Formative test Answer the following questons by circling A,B,C or D Here is my unforgettable experience. One day | joined a story telling contest. Two of my friends and | had been chosen to take a partiin the final round at the district evel. | was very happy and eager to win the competition. For preparation, | had to memorize and understand the story wellMy teacher guided and taught me pronunci ion, facial expression and gestures. One day, before performing, my friends and | were busy to prepare the props and costumes for the competition. Thing that me sad was my teacher rented the props and costumes for my friends but not for me. My two friends had beautiful costumes and luxurious props. Although | just wore the simple ones, | performed my best to win the competition. The competition started. | got number 29 and my friends got number 5 and 10. | was nervous but | showed my best performance on stage. Lots of people took photos and videos of me. Finally, anxiety was gone after | had finished performing. And then, the announcement came which made three of us very uneasy. Luckily | was chosen as the first winner. | went to the stage and all the judges congratulated me and gave a plague, trophy, and money. | was very happy. 1, What is the writer’s intention to write the text? A To tell his achievement B. To win the competition C. To describe his feeling to the teacher D. To show his disappointment to teacher. 2.Why did the writer feel sad before the competition? A, She had no luxurious gown. B. Her friends really cares about her. C. Her teacher was not fair to her. D. Her friends did not support her.3. From the textit can be concluded that .... A Practice makes performance go well. B. Being nervous helps perform well on the stage. C. Wearing simple clothes can help win the competition. D. Itis necessary to wearbeautiful costumes for the competition 4. "sd was nervous, | showed my best performances on the stage.” The sentences can be connected by which of the following words? A, However B.Although C. Because Df MY STIR AS A REPORTER I usually woke up atfour o'clock a.m. and went to the Press Center to check the daily schedule of briefings and press conferences. It was usually held by the United Nation officials or disaster mitigation team. Itwas challenging to visit different refugee camps to find soft stories, human interest stories. After that | went back to the Press Center to cover the press conferences of the day. It was heart breaking when | saw these survivors fight for food and secondhand clothing. Unfortunately as they said, the food and clothing were limited and inadequate. Emerging to glaring, fool noon, itwas time to go back to Press Center to write stories and race against time. | was always fearing that the internet would come crushing down. After everything was done, only then | remembered to eat. Most times, | only ate once a day because | always had to rush and again it was difficult to find food. | had to travel quite far. needed to spend a30 to 45 minutes by car just to find fresh food. 5, What did the reporter tell about in the first paragraph? A, He told about his press coferenceB. He told about his responsibility C. He told about disaster mitigation team D.He told about his past daily activities 6. The following is TRUE based on the text EXCEPT? A, The reporter was challengingto visit different refugee camps B. The reporter ate only once a day C. The reporter went back to press center to cover the press conferences D. The reporter fought for the food and second hand clothing 7. The reporter got a difficulty EXCEPT... AA. to find fresh food B. that the internet would come crushing down C. to check his daily schedule D. to find secondhand clothing 8. What did the refugee do to survive ? AWork hard. B. Stayed in the camp C. Travel to find food and second hand clothing D. Fought for the food and second hand clothing The following textis for questions 9 and 10 Last Friday, a friend of mine asked me to accompany him to buy a new shirt at a department store. We left home at 03.00 p.m. by motorcycle. As soon as we arrived there, we went to the clothes section. | let him choose one. An hour later, | got bored watching him confused in choosing a shirt, So I left him and went to the cassette counter. Thirty minutes later, I went back to the clothes section but I couldn't find him there, My cell phone was broken so | couldn't call him. 1 went to the parking area. Isaw his motorcycle was there but | couldn’t find him. | waited for him for a few moments then finally | gave up and decided to go home. When | arrived home, my mother told me that my friend called. She said that he was in the departmentstore looking for me. My mother asked me to come back to the department store. Reluctantly, | walked to the department store and you know what? When | arrived there hismotorcycle was not in the parking area. He just went home. | was very tired. There was no other choice, | had to walk home again. When | arrived home, I was so tired. | was very angry but when | saw my friend’s broad smile greet me in front of the door, | just could not help laughing, 9. The text above is about ... A. The writer and his friend. B. The writer friends. C.An embarrassing day. D. Shopping with mother. 10, The writer couldn’t contact his friend because... A, He wasin the parking area. B. His cell phone was broken, C. He went home alone. D. His friend was still choosing a shirt.