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10th grade	11th grade	12th grade
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ENGLISH WRITEN TEST
      10TH GRADE (level 4)

Spaceship available for holidays, funerals, and...
Forget the south of France, forget Bali, forget Benidorm and get ready for something else: a holiday in a space hotel or a trip into orbit to see spectacular views of our planet. All the sites that the world has to offer – in a single trip.
For more than 30 years scientists have been promising us that space travel for all is just around the corner. It has taken a long time, but now, at the end of the millennium, the dream is finally becoming reality.
NASA scientists are fed up with budget cuts and the straitjacket of working for the US government. And big business is starting to realise there is money in the stars. “The space market used to be driven by the government,” says John McLuckey, head of Boeing’s space group. “Now we are seeing a dramatic shift because it is being driven by commercial forces.”
Firms such as Interglobal Space Lines are already offering ‘weightless’ training for amateur astronauts and you can acclimatise yourself of zero gravity in a private jet flying over America’s Mojave desert for $2,000.
Lift off in your private rocket
It sounds very strange but the US Air Force and prestigious firms such as Lockheed Martin are involved. Next year Boeing will open a private spaceport called Sea Launch in the Pacific of California, and firms are gearing up to offer space travel to anybody with a substantial budget. Two tour operators, Space Adventures and Zegrahm Space Voyages, are taking reservations now for the first commercial flights into space, scheduled for 2001. Lucky passengers will travel to about 62 miles above the earth – knocking on the door of the universe – and enjoy a few minutes of weightlessness. The price? At least £55,000 a ticket.
Not cheap, and you may prefer to wait for the weekend bargains which are sure to follow, but thousands of wealthy travellers will be keen to go (climbers often fork out more than £40,000 each to climb Everest). Thomas Cook recently closed its list of would-be commercial space travellers when 10,000 had signed up. Other travel agents, such as Bristol-based Wildwings, are still taking bookings.
The first thing all these lucky holidaymakers will need when they get into space, apart from passports and a sense of adventure, is a room for the night. Normal tourists will go for the orbiting space hotels designed by Japanese construction giant Shimizu and International hotel architects Wimberly Allison Tong & Goo (WAT&G). Shimizu’s engineers price a three-day tour at roughly £40,000 and are confident that people will pay.

1. The first flights into space will take place very soon.
2. Commercial firms predict great profits in space travel.
3. The first spaceport will be opened in the USA.
4. It won’t be possible for everybody to travel into space as the tickets are rather expensive.

B. Answer the following questions, using your own words.                                                                               10x4=40

1. If you want to get used to zero gravity, how much do you have to pay?
2. When will the first commercial flights into space take place?
3. How much will a ticket cost?
4. Why are travel agents and prestigious firms interested in space travel?

C. Fill in with the correct reflexive pronouns.                                                                                                   4x5=20

When Allison woke up on Monday, she saw the note she had written to (1) so she would remember to visit her boss in the hospital. He’d fallen off a ladder and hurt (2) quite badly. She knew her children could dress and feed (3), so she got dressed and left immediately. She drove to the hospital, got out of the car and shut the door. Then she saw the keys inside. “Oh no, I’ve locked (4) out!” she said to (5). She knew it was the start of a terrible day.

D. Join the sentences using not only...but also, either... or, both...and, neither... nor.
                                                                                                                                                                      7x4=28
1. The space shuttle was late. The space shuttle was full.
2. You can buy a three-day tour. You can buy a day tour.
3. The tourist was tired. He was very ill.
4. I don’t believe in extraterrestrials. I don’t believe they exist.

E. Join these sentences with to, so that, in order that.                                                                                      7x4=28

1. I’ll give you my address. You can send me the brochures.
2. They offer good incentives. You can use them.
3. Scientists made a lot of experiments. They want to investigate life in outer space.
4. We wore warm clothes. We didn’t want to get cold.

F. Write about 80-100 words on this topic.                                                                                                      60

Imagine you were the first person to go to Mars. Describe what you saw when you arrived there.

ENGLISH WRITEN TEST
      11TH GRADE (level 7)

An academic writer was scribbling at home on a research report. The local children had for three days played extremely noisily in a small park near his study. The noise was highly stressful because it was simultaneously loud, uncontrollable and unpredictable.
What should be done?
a) Ask politely that they quieten down or go away;
b) Call the police or the parents if you know them;
c) Threaten them with force if they do not comply;
d) All the above in that order.
The wise don used none of the above. Unworldly, maybe, but being someone whose job depended on intrinsic motivation, he applied another principle. He went to the children on the third morning and said that he was so delighted with their games that he was prepared to pay them each £1 a day if they carried on.
The youngsters were naturally surprised but delighted. For two days the don dispensed the cash. But on the third day he explained that because of a “cash-flow” problem he could only give them 50p each. The next day he claimed to be “cash-light” and only handed out 10p.
True to his prediction the children complained and refused to continue. They all left in a bad mood promising never to return to play in the park. Totally successful in his effort, the don retired to his study enjoying the silence.
This parable illustrates a problem for a manager. If a person is happy doing a task but is also managed through explicit rewards (usually money), the individual will tend to focus on these rewards, which then inevitably have to be escalated to maintain satisfaction.
There is considerable research on the types of job, which give the most satisfaction. Contrary to popular belief, it is not merchant bankers or high-flying company executives who report most satisfaction. Nor is it social workers. Nurses or others in the care business.
It turns out that craftsmen and women report most job satisfaction- the “crafts” vary: mathematicians are very job satisfied, as are furniture makers. Goldsmiths stonewall builders, and other craftspeople report the highest job satisfaction.
Intrinsic motivation in part explains why some people continue at poorly paid employment. For those few who enjoy doing what they do, working (like virtue) is its own reward.
 

A. What or who do the following words refer to in the text?                                                                             4,5x4=18

1. ‘his’
2. ‘it’
3. ‘he’
4. ‘them’

B. Match these words from the text with their meaning.                                                                                      2x7=14
 

C. Read through the text and answer the following questions, using your own words.                                    10+10+10+10+8=48

1. Why were the children disturbing the writer’s work?
2. The author points out a few strategies to solve the writer’s problem. Name two of them.
3. How did the writer reach his aim? Do you think it was a clever solution?
4. Why do some people spend their whole working life at poorly paid jobs?
5. Which of the jobs are white-collar or blue-collar workers?
 

D. Fill in the gaps with the correct tense of the verbs in brackets.                                                                       2,5x6=15

I (1 be) 15 and I already (2 decide) on my career. I want to be a computer engineer. Why I (3 want) to do that? Well, last year my school (4 send) me to a computer company for two weeks. The people there (5 teach) me a lot. Now I (6 go) to study really hard and pass all my exams.

E. Supply the correct tense of the verb in brackets.                                                                                            5x3=15

1. If they lose their jobs, they _________________ (live) on the dole.
2. If I _________________ (be) you, I would write an application letter.
3. I will get very upset if those children _________________ (not stop) making noise.

F. Rephrase the following sentences as indicated below.                                                                                     7,5x4=30

 1. The noise was highly stressful, so he made a decision.
If the noise...
2. People are satisfied with their job, so they are happy.
If people...
3. Some people hardly saw his point of view.
Hardly...
4. I have seldom seen such an interest in games.
Seldom...

G. Write 100 –120 words on one of the topics.                                                                                                    60
 

1.  The world of work is changing very quickly.

What do you think about these changes?

2. Television good or bad?

•  Most people watch too much television.
•  TV increases your knowledge.
•  TV can encourage passivity.
•  TV prevents communication between members of the family.
•  TV stations broadcast too much violence.

ENGLISH WRITEN TEST
      12TH GRADE (level 3)

Her name is Jennifer Carpenter. She’s 16, lives in Evanston, Illinois, near the city of Chicago. In a week, more precisely November 7, Jennifer will be 17. Why is Jennifer in the news? Because last week this young girl jumped into the cold waters of the Mississippi River and saved Jeremy Scott, a young boy who was swimming in the river. Jennifer is surprised, too. She is not a hero, she says. She saw the boy in the river. He was screaming. She didn’t think, she just jumped in.
Jennifer lives in a small house with her mother and father and her younger brother, Tom. She’s in the third year of high school, but she’s not an exceptional student. She likes art very much and one day she wants to be an interior decorator. Her friends say she’s a quiet girl, but very friendly. She has a German shepherd and she loves to take him for a walk in the park. She also likes jazz music. She plays the flute and is part of the orchestra at her school.
There is nothing exceptional about Jennifer. She’s short, has got long blonde hair and blue eyes and is very energetic. She swims three times at a local club. How did this young girl suddenly become a hero? She was at the right place at the right time. But more important, she simply didn’t hesitate. When she heard little Jeremy screaming, she jumped in. She’s a good swimmer.

I

A. Read the information and complete the form about Jenny.                                                                            2x10=20

1. Name –
2. Address (town) –
3. Age –
4. Birthday –
5. Birthplace –
6. Brothers/sisters –
7. Pets –
8. Physical description –
9. Year in school –
10. Free time –

B. Read the text and answer the questions.                                                                                                        6x5=30

1. When will Jennifer be 17 years old?
2. Why did she jump into the cold waters of the Mississippi River?
3. What was Jeremy doing?
4. What does she want to be?
5. What is she like?

C. Look for words in the text with a similar meaning as these words.                                                                  2x6=12

1. exactly
2. admired
3. excellent
4. a member of
5. special
6. think for a moment

 II

A. Write the plural.                                                                                                                                           3x5=18

1. man
2. baby
3. child
4. crowd
5. foot
6. fish

B. Complete the sentences using one of the prepositions : of, on, at, for, in, about, with, from.                           2,5x9=22,5

1. Mrs Carpenter is proud ... her daughter.
2. Chicago is famous ... its monuments.
3. They are anxious ... their English exam.
4. Tom is very good ... maths.
5. We are very keen ... sports.
6. I’m afraid ... snakes.
7. He is interested ... politics.
8. Are you pleased ... your new clothes?
9. This picture is different ... that one.

C. Complete this table with the correct form of the verb.                                                                                    1x20=20
 

D. Read these sentences and underline the verbs. Then write the tense of the verb in front of the sentence.          2,5x6=15

1. I’m watching my favourite TV programme.
2. Soon or later the dog will come back home.
3. Her sister always gets up at 7:00.
4. Craig has done a very good project.
5. Yesterday we saw a beautiful dress in a new shop.
6. We go to the cinema every weekend.

E. Complete these sentences with on e of the verbs in the list in the Present Perfect.                                             3,5x5=17,5

1. He ... a big car because he needs it for work.
2. I ... that song on the radio all week, but I don’t like it.
3. Simon ... in this house since he was born.
4. We ... our lessons and we are ready for the test.
5. I ... many countries because I love meeting different people.

III

Tell Jennifer what you did during your summer holidays.                                                                                      45