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Test Paper 12th Grade

1p granted
I. Read the text below. Are the 1-6 right or wrong? Choose A. right if the information is correct, B.
wrong if the answer is not correct and C. doesnt say if there is not enough information to answer
right or wrong.
Freya Stark
Freya Stark spent two thirds of her life in Arabia and published 25 books. Born in
England in 1893, she spent much of her happy childhood in Italy. When she was 12 she had an
accident which left her badly scarred, and in her teens her parents separated. She was a nurse in
the First World War and became engaged, but her fianc married someone else while Freya was
getting over typhoid. In 1921 she decided to learn Arabic because she believed, "The most
interesting things in the world are likely to happen in the neighbourhood of oil." She put off a
voyage to Lebanon because of illness but in November 1927 finally sailed to Beirut.
In 1934 she published her first success, The Valley of the Assassins. In 1947 Freya
married an old friend but they separated four years later. In the 1950s she visited and wrote
books about Turkey. During her eighties she carried on her travels and went to Afghanistan and
Nepal. When she was 85 she took a trip down the Euphrates on a raft. Her last great journey was
when, aged 87, she rode a mule through the Himalayas. She died in Italy at the great age of 100.
She said her desire to travel was a result of her childhood: "We had nothing but our own intrinsic
selves to rely on and came to look naturally at the intrinsic qualities of other people. Perhaps this
is the most important of all assets a traveller can possess for it minimises barriers, whether of
nationality, race or caste."
1. Freya Stark spent two thirds of her life in Arabia and published 25 books.
A. right
B. wrong
C. doesnt say
2. When she was 12 she had an accident which left her badly injured.
A. right
B. wrong
C. doesnt say
3. In November 1927 she finally sailed to Turkey.
A. right
B. wrong
C. doesnt say
4. The Valley of the Assassins, her first successful novel was published 1947.
A. right
B. wrong
C. doesnt say
5. During her eighties she carried on her travels and went to Afghanistan and Nepal.
A. right
B. wrong
C. doesnt say
6. Her last great journey was when, aged 87, she rode a horse through the Himalayas.
A. right
B. wrong
C. doesnt say
(0,25x6=1,5p)
II. Change the sentences from active to passive voice.
1. The doctor will bring him in for an
examination.________________________________________________________________
2. Fog has delayed all flights.
________________________________________________________________________________________
3. Teachers mark hundreds of exam papers every year.
__________________________________________________________

(0,5x3=1,5p)

III. Turn the following sentences into Indirect Speech.

1. Paris is a big city, Lucy said.
________________________________________________________________________________________
2. We went to Australia two years ago, she said.
___________________________________________________________________
3. Ill be home early, he promised.
____________________________________________________________________________________
(0,5x3=1,5p)

IV. Put the verbs in brackets into the correct tense.

1. If she had realized how late it was, she ___________________________________(not/ring) us.
2. If you ________________________ (not/do) your homework, you wont be allowed to go out.
3. I __________________________ (speak) to her, if she apologized for her rudeness.
(0,5x3=1,5p)
V. Give arguments for or against the following statement. Write 8 to 10 lines.
Face to face communication is better than other types of communication such as letters, email or phone calls.
(3p)

ANSWERS
I. 0,25x6=1,5p
1.A, 2. C, 3.B, 4.B, 5.A, 6.B
II. 0,5x3=1,5p
1. He will be brought in for an examination.
2. All flights have been delayed by fog.
3. Hundreds of papers are marked by teachers every year.
III. 0,5X3=1,5p
1. She said that Paris was a big city.
2. She said they had gone to Australia two years before.
3. He promised he would be home early.
IV. 0,5x3=1,5p
1. Wouldnt have rung
2. dont do
3. I would speak
V. 3p
1. task achievement
- relevance of ideas to topic
- coverage of task points
2. language accuracy
- correct grammar structures
- range of grammar structures
3. organisation
- clear organization
4. register (content) and vocabulary
- appropriate register, varied and appropriate vocabulary
5.delivery
- fluent presentation