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Global test n °1
TSubject: English ea cher : M r s. Ben Ar bi a 0 : 9th form Level
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The text I can remember my first day at school very well. All the new children went into the classroom with their mothers and the teacher told the mothers to leave. Most of the children started to cry. I didn't cry because I wanted to be a "big" girl and go to school like my older sister and brother. After the mothers left the teacher said, "Now children, stand up, put your hands together, close your eyes and we'll say a prayer." I stood up. I put my hands together and I said the prayer. But I was four and a half years old. I was excited and I didn’t want to close my eyes. I wanted to look at everything and everyone in the classroom. When the prayer was finished the teacher told me to go to the front of the class. Then she started shouting: “This naughty girl did not close her eyes like everyone else when we said the prayer”. By this time the other children had stopped crying, and that's when I began to cry. The teacher made me stand in the corner of the room until playtime. While I was standing in the corner I was thinking. "If the teacher could see that my eyes were open, her eyes were open, too. So why isn't she standing in the corner?” After that I didn't want to be “big” like my brother and sister. I didn't want to go to school ever again!
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Reading comprehension : (6 marks)
1. Complete this paragraph with information from the text. (2 marks) The little girl was very……………………..to be at school. That’s why she didn’t……………… her eyes during the prayer. But the teacher got angry and……………………..her. After that, the little girl ………………... school for ever. 2. How did the teacher punish the little girl? (1 mark)
…………………………………………………………………………………………………. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………. … 3. Circle the adjectives that best describe the teacher. (1 mark) severe kind comprehensive just unfair 4. Are the following statements false or true? (2 marks) Most of the children were crying because they hated school. [………………….] The speaker was naughty and didn’t want to obey her teacher. [………………….] The speaker was a very intelligent child. [………………….] The punishment had a good result. [………………….] II
Language : (8 marks)
1. Fill in the blanks with words from the list (there are 2 extra words) (marks)
[ achieved overspending exciting enough saving bring up daydreaming safety ] My parents wanted to buy a country home. They said: “in the country, we can………..…….. the children well and in………………..…. They spent many years……….……..……… money and planning to buy the new house. They have finally………………….……their dream, but our life has become boring. It isn’t…………………..…any more. Of course there are plenty of trees, fields and flowers, but that’s not………………….. 2. Circle the right alternative. (2.5 marks) My last few years of high school were very bad. I didn’t really enjoy (it – them – themselves). I didn’t (pass – succeed – fail) any of my exams and I was rather bored. I didn’t always have a (better good – worse) relationship with my teachers. I especially hated the idea of spending my time(study –studying – to study). I was thinking of (to leave – leave – leaving) school. When I told my parents about it they got very angry with me. 3. Put the verbs in the right tense: (2.5 marks)
Dear editor,
I love my parents but they (not / to understand)……………………………me they don’t realize that I’m growing up. I (to be)………………………..18 next year but they think I’m still a little child. I need some freedom to grow up. When I go out, they usually (to wait)………………………..for me. So I must watch the clock constantly. Last night for example I (to come)……………………………home late. My parents were very angry. My mother said “If you come home late again, we (to punish)………………… you”. I don’t know what to do. Can you help me please? Miserable Christine
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Writing : (6 marks) You are the editor of your school magazine. You received the following letter from one of the students in your school. Answer it and give her the right advice and help she needs. I ’m 15 year s ol d and I have to spend most of my ti me outsi de the house. The r eason i s that my father i s too str i ct and author i tar i an. I al ways quar r el wi th hi m. H e does not seem to want to l i sten to me and I fi nd i t ver y di ffi cul t to speak to hi m .I l ove hi m and my mother ver y much, but I just can’t
Dear Ti na,
communi wi th lthem. I have r eceicate ved your etter and thi s i s my answer to i t. ………………………………………………………………………………………
In your answer, you can use these hints to help you: respect rules at home / be patient / try ……………………………………………………………………………………… to discuss / solve problems / should… / shouldn’t… / must… / mustn’t… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ……………………………………………………………………………………… ………………………………………………………………………………………