Grade III A B C D

ENGLISH EXAM 1 Class list

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Time given 60 minutes
TEACHER NAME: Paola Vera

Mrs. Madeleine de la DATE: Thursday 4 June of 2020

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READING COMPREHENSION
A. WHICH SIGN FOR THE ROLLER COASTER OF CULTURE SHOCK (A, B, OR C) HAS A SIMILAR MEANING TO THE
SENTENCE (1 - 3)? DRAW A LINE. (3 POINTS)

1. You are full of optimism and great expectations. A ADJUSTMENT

2. You want to call home all the time because you B Honeymoon
have minor problems.

3. You start to feel comfortable in a new community. C Culture Shock

Read the text.

Being an Exchange Student

People have a lot of wrong ideas about how an exchange student’s life
is. May- be these people have never been on an exchange program,
they have never met an exchange student, or have met an exchange
student but thought they were snobbish and conceited. Maybe they
were snotty and self-centered, or maybe they were just extremely
homesick or had no idea what you just said because they don’t speak
your language.

Here is a list of pros and cons of being an exchange student that I hope will inspire you to become
one or gain a better understanding to the difficulties of exchange student life:

PROS:
-You get to travel a lot!
-You get to learn a new language.
-You get a long break from your “old life” and learn a “new life”.
-You get to stay with amazing host families that bring you everywhere and feed you with vast amounts
of delicious food.

CONS:
-You have to leave everything you know and immerse yourself in a different culture for a year (It’s
harder than it sounds!).
-You have to leave all your family and friends behind for the length of your trip.
-You might have to learn a new language from scratch (some of my exchange friends got to France
knowing only how to say ‘thank you’, ‘hello’ and ‘goodbye’ in French).
-You don’t know anyone in the country and have to make friends; and get along with your host family
in a different language.

All in all, being an exchange student has its ups and downs but at the end of the day, it’s an amazing
experience!

A. Write the main idea of the text. (4 points)

Benefits and Difficulties of the life of an exchange student.

B. Read the sentences. Circle True, False, or DS for Doesn’t Say. (10 points)

1. The text is about the things you have to do as an exchange student. Tr Fal DS
ue se

2. The author says people have many wrong ideas about exchange Tr Fal DS
students. ue se

3. The text is a list of dos and don’ts for studying abroad. Tr Fal DS
ue se
 4. The text says an exchange student has to study a lot. True Fal DS
se

5. All host families are very welcoming. True Fal DS

se

6. The text says you get to travel a lot as an exchange student. Tr Fal DS
ue se

VOCABULARY
WRITE A SENTENCE WITH THE FOLLOWING WORDS. (4 POINTS)

1. quiz I have to do a quiz about the Inca culture in history, it has score of 20 points.

2. easygoing My friend Ian is very shy and fashionable, almost everyone at school considered
him an easygoing.

3. amazingly Amazingly, yesterday I realized that my best friend has a girlfriend and he never
told me.

4. afford On Wednesday, I told Maria that you should afford to buy a car because she works
so hard.

MATCH THE WORDS TO THEIR DEFINITIONS. (6 POINTS)

1. part-time (4 ) not less than, at the minimum

2. fluent (5 ) the necessary items for a particular purpose

3. grade (2 ) able to speak or write a particular foreign language easily

4. at least (6) an act of giving one thing and receiving another

5. equipment (3 ) a mark indicating the quality of a student’s work

6. exchange (1 ) for only part of the usual working day or week

GRAMMAR

PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT FORM PRESENT PERFECT PROGRESSIVE(5points).

1. He (work) has worked in this company since 1985.

2. I (wait) have waited for you since two o'clock.
3. Mary (live) has lived in Germany since 1992.
4. Why is he so tired? He (play) has played tennis for five hours.
5. How long (learn / you) have you learned English?

PUT THE VERBS INTO THE CORRECT TENSE PRESENT PERFECT SIMPLE OR PRESENT PERFECT CONTINUOUS (5
points).

1. I (play) have been playing football for five years.

2. My team (win / only) have been winning only two matches so far.
3. The others (be / always) have been being always better.
4. Are we not there yet? We (walk) have been walking for hours.
5. But we (cover / only) have been covering only an area of five miles so far.