PROVA N° 3

ESAME DI LICENZA MEDIA

Anno scolastico 2016-2017
Scuola Media Statale “Dante Alighieri” – Cerro Maggiore
Il candidato scelga UNA delle due prove:

Prova A – Reading Comprehension

DAVID

David, a 14-year-old American boy, used to hate school. He hated it so much that most school days began with a battle
between David and his mother, because he simply refused to get up and go to school.
His parents were not even sure that David went to school when he left home, so sometimes his mother had to phone the
school mid-morning to ask if David was there. Sometimes she got a call from one of David’s teachers, saying that he had
not arrived and asking if he was ill.
David was not less brilliant than the other pupils; he simply didn’t like sitting at desk, reading, writing and listening to
‘boring’ teachers. His parents were really desperate. They were also surprised because David’s teachers continued to pass
him. “I know why”, David’s father said, “they don’t want to have you in their class for another year. They are fed up with
you”. But the day came when David’s parents were called to school by the headmaster. “He can no longer play this
game”, he said, “his results aren’t satisfactory at all. He must repeat the year”.
David, who was in the seventh grade, was shocked. He wanted to leave school for ever. “I don’t mind if you don’t go to
university”, said his father, “but you must finish high school, even if you have to stay there till you’re thirty!”.
On the first day of the new school year he said to his mother: “You’re sending me to prison, remember!”. When he came
home, however, he didn’t seem so miserable; he even accepted to talk about the day over dinner. “There are two
computers at school this year and our new teacher, Mr. Glemp, promised to show them to us”. In a few weeks David
learnt to manipulate numbers, letters and whole words on the screen. He also asked Mr. Glemp if he could stay extra
hours at school, to use the computer. The teacher agreed on condition that his results in the other subjects were
satisfactory. David goes to school regularly now. He always arrives on time and sometimes stays longer in the afternoon.
He wants to go to university and specialise in computer studies.

1. Is David a teenager?
2. Did he like going to school?
3. Did he sometimes play truant?
4. Why did David continue to pass according to his father?
5. Was David as clever as the other pupils?
6. What happened when David was in the seventh grade?
7. Why did he want to leave school?
8. What did David’s father say?
9. Was David desperate whem he went home on the first day of the new school year?
10. What did Mr. Glemp promise his students?
11. How long did it take David to learn how to use the computer?
12. Why did he want to stay extra hours at school?
13. Is David a good student now? How do you know?
14. What are David’s plans for the future?
15. Can you use a computer? Have you ever used it for school projects? And, if so, how?

PROVA B – Letter writing

- Talk about yourself. Describe your house, in particular your room (including your friends and your pets, if you have
any) and your town/village.
- Talk about the subjects you like or dislike.
- Describe your daily routine and say something about your teachers.
- Talk about your plans and hopes for the next school year (high school).
- Imagine and describe a future journey to Australia.