Mid Test 2 Semester 2 Chiraz Maad 2018 - 8éme.docx

Mid-semester 2 English test n°2 9th p 2+3

Teacher : Shiraz Maad

2017/2018

II-Language :( 14marks)

1-put the bracketed words in the right tense or form 4 pts

I’m writing this at 30,000 feet up in the air. In an hour my plane will land in Bali. I will stay there for two weeks. The travel agent (arrange) ………………. my trip. I (have) ……………... the time of my life.Did you know that Bali is one of the 13,000 islands that form the country of Indonesia? One of the principal (see)……………. in Bali is the temple of Gunung Agung. It’s up in the mountains in a volcanic area. I (not/visit)…………….. it the first week but may be on the second week. I’ll be able to see Balinese dancing: you know, the kind where dancers make sharp movements of their heads. And I want to go (shop)………………for folk art. I want to buy some local wooden sculptures. When I booked my (fly) …………….. , they told me that that we will go scuba diving off the little island of Menjangan on the first day! Wonderful! Isn’t it? Activity 1: fill in the blanks with the missing words from the list below: [ freedom/ queue/ traffic/ rush/ benefits/ on/ annoyed/ push/ means/ ages/ journey / pollution/ underground/ by ] Every day, I go to school --------------- bus because it is far from home and I can't go -------------- foot. Although riding the bus has some (+ + + +) ------------------------, it causes many problems. First, there is a lot of---------------- jam especially in --------------------- hour. Sometimes,you get --------------------

because you have to stand in a long

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-------, ----------------------------in or get around to find a seat on the bus. Then, a bus is not that fast -------------------------- of transport. It sometimes seems that it takes -------------- to reach school. It is a long ------------------

during which I always have a long talk with my friend or read a story. Next, a bus

usually causes ----------------------- because it gets its fumes out in the air. I'm thinking of getting the --------------------------------- instead of the bus.

Perhaps, I will feel more ----------------------.

2- Insert the from the list below in the right spaces : 2.5pts 3- Insert the words from the list below in the right spaces :

4- Match the statements in A with those in B to make a paragraph :2.5pts A

B

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1-Films bring the world of fiction a- to us and for a little while we and fantasy forget the troubles of the real world 2- Ever since films began to change with sound, color and technology b- much entertainment and delight to the audience 3- The first films didn't have sound c- therefore had no speech and 4- Even provided

then

the

silent

d- that people dream about can be films brought to life in films.

5- with the advent of technology e- we have moved into a fantastic, amazing world of fantasy Many things

1+….2+….3+….4+….5+…….

5- Insert the missing parts to complete the paragraph .There’s an extra one Although the King of Rock and Roll died nearly two decades ago,❶…………………………………………………………………………. , to show respect for the singer they love so much. But two years ago I got married and since then I worked in my husband’s garage . Chris and I went together last year ❷………………………………………………………..……………in the USA next year. I have always wanted to visit some of the places where Elvis performed Like Las Vegas for example. “Jean says ❸……………………………..……………………………… since she was ten years old, and she owns every single one of his records, good and bad. a-, and we are thinking of spending two or three months b-that Elvis has been her obsession

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c- his fans meet every year since then outside his house in Memphis Tennessee d-Ask some people what they can do on a certain day in August II-Writing : Looking back over the past year, a particular experience you lived while visiting the funfair you remember most clearly. Share this on your blog while writing about what you saw , what you did and mention your feelings before while and after the outing .

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