English Language Exam 8th Grade- First Semester Morning shift امتحان نهاية الفصل الدراسي الأول لعام 2016/2017 م وزارة التربية والتعليم مديرية التربية والتعليم – رفح للصف الثامن الأساسي-الفترة الصباحية Total : 40 marks Time: 1:30 اسم الطالب .......................... Listening (5 marks ) -1 Listen and complete the notes about people and their favourite sports: Hazem ………………. Salem Name 1.---------------- 2. table tennis 1. Volleyball 2. ---------------- 1.---------------- 2. ---------------- Sport 2_- Speaking ( 4 marks ) 1- What would you say in the following situations: (2 points) 1- When someone gives you something ,You say : a) Here you are b) OK c) Thank you 2- When you describe Arab music, You say : a) It tastes good. b) It sounds exciting. c) It smells wonderful. 2- Complete the following conversation from the box : ( 2points ) I haven’t, either - What have you been – really - I do, too. Ahmed : Hi Ali. ………………………………….…………………. doing recently .? Ali : I have been watching football matches on TV. Ahmed : Wow ! I like football matches, but I have never been to a football match. Ali : ……………………………………………………………. Ahmed :What's your favourite team ? Ali :I ………………..like Barcelona . Ahmed: …………….………..……? It's my favoutire team. 3-_ Vocabulary ( 7 marks ) A) Fill in the spaces with words from the list :- (5 marks ) developed - project - feel like - clubs - test) ) 1 - I'm hungry . I……………………………. having a big meal . 2- The modern guitar was ………………………….. from the ou'd . 3- People usually go to ……………………….. to play games . 4- I have an important ……………… next week so I have to study well . 5 - My history …………………………. is about Palestine before 1948. B) Make words from pairs of words : (2 points ) ache _ ground_ line_ day ) ) 1- land ……………………………… 2_ birth …………………………… 3- ear ………………………………... 4 _ play ……………………………. ( 1 ) 4-_ Reading (8 marks ) (A) Read the following passage then answer the questions: 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. Some are 90 meters 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 has protected 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 and heavy feet badly damage it, too. So Yosemite still needs help, and thousands of young volunteers join together to give it every summer. A_ Answer the questions:- ( 2 points ) 1- What amazing things can you see in Yosemite ? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2- Why do volunteers go to Yosemite every summer? ………………………………………………………………………………………………… B _ Put ( √ ) or ( × ) ( 3 points) 1- ( ) The huge trees are the most amazing living things in Yosemite 2- ( ) People don’t damage the place 3- ( ) The United States made Yosemite a National Park about 160 years ago. D) Get from the passage :- ( 2 points ) 1_ The meaning of: fantastic = ………………………. Save = …………………………….. 2_ The opposite of : lowest x …………………………. Finshed x………………………… E) Choose: The underlined pronoun " it " refers to :- ( 1 point ) a. Yosemite park b. century c. year 5) language ( 8 marks) A- Choose the correct answer from brackets (4 points ) 1 - I love nature . I ( can too - do too - don’t either ) 2 - Whose book is it ? It`s ( you - her - mine ) 3 - I have been ( learn - learning - learned ) English since 2005. 4 - If Samia ( studies - study - studied ) hard , she will pass the exam. B) Choose (1points ) 1- We use …….. to ask about things that have not happened at any time in someone’s life. a) ever b) never 2- I’d like a drink of cold water, please.. drink here is ………………….. b- a noun a - a verb ( 3 points ) C _ Do as shown in brackets : 1 - Amany used to play tennis at school. ( make negative ) ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 2- She has been studying medicine for 5 years ( use: since ) ………………………………………………………………………………………………… 3- This is your football .It's ………………………… ( Add a possessive pronoun ) 6- Writing (8 marks ) A_ Punctuate the following : (1 point ) ramy and nadia go to london every year ………………………………………………………………………………………………… B- Re -arrange : (1 point ) 1- is - My - food - pizza - favourite ………………………………………………………………………………………… C- Write the numbers forms of the written numbers(2 marks ) 1. Nineteen hundred ……………………. 2. Twenty oh nine ……………………… D- Read and complete from the box : ( 4 points ) learning Likes Sisters Brothers From School year How old Name Play basket ball drawing Soha 8 Nour 7 Khalid 4 Rafah Palestine Grade 8 13 Lubna My name is ……………………………., and I'm from ………………….. ... I'm …………… ……………. old , I'm in ……………………… at school . I have one ……………………. and ……………………………….. sisters .I like ……………………Now I'm learning to ……………………………………………. Good luck للصف الثامن الأساسي--الفترة الصباحية Listening Material المادة السمعية – للمعلم فقط Researcher: Well, Salem. What kinds of sport do you do? Salem: Well, I often play football and I often go swimming, too Researcher: Thank you, and now can I ask you, Fatima? What kinds of sport do you like? Fatima: Well, I play volleyball a lot. Researcher: And do you do anything else? Fatima: Yes, I go running a lot, too. Researcher: Thank you, and now can I ask you, Hazem? What kinds of sport do you do? Hazem: Well, I sometimes play basketball and I sometimes play table tennis, too..