Read this text about the love of a grandmother for education.
Answer the following questions in English. You do not need to write in full sentences.
How did Mrs Amal work on improving her education after leaving school?
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Which message did Mrs Amal want to send to the world?
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What was her final achievement?
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Son of a poor man
Read the extract from a story about the son of a poor man.
Answer the following questions in English. You do not need to write in full sentences.
What was the boy’s mother doing when his father came home?
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What stopped the boy from having more sleep?
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What did the father want the mother to do as soon as he arrived home?
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What was the father’s concern if his son didn’t hurry up?
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The value of Arabic
Read the following report about the opinions of these people working or studying at an Arab university on the state of the Arabic language.
Answer the following questions in English. You do not need to write full sentences.
What reason does Mohammad give for the unsatisfactory use of the Arabic language?
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Why isn’t Farouq worried about the preference of young Arabs for using foreign languages?
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What does Ebtisam think about her Arabic language level before joining the university?
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What does Samiyah think needed to be done to improve the level of students in Arabic?
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Why is Ahmed optimistic that the students’ knowledge of Arabic will improve?
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The boy and the fish
Read this extract from a story about a boy who caught a fish.
Example: The boy was........
When he felt the rod pulling, the boy........
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The boy saw........
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He looked........
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The boy was........
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The struggling fish........
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A famous valley
Read this text about a natural reserve.
Complete the following sentences with the correct information.
The area was called ‘moon valley’ because its land is........ to that of the moon.
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Scientists decided to call a........ after the name of this valley.
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The valley was........ one of the world’s natural heritage sites.
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This area is good for watching........ at night.
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Answer the following questions about the above text in English.
What makes the mountains of this valley significant?
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What does this place turn into in certain seasons of the year?
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Literary festival
Read this news report about a literary festival in Tunis.
What does the news report say?
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Answer the following questions in English.
What was the main reason the magazines received the awards?
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What was special about the women’s magazine mentioned in this news report?
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Translate this passage into English.
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The paper as printed
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