TERM PAPER- 2nd semester Name: grade 9th A

I. READING COMPREHENSION

1. Choose the most appropriate sentence for gap. (5*3p=15p)

David Beckham was born in East London on May 2, 1975 and was a Manchester United fan from a very early
age. (1)........ The skinny teenager went from cleaning the first team’s boots, to making his league debut in
1995, just a month before his 20th birthday. (...) The woman known as “Posh Spice” burst onto the music scene
in mid-1996 with Britain’s biggest girl group, the Spice Girls. Born Victoria Adams, she suffered constant
bullying and acne problems as a teenager. (2) ......... But, despite that that, she always wanted to be famous and
ended up auditioning for a brand-new pop group, the Spice Girls. Their relationship started soon after David
saw the Spice Girls perform on a well-known pop music programme. (3)..........He put a lot of effort into trying
to bump into her. Victoria had become interested in David after being shown his picture by a journalist. When
they did finally meet, in March 1997, after a Manchester United match, they said they felt like they had known
each other for ever. ‘I wanted to sound like I knew something about football and said something like: “Good
game, then?” ‘ said Victoria. ‘He laughed, and that was it’. ...........(4) I started thinking about proposing a week
after I met her’, David said. Everything seemed perfect until the 1998 England-Argentina match in France.
(5)..........England lost the match and Beckham was blamed for losing England the World Cup.

A. The relationship moved quickly.

B. ‘There’s no way I would have survived it all without Victoria’, he said recently.
C. She hated life at school and felt that no one liked her.
D. The golden boy of English football was sent off for kicking an Argentinean player.
E. He apparently pointed at Victoria and said she was the girl he was going to marry.
F. The admiration worked both ways, and, aged 16, he signed for them as a trainee.

2. Translate or explain in English the meaning of the words in italics. (5*1p=5p)

II. VOCABULARY (10*1p=10p)

1. Why are your clothes so.........................? DIRT

2. Apparently that volcano is still.................? ACTIVITY
3. This dishwasher is............................ All the glasses come out with marks on them. USE
4. She says she wants to be a famous ................................. when she grows up. SCIENCE
5. My foot is quite ............................. after I dropped a box on it this morning. PAIN
6. I’m very ......................... that we will be able to reach an agreement soon. HOPE
7. The wind was so.......................last night that it kept me awake. NOISE
8. They say he’s a very good ..................................and will give you time off when you need it. EMPLOY
9. Have you heard of this new.........................which tells you when any of the food in your fridge has gone off?
INVENT
10. Personal computers were a .......................................idea when they first appeared in 1970s. REVOLUTION

III. ENGLISH IN USE (10*2p=20p)

Put the verb in brackets in the Past S., Past C., Past Perfect S. or Past Perfect C.
1. This time last year I .................................(live) in Madrid.
2. Terry ...........................(stop) a petrol station on the way to the party.
3. I was surprised to see Tom at the cinema as he .........................................(say) he couldn’t come.
4. I..............................(work) at my computer when I heard a strange noise downstairs.
5. I.................................(see) Tilda outside the post office a few minutes ago.
6. We...................................(chat) for a while when I noticed a smell of burning.
7. The man sittimg next to me on the plane was nervous because he.................................(not/fly) before.
8. .........................................(you/know) that Simon has got into the national swimming team?
9. Sam and Mie ....................................(prepare) the food while Tina was cleaning the living room.
10. I ...................................(not/realise) how many CDs my sister had until I went into her room at the weekend.

IV. Translate into English. Pay attention to Reported Speech. (10*1p=10p)

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V. WRITING- Choose one of the following topics: 30p+ 10p granted

a) Write a summary of the film “The Ultimate gift”. (15-20 lines)
b) Describe a horrible experience of a rite of passage as a member of a tribe. (15-20 lines)