امتحان اللغة الإنجليزية الوزاري 2022، الدورة التكميلية، الفروع الأكاديمية، رمز 105، مع الإجابات

We need to decide ...............place to meet.

My uncle is fluent in several languages ............... He is often able to ............... for us during conversations with foreigners.

Our team didn't play well in the football match yesterday.

The sentence which has a similar meaning to the one above is ...............

People say that human brain works like a computer.

The sentence which has a similar meaning to the one above is ...............

What time does the plane leave, please?

The sentence which has a similar meaning to the one above is ...............

A)‎ Read the following text carefully, and then in your ANSWER BOOKLET answer all the questions that follow. Your answers should be based on the text. (18 points)

A few years ago, as many as 1,000 schools across the USA started making school years longer by adding up to ten extra days to the school year or by making each school day longer by half an hour. This was because it was found that secondary school students in the USA and the UK were spending the least time at school, with an average school year of 187 days. The typical Jordanian school year is longer than this. However, none of these are nearly as long as the school year in countries like Japan and South Korea. South Koreans attend school for 220 days per year, and in Japan, the school year numbers 243 days.

According to a study by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), students in Japan, Indonesia and South Korea spend the most time studying in the world. They want to learn as much as they can to ensure excellent exam grades. They go to school for about nine hours, although this includes optional after-school tuition and activities. Their high academic achievements do suggest that the longer you study, the better you do in final exams.

In Finland, however, students are usually given less than half an hour of homework per night, and they attend school for fewer and shorter days than 85% of other developed nations. In addition, most students also speak at least two, and often three, languages fluently.

1- There are two ways that some American schools followed to make the school year longer. Write them down. (4 points)

2- There are two countries that have the longest school year. Write them down. (2 points)

3- Write down the sentence which shows that most of the students in Finland are bilingual or multilingual. (3 points)

4- Find a word in the text which has the opposite meaning of 'compulsory'. (3 points)

5- What does the underlined pronoun (They) refer to? (2 points)

6- Some experts still believe that the number and length of school days are the main factors to help students get improved in the school. Suggest another two factors that help students improve in their study. (4 points)