Name - Surname: 2023-2024 ACADEMIC YEAR POINTS

………………. ANATOLIAN HIGH SCHOOL

1ST TERM 11TH GRADES 2ND ENGLISH
Class - Number: READING AND WRITING EXAM QUESTIONS
% 50 pts

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(E11.2.W1. Students will be able to write a paragraph about their interests and abilities.)

1. Write down a paragraph including at least ‘five’ sentences about your interests and abilities
(sports, books, music, foods, hobbies, art etc).
(5x3=15 pts)

(E11.3.W1. Students will be able to complete the missing parts of a short story with their own words.)

2. Read the beginning of Paul’s story. Then, complete the missing parts with at least two sentences in
your own words. (2x10=20 pts)

Paul was a poor little boy. He used to live in a small house with his big family. He had to support his
family. ……………………………………………………………………………………………………
……………………………………………………………………………………………………………..

(E11.4.R1. Students will be able to order the events in the biography of a famous person/ inventor/ scientist/
celebrity.)

3. Write down a paragraph putting the statements about Nelson Mandela into the correct order.
(8x5=40 pts)

( ) He died on December 5, 2013 in Johannesburg.

( ) He was a Black nationalist and the first Black president of South Africa (1994–99)

( ) He was a prisoner for more than 27 years.

( ) Because the Black people in South Africa didn’t have the same rights as the White people, Nelson
Mandela was against this idea and for this reason, he was sent to prison in 1962.

( ) Mandela and the President, de Klerk, won the Nobel Prize in 1993 because they worked very hard for
peace.

( ) Nelson Mandela was born on July 18th, 1918, in Mvezo, South Africa.

( ) After leaving the prison, he continued to work for the Black people and peace in his country.

( ) In 1994, Mandela became the first Black president of South Africa.

(E11.3.R1. Students will be able to answer the questions about a text on people’s habits and experiences in the past.)

4. Read the text and answer the questions. (2x15=10 pts)

People were healthier in the past because they used to be more active. They used to eat natural and
healthy foods. However, nowadays, people do everything faster and easier than they did in the past by using
machines and the food they eat isn’t healthy and it has genetic modifications.

a. Why were people healthier in the past? _____________________________________________________

b. How do people do their work faster and easier nowadays ? ____________________________________

(E11.4.W1. Students will be able to write an essay about a well-known figure from Turkish history.)

5. Look at the given information about Aziz Sancar and write down at least three sentences about
him. (5x3=15 pts)

Aziz SANCAR
1) ……………………………………………………………………………………
Birth: Mardin, 1947
Job: Scientist 2) ……………………………………………………………………………………
Graduation: İstanbul University
Location: the USA
Awards: Nobel Prize in Chemistry 3) ……………………………………………………………………………………

Total Points: 100 pts Total Time: 30 mins GOOD LUCK !

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English Language Teacher