Name: _____________________________ MIDTERM TEST (26.12.

2018)
Class: ______________________________ Subject: IE5 READING & WRITING
Number of correct answer: ____________ Time allotted: 30 minutes
(Students are not allowed to use any materials during the test.)
YOUR ANSWER:
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 2
1. 6. 11. 16.
2. 7. 12. 17.
3. 8. 13. 18.
4. 9. 14. 19.
5. 10. 15. 20.

READING PASSAGE 1
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 1-10 which are based on the passage below.

BRIDE OF THE SAHARA

The Tuareg bride, Assalama, sits silently as female relatives and helpers make sure that every hair is perfect for the
first day of her wedding celebration. Such attention is new for the bride, who is only 15 years old and who has spent most
of her time tending her mother's goats and sheep. The Tuareg are nomads,1 and it was only by chance that she was
reunited with her 25-year-old cousin2 Mohamed a month earlier. Just back from five years working in Libya, Mohamed
spotted Assalama as she drew water from a well, "I knew from that moment that I wanted to marry her," he says.
Wasting no time, he asked for her hand, she accepted9 their families approved, and wedding plans began.
Following Tuareg traditions, the marriage rite is performed at a nearby mosque3 in the presence of only the
couple's parents, Assalama and Mohamed are absent, A few days later, the time for the celebration approaches, and
guests begin to arrive. For a week, some 500 guests enjoy camel races, sing, and eat rice, dates, and roasted meat in tents
under the Saharan stars.
Mohamed wears an indigo tagelmust a cloth that wraps his head and face. The rich color, which rubs off onto the
skin, earned these once fierce4 Saharan warriors5 the title "blue men of the desert." For the Tuareg, the tagelmust is
more than just clothing that keeps out the desert sand and sun; it demonstrates respect and is thought to keep evil*
creatures known as jinns away, as is henna, a reddish-brown coloring used on Mohamed's feet. Henna is also a symbol of
purity, and is reserved for a man's first marriage.
At the celebration, a tent called an ehan is prepared for Assalama and Mohamed. Women take down and put up
the tent every day of the celebration, making it slightly larger each time to symbolize the progress of the celebration and
of the couple's relationship. Assalama stays inside the tent during the whole celebration, only showing her face or
speaking to Mohamed, her best friend, her mother, and one special helper. During the celebration, neither Assalama nor
Mohamed is ever left alone for fear they might be harmed by jealous jinns.
As the celebration ends, the couple prepares to spend the first year of their marriage with Assalama's family.
Mohamed will offer displays of respect to his in-laws, working hard to win their approval. Once he does that, he will take
his bride back to his camp and start his nomad's caravan moving again.
1 Nomads are people who travel from place to place rather than living in one place all the time.
2Your cousin is the child of your uncle or aunt,
3 A mosque is a place where Moslems go to worship.
4A fierce lighter attacks with great bravery and energy.
5A warrior is a fighter or a soldier, usually of past times, who was very brave and experienced in fighting.
6 If you describe someone as evil, you think they are morally very bad and cause harm to other people.

Questions 1-5
Choose the best answer for each question.
1. What is the passage mainly about?
A. the marriage difficulties of a young Tuareg couple
B. the changing wedding customs of the Tuareg people
C. the love story of two Tuareg cousins
D. a description of the marriage of a Tuareg couple
2. During their actual marriage ceremony, Assalama and Mohamed_________.
A. were not present
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C. wore traditional Tuareg clothing
D. visited a nearby mosque
3. Henna would NOT be used on Mohamed's feet if_____________,
A. he were not wearing a tagelmust
B. he were marrying a cousin
C. he had been married before
4. Why do women make the tent slightly larger each time?
A. so Assalama's friend, mother, and helper can enter
B. to show the progress of the couple's relationship
C. because the celebration increases in size
D. to keep jealous jinns away
5- The word that in the last paragraph means_____________.
A. returning to his camp
B. starting his caravan moving again
C. living for a year with Assalarna's parents
D. finishing the wedding celebration

Questions 6-10
Match the words (1-5) with their significance in a Tuareg marriage (a-e).
____6. tagelmust a. where the actual marriage ceremony takes place
____ 7. henna b. clothing that is thought to keep evil creatures away
____8. ehan c. threatens to disturb the couple's happiness
____9. mosque d. houses the couple during the wedding ceremony
____10. jinn e. coloring used on Mohamed's feet

READING PASSAGE 2
You should spend about 20 minutes on Questions 11-20 which are based on the passage below.

THE LAST DAY OF THE ICE HUNTERS

Jens Danielsen kneels on his dogsled as it slides along the rough edge of a frozen sea. "Harm, harm" he calls out
urgently. "Go left, go left. Atsuk, atsuk. Go right, go right." The 15 dogs in his team move carefully. Despite freezing
temperatures in late March, the ice has broken up, making travel dangerous. "The sea ice used to be three feet thick
here” Danielsen says, "Now it's only four inches thick."
As big as a bear and with a kind, boyish face, Danielsen is a 45-year-old ice hunter from Qaanaaq, a village of about
650 people whose brightly painted houses cover a hillside overlooking a fjord.1 He's heading toward the ice edge to find
walruses, as hunters of Inuit ethnicity have done for as long as memory. With his extended family and 57 dogs to feed,
he'll need to kill several walruses on this trip.
Normally the ice comes to northwestern Greenland in September and stays until June. But during the past few
years, the ice has been thick and the hunting good for only three or four weeks. The ice shelf gives hunters access to the
walruses, seals, and whales they hunt. Without it, hunting becomes nearly impossible. In one recent winter, Qaanaaq's
hunters found themselves without sufficient food to feed their starving dogs. The hunters asked for help, and the
government responded with money while fishing corporations assisted by sending fish by airplane.
Today, fewer than 500 ice hunters are able to live by hunting alone. They travel by dogsled, wear skins, and hunt
with harpoons.2 At the same time, they also use guns, cell phones, and watch TV. “This changing weather is bad for us,"
Danielsen says, scowling.3 "Some [of our] people have to go other ways to make a living." His wife, Ilaitsuk, who used to
go with him on these hunting trips, has had to take a job at a day-care center in Qaanaaq to help pay their bills. The
government now funds job training programs to help ice hunters find other employment.
Warmer weather does provide some opportunities. Quantities of valuable fish that prefer warmer water are
increasing, and melting ice has uncovered some of Greenland's valuable natural resources—minerals, metals, and gems,4
Electric power plants may soon be built on rivers filled by melting ice. But the last ice hunters may not be able to get used

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to working as fishermen, in mines, or hi power plants. As Danielsen says, “Without ice, we can't live. Without ice, we're
nothing at all."
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A fjord is a narrow body of water cut into a valley by a glacier.
2
A harpoon is a long pointed weapon with a rope attached to it, which is used to hunt large sea animals.
3
When someone scowls, an angry expression appears on their race.
4
A gem is a jewel or stone that is used in jewelry.
Questions 11-15
Choose the best answer for each question.
11. What is the passage mainly about?
A. how to hunt sea animals in Greenland
B. how warmer weather is affecting Inuit hunters
C. how the government is helping failed hunters
D. how modern hunting methods are better than traditional ones
12. In paragraph 4, which phrase could best replace at the same time?
A. as they do this
B. on the other hand
C. during this time
D. quickly
13. What has made hunting with dogsleds difficult for the Inuit?
A. Their dogs eat too much,
B. There is too much ice,
C. The ice is too thin,
D. There are not enough animals.
14. What is the main idea of the fourth paragraph?
A. The ice hunters have improved their hunting methods.
B. Recently, more ice hunters have been able to improve their lives.
C. Only the best ice hunters have been able to continue.
D. The traditional ice hunters' way of life is disappearing.
15. Why might the ice hunters find it difficult to do other work?
A. There is no training available.
B. The government is unhelpful.
C. They prefer their own traditions.
D. There are few other jobs available.

Questions 16-20
Complete the information below using words from the reading passage. Write no more than two words in each blank.
16. In recent years the winter sea ice around Greenland has been less _____________than previously.
17. The thin ice shelf makes it difficult for the hunters to get_____________to the animals they hunt.
18. Unable to hunt, the hunters must ask ____________for help.
19. In addition to money, job_____________ has been provided to hunters,
20. In the future, hunters may work as______________, in mines, or in__________________.

~~~THIS IS THE END OF THE MIDTERM TEST~~~

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YOUR ANSWER:
PASSAGE 1 PASSAGE 2
1. D 6. B 16. 21.
2. C 7. E 17. 22.
3. D 8. D 18. 23.
4. B 9. A 19. 24.
5. C 10. C 20. 25.