Test 1              

The Text :

         Jaya Rajah is fourteen, but he doesn’t go to school. He studies medicine at New York University in a class of twenty –year-olds. Jaya was born in Madras in India but now lives in a house in New York with his mother, father, and brother. They can all speak English fluently. His father is a doctor.

         Jaya was different from a very young age. He could count before he could say “Mummy” or “ Daddy”. He could answer questions on calculus when he was five and do algebra when he was eight. Now he studies from 8.15 to 4.00 every day at the university. Then he studies at home with his father from 6.30 to 10.00 every evening

         Jaya doesn’t have any friends. He never goes out in the evening, but he sometimes watches

 TV. He says,” I live for one thing – I want to be a doctor before I am seventeen .Other children

 of my age are boring They can’t understand  me.

Reading Comprehension (7 pts)

1/ Read the text and complete the following table about Jaya Rajah.(4 x  0.5)

2/Answer the following questions.(2 x 0.5)

A/ How old are Jaya ‘s Classmates ?

………………………………………………………………………………………

B/ What does he do in his free time?

………………………………………………………………………………………

3/complete the sentences with the right information from the 3^rd paragraph. ( 2 x 0.5)

*Jaya hopes to be a……………………….in the  future.

*Jaya doesn’t have any friends because he thinks that they are…………………….

4/ What do the underlined words refer to? (3x 0.5)

He ( L 1) :…………………………………

They (L 4) :……………………………….

They (L 14) :………………………………

5/ Find words meaning nearly the same as : (2 x 0.5)

*accurately ( parag 1 ) = …………………………….

* uninteresting (parag 2 ) = ………………………….

6/ Read the text and choose ( x ) the best title for it. (1 x 0.5 )

               a young champion

               a happy boy

               a  genius

Language (8 pts)

1/Match the sentences in column (A) with their functions in column (B).Write the answers in column (C) (5 x 0.5 )

2/ Fill in the blanks with words from the box. [ BE CAREFUL ! there are two extra words ]

Ann Mc Gregor     ........................  in  London .She is thirty four  and ............................... For the B.B.C. She interviews people on an   ............................................program called “The World Today”   . Every weekday She gets up at 3.00 in the morning because the ............................................Program starts at 6.00  . She loves her  work because it’s .................................And she    .............................. a lot of ............................ people, but she loves her weekends ,too.

  3/ Fill in the blanks with the correct alternative from the list in the box. (6 x 0.5) 

Celine Dion (was/is/will be) born on March 30^th ,1968.In Quebec. She is the youngest of three children. She (record/will record /recorded) her  first song  (in/at/on) the age of 14.Celine (where/when/who) has the Canadian nationality, is one of the most famous singers in the world. (his/her/she)  fans are getting more and  more crazy about her. Her last concert (on/in/at) september was very successful.  

Writing (5 pts )  

You are a journalist and you are interviewing  Jaya Rajah. Use the reading text and the information in the following table to help you prepare the interview.

you: Hello Jaya,how are you?

Jaya:Hello

You: first,can I ask one or two questions?

Jaya: Yes of course...

Correction