Level: 4AM School year: 2012-2013
English Exam 1
stTerm correction Time: 1H30 Text:
When Helen Adams Keller was nineteen months old, she had a severe illness that left her blind and deaf (she couldn’t see and hear). But despite blindness and deafness, she could communicate with others.
At the age of six, her parents took her to see Alexander Graham Bell, famous teacher of the deaf and inventor of the telephone. As a result of Bell’s advice, Helen started learning.
She soon learnt the finger-tip or manual alphabet as well as Braille.
By placing her fingers on the lips and throat of her teachers, she could understand them. Three years after mastering the manual alphabet, she was able to speak herself.
At the age of 20, she was able to enter Radcliffe College. She received her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1904 with honors. She used text books in Braille. Although Helen spent a lot of time working for the blind and deaf, she managed to write several books.
Part one:
Section one: Reading comprehension:
a- Read the text carefully and answer the following questions:(03pts) -How many paragraphs are there in the text?
-There are 4 paragraphs
-What do the underlined words refer to in the text:
-That: Illness………
-Them: Teachers………
-Was Helen a writer?
-Yes, she was
b- Say “true”, “false” or “Not mentioned”.(02pts) -Helen Keller was born deaf. (False)
-At Radcliffe, her teacher was a woman. (Not mentioned) -Her results were very bad. (False)
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-Helen helped blind people. (True)
c- Find in the text words that have the following definitions: (02pts) 1-…deaf………. = a person who cannot hear.
2-…blind……… =a person who cannot see.
3-…manual……… =something that we do by hand.
4-…textbooks……….. =Books that pupils use in the class with a teacher.
Section Two: Mastery of language:
a- Write the capital letters and the punctuation where necessary:(01pt) Helen could use the Braille system, couldn’t she?
b- Put in can/ could/ was able/ will be able to:(02pts) 1-Louis Braille was able to invent the Braille system.
2-Last year, I could speak a little English. Now I can communicate easily. I will be able to write articles for “Guardian” newspaper. Who knows?
c- Match the sentences in column A with their function in column B:(02pts)
Column A Column B
-Helen could communicate with others.
-She could be very intelligent.
-Can I use your book?
-Could you write Helen’s biography for me, please?
-Request -Permission -Ability -Possibility
d-Classify the following words according to the pronunciation of their vowels: (02pts) -Start - lip - much -born
/ I/(fit) / :/(form) / / (cut) /a:/(car)
Lip born much start
Part two :(O6pts)
You have a friend who has a physical problem, but he/ she was able to overtake it. Write a paragraph (6 lines). The following questions will help you.
-Who was the person?
-What was the problem?
-What couldn’t he/ she do?
-How did he/ she manage to surpass it?
-Did he/ she succeed?
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