Mediterranean Village Preparatory School El Mekki Mourad Mar. 2003

– 7^th Form – END TERM ENGLISH TEST N° 2

Name ………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………. Class ………………………….. N° …………..

Rosa Joyce is a pretty Canadian woman. She is a librarian in a library in New York. Her husband is the headmaster of a small primary school. His name is James Joyce. He is American. He is from New York. The Joyce family has got two boys and two girls.

Mr and Mrs Joyce love their two sons Mark and Peter and their two daughters Haley and Kaity very much because they are good pupils.

I / ReadING COMPREHENSION : ( 6 PTS )

1. Read the text and circle the correct alternative : 0.5 pt

a. Mr Joyce

The text speaks about : b. Schools and libraries

c. The Joyce family

2. Read the text and complete the table : 2 pts

Names	Nationality	Job
Rosa	.................................	.................................
.................................	.................................	Headmaster

3. Read the text and say if the following statements are true or false : 2 pts

· James is Rosa’s brother True / False

· Mark and Peter are good pupils True / False

· Rosa Joyce has got 2 children True / False

· Haley and Kaity are sisters True / False

4. Read the text and find the opposites of the following words : (1.5 pt)

Ugly ¹ ...........................

Big ¹ ...........................

Bad ¹ ...........................

II / LANGUAGE : ( 8 PTS )

1. Match a word from A with another word from B to get meaningful compounds : (2.5 pts)

A		B
1. Hotel 2. Tickets 3. Traffic 4. English 5. Post	1. …… 2. …… 3. …… 4. …… 5. ... ...	a. language b. office c. lights d. receptionist e. evening f. agent

2. Match the sentences in A with their functions in B : (2.5 pts)

A		B
William : “ Mom, (1) can I watch TV ? ” Mother : “ (2) No William, you can’t ! do your maths exercises first ! ” William : “ But (3) I can’t do the exercises mom !! ” Mother : “ Why not William ? ” William : “ Because (4) they are too difficult ! Mom, (5) can you help me, please ? ” Mother : “ Sure dear ! where is your book ? ”	1) …… 2) …… 3) …… 4) …… 5) ……	a. Refusing permission b. Expressing inability c. Expressing ability d. Asking for permission e. Expressing excess f. Making a request

3. Fill in the blanks with the right words from the box : (3 pts)

certainly – open – help – too – sorry – close – children

Teacher : “ Good afternoon, .......................... ”

Pupils : “ Good afternoon, sir. ”

Teacher : “ It’s too hot in here. Mary, can you ...................... that window, please ? ”

Mary : “ Oh, I’m ..................., sir but I can’t because I’m ................... short !! ”

Teacher : “ It’s OK. Paul can you ....................... her, please ? ”

Paul : “ yes ............................, sir. ”

III / WRITING : ( 6 PTS )

1. Reorder the words to get coherent sentences : (2 pts)

• many – there – the – how – classroom – in – are – windows

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· can’t – because – the – too – doctor – he – work – is – tired

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2. Write a paragraph to give instructions on how to make lemonade : (4 pts)

Squeeze / pour / add / take / stirr / cut

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Composition : / 2.5 pts

Spelling : / 1 pt

Punct. & Capit. : / 0.5 pt