LEVEL: 1^ST YEAR SCIENTIFIC AND LITERARY

DURATION: 2HOURS 

FIRST ENGLISH EXAM

TEXT

                                                                                                                                 46Regent Street

Mr Michael Armsron                                                                                      Madison 15026

Haryton Ray                                                                                                   Wisconsin

Moutain Street                                                                                                May 20, 2005

Miami, Florida 60306

Re: Camp summer 

     Dear Mr Armsron

    I have seen your advertisement for camp leaders in USA TODAY and would like to apply for this job.

    I am a junior at Thomas Jefferson High School with good marks in arts and philosophy. I am a member of the photography and music clubs, and I enjoy meeting people. I often volunteer to work in infant hospital wards. So I think that I am suitable for that job.

   I was born in Columbus and I am sixteen years old. I have lived at the above address for the past ten years. I often look after my brothers and sisters when my mother and father are at work. So I think that I have experience in dealing with children.

   I am ready to start work at the end of June, when school summer vacations begin. I have asked two of my teachers to send you two letters of reference for me.

                                                                                               Yours sincerely

                                                                                                Joy F. Parfit    

  SECTION ONE

       A- COMPREHENSION

        1- The text is:                                                    (0, 5)

a- An informal letter of apology

b- A formal letter of congratulation

c- A formal letter of application

        2- Say whether the following sentences are true or false according to the text:    (1, 5)

a- Joy has read the advertisement in a newspaper

b- She lives in 46Regent Street, Madison 15026 Wisconsin in the present.

c- She can start work when the school year finishes.

         3- Answer the following questions from the text:                   (3)

a- What is the subject of the letter?

…………………………………………………………

b- What makes Joy suitable for the job advertised?

………………………………………………………….

c- How did she get experience with children?

………………………………………………………..

        4-      Find in the text words which mean                 (1)

a- Holiday=…………………..                           b- Take care=……………….

Find in the text words opposite in meaning to                (1)

a- Receive……………                                       b- End…………………….

B- TEXT EXPLORATION

       5- Match words with their definitions              (1, 5)

6- Write meaningful sentences expressing:  obligation, absence of obligation, prohibition. (1, 5)

a- Poor/ sick people/ go to Mecca

…………………………………………….

b- Children / play with medicines

……………………………………………

c- You / switch on the central unit / start the computer

…………………………………………………………

       7- Ask question on the underlined words in the text: (2)

a-…………………………………………………………….

b-……………………………………………………………

       8- Link the following sentences using: neither….nor – either……or (2)

a- He does not use the computer for studies. He does not use it for playing games.

……………………………………………………………………………………

b-In Algeria, we can read newspapers in Arabic. We can read them in French.

………………………………………………………………………………..

C- SOUND SYSTEM

9- Write the following words in phonetic scripts: (1)

A-Classes …………..   B-Teenagers ……………..  C-looks ……………….. D-Job ………………

SECTION TWO

Choose one topic                      (5)

Topic one: Use information you have seen before (in your project) to write a paragraph speaking briefly about

– Computer (definition, parts, different uses)

– Internet (importance)

– Advantages / disadvantages of computer

   Topic two: Write a letter of apology for a friend asking for excuse for a mistake you have done

THE PARAGRAPH: