9) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- (First Session 2013)

Many people like to take part in extreme sports. These sports are thrilling but can be dangerous. They require skill and technique and a sense of adventure. Extreme sports started long ago. Hang gliding القفز المظلي, skydiving القفز بالمظلات and hot-air ballooning are just three of the many extreme sports practised. Hot-air Ballooning is recognized as a sport in 1960. The huge multi colour balloon has been made from nylon and is lifted into the sky by controlling the air inside the balloon. To make the balloon go higher, the balloon pilot blasts hot air inside the balloon. Bottled Propane gas is used to heat the air. This fuel can be turned off and on by the balloonist .To make the balloon descend, the air has to be left to cool. A basket, which holds the balloonist and passengers, is attached to the balloon by wires.

A. . Give short answers to the following questions:

1- Do you like extreme sports? Why/Why not?

2- What does a balloonist do to lift or descend a balloon?

3- why is hot-air ballooning one of the extreme sports?

B. Choose the correct answer from a, b. cord:

4- The air gets hot or cool by the . ........................................

a) skill b) wires c) balloonist d) basket

5- According to the passage, the basket carries................ ..

a) balloon pilot b) passengers c) passengers and pilots d) multicolour balloons

10) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- the

Many unusual weather phenomena include lightening, droughts, and floods. Lightening occurs when thunderstorms form in clouds, these contain drops of water and fragments of ice which rub and hit to form electricity which travels through the air causing lightning. The temperature of lightning can be hotter than that of the sun. Lightning is very dangerous. It may strike mountains, people, and buildings. It also causes trees to fall, or catch fire. A drought occurs when not enough rain falls. It happens when weather is hot and water is quickly evaporated in dry areas of land. Droughts can cause loss of topsoil and damage of crops. They can result in famine, diseases and wildfires. Floods are formed when big waves are rolled on dry places. They occur when it rains more than the land can handle. Floods can make people drown and die, and may destroy many homes.

A. Give short answers to the following questions

1- What causes droughts? Give two reasons.

2- Mention three effects of a drought on man and environment.

3- According to the passage, how is electricity formed?

B. Choose the correct answer from a, b. c or d:

4- Floods are caused when ............. ........ .

a) dry areas of land roll b) not enough rain falls

c) people drown and die d) land cannot absorb rain

5- The underlined word that refers to the . ...........

a) lightening b) temperature c) air d) electricity

11) Read the following passage, then answer the questions:- (Second Session 2013)

From outer space, the earth looks like a blue ball. Since water covers three-fourths of its surface, blue is the colour we see most. White clouds wrap around the earth like a light blanket. The earth is shaped like a sphere, or a ball. It is 25,000 miles around. It would take more than a year to walk around the planet. A spaceship can fly around it in 90 minutes. Apollo Spaceship travelled to the moon in 1969, and its astronauts found no air, water, plants or animals there. The sun is the closest star to the earth. Its burning gases are so hot that they warm the earth from 93 million miles away. Even though the sun is always shining, the night on earth is dark. We see light when the earth faces the sun, but when the earth turns away from the sun, it faces the darkness of space.

A. Answer the following questions:

1- What causes darkness on the earth?

2- Why do we see the blue colour when looking at the earth from outer space?

3- What did man discover on the surface of the moon?

B. Choose the correct answer from a, b, c or d:

4- The underlined word there refers to...............................

a) water b) air c) moon d) spaceship

5- ....................cover and spread around the earth.

a) Clouds b) Burning gases c) The planet d) Water