9th level Mid –semester test 2 Mrs Samia

Name……………………….. Class 9b……… Number…….

II-Language :(12) /20

1-Complete with 6 words from the box: ( 3 marks)

Earth smog Garbage protect breath trees over endangered

One cool April 22 morning, people started the day as usual. Yet it was not a normal day. In
Australia, a group of people went to a beach. The beach was covered with 1- ……………………………..
Bottles, rusty cans, and other trash lay in the sand. For the next few hours, people removed all
the litter and trash. Soon, beautiful, clean sand stretched as far as the eye could see. That same
April 22 morning in Kenya, students hiked deep into an 2-………….……. forest. They planted a
thousand new 3-…………………….… there. What's so special about April 22? The answer is simple. It
is 4-………………….… Day. People all 5-……………………the world celebrate this important day. How can
you 6- ……………..……….the earth ?

2-Crcle the right alternative: ( 3 marks)

1 ) (Recycling / poaching / logging ) means changing waste things into new forms that we
can use. In many places, you can 2) ( throw / spill / dump ) waste paper, plastic, glass
and metal into special bins. Waste materials will be taken to special factories 3 ) ( when
/who / where ) they will be made into 4) ( harmful / polluted / useful ) things.
This 5 ( could / will / ought ) make the earth a 6 ( threatened / cleaner /
contaminated ) planet.

3- Put the words into the right form (3 marks)

About half the young people in America are 1- ( heavy )…………..…….. than they should 2-(
be)…………………………. That’s because they eat the wrong food too much and too often !American
doctors keep warning about ‘overweight kids’ and some things are 3(change
)……………………………………., very slowly. However, a lot of habits are very hard to change. But 4 (
eat )……………………………. too much is not the only reason why people get fat . Drinking too much has
the same effect. In summer it’s so easy to drink too much. In America people 5 (
drink)……………………………….. lots of soda pop, such as colas and 7Up. The reason is simple. They are
on sale everywhere: in shops, cafés…. And compared to Europe, it’s very cheap. But each small
soda 6 (contain) …………………….……….. spoonfuls of sugar. No wonder people get fat!

4) Match the sentences halves in A with those in B to get a coherent paragraph:(3 marks)
 A B
1)In Europe, over 215 million people smoke every day.
Everybody knows they +..........................
2)So why do people do it? The truth is that nearly 95% of
adult smokers started + .....................
3)People don’t usually start smoking after the age of
20.But because smoking is highly +.......................
4). So if you start smoking as a teenager, you’ll find it
difficult to give + ..............
5) And almost every adult who +...........................
6) If you start smoking as a teenager, you’ll have a +
......................
a) when they were teenagers.
b) people should have the right to choose
whether they smoke or not
c) nasty habit that is dirty, expensive, unhealthy
and unwanted for the rest of your life.”
d) addictive. It’s hard to stop once you’ve started.
e) up as an adult .
f) shouldn’t smoke because smoking is really
bad for the health.
g) smokes wishes they had never started

II-Listening : (8)
1 listen and circle the right option : (1)
a- worried
How does the speaker feel about pollution ? b- sick
c- angry

2- What does the speaker suggest to help reduce pollution tick 2 tips:.(2)
a- turning off unused lights c- protecting the rainforests
b- saving water d- walking
3-Circle the right option : (2)

a-The speaker thinks that big companies are ( more / less ) irresponsible than
individuals .

b-big companies have lots of money so they pretend to be ( green / clean).

4-Pick up a sentence expressing intention (1)

.................................................................................................
5- listen and write the missing words (1)
People don’t care about the …………………………….. so they pollute the …………………… just to
make lots of money.
6 - Write “S” for similar sounds and “D” for different sounds (1)
Reduce - pollute

Health -create.
Key :

Language :

1) Garbage – endangered –trees – Earth – over – protect

2) Recycling - throw - where – useful - will – cleaner
3) Heavier – be – changing – eating – drink – contains
4) 1+ F / 2+A / 3+D /4+E /5+G /6 C
LISTENING
1- a /d
2- More / Green

Expressing intention : Obama is going to do his best to help the Earth

Environment - air

Reduce :rɪˈdjuːs,rɪˈdʒuːs - pollpəˈluːt/ute different

sounds

Health /helθ/ Create /kriːˈeɪt/ DIFFERENT

SOUNDS

SCRIPT: http://listenaminute.com/p/pollution.html
I hate pollution. It makes me really angry. I think pollution is greed.
People don’t care about the environment so they pollute the air just to
make lots of money. Big companies are the worst. They pretend they’re
not polluting. They have the money to say they are “green”. Pollution
affects us all. We are all less healthy because of companies that pollute
the air or our rivers. Everybody needs to think about how we can reduce
the amount of pollution we create. Not using the car when we can walk is
one way. Turning off lights we don’t need is another. Barack Obama says
he’s going to do his best to help the Earth. I really hope he does because
if pollution gets any worse, we’ll be in seriously big trouble.