Scholastic year : 201 7/201 8 Pilot prep- school.
8th
Second term .
grade levels.
First control test .
Listening comprehension and language.
Teacher: Hajer Bouden.
Running time : 1 hour . Pupil’s name :- - - - - - - Number:- - - -
(http://learnenglishteens. britishcouncil. org/skills/listening- skills- practice/important- people)
Listening comprehension (8 marks):
1 - Listen then write « true » or « false » (2marks).
a-Jason wars very happy to know there was a boy living in the neighbourhood . b- His friend’s family moved away three years ago.
2-Listen then tick three things that weren’t mentioned in the passage (3marks).
a-Most of Jason’s neighbours were girls .
b- Jason and his friends had much equipment for drawing . c-Jason and his friend made a lot of aeroplanes .
d-Jason and his friend meet once a week at the gym.
e-His friend’s family moved in when he was about ten . f-Jason and his friend were interested in fishing and skiing.
3- Answer the questions with details from the passage. (2marks) a-Are the boys still close friends ?
b-Which hobbies did the boys share together ?
--- --- 4/Write “S” for similar and “D” for different according to the pronunciation of the underlined letters. (1 mark)
Models ---moved girls ---others
Language (1 2 marks)
1 - Complete the following paragraph with the words in the box . (3marks)
Nowadays the increasing rate of over –weight children and adults is a worldwide health problem. Obesity’s a major problem 1--- is becoming bigger and bigger . There are 2---reasons behind it .Junk food is one of 3---- In fact, children are fond of burgers , pizzas , noodles and Coke .These types of food are easily available to them in school canteens . What is more, is that kids rarely 4--- physical activities . They are always 5--- to one screen or another . They actually spend 6--- of their time chatting, gaming or watching T.V. That’s incredible !
most / which/ take /taking /stuck / them/ who / different
2- Complete with the right form or tense. (3marks)
On Monday afternoon , I saw the weather forecast on T.V at the hotel.
It said there was a big storm coming .
I decided to take a taxi to the airport straightaway . I wanted to leave before the storm( come)- - - . Hundreds of other people ( wait )
- - - at the airport when I got there . They had the same idea . A few minutes later , the storm arrived ( quick ) - - - than nobody expected, so there were no flights and everyone was ( scare)- - -
The road at the airport was totally crowded, so nobody ( can)- - - go back into the town . We got stuck in the airport. That was (horrible)- - - day in my life .
3- Match the parts in A with the parts in B to get a meaningful paragraph . ( 3marks)
A B
1-Before I arrived in Spain , I was afraid that
2-However,after spending the first week feeling lonely
3-The best of them was another English
4- A Spanish girl who wants to 5- As soon as you meet a person , 6- After living such an experience
a-I understood how important friends are .
b- student who knew no one . C- I would not make any friend .
d-it becomes really easy to meet more . e-learn English and strike up new
relationships .
f-I found that I was surrounded by new kind friends .
1+--- / 2+--- / 3+--- 4+---/5+---/ 6+---
4- Circle the correct option . (3marks )
Yesterday was fantastic ! We went on our end-of –year trip to the theme park . I (have / will have / had ) to get up early because the bus would pick us up from school at eight a. m ! Not funny !
Can you believe that Dun nearly missed the bus ?He was running down the street shouting and luckily Mr Andrews , the teacher , (seeing /sees/ saw) him and stopped the bus . The journey was awful-there was an (accident/ crashes/ ride) on the motor way (as /in order to/ so) we were in traffic jam for ages , that’s why we got to the park really late and there were long (vehicles/ queues/line) for all the rides .
The rides were (thrilled/excited /exciting) ! I went on the Abyss and Xtreme which is totally crazy and funny ! It goes so fast and I felt really dizzy when it stopped .
It was a really good day! ... So much fun!... Can’t wait to go again !
