A/ COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS ( 5 mks ) :

1° Fill in the table with the appropriate information from the listening passage ( 2 mks ) :

Name Reasons behind getting a job quite quickly How to support herself financially before
getting a proper job
Sarah a- She’s artistic a- For the time being, she’s selling beads
b- ……………………………………………………… b- ………………………………………………
c- She talks intelligently ………………………………………………

2° Correct the statements below with a detail from the listening passage ( 1 mk ) :

Sarah and her family never see eye to eye and quarrel much often
………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
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3° Answer the questions below and justify with details from the listening passage ( 2 mks ) :

a- Did Sarah like School ? Why ?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

b- Does Sarah regret leaving home ?

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

B/ FUNCTION ( 1 mk ) : Find in the listening passage a statement expressing desire :

………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………

C/ Spelling ( 1 mk ) : Fill in the blanks with the right spelling of the missing words :

I go home …………………………… often; but I prefer living my …………………………… life."

D/ PRONUNCIATION ( 1 mk ) : Listen to the utterance and circle the right option :

Though chosen
/ð/ - /θ/ - /ʒ/ /ʃ / - /s/ - / tʃ /
 1° Circle the right alternative ( 3.5 mks ) :
To experience what is an all-girl family like, Marianne Rockfeller, a four- ( child – children – childhood )
forter mother who lost a six-month baby daughter by death and has been raising her sister’s four sons for
about seven years, decided to swap homes with Karen Cafearo, who has four daughters.
‘The four girls are as passionate about horse-riding as my boys are about football, but I was shocked
by the ( tidiness – mess – cleanliness ). I have strict rules for my boys. They can’t wear their shoes upstairs
and they must tidy their rooms. The girls were so ( worried – disappointed - excited ) to see me, they
wanted to chat and ask me questions. It was fantastic, but ( exhausting – exhausted – exhaustion ).
They came to help me cook in the kitchen, they didn’t want to play in the garden. I think girls need
( many – much - more ) attention than boys. Another shock for me was how nice the girls were to each
other. The boys love each other, spend most of their free time ( play – to play – playing ) video games
together but they ( argue – hang out - agree ) with each other about trival things. The thing I loved
most was shopping with the girls. We had great fun. I miss that with boys.

2° Fill in the blanks with 6 words from the list below. There are 2 extra ones ( 3 mks ) :
take part - allowance - despite - although - take care - upbringing - income - part-time
More than half of Japanese women are married. Many mothers with small children work only
…………………… so they can be home when their children are not in school. The extra ……………………
earned by the mother is often used to meet the cost of their children's education. Japanese mothers
take the responsibility of their child's education and …………………… very seriously. The wife controls
the money that comes into the house and the husband, like every child in the family, is given
an ………………… . Woman now have many more opportunities in the workplace therefore family life has
changed. The husband tries to …………………… in the child's education, help with the house chores and
spend more time with the family. …………………… these changes are occurring, the mother's role in her
child's education is still of utmost importance.

3° Supply the right tense or form of the bracketed words ( 3 mks ) :

My parents and I never really saw eye to eye about anything. I left home at 17 to study at a university in
another city. Moving away from home has totally changed my opinion on lots of issues. The first couple of
times I went home to visit my parents I found it really hard to deal with not ( can ) ………………………
express my opinions as freely as I did when I was away from home.
My mum didn't ( necessary ) ……………………… agree with my upfront attitude to life. While I was always
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out there trying to get people to take me and my ( believe ) ……………………… and opinions seriously, her
attitude was " why not just go with the flow ?" It was really ( frustration ) ……………………… .
I found that I really I found that I really ( must ) ……………………… remind myself that it was okay to have
the opinions that I did, but also that it was okay for my mum to have her viewpoint too. As tough as it was,
once I made an effort to respect their values and opinions, getting along with my parents has been a lot
( easy ) ……………………… .

4° Match a sentence part from A with another one from B to get coherent utterances. There is an extra
one in B ( 2.5 mks ) :

A B
Everybody likes to feel that she or he is special.
1- Sadly, many of us grow a- will have more money or nicer clothes.
2- We wish that we b- who want us to be the best we can compare
3- Nearly all parents us to others to encourage us to do better.
4- We start to believe that the only way we c- being better than somebody else, but we are
can be special is by frequently disappointed.
5- A lot of people around us may not be as d- as we are but are better at sports.
intelligent e- could be more attractive or better at sports.
1 + . / 2 + . / 3 + . / 4 + . / 5 + . / 6 + . f- up believing that we're not special at all.