1_ When I was a kid, I had a big problem. I was tall, but overweight.

I grew up in
Miami and the local zoo had an elephant named ‘Sam’. Needless to say I was called ‘Sam
the elephant’, ‘Sam the palace’ or ‘big fat Sam’. I was unhappy and I hated my body.
When I was ten years old, I used to cry myself to sleep every night. Every morning, I
would wake up and look at my legs and hope for them to be smaller, thinner and more
beautiful.
2_ So, I started to cut back what I ate in the hope of becoming less fat. Then, I
moved and made many new friends. Other pupils would pick on me and say mean things.
One day, an eight - grader was walking by me and said: ‘How’s your diet going Fat boy!’
One of my classmates said to me once, ‘You are the sickest and fattest kid I have ever
seen’. I never felt so humiliated and sad in my life. Instead of losing kilos, I gained 5
more. The kids started calling me’ hippo’, I reminded them of the hippopotamus, that
large and big animal.
3_ That is my story of my middle school years. I had a terrible time and I did hate
going to school. Now, I am relatively slim. All my childhood stories of overweight are
just memories.

Zouhour prep school Name:.....................................

School year: 2021 – 2022
End Of First Term Test
9th form N1 Class: 9.............. N................
I ) Reading Comprehension (6 marks)
1 -Choose the best title to the text: (1 mark):
*First day at school (....)
*School memories (.....)
*School rules (.....)
2- Correct these false statements with reference to the text:(2 marks):

a-When he was a kid, Sam was very slim.

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b-His friends at school never made fun of him .
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3-Pick out one sentence to express a habit in the past: (paragraph 1) (1 mark)
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4- Read and complete with words from the text: (1 marks):
When he was a child, Sam had a ..................................... time at school and he hated going there. But now,
he is ...........................................thin and his fatness was a part of his childhood memories.
5- What does the underlined word in the text refer to:(0.5 mark):
‘Them’ (parg 2) refers to...........................
6- pick out one word meaning the same as (paragraph 2):(0.5 mark)
Hurt:----------------------

II- Language: (8 marks)

1-Circle the right alternative: (2.5 marks)

My last few years of High School were very bad. I didn’t really enjoy them. I didn’t (succeed / fail /
cheat) my exams and I was rather bored. I didn’t always have a good relationship with my teachers
and I always (felt / feels / feeling) frustrated. When I told my mother I was going to leave school,
she got really upset and that made (my / me / myself) feel (delighted/worried/guilty). I worked for
a while in a factory. It was much less boring because I didn’t feel I was wasting my time. I’m still not
sure about my future interests so I hope this experience (will help/ helped / help) me find my way.

2-Put the bracketed words in the right tense or form: (3 marks)

I still remember the days when I was at school. They were the (happy) --------------------days of my
life. We had some very good teachers who ( to make) -------------------- us work very hard. In those
days, discipline was very strict and when a student (to break)------------------------ a rule, he was
severely punished. We (must) ------------------- wear school uniforms when we attended the lessons.
In the classroom, we were very attentive and when the teacher gave us (to advise)-------------,
we took it (serious)-------------------------- because we knew our teachers wanted the best for us.

3- Fill in the blanks with five words from the box: (2.5 marks)
 taunting – addicted – parents – victims – behavior – serious - rules

Parents send their kids to school to get education. But we notice today is that schools are no longer a
safe place as many pupils are -------------------. Violence at school includes-----------------------,hitting
and frightening school children. One cause that may explain their aggressive --------------------- is
that many teenagers are ----------------------to rough video games and violent films at an early age.
Another cause is the absence of parents supervision in many homes and the lack of communication
between parents and children. Bullying is a ----------------------- problem and I think that school
administration can’t solve is without the support of parents and teachers.
III-Writing: (6 marks)

Jack, a 15-year-old teenager, complains about his parents’ behavior, they are too
tight-fisted, they don’t give him enough pocket money and they are very overprotective and
authoritarian.
Write his letter to the editor of school magazine to complain about his situation and ask for help.

Dear the editor of the magazine:

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Hopeless Jack