Name: ________________________ Section No.: _______
Faculty of
Economics and Political Science
First Year – Arabic
Section
Date: 4 / 11/ 2012 Time:
1 Hour
First: Comprehension (5
marks)
The most popular
organic gem is the pearl. A pearl is the response of a marine mollusk to the
presence of an irritating impurity accidentally introduced into its body; a
cultured pearl is the result of the intentional insertion of a mother-of-pearl
bead into a live mollusk. Whether introduced accidentally or intentionally, the
pearl-making process is the same: the mollusk coats the irritant with a
substance called nacre. Nacre is composed chiefly of calcium carbonate. Because
very few natural pearls are now on the market, most pearls used in fine jewelry
are cultured. These include “Biwa” pearls and most other freshwater pearls.
Cultured pearls are not easily distinguished from natural pearls except by an
expert.
Read the above
passage then answer the following:
A.
Which of the following people
could tell the difference between a cultured pearl and an organic pearl?
1)
Scuba diver 3) Jeweler
2)
Fisherman 4) Clerk
B.
In line 2, “impurity” most
nearly means
1)
Mollusk 3) Pearl
2)
Contaminant 4)
Diver
C.
A pearl is…………………………..
1)
A rock 3) A gemstone
2)
A mineral 4) An organic
gem
D.
The main idea in this passage
is that
1)
Most marketable pearls are
cultured because nature does not produce enough of its own to satisfy the
market
2)
Cultured pearls are of a higher
quality than natural pearls
3)
There are two major methods of
pearl-making
4)
A natural “drought” of pearl
production is taking place
E.
A mollusk, while not defined
in this passage, must be
1)
Any animal
2)
Aland animal
3)
The water organism which
produces the pearl
4)
All the above
Second: Grammar (12
marks)
I.
Fill in
with the suitable prepositions:
1. I had
a wonderful vacation _______ this summer.
2. I
always get up after eleven _______ Sunday mornings.
3. Jordan
was born ______ the last day of July.
II.
Identify the subjects, the complete
verbs & their kinds, and the prepositional phrases in the following
sentences:
1-
His hair
greased down and his comb sticking out of his back pocket, Jim looked like a
rock star out of the early 50s.
2- With
each player’s shot the emotions at the football game intensified.
3- I
can’t exactly state the time of their departure.
4- The
first person to successfully reach the moon was Neil Armstrong.
5- The
school's schedule of the day's events can be obtained at the front desk.
Third: Terms (8
marks)
Write the economic terms for the following
definitions:
1-
_________________________
is a nation with a cumulative balance of payments deficit.
2-
________________________
is the loss of foreign exchange reserves that occurs when residents of a
country spend more abroad than nonresidents spend in that country.
3-
________________________
refer to services rather than goods. Banking services and tourist expenditures
are some examples of them.
Write the exact words that stand for the
following abbreviations
EECM:
GATT:
AL:
Fourth: Writing (10
marks)
Read the paragraph
below carefully and then identify its essential parts:
There are three reasons why I want to
learn English. One reason is that English has become an international language.
It is now used by most international companies, including the company where I
work, for business communication. Another reason why I want to learn English is
so that I can travel to English-speaking countries. The United States, England,
Australia and many other countries all use English as their primary language.
Finally, I want to learn English because I plan to move to the U.S. in the
future. I will become a manager for my company soon. For all these reasons, I
am very excited about learning English.
Topic sentence:
Controlling word/phrase:
Supporting sentences:
Logical connectors:
Concluding sentence:
Good Luck
