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Part One: Reading Comprehension: (Score: /16)

Read the following text about Nelly who is a community helper,

then complete the questions that follow:

Nelly, a Community Helper

1- Community helpers are people who help others. Nelly, my sister is a

community helper.
2- Nelly was born in a small town called Kabelias in 1970. She wanted to help
other people. In 1990, she moved to Beirut and became a doctor.
3- In 1995, Nelly came back to Kabelias. Nelly was a helpful person. She took
care of sick people and gave them medicine.
4- After years of hard work, Nelly retired in 2014.

Questions:

A. Choose the correct answer, then complete the sentence: (Score: 02)

1. The title is __________________. 2. Nelly is my ____________.

a) Nelly the Doctor a) sister
b) Nelly a Community Helper b) mother

3. Nelly helped _________ people. 4. Nelly worked a _________.

a) sick a) school
b) poor b) hospital

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B. Answer the following questions in complete sentences: (Score: 02)
1. Where was Nelly born? (0.5 pts)
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2. When did she move to Beirut? (0.5 pts)
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3. What did she become? (0.5 pts)
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4. What do you want to be when you grow up? (0.5 pts)
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C. Complete the time line chart from the text: (Score: 02)

Date Event

1970

1990

1995

2014

D. Answer by true or false, and correct the false ones: (Score: 03)

1. Nelly was born in a big town. _________

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2. Nelly took care of sick people at the hospital. ________

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3. Nelly became a teacher. __________

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4. Nelly retired in 2014. __________

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E. Match the word to its opposite: (Score: 03)

gave   big

hard   took

small   easy

F. Circle the correct verb form, then write it on the line: (Score: 02)

1. Nelly ______________ (help, helps) sick people.

2. Community helpers ______________ (is, are) good people.

3. She ______________ (give, gives) medicine to sick people.

4. I _____________ (is, am, are) a community helper.

G. Circle the correct pronoun, then write it on the line: (Score: 02)

1. Students are happy.__________ (We, They)

2. Nelly is a doctor.__________ (She, He)

3. Nelly and I are sisters. __________ (We, They)

4. Samir works at a hospital. __________ (She, He)