1ST ADOLESCENTS DECEMBER 2009 A

a) Reading Comprehension. (10)

Read the following article and answer the questions.

FILM OF THE WEEK: ABOUT A BOY.

About the film
This is a very funny film but it is sad too. Marcus (Nicholas
Holt) lives in London with his mother. He doesnt like his
school and he doesnt have any friends because he isnt cool.
He doesnt like his life.
Will (Hugh Grant) is a family friend. He doesnt work and has
got a nice life, but he isnt really happy. Marcus thinks he is
cool. Marcus doesnt go home from school in the afternoons
he goes to Wills house. Will helps Marcus and Marcus helps
Will!
About Nicholas Holt!!
Nicholas lives with his family and he goes to the Sylvia Young
Drama School in London. He works a lot in films and TV.
Nicholas is a musician too., but he doesnt listen to a lot of
pop music. Nicholas watches a lot of films. He likes funny
films and he loves About a Boy but he doesnt like his hair in the film! YUK!
- Are the following statements about the article true or false?
1. This is a terror film: __________________
2. It is a happy film: _____________________
3. Marcus lives with his mother: ________
4. Marcus has got a lot of friends: ______
5. Will has got a job: _____________________
6. Marcus likes Will: _____________________
7. Will goes to Marcus house in the afternoons: ______________
8. Nicholas is an actor: ________________
9. Nicholas is a student: _______________
10. Nicholas doesnt like the film: ____________________

b) Complete the following questions with: WHO WHICH - WHERE

HOW LONG - WHEN WHAT HOW OFTEN HOW OR WHOSE. (10)

1. ______________________ are these glasses? Pauls.

2. ______________________ do dolphins live? About 50 years.
3. ______________________ do tigers eat? Deer and monkeys.
4. ______________________ are you? I am Patrick.
5. ______________________ are the children? They are fine.
6. ______________________ do bats sleep? During the day.
7. ______________________ sweater is yours? The black one.
8. ______________________ do koalas live? In eastern Australia.
9. ______________________ do you wash your dog? Once a week.
10. ______________________ tall is your brother? About 1.80mts
 c) Fill in the gaps with the following verbs: lectured died was moved was
born began- married invented opened - graduated (10)

Alexander Graham Bell __________________ a famous

inventor. He ___________________ on 3 rd March, 1847 in
Edinburgh, Scotland. Bell _________________________
from Royal high School in 1861 and
_____________________ his studies in sound in 1864 at
Elgins West House Academy. In 1870, together with his
family, he _____________________ to Canada. In 1871 he
_____________________ in Boston, USA, about how to
teach to the deaf and in 1872 he ____________
his own school for training teachers of the deaf in Boston.
He became a professor at Boston University in 1873. Bell
________________________ the telephone in 1876. He
____________________ Mabel Hubband a year later and in
1880 he invented the gramophone. He was granted
eighteen patents for his inventions.
Alexander Graham Bell ________________ on 2 nd August
1922, on Cape Breton Island, Canada.

d) Listening comprehension
(10)

You are going to listen the song Happy Ending, by Mika. While you listen, fill in the
gaps with the words in the box.

CARRIED LEFT REST ENDING

WASTING LIFE EVER HAPPEN
STORY FOREVER.

This is the way you ________________ me,

I'm not pretending
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy _________________________
This is the way that we love,
Like it' _________________________
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

Wake up in the morning, stumble on my _______________________

Can't get no love without sacrifice
If anything should _________________, I guess I wish you well
A little bit of heaven, but a little bit of hell

This is the hardest ___________________ that I've____________ told

No hope, or love, or glory
Happy endings gone forever more
I feel as if I feel as if I'm wasting
And I'm__________ everyday
This is the way you left me,
I'm not pretending.
No hope, no love, no glory,
No Happy Ending.
This is the way that we love,
Like it's forever.
Then live the rest of our life,
But not together.

2 o'clock in the morning, something's on my mind

Can't get no ____________; keep walkin'g around
If I pretend that nothing ever went wrong, I can get to my sleep
I can think that we just ___________ on.

Writing. (10)

You are going to have your dreamed holiday. Write a letter to your friend
telling him/her about it. (The place, the weather, when you are going and
how the accomodation, etc.) Write about 70 words.