midterm 7th grade امتحان انجليزي شهرين فصل اول صف سابع دولة فلسطين 7th grade ( ) Midterm State of Palestine وزارة التربية والتعليم Ministry of Education مديرية التربية والتعليم/وسط الخليل Date: 3 / 11 / 2013 مدرسة: ذكور حربي أبو الضبعات Name:?????????????. 60 Teacher: Imad Sh. Atawneh 1st semester 1- Read the following passage and answer the questions below:- Arabic is a world language. About 280 million people speak Arabic in the countries of the Middle East and North Africa. Many millions more around the world understand some Arabic because it is the language of the Holy Qur'an. The number of speakers of a world language is always changing because the world is changing. The number of Arabic speakers is rising every year. English is also important because people from different countries often speak English when they meet. Palestinian leaders speak English when they meet to talk about our country. It is the language of science and technology. About two billion people speak English in countries like Britain, the United States, Australia and India. Many more are learning it in schools all over the world. (A) Tick true () or false (). (8 points ) 1. Arabic isn't a world language. ( ) 2. People in the Middle East speak Arabic. ( ) 3. The number of Arabic speakers isn't changing. ( ) 4. About two million people speak English all over the world. ( ) (B) Answer the following questions. ( 8 points ) 1. What is the language of the Holy Quran? ???????????????????????????. 2. Is English an important language? ???????????????????????????. (C) The underlined pronouns refer to: it ?????????? (D) The best title for the passage is ???????????? 2-Vocabulary ? ( A ) Read the text again and find the opposite of these words. ( 4 points ) Similar ×???????. West × ??????????. Falling ×???????. Less × ??????????, ( B) Finish the following sentences with words from the list. ( 6 points ) hug kiss great standard Chinese intelligent 1. Mothers always like to ???????. their children and ????????. them. 2. Your clothes are very beautiful and you look ?????????? 3. The people of China are ???????? 4. We study ?????????. Arabic at school. 5-Lubna is an ?????????.. student . She is the first in her class. ( C ) Write the Arabic meaning of these words. ( 6 points ) Bow : ????????. leader : ????? smile : ????????? Communicate : ??.......... chat : ?????? holy Qur'an : ??????.. Structure. 1- Choose the correct word . ( 10 points ) 1. I usually (smile ? smiles ? smiling) when I meet new people. 2. She sometimes (hugs ? hug ? is hugging) her friends. 3. The girls (listen - are listening ? listens) to music now. 5. We (believes - are believing ? believe) in Allah. 5. We (love - ?re loving ? loves ) Palestine . 2. Use the words in brackets to join the sentences. ( 2 points ) 1. The dog is barking. It's hungry. (because) ?????????????????????????????????????????? 2. Bees dance when they find food. Other bees know. (so) ?????????????????????????????????????????. 3- Complete the following dialogue : ( 7 points ) World ? wonderful ? Arabic ? English ? language ? Britain ? Where ? learn Omar: Hello, Ben Ben: Hello, Omar. Omar? ??.are you from? Ben: I'm from ????????.. Omar: What ????????.. do people speak in Britain? Ben: They speak ????????.. Omar: Do you like to ???????.. any other language Ben: Yes, I want to learn ???????. Omar: That's ???????. . . But why Arabic? Ben: Because it's a ??????? language. Writing. 1- Put the words in alphabetical order. ( 4 points ) 1. like - learn - language - leader ?????????????????????????????????????? 2. smile - shirt - surprised - standard ?????????????????????????????????????? 2- Write correct sentences. ( 3 points ) 1- the number of students is going down ?????????????????????????????????????? 2- were learning about english artists at school ?????????????????????????????????????? 3- Re arrange the following. ( 2 points ) 1- go / usually / by bus / I / to /school .????????????????????????????????????? 2. technology / English / language / is / the / of . ?????????????????????????????????????.