Chebbi Secondary School Mid-Term English Test N1

Teacher: Mrs.Nejla Meddeb Class : 1st year

November 2022 Name:………………………………. N°: …..

I. Listening comprehension (8 Marks)

1. Listen carefully and complete the table: (3 marks)

20
Name Age Family size
Sorie ……………………. …………………………

2. Listen and circle the right alternative .(1mark)

Sorie has five brothers. They’re all (older/ younger/ in her age) than her. The mom had
Sorie when she was (17/ 19/ 27) years old. When she was a child she always tried her mom’s
dresses and her shoes.
3. Complete the following statement from the listening passage: (1 mark)

I think it also depends on at a certain age; when you’re younger, there is that time where
you’re always fighting. And then you ………………..older and then you have families
and then you have more things in ……………………….and the relationship changes
throughout your life.

4. Circle one adjective that describes Sorie: (1 mark)

A/ naughty. B/ selfish. C/ ambitious.

5. Tick(√) the correct function(1mark)

a/ Cause
I always tried my mom’s dresses and her shoes. I wanted to be like her B/Consequence.
c/ Desire or Want

6. Underline the correct word you hear (1mark)

You (no-know), not really. No, no.I wanted a big brother (actually-acchually).

p. 1“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”

Frank Ocean
 II. Language: (12 marks)

1)Circle the correct option. (4 marks)

Many young people want to become pop-stars. It is their great (fame / ambition / favour) in
life. They think pop-stars (make / lose / has) a lot of money and lead exciting
(lives/lifes/leaves). But there are already many pop-stars and groups and competition is
difficult. Only a small number makes it to the (roof / pop / top). When they
(success/succeed/successful) some of (them / it / us) however, find it difficult to cope with
the world of fame, so, they decide to stop (sing /singing/ song) to lead a simple life away
from the public (transport/eye/library).

2) Fill in the blanks with words from the list below. There are two extra words.
(4 marks)

teenager / but /records/ them / poor / who / they / famous / sing /

grown-up

Elvis Presley was born on January 8th 1935 in Tulipo, Mississippi. His parents were [1]
…………. . They often took Elvis to church where he first learned to [2]…….…….. .
Then, when he was a [3] ……………, Elvis went to live with his family in Memphis. He
studied in the local High School but the thing he was really interested in was music. In
1955, Elvis met Colonel Tom Parker [4] …………….. took over Elvis’ career. With his
management, Elvis became [5]…………..and popular not only in America but all over the
world. Some years later, Elvis started making Hollywood films. Some of [6]
……………… were not very good [7] …………….. Elvis’ fans and admirers watched all
his films and they bought all his[8] ……………………...
3) Put the words between brackets in the right tense or form. (4 marks)

Adele is an English singer and songwriter. She has become (fame)...................... owing to her nice
voice. She (to be).....................................born in England and was raised by a young single mother.
She enjoyed (to sing)................................ pop music from an early age. In her early teens, she (to
begin)............................. to consider a musical career . Adele (to release) ............................ her first
album in 2008. The two singles “Rolling in the Deep” and “Someone Like You” were very
(success) .............................. and she sold many (record)............................ With an incredible
voice, she has become one of the most popular (sing) ......................... of the present generation.

p. 2“Work hard in silence, let your success be your noise.”

Frank Ocean