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I)Language (12 marks)
Fill in the blanks with words from the list below.Be careful there are tow extra words.(4marks)
understands proud
reading moved divorced greatest
helpful of lovely At
My name’s Matthew Calwick but everybody calls me Mattie. I’m twelve years old and I go to Slighton Elementary School.
I live in Blackpool in the north-west of England with my mum.
Unfortunately, my parents are ... I don’t often meet my father because he ... to Winchester last year.
My mum’s name’s Sarah. She’s 39 years old and she’s a teacher in Blackpool High School.
My mum always ... me. I can tell her everything. We spend a lot ... time together.
She helps me with my homework or if I have any difficulties. In the evenings we often play board games and cards or just talk.
... the weekends she comes to my matches (I play football) or to my concerts (I play the guitar). She is very ... of me. After matches she invites me and my friends to eat an ice cream, to see a film or we go bowling. She likes my friends a lot.
In her free time she meets her friends – her best friend is my English teacher. They go to the sports centre. They swim and play table tennis. My mum goes to dance class, too. She learns salsa and does it very well. She loves r..., she has hundreds of books.
This is my mum and that’s why I think she’s the ... woman in the world.
2) circle the correct alternative (4 marks)
The Simpsons live in a fictional town in the USA called Springfield. Homer
Simpson is the father of the family. He is 39 years old.
He’s the(taller /tallest/ tall) in the family,he is also( fat /fattest/fatter) than his wife. He is married to Marge and they have got a son and two daughters. Homer likes (eating/eat/eats) very much. He is not very clever, but he is very funny. His wife, Marge, is a good mother( who/which/haw) has to take care ( of /at/to)Homer and the rest of the family most (in/at/of) the time. She is 38 years old and she is usually very (supportive/supporting/support) and gentle She is afraid of(fly/flies flying) Marge has got a good relationship with her sisters, Patty and Selma Bouvier, and with her father-in-law, Grampa Simpson.She is a(good temper/good-tempered/temper good)
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woman.
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3)Complete the conversation with the superlative from of the adjectives in parentheses (2marks )
Jane: I need a new pair of shoes .
Can you recommend a good shoe store .
Linda :Well shoe king is ………..(good) but it is too far .
Jane :Do you know of one that ‘s not too far .
Linda :Let me see ………(close) place I can think of
Is tip top shoes .
Jane :Are their shoes expensive?
Linda:Oh no ………(inexpensive) shoe store in town They also have the(nice)……… selection . .
That sounds fine thanks.
4)Fill in the blanks with the missing parts be careful there is one extra part(2marks)
Brother and Sister
Little brother took his little sister by the hand and said,
"1……… our step-mother beats us every day, and if we come near her 2………...Our meals are the hard crusts of 3………. ; and the little dog under the table is better off, for she often throws it a nice bit. May Heaven pity us. If our mother only knew! Come, we will go 4……….."
a- bread that are left over b-she kicks us away with her foot.
c-Since our mother died we have had no happiness e-a lovely mother
d-forth together into the wide world."
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II)listening (8 marks)
1)listen and write true or false (2marks).
statement True false
A mother has a limited role in the life of her children. ………. ……….
Children do not need their mothers when they get old. ………. ………
2)listen and write down two things a mother does for her children (2marks).
a)………..
b)………...
3)listen and pick up words meaning nearly the same as (1mark).
a) helps=……….
b)takes care of =……….
4)Spelling
Listen and fill in the blanks- with the missing letters of the unfinished words to get a coherent paragraph (2marks)
The speaker thinks that mothers are very important they are the dearest persons in the world.He is unable to imagine that children can g………..without their mothers.He hopes that his mother l……….for ever.
5)Pronunciation
Listen and write similar or different.(1mark).
Life _Family ………
Hopes _does ………
