بليز اباه اليوم
بليز اباه اليوم
المجال العملي
أنتقل الدكتور أحمد زويل بعد ذلك إلى جامعة بيركلي بولاية كاليفورنيا وانضم لفريق الأبحاث هناك، حيث شغل عدة مناصب منها عمله كمساعد أستاذ للفيزياء الكيميائية، كما نجح في تولي منصب أستاذ للكيمياء، وأصبح الأستاذ الأول للكيمياء في معهد لينوس بولينج، وأستاذ للفيزياء في معهد كاليفورينا للتكنولوجيا ومدير معمل العلوم الذرية، وعضو في الأكاديمية الأمريكية القومية للعلوم والأكاديمية الأمريكية للعلوم والفنون، وأكاديمية العالم الثالث للعلوم في إيطاليا، والأكاديمية الأوروبية للعلوم والفنون والإنسانيات في فرنسا.
إنجازاته
قدم الدكتور أحمد زويل للعلم العديد من الأبحاث الهامة والإنجازات يعد من أهمها اكتشافه العلمي المذهل الذي عرف باسم ( ثانية الفيمتو) وهي أصغر وحدة زمنية في الثانية، والتي تهدف أبحاثه حالياً هو وفريق العلماء لتطويره واستخدام تكنولوجيا الفيمتو في تصوير العمليات الكيميائية وفي المجالات المتعلقة بها في الفيزياء والأحياء، كما قام بالعديد من الأبحاث لتطوير استخدامات أشعة الليزر للاستفادة منها في علم الكيمياء والأحياء.
الجوائز
نال الدكتور أحمد زويل العديد من الجوائز من أهمها وأبرزها: ترشيحه لجائزة نوبل في الكيمياء في عام 1991م، ليكون أول عربي يفوز بهذه الجائزة في الكيمياء، كما حصل على منصب الأستاذ الأول للكيمياء في معهد لينوس بولينج وذلك في عام 1990، وفاز بجائزة بنيامين فرانكلين بعد اكتشافه العلمي المذهل المعروف باسم (ثانية الفيمتو) أو Femto-second.
وتسلم زويل العديد من الجوائز الهامة وحصد التكريم في مناسبات مختلفة نذكر منها: تسلمه لوسام الاستحقاق من الدرجة الأولى من الرئيس المصري محمد حسني مبارك ، وإصدار أول طابع بريدي يحمل صورته في مصر، و نال أيضاً عدد هائل من الجوائز العالمية مثل جائزة الكساندر فون هامبولدت لصغار العلماء في الولايات المتحدة وجائزة الملك فيصل الدولية، جائزة ويلش عام 1997، جائزة ليوناردو دافينشي عام 1995، جائزة وولف عام 1992 وجائزة هربرت برويدا الهيئة الأمريكية للفيزياء عام 1995م. ومن أهم الجوائز العالمية التي حصل عليها ميدالية الأكاديمية الملكية الهولندية للعلوم والفنون، كما يحمل عدد كبير من الشهادات الفخرية من مختلف الجامعات العالمية.
قام الدكتور أحمد زويل بتأليف كتاب " عصر العلم " وهذا الكتاب يعتبر محاولة لفهم طبيعة هذا العصر، من العلم إلى ما وراء العلم، من إرادات سياسية وطاقات اجتماعية وثقافات للشعوب وفي هذا الكتاب يجمع الدكتور أحمد زويل بين تجربته الذاتية في المجال العلمي، ورؤيته الشخصية للعالم في عصر العلم .
مازال عطاء أحمد زويل مستمراً و جهوده في مجال الأبحاث لخدمة العلم والعلماء و بالتالي خدمة البشرية والأجيال القادمة، ولنا الشرف كأمة عربية أن يكون من بيننا أحد العلماء المتميزين، حيث نسعي أن يكون مثل يحتذي به جميع الأطفال والشباب ليقدموا لأوطانهم الكثير والكثير من هذه الأمثال المشرفة.
CEPA GRAMMAR
Version 1
1 ‘__________ him alone!’ shouted the mother to her daughter who was fighting with
her brother.
a) Leave
b) Leaving
c) Leaves
d) Left
2 The person ______ ________ visited your house was very nice.
a) who
b) which
c) what
d) where
3 My brother wants to be ____ __________.
a) teacher
b) teach
c) teaches
d) a teacher
4 My brother has a new computer. We used ______ ________ yesterday.
a) her
b) him
c) computer
d) it
5 I went to summer school ____ __________ improve my English.
a) for
b) to
c) so
d) will
6 “______________ are you sitting here?” “ I’m waiting for my friend.”
a) Why
b) How
c) Who
d) Where
7 My friends and I always spend Friday afternoons together. ______ ________ favourite
hobby is swimming.
a) Our
b) We
c) Their
d) Us
8 Ajman has an area of about 250 sq km. It is _____ ______ of the seven emirates.
a) smaller
b) the smaller
c) smallest
d) the smallest
9 “Is that your book on the desk?” “Yes, it is _______ ___________ .
b) me
c) myself
d) my
10 I’ll be back in a few minutes. ______ _______ here, please.
a) Wait
b) Waits
c) Waited
d) Waiting
Version 2
1 My brother is an accountant. ______ _______ works in a school.
a) He
b) His
c) He’s
d) He is
2 We didn’t want to get wet _____ ______ we took an umbrella.
a) because
b) but
c) so
d) although
3 My sister would like to be ______ ______.
a) writer
b) write
c) writes
d) a writer
4 If you _____ ______ faster, we would have arrived on time.
a) had driven
b) drive
c) have driven
d) driving
5 My uncle ________ _______ in the present government.
a) is a minister
b) a minister
c) minister
d) is minister
6 Margaret Thatcher ______ ________ Britain’s first woman prime minister in 1979.
a) has become
b) became
c) will become
d) was becoming
7 Would anybody like ______ __________ piece of this cake?
a) other
b) another
c) others
d) the others
8 Their new boss ______ _________ dark brown hair and green eyes.
a) is having
b) have
c) having
d) has
9 We _____ _______ everywhere for Peter. Have you seen him?
a) looking
b) have looking
c) have been looking
d) been looking
10 My _______ ________usually goes to school by taxi.
a) sisters
b) sister
c) sister she
d) sister is
Version 3
1 Their father is _________ _______________.
a) hardworking very a person
b) very hardworking a person
c) a very hardworking person
d) a hardworking very person
2 If we ____ _________ a car, we could drive everywhere.
a) have
b) are having
c) would have
d) had
3 The shop owner wondered _____ __________ I was looking for.
a) what
b) how
c) why
d) when
4 If you feel cold, ______ _______ a jacket.
a) wore
b) wearing
c) wear
d) worn
5 The student didn’t have ____ _________ for the teacher.
a) answer
b) some answer
c) an answer
d) an answers
6 My cousins and I always enjoy doing the same things. _____ ______ favourite activity is
going camping.
a) Our
b) We
c) Us
d) They
7 My brother bought a new bicycle. We saw him riding ________ ______ yesterday.
a) her
b) him
c) bicycle
d) it
8 _______ ________ I have another look at that article?
a) May
b) Would
c) Will
d) Am
9 We went to the airport early ______ _______ to avoid the crowd.
a) for
b) so
c) such
d) enough
10 Khalid ______ ______ skiing with his classmates next weekend.
a) went
b) going
c) is going
d) has gone
Version 4
1 She always gets good grades. She must be _____ __________ girl in the class.
a) the most intelligent
b) more intelligent
c) the intelligent
d) intelligent
2 At least 10 ______ _____ work in this office.
a) peoples
b) person
c) people
d) a person
3 Has she ever ______ ______ to play the piano?
a) learn
b) learning
c) learned
d) learns
4 I want to phone Mr. and Mrs. Dennis to say ‘thank you’. Do you have ____ ________ phone
number?
a) they
b) their
c) them
d) theirs
5 “Did you call Bill this weekend?” “Yes, once. He wasn’t home so I le____ ______.”
a) a message
b) messages
c) the message
d) message
6 My brother usually ______ _________ to music when he’s studying.
a) listens
b) listen
c) listening
d) is listening
7 _______ ________ was a long queue in front of the cinema.
a) Their
b) They
c) There
d) These
8 You will need 4 eggs, 250 g of sugar and 200 g of flour ___ ______ make this cake.
a) for
b) to
c) so
d) will
9 Jane _______ ________ worked for that company for 15 years when she retired.
a) had
b) has
c) would
d) was
10 My parents sold their house _____ _________ advertising it in the local paper.
a) by
b) with
c) to
d) from
Version 5
1 Before ___ _____ a decision on which university to go to, Omar had to talk with his family.
a) make
b) making
c) made
d) being made
2 Dinner will be served at 6pm so guests ____ ___________ come late.
a) must not
b) must
c) doesn’t have to
d) should
3 I arrived just in time ____ see the movie.
a) for
b) to
c) by
d) with
4 The young couple seemed quite disappointed to have _______________ baby boy; they already had two sons and they wanted a girl.
a) the other
b) other
c) another
d) others
5 You can drive from here _______ _______ the shopping centre in under 10 minutes.
a) at
b) in
c) for
d) to
6 If Ali had studied hard for the exam, he _____ __________ passed.
a) would have
b) will have
c) can have
d) had
7 Kate showed me the photographs of her friends ___ ___ went on holiday with her last summer.
a) which
b) when
c) who
d) where
8 If you don’t hurry up, you _________ ______ miss the bus.
a) will
b) would
c) can
d) should
9 I ______ _________ a lot before I got married.
a) am used to travelling
b) am used to travel
c) use to travel
d) used to travel
10 ‘_a__ are all these people waiting in the office?’ ‘They are all people applying for a job here’.
a) Where
b) Who
c) Which
d) How
Version 6
1 If Adam finishes the work by Wednesday, the company ____ _______ pay him extra.
a) will
b) are
c) is
d) was
2 We took an umbrella _______ ____ we didn’t want to get wet.
a) because
b) but
c) so
d) although
3 Her cousin wants to be _____ _______.
a) driver
b) drive
c) drives
d) a driver
4 If they ____ ________ sooner, they would have caught the train.
a) had arrived
b) arrive
c) have arrived
d) arriving
5 Their mother _____ _________ in a private company.
a) is a manager
b) a manager
c) manager
d) is manager
6 The Smiths ______ __________ a new house a month after their son was born.
a) have bought
b) bought
c) will buy
d) were buying
7 She_________ ______ three accidents since she got her driving licence.
a) is
b) was
c) had
d) has
8 I can’t fit ______ _______ person in my car; I only have space for 5.
a) other
b) another
c) others
d) the others
9 $$$$ of my cousins _______ _______ long black hair and brown eyes.
a) are having
b) have
c) having
d) were having
10 They ______ ______ very hard for the past 3 weeks. They really need a break.
a) are working
b) have working
c) have been working
d) been working
Version 7
1 Their ______ _______ often washes the car on Sundays.
a) brothers
b) brother
c) brother he
d) brother is
2 The painting they bought is _______ _____________.
a) beautiful a very one
b) very a beautiful one
c) a very beautiful one
d) a beautiful very one
3 If she ______ ________ more time, she would join a sports club.
a) has
b) is having
c) would have
d) had
4 The lady wondered ____ __________ the post office was closed.
a) who
b) how
c) why
d) what
5 If the first question seems too difficult, ________ _______ on to the next one.
a) moves
b) moving
c) moved
d) move
6 We need to buy _______ ________ for our living room.
a) chair
b) some chair
c) a chair
d) a chairs
7 Did his mother give you _____ ________ tea?
a) a few
b) many
c) some
d) a lot
8 Her family visits her every weekend and takes her to ____ ____ favourite restaurant.
a) theirs
b) they
c) them
d) their
9 Did you find the book? I saw your roommate reading ______ ______ this morning.
a) her
b) him
c) book
d) it
10 ________ _______ I park my car here? Or will I get a ticket?
a) Can
b) Would
c) Will
d) Am
Version 8
1 Mohammed _____ ______ swimming with his friends next Thursday.
a) went
b) is going
c) going
d) has gone
2 Ali and Abdullah went shopping at the weekend but they didn’t take their___c_____.
a) wife
b) wives
c) wifes
d) wive
3 Thanks, but I can’t have dinner with you. I ___ ______ already.
a) eaten
b) am eating
c) have eaten
d) eat
4 The family living next door is friendly. I like _____ __________ a lot.
a) they
b) their
c) them
d) theirs
5 In some countries, elections usually ______ _________ place every 4 years.
a) take
b) takes
c) taking
d) are taking it
6 _______ _______ is a huge crack in the wall caused by the last earthquake.
a) Their
b) There
c) This
d) It
7 Mustafa ____ _______ driven for 6 hours by the time he arrived in Dubai last night.
a) has
b) would
c) had
d) was
8 The mother cleaned her baby’s face ________ _______ a tissue.
a) with
b) for
c) by
d) to
9 You really ______ _______ see her new movie if you get the chance. It’s quite good.
a) should
b) would
c) can
d) could
10 The boy was allowed to have some ice cream after _______ ________ his dinner.
a) finish
b) finishing
c) will finish
d) finished
Version 9
1 If Rashid had played well, his team _____ ________ won.
a) would have
b) will have
c) can have
d) had
2 There isn’t___ _____ cheese left in the fridge. We have to get some
a) any
b) some
c) many
d) no
3 I’ve got to go ___ _______ the bank; can you stop here, please?
a) at
b) on
c) to
d) for
4 I am used to getting up early in the morning because work ____ ______ at 8.00 a.m.
a) starting
b) started
c) will start
d) starts
5 That old green house is the place ______ _________ I grew up.
a) when
b) which
c) that
d) where
6 Toby, Stuart and Hannah are very old friends. They try to see each ___ __________ at
least once a week.
a) another
b) the other
c) other
d) others
7 My Husband is ____ ____ patient with children than I am; I get angry very quickly.
a) so
b) most
c) too
d) more
8 Ahmad ____________ finish all his work today; he’s got all day tomorrow as well.
a) not have to
b) must to
c) doesn’t have to
d) should to
منقول
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
1. ————————————-
2. ————————————-
3. ————————————-
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:
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They did their exercises last week.
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We have watched a movie for 3 hours.
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Furs and ****l came from Europe.
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He drives the car carelessly as usual.
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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
Dubai
Introduction
Dubai can either refer to one of the seven emirates that constitute the United Arab Emirates (UAE) in the eastern Arabian Peninsula, or that emirate’s main city, sometimes called "Dubai city" to distinguish it from the emirate.`The modern emirate of Dubai was created with the formation of the United Arab Emirates in 1971. However, written accounts ********ing the existence of the city have existed at least 150 years prior to the formation of the UAE. Dubai shares legal, political, military and economic functions with the other emirates within a federal framework, although each emirate has jurisdiction over some functions such as civic law enforcement and provision and upkeep of local facilities. Dubai has the largest population and is the second largest emirate by area, after Abu Dhabi. With Abu Dhabi, it is one of only two emirates to possess veto power over critical matters of national importance in the UAE. Dubai has been ruled by the Al Maktoum dynasty since 1833. The emirates’ current ruler, Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, is also the Prime Minister and Vice President of the UAE.
History
Very little is known about pre-Islamic culture in the south-east Arabian peninsula, except that many ancient towns in the area were trading centers between the Eastern and Western worlds. The remnants of an ancient mangrove swamp, dated at 7,000 years, were discovered during the construction of sewer lines near Dubai Internet City. The area had been covered with sand about 5,000 years ago as the coastline retreated inland, becoming a part of the city’s present coastline. Prior to Islam, the people in this region worshiped Bajir. The Byzantine and Sassanian empires constituted the great powers of the period, with the Sassanians controlling much of the region. After the spread of Islam in the region, the Umayyad Caliph, of the eastern Islamic world, invaded south-east Arabia and drove out the Sassanians. Excavations undertaken by the Dubai Museum in the region of Al-Jumayra (Jumeirah) indicate the existence of several artifacts from the Umayyad period. The earliest recorded mention of Dubai is in 1095, in the "Book of Geography" by the Spanish-Arab geographer Abu Abdullah al-Bakri. The Venetian pearl merchant Gaspero Balbi visited the area in 1580 and mentioned Dubai (Dibei) for its pearling industry. ********ed records of the town of Dubai exist only after 1799. Two catastrophes struck the town during the mid 1800s. First, in 1841, a smallpox epidemic broke out in the Bur Dubai locality, forcing residents to relocate east to Deira. Then, in 1894, fire swept through Deira, burning down most homes. However, the town’s geographical ******** continued to attract traders and merchants from around the region. The emir of Dubai was keen to attract foreign traders and lowered trade tax brackets, which lured traders away from Sharjah and Bandar Lengeh, which were the region’s main trade hubs at the time. On 2 December 1971 Dubai, together with Abu Dhabi and five other emirates, formed the United Arab Emirates after former protector Britain left the Persian Gulf in 1971. In 1973, Dubai joined the other emirates to adopt a uniform currency: the UAE dirham. In the 1970s, Dubai continued to grow from revenues generated from oil and trade, even as the city saw an influx of Lebanese immigrants fleeing the civil war in Lebanon. The Jebel Ali Free Zone, comprising the Jebel Ali port (reputedly the world’s largest man made port) was established in 1979, which provided foreign companies unrestricted import of labour and export capital.Historically, Dubai and its twin across the Dubai creek, Deira (independent of Dubai City at that time), became important ports of call for Western manufacturers. Most of the new city’s banking and financial centres were headquartered in the port area. Dubai maintained its importance as a trade route through the 1970s and 1980s. The city of Dubai has a free trade in gold and until the 1990s was the hub of a "brisk smuggling trade" of gold ingots to India, where gold import was restricted.
Geography
Dubai’s geographical proximity to India made it an important ********. The town of Dubai was an important port of call for foreign tradesmen, chiefly those from India, many of whom eventually settled in the town. Dubai was known for its pearl exports until the 1930s. However, Dubai’s pearling industry was damaged irreparably by the events of the First World War, and later on by the Great Depression in the late 1920s. Consequently, the city witnessed a mass migration of people to other parts of the Persian Gulf.
Population
Dubai’s population hit 1,241,000 (one million two hundred forty one thousand) as on 30 June 2022. Of the total population, 73 per cent or 911,000 are male and 27 per cent or 330,000 are female.
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Dubai is situated on the Persian Gulf coast of the United Arab Emirates and is roughly at sea level (16 m/52 ft above). The emirate of Dubai shares borders with Abu Dhabi in the south, Sharjah in the northeast, and the Sultanate of Oman in the southeast. Hatta, a minor exclave of the emirate, is surrounded on three sides by Oman and by the emirates of Ajman (in the west) and Ras Al Khaimah (in the north). The Persian Gulf borders the western coast of the emirate. The sandy desert surrounding the city supports wild grasses and occasional date palm trees. Desert hyacinths grow in the sabkha plans east of the city, while acacia and ghaf trees grow in the flat plains within the proximity of the Western Al Hajar mountains. Several indigenous trees such as the date palm and neem as well as imported trees like the eucalypts grow in Dubai’s natural parks. The houbara bustard, striped hyena, caracal, desert fox, falcon and Arabian oryx are common in Dubai’s desert. Dubai is on the migration path between Europe, Asia and Africa, and more than 320 migratory birds pass through the emirate in spring and autumn. The waters of Dubai are home to more than 300 species of fish, including the hammour. Dubai Creek runs northeast-southwest through the city. The eastern section of the city forms the locality of Deira and is flanked by the emirate of Sharjah in the east and the town of Al Aweer in the south. The Dubai International Airport is located south of Deira, while the Palm Deira is located north of Deira in the Persian Gulf. The western section forms the locality of Bur Dubai. Much of Dubai’s real estate boom has been concentrated to the west of this region, on the Jumeirah coastal belt and along Sheikh Zayed Road . Port Rashid, Jebel Ali, Burj Al Arab, the Palm Jumeirah and theme based free zone clusters such as Business Bay are all located in this section. Sheikh Zayed Road and Emirates Road are the main arteries of Dubai; and run roughly parallel to each other in the western section of the city, before eventually diverging sharply near Jumeirah. The eastern and western sections of the city are connected by Al Maktoum Bridge, Al Garhoud Bridge, Al Shindagha Tunnel, Business Bay Crossing and Floating Bridge.
Climate
Dubai has a hot and, at times, humid climate with many months recording temperatures of over 40 °C (104 °F) (refer to accompanying table for recorded mean minimum and maximum temperatures during the year). Rainfall is generally light, with a mean of about 150 millimetres (6 in) per year; precipitation is usually centered around January, February and March. However, heavy rain is not uncommon in Dubai during the winter months and January 2022 saw a record of 120mm (or 5") of rain falling in just 24 hours, The mean humidity in Dubai is about 60%.Although Arabic is the official language of Dubai, Persian, Malayalam, English, Hindi, Urdu, Bengali, Tamil, and Tagalog are widely spoken. Article 7 of the UAE’s Provisional Constitution declares Islam the official state religion of the UAE. The government subsidizes almost 95 percent of mosques and employs all imams; approximately 5 percent of mosques are entirely private, and several large mosques have large private endowments.Dubai has large expatriate Hindu, Sikh, and Christian communities. Non-Muslim groups can own their own houses of worship, where they can practice their religion freely, by requesting a land grant and permission to build a compound. Groups that do not have their own buildings must use the facilities of other religious organizations or worship in private homes. Non-Muslim religious groups are permitted to openly advertise group functions; however, proselytizing or distributing religious literature is strictly prohibited under penalty of criminal prosecution, imprisonment, and deportation for engaging in behavior offensive to Islam.
Economy
Dubai is considered to be an important tourist destination and its port, Jebel Ali, constructed in the 1970s, has the largest man-made harbor in the world. Dubai is also increasingly developing as a hub for service industries such as IT and finance, with the establishment of a new Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC). The government has set up industry-specific free zones throughout the city. Dubai Internet City, combined with Dubai Media City as part of TECOM (Dubai Technology, Electronic Commerce and Media Free Zone Authority) is one such enclave whose members include IT firms such as EMC Corporation, Oracle Corporation, Microsoft, and IBM, and media organisations such as MBC, CNN, Reuters and AP.
The Dubai Financial Market (DFM) was established in March 2022 as a secondary market for trading securities and bonds, both local and foreign. As of Q4 2022, its trading volume stood at about 400 billion shares worth US$ 95 billion. The DFM had a market capitalization of about US$ 87 billion.
The government’s decision to diversify from a trade-based, but oil-reliant, economy to one that is service and tourism-oriented has made real estate more valuable, resulting in the property appreciation from 2022–2017. Large scale real estate development projects have led to the construction of some of the tallest skyscrapers and largest projects in the world such as the Emirates Towers, the Palm Islands and the world’s tallest, and most expensive, hotel the Burj Al Arab. As of July 2022, the Burj Dubai became the world’s tallest structure and is expected to be taller by several hundred feet, once construction is complete. Construction should finish in late 2022 and the building occupied by September of 2022. There will be an estimated 164 floors, the top floor at 624.1 meters, or 2,058 feet. Including the antennae and spire the total height of the Burj Dubai will be an estimated 818 meters, or 2,684 feet. Dubai has approximately 250,000, mostly South Asian laborers working on real estate development projects such as the Dubai Marina.The main road that connects one side of Dubai with the other is Sheikh Zayed Road. In July 2022, Salik road toll collection points were installed on the Sheikh Zayed road and on Al Garhoud bridge, which emphasizes the system’s congestion management objectives as well as the choice of technology for the toll system. The new system utilizes the latest technology to achieve free flow operation with no toll booths, no toll collectors, and no impact to traffic flow, allowing vehicles to move freely through the tolling point at highway speeds. Each time one passes through a Salik tolling point, the toll of AED 4 will be deducted from her or his prepaid toll account using Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) technology.
Transportation
Dubai International Airport , the hub for Emirates Airline, services the city of Dubai and other emirates in the country. The airport served a total of over 34 million passengers and over 260,000 flights in 2022. The Dubai International Airport ranked 17th among international airports for total cargo traffic in 2022. A third terminal and a new concourse are currently under construction and are both due to open in mid-2017. The new terminal will be dedicated to Emirates Airline and will fully support the new Airbus A380. The development of Dubai World Central International Airport, currently under construction in Jebel Ali, was announced in 2022. The first phase is expected to be completed by 2022, and once operational the new airport will host foreign airlines. Emirates (both the passenger and cargo operations) will remain in Dubai International Airport. Dubai has a large bus system that services 69 routes and transported over about 90 million people in 2022. The Road and Transport Authority (RTA) announced in 2022 that an additional 620 new buses will be added to its fleet of 170 double decker buses. Although the main mode of transportation in Dubai is by private vehicle, Dubai also has an extensive taxi system.
A $3.89 billion Dubai Metro project is under construction for the emirate. The Metro system is expected to be partially operational by 2022 and fully operational by 2022. The metro will comprise two lines: the Green Line from Rashidiya to the main city center and the Red Line from the airport to Jebel Ali. The Dubai Metro (Green and Blue Lines) will have 70 kilometers of track and 43 stations, 33 above ground and ten underground. One of the more traditional methods of getting across Bur Dubai to Deira is through abras, small boats that ferry passengers across the Dubai Creek, between abra stations in Bastakiya and Bani Yas road.
Education
The school system in Dubai does not differ from that of the United Arab Emirates. As of 2022, there are 88 public schools run by the Ministry of Education that serve Emiratis and expatriate Arabs as well as 132 private schools. The medium of instruction in public schools is Arabic with emphasis on English as a second language, while most of the private schools use English as their medium of instruction. Most private schools cater to one or more expatriate communities. Delhi Private School, Our Own English High School, the Dubai Modern High School, and the Indian High School, Dubai offer either a CBSE or an ICSE Indian syllabus. Similarly, there are also several reputable Pakistani schools offering FBISE curriculum for expatriate children. Dubai English Speaking School, Jumeirah Primary School, Jebel Ali Primary School, the Cambridge High School (or Cambridge International School), Jumeirah English Speaking School, King’s School and the Horizon School all offer British primary education up to the age of eleven. Dubai British School, Dubai College, English College Dubai, Jumeirah College and St. Mary’s Catholic High School are all British eleven-to-eighteen secondary schools which offer GCSE and A-Levels. Emirates International School provides full student education up to the age of 18, this is an International school and offers IGCSE and the IB program. Wellington International School, which caters education from 4-18, offers IGCSE and A-Levels. Deira International School also offers the IB program including the IGCSE program.The Ministry of Education of the United Arab Emirates is responsible for school’s accreditation. The Dubai Education Council was established in July 2022 to develop the education sector in Dubai. The Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) was established in 2022 to develop education and human resource sectors in Dubai, and license educational institutes. Approximately 10% of the population has university or postgraduate degrees. Many expatriates tend to send their children back to their home country or to Western countries for university education and even to India for technology studies. However, a sizable number of foreign accredited universities have been set up in the city over the last ten years. Some of these universities include the Birla Institute of Technology and Science, Pilani (BITS Pilani), American University in Dubai (AUD), the American College of Dubai, SP Jain Center Of Management,University of Wollongong in Dubai and Institute of Management Technology, Dubai. In 2022, the Dubai School of Government in collaboration with Harvard University’s John F. Kennedy School of Government and Harvard Medical School Dubai Center (HMSDC) were established in Dubai.Admission to any of these schools is based on the institution’s respective policies. They differ in deadlines of submission of applications, admission procedures and tuition and matriculation fees. It is best to contact the school or institution to inquire about its own procedures.
RESOURCES
* en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dubai
* links.jstor.org *propertyfrontiers.com/pdfs/dubaireport.pdf
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