هدية لكم نموذج امتحان الكفاءة للغة الانجليزية

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A SAMPLE COURSE IN ENGLISH LANGUAGE PROFICIENCY TEST

نموذج من أسئلة امتحان الكفاءة باللغة الإنكليزية

First Examination الامتحان الأول

ترجمة وإعداد / قحطـان فؤاد الخطيب

(تم حذف الإيميل لأن عرضه مخالف لشروط المنتدى)

Section 1

A) Select the expression marked (a), (b), (c) or (d) that best completes the following items . Mark your answer by encircling the letter indicating the choice .
1-We mustيجب علينا أن leave the party at exactly بالضبط 9:00; ................. we’ll be سنكون late متأخرين for work .
a. for else لآخر
b. other آخر
c. else الآخر
d. otherwise وإلا
2-She plays تعزف على the flute المزمار ................... an expert كخبيرة .
a. like مثل
b. since منذ
c. as بينما
d. as if كما لو
3-Neither my brother ..................... ever been to Europe .
a. or I have
b. nor I have
c. or me has
d. nor me have
4-If the maid الخادمة comes today , please have her ................ my shirts .
a. washed غسلت
b. washing غسيل
c. to washing
d. wash تغسل
5-When عندما the crowd الجمهور returned to their seats مقاعده , ................... started بدأ his speech خطابه again .
a. this is the speaker
b. the speaker who الذي
c. the speaker المتكلم
d. the speakers المتكلمون
B)From the word in brackets at the end of sentence below form a word that fits into the space in each sentence .
For example :
He will سوف ….......... arrive in time الوقت المناسب . (certain متأكد)
-He will certainly بالتأكيدarrive in time.

الحال يعرف من (ly) في نهاية الكلمة ما عدا الشواذ ويقع بعد الفعل المساعد وقبل الفعل الرئيسي .

6-The farmers الفلاحون did their best بذلوا قصارى جهدهم to ..................... the stream جدول الماء . (wide عريض )

بعد حرف الجر(to) يأتي مصدر مجرد من الزيادة مشتق من الصفة( عريض wide) وهو (يعرض).

7-We ............ that he is one of our best graduates خريجين . (certain متأكد)

بعد الفاعل (نحن We) يأتي فعل كينونة (are) في الزمن المضارع لعدم وجود دلالة على زمن آخر ثم الصفة الموجودة بين قوسين .

8-He told me that he would very ............ arrive today . (probable محتمل)

الحال يعرف من (ly) في نهاية الكلمة ما عدا الشواذ ويقع بعد الفعل المساعد وقبل الفعل الرئيسي .

9-We witnessed شهدنا great ................ events أحداثا . (history تاريخ)

الصفة تقع قبل الاسم وتعرف من مقطعها النهائي . وتشتق من الاسم (تاريخ history) وهو (تاريخية) .

10-He is ................. respected محترم by his colleagues زملائه . (high عالي)

الحال يعرف من (ly) في نهاية الكلمة ما عدا الشواذ ويقع بعد الفعل المساعد وقبل الفعل الرئيسي .

C)Complete sentence (b) of each of the following items in such a
way that it means exactly the same as sentence (a) before it .
11-(a) They don’t allow يسمح us to smoke بالتدخين in the classroom .
(b) We .................................................. .................................................. .. .

المطلوب تحويل الجملة من (المبني للمعلوم Active Voice) إلى (المبني للمجهول Passive Voice) لأن المفعول به (us) أصبح فاعلا (We) حيث يحتاج إلى (are) لأنه جمع والزمن مضارع مع بقاء النفي ثم تحويل الفعل المضارع (يسمحوا allow) إلى صيغة التصريف الثالث للفعل (P.P.) ثم تكملة الجملة .

12-(a)People were praising يمدحون and criticizing وينقدون Jack at the same time .
(b) Jack .................................................. ............................................. .

المطلوب تحويل الجملة من (المبني للمعلوم Active Voice) إلى (المبني للمجهول Passive Voice) لأن المفعول به (Jack) أصبح فاعلا حيث يحتاج إلى (was) لأنه مفرد والزمن ماضى مستمر مع إضافة (being) ثم التصريف الثالث للفعل (P.P.) للفعلين (praising) إلى (praised) و (criticizing) إلى (criticized) ثم تكملة الجملة .

13-(a) The dog only bites يعض if someone steps يدوس on its tail ذنبه .
(b) The dog doesn’t bite .................................................. .................. .
بما أن الجواب أصبح منفيا يجب إتباعه برابط منفى وهو (ما لم unless) ثم فاعل ثم فعل ثم تكملة الجملة الموجودة في النهاية .
14-(a) There is a slight ضئيلة possibility that you’ll win the competition .
What would you do with the money ?
(b) Supposing افترض .................................................. ......................... .
نحتاج إلى فاعل (أنت you) ثم فعل ماضى (فزت won) بدلا من المصدر (تفوز win) ثم التكملة مع استبدال النقطة بفارزة والبدء بحرف صغير .

Section 2

A)Complete each of the following with one of the expressions marked (a),(b),(c) or (d). Mark your answer by encircling the letter indicating the most suitable choice .
1-To learn how to program a computer is ............. difficult to do in a week .
a. two اثنان
b. too جدا
c. to إلى
d. as مثل
2-The prisoner السجين ................ on the ground all day long على طول .
a. lies يضطجع
b. lays يضع
c. laid وضع
d. lazy كسول
3-Youngsters الصغار often remember vividly بحيوية their ........ trip camp .
a. first الأولى
b. former السابقة
c. passing المارة
d. passed مرّة
4-The students were ............. slow to understand the message of the film.
a. quiet هادئ
b. quietly بهدوء
c. quite جدا
d. quit تركوا
5-The width عرض of the counter الطاولة is longer ............... its depth عمقه .
a. then ثم
b. that أن
c. than من
d. more than
B) Choose one option that is nearest in meaning to the underlined word or expression as it is used in each of the following sentences :
6-The candidate المرشح felt that his academic credentials مستمسكا ته were sufficient كافية to win him تجعله يفوز the job بالعمل .
a. important
b. educational
c. costly
d. experience
7-The panorama from their porch شرفتهم encompassed شملت a large part of the mountains .
a. cooking utensils
b. unbroken view of a large area
c. TV screen
d. plot of land

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8-The old age of the equipment للمعدات is a definite محددة liability ضرر to the factory للمصنع .
a. cost
b. disadvantage
c. aid
d. capacity
9-The reporterالمراسل الصحفي described وصف the scene المشهد as one of total مجموع chaos /keios/ الفوضى .
a. joy
b. wonder
c. disorder
d. intensity
10-She estimated خمنت that 250 people would attend يحضرون the reception for the winner .
a. denied
b. hoped
c. calculated
d. asserted
C)In the following passage there are five numbered blanks .
Encircle the letter of the choice that most suitably fills the numbered blank.
Thank you شكرا for على your letter رسالتك of 4 April نيسان 2000. We are .....1..... to enclose نرفق طيا details تفاصيل of your 2000 intermediate المتوسط level المستوى summer courses المقررات التعليمية . If
you ....2.... any further إضافية ....3....., please contact اتصل our Dean بعميد كليتنا of .....4...... studies للدراسات . We look forward نتطلع to .....5...... from you .
1-(a) happy
(b)excited فرحون
(c)pleased مسرورون
(d) nice لطفاء
2-(a)acquire تكتسب
(b) require تتطلب
(c) request تطلب
(d) want ترغب
3-(a) news أخبارا
(b) information
(c) data بيانات
(d) rumor إشاعة
4-(a) academic
(b) graduate العليا
(c)lecture المحاضرة
(d) work العمل
5-(a) hearing
(b) hear نسمع
(c) listen نصغي
(d) listening

Section 3

A) Read the following passage, then choose the most suitable answer for each of the questions below .
Throughout عبر history التاريخ , the search البحث for salt الملح has played لعب an important role دورا in society المجتمع . Where حيث was no salt near , it was brought جُلِب from great عظيمة distances . Thus وهكذا , salt became one of احد the most important المهمة articles الأشياء of early المبكرة trade التجارة . Records السجلات show تبين that in areas أماكن of scarcity الندرة , salt was traded يتم المتاجرة به ounce الأونس for مقابل ounce for gold الذهب . Rome’s روما major الرئيسي highway الطريق السريع was called the Viaعن طريق Sal aria, that is , the Salt Road . Along على طول that road , the Roman soldiers الجنود transported نقلوا salt crystals بلورات from the salt flats مسطحات at Ostiaاوستيا up the Tiberتايبر /taib¶/ river . In return المقابل , they received a Solarium مرتبا or salary مرتبا , which الذي was literally في الحقيقة money paid دُفعت to soldiers to buy لشراء salt . The old saying “worth their salt,” which means to be valuable ثمينا , derives يشتق from the custom العادة of payment للتسديد during the Empire الإمبراطورية . The caravan القوافل trade of the Sahara للصحراء was also primarily بصورة رئيسية an exchange تبادل of goods for مقابل salt . Among ancient peoples الأقوام there , to eat salt with another person was an act فعلا of friendship للصداقة . Slavesالعبيد were oftenغالبا purchased يشترون with salt . Salt was so important in the Middle Ages القرون that لدرجة governments الحكومات retained احتفظتsalt trade as a monopoly كاحتكار , or levied فرضت taxes ضرائب on its purchaseشرائه . By then, people’s social rank المركز was demonstrated أظهر بوضوح by where they sat جلسوا at the table, above فوقها or below the salt . Even today, in some remote البعيدةregions الأماكن of the world, salt is a luxuryترف item مادة . In fact الحقيقة , in a few isolated منعزلة areas أماكن of Southeast جنوب شرق Asia and Africa, cakes قوالب of salt are still used for money .
1-What does ماذا the passage النص mainly بصورة رئيسية discuss يناقش ?
a.The old saying “worth their salt ”
b. The Roman الرومانية Empire
c. Salt الملح
d. Ancient قديمة trade تجارة
2-The word “scarcity شحه ” in line 3 could best be أمكن replaced استبدالها by
a. influence
b. deprivation
c. demand طلب
d. progress تقدم
3-What was the rate نسبة of exchange for salt and gold in areas where salt a scarce نادرة commodity سلعة ?
a. One وحدة to إلى one وحدة
b. One to two وحدتين
c. One to ten عشر وحدات
d. One to sixteen
4-According طبقا to the passage, where were salt flats مسطحات located?
a. Rome روما
b. Tiber
c. Ostia
d. Salaria سالاريا
5-What does in في Latin اللاتينية word Salarium الراتب mean ?
a. salt الملح
b. salary الراتب
c. soldiers الجنود
d. The Salt Road
6-If a man is “worth his salt ثمين ,” he is .
a. A soldier جندي
b. A thirsty عطشان person شخص
c. A valuable employee مستخدم
d. A highly paid أجوره worker عامل
7-The word “retained احتفظت” in line 16 could best be replaced استبدالها by which of the following ?
a.reservedاحتفظ
b. transferred حول
c. denied أنكر
d. sold باع
8-Who enjoyed استمتع a monopoly بالاحتكار on the sale بيع of salt ?
a. soldiers of the Roman Empire
b. traders in the Sahara
c. governments in the Middle Ages
d. people of high social rank
9-The word الكلمة “then آنذاك ” in line السطر 17 refers تشير to
a. ancient القديمة times العصور
b. the Roman Empire
c. the Middle Agesالقرون
d. early modern times
10-The word “remote البعيدة ” in line 19 is closest in meaning المعنى to
a. distant البعيدة
b. prosperous المزدهرة
c. traditional التقليدية
d. irresistible لا تقاوم
B) From the following list of words, choose the right one to fill in the right blank in the following passage :
(again, dropping, picture, panting, galloping, tell, ride, was, eager, riding)
For thousands لآلاف of years , the quickest الأسرع way of sending لإرسال a message was to give it إعطاؤها to a man (..1.......... راكبا ) on horseback ظهر جواد . If the news (..2....... كانت ) very important , he would سوف (..3.......... يمتطي ) his horse as hard بأصعب as he could for لمسافة about twenty miles ; till it was covered تغطى with foam ( زبد أو رغوة ) and almost وتقريبا (..4.......... لاهثا ), and then change يغير on to another fresh نشيط horse جواد and go on for لمسافة another twenty miles ; (..5.......... ومرة أخرى ) change يغير horses , and so go (..6.......... بالعدو ) on على ظهر الجواد , night and day . He would cover يغطي the distance المسافة in a wonderfully بديعة short time and one والشخص can (..7.......... يتصوره ) him arriving واصلا at his journey’s سفرته end , nearly تقريبا dead with exhaustion بالإعياء on a (..8.......... الساقط ) horse , while بينما people gathered تجمهروا round حوله (..9.......... متلهفين ) to hear لسماع what he had to (..10.......... يخبرهم )

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Section 4

A) Some of the sentences in this exercise are correct . Some are incorrect. First, find the correct sentences and mark them with (C). Then find the incorrect sentences, and correct them .
1-One of the most distinctive المميزة features الملامح of Islamic architecture العمارة is the arch /a:tS/ القنطرة أو القوس.
1-(C)
2-No لا fingerprint طبعة الأصابع is exactly بالضبط like another أخرى.
2-No fingerprint is exactly بالضبطas another .
3-Shakespeare شكسبير was both a writer كاتبا and he acted وممثلا.
3-Shakespeare was both a writer and an actor .
4-Dreams الأحلام may been the expression تعبيرا of fear and desire والرغبة that we are not conscious واعين of during our waking الاستيقاظ hours .
4-Dreams may be the expression of fear and desire that we are not conscious of during our waking hours.
5-Irving Berlin , a famous songwriter كاتب اغنيات , he never learned يتعلم to read or write music .
5-Irving Berlin, a famous songwriter never learned to read or write music.
6-That the earth rotates wasn’t known until حتى the 1850’s.
6-(C)
7-If Jane won’t سوف لن go to the party الحفلة , either will he .
7-If Jane won’t go to the party , he won’t go to the party, either.
8-Put the mail البريد on the hall’s الصالة table طاولة.
8-Put the mail on the hall table .
B) In no more than 100 words, write on one of the following topics :
1-Some people believe يعتقدون that it is very important to make جمع large amounts مبالغ of money, while others are satisfied مقتنعون to earn كسب a comfortable مريح living . Analyze حلل each viewpoint وجهة نظر and take وأتخذ a stand موقفا.
Some people have يملكون the right الحق to believe الاعتقاد that it is important to make جمع large amounts مبالغ of money for these reasons : Large amounts مبالغ of money can make them جعلهم buy whatsoever they like يرغبون به . Besides , they can يستطيعون live in luxury رفاهية . Money can solve حل any problem مشكلة at any time . Without it النقود , people may face يواجهون a lot of كثيرة difficulties and suffer ويعانون deeply بعمق .
On the other hand الناحية , others الناس الآخرون are satisfied مقتنعون to earn كسب a comfortable مريح living and they also have the right الحق to believe so because they don’t like to spend much money on unnecessarythings . They don’t like يفضلون to live in luxury رفاهية , either مطلقا . My viewpoint وجهة نظري about both opinions الرأيين is positive ايجابي because everyone كل شخص is freetothinkالتفكير and behaveوالسلوك . They arebothcorrect صحيحان . I agree أتفق with them .
2-The college years are the best الأفضل time in a person’s life حياة . Do you agree توافق or أو disagree لا توافق with this statement ? Give reasons to support تدعم your opinion رأيك .
I agree with this statement المقولة that the college years are the best الأفضلtime in a person’s life for these reasons : At college one exercises يمارس freedom not only in behavior التصرف and thinking but also in choosing one's other half. Besides , these few years are like spring which is full of oxygen , flowers الورود , wonderful البديعة days and nights . During خلال this period الفترة one can review مراجعة his life and plan ويخطط for the future للمستقبل .
3-The Importance أهمية of Vitamins الفيتامينات
Vitamins الفيتاميناتare good not only for our life لصحتنا but also for providing us لتزويدنا with energy بالطاقة . They can make up تعوض for عن any loss نقص in our food. Besides بالإضافة إلى , vitamins are found موجودة very cheap بشكل رخيص in several عدة different forms أشكال such as مثل pills الحبوب , injections الإبر and syrup والشراب etc والى آخره . ... Vitamins, on من the other الثانية hand الناحية can تستطيع make جعل our bodies أجسادنا strong قوية , active نشيطة and healthy وصحية ; therefore لذلك people الناس can not do without الاستغناء them عنهم. They are sold يباعون in both pharmacies الصيدليات and shops والحوانيت . Briefly وبوجيز speaking الكلام , vitamins , as كما the proverb القول المأثور says , are life givers مانحو الحياة .
4-The Subject الموضوع I like الذي أحبه Very جدا Much كثيرا
I like Psychology علم النفس very جدا much كثيرا because it is very interesting for these لهذهreasons الأسباب : It is good not only for human البشرية beings للكائنات but also for animals as well أيضا . It can guide توجيه our behavior سلوكنا towards نحو the safe الآمنside الجانب . Besides بالإضافة , Psychology is a modern عصري science that studies the human البشري and animal والحيوانيbehavior السلوك . Briefly بوجيز speaking العبارة I like Psychology very much because it is the subjectwhichwidensيوسع my thinkingتفكيري towardsنحو betterbehavior and better life .
5-A Stolen مسروقةCar سيارة
My friend’s car was stolen سُرقت at about حوالي 8.30 p.m. بعد الظهر last week while بينما it was standing واقفة outside خارج his house . Its color لونها was white and its model و طرازها was new. He decided to take his family to cinema that evening . But when his son went out خرج , he suddenly فجأة shouted صرخ and began to cry يبكي saying that he had s