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4985385131445TRACK 100TRACK 1 GIRLS’ SECONDARY SCHOOL – L-IMRIE?ELHALF YEARLY EXAMINATIONS 2015/2016FORM: 4 MACROBUTTON AppMaximize English LanguageTime: 2 hrsName:_________________________Class:__________ Index Number:___________Oral Listening ComprehensionWritten PaperTotalSECTION A: LANGUAGE (15 marks)Choose the correct answer. The first one has been done for you. (4? marks) 0. My father go / goes to work at 8 o’clock.1. He is / are flying a kite.2. Does / Do your mother watch TV every day?3. Mark like / likes biscuits.4. Peter and I don’t / doesn’t eat sweets.5. Is / Are your sister sleeping?6. Jenny and Zoe buy / buys magazines every Saturday.7. Does John speak / speaks English?8. The children are wear / are wearing hats.9. Tigers doesn’t / don’t eat fish. Complete the text with the past simple form of the verbs in brackets. The first two have been done for you. (6 marks)Hi. I’m Bob. Last week something very strange happened to me. I went (go) to bed, but when I (1) woke up (wake up) I (2) ____________ (see) two aliens inmy bedroom! But they (3) ______________ (look) friendly and I (4) ___________(know) everything was OK. They (5) ___________ (speak) to me in a strange language, and then they (6) ______________ (take) me to their space ship. I(7) ____________ (hear) a loud noise and I (8) ____________ (feel) the space ship moving. After two days we (9) __________ (get) to their planet. I (10) __________ (eat) some alien food and then we (11) __________ (come) home.I (12) ___________ (tell) my wife about it, and she (13) ___________ (think) I was crazy!Complete the sentences with: and, because, but, so, or. The first one has been done for you. (2? marks)0. I failed my exam because I didn’t study.1. David was cold, ________ he closed the window.2. Martin wanted to see the film, ________ he fell asleep halfway through.3. I had to hurry to the bus-stop ________ I didn’t want to miss the bus.4. To get to town, you can take the bus ________ you can walk.5. Joanne loves playing basketball ________ she plays really well.Choose the correct answer. (2 marks)1. __________ it was raining, I took an umbrella.althoughasbutso 2. __________ I like dancing, I don’t want to go to the disco tonight.althoughasbutso 3. I like him __________ I won’t go out with him.althoughasbutso 4. She needed some help with Maths __________ she took some private lessons.althoughasbutso SECTION B: READING COMPREHENSION (20 marks)Read the comprehension passage which is on another sheet, and then answer the following questions.Underline the correct answer. (3 marks)1. Spotty lived in the city of: (a) New York (b) California (c) America2. The Bensons went on holiday in: (a) Summer (b) October (c) Winter3. Spotty returned home in: (a) Summer (b) August (c) WinterWrite down words from the passage which mean the same as: (4 marks)4. Courageous: _______________________5. Long: _______________________6. From one side to the other: _________________________7. Finally _____________________Complete these sentences with information from the passage: (4 marks)8. Before they returned home the Bensons put ______________________________ in all the shop windows.9. The distance from California to New York is _____________________________.10. Spotty spent __________________________ trapped inside a car.11. During Spotty’s journey some people helped him by ________________________.Say whether the following are True (T) or False (F). (4 marks)12. Spotty got lost while the family was in Canada. ______13. It took Spotty six months to find his family in New York. ______14. Spotty jumped into an open window of the Bensons’ house. ______15. Spotty’s adventures were reported by newspapers. ______16. Describe how Spotty looked like. (3 marks) _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________17. What did the neighbour find after he took the snow off his car? (2 marks) ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________ ______________________________________________________________SECTION C – LITERATURE (20marks)POETRY – Unprepared Poem Read the following poem and answer all the questions. White Cat in Moonlight360807012890500487616577914500 Through moonlight’s milk She slowly passes As soft as silk Between tall grasses. I watch her go So sleek and white, As white as snow, The moon so bright I hardly know – White moon, white fur – Which is the light And which is her. Douglas GibbonSay whether the following sentences are True (T) or False (F). (4 marks)1. It was difficult to see the black cat in the dark. ______2. The cat was sleek and white. ______3. The night was dark and cloudy. ______4. The moon shone brightly. ______5. “As soft as silk” is an example of: (1 mark) □ simile □ metaphor □ alliteration □ personification □onomatopoeia 6. Now find and write down another example of this figure of speech from the poem. (1 mark) _______________________________________________________________7. Write down 2 examples of alliteration. (2 marks) (i) __________________________ (ii) __________________________8. Write down 2 sets of rhyming words (eg hat-bat; bin-tin) (2 marks) (i) __________________________ (ii) __________________________PROSE – Unprepared TextRead the following passage, then answer all the questions.PAR 1 The princess gazed up sadly at the Emperor of China’s Great Wall. This was where her husband had been forced to work. He had died here, in the hot sun, crushed beneath a pile of falling rocks. She had heard awful stories about the wall. Hundreds had died as they worked. The wall had been built over the bodies where they fell. PAR 2 How was she ever going to find her husband’s body if it was sprawled under masses of rock? She wanted to take his body away and bury it herself. PAR 3 Suddenly she saw something at her side. A friendly spirit curled out of the bushes. He was as white as a ghost. “Princess,” it said, “I have come to help you. The drops of blood will lead to your husband.” With that, the spirit vanished.PAR 4 She took a thorn and pricked her finger. Drops of blood splashed down on the ground. She followed the spots to the wall. The princess was overcome with joy and sorrow. As the spirit had promised, the trail had taken her to the body of her husband.PAR 5 This Chinese legend is a very old story. The Emperor Shih Huang Ti gave orders for the building of the Great Wall of China over 2000 years ago. It was to be a huge wall to keep out all his enemies. (Adapted from A Beautiful Legend by Richard Worsnop)Fill in the missing words: (3 marks) 1. The princess was sad because her husband was ______________.2. A _______________ helped her to find his body.3. She followed the drops of _____________ from her finger.Write a FULL SENTENCE to answer each question. (3 marks) 4. When was the Great Wall of China built?_________________________________________________________________5. Why was it built?_________________________________________________________________6. Do you think the story of the sad princess is true?_________________________________________________________________7. Write down a simile from the middle of the passage. (1 mark)_________________________________________________________________8. Find another word from PAR 3 which means ‘disappeared’. (1 mark)_________________________________________________________________9. Find a word or phrase from PAR 4 which shows that the princess felt the emotions of sadness and happiness when she followed the spots of blood to the wall. (1 mark)_________________________________________________________________10. Find another word from PAR 5 which means ‘very big’. (1 mark)_________________________________________________________________SECTION D: COMPOSITION (25 marks)Write a composition of about 150-200 words on ONE of the following.1. Write an adventure story starting with: It was a beautiful day, perfect for a hike.....2. Write an informal letter to a friend, inviting her to join you and your family on a long weekend break to Gozo and telling her all your plans. [your address] [date]Dear Rebecca, I hope you are fine and that you are getting on well at school. As you know, ourmid-term holidays are quite close, and my family and I have decided to spend them differently this year.............3. Write a description of your school.1st Paragraph – Mention the name of your school and where it is2nd Paragraph – Describe how it looks like from the outside (including gardens, grounds, etc)3rd Paragraph – Describe the interior of (inside) the school (including classes, laboratories, staff rooms, Hall, Tuck Shop, Gym, offices etc.)4th Paragraph – Give your opinion of your school (whether you like it or not) and what things you would like to improve ___________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ................
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