Story Exam

                                             The Second Term Exam

Part one: Reading

Read the text below ,then do the activities that follows;

One day a man said to his son,” I want to sell our donkey. Come, we will take the donkey to town.” On the way to town, they met three women .One said,” Why are you walking?  One of you can ride the donkey.” The man said,” Yes, you are right. Son, get on. You can ride the donkey.”

      Next day they met three old men. One old man said,” Why is the boy riding? He is young and you are old. Why don’t you ride the donkey?”  The man said,” Yes, you are right. Son, please get off the donkey. I will ride it.”

       Later they saw farmers. One said, “You lazy old man. Why don’t you let the boy ride?” The man said, “You are right. Son get on the donkey again, we will ride together.”

      They rode on and soon they met a family. The mother said, “Poor donkey, it is too small to carry a man and a boy.” The man said, “You are right. Now we will carry the animal. Son, get off the donkey and find a stick from a tree. We can tie the donkey’s legs to the stick and carry it on our shoulders.”

     They tied the donkey’s legs to a stick and carried the animal on their shoulders. Soon they came to a bridge over a river. The people in the town laughed at the man and his son carrying the donkey. The boy dropped the stick and the donkey fell into the river and died. The man was very sad. He sat down and cried. He said,” Now we have no donkey to sell. I wanted to make everyone happy, not even me.”

A/ Comprehension:

1-Choose the right answer:

*The text is :          a- Expository               b- Argumentative          c- Narrative

2- Say whether these statements are true or false:

a-   The man wanted to sell his cow. (…………)

b-   They tied the donkey’s legs to a stick. (……….)

c-   The people in the town laughed at the man and his son.(……….)

d-   In the end the man was pleased.(………..)

3- Answer the following questions according to the text:

a-   Why did the man decide to go to town?

b-   Did he sell his donkey? If not say why?

c-   Why did the people in the town laugh at the man and his son?

4- What or who do the following words refer to in the text above?

a-   They (§1):……………              b- He(§2):…………….                    c- It(§3):……………

5- Give a suitable title for the text above.

B/ Text exploration:

1-Find in the text the opposite of each of the following words:

a-   To buy (§1)≠………………       b- under (§5)≠…………………       c- Stood(§5)≠……………

2- Put the verbs between brackets into the correct form:

a-   After he ( to leave)……………………..  his office he returned home.

b-   Before she (to watch)……………. T.V she (to finish)…………….. her homework.

c-   After I (to have)…………………breakfast, I went to school.

3- Complete the chart below:

Verb	Noun	Adjective
-      To narrate ………………..	………………… Beauty	………………. ………………

4- Underline the stressed syllable in the following words:

-      Overgrown     - believe – demonstration – carpet.

Part two:   Writing        (5pts)

Choose either topic one or topic two:

Topic one: Use the following notes to write a paragraph ( 6 to 7 lines) about the story of titanic

Tragedies – first trip of the ship titanic - 2000 people -from America to England-April 4^th, 1912 crashed into iceberg- huge hole in the bottom of the ship- sinking rapidly-1500 people lost their lives.

Topic two: What moral we  can take from the short story above?  Do you think we can please every body?

Write a short paragraph(6 to 7 lines)  expressing your own point of view about the short story above.