 b 13. a 14. b 15. a
1. Functional Writing
Choose A OR B
A. Write 5 sentences suggesting how to reduce wedding costs.
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B. Write 5 instructions for people who are visiting natural beauty spots in the UAE.
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II. Composition
Write a composition of about TEN lines on ONLY ONE of the following subjects:
1. Smoking and its danger.
The following ideas may help you:
– causing lung cancer.
– dying every day.
– occurring in developing countries.
– damaging health
OR
2. Write a story ending in:
……………..Really, education eliminates illiteracy.
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III. Structures
(20 marks)
Choose the word(s) that best complete(s) the sentences and write a, b or c in the blank space: –
1. Unless he had money, he ———————- a mosque.
a. won’t build b. wouldn’t build c. wouldn’t have built 1. ————-
2. She drank ———————- juice last night.
a. much b. many c. few 2. ————-
3. Letters ———————- by the postman in our country.
a. delivers b. delivered c. are delivered 3. ————-
4. Maher said that he ———————- in Abu Dhabi 12 years before.
a. lives b. has lived c. had lived 4. ————-
5. The weather is ———————- fine that we can spend a happy time near the beach.
a. as b. so c. too 5. ————-
6. Ali is a Muslim. He ———————- prays five times a day.
a. never b. rarely c. always 6. ————-
7. I wish you ———————- so fast after that.
a. hadn’t driven b. wouldn’t drive c. won’t drive 7. ————-
8. He bought the red car ———————- won the race.
a. which b. whose c. who 8. ————-
9. Mohammed is interested ———————- reading novels.
a. in b. on c. at 9. ————-
10. I haven’t seen Mohammed ———————— he left for Japan.
a. since b. for c. ago 10. ————-
Answer TWO questions out of the following I, II OR III
I. Re-write the following sentences according to the instructions between brackets:
1. Ali suffers from cough because he smokes so much. (Use: so)
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2. He didn’t have money; therefore he didn’t buy a house. (Use: If)
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3. Mohammed is too sleepy to attend the party. (Use: so —that)
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4. You are driving the car carelessly. (Change into passive)
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5. “Where did you spend your weekend?” Ali asked. (Change into Reported speech)
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II. Correct the word between brackets:
1. If he (ask) me, I would have answered him.
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2. Since his (depart), we haven’t seen him.
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3. I wish he (study) his lessons last week.
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4. English is the (easy) language I have ever seen.
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5. We pray five times a day (regular).
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III. Make questions to which the following sentences are answers:
11. ——————————————————————————————–?
They did their exercises last week.
12. ——————————————————————————————–?
We have watched a movie for 3 hours.
13. ——————————————————————————————–?
Furs and ****l came from Europe.
14. ——————————————————————————————–?
He drives the car carelessly as usual.
15. ——————————————————————————————–?
Loans cause a lot of problems to the couple in their life.
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Functions
You have studied a number of language functions such as advice, opinion. …etc. study the following pairs and provide a different expression in the underlined sentences:
Choose only FIVE sentences out of seven
1. Your friend’s health is getting worse.
It is advisable to visit a doctor.
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2. Manar is studying very hard.
I feel she will pass with flying colors.
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3. Your friend has broken your pen.
I wish he hadn’t broken it
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4. Your sister spilled milk on your books.
You must be cautious.
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5. Your cousin is in an awkward situation.
Would you like this?
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6. What would you like to be?
I’m determined to be a pilot.
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7. Your uncle doesn’t know what to do after losing his job.
Have you ever thought of setting up your own business?
Model Answer
Paper 2
1. Functional writing (10 marks)
2. Composition (10 marks)
3. Structures.
1. b 2. a 3. c 4. c 5. b 6. c 7. a 8. a 9. a 10 c
1. Ali smokes so much, so he suffers from cough.
2. If he had money, he would have bought a house.
3. Mohammed is so sleepy that ha can attend the party.
4. The car is being driven carelessly.
5. Maher asked where I had spent my weekend.
1. had asked 2. departure 3. had studied 4. easiest 5. regularly
4. Functions (10 marks)
1. advice 2. opinion 3. regret 4. obligation 5. offer 6. intention 7. suggestion
