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College of Languages and Translation
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The Language Unit
Eng. 113
Final Exam
Second Semester, 2007
Version B
Name:__________________________________
No:____________________________________
PART 1: READING COMPREHENSION: Read the passage then answer the
questions that follow.
Infectious Disease
A. Read the questions then circle the letter of the best answer.
Infections are the most common type of disease. Many kinds of bacteria, viruses,
and other microorganisms can invade the human body and cause disease. Diseasecausing microorganisms are called pathogens. Pathogens take over some of the body's
cells and tissues and use them for their own growth and reproduction. In the process,
they damage or destroy the cells and tissues and so produce disease.
Infectious diseases can be grouped accordingly to the kind of pathogen that causes
them. Bacteria and viruses are the most common pathogens. However, fungi
protozoans, and worms can also produce infections.
Bacteria are microscopic, single-celled organisms. They rank among the most
widespread of all living things. A single grain of soil may contain more than 100
million bacteria.
Most bacteria do not cause diseases. Many kinds of bacteria live harmlessly in the
human mouth and intestines and on the skin. These resident bacteria seldom cause
illnesses unless they move to an organ where they are not normally present. For
example, bacteria that live harmlessly in the mouth can cause infections if they enter
the middle ear. However, most bacterial diseases are caused by microorganisms that
are not present in the body.
A. Circle the letter of the best answer. (10 marks)
1. ____________ diseases are infectious.
a. Most
b. All
c. Some
2. Many microorganisms _____________ the body.
a. leave
b. live in
c. lower
3. Pathogens reproduce _____________ the human body.
a. outside
b. inside
c. above
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4. Most disease-causing bacteria _____________ the body.
a. maintain
b. analyze
c. invade
5. What is useful for the disease-causing pathogens is _________ for the human body.
a. useful
b. harmless
c. harmful
6. Resident bacteria _____________ cause diseases.
a. always
b. rarely
c. usually
7. Bacteria in the mouth ___________ moves to another organ.
a. sometimes
b. always
c. never
8. Some microorganism can _____________ the body
a. haul
b. hurt
c. hear
9. Most infectious diseases are caused by ________________.
a. pathogens
b. protozoans
c. fungi
10. Diseases occur in the body when pathogens ___________ in the body.
a. travel
b. multiply
c. rest
B. Read the questions and circle T if the statement is true or F if the statement is
false. (10 marks)
1. T
F
A handful of soil contains 100 million bacteria.
2. T
F
Harmless bacteria do not live outside the body.
3. T
F
There are more bacteria than many other animals.
4. T
F
Bacteria are tiny living things.
5. T
F
Viruses do not reproduce.
6. T
F
Infectious diseases are caused only by bacteria and viruses.
7. T
F
Infectious diseases are grouped according to the tissues they affect.
8. T
F
The ground has a lot of bacteria.
9. T
F
Most bacteria are harmless.
10. T F
Cigarette smoke is one of the causes of infectious diseases.
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C. Write the referents of these pronouns in the blanks. (5 marks)
Pronouns
Referents
1. Them in line 4
_______________________________
2. their in line 4
_______________________________
3. They in line 5
_______________________________
4. them in line 7
_______________________________
5. they in line 14
_______________________________
PART II: VOCABULARY BUILDING
D. Match. Write the number of the word in the space before its opposite.
(5 marks)
1. rush
2. fiction
3. harm
4. board
5. boring
6. freeze
7. scatter
8. float
9. damage
10. allow
_______ forbid
_______ sink
_______ repair
_______ help
_______ slow down
_______ interesting
_______ fact
_______ gather
_______ get off
_______ melt
E. Match. Write the number of the word in the space before its meaning.
(5 marks)
1. force
2. harm
3. predict
4. erupt
5. survive
6. debris
7. vibration
8. strip
9. occur
10. respond
_______ live
_______ answer
_______ damage
_______ happen
_______ a thin piece
_______ power
_______ guess
_______ burst
_______ garbage
_______ movement
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F. Fill in the blank with the correct word. (10 marks)
projects balance solar units layers
create melt loose divide boundary
mild roll
floods
pattern
range
1. The prices of products ____________ from few riyals to thousands of riyals.
2. It is necessary to maintain the perfect _______________ of the environment.
3. The stones that fall from the mountain _________ down to its bottom.
4. Heavy rains cause _______________ in many parts of the world.
5. The engineer built several housing _____________ in the city.
6. Something that is repeated many times makes a ________________.
7. A solid-state machine cannot have ________________ parts.
8. The government usually carries out many __________________ at the same time.
9. Our skin has three __________________.
10. In the spring, temperatures are ______________ in Saudi Arabia.
G. Circle the letter of the best answer (5 marks)
1. Ahmed is on diet, so he skips snacks when having tea.
a. enjoys
b. weighs
c. leaves
2. Good parents bring up their children very well.
a. feed
b. teach
c. raise
3. Balloons often blow out when children play with them.
a. burst
b. become big
c. fly away
4. The student was mixed up because the teacher gave many instructions.
a. confused
b. active
c. mindful
5. The white pigeon and the olive branches stand for peace.
a. represent
b. call
c. maintain
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