HIGHER SCHOOL CERTIFICATE EXAMINATION
1999
ARABIC
3 UNIT (ADDITIONAL) LISTENING SKILLS
(15 Marks)
CENTRENUMBER
106
DIRECTIONS TOCANDIDATES
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Write your Student Number and Centre Number at the top right-hand corner of this page.•
Answers to Section I may be written EITHER all in Arabic OR all in English.•
All answers to Section II MUST be written in ARABIC.•
Write your answers in the spaces provided in this paper.•
You must NOT make notes during the first reading.•
You may make notes during the second and third readings, in the column provided, or start writing your answers.CANDIDATE’SCOPY
MARKER’SUSEONLY Marks
Awarded
Marks Checked
No notes are to be made during the first reading.
You may make notes during the second and third readings, in the column provided, or start writing your answers.
SECTION I
(10 Marks)
Answers may be written EITHER all in Arabic OR all in English.
QUESTION 1
The twentieth century has witnessed many scientific revolutions. Name THREE.
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QUESTION 2
Robert Jones explains the extent of progress during this century as follows:
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QUESTION 3
(a) What is the most important invention of the twentieth century?
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(b) And why?
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QUESTION 4
What has been the consequence of the twentieth century’s:
(a) wars?
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(b) internal conflicts?
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QUESTION 5
In addition to being afflicted with wars and internal conflicts, man in the twentieth century suffers from:
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SECTION II
(5 Marks)
On the occasion of the celebration of your grandfather’s ninetieth birthday, he relates his recollections of the important events and achievements during this century.
Write down, in point form, a summary of what he said. Answer in ARABIC.
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ARABIC
3 UNIT (ADDITIONAL)
(35 Marks)
Time allowed—One hour (Plus 5 minutes reading time)
DIRECTIONSTO CANDIDATES
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Attempt BOTH questions.•
Answer BOTH questions in the Writing Booklets provided.•
Answer each question in a SEPARATE Writing Booklet.305
2 QUESTION 1 Writing Skills (15 marks)
Answer the question in the Writing Booklet provided.
Attempt EITHER part (a) OR part (b).
EITHER
(a) Write between 150 and 200 words in ARABIC on ONE of the following topics.
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ÆUNzËU Ë åXO½d²½ù«ò U¹«e
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Æ UUI¦« œÒbF²*« lL²:« w UGK« rÒKFð WOL¼√
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Æd.UF*« w«d²Ý_« lL²:« w »U³A« 5Ð WUD³« WKJA
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(b) Translate the following passage into Modern Standard Arabic.
SMOKING
The World Health Organisation has issued a new report on the effects of smoking. The report states that three-and-half million people die each year from smoking-related illnesses and that approximately half a billion people will be killed as a result of their smoking habit by 2020.
The organisation estimates that on average, smokers will die twenty-two years younger than non-smokers. Statistics show that 80% of the world’s smokers live in developing nations. As smokers in developed countries quit smoking, tobacco companies dump cheap cigarettes on new markets like China, Eastern Europe and Africa.
However, the report adds that there is some good news for smokers. ‘It is not too late.
Stop smoking, and your health will improve. One year after you give up smoking, you are less likely to contract heart diseases. And within ten years of quitting smoking, you are no more at risk from cancer than a non-smoker’, the report concludes.
QUESTION 2 Literature (20 marks) Marks Answer the question in a SEPARATE Writing Booklet.
Attempt EITHER part (a) OR part (b).
EITHER
(a) Read the passage below from Mikhail No’ eimeh’s short story ‘
W?Ò¹b?¼
’ andanswer the following questions in EITHER Arabic OR English.
U? ◊dH ÎU?<U?×? ½« o× M¹ œU?J¹ œuF? ?Ë ÂUŠe« jÝË Êö?łd« vA?Ë sŽ t d?³?F¹ nO?L Í—b¹ ö? ÆÁd?QÐ t?U?L?²¼«Ë V?¹d?G« »U?A« nD s t?O?I
ÆU¹«d*UÐ ¡wK? d?O?³?L u½U?Š v≈ ·UD*« U??L?NÐ vN?²½« Ϋd?O?š√Ë Æt½UM?²?« rOEŽ tÐ ÁU?.Ë√Ë u½U?(« V?ŠU?. v≈ Ϋœu?F? ? ÂÒb?< Ê√ ô≈ »U?A?« s ÊU?L U?L?
U??N?žU??. w²« dJA« U¹¬ s? d?O??¦J« t?F?? qL??Š Ê√ b?FÐ ·d??B½«Ë ¨Î«d?O??š Æ‚œU. tÒMJË r¦FK² ÊU KÐ œuF
(i) Discuss the circumstances associated with the above passage.
å…¬d*« ô≈ Tý qL qłRM Æô ¨ ôò
Discuss the relevance of this quotation from the story ‘
WÒ¹b¼
’.vKŽ å dÐU??L√ ò tÐU?²?L hB??< s iF?³« w? W?L?O?F?½ qOzU?e?O?? e?ÒLd¹
¡UOMž_« U?NÐ qUF?²¹ w²« WI¹dD«Ë wŽU?L²?łô« rKE«Ë WOI?³D« …d¼Uþ Æ¡«dIH« l
Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with examples from at least TWO of Mikhail No’ eimeh’s short stories that you have studied.
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(b) Read the passage below from Mikhail No’ eimeh’s short story ‘
—U?L??(« V½–
’and answer the following questions in EITHER Arabic OR English.
…d?O?š_« dA?F« «uM « ‰ö?š w ÍbzU?< ÊU?L w³?ŠU?. U¹ V½c« «c¼ ≠ v²?ý ådI?ý_«ò XKÒLŠ rÓJÓK Æw½œu?I¹ ÊUL s¹√ v« Í—œ√ XML U?Ë ÍdL?Ž s lOÐd« w ¨ ¡U²A«Ë n?OB« w ≠ »Ë—b« v²ý w tHKš XOA?Ë ¨‰ULŠ_«
Ætð«dF?ý wB% œUJðË ¨tðULdŠ V<d?ð ¨V½c« «cNÐ WIUŽ wMO?ŽË ≠ n¹d)«Ë ÆwMOŽ RÐRÐ w ΫbÐ√ tÒ½√ V Š√Ë wu½ w ÁdBÐ√ ÒXÐ v²Š
(i) Discuss the circumstances associated with the above passage.
å—UÒLŠ WłË“ gOŽ√ Ê√ vKŽ ÎUŽuł u√ Ê√ …d n√ dŁƒ√ò
Discuss the relevance of this quotation from the story ‘
—UL(« V½–
’.vKŽ ådÐU??L√ò tÐU??²??L hB?< s? iF?³?« w W?L??O??F½ qOzU??e??O? e??Ld¹
¡UOMž_« U?NÐ qUF?²¹ w²« WI¹dD«Ë wŽU?L²?łù« rKE«Ë WOI?³D« …d¼Uþ Æ¡«dIH« l
Discuss this statement, supporting your answer with examples from at least TWO of Mikhail No’ eimeh’s short stories that you have studied.
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