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ENGLISH WRITTEN TEST - November 2010

Name____________________________________________ Class _______

A - What extreme sport needs this equipment? Fill the crossword below with the correct sport.

Down:

1 – parachute

2 – roller blades

3 – special motorcycle

4 – special bicycle

Across:

5 – skateboard

6 – skis

7 – surfboard

8 – windsurf board

Read the following text

carefully.

Football changes girls' lives in rural

Kenya
 
Teaching self-confidence on the field and in life

'We can do it' is the slogan of an organization in Kenya called Moving

The Goalposts. It uses football to increase self-confidence in girls in
Kenya and aims for nothing less than changes in the society.
 
The sound of girls playing football and clapping wildly when they score goals is not a sound often heard in rural
Kenya. But here in the Kilifi district, north of the city of Mombasa, it has become fairly common. In this region,
some 3,000 girls play football.

Today, on a dusty pitch in the village of Sokoke, 22 girls are playing in a training session, half in blue shirts, and
half in red ones. Many are barefoot. The weather is very hot but the girls are constantly in motion.

But these girls are learning a lot more than just how to pass, kick and score; they are learning how to think in
new ways, ways that are unusual for young women in this part of the world.

"It is about a teenage girl realizing her goals in life, making her own decisions, including sexual decisions,"
Margaret Belewa, program manager of the Moving the Goalposts project, said. "Most of the times, those
decisions are made by the parents or by the husband. How can we help her so that she can take control of her
life?"
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Moving the Goalposts (MTG) aims to empower girls and young women in Kilifi, one of the poorest districts in
Kenya, through football.

B - Find a synonym for each word in the text. Look for the underlined words. (5 PTS)

1. running or moving - ____________________ 2. believing in yourself - ____________________

3. to give power to - ____________________ 4. with naked feet - ____________________
5. covered in dust - ____________________

C - Say if the following sentences are TRUE or FALSE. Quote from the text to justify your answer.(5PTS)

1. The slogan of this organization is “We will do it”.

False, because the correct slogan is “We can do it”.
2. In Kilifi district around three hundred girls play football.
True, in the paragraph two said the specific number of girls that play football.
3. In training sessions the girls wear blue and red shirts.
True, the half of the team use blue shirts and the other ones use red shirts.
4. They play football without any kind of shoes.

5. Kilifi is one of the richest areas in Kenya.

False, Kilifi is one of the poorest districts in Kenya.

D - Answer the following questions about the text. (5PTS)

1. What is the name of the organization mentioned in the text?

2. What is the aim of this organization?

3. What are the girls learning about?

4. Who usually takes decisions for the girls?

E – Match the numbers on the picture below with the correct coach linesman word on

crowd midfield

Defender pitch

Draw refree

goalkeepe striker the right. (5

r PTS)
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