School year :2010/2011 Mid Term Test N°1 Mr Saleh

Name :…………………………………N°…… 4th Form Note :……………………………../20

Listening comprehension : (8 marks)

1) The listening passage is about : (1pt)
*A walking tour programme ….
*An art show programme ….
*A festival programme ….

2) Complete the following table with the appropriate information about he different
places tourists will go to : (2pts)

Trafalgar square – Nijojo Castle – Ryoanji Temple – The Golden Pavilion –

Heian Jinger Shrine – Bukinghum Palace

In the morning In the afternoon

- -
- -

3) Correct the following false statement from the listening passage : (3pts)

*The The Ryoanji Temple is famous for its mysterious statutes.

*………………………………………………………………………………………………..............
*Tourists will have lunch from 13:00 to 14:45
*……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

4) Complete the following sentence with words from the listening passage.(1pt)

We’ll be making a ………………….stop at Heian Jinger Shrine, which was constructed in

1895 to
………………………………….the 1,100th anniversary of the founding of the city of Kyoto.

6) Write (S) if the underlined sounds are similar. Write (D) if they are different: (1pt)

-wind -wild …….

-journey -eternity ……
Language (12pts)
1) Fill in the blanks with words from the box: (4pts)

Booking –and – these – largest – promoting – charted – gradual – into – halls -

hotels

The first organized tours dated back to 1842 when the company ‘Tomas
Cook’ ………………………..a train to take a group of campaigners from Leicester to South
Borough. This company grew to become one of the ………………………..and most well -known
travel agents. With the ………………………….decline of visits to British seaside resorts after the
second world war, Thomas Cook began ……………………………..foreign holidays in the early
1950’s. Leaflets about ……………………………..holidays were shown at
town ……………………………throughout Britain. However, they made a decision by not
going………………………….the new form of cheap holidays combined the
transport ……………………………..accommodation arrangement into a single package.

2) Put the bracket words in the right form :(4pts)

Upon entering Qatar, it will be impossible for the visitors to feel alienated. The
generosity and ( hospital ) ………………………..of the Qataris can be
(feel ) ………………………everywhere. This atmosphere is a (reflect ) ………………………………..of
their strong bend to their homeland, their traditions and their culture, which
(pass ) ……………………………down from century to century. Qatar itself is surrounded by white
(sand )………………………………beaches that stretch along its more than 650Km of
(beauty)…………………………..coastline, while the azure blue waters offshore are filled with all
variety of marine life. In land, there are hypnotizing (gold ) ……………………………sand dunes
that have acted as (inspire) ………………………………for poets over the years.

3) Circle the right option : (4pts)

Christa was riding in a Volkswagen with her fiancé through a rainstorm in

Pennsylvania in 1969 (while – when – since ) the news came over the car radio : a man had
set foot ( on – in – off) the moon. They both cheered , but neither had ( some – no – any)
reason to suspect that the event would someday directly change their lives. Much ( late –
later – lately ) she said “when I was young, women did not fly in space”. Last July, NASA
announced that she ( is – has been – had been ) chosen to join a shuttle crew. Despite other
newfound ( celebrity – competition – inspiration ) Christa never doubted that following her
sojourn in space she would return to the family and above all to her classroom. She ( tells –
tell – told ) an audience last August : “the more I touch the future, the ( better- good – best )
I understand space.”