Imtiez prep school Teacher 

: Mrs. Samia Sayadi

March 2015 Level: 9th form
End of term test n°2 Timing : 1 hour
Name: ………………………………… Class: …………

Text :

Ben : Oh no, not another one ! You must be joking !

Todd : What ! Don’t you like it ? Red, black and white. It looks like a child’s
drawing. Really clever…
Ben : Todd you’ll never manage to make me quit smoking by redecorating the flat
with anti-smoking posters. This is daft ! We can’t see the wallpaper anymore ! You
ought to stop this now.
Todd : Oh no, I’ll stop when you stop ! And I don’t think you are in any position to
give me advice. Posters won’t kill me, not like cigarettes. You ought to stop, and you
know perfecly well.
Ben : OK, OK ! Go on putting up posters all over the place, but please ! Choose
them ! This one is… totally ineffective ! What’s the arrow supposed to represent ?
Death ? Cancer ? Bah ! It looks like a rocket !
Todd : You’re laughing at my new poster only because you can’t help smoking so
you’re as helpless as the little man in the poster.
Ben : Oh, oh. So you think I’m helpless. Who you are ? My shrink or what ?
Todd : Ha ha, very funny… No, I’m not your shrink. But I’m your friend, you see and
I think I am right, aren’t I ? Smoking is killing oneself.
Ben : Ah, come off it..
Todd : Let’s see.. Maybe you can’t stand living.. is that what your problem is ? You
can’t stand living, you’ve had enough ? You want to kill yourself ?
Ben : Please, Todd ! Get off my back ! Of course, I don’t want to kill myself ! Please,
this isn’t as easy as you may think. I know I ought to quit !
Todd : Good, so when do you start ?
Ben : Well, I’ll have to find some medical help because I’m really addicted now. I
can’t help smoking, especially when working, or going out with friends..
Todd : Look Ben, I know this is going to be awfully difficult. And I realize I’m a pain,
with my posters and my speeches.. but believe me, I can’t bear seeing you smoke 20
cigarettes a day… and I’ll be very honest with you, I’ll keep pestering you until you
quit !
Ben : Well then, I guess it’s worth trying.
 Imtiez prep school Teacher : Mrs. Samia Sayadi
March 2015 Level: 9th form
End of term test n°2 Timing : 1 hour
Name: ………………………………… Class: …………
I/ Reading Comprehension (6 marks):
1) Correct these false statements with details from the text:
a/ Ben is not aware of the dangers of smoking.
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b/ Todd thinks that Ben is harming only himself.

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2) Answer the following question :

What did Todd to show taht he disapproves of Ben’s smoking habit ?
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3) Circle the right option :

What does the underlined expression in the text mean ?
I’ll keep pestering you until you stop : a/ I’ll throw you cigarettes away

b/ I’ll spray pesticides

c/ I’ll nag at you continually

4) Complete with 4 words from the text :

Ben is a heavy smoker, he thinks he (1) ………………….. to stop but he feels (2)
………………… . He is now (3) ……………………. And it is difficult for him to (4)
………………… smoking.

II Language (8 marks):
1) Circle the right option :
Tropical rainforests are near the (1) (hottest / heat / hot) parts of the planet, sothey
are very wet and warm. They are rich in different (2) (creatures / offenders / species)
of trees, plants, insects, animals and birds. (3) (Besides / Therefore / So), rainforests
help to give us (4) (pure / harmful / contaminated) air, too. Driving cars and burning
wood makes the air dirty : Trees take in (5) (chemical / inflammable / carbon) dioxide
from this dirty air and (6) (release/ inhale / spill) oxygen.

2) Fill in the blanks with words from the box :

 less will organic food recycle fat processed garbage

As the pace of life accelerates, people have (1) ……………….. time to prepare meals.
They begin eating fast food, frozen food and other (2) ………………… products that
contain more calories and chemical additives and fewer essential nutrient. In the next
ten years, scientists (3) ………………….. discover that it’s not only the (4)
…………............ that is harming us and making us over-weight, but it’s really the (5)
………………… : chemical additives, the artificial flavours and colorants they put in
the food that (6) ………………… kill us.

3) Match the sentences parts to get a coherent paragraph :

A B
1- My story shows that an unfit 39 a) attack, because I’m not a smoker.
year-old man who didn’t take any b) benefits of running.
serious exercises for 20 years + …. c) can do the marathon.
2- I’m personally convinced of the d) diseases and poor health.
health + ….. e) diet.
3- I’m not worried about the risk of a
heart + …..
4- In addition, I am sticking to a
fairly low-animal fat +…..
III Writing (6 marks):
Your friend is a heavy smoker. Write him an 8 line letter to warn him of the
dangers of smoking and advise him to give it up.

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