Test 1

The Text :

1.                                              1               James is 19 and he lives in a small flat in Cambridge. He lives with two other boys who are students at Cambridge University. They work hard during the week, but at weekends they invite a lot of friends to their house .They cook a meal with their friends, and then they go out to the pub for a drink, or they stay at home and listen to music.

2.                               James has two jobs. On Mondays, Tuesdays, and Wednesdays he works in a hospital, where he helps to look after children who are ill. He goes there by bus. He starts at ten o’clock and works until quarter past five .On Thursdays and Fridays he works at home. He has a word processor in his bedroom and he writes stories.

3.                                      In the evening, one of the boys cooks meal. After dinner they look in the newspaper to see what’s on TV or they talk about their day. They usually go to bed at about midnight.

I- READING COMPREHENSION

1/Say whether the following statements are "true" or "false». Tick ( √ ) the right box and justify your answer from the text:

Sentence	true	false	Justification
a/ James 's friends are students.	…….	…….	……………………………… ………………………………
b/ James and his friends never go out at weekends.	……..	……..	……………………………… ……………………………..
c/ James goes to the hospital.on Friday.	……..	……..	……………………………… ………………………………

2/Complete the following table with information from the text:

Name	Age	Town	Job(s)
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3/ Find words in the text meaning the same as:

a/ many (paragraph 1) =……………………………..

b) at 12 o’clock (paragraph 4) =……………………………..

4/What do the words underlined in the text refer to?

a-They (L3) refers to…………………………………………………

b- There (L10) (refers to…………………………………………………

II/ LANGUAGE

1/Circle the correct alternative :

When They (were-was-is) young, Tom and Mark were in the same class. Tom was a good pupil. He was attentive, and he ( listened-listens-is listening) carefully to all the lessons. He answered the teacher’s questions, (but-always-and) he never talked with his classmates during the lesson. Tom ( wasn’t-was-were) a good pupil. He didn’t listen to ( his –her-our)teachers. He moved his legs under his desk or (played-watched-studied) with his pens all the time.

2/ Match the underlined functions in (A) with the corresponding functions in column (B ).Write your answers in column (C). (There is an extra function:

1/ Don’t play in the train.

2/Be careful ! you are going to fall.

3/It will be nice and rainy tomorrow.

4/You must drive slowly.

a/ Prohibition

b/Prediction

c/Order

d/ Warning

e/Obligation

1→…….

2→…….

3→…….

4→…….

3/ Fill in the blanks with 6 words from the list.(There are 2 extra words):

old-live-country-wonderful-because-weekend-expensive

Mr and Mrs Robinson....................in the south of England,in Margate.On Sunday,they go to the.................. But,next...................,they will go to the beach...................the weather is hot now.They will have a ........................time.They will swim and meet their...........................friends.

II/ WRITING

Use the following information to write a short paragraph aboutThe African Cup of Nations MALI 2002.

day

date

teams

place

score

First match

Final

Saturday

Sunday

January 19

February

Mali /Liberia

Cameroon/Senegal.

Bamako

1:1

3:2

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Test 2

The Text

1. Elleen Peel is over ninety years old She lives in a village in the country with her five cats. She is not married ,but she loves children. She is very happy, but she can remember times when her life was difficult. She often thinks about her past.

2. Elleen’s father died in the war in 1915 and her mother died a year later. Elleen was twelve years old. Immediately she started work as a housemaid with a rich family in London.

3. She worked from 5.30 in the morning until 9.00 at night. She cleaned all the rooms in the house before breakfast .She earned £ 15 a year.

4. In 1921 she moved to another family .She liked her new job because she looked after the children. There were five children, four sons and one daughter.

5. She loved them , especially the baby Robert. He was nice and kind. She stayed with that family for twenty years. Ellen never married. She just looked after other’s people children until she retired when she was seventy years old.

Reading Comprehension

1/Complete the following table with the appropriate information from the text

(0.5x3=1.5pts)

In 1915	……………………………………….
……………………………..	Ellen’s mother died
When she was 70	………………………………………

22/Read the text and match a line in A with a line in B.Write your answers in C.(0.5X3)

A	B	C
1/She was only twelve years old when…	A/She loved Robert specially.	1→…
2/She was only tired in her first job because…	B/Her mother died	2→…
3/She loved all the children but…	C/She worked very long hours.	3→…

3/Say whether the following statements are “true” or “false”. Tick ( √ ) the correct alternative and justify your answers with details from the text (0.5 X4=2.pts)

A/ Ellen had a large family True False

…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….

b/ Ellen earned much money. True False ……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4/Answer the following questions (2X0.5)

A/ Where did she work?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………

B/ When did she have a new job?

……………………………………………………………………………………………………….

5/What do the words underlined in the text refer to? (0.5 x 2=1. pt)

a- Her (paragraph 1) refers to……………………………………………………...

b- Them (paragraph 5) refers to………………………………………………….

II - LANGUAGE (8pts)

1/Read the following paragraph and circle the correct answer: (0.5x5=2.5pts)

Queen Victoria Was (birth/born/borne) in 1819 and died in 1901.She was queen of the United Kigdom for nearly sixty-four years.Her father died (who/what/when) she was eight months and she was queen (for/of/from) 1837 to 1901.She didn’t (had/have/has) any brothers or sisters.She (will marry/married/marries) Prince Albert in 1840 and they lived (on/at/in) London with their children.

2/ Fill in the blanks with 6 words from the list in the box: (0.5x6=3pts)

yesterday-work-Washes-usually-later-calm-never-early

Steve is a doctor. He’s 1……………… and serious. He 2……………………gets up at half past six. He 3…………………….. and has breakfast .He ,then, goes to 4…………………….. by bus and arrives at eight. He works from9:00 until 12:30. At 1’oclock,he has lunch. But everything went wrong ……………………..: he got up 2 hours …………………….. than usual.

3 / Match each utterance from A with its corresponding function in B .Write the answers in C: (0.5x4=2. pts)

B

Tom: Let’s go to the cinema after school…(1)

Lisa: No, I can’t.I must do my homework (2).

Tom: But, there’s a nice science fiction film at the Odeon

Lisa: I don’t really like Science-fiction film (3).

Tom: What about a football game, then?

Lisa: No, I’m sorry, I’m too tired (4).

Tom: Why don’t we go for a coke then?

Lisa: OK. see you after school.

A-Apology

B- Request

C- permission

D-obligation

E-dislikes

F-suggestion

1→…………..

2→…………..

3→…………..

4→…………..

Writing

Mr Allan Johnson is a businessman. He’s from England. This is his daily program.

7 :00 : get up /wash

7 :15 : have breakfast

8:00 :go to work (car)

8:15 :start work

12:00 --------- 1:00: have lunch

2:00 :meet Japanese businessman

4:00 :leave office/go back home

5:00 : jog/play tennis

7:00------8:00 : have dinner

9:00 : go to bed

*Sunday: not/work –go to the zoo with his children

use the information in the table and the following linkers and adverbs to write a paragraph about Allan’s daily routines: and –besides –later on –after that –next –finally……always –usually –never.

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