Third Secondary Certificate 2021
Test (1) – Based on Unit 1
1) Choose
the correct answer:
1- There is a lot of prestige …………….. to
owning a car like this.
a) collected b) fixed c) attached d) established
2- Having joined the Faculty of Nursing, she had ………….
on the best first aid practices.
a)
trained b) training c)
train d)
trainer
3- I always …………… the sisters: they look so
alike.
a) confuse
b) perplex c) compete d) puzzle
4- You ………….. there for more than two
hours when she finally arrived.
a) have been
waiting b) had been waited c) were waiting d) had been
waiting
5- The virus will ………… your computer.
a) worry b) disable c) report d)
assign
6- When the match ……………, a group of spectators were
singing a beautiful song.
a) was playing b) was played c) was being played d) had been played
7- The ………….. of lighting the Olympic flame
goes back centuries.
a)
routine b) red
tape c) habit d) custom
8- I couldn't dine with him as I ………… at least three
meals throughout the day.
a) was
eating b) had been eating c) had eaten d)
must have eaten
9- The suffering she's currently …………… distracts her attention
in many situations.
a) confusing b) checking c) complaining d)
experiencing
10- While
a)
was b) was being
c) had been d) would be
11- Behind the scenes a lot of
secret ………….. was going on.
a)
diplomatic b) diplomat c) diplomacy d)
diploma
12- It wasn't until 1990 that I ……….. my wife.
a) had
met b) was meeting c) met d)
would have met
13- Students stood at a …………. distance from
the teachers.
a) respected b) respecting c)
respectful d)
respecter
14- ………….. a lot of money does not always entail
happiness.
a) Having b) Having had c) On having d)
Since having
15- The restaurant is informal, ………… and
extremely good value.
a) stylish b) respectful c) insistent d) adventurous
16- She didn't answer the phone because she …………. to
her boss.
a) had
spoken b) was
speaking c) had been speaking d) spoke
2) Read the following passage and answer the
questions:
In the 1950s, Central American
commercial banana growers were facing the death of their most lucrative
product, the Gros Michel banana, known as Big Mike. And now it’s
happening again to Big Mike’s successor – the Cavendish.
With its
easily transported, thick-skinned and sweet-tasting fruit, the Gros Michel
banana plant dominated the plantations of
Unfortunately,
these conditions are also perfect for the spread of the fungus Fusarium,
which attacks the plant’s roots and prevents it from transporting water to the
stem and leaves. The TR-1 strain of the fungus was resistant to crop sprays and
travelled around on boots or the tyres of trucks, slowly infecting plantations
across the region. In an attempt to escape the fungus, farmers abandoned
infected fields, flooded them and then replanted crops somewhere else,
often cutting down rainforest to do so.
Their
efforts failed. So, instead, they searched for a variety of banana that the
fungus didn’t affect. They found the Cavendish, as it was called, in the
greenhouse of a British duke. It wasn’t as well suited to shipping as the Gros
Michel, but its bananas tasted good enough to keep consumers happy. Most
importantly, TR-1 didn’t seem to affect it. In a few years, United Fruit had
saved itself from bankruptcy by filling its plantations with thousands of the
new plants, copying the same monoculture growing conditions Gros Michel had
thrived in.
While the
operation was a huge success for the Latin American industry, the Cavendish
banana itself is far from safe. In 2014,
A) Choose
the correct answer;
1- The underlined
word lucrative is closest in meaning to the word ………… .
a) lost b) profitable c) malicious d) nasty
2- How does the
fungus Fusarium affect plants?
a) It deprives them of the main nutrients.
b) It clones shoots from their stems.
c) It resists crop sprays.
d) It abandons infected fields.
3- How did United
Fruit save itself from bankruptcy?
a) By filling its plantations with
thousands of the Gros Michel bananas.
b) By using monoculture growing conditions
for growing Gros Michel.
c) By spreading the Cavendish bananas
instead.
d) By cloning shoots from the stems of
plants instead of growing plants from seeds.
4- Why did
a) Because United Fruit didn't like them
to rise.
b) Because of terrorist attacks that made
the Cavendish banana far from safe.
c) Because the TR-1 strain of the fungus
was resistant to crop sprays.
d) Because the
natural surroundings did not go in the desired direction.
B) Answer
the following questions:
1- Find in the
text words that mean the following:
a) growing large areas of the same
crop. b) young stems.
………………… monoculture …………………………………… shoots ………………………..
2- What advice
would you give to
I
advice them to either use very strong pesticides or to look for another variety
of bananas resistant to fungi.
3- What
properties did the Gros Michel banana have that made it dominant?
It
was easily transported, thick-skinned and sweet-tasting fruit.
4- In what way
did Gros Michel excel its successor, and vice versa?
Gros
Michel was easily transported, while the Cavendish didn’t seem to be affected
by TR-1.
3) A) Translate
into Arabic:
Mystery
novels revolve around a crime that must be solved, often a murder but not
always. The traditional format will have a detective—either professional or
amateur—as the protagonist, surrounded by a group of characters who help solve
the crime or are suspects.
تدور روايات الغموض حول جريمة يجب حلها ، غالبًا ما تكون جريمة قتل ولكن
ليس دائمًا. سيكون للشكل التقليدي عبارة عن محقق - سواء محترف أو هاوٍ - كبطل ،
محاطًا بمجموعة من الشخصيات التي تساعد في حل الجريمة أو مشتبه بهم.
B) Translate into English:
أتعجب لمن يخرج لنا بالنظريات الفارغة التي يدعي أنها علمية و يقول أن
المصريين ليسوا هم بناة الأهرامات الثلاثة و أبو الهول، مرجعا البناء لمخلوقات
فضائية أو كائنات خرافية، متناسيا أن المصريين القدماء كان لهم من الإنجازات
الحضارية ما يفوق بناء هذه الصروح العملاقة.
I am astonished at those who come out with nonsense theories, claiming
that they are scientific, alleging that the Egyptians were not the builders of
the three pyramids and the Sphinx, relating the construction to aliens or
mythical creatures, forgetting that the ancient Egyptians had more historical
achievements than building these gigantic edifices.
4) Write an
essay of about 180 words on :
A
hard experience that you have gone through successfully.
Last year I went through a hard
experience that I will never forget. Fortunately, I could manage things and I
could eventually overcome the situation and its bad consequences. I was with a
group of friends on a trip to a natural reserve in
We were five persons, two men (including
me) and three women. It was clear that either I or my male fellow must come out
of the car to replace the tyre, but it was a great risk. There were no rescuers
within several miles. One bad thing about the African natural reserves is that
things are not completely safe due to the bad service offered by the natives.
After debates and negotiations, it was me who offered to take the risk. I got
out of the car with the necessary tools and the replacement.
As I was shivering, being busy with the
replacement procedures, I heard the angry roar of a wild cheetah. I sprang out
in terror, screamed and ran trying to reach the car door. My friends were
horrified, but – fortunately – one of them shot her gun in the air, the thing
which frightened the cheetah out. I got into the car in total panic. We didn't dare come out of the car for hours,
and we just waited for the rescuers who came after ten hours. They helped us
replace the flat tyre. When I remember that experience now I smile, but I never
forget the attached horror.
Comments
Post a Comment