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عدد صفحات هذا الامتحان (4 ) صفحات وعدد الأسئلة (5)

THE HASHEMITE KINGDOME OF JORDAN-MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
GENERAL SECONDARY CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION-2010
GENERAL ENGLISH
الدورة الشتوية / المستوى الثالث
DATE: TIME: 1 HOUR AND HALF
SECTION ONE: READING (35 points )
PART ONE: READING COMPREHENSION: (23 POINTS)
Read the following text carefully, then in your ANSWER BOOKLET answer
all the questions that follow. Your answers should be based on the text.

The Ajyaluna Campaign – literally translated as Our Generation- was the
first national awareness campaign launched by the Jordan River
Foundation and was implemented throughout 2004- 2005.
Ajyaluna tackled child safety issues by initiating a dialogue and
promoting awareness and understanding through an educational media
campaign that targeted all levels of Jordanian society.
Through the vision and guidance of Her Majesty Queen Rania Al-Abdullah,
and Her belief that children’s general welfare has to be at the
forefront of the national agenda. On June 6, 2004, the Jordan River
Foundation launched its one-year national awareness campaign on child
safety. June 6th was officially marked as a national day for child
safety in Jordan.
This campaign served as a major channel of communication and information
through incorporated TV commercials (Our Wealth, Violence), radio
announcements, press advertisements, billboards, nation-wide awareness
lectures and workshops and the awareness caravan that is reaching most
rural areas throughout the kingdom. The messages of the campaign were
designed to introduce to Jordanian society the principles of child
safety and forms of abuse in a culturally- sensitive manner.
Throughout concentrated efforts on various levels from rural communities
up to high decision makers, this initiative was made possible by the
cooperation and partnership of various stakeholders in public and
private sectors, who shared a great social responsibility and who
ensured the success of the campaign.

Question Number One (18 points)
A.
1- How did Ajyaluna tackle child safety issues? (4 points)
2- What messages were designed to introduce to Jordanian society? (3 points)
3- More than one means for presenting the campaign were mentioned, write three of them (2 points)
4- What does the underlined pronoun (Her) L.5 refer to? (3 points)
5- Find a word in the second paragraph means (giving a higher position)? (2 points)
6- Quote the sentence which shows that Her Majesty Queen Rania
Al-Abdullah is interested in what is better for children (1 point)
7- write down the sentence which indicates to the duration of the campaign (1 point)






B. Critical Thinking.
Children are considered to be the wealth for our country, explain this
statement in two sentences showing what can be done to make their life
easier and to help them have a better life. (2 points)


Question Number Two (5 points)
Literature Spot
Read the following quotation from “Fruits of Labour”, and then answer the questions that follow with reference to the story.
“This demand by his father scared him and he went crying straight to his
mother. Her heart melted at the sight of tears in her son’s eyes).

1. What was the father’s demand?
2. What did the mother do in order to help her son?


PART TWO: VOCABULARY: (12 points).
Question Number Three.
A. Using the dictionary entry below, choose the correct form of the word
to fill in the blanks. Write the answers in your ANSWER BOOKLET. (4
points)
1- Companies require people who work……………….
2- All the students should……………….to make the
project successful





B. Study the following dictionary entry and answer the question that
follows. Write the answer in your ANSWER BOOKLET. ( 2 points)
What is the syllable that carries the main stress in the word ( celebrate)

a) ce b) leb c) rate



C. Chose the best answer from those given to fill in the blanks. Write your answers in your ANSWER BOOKLET. ( 6 points).



Global ………………………is a universal problem which is caused by Man, many
things can be done to solve it, such as using …………………..transport, I
believe that we should ……………….action, not just sit around and complain




SECTION TWO: WRITING: (35 points)

PART THREE: STRUCTURES AND FUNCTIONS: (20 points)

Question Number Four (20 points)

A. Correct the verb between brackets, then write the answers down in your answer booklet, (4 points)
1. You are out of breath, have you …………………………………..? (run)
2. last year, my father and I …………………….to London. (go)

B. Choose the suitable item from those given to fill in the blanks in
each of the following items, then write it down in your ANSWER BOOKLET.
(8 points)

3. ……………. the government’s efforts, people still smoke in public areas.
( although, in spite of , however )
4. when I get into a trouble, I always turn ……………my father to help me
( to, on , away )
5. ………….mount Nebo is one of the most impressive places in Jordan.
( x, the, a)
6. This letter ……………………by my best friend 10 years ago.
(writes, written, was written)


C. Complete each of the following items so that the new item has a
similar meaning to the one before it, then write it down in your ANSWER
BOOKLET. (4 points)

7. Has anybody told you the truth yet?
Have ………………………………………………………………………………by anyone?
8. The weather is awful. Jamal’s plane will probably be late.
Jamal’s plane………………….………………………………………………….

D. Choose the suitable item to fill in the blanks. Write the answers in your ANSWER BOOKLE.
(3 points)



My father ……………..repairing that roof for the last few days, according to
the news, it was ………………to rain heavily, I helped him with it, lately it
rained, I ………….never seen such rain before.


E. Study the following pairs of sentences and answer the question bellow. Write the answer in your answer booklet. (2 points)

a. The whale is the biggest mammal.
b. when we went to the aquarium, the whale was swimming gently.
Which sentence talks about whales in general?
……………………………………………………………………………………………………

PART FOUR: EDITING, GUIDED AND FREE WRITING : ( 15 points )

A. You are the editor of your school magazine. You get a message with
three mistakes from one of your colleagues. Correct these mistakes and
write the answers in your ANSWER BOOKLET. (3points)







B. GUIDED WRITING: ( 5 points )
Read the information in the table below then, in your ANSWER BOOKLET,
write two sentences about career .use a ppropriate linking words such
as: and, also……..etc.

journalist Career
Hard-working, enthusiastic, computer skills Personal qualities and skills
Degree in media, experience in preparing reports Qualification and degree






C. FREE WRITING: ( 7 points)
In your ANSWER BOOKLET, write a composition of about 80 words on ONE of the following :

- write a composition about someone you admire, mentioning a bit
background about this person, and describing his personal qualities as
well as his relations, saying why you like him/her and why you like to
be like him/her.

- Her Queen Rania AL-Abdullah pays a lot of attention to students at
schools, she is working hard to stop violence at schools, write a
composition about this issue suggesting what can be done to stop this.












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