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Palestinian National Authority

Ministry of Education& Higher Education
Directorate of Education/ Al-Shafai Prep "A" boys school
Mid-term English Language Exam for 9th Grade, November 2014

:Name ‫السام‬......................................class :‫الصف‬..............................

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Listen to the following passage , then answer the questions below:(4marks)
1-1- Listen and tick ( √ ) or ( X ) :
1- The tourists are from America. ( )
2- They are going to visit the Damascus Gate. ( )
2- Choose the correct answer :
1- They are going to tour the old city by ………………………. ( mini-bus – car – walking )
2-They are going to visit famous religious sites including………………………. ( Nablus –
Dome of the rock- Mount of olives)
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Read and classify the following. (3marks)

[Hebron - love – mean – Gaza – Bethlehem – like ]

Stative verbs cities

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Choose the correct answer: (10marks)
He is …………… now. ( reading – reads – read ) -1
Nadia …………..….. some water. ( needs – needing - needed)-2
Cocacola is a ……. ……..drink.( local – global - cooking)-3
They clean the class ……….. day( never – usually - every) -4
I visited Nablus……….. mini-bus. ( from – during – by ) -5
is a big place where planes land and take off. ( school- Airport -house) ,………… -6
We still haven't ……… the flowers ( done – does –did)-7
Mr. Qadiri has ………..bought a new carpet. ( still- already – been) -8
Lana has ………… . up the pictures.( put - but – hall ) -9
They are going to leave …… .10 o'clock. ( on – in – at ) -10
Answer the following questions:(3marks)

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......................................................................................? What's your name-1

.......................................................................................? Wheredo youlive -2

.............................................................................? Do you want to visit Jerusalem -3

:Read the passage then answer the questions

Nidal and Hadeel are Palestinian- American. They usually have their summer
holiday in America, but this year Hadeel and Nidal are having a summer holiday
with a big difference. It's 10:30 in the morning 0n Saturday , July 10th , and they are
taking off on a long flight to Gaza. Next morning , theyarrived Gaza's Airport at
.nine o'clock
Choose and complete:(3marks)
Hadeel and Nidal are from ___________ ( America – Palestine – Gaza) -1
They arrived Gaza at ___________________ o'clock. ( 9 - 6 - 19 ) -2
They usually spend their summer in __________ ( Australia – America – Egypt ) -3
Get from the passage:(3marks)
.……………:month:……………….. 2-country:………………. 3-noun -1
…………………The opposite of: land X……………… 5- short X:4
.………………………: The underlined pronoun They refers to -5
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:Do as shown between bract's

Lana going to school every day. ( correct the underlined word)-1

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needs - water - some - Nidal . ( Rearrange ) -2

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passport - landing card – village - airport . ( odd one out ) -3

ahmed and lana visitd al-aqsa mosque and the dome of the rock (punctuate) -4

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Good Luck