Mrs Jendoubi Amel First Form

Mongi Slim Secondary Mid Term Test n°2 Name :

School Class :
2020- 2021 Group :

I / Listening Comprehension ( 8mks)

1/ Task 1 : Listen and circle the right answer( 2 mks)
a/ In Britain ( half /a quarter / all ) of people have had problems with their neighbours in
the past year
b/ « WHICH ? » is (a hospital / a school / an organization)
2/ Listen and Correct these false statements ( 3mks)
a) Researchers interviewed 2000 adults about their relations with neighbours
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………
b) The biggest complaint about neighbours was gossip
…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….
c) Most people who have problems with neighbours know where to go to seek help
and advice
…………………………………………………………………………….
3/ Listen and complete ( 1 mk)
Do you get on …………………………….. with your neighbours or are the people living next
…………………. stressful ?
4/ Tick the right function of the following sentence ( 1mk)
You may feel angry Expressing advice
Expressing certainty
Expressing uncertainty
5 / Write one word in each column ( 1 mk )
Loud / people / neighbour / said
II/ LANGUAGE ( 12 mks)
1/ Complete the following paragraph with 6 words from the list below ( 3 mks)( there are
two extra words)

War / record / publisher /writer / translate / roof / afraid / lawyer / neighbours /

bestseller /

Zlata Filipovic is a 13-year- old Bosnian girl .At 10, she bought a notebook and started
writing her diary to ......................... her everyday activities . Unfortunately, war came to her
city and she had to stay at home with her family. She was ...........................of the bombs
that could destroy the ........................... of her home and kill her . From the window, Zlata
carefully watched the disaster outside. Some of her friends and .........................were killed.
After the .................... , a French teacher read Zlata ‘s diary and sent it to a ....................... .
The diary soon became a .......................... . Millions of copies have been sold . This made
her a successful .................... in Sarajevo. She has been described as the Anne Frank of
Sarajevo . Her diary contains many descriptions of the horrors of war as viewed from the
innocence of a child.
2/ Choose the correct alternative ( 4 mks )
Neighbours can be worth their weight in gold. Or be your living worst enemy. Take, for
example, Mr Paul Jones, who has had countless arguments with his neighbour over the
building ( at / of / on) a new wall between their gardens. Paul argues that his neighbour has
(steal / stole/stolen) several centimetres of land from (he / his/ him ) by building the wall in
a different place. His neighbour says it is only a few centimetres and nothing to worry (of /
about/ out).
Then there is the case of Irene Burrell (whose/ who / where) neighbour has a small yapping
dog. The dog (bark / barks /barked )all the time. She has complained ( but / because /and)
her neighbour says there is nothing she can (does / do /did) . It is natural for a dog to bark
and so her neighbour ignores any complaints.

3/ Write the words between parentheses in the right tense or form ( 4 mks)
William Shakespeare was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the
( great)……………………writer in the English language. He is often called England’s (nation)
……………………poet.His plays have been translated into every major living language and are
performed more often than those of any playwright . Shakespeare
(born)………………………..and brought up in Stratford –Upon – Avon . At the age of 18, he
( marry)…………………………Anne Hathway, with whom he had three children. Between 1585
and 1592, he ( begin) ………………………… a successful career in London as an ( act )……………….,
writer and part owner of a playing company. In the 20th century his work was repeatedly
adopted by new movement in scholarship and (perform)
………………………………..His plays remain highly popular today and (to be) ………………………
constantly studied, performed and reinterpreted in diverse cultural and (politic)
………………………….contexts throughout the world.