امتحانات الشهرين لغة انجليزية الفصل الاول للصف الثامن تامن انجليزي فصل اول شهرين امتحان نصف الفصل الاول للصف الثامن State of Palestine Ministry of Education & Higher Education Irtah Secondary Boys' School دوله فلسطين وزارة التربية والتعليم العالي مدرسة ذ.ارتاح الثانوية *4 Name: ?????????????????.. 8th grade , Section( A + B ) Date: 25,10,2015Time :40 m Mid-Term Exam , 1st semester =============================================================================== Question 1: Read the following passage then answer the questions below: (6 points) Yosemite is an amazing place. It has mountains, valleys, lakes, rivers and the highest waterfalls in America. The wildlife is amazing, too ? most of all the huge trees. Someare 90metres tall. When people started cutting down the trees and damaging this beautiful place,the United States decided to make Yosemite a National Park back in 1890. This hasprotected Yosemite since then, but people have become a problem again. For over a century,more and more visitors have arrived each year. They love the Park, but millions of cars andheavy feet badly damage it, too. So Yosemite still needs help, and thousand so young volunteers join together to give it every summer. A. Answer the following questions. 1 -What are the amazing things that visitors can see in Yosemite? (List 4 things .) __________________________________________________________________________________ 2- Why did the United States make Yosemite into a National Park? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 3- How do we know that a lot of people love Yosemite? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 4- How have people again become a problem for the National Park? ___________________________________________________________________________________ 5 -Why do volunteers go to Yosemite every summer? ________________________________________________________________________________ B. Mark the sentences true ( ✔ ) or false ( ✘ ) , correct the false ones . 1. The animals are the most amazing living things in Yosemite. ( ) ??????????? 2. The United States make Yosemite into a national park 160 years ago. ( ) ???????. C. Complete.Yosemite still needs help, and thousand so young ?????????.. join together to give it every summer. D. What do the following pronouns refer to ? 1. It ?line 1 ????????????????????..???. 2. Some - line 2 : ??????????????????? 3. They ? line 7 : ???????????????????. E- Find a word in the text that means : the people who work for free: ?????????????? Question 2 : Complete the following sentences with words from the list below . (5 points ) [ go hiking - heard of - entrance ? the heart of - channel ? waterfall ] 1. A- There?s going to be a TV programme about Palestine at 7:30. B- Oh, I?d like to watch that. Which ______________________ is it on? 2. A- Do people drive their cars round Yosemite? B- No, most people leave their cars and _________________________. 3.A-How high is that _________________________? B-Very high! The water falls for fifty metres. 4.A- Have you ever ___________________ Oum Kalthoum? B-Yes, she was a famous singer from Egypt, wasn?t she? 5.A-When are we going to come to the park ___________________? B-We?re almost there. It?s after we pass the hospital. Question 3:Writethe opposites of the following .(2.5 points ) 1. lowest ________________________ 2. light ____________________________ 2. stopped _______________________4. old _____________________________ 5. short __________________________ Question 4:Complete the sentences with the correct form of the verbs in the list below. (2.5 points ) [feel - look - seem - sound - taste] 1. Give me those flowers .They __________________ beautiful. 2. Today is sunny .I_______________________ hot. 3. Ndia is sitting alone. She _______________________ sad. 4. Mum made that food. It____________________ delicious. 5. I don?t like this kind of music .It ______________________ terrible . Question 5: Circle the right answer : (6 points( 1.When Kamal was only 6 years old he could write his name ,but he (could -couldn?t - can't ) write a paragraph. 2.Omar's uncle used to (going- goes - go) hiking to Yosemite . 3.Rania usually(talks - talking - talked ) on this phone at home . 4. Ali often listens to the radio in the evening ,but he didn?t(used -use - uses ) to do that before. 5.They haven?t listened to the forecast ( already ? yet ? just). 6. I have ( just ? for ? yet ) put my things in the car. 7. Ali has ( since ? already ? yet ) bought a new car. 8.Mother ( hasn?t ? has ? haven?t ) cooked the food yet. 9. I have lived in Gaza ( since ? for ? ago ) 14 years. 10. The boys have been camping ( since ? for ?just ) last week. 11. Amjad has already ( find ? finds ? found ) his mobile. 12. Dad has just ( arrive ? arrives ? arrived ). Question 6: Answer the following question ,use the words in the brackets.(2 points ) 1. How long have you been at this school?Use ( for) 2. Have you ever been to Yosemite ?Use (never ) ___________________________________________________________________ 3. Have you finished the exam ?Use (yet) 4. Have you done the homework?Use (already) Question 7 : Think about important people in your life ?your parents, or a grandfather or grandmother,or an aunt or uncle, or a family friend. Think: What do you know about them when theywere young? Can you tell their stories? Write about their work/job. When they lived .Why they are important to you . What is special in their live ??etc .Choose your favourite and make some shortnotes. Make notes for about five sentences.(3 points) ========================================================================= GD LUCK Mr.T.Majed Zraiqi Principal: Mr.Ashraf Saleem الامتحانات في الروابط امتحان الشهرين فصل اول للصف الصامن نموذج 1