Final Exam of English 1301

Summer session, 2009/2010

IUG English Department Student’s Name: ------

Instructor: Dr. K.R. Mourtaga SN: ------

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1. Read the following text and answer the questions that follow (8 marks)

How should you behave when you meet someone for the first time? An American or Canadian shakes your hand firmly while looking you straight in the eyes. In many parts of Asia, there is no physical contact at all. In Japan, you should bow, and the more respect you want to show, the deeper you should bow.. In Thailand, the greeting is made by pressing both hands together at the chest, as if you are praying and bowing your head slightly. In both countries, eye contact is avoided as a sign of respect.

a. What is the topic of this text?------

b. How do Americans greet?------

c. How do Japanese greet?------

d. How do Thais greet?------

e. Why are Americans and Canadian similar in their greetings?------

f. In the last line, the word "both" refers to ------

g. Who make eye contact? ------

h. Who do not make eye contact? ------

2. Translate all the text into Arabic (6marks)

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3. change the following sentences into questions (6 marks)

a. He lives in Palestine.------?

b. Ali is living in Egypt now.------?

c. I have eaten my lunch this afternoon.

d. I study English because I need it in my job.------?

e. Ahmed fishes in Gaza sea.------?

f. She had to do the washing up.------?

4.. Correct the underlined error in the following sentences: (8 marks)

a. Look at these clouds. It raining.------

b. I known my friend Ahmed since we were 15 years old.------

c. Picasso paint Juernica in 1973.------

d. While I gave a lecture, a student came late. ------

e. I am thinking you should study hard.------

f. Mr. Abu Mohammed used to do fishing everyday.------

g. What time he is traveling?------

h. Salem is a doctor. He paid much money.------

5. Write the numbers in words (4 marks)

3.5 ------1/3 ------

$ 50 ------1991------

6. Change into negative (3 marks)

a. Ahmed travels a lot.------

b. They play tennis ------

c. She speaks five languages.------

7. write the nationality word for the following countries: (6 marks)

Poland------Netherland ------Jordan ------

Iraq ------United States ------Scotland ------

8. Write the difference in meaning between the following pairs of sentences: (9 marks)

It will rain tomorrow.

It's cloudy. It's going to rain

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Ali lives in Gaza – Palestine.

Ali is living in Gaza – Palestine.

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I have eaten my lunch.

I ate my lunch.

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