The Egyptian Language School
English Department
Stage: Second prep.
Mid-Year Exam Revision 1(answers)
Section A. language:
1. Choose the correct answer:
1. He apologized for being so ……………………………..as he shouted in an inappropriate way to his mum.
a) Stimulatingb) stubborn
c) aggressive d) selfish
2. She is a ……………….girl, she insists on doing what comes to her mind.
a) Stubbornb) sophisticated
c) Aggressived) conscientious
3. You must use your mind and think in a …………………………… way to be able to solve this problem.
a) selfishb) theoretical
c) emotionald) snobbish
4. This game is very………………………..,I can't pass this level at all.
a) unusualb) limited
c) sophisticated d) will-powered
5. He is so happy as he met his only……………….after being living in different countries for many years.
a) siblingb) groom
c) weddingd) bride
6.When I left the house this morning, it ______( already rain).
a) is already rainingb) had already rained
c) has already rainedd) is already going to rain
8. I’m tired, we ______(walk) for more than an hour.
a) have been walkingb) had walked
c) are walking d) were walking
9. I______( finish) this book by tomorrow morning.
a) will be finishingb) will have finished
c) will finishd) am going to finish
10. If I were you, I…………………………………..for the exam.
a) would have studiedb) will study
c) would studyd) would studied
2.Rephrase the following sentences using the words in brackets:-
1- My father said to me, ”Don’t go to your friend’s birthday.”(told)
------my father told me not to go to my friend’s birthday----
2- My mother dusted the house. Next she cooked lunch.(before)
------my mother had dusted the house before she cooked lunch-----
3- I think I will share in the next championship.(If)
------If I practice more, I will share in the next championship-----
4- This is the most interesting trip I have ever shared in.(such)
------I’ve never shared in such an interesting trip before-
5- I haven’t finished my project yet.(still)
------I still haven’t finished the project------
------I’m still doing the project------
3. Supply the missing parts in the mini dialogue using at least 5 words from the vocabulary you’ve learnt:
Ahmed and Ali are talking about their summer vacation.
Ahmed: Where did you spend your vacation?
Ali: ………I’ve been to Italy, It’s an exotic place……………………………………………..
Ahmed: Oh! What a wonderful country! You must have enjoyed your time there.
Ali: Yes, a lot! ………It’s a far cry from our country……………….
Ahmed: Did you visit many places?
Ali: ………I’ve visited the colossal Pisa tour………………
Ahmed: What other monuments have you seen?
Ali: ………I’ve visited Venice island, It’s an oasis……………
Ahmed: What have you bought?
Ali: ………………I’ve bought some handmade trinkets………………….
Ahmed: Wow! This will make you remember your visit there all the time.
Ali: Yes, sure.
Section B: Reading:.
A Dream Schedule
I don't like to forget my dreams. You know how sometimes you wake up, and you can remember your whole dream perfectly, but by dinner the entire thing is gone? I don't like that. Where do these dreams go? Why are dreams so easy to forget?
Here's the really strange thing, and maybe this has happened to you: Say you have a dream where you're riding a bike around the playground of your old school. You wake up, and pretty soon you forget the dream. But then your sister asks if she can borrow your bike, or you drive by your old school. And then it all comes back to you! How does that happen?
It’s one big mystery. People have walked on the moon, but they can't remember what they dreamed about last night! Like I said, I don't like to forget my dreams. So I started writing my dreams down.
As soon as I wake up, I rush over to the computer and start typing as fast as I can. Or I grab a notebook and a pencil. Anything works. What's important is to get it down before I forget everything. I have some good dreams written down. Last week, I dreamed I was an octopus. I thought I looked normal, but I guess all octopuses think that! I swam around the ocean. I swam through a school of fish. I crept and I crawled. Right before I woke up, I was thinking about how quickly I could write down dreams with eight legs.
Have you ever had a dream in which you were flying? I haven't. But two weeks ago, I had a dream in which everyone except me was flying. That was disappointing. I watched them zoom around. And then I realized that nobody could tell me what to do. They were too high up in the air! I spent the rest of the dream trying to drive my mom's car.
I'm glad I started writing my dreams down. Still, though, I tend to miss some things. Even when I write as fast as I can, I still forget the details. I think the details are the most important part. They're what make dreams dreamy, don't you think?
For example, when I was an octopus, what did the water taste like? What did my tentacles feel like? What did the fish say to me? I forgot! Writing dreams down is good, but it's not good enough.
From now on, I'm writing my dreams down in advance. What do you think about that? I'm not saying it's going to work right away. Like with everything, it'll take some practice.
But before long, I expect to have the fullest, best, most detailed dreams anyone's ever had.
And here's the best part: I'll be the one picking my dreams! Who picks my dreams now? Who knows? Whoever it is, they're not going to be in charge for long. I'll be running the show.
I'll get myself a notebook, a real nice one. In big letters on the front I'll write: “Dream Schedule.”
Inside, I'll have one page for each day. I can plan weeks ahead if I want to. If I'm feeling dreamy, I'll plan out a whole week at once. Then I won't have to worry about it. I can't wait!
I already know what my first dream will be. I can see it now: I wake up in the morning, just like normal. It's Saturday. No school. I sit up in bed and yawn. I stretch my arms. All of a sudden, I realize something's off: I'm dreaming!
1. Choose the correct answer:
1- What does the person telling the story do to remember his or her dreams?
A) He or she makes a song about her or his dreams
B) He or she played games based on dreams
C) He or she tells the dreams to a friend
D) He or she writes down the dreams
2- Who or what is the main character of the story?
A) An octopus
B) The person telling the story
C) The mom of the person telling the story
D) The sister of the person telling the story
3- Dreams are difficult to remember. What evidence from the story supports this statement?
A) “Have you ever had a dream in which you were flying? I haven’t.”
B) “People have walked on the moon, but they can't remember what they dreamed about last night!”
C) “Here's the really strange thing, and maybe this has happened to you: Say you have a dream where you're riding a bike around the playground of your old school.”
D) “I already know what my first dream will be. I can see it now: I wake up in the morning, just like normal.”
4- What is the meaning of the bold word?
A) Animals
B) Flexible limbs
C) Sounds
D) Fish
2. Answer the following questions:
1. Why does the person telling the story decide to start a “Dream Schedule”? Support your answer with evidence from the text.
------Because he/she can’t remember the details of her dream------
--In the text he says” can. What's important is to get it down before I forget everything ---
2. What might you infer from the questions the author included in the second paragraph?
------The question’s suggests that he /she has a problem memorizing his/her dream---
3. What is the main idea of this story? What type of supporting details did the author use to support this main idea?
------The main idea is that the author forgets his/her dreams------
To support this idea, the author gave many examples in the text.
4- Even though the person telling the story writes his or her dreams, he or she forgets things about them. What does he or she forget?
------She/he forgets the details of her/his dreams------
5- Have you ever had a dream that you can never forget? How was it? How far is it from reality? Write about it in not less than 70 0r 90 words.
------opinion paragraph------
Section C; Writing:
Write in only one of the following topics: Don’t forget to follow the rubric
1- Write a story that ends with “I thanked God that my dream finally came true”.
2- Advantages and disadvantages of being a celebrity.
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Section D:Literature:
1. Comment only TWO of the following:
1)“Well, if I cannot keep Heathcliff for my friend--if Edgar will be mean and jealous, I'll try to break their hearts by breaking my own”.
These words were said by Catherine to Nelly, accordingly explain:
When and why were these words said?
What was the reaction of the characters interfering in this situation?
-Catherine said these words in the Grange after Edgar’s and Heathcliff’s quarrel
-Catherine was angry because Edgar doesn’t want Heathcliff at home
-She was angry of Heathcliff and jealous as he was pretending love to Isabella
-She decided to break their hearts by breaking hers
-Edgar locked himself among his books and Heathcliff eloped with Isabella
-Catherine pretended illness then she got seriously ill
2) “Today, I am within sight of my heaven. I have my eyes on it…”
These words were said by Heathcliff to Nelly expressing his inner feelings and the psychological corruption affecting him lately, accordingly explain;
What are the reasons behind saying these words?
What change took place in the speaker’s character?
What was the recipient’s reaction towards these words?
-Heathcliff said thesewords when he felt that the revenge is tasteless.
- The lintons and the Earnshaws were dead and the only ones left were Hareton and Catherine.
- Cathy reminds him of his love to old Catherine
- Hareton reminds him of his degradation.
-Taking revenge is useless as there will be no one to witness it.
- He felt that a change is about to come.
- Nelly advised him to talk to a priest but he said that he doesn’t need a priest as he is within sight of his heaven.
3)”It would degrade me to marry Heathcliff now; so he shall never know how I love him; and that, not because he’s handsome, Nelly, but because he’s more myself than I am.”
Who said these words? When?
What kind of feelings and emotions is the speaker going through?
What was the result?
- - These words were said by Catherine in her confrontation to Nelly in the kitchen of Wuthering Heights after Edgar’s proposal to her.
- Catherine had an inner conflict as she was confused between her love to Heathcliff and the statues Edgar would make her in.
-She told Nelly that her love to Heathcliff is like the unchanging rocks beneath while her love to Edgar is like the leaves that change as winter changes.
-She wanted to be in a better position as Heathcliff would degrade her.
-She wanted to help Heathcliff with Edgar’s money but Nelly told her that it’s a mean thing to do.
- Heathcliff overheard her when she said that he would degrade her and he left for 3 years
2. Analytical questions: Answer only THREE of the following questions:
1-Hindley is the one to never change in his hatred of Heathcliff. But why? Who does he love? If the death of his wife is the major turning point in his life, how does he treat Hareton afterwards? What does it show about his personality? How does Heathcliff make use of this?
-Hindley hated Heathcliff and he called him the thief of his father’s love
-He took revenge from him after his father died
- He loved only his wife and after her death he started to get drunk and gamble
-Hindley is useless and a careless father (Hareton)
- Heathcliff made use of this and he took his revenge from him through his son (explain)
2-‘The social status of aristocrats was a formal and settled matter, because aristocrats had official titles. Members of the middle class, however, held no titles, and their status was thus subject to change.’
a) What role does social class and class ambiguity play inWuthering Heights?
b) To what extent is Heathcliff’s social position responsible for the misery and conflict so persistent in the book?
c) If you were in Catherine’s place, who would you choose and why?
- The differences between the Grange and Wuthering Heights’ houses(DISCRIBE)
- tHE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN cATHYERINE BEFORE AND AFTER VISITING THE gRANGE
-tHE DIFFERENCES BETWEEN hEATHCLIFF BEFORE AND AFTER HE LEFT w.h
-cATHERINE’S CHOICE AND CONFUSION BETWEEN eDGAR AND hEATHCLIFF
3- ‘The reader may easily sympathize with him when he is powerless, as a child tyrannized by Hindley Earnshaw, but he becomes a villain when he acquires power and returns to Wuthering Heights with money and the trappings of a gentleman.’
a)Discuss revenge inWuthering Heights.
b) In what ways is it connected to love? What is the nature of love in the novel, that it can be so closely connected to vengeance?
c) From your perspective, is revenge tasteless as mentioned by Heathcliff? Why? Why not?
-Hindley’s revenge from Heathcliff after his father’s death
-Heathcliff’s revenge on Hindley by paying him money
- Heathcliff’s revenge fromHindley through Hareton
-Heathcliff’s revenge from Edgar through Isabella
-Heathcliff’s revenge from Edgar through Young Cathy
4-‘Wuthering Heightscenters around the story of Heathcliff. The first paragraph of the novel provides a vivid physical picture of him, as Lockwood describes how his “black eyes” withdraw suspiciously under his brows at Lockwood’s approach.’ According to this explain:
a) How was Heathcliff received when he first came to Wuthering Heights?
b) How did the inhabitants in the house react?
c) Analyze Heathcliff’s character and his reaction to every character he met in accordance to his changes and corruption.
d) If you are in Heathcliff’s place, will you act the same? Why? why not?
- Heathcliff received badly by everyone in Wuthering Heights especially Hindley
-Everyone’s reaction towards Heathcliff
-Heathcliff’s love to Catherine
-Heathcliff’s break after he overheard Catherine’s choice
- Heathcliff’s change after the return
-Heathcliff’s revenge on everyone.
-Heathcliff’s curse after Catherine’s death
-Heathcliff’s change and death
Poetry:
A Dream Within a Dream
BYEDGAR ALLAN POE
Take this kiss upon the brow!
And, in parting from you now,
Thus much let me avow —
You are not wrong, who deem
That my days have been a dream;
Yet if hope has flown away
In a night, or in a day,
In a vision, or in none,
Is it therefore the lessgone?
Allthat we see or seem
Is but a dream within a dream.
Answer the following questions:
1. What is the theme of the poem?
------Life is just a dream------
2. Extract a figure of speech and explain it.
------Hope has flown away ------
------Metaphor, describing hope as a flying bird ------
3. What is the rhyming scheme of the poem?
------aaa, bb, cc,dd,bb------
4. What is your dream in life? What do you do to achieve it?
------opinion------
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