Mock
Exam December 2005
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Subject: English Language. Time:
3 Hours
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Part One: Composition
Write a
composition on the topic: "Birds"
Birds help in several ways. They provide us with some of our daily
needs.
1.
Birds –
different kinds – domestic – hens – pigeons – duck – wild birds – some live –
man – some – forests – deserts
2.
The
migration of birds – migrate – cold weather – food – water – scarce – warm
countries – food available – fly – night – moon
3.
Their
importance to man – egg – meat – beautiful – feather – decoration – fine poems
– source of income - pets – peace and
love
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Part Two: Comprehension
Read the following passage carefully then answer the questions below:
Amna Hamid is a widow living in Umbadda
west of Omdurman.
She has five children of school age. She used to work for three hours a day as
a cleaner in a nearby factory and spend the rest of a day doing housework and
selling peanuts to the children in the neighbourhood. She earned very little
money, she could hardly afford to pay for all the household expenses, let alone
pay school fees. For her children. A social worker visited Amna and encourage
her to join in he productive family programme. She was supplied with two pairs
of a good bread rabbits.
1.
Where did
Amna Hamid live? ________________________________________________________________________________________.
2.
How many
children has she got? ____________________________________________________________________________________.
3.
How did
Amna get money at first? _________________________________________________________________________________.
4.
How did the
social worker help her? ______________________________________________________________________________.
5.
Amna Hamid
spend the rest of the day__________________________________________________________________________.
6.
She was
supplied with two pairs of _____________________________
a.
goats b.
rabbits c. sheep
7.
Amna Hamid
lives in ___________________________________________________
a. Al-Bawga b. Atbara c. Umbadda
8.
She has ____________________________
children.
a. three b. two c.
five
9.
Amna Hamid
is a ___________________________________________________
a. wife b. widow c. driver
10.
________________________________visited
Amna.
a. A social
worker b. A
teacher c. A
policeman
Part Three: Summary
Read the following passage carefully then summarize it:
The most
typical picture of world food programme
support to education of that school children sitting in groups, all eagerly
digging into a full plate of food in front of them. The world food programme
provides schools with wheat flour, milk powder, canned fish, sugar, beans,
rice, cheese and cooking oil.
In not more than 15 words explain how does the world food programme help
school children:
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Part Four: Language
(A) Put the verbs between brackets in their
correct forms:
1.
Amna _________________________________
the yard now. (clean)
2.
Gold _________________________________
(be) made of metal.
3.
If I ______________________________
(be) you, I would not agree.
4.
Ahmed ______________________________________
his friend a week ago. (meet)
5.
Yesterday,
while Ali _________________________________________ his homework, it started to rain. (do)
6.
She _______________________
just _________________________________ the meal.
(cook)
7.
Mona is ______________________________________________
(good) at English than Amna.
(B) 1: Add the prefixes to the words to form new
words:
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, over- , un- , fore- , re-
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Express
buses are always ____________________________________
. (crowded)
2.
It is ____________________________________
for him to be late. (usual)
3.
It is ______________________________________
to convince him. (possible)
4.
She touched
her _____________________________________ . (head)
5.
The teacher
said, “_________________________________________
the composition”. (write)
(B) 2: Add the suffixes to form new words:
@ -ment , -or , -al , -er , -ness
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1.
Germs
usually cause harmful ____________________________________
. (sick)
2.
Our _____________________________________ team will win the next
match. (nation)
3.
The ____________________________________
will modernize the rail ways. (govern)
4.
Zolfogar
Hassan is an ______________________________________
. (act)
5.
Amna Hamid
worked as a ______________________________________
. (clean)
(C) Choose the suitable word from the list
below to complete the following text:
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Mohammed ______________________________
in ______________________________
city. He ______________________________
three sons ______________________________
two ______________________________.
Part Five: Choose either (A) or (B):
(A) Literature: (1) Things Fall Apart
A: 1: Write
a short answer about the following questions:
1.
What is the
name of the book Things
Fall Apart writer?
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2.
How many
villages were there in Umuofia?
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A: 2: Draw
a circle round the best answer:
1.
How many
wives did Okonkwo have?
a.
one wife b. two wives c. three wives d. seven wives
2.
How long
did Okonkwo stay in Mbanta?
a. seven
months b.
ten months c.
seven years d. two weeks
3.
In the week
of peace Okonkwo hit
a. his
wife b. his son c. Ikemefuna d. Ezinma
(1) Treasure
Island
(A)
Give short answers:-
1.
What is the
name of the ship they charters? _________________________________________________________________
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2.
Who is the
stranger who comes to stay with Jim Hawkins? _______________________________________
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3.
What does
he bring with him? ________________________________________________________________________________________
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4.
Why does
the second stranger come to the inn? ___________________________________________________________
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5.
Why did Jim
Hawkins and his mother run away? ________________________________________________________
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(B) Say if there statements are
True or False:
1.
The father
died and Jim and his mother looked after the inn. (_________________)
2.
The captain
came and stayed in the inn. (_________________)
3.
The inn was
called, “The Admiral Benbow Inn” (_________________)
4.
Jim’s
father owned a small inn. (_________________)
5.
Jim Hawkins
was twelve years old. (_________________)
(B) (1)
Write a letter to your friend, thanking him for a present he sent to
you:
Thank him for the present – camera – nice –
you were in great need of it – you will remember him whenever you look at it –
use it ….
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(B) (2) Choose a suitable preposition and fill
in the spaces below:
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1.
Ali is good
____________________________ English.
2.
My father
always goes to work ____________________________
car.
3.
It’s
usually hot ____________________________
summer.
4.
I
congratulated my cousin ____________________________
his success.
5.
Mustafa has
been in Dongola ____________________________
ten years.
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