Student’s Name: ____________________________ Group No.: _____
Faculty of Economics & Political Science
First Year – Arabic Section
Date: 15th November 2007 Time:
1 Hour
First: Comprehension (5
marks)
Read the passage below and then answer the questions
that follow:
Unlike earlier campaigns, the 1960
presidential campaign featured the politically innovative and highly
influential series of televised debates in the contest between the Republicans
and the Democrats. Senator John Kennedy established an early lead among the
Democratic hopefuls and was nominated on the first ballot at the Los Angeles United States
Choose the correct answer from
a), b), c), or d):
1.
Which of the following best
expresses the main idea of the passage?
a)
Kennedy defeated Nixon in the
1960 presidential election.
b)
Television debates were
instrumental in the outcome of the 1960 presidential election.
c)
Television debates have long
been a part of campaigning.
d)
Kennedy was the leading
Democratic candidate in the 1960 presidential election.
2.
The passage implies that
Kennedy
a)
Was a long shot to receive the
Democratic presidential nomination
b)
Won the Democratic
presidential nomination fairly easily
c)
Was not a front runner in the
race for the Democratic presidential nomination
d)
Came from behind to win the
Democratic presidential nomination
3.
The passage states that the
television debates between presidential candidates in 1960
a)
Did not influence the
selection of the president
b)
Were the final televised
debates
c)
Were fairly usual in the
history of presidential campaigns
d)
Were the first presidential
campaign debates to be televised
4.
Which of the following is NOT
mentioned about Richard Nixon?
a)
He was serving as vice
president.
b)
He was the Republican party's
candidate for president.
c)
He campaigned strongly all
over the country.
d)
He was nominated on the first
ballot.
5.
The pronoun "him" in
the last line of the passage refers to
a)
John Kennedy
b)
Richard Nixon
c)
Eisenhower
d)
The better-known and more
experienced candidate
Second:
Grammar (10
marks)
Fill in with a suitable preposition where necessary: (2
marks)
When the police asked her ………. describe her
attacker, she said that he was a young man ………. about 30 years old ………. a beard
and.....…..
blue jean.
Identify the subject and verb in each of the following
sentences:
(4 marks)
1. There must have been
at least four tons of rice in this truck.
Subject: _______________ Verb: _________________________
2. The efforts made to
get Mary elected succeeded.
Subject: _______________ Verb: _________________________
Correct Faulty Parallelism in the following sentences: (4 marks)
1. How to pronounce
correctly, writing and read are essential for any language studier.
2. Ahmed was chosen for
the award because of his courage and being wise.
Third: Translation (5
marks)
Write what the following
letters stand for in English and then translate them into Arabic: (3
marks)
1.
ECM:
_______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
2.
WHO:
______________________________________________ _______________________________________________
Give
the English term for each of the following words: (2 marks)
a.
ميزان المدفوعات : ____________________________________
b.
مجلس الوزراء : ____________________________________
Fourth:
Writing (8
marks)
Write
an outline on one of the following topics: (6 marks)
1- “When
people succeed it is because of hard work. Luck has nothing to do with success.
“ Do you agree or disagree with the quotation above?
2-
“What would you do to save your planet from destruction?”
Write a clear thesis
sentence for the following: (2 marks)
Topic: unemployment.
Purpose: To show how unemployment affects the
national production.
Thesis
Statement: _________________________________________
Outline
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