Mobile Phones
New technology has brought us many useful products that can help man to make life easier. One of these technologies is mobile phones which make a revolution in the field of telecommunications.
Mobile phones have got many positive benefits .First; you can make a second-contact to anyone anywhere and secondly you can send a text message in any language you wish. Moreover, mobile phones are becoming more developed – one can send a voice message or log on the internet. The most amazing feature is ‘Bluetooth contact’ with which you can send or receive datafrom and to other mobile in the range of your mobile. Mobile phones are small calculators, reminders or even video cameras.
Unfortunately, there are some negative points in mobile phones themselves. One the one hand, the radiation that affects the human body. On the other, they are considered to be noisy especially in public places or transport. Besides, some people misuse mobile phones, especially young school student. By this, they hurt other people as well as themselves.
To sum up,I think the benefits of mobile phones are far greater than its side effects.
: Money matters
I) Reading Comprehension
Read the following passage and then answer the questions
Builders of the Modern Arab World
Shoman, Abdul Hameed (1890–1974)
Palestinian founder of the Arab Bank. Abdul Hameed Shoman was born near Jerusalem and grew up helping in his father’s small stone business. Then, at 21, he emigrated to America. Like other young Arab emigrants, he hoped to build a better life in ‘the land of opportunity’. He worked day and night, first as a salesman, and then as owner of a store in Baltimore, Maryland. Two years later, in New York, he opened a bigger shop and a small clothing factory. However, Shoman was never happy just with business and its rewards. He always wanted to do something important for his people, and he stayed in close contact with Palestine and the Arab World. He also financially supported a newspaper for Arab-Americans. In 1920, he began considering something bigger – a bank for Arabs. He knew the Arab World faced a difficult future and needed rapid development. That meant, first, economic development, and to support this he wanted to create a new bank. Shoman did not immediately find the necessary financial support, but in 1929 he heard that Tal’at Pasha Harb, the Egyptian founder of Banque Misr, wanted to set up a joint Egyptian-Palestinian bank. Shoman immediately offered 25% of the necessary money, and he also left to go home. His dream was getting closer to coming true. However, a Palestinian revolt against unlawful Jewish immigration and loss of land made the plan look dangerous, and Harb withdrew. But Shoman refused. In 1930, he finally set up the Arab Bank in Jerusalem with some help from friends and family members. Explaining the name, he said, ‘When I made up my mind to start this bank, I chose not to give it my name, nor the name of my home village of Beit Hanina, nor the name of my homeland of Palestine, but instead the name of the Arab nation. And so I called it the Arab Bank’.
1-Answer the following questions:
1. Who was Abdul Hameed Shoman?
He was Palestinian founder of the Arab Bank.
2. Where did he go?
He emigrated to America.
3. What was his father’s business?
His father’s business was in stone-cutting
4. What was he considering doing?
He was considering setting up a bank for Arabs.
5. What does the underlined word refer to?
The ‘economic development’.
2-Give a word from the passage to match the explanations:
1. The person who sells things : salesman
2. The person who owns a business : owner
3. The person who founds a business : founder
4. The activity of coming into a country: immigration
5. Set up: found
3-Find the opposite from the passage:
1. offered : withdrew
2. buyer: salesman
3. accepted: refused
4. smaller : bigger
5. unnecessary: necessary
4-Choose the correct answer from a,b,c, or d:
1. He madeup his mind to leave.
a) have b) do c) make d) made
2. He left his homelandto America.
a) homeland b) home land c) landhome d) land home
3. The great breakthroughwas the expansion of the bank.
a) break through b) throughbreak c) breakthrough d) through break
4. New works in Arab science and arts receive annual prizes.
a) annual b) monthly c) biennial d) centennial
5. It started to grow beyond the Arab world .
a) behind b) in front of d) beyond d) over
II) Vocabulary
1- Put in the blanks the suitable word from the box :
banking overdraft salary sooner loan |
1. After the war, my friend arranged a loan to mend his house.
2. Will the bank give you a free overdraft?
3. Banking services are not good in Gaza.
4. She gets her salary every month.
5. Sooner or later, you will sit for the final test.
6.
2-Make pairs of words from the box to complete the sentences:
pay | interest | credit | bank | pocket |
money | card | statement | back | rate |
1. Money which is given to you by your parents is pocket money
2. You should pay back your debts.
3. If you set up a loan, your bank will charge interest rate from you.
4. Credit card allows you to spend money you don’t have.
5. The bank offers customers a bank statement to check their accounts.
3-Rewrite the following sentences using a word from the same family in brackets
1. Some people hide their savings under the floor. ( save)
2. How much is your income in US dollars. (come)
3. He is a newly arrived immigrant .(immigration)
4. Shoman always longedto return to Jerusalem. (long)
5. Success is closely connected to determination(determine)
4- Put in the correct word from the box:
hardware rail card discount coaches software interest free |
1. Software is the abstract programs for a computer.
2. Discount is the money subtracted from the price.
3. Hardware is the concrete devices of the computer .
4. Interest free means without paying extra money.
5. Coaches are buses which take people from a place to another.
6. Rail card is a ticket for people who travel by train.
5-Give the opposite from the box
close withdraw income credit |
1. expenses: income
2. debit: credit
3. open: close
4. deposit: withdraw
6-Find the suitable collocations in the box to complete the sentences:
bank | cash | application | bank | debit |
form | statement | card | machine | account |
1. I use my debit card to withdraw my salary.
2. The cash machine is more comfortable for employees.
3. They sent me an application form for the new job.
4. When you get a job, you should open a bank account.
5. A bank statement is the document which shows your balance.
III) Language
1-Rewrite the following sentences changing them into passive:
1. They started the bank in Nablus a long time ago.
The Bank was started in Nablus a long time ago.
2. The bank has accepted individual customers
Individual customers have been accepted .
3. In 1900s , the bank was slowly opening its first branch.
In 1900s ,the bank’s first branch was slowly being opened.
4. Today , the bank is still extending its operations abroad.
Today ,the bank’s operations are still being extended abroad.
5. These days , people recognize the name of the bank.
These days , the name of the bank is recognized.
2-Choose the correct form in brackets to complete the sentences
1. Hello! I didn’t expect to see(to see /seeing) you.
2. I feel like going (to go /going) out this evening.
3. I would like to have (to have / having) a cup of coffee.
4. She can’t help laughing(to laugh /laughing) at him.
5. Ali would prefer to watch(to watch /watching) a film.
IV. I had a dove
Section (A)
1-Circle the correct answer :
1- The poet’s dove died of its grief on prison
a) lack of food.
b) its feet being tied.
c) its grief on prison.
d) the cage being unhealthy.
2- Its feet were tied with a silken thread made by the writer.
a) a cotton thread weaved by the poet.
b) a silken thread made by the writer.
c) a thread made from leaves and plants.
d) a branch of forest tree.
3- A dove is a kind of a pigeon symbolizes peace.
a) bird symbolizes evil.
b) pigeon symbolizes peace.
c) wild animal.
d) delicious vegetable.
2-Decide whether each of the following sentences True or False:
1. The poet was astonished at the bird’s death .(T)
2. The poet lived alone in the wood .(F)
3. The poet wanted it to live with him. (T)
3-Complete:
1. The poet cared for the bird so much that he was shocked by its death.
2. Although he cared for it, he did not care for its freedom.
“Why should you leave me, sweet bird? Why?
3. Why does the poet use “why” twice?
Because he was upset by the death of the dove and as if he were looking for answers.
4. What does “sweet” mean here?
Nice, gentle and lovely.
5. What will happen if the bird set free?
It will fly away/ It won’t die./It will live freely in a forest .
Section (B)
Answer the following questions:
1. What did the poet give the dove?
Delicious vegetable food; white peas.
2. What did he think it died of?
He thought it died of grieving.
3. Where had the bird lived before?
In a tree in a forest.
4. Why did the poet tie its feet?
To stop it from flying away.
5. Could the bird live with him? Why? Why not?
No it couldn’t. Because birds are born free and live freely in forests.
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