State of Palestine Ministry of Education Directorate of Education ?Jerusalem Suburbs Al-Ram Secondary Boys? School دولة فلسطـــــــــــــين وزارة التربية والتعليم مديرية التربية والتعليم ? ضواحي القدس مدرسة ذكور الرام الثانوية Name: -------------------------------- Midterm Exam Date: 26 / 10 / 2014 9th Grade Mark (60 ) Time: 40 minutes Part One: Reading Comprehension (18 marks) Read the following passage carefully, then answer the questions below: Dr Blake is at Waleed?s school, and he has been using charts to talk about health, sport and getting fit. Now he is answering questions. Hello. I?m Julie Nixon. I started rock climbing last year, but I fell and broke my leg. Since then, I haven?t been active enough, but I want to try something safer! What?s your advice? You feel that rock climbing is too dangerous for you, and yes, it is more dangerous than most sports. The safest activity is swimming, and that?s also good for old injuries like yours. But with all sports, always remember to warm up first. Do gentle exercises for the various parts of your body. This helps stop injuries. I?m Jamie Smith, and I recently went football training after a week in bed with flu. I started well enough, but then I got out of breath. I began sweating badly, and my heart started beating very fast. Then I collapsed. They say my heart rate was 190 beats a minute! But I was all right after ten minutes, and I wanted to start again. The problem was that our coach sent me home! He said I wasn?t fit enough to train. Was he wrong? No, he was right ? and you were wrong. Hard training after you?ve been sick is dangerous, Jamie. Your body was still too weak to do sports, and you didn?t wait long enough to get well again. The rule is this: be sensible, and don?t push yourself too hard or too soon. Take things slowly, and remember the old saying: ?Better safe than sorry?. Questions: (8 marks) 1. Why did Dr Blake come to Waleed's school ? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . 2. What happened to Julie Nixon last year ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. 3. What is the rule of practicing a sport ? --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. 4. Mention 2 things happened to Jamie during training ? -----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------. 5. Decide whether each of the following sentences is true ( ✔ ) or false ( ✘ ). (3 marks) a. ( ) Julie Nixon has done a lot of rock climbing in her life. b. ( ) Swimming is less dangerous than other sports activities, and it is good for people who have hurt themselves in the past. c. ( ) Everyone should feel warm when they start doing any sports activity. 1 6. Say what the underlined words refer to: (2 marks) a. ?something safer? line (4): ---------------------------------------------------- b. ?They say? line (11): -------------------------------------------------- 7. Say what the underlined words and phrases mean: (2 marks) a. ?in bed with flu? line (9): --------------------------------------------------- b. ?the old saying? line (17): ----------------------------------------------------- 8. The word injury means: -------------------------------------------------------------- (1 mark) 9. Find words in the passage that mean the followings: (2 marks) a. The synonym of table is: ------------------------------------------ b. The opposite of weak is: ------------------------------------------ Part Two: Vocabulary (15 marks ) Question. No. 1 Complete the following sentences with the suitable word from the box: (5 marks) Sensible curtains calm down takes off special 1. Home is a -------------------------------------place. 2. Our plane ----------------------------- at 10 : 30 tomorrow. 3. Please Ahmad try to -------------------------------- don't be worry. 4. look ! my mother have bought new ---------------------------- for our bedroom. 5. it's not ---------------------------- to walk with wet feet. Question. No. 2 (6 marks) A: Complete the table: Noun Adjective safety Healthy Active B: Complete the table: Verb Noun Flight cook say 2 Question. No. 3 A: Match each word in the box next to its opposite below: (4 marks) pick up put up land serious local 1. take off: --------------------------- 3. Put down: -------------------------- 2. global: ----------------------------- 4. funny: ------------------------------- B: Match each word in the box next to its meaning below: Pulse chart over site 1. table: --------------------------- 3. more: ------------------------ 2. place: --------------------------- 4. heart beat: ----------------- Part Three: Language (17 mark) Question. No. 1 Fill in the blanks with the correct form of verbs in the brackets: (4 marks) 1. He ---------------------------- to school on foot every day. ( go ) 2. We are ------------------------- dinner at restaurant tonight. ( have) 3. The bus --------------------------- at 8:00 am to Nablus. (leave) 4. The zoo ------------------------ at 9:00 every day. (open) Question. No. 2 Fill in the blanks with the correct preposition: (4 marks) during next to at on 1. We are travelling ------------------------- the plane. 2. She will visit me ------------------- the weekend. 3. Ahmad sits ----------------- Ali in the class. 4. We watched many films ------------------ the journey. Question. No. 3 Choose the correct answer from those words in brackets: (6 marks) 1. Khaled is ( fit ? fitter ? the fittest ) boy in the team. 2. I am much ( better than ? good ? the beat ) I was. 3. Flu is ( bad ? worse than ? the worst ) cold. 3 Question. No. 3 Use the present perfect with (already and still ---- not): (3 marks) Choose a new carpet. ✓ (Mum) Buy a new wardrobe. ✓ (Dad) Make Grandma?s bed. ✗ (Lana and me) 1. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . 2. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . 3. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- . Part Four: Writing (10 marks) Use the following questions to write a good plan for a school journey. 1. Where do you plan to go? 2. When do you plan to go? 3. How do you plan to travel? 4. What do you plan to do about lunch? 5. What time do you plan to leave in the morning, and where from? 6. When do you plan to arrive? 7. What time do you plan to come home at the end of the day? 8. When do you plan to get back in the evening? Good Luck Teacher: Mahmoud Abu Al-Rob 4