KURDISTAN REGION GOVERNMENT -IRAQ

MINISTRY OF EDUCATION
HIGH COMMITTEE OF THE GENERAL EXAMINATION

IN THE NAME OF ALLAH

Subject: Enlgish Language / Time:3 hours

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Academic year (2025-2026) Grade twelve

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Choose the correct option (Two marks for each correct answer)

1.

The owner wanted to sell his house mainly because he …….…….………. .

2.

By ………….……… , the man tried to sell the house before contacting an estate agent .

3.

The man decided to use an estate agent because …………..…….. .

4.

The final decision of the owner suggests that ………..…………. .

5.

From the top of the Empire State Building, you can see the Statue of Liberty to the …………….……. and Broadway to the ………….…...…… .

6.

A government organization (HCECR) has been set up to …………..……… .

7.

This sentence (Don’t just ride the bus to school: ride and read!) explains the idea of ………………..… .

8.

………….…..……. was first developed to allow scientists ……..…..….…….. .

9.

Which statement is false?

10.

The limited resources of land and water will be reduced further as we try to …………….……… .

11.

The base of the Great Pyramid of Khufu is ……..……..…….. in shape, with each side rising to a height of …….………..…..metres.

12.

‘ The audience was great, and there was lots of discussion, so they must have been interested. ’ ( This is a part of an email that was sent to ………………….. . )

13.

Choose the correct option.

14.

Planning is not just about following a school ………..…………., it is also about using a daily ……..……………… to stay organized.

15.

People are waiting for the plane to …………………… .

16.

Choose the order (noun / verb / adjective).

17.

You won’t find any ……..………….. in your life unless you start thinking ………..…...… about your choices.

18.

There are two silent letters in the word …………..…….; but there is only one silent letter in the word …………….…….. .

19.

The letter (x) in the word ………….……… is sounded ………….……….. .

20.

In the correct order, choose the phonetic symbols for the underlined letters in (capstan-bars).

21.

The word …………………… doesn’t carry the sound …………………… .

22.

The sounds / ʃ / and / z / are found in the word ………………… .

23.

We ………..…….. the entire morning dealing with this problem, …………………. some time in the afternoon to prepare for tomorrow’s meeting.

24.

....................... the ancient city ……………..……. by an earthquake.

25.

The river near our house, ……………..…..… water to thousands of farmers, is in danger of pollution.

26.

If we change …………...……….. to ………..………., it will be …………………. .

27.

He trained properly last week ………………….. the match.

28.

He’d put the money in his pocket and disappeared, ………..………….?

29.

The flower arrangements for the Hall ………………….. now.

30.

(You need to stop arguing, or you will get into trouble.) To express the same meaning, we say:

31.

‘ She will be leaving for work early in the morning.’ If we ask about the underlined part of the sentence, we say ………………… .

32.

We ……………….. in London …………..…… 2020.

33.

If only the farmers ……….………. less intensive techniques, they might …………………..the disaster .

34.

The party will start ………….…...….. 8 p.m. ………..……..….. Friday and continue …………..……… midnight.

35.

The bus arrived late. It …………….……. on time.

36.

This room isn’t ……………..…. to fit everyone. In fact, it’s …………………. than we expected.

37.

(As long as we look after our land well, it will be productive.) The phrase (as long as) in the sentence ………….…… .

38.

Which of the following is grammatically correct?

39.

He ……….…..…… the dog out while his mother ……….…….….. on the phone.

40.

‘ A volunteer is a person who helps others without expecting anything in return.’ The relative pronoun in this sentence ………………. .

41.

(…………..….… the students ………….…… uniforms?) is a negative question for…………………. .

42.

I was the one who warned them about the problem; that’s ……………..… I wasn’t surprised by the outcome.

43.

After his fight with Black Dog, the old sailor fell against the wall, but he was lucky because ………..… .

44.

What happened at the Spy-Glass inn that made Jim worried?

45.

Inside the captain’s sea-chest there were many things, but what Jim chose to take instead of the rest of the money was the ………………….. .

46.

Long John Silver sent Dick to fill up a cup of rum and bring it up, which made Jim realize ….…….……. .

47.

Dr Livesey used the words ‘………….……..’ to describe the old sailor while warning him about his drinking.

48.

Flint took six strong sailors to the island to help him ………..………. .

49.

Gray and Hunter went down to the shore to get the rest of the supplies under water, but they were too late because …………………… were already there, loading the supplies onto a boat.

50.

After Jim found Ben Gunn’s boat, he decided to row to the Hispaniola to ………..…….. and …..…………. .