Devoir de controle n°3 Ecole preparatoire Agareb

Avril 2010 Professeur: Affes Nader

Durée: 1 heure Niveau: 8ème année…………

Nom:………………………………..…..Prenom:…………………………….…….N°:……...

I- Listening Comprehension (8 marks):

Exercise 1: Listen and choose the appropriate title for the text: (1mark)
The text is about:
a- A train trip
b- A plane trip.
c- A bus trip.
Exercise 2: Listen and say if the statements are true (T) or false (F) (2marks)
a- The speaker doesn’t like to travel by train. (…………)
b- The family took the ten o’clock train to Sousse. (…………)
c-
Exercise 3: How did the family get to the station? (1 mark)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
Exercise 4: What train did the family take to go to Sousse? (1mark)
………………………………………………………………………………………………………
………………………………………………………………………………………………………

Exercise 5: Listen and complete the following paragraph with words you can hear: (1 mark)
Dad booked four ………………………… tickets. I looked around the station. It was really big and
full of ………………………………
Exercise 6: Listen and circle the function expressed by the following sentence: (1 mark)

( describing / expressing surprise / expressing opinion)

Exercise 7: Listen and write similar or different: (1 mark)

ready heard ………………………
waiting said ………………………

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 Devoir de controle n°3 Ecole preparatoire Agareb
Avril 2010 Professeur: Affes Nader

Durée: 1 heure Niveau: 8ème année

Nom:………………………………..…..Prenom:…………………………….…….N°:……...

II-Language (12 marks):

1) Fill in the blanks with words from the box. There is 1 extra word (3 marks):

walk / train / back / pollution / traffic / hours / gets to

Christopher lives in a big city in Great Britain. He usually………………. school by bus in the
morning. He stands in a queue for buses and gets annoyed when someone doesn’t join the queue at
the………………... . Streets are full of buses, taxis and cars during the rush………………... . Thousands of
people spend hours sitting in ……..…………. jams. That’s why many British people prefer to
…………………… than to go by car or bus. These means of transport bring a lot of benefits but they also
cause much ……………….... .

2) Circle the right alternative. Number 1 is an example (2 marks):

John and his wife are getting ready for a trip to Italy. (She / He / They) go to a clothes shop to (sell
/ give / buy) some fashionable clothes. Jane packs the suitcases and John goes to the bank to exchange
(clothes / currency / tickets). The wife reminds her husband that he must go to the airport to book their
(flight / accommodation / suitcases). She calls the hotel receptionist to book a double room in a 5-star
hotel. On Saturday morning, the couple catches a taxi and goes to the airport to take the plane and travel to
Italy. Jane is very (sad / happy / angry) because she will spend two weeks there.
3) Complete the following paragraph with words from the box. There are two extra words. Number 1 is
an example: (2 marks)
many / much / book / to / far / comfortable / traffic jams

Traveling by train has many advantages. First, there are no stressful …traffic jams…….Second, trains
are fast and …………………. . Many people consider it as the best way to go around the country, no
matter how …………………. the intended place is. Moreover, people like traveling by train because
they are not obliged to spend …………………. hours standing in a queue to ……………….. their
tickets.

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4) Match questions in column (A) with their answers in column (B) to get a coherent conversation. There
is 1 extra answer in (B). Number 1 is an example (3 marks):

A B C
Customer Shop assistant 1 +…d..
1) How much is this pullover? a- Certainly. The fitting room is there. 2+…….
2) What is it made of? b- Yes, there are black and blue ones. 3+…….
3) Are there any other colours? c- Thirty four and a half. 4+…….
4) What size is the red one? d- Twenty dinars only. 5+…….
5) Can I try it for size? e- With pleasure. Here you are. 6+……..
6) It’s a little too short. Can you give me f- No, it isn’t. 7+……..
another size, please? g- It’s made of cotton.
7) Can you wrap it for me, please? h- Of course. Here is the right size.

5) Circle the correct alternative. Number 1 is an example: (2 marks)

Andrew Nelson is from Staffordshire. He is an (18 –years old / 18-year old / 18-old years) schoolboy.
Yesterday, he (saved / saves / is saving) four people from a helicopter accident which killed two people.
He (plays / is playing / was playing) football at school when his friend Tony saw the helicopter crash in a
nearby place. Andrew ran a kilometer to get to the (scene accident / accident scene / accidents scenes).
Andrew pulled out four people. At the same time, the head teacher of his school phoned for an
ambulance. “They are (luck / luckily / lucky) to be alive”, said the fire officer.

Text
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I always want to travel by train. Mum and Dad surprised me last week after
dinner when they said that the whole family was taking the train to visit my
grandmother in Sousse. I was so excited that I couldn't even eat the delicious
cake that Mum made for dessert. We left on Saturday morning after breakfast.

We packed our suitcases and walked to the train station. Dad booked four
single tickets. I looked around the station. It was really big and full of
passengers. Mum bought a newspaper and John took his CD player to listen
to music. I saw a big clock. It was nine o’clock. Then we heard an
announcement over the loudspeaker: a booming voice said our train was ready
to leave the station. The sun was shining and there were green trees all
around.

When we slowed to a stop at the station, my grandparents were waiting for us.
They hugged us and asked if we had a good trip. I said that we sure did. The
train stayed in the station for only five minutes or so, and I sadly waved
goodbye when it left. I walked away, holding my mother's hand. I had fun at
my grandparents’ house. But soon our visit was over. We went back home by
bus. That was fun too, but the train was better.