Jendouba Prep School

December 2009

The text

1 For seventeen years my life was happy. But , suddenly my mother

became ill .Just before she died, she called me with my friend Elizabeth
to her room .She said to us : “My children , I am happy because you love
each other and one day you’ll get married .Elizabeth , my dear I can die
happy if you look after the family ”.
My mother died, and we were miserable because we loved her very
much .Elizabeth was brave and helped us.

2 The time came for me to go to university. I did not want to leave

my family, but we all knew that I should go .On my first day at
university, I met my teacher, professor Waldman, who was a great
scientist .He gave a talk to all the students . He said to us “Some of
you will be the greatest scientists of tomorrow .You must study hard
and discover everything. God has made you intelligent to help people with
your science”

3 After the professor’s talk, I decided to study electricity to help

people. I started studying the next day. I worked hard. Professor Waldman
liked me and told me that I could be an unusual scientist in the future.

,Adapted from Frankenstein, by Mary Shelly

)Oxford Book Worms(

I/ Reading comprehension questions (6marks)

1/ Tick the right alternative: (1mark)

The text is about: a boy who had a lot of problems.

a boy who was careless about his family .

a boy who had problems with his friends.

2/ Is the following statement true (T) or false (F)? (1 mark)

a- The mother asked Elisabeth to take care of the family (...........).

3/ Why did the professor ask the pupils to work hard (1mark)

The professor asked the pupils to work hard

because....................................

4/Tick the right answer.(1mark)

YES … NO ...
Did the writer like to leave his family?

Justification.................................................................

5/ What does the following word refer to in the text? (1pt)

Her (line 3) refers to............................

6/ Find a synonym to the following word from the text (1mark)

Have to...........................(parag 2)

II/ Language: (8marks)

1/Fill the in the blanks with words from the list below. Be careful! There
are two extra words. (3marks)
forget – awake – accent – taunted – loud- grades- preparatory – fun
When I was a child I wasn’t a good pupil. My primary and ..…………………
school memories weren’t nice at all .My classmates didn’t like my
………….because I was from the South .They usually made fun of me .They
even …………………me and sometimes attacked me after school .But in my
secondary school I had a lot of …………….I had good secondary school
memories that I couldn’t ……………..Besides , my teachers were very cool
and I usually got good ……………….That was why my parents were very proud
of me .
2/Circle the correct option. (3marks)
Suzie is a pupil in a secondary school .She is very ( worry – worried –
worries ) because she studies many ( teachers – exams- subjects ) .The
lessons at school are too difficult for ( herself – her – hers ) .She doesn’t
understand them ( whereas – and – because ) the other pupils are very
intelligent and good ( in – at – on ) many subjects .Suzie is upset because
she is having exams soon and she knows she’s going to ( fails – fail –
failure) them .

3/ Match the statements in A with their functions in B .Be careful !There is an extra one in B
. (2marks)
A B C
Jane : Hello! Bill .What’s your plan for the
winter holiday? . a-planned action 1
Bill : 1/I’m thinking of visiting my in the future
grandfather in the countryside 2
Jane:Does he live alone? b-expressing
Bill :yes , he does .My grandmother died last contrast 3
year although 2/she was younger than him
Jane :3/so you must visit him regularly . c-comparing 4
Bill :Yes , of course .4/Next year, we are
purchasing a new house in the countryside d-intention
and we will be able to visit him easily .
Jane : How nice ! Enjoy your holiday, e-obligation
then.
Bill: Thank you .
III/ Writing (6marks):
You are unhappy because you don’t get on well with your parents. Write a
letter to your friend to complain about your relationship with your
parents.
The following hints may help you:
-conservative / severe / not enough freedom / not enough pocket
money...

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Criteria of correction:
-adherence to task and content adequacy
-lexical appropriacy and grammar accuracy
-mechanical accuracy (punctuation, capitalization and spelling)