SECOND TERM EXAM OF ENGLISH
A/COMPREHENSION (7PTS)
Read the text
carefully then do the activities.
The main argument
against the co-education is that boys and girls differ. They differ in their
biological make-up, their interests, their aspirations and their expectations.
More important, they differ in their rates of development. At 13 girls are
gaining maturity and emotional attachments, while boys are still unruly. Trying
to teach them in the same class is like trying to teach two groups of different
ages together. Left to themselves, children naturally choose friends among
contemporaries of the same sex.
Another argument
favours co-education and says that it is “natural”. Boys and girls exist. They
live together in families, later they work together and get married to each
other. The place for the sexes to begin learning to live is at school, Good
emotional and social relationships depend to a large extent on the background
built up from an early age, and segregated schooldays distort the background,
making satisfactory relationships difficult later. Bringing boys and girls
together in their formative years creates a basis for understanding later;
artificial barriers in childhood create problems, especially during
adolescence, which are quite un-necessary.
Education is not
only a matter of learning facts; it is a preparation for life. In
co-educational schools, the boys and girls learn how to get on with each other.
Children from schools with only their own half of the human species are
reserved and awkward with the other half. After leaving school, they go through
a period of quite unnecessary misery and insecurity.
Adapted from a guide to English School by T. Burgess,
1-Circle the letter
corresponding to the right answer.
The
text is about:
a. Private and state schools.
b. The educational system in
England.
c.
Coeducational and single schools.
2- Are the following sentences
true or false? Write “T” for true and “F” for false next to sentence letter.
a. bringing boys and girls together
distorts their relationship later.
b. when they leave
school, boys and girls feel themselves secure.
c. Segregated schools
can create problems.
3. Answer the following
questions according to the text.
a. Why is it
difficult to teach boys and girls of the same age in the same class?
b. List some
advantages of bringing boys and girls in the same class.
4 - What do the
underlined words refer to in the text?
a - their (§ 1)
b - they (§2)
c - which (§2)
B. Text exploration. (7pts)
5.
Match each word from the text
with its meaning.
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1- Co-education
2- Distort
3- Barriers
4- Awkward
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5. Obstacles
b- Education of boys and
girls together
c- Disturb
d- Lack of self-confidence
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2. Derive adjectives from the following words.
a. maturity b. Create c. Same d. Favour
3. Join the sentences using the connectors between brackets.
a. Children become awkward in
segregated schools. They feel insecure later.(so….that)
b. Pupils will learn how to get with each
other. They will study in the same school.(unless)
4. Ask the questions which the underlined words answer.
a. At 13, girls are
gaining maturity.
b. I consider education a
preparation of life.
5.
Classify the words according to their stressed syllables.
Maturity
- preparation - formative
- climatic
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First syllable
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Second syllable
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third syllable
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Fourth
syllable
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Part two: Written
expression
(6pts)
Write a composition speaking about the conditions which we should offer
to children to succeed in their
studies. Use the following notes:
-Modern laboratories
-updated books
-healthy environment
- Clever educators
-Material means
-Sport activities – time for
relaxation...
Good
luck
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