Junior High School

Final exam (semester )- 7th grades – June 14, 2011

Reading Comprehension + Grammar (Past Simple)+writing

Name: ______Class: 7 ( )

Part 1: Reading Comprehension (40 points)

Read the following text then answer the questions:

Barack Obama

Barack Hussein Obama II made history on January 10, 2009 when he became the first African-American president of the United States.

Obama was born on August 4, 1961 in Honolulu , Hawaii. Obama's mother , Ann Dunham, was born in Kansas, U.S.A. His father, also named Barack Obama , was born in Kenya , Africa. Obama grew up in Hawaii and Indonesia. When he lived in Indonesia, he had a pet monkey named Tata.

When Obama was a teenager , he worked in an ice cream shop. While he was working there , he ate so much ice cream that he now hates it! Obama has had an interesting career. He has worked as lawyer, a law professor and a senator. He is also an author and has written several books.

Questions:

A) True/ False: ( 15 points)

1- Obama was born in Kansas. ______.

2- Obama has a pet monkey when he was young. ______.

3- Obama wrote a few books. ______.

4- He worked in a library when he was teenager. ______.

5- Obama's career is boring. ______.

B) Answer the following questions:( 8 points)

1- How did Obama " make history " on January 10, 2009?

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2- Why does Obama hate ice cream?

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C) Circle the right answer : Yes / No

Obama worked different jobs before he became a president. Yes / No

** Copy the words from the text that proof your answer: ( 5 pts.)

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D) the pronoun " he " in line 8 refers to: ______

the pronoun " it " in line 9 refers to: ______

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E)Circle the right answer: ( 6 points)

a- Obama was raised up in:

1- Kenya and Hawaii.3- Hawaii and Indonesia.

2- Kenya and Indonesia.4- Hawaii and Kansas.

b-Author( line 11) means:

1- professor 2- writer 3- lawyer 4- president

Part 2: Grammar (Past simple) (41Points)

1) Fill in the past simple form of the verb in brackets. (13 points)

املآ الفراغ بالفعل الماضي المناسب الذي بين الأقواس.

1- The boy ______(play) football yesterday.

2- Last night, my friends and I ______(read) a story.

3- It ______(not snow) in Um-Elfahem 20 years ago.

4- Ahmad ______(not talk) to his friend yesterday.

5- Some thieves ______(rob) a bank last night.

6- ______she ______(fix) her T.V?

- ______you ______( steal) my bag?7

8- The cat caught the mouse, ______?

9- When ______you ______(eat) your dinner?

10- Who ______( study) for the exam 2 hours ago?

2) Write the verbs in the correct past simple form. (10 points)

اكتب الأفعال الآتية بصيغة الماضي البسيط.

1. Fill ______2.prefer______3.fry ______

4. know______5. plan______6. make______

7. hurt______8.die______9. go______10. bring ______

3) Complete… (12points)

They went with their father to Tel-Avivtwo weeks ago.

1- Negative: ______.

2- Yes/No question: ______.

3- Subject question:______.

4- "Two weeks ago": ______?

5- "Tel-Aviv":______.

6- Tag question: ______?

4) Correct One mistake in each sentence. (7 points)

صحح الخطأ في كل من هذه الجمل.

1-Last year, the students pass the exam.

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2- The man stoped the car 2 minutes ago.

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3- I didn’t went to school yesterday.

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4- My mother fed the cat an hour ago, did she?

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5- Muslims didn’t celebrated Eid Alfeter last month.

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6- We visited Eilat everyday.

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7- who did bring the cake?

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Part 3: Writing (Points20) +1 Bonus

5) Reorder the sentences. (points)

قم بترتيب الجمل التالية:.

1- Amjad/ a new / bought / pencil case

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2- football / Ali / yesterday / played.

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3- come / to class/ you / did / ?

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4- in the race / she / now / is running

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5- my/ love/ ice cream/ sisters

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6- not / wake up / did / she / early?

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English Staff- Best wishes