LEVEL
KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU
Secondary School, Kirkop
6-7
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016
FORM 1
ENGLISH
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
5
TIME: 15 minutes
Teacher’s paper
5
Instructions for the conduct of the Listening Comprehension Examination.
The teacher should instruct the candidates to answer the questions on the paper provided. The
following procedure for reading the Listening Comprehension passage is to be explained to the
candidates immediately before proceeding with the examination.
You have been given a sheet containing the listening comprehension
questions. You will be given three minutes to read the questions based on the
passage. The passage will be read at normal reading speed. You may take
notes during reading. After this reading, there will be a pause of another three
minutes to allow you to answer some of the questions. I shall read the passage
a second time and you may take further notes and answer the rest of the
questions. After this second reading you will be given a further three
minutes for a final revision of the answers.
a. 3 minutes – Students read questions.
b. 3 minutes – Teacher reads passage aloud for the first time while students take notes.
c. 3 minutes – Students answer questions.
d. 3 minutes - Teacher reads passage for the second time. Students may answer more
questions.
e. 3 minutes – Students revise final answers.
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LEVEL
KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU
Secondary School, Kirkop
6-7
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016
FORM 1
5
ENGLISH
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
5
TIME: 15 minutes
An earthquake is the shaking of the surface of the Earth, which can be violent enough to
destroy major buildings and kill thousands of people. Earthquakes are caused mostly by
geological faults, but may also be the result of volcanoes, landslides, mine blasts, and nuclear
tests.
The strength of the earthquake is usually measured on the Richter scale. Earthquakes which
mark a magnitude of 3 on this scale are weak. Anything over a magnitude 7 will probably
cause serious damage over larger areas.
The largest earthquakes ever recorded have been of a magnitude slightly over 9, although
there is no limit to this. The most recent large earthquake of this size was in Japan in 2011,
leaving thousands dead, injured or homeless. 4.4 million houses were left without electricity
or water. It was the largest Japanese earthquake recorded and the most difficult crisis to hit
the country since World War II.
Earthquakes may also take place at sea. Here, the seabed may be moved enough to create a
tsunami, which is an enormous tidal wave. One of the most devastating tsunamis was that of
the Indian Ocean in 2004. This left 150,000 people dead and millions homeless across 11
countries.
Nowadays, numerous tsunami warning systems have been installed in high-risk areas. The
Tsunami Warning System is one of these. People may subscribe to this alarm system for free.
It works by calling the subscriber hours in advance to warn them of a possible tsunami. This
allows for people to evacuate safely, with no loss of life.
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LEVEL
KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU
6-7
Secondary School, Kirkop
5
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016
FORM 1
ENGLISH
LISTENING COMPREHENSION
5 Name: ___________________________
TIME: 15 minutes
Class:______________________
Listen to the passage and answer the following questions.
A. Put a tick ( ) in the correct box according to whether the statement is TRUE (T) or
FALSE (F).
5 marks [
TRUE
1)
Earthquakes are caused mostly by geological faults.
2)
Earthquakes of a magnitude 3 are generally weak.
3)
The seabed is moved when a tsunami is created.
4)
The Indian Ocean tsunami left 200,000 people dead.
5)
Subscribers must pay a fee to join the Tsunami Warning System.
]
FALSE
B. Underline the correct answer, according to the information you hear in the passage.
2 marks [
]
1) Around ( 2.5 , 3.7 , 4.4 ) million houses in Japan were left without electricity or water.
2) One of the most devastating tsunamis occurred in the Indian Ocean in (2005, 2007, 2004).
C. Complete the following sentence by inserting words you hear from the passage.
3 marks [
]
1) The earthquake which hit Japan was the worst _____________ since the Second World War.
2) The tsunami warning system works by calling the subscriber hours in___________ to warn
them of a possible tsunami. This allows for people to __________ safely.
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KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU
Secondary School, Kirkop
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION 2015/2016
FORM 1
LEVEL
6-7
5
ENGLISH
READING COMPREHENSION
5The Kraken
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“Kraken” is an old word used to describe giant sea
creatures that sailors said that they had seen. These
creatures are shaped like squid or octopuses, with
many arms that could pull men from ships, and even
drag whole boats to the bottom of the sea.
This creature was first discovered in 1873 by
fishermen. Two men and a boy were fishing in a
rowing boat off the coast of Newfoundland, when one of the men saw a pile of wreckage.
Suddenly, the “wreckage” moved. It was an enormous sea monster. Two of its tentacles shot out
to grab the little boat.
The creature began to pull the boat beneath the water. As the sea flooded around them, the
courageous boy grabbed an axe and cut the tentacles. The monster released a jet of black ink and
disappeared.
The fishermen reached the shore unharmed and took a piece of tentacle to show to a local
naturalist called Moses Harvey. He was amazed by the specimen, which was very tough and six
metres long.
A month later, four other men brought Harvey a similar creature. They had found the creature in
one of their nets. They attacked it until one of them killed it.
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Moses Harvey bought the creature from the fishermen for ten dollars. He took several
photographs of it and sent them off to London. The scientists who examined it said that it was a
giant squid- one of the largest ever found. They called this giant sea creature “Kraken”.
In 1887, another giant squid was found, this time in New Zealand. Its body measured about 3
metres, and its tentacles were another 13 metres long. As recently as 1964, an 11-metre squid
was found in the sea near La Coruna, in Spain.
Although many of the stories are exaggerated, and were once thought to be only legends, there is
now proof that giant squid do exist. Parts of squid and even whole bodies of huge size have been
found. They have been examined by experts in many different parts of the world
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KULLEĠĠ SAN BENEDITTU
Secondary School, Kirkop
HALF YEARLY EXAMINATION – 2015/2016
Level 6-7
YEAR 7
ENGLISH
TIME: 2hrs
Question
Oral
Listening
Language
Reading
Comprehension
Literature
Composition
Global
Mark
Max. Mark
10
10
15
20
20
25
100
Mark
Instructions to students:
Answer ALL questions.
Good English and orderly presentation are important.
Read each question carefully.
DO NOT WRITE ABOVE THIS LINE
Name: __________________________________
Class: ___________
SECTION A – LANGUAGE
15 MARKS
A. Complete the following story by filling in the blanks with the correct form of the verbs in
brackets. The first one (0) has been done for you.
5 marks [
]
Paul (0) is a thirteen year old boy who (1) _________________ (enjoy) learning about new
countries and cultures, but he (2) _________________ (not like) waking up early in the morning.
Last week, he (3)_________________ (go) on holiday with his family to Hungary. They
(4)_________________ (be) at the airport at 6:00am, when suddenly, Paul (5)_________________
(realise) that he had forgotten his passport at home. He (6)_________________ (not know) what to
do. “Paul, what (7) _________________ you _________________ ?”(think), his father asked. Paul
suddenly (8) _________________ (remember) about his aunt Caroline who lived close to their
house. Fortunately, she (9)_________________ (has) the time to bring the passport to the airport
and the family (10) _________________ (board) the plane right on time!
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B. Complete the story about Catherine’s family using comparative and superlative adjectives.
The first one has been done for you.
5 marks [
]
Hello, I’m Catherine, from Sweden. I am the (0) most talkative student in my class at school. My
family is made up of 5 members - my parents, an (1) _____________________ (old) brother, a (2)
_____________________(young) sister, and myself. We all love sports. It is known that my
brother is (3)_____________________ (good) than us all in basketball, even though he’s not the
(4)_____________________ (tall). However, I think he’s (5) _____________________(bad) than
me in tennis. My sister’s the (6) _____________________(noisy), so whenever she wins at tennis,
everyone knows from her screaming.
My mother hates tennis. She thinks it is the (7)_____________________ (boring) sport of all.
However, she goes swimming very often; she says it’s (8) _____________________ (relaxing)
than tennis. My dad just sits in front of the TV, he’s the (9)___________________ (lazy). On the
whole, we are surely (10) ____________________ (active) than our cat that is always asleep.
C. Tina sent an email to her friend Anna about her birthday party. Complete the email with
the, a, an, or (-) where no article is necessary. The first one (0) has been done for you.
5 marks [
]
Hi Anna,
How are you? I hope you’re doing fine!
Next week’s my birthday and I’m thinking of throwing a (0) party. My mum said that we can use
_____ (1) garage if we clean everything after _____ (2) party. As for the food, there will be _____
(3) choice between _____ (4) pizza, _____ (5) burgers, and _____ (6) sausage rolls. Can you bring
_____ (7) drinks yourself, please?
Also, can you send _____ (8) email to the other friends in our class? If they want to come, ask
them to give you _____ (9) answer as soon as possible so we can know ______ (10) exact number
of people attending.
I’m so looking forward to next week!
See you soon,
Tina
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SECTION B - READING COMPREHENSION
20 MARKS
Read the passage “The Kraken” which is on a separate sheet, and then answer the following
questions.
Tick (✓) the correct box according to whether the statement is TRUE (T) or FALSE (F).
4 marks [
1.
T
2.
i.
ii.
iii.
iv.
3.
i.
The sea creature was first discovered in 1873.
ii.
The fishermen were killed by the monster.
iii.
Moses Harvey gave the sea creature a name.
iv.
The sea creature wasn’t very big.
List FOUR facts about the sea creature.
]
T
F
2 marks [ ]
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a. Who discovered the sea creature first?
1 mark [ ]
_____________________________________________________________________
b. Where was it discovered?
1 mark [ ]
_____________________________________________________________________
4.
Was the sea creature dangerous? Why?
2 marks [
]
_____________________________________________________________________
5.
Why is the boy in the story described as courageous?
2 marks [ ]
__________________________________________________________________________
6.
a. Who was Moses Harvey?
1 mark [ ]
_____________________________________________________________________
b. How much money did he spend to buy the creature from the fishermen?
1 mark [ ]
_____________________________________________________________________
c. Where else was the sea creature found?
1 mark [ ]
_____________________________________________________________________
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d. According to the passage, does this sea creature really exist? Explain.
1 mark [ ]
__________________________________________________________________________
__________________________________________________________________________
e. What do the following words refer to in the text?
2 marks [ ]
i.
its (line10)______________________________________________________
ii.
it (line 19)______________________________________________________
f. Give the meaning of the following words as used in the passage.
2 marks [
i.
examined (line 20)________________________________________________
ii.
legends (line 25) _________________________________________________
SECTION C - LITERATURE
PART 1- POETRY UNPREPARED TEXT
20 MARKS
10 marks [
Read the poem and answer all the questions below.
Welcome to the Night
To all of you who crawl and creep,
who buzz and chirp and hoot and peep,
who wake at dusk and throw off sleep;
Welcome to the night.
To you who make the forest sing,
who dip and dodge on silent wing,
who flutter, hover, clasp and cling:
Welcome to the night!
Come feel the cool and shadowed breeze,
come smell your way among the trees,
come touch rough bark and leathered leaves:
Welcome to the night.
The night’s a sea of dappled dark,
the night’s a feast of sound and spark,
the night’s a wild enchanted park.
Welcome to the night!
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1. Fill in the following spaces.
3 marks [
]
The poem has four ____________ with four ____________each. It describes different
____________ by using words like chirp, ____________and hoot. The poem also describes how
the ____________is the time that animals make the most ____________.
2. The poem is set in a ______________________.
1 mark [ ]
3. Underline the correct answer.
1 mark [
]
1 mark [
]
2 marks [
]
“chirp”, “hoot”, “flutter” and “crawl” are all examples of:
(a) personification
(b) onomatopoeia
(c) simile
4. Underline the correct answer.
‘Silent wing’ is an example of:
(a) personification
(b) onomatopoeia
(c) simile
5. Find two other words that rhyme with the following words:
(a) peep :
___________________ and ___________________
(b) wing :
___________________ and ___________________
(c) breeze :
___________________ and ___________________
(d) park :
___________________ and ___________________
6. Besides referring to our sense of hearing, the poem refers to our sense of sight and touch.
Underline a word which refers to each sense from the following.
Sight: throw, peep, crawl
Touch: enchanted park, leathered leaves, dip and dodge
7. Quote two verses that show that the animals are awake at night.
1 mark [
]
1 mark [
]
(a) ___________________________________________________________________
(b) ___________________________________________________________________
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PART II - PROSE UNPREPARED TEXT
10 marks [
]
Emma bit her lip nervously. She had just stepped off the bus, and had noticed someone who was
already on the sidewalk. Samuel. Samuel was a bully, and everyone knew he would pick on you the
moment he saw you. Then Emma froze. Samuel was staring right at her. Emma prepared for what
would surely come.
“Hey, Book Girl!” Samuel sneered, and his friends laughed.
Emma’s face turned beet red. She knew that “Book Girl” wasn’t really an insult, but it still hurt.
Emma usually had her nose in a book, whether she was walking to class or riding the bus home.
There were other kids on the bus, watching the scene play out, but they did nothing to stop
Samuel’s bullying. Emma suspected that they were worried that Samuel would pick on them if they
interfered.
“That isn’t even an insult!” Emma said in protest, but even she could hear her voice wobble and
crack.
“If you don’t care about being a book girl, then do you care if I do this?” Samuel grabbed Emma’s
book and darted back to his friends before Emma even knew what happened.
Tears threatened to spill out of Emma’s eyes, and she tried not to cry. The book that Samuel stole, A
Christmas Miracle, was Emma’s favourite book. She always read it in the days before Christmas
break. Would Samuel give it back?
1. Emma ‘bit her lip’ because she was feeling (happy, nervous, sad).
1 mark [ ]
2. i. ‘beet red’ is an example of :
(a) alliteration
(b) personification
(c) metaphor
(d) onomatopoeia
1 mark [ ]
ii. Why is the phrase ‘beet root’ so effective in describing Emma’s reaction?
1 mark [ ]
________________________________________________________________________
3. ‘crack’ is an example of:
(a) alliteration
(b) personification
(c) metaphor
(d) onomatopoeia
1 mark [ ]
4. ‘Tears threatened to spill out of Emma’s eyes’ is an example of:
(a) Alliteration
(b) Personification
(c) Metaphor
(d) Onomatopoeia
1 mark [ ]
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6. What does the line ‘Tears threatened to spill out of Emma’s eyes’ suggest about the way
Emma was feeling ?
1 mark [ ]
__________________________________________________________________________
7. Quote a sentence that shows that Samuel was feared by most of the other children.
1 mark [ ]
__________________________________________________________________________
8. Find two words from the first paragraph that shows that Emma was afraid of Samuel.
2 marks [ ]
____________________________
_____________________________
9. Quote a phrase that shows that Emma found enough courage to face the bully after he stole
her favourite book.
1 mark [ ]
__________________________________________________________________________
SECTION D – COMPOSITION
25 MARKS
Write between 100 and 150 words on ONE of the following:
1. Continue the story. It was a Saturday morning. I had not been awake for long, when I
received a telephone call ….
2. Your family has just moved into a new house. Write a description of your new house. The
following words may help you: spacious, colourful, comfortable, tidy, cramped.
3. Write an email to a friend telling him or her about a new hobby that you have taken up.
You may also encourage your friend to take up this hobby too. You are Luke
([email protected]) and are writing to your friend Katrina ([email protected]).
To:
From:
Subject:
Composition title number: ______
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