Bunat Al-Ghad Academy

Diagnostic Exam

For The Scholastic 2021\2022

Student Name:

Grade: 11 National

Subject: Reading Comprehension and Writing

Teacher’s Name: Nadia Balquis

Date:

Time: 55 minutes

Part One: Part Two: Part

Question Total
Three:
/ Reading Derivation
Writing
Total Comp.
Mark
40
15 10 15

Student
Mark
 Part One: Reading Comprehension [ \15]

Read the following text carefully, and then answer all the questions that follow. Your
answers should be based on the text.

Space Camp competition

1. This is a chance for you and your friends to win a place at next year’s Space Camp where
you will spend time learning more about outer space and having wonderful space-like
experiences. It also includes a visit to the National Space Center. The camp will run from
5th to 10th May 2010 and will include accommodation, food and a host of fun and
educational activities. All this is free to the winning teams but would normally cost you
450$ per team.
2. The Competition task
Imagine that man has returned to the moon and set up a base there. The ‘lunanuats’ live
on the moon for months at a time, conducting experiments in what is a very hard and
inhospitable environment. Life on the moon is much more difficult than anyone thinks.
Your job is to help the scientists on the moon with a new and useful device which will
make their everyday lives easier and easier. You and your team must invent something
which will do this.
You have to be between 14 and 17 years old to enter and there must be no more than 4
people in each team. The ten best teams that come up with the most original and practical
design will win five whole days of fun at the Space Camp, learning about astronomy and
space science.
3. At the camp
When you reach the camp there will be experts showing you how it works. You will also
get the opportunity to experience what weightlessness in space can be like scuba diving.
Once you can do this well you will have to build a satellite under water!
At the end of the week, you will build a rocket ready for its launch. The most successful
launch team that sends the rocket highest will get a certificate. But that is not all…..
4. And more…..
The rocket-launch winning team gets the chance to visit the National Space Center where
the stimulators will take you on a ride you have never experienced before. There will be
real astronauts training gym. On the second day you will be able to learn about satellites
and have a chance to design your own. The last visit is to the Planetarium where you can
photograph the stars and planets and use the telescopes to see into the further reaches of
space.
5. How to enter
You have till December 10th to enter you team which must have a team name and contact
number. Enter by logging into our website www.metro.com\spacecamp.ac by 8 pm.

1. When will the Space Camp take place?

[1]
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2. How much is the Space Camp prize worth?
[1]
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3. What does each team have to produce for the “lunanauts’?
[1]
__________________________________________________________
4. What is the age requirement for team members? Circle the correct answer. [1]
a. between 13-18

b. between 14-17

5. Which two water based activities will you able to do at Space Camp? Circle
the correct answers [2]
a. Scuba diving
b. Drawing a castle under water
c. Building a castle under water
 6. What creative activity can you enjoy at the National Space Center? [1]
______________________________________________________________

7. What two activities you can take part in at the Planetarium? Circle the correct
answers. [2]
a. Photograph stars
b. Use telescope
c. Fly in the outer space

8. According to paragraph 5, when is the latest time and date to apply for the
completion? [1]
____________________________________________________________
9. Quote a sentence from paragraph two which shows that the moon visitors
have to be creative.
[1]
______________________________________________________________
_______________________________________________________

10. What do the underlined pronouns in the text refer to?

a. Their (2nd paragraph):_________________________ [1]

b. This ( 2nd paragraph):__________________________ [1]
c. This ( 3rd paragraph):__________________________ [1]

12. Reread paragraph two in the article, and then find: [1]

a word which means unfriendly. ___________

a word which means to discover a new thing. ____________________
 Part two: Derivation ( \10 )
A. Choose the correct derivative to continue the sentences.

1– Petra is an important _________ site.

a) archaeology b) archaeologist c) archaeological

2 – I will be going to university to continue my _________ .

a) educate b) educated c) education

3 – In our exam, we had to _________ a text from Arabic into English.

a) translator b) translation c) translate

4 – They are going to _________ a new air conditioning unit in our flat.

a) install b) installation c) installer

5 – Thank you for your help, I really _________ it.

a) appreciate b) appreciation c) appreciated

6 – Have you seen Nasser’s _________ of postcards? He’s got hundreds!

a) collect b) collection c) collector

B. Choose the correct word in brackets to complete the sentences.

9) ( benefits , benefited , beneficial )

a. A latest research indicates that two cups of coffee a day will be __________to

the heart.

b. I read much about the ___________of eating fruits and vegetables.

10) ( innovate , innovative , innovation )

a. ___________usually appears during the early age of people.

b. It's a fact that not all ____________ people possess educational degrees.
 Part Three : Writing [ \15]

Fast food is a good alternative to cooking for yourself. To what extent do you agree

or disagree with this statement? Write one paragraph to express your opinion.

Write from 60 to 100 words.

 Points to consider:

 Fast food is an easy solution to people with busy lives.

 Fast food is tasty and has delicious flavors.

 Fast food is unhealthy and contains a lot of carbohydrates and sugar.

 Fast food is expensive for consumer.

In this modern time, people love to eat fast foods. Junk food is a mass-

produced food that is prepared and served within few minutes. I believe

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All things considered, it seems to me that__________________________________

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