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EFL State Competition for 7th Grade Primary School Students

12.05.2018

Student’s Code ________________

READING COMPREHENSION ________/ 30

USE OF ENGLISH __________________/ 70

POINTS: ________ / 100

 EFL STATE Competition for 7th Grade Primary School Students

12th May 2018

Time limit 30 minutes Student’s CODE : _______________________

READING COMPREHENSION

Total points: ______ /30

I. Read the article about Florence Nightingale. Match the paragraphs (1-8) with
the correct headings (A-I). Two headings do not match!

A A splendid prize F Big improvements

B A new career G Education abroad
C Victorious in battle H An unhealthy environment
D Unpopular ladies I Family problems
E Let there be light J The Legend

Florence Nightingale is famous for her incredible nursing skills. Here’s the story of a remarkable
woman...

1 / _______ Florence was born on 12th. May, 1820. She was the daughter of a wealthy family in
England. Florence’s family wanted her to get married and become part of high society. Florence,
however, rebelled against her expected role of becoming a devoted wife.

2 / ______ Florence had other plans. She wanted to become a nurse. Her parents weren’t happy
with her decision because they thought that nursing was a profession for the working class. Finally,
in 1851, her father approved her permission to go to hospital in Germany to train.

3 / _____ In 1853, Florence finished her nursing training and she returned to London. She started to
work as a superintendent at a hospital for disabled women.

4 / ____ In 1854, Florence travelled to Turkey with 38 nurses from England to help the wounded
British soldiers in the Crimean War. She considered the conditions at the hospital to be appalling.
There were wounded soldiers sleeping in dirty rooms without any blankets or proper food. Diseases
like cholera were spreading among the wounded and more soldiers were dying from these diseases
than from their injuries.

5 / _____ When Florence arrived at the hospital many doctors disapproved of her views about the
need to reform military hospitals and made her and the other nurses feel unwelcome. However,
after a large battle that resulted into many injured soldiers to the hospital the doctors realised that
they needed the nurses’help.
6 / _____ Florence and the nurses immediately changed the conditions in the hospital. First, they
cleaned the hospital and stopped the spread of serious diseases. Then, they looked after the
wounded. The death rate among the soldiers dropped dramatically.

7 / ____ People started to call her “the lady with the lamp”because she carried a kerosene lamp with
her as she walked the halls of the hospital at night to check on the wounded. She became a true
hero to the soldiers and to people back home in England.

8 / ____ When Florence returned to England, she opened the Florence Nightingale Training School
for Nurses. She was known as the founder of modern nursing and in 1883 Queen Victoria awarded
Florence the Royal Red Cross.

1 point for each correct answer _____/ 8

II. Read the article again and decide if the following statements are True (T), False (F) or
Doesn’t Say (DS).

1. Florence was born in a rich family. ______

2. She had two brothers. ______
3. Florence wanted to become a nurse. ______
4. Her dad approved her decision for having a training abroad. ______
5. The conditions at the Turkish hospital were good. ______
6. More soldiers were dying from their injuries than the diseases. ______
7. Florence got married at work. ______
8. Florence was also called “the lady with the lamp”. ______
9. A lot of newspapers back in England were writing about Florence as a true hero. ______
10. The queen awarded her the Royal Red Cross. ______

1 point for each correct answer _____/ 10

III. Complete the following sentences with the underlined words from the text:

1. His ___________________ uncle who earns a fortune, has a hellicopter and lives in a palace.
2. The cat suffered ___________________ injuries during the attack.
3. My sister ___________________ sun-tanned from her holiday in the Bahamas.
4. He was ___________________ the Medal for Bravery for saving the kid from the fire.
5. His stomach ___________________ at the mere thought of food.
6. Bacterial meningitis is quite a rare ___________________
7. You must ask your parents for ___________________ otherwise you can’t go on excursion.
8. A lot of soldiers were killed in the ___________________ on the Crimean peninsula.
9. My parents strongly ___________________ of drinking and driving.
10. The security guard ___________________ the keys when he noticed the ghost standing at
the top of the stairs.
11. There were harsh working ___________________ so they had to close down the factory.
12. The sergeant was seriously ___________________ far back in the Civil War.

1 point for each correct answer _____/ 12