REGION: Mussandam 2009 - 2010

GRADE ELEVEN
END-OF-YEAR EXAM
ENGLISH LANGUAGE ELECTIVE
TIME: 2 hours TOTAL MARKS: ! PAGES: "
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READING # $I%&ms # ' (
Match the six texts on the left with the texts in the box.
Write A, ), C, etc, as in the example. (There are two extra texts in the box.)
Ex.
Its a really beautiful place.
__F__
A Many visitors go there to see them
lay their eggs.
1.
The test was not difficult but
it was very long.
_____
B I will try to study more to get a
high grade.
2.
Ras Al Hadd is famous for its
green turtles
_____
C He is down with flu.
3.
ome wor!ers get very tired
as their wor!ing hours are
too long.
_____
" They hardly get any rest.
4.
#ohn can$t attend the
wor!sho%.
_____
& He is su%%osed to call him first.
5.
'orry is the main cause for
slee%less nights

_____
( &very year) thousands of tourists
go there for their holidays.
6.
*eace gives every country
the chance to carry out
useful projects
_____
+ This is true . It saves the money
spent on wars and destructive
weapons.
H As a result some of us get tired
easily and others get de%ressed.
I The time was not enough to
com%lete the %a%er.
READING 2 $I%&ms * ' #2(
Read the text. Then for each item, choose the correct option: A, ) or C.
Many e,%erts believe there are too many %eo%le in the world. -nless there are big
changes in the way %eo%le thin! about the number of children they should have) the
world$s %o%ulation will double in twenty five years. There will be more than ./ cities with
%o%ulation greater than ./ million. 0ow there is only one.
ome %eo%le 1 who do not understand what over%o%ulation means 1 %oint to countries
such as Australia and say there is much of room there. Although most of Australia is
un%o%ulated ) and much of it is thinly %o%ulated ) there are reasons for this . (irstly)
much of the land is desert and waterless) and secondly) even the land that is not desert
is not suitable for anything) not even growing grass. Another ma2or %roblem we will have
to face as the world %o%ulation grows) is a shortage of energy. 'e are using u% coal and
oil and when they have been used u%) we$ll have to find something to ta!e their %lace. It
is true that we can ma!e electricity from the heat of the sun and moving water.
Although moving water is not widely used) some Arab countries including &gy%t has
already started to ma!e electricity from the heat of the sun but this isn3t in big
4uantities.
*erha%s) the biggest %roblem we will have when the world$s %o%ulation doubles will be
%ollution .The air we breathe is already badly %olluted.

5 1 The Australians live in of their country.
A6 a small %art B6 most C6 nearly all
76 *eo%le should thin! of ways to the number of %o%ulation.
A6 double B6 decrease C6 increase
8 1 will be an effective solution for energy %roblems in some Arab countries .
A6 9il B6 olar %ower C6 Coal
:/6 There is water in most of Australia$s land.
A6 little B6 much C6 no.
::6 The world$s %o%ulation may double in___________
A6 century. B6 a 4uarter of a century . C6 half of a century .
:.6 The number of cities with more than ./ million now is ________
A6one. B6 twenty. C6 twenty five
+RITING #
Write a BIOGRAPHY of L,u-s ).a-//& . Use ALL the information in the box.
Your writin should be correct and well!orani"ed.
L,u-s ).a-//&
Teach;Braille;all world born; :7/8 ; *aris
"ied;:7<. = years old; accident ;blind
>Braille> system ;reading and writing
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st
boo! %ublish;:7.8 learn by listening
:<years old;invite a writing system read;boo!s for blind
study;< hours daily
+RITING 2
Write at least #$ words about the followin topic:
What are you willing to do to reach your goals?
Your writin should be clear and interestin.
+RITING "
%omplete the followin tas&. Write at least #$ words.
ituation? Imagine that you are 0asir;0ada.
@our are a student in grade :: and you have to choose some elective sub2ect for the ne,t year.
'rite an e6mail to your teacher and as! him;her to advice you of which sub2ect to be chosen.
Your e!mail should be clear and well!orani"ed. 'o not write an address.