Elminya Governorate

Second year /Secondary Promotion Exam

Maghagha Educational Administration
First Language / Second Term / First Session
Maghagha Secondary School for Boys
2014-2015
Time\ 3 hours
-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------A. Language Functions
1) Respond to each of the following situations:
( 4 m)
1- Its your school. You want the van driver to drop you off.
2- You are late for the first class. You give your teacher an explanation .
3- A school friend always asks you to do the homework for him.
4- Your train leaves in five minutes. It takes at least four minutes to get to the station.
2 - Say where each of the following mini-dialogues takes place and who the speakers are:
( 4 m)
1- A: We are expecting 20 people for dinner tonight.
Place: . .
B: Are you?
Speaker A:..................
A: Yes, and I need to start cooking now.
Speaker B:.
2. A: I wish you get better soon.
B: How thoughtful of you to visit me!
A: Its a duty.

Place: . .
Speaker A:...................
Speaker B:. ...

B. Vocabulary and Structure

3- Choose the correct answer :
(8m)
1- By using genetic( engineer modified modification production) technology, farmers can grow more crops.
2- Hes always loved listening to music, ( hasnt he isnt he he isnt is he) ?
3- Dina was exhausted and sleepy. She ( had been studying had studied has been studying has studied)
hard all night
4- In hot countries, walls (thick thin thinner thickness) plays a role in keeping the inside of the house cool. .
5- Ali had to go to hospital because he hurt ( herself - him - his himself) while playing football.
6- I dont know why this machine is here. Do you know what its ( title reason purpose cause) is? .
7- If you pour hot water onto ice, it ( boils - melt - melts - freezes ) .
8- Ten students (consisting containing enclosing including ) Ramy do their best to keep their school clean.
9- He neither writes nor phones. We havent heard ( about of from to )him.
10- After three years, he lost his ( sight battle site sights) with cancer .
11- Girls ( thinks are thinking are thought is thought ) to do better at school.
12- Im one of those travelers who ( preferring prefer are preferring prefers ) a holiday off the beaten track .
13 - I really ( need have to has to must) phone Mazen. I promised Id phone him as soon as I had any news .
14- If you take this medicine now, it wont wear ( off away on out) until tomorrow.
15- An ( archaeologist opportunist anthropologist ecologist) studies people, their customs and beliefs .
16- We ( regret announce suggest - refuse ) to inform passengers travelling to Cairo that their train will be 20
minutes late.
4 - Find the mistake in each of the following sentences, then write them correctly:
(6m)
1- I d bought a new flat if I had inherited a lot of money.
2- Catching is the activity of hunting whales.
3- James Bond novels have been bestseller since they were first written.
4- Waterwheels in Fayoum oasis were designed to left water from the rivers to the fields.
5- Im sure, Ill do the exercise by me.
6- The Israeli settlements in the Western Bank should remove sooner or later.
C. Reading Comprehension
(5)Read the following passage then answer the questions:
( 4 m)
Advertising is a media message used to sell products or ideas to a target audience, namely, the buyers. By
being well informed, consumers can compare, contrast, try and finally, choose the right product. However,
some advertisements give a false image of products. Advertisements promote these products to make people
feel the need to buy. In other words, they advertise their products by sending attractive messages to influence
consumers decision. Producers become the decision makers. Consumers end up buying things they do not
necessarily need. The worst role of advertising is when computers advertise harmful products, such as energy

drinks or fatty food, not to mention unacceptable ideas. They persuade their target audience and make them
believe they are making the right choice, but in fact they might end up harming themselves.
A-Answer the following questions:
1-How can advertisers advertise their products?
2-What is the purpose of advertisements?
3-What does the underlined word they refer to?
B- Choose the correct answer froma,b,c or d
4- The phrase not to mention unacceptable ideas means : unacceptable ideas.
a- in addition to
b- there are not.
c- not to remember .
d- do not say
5-Advertisers send attractive messages to influence consumers
a- role
b- product
c- idea
d-choice
6- Read the following passage, then answer the questions:
(4m)
A few months ago, the pilot of a small plane had an unusual flight. A strong wind blew the plane sideways,
and it touched the top of a tree. Both wheels of the plane were knocked off but the plane did not crash. The pilot
sent a radio message to the airport. He did not know how to land without wheels. The airport controller promised
to help the pilot. He telephoned the airport firemen and told them what to do .
The firemen brought a long open lorry and drove to one end of the airport runway. The airport controller sent
a radio message to the pilot. He told the pilot to land on top of the lorry. One of the firemen drove quickly along
the runway and the pilot managed to land on the lorry. Part of the lorry was damaged and the tail of the plane
was broken but nobody was injured. The fireman slowed the lorry down and then stopped. The pilot was very
grateful. He gladly agreed to pay for the damage of the lorry.
A- Answer the following questions:
1- Why did the pilot send a radio message to the airport ?
2-How was the fireman able to save the pilot ?
3-Why was the pilot grateful?
B- Choose the correct answer from a. b. c or d:
4- The underlined word "He" in the last paragraph refers to .
a) the pilot b) the fireman c) the airport controller
d) the lorry driver
5- The pilot had to pay a) damaging b) damage c) damages
d) a damage
7-The Novel
( 9 m)
A) :Answer the following questions:
1- What was the old man's suggestion so that the farmer could benefit from Gulliver ?
2- Why didnt the people of Brobdingang travel to other countries?
3- What did Gulliver feel after his talk with the king about his country?
4- Why did the sailors look small and strange to Gulliver?
B): Read the quotation and answer the questions:
I'll ask the palace carpenter to make you one"
a) Who said this, to whom ?
b) What does one" refer to ?
c) What did the speaker aim at by doing so?
Find the mistakes and correct the sentences:
1- The more Gulliver performed to the people, the stronger he became.
2- Gulliver asked Glumdalclitch to go to the beach to get fresh water.
D. Writing
8. Write paragraph of about 100 words: " Your dream future"
( 6m )
E) Translation
9. A) Translate into Arabic:
(3m)
Ministry of education has taken strict measures to prevent cheating in the exams. Cheating is a dishonest way
of gaining success. It leads to the destruction of moral values and inequality of opportunities.
Translate into Arabic :
( 2m)
. -1
. -2