Zarzis School / 2020-2021 Teacher 

: Lassoued
Mid-Term Test N°1
Name : ............................................. 1st form 4
Class: ............................................... Duration : 1 hour

THE TEXT

Kim Ung-Yong Got His PhD At The Age Of 8 But It Took Him 50 Years To Find Happiness In Life.
Kim Ung-yong was born on March 8, 1962 in Seoul, South Korea. His father was a physics professor
and his mother was a medical professor. By the time he was one year old, Kim had learned both the
Korean alphabet and 1,000 Chinese characters by studying the Thousand Character Classic, a 6th-
century Chinese poem.
Kim Ung-Yong (Hangul: 김웅용; born March 8, 1962) is a South Korean professor and former child
prodigy, who once held the Guinness World Record for highest IQ, at a score of 230+.
Kim was exceptionally intelligent. He started talking when he was just 4 months old. At the age of 3,
he could solve Physics problems. He could read Korean, German, Japanese and English by the age of
4.
When he was just 8 years old, he was invited by NASA to work for them. He agreed and moved to
the USA. And by 8 he also had a PhD from Colorado State University.
He worked for NASA for the next 10 years after moving to the USA.
Now just imagine yourself in his shoes. A 15-year-old kid doing top research for NASA even before
your brain has fully developed. It’s not pleasant.
And understandably, Kim burnt out. He abruptly quit his job at NASA and returned to Korea. He
thought that the work he was doing there was used for destructive purposes.
He came back to Korea and started studying to graduate high school because he could not enroll at
any university. After he got his GED score, he enrolled at a regional university to study Civil
Engineering.
People around him were dismayed. They pronounced him as the ‘wasted genius’. No one seemed to
care that he was finally happy studying civil engineering.
“I’m trying to tell people that I am happy the way I am. But why do people have to call my happiness
a failure?" says Kim
He believed the work he was doing now – engineering – was constructive and gave him a peace of
mind.
But people did not believe him. Whenever he said that he was happy, people always retorted with
“There’s no way that’s possible.”
He did not like working for NASA because he just solved equations like a machine and his superiors
took all the credit. Back in Korea people did not understand this and he was sick of the media
attention again on his return.
He never lived a normal life – a life where he studied in middle school and then high school and then
graduate to go to college. Life just moved too fast and all the praises by the people around him made
him think he was doing the right thing. And the same people turned on him when he returned as if
they had a say in what he should do in life.
“People put too much emphasis on IQ.”, says Kim.
“Society should not judge anyone with unilateral standards everyone has different learning levels,
hopes, talents, and dreams and we should respect that,” he added.
Today, at 55 years of age, Kim Kim Ung-Yong has fulfilled his lifelong dream of becoming a
professor. He teaches students at the Shinhan University.
IQ is not omnipotent, and Kim’s story proves it. It is just another talent like being exceptionally good
in sports or music. And it is nothing without wisdom, which Kim slowly gathered through his life.
All said and done, he surely will make a brilliant professor, who knows how to deal with gifted as
well as troubled students.

A- Listening skills (8 marks)

1) Listen and complete the paragraph with words from the passage ( 4 mks )
The most important thing to remember about fast food is that it isn't so………………………people
who eat it …………………………….health problems. SchoolS should…………….…. students to
eat ……………………………..

2) Write " T " if the statement is true and " F " if its false . ( 2 mks )
a) I think in today's world , it's difficult to avoid eating in fast food restaurants
…………………
b) lots of people complain about it …
………………….

3) Tick the appropriate function :

You had better eat healthy food prohibiting
advising
4) Write " S " if the underlined sounds are similar and " D " if they are different :
moody - blood
B- LANGUAGE (10 MARKS )
1- Put the bracketed words in the right tense or form (4 mks)
In today’s world every one wants to be successful but what is success? The perspective of success
(various) …………………………..from person to person. For the record, the people before us have

a (differently)…………………………..view on (to succeed)……………….Moreover, people

(comparison)……………………different people performance to evaluate their success. In modern-
day, people are (obsession)…………………….with success because of the glamour and life style of
successful people. But (many)………………………….people think of celebrities, (art)
………………………, politicians and businessmen whenever they heard the word success.
Successful people do what the like (doing)……………………….. or what they feel correct for their
business.

2- Circle the correct option: (4 mks)

At the age of twelve Celine Dion (wrote / written / writing ) her first song with the help of her
mother and her brother Jacques “Ce n’était qu’un rêve”. But it (certain / certainty / certainly ) was
not just a dream! Would start to become a (really / reality / real) . On June 19, 1981, Celine Dion
(singing / sang / will sing ) on TV for the first time, on Michel Jasmin’s talk show. The Québécois
audience (immediate / immediately ) adopted her.
Everyone was ( convince / convinced / convincing) that she would go far, but no one could have
( imagined / imagine / imagining) what was to come. Réne Angélil believed completely in this
young girl that he mortgaged his house (financing / finance / to finance) her first album.

3- Complete the paragraph with words from the list (4 mks)

quality – experience – over – thought – lot – borrow – collect – improved

My wife and I decided to stop working in the firm and start our own business. We
……………………about a number of different businesses but felt there was a lack of a
……………….sandwich in order to ……………………………..information. We also tried to have
some ……………………………..So my wife worked in a small café and I spent two months in Mac

Donald’s. We had just a little money . So we had to ……………………………….some from the

bank. The start, however, was very difficult. But a few weeks later the business
……………………….. Now we have a dozen shops all ………………………….the country.
 THE BEST OF LUCK!
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Celine Dion was born on March 30,1968 in Quebec she was the 14 child of Therese Tanguy and
Adhémar Dion. The Dion family was not a well off family, but never lacked for love. The entire
family shared the same passion: music: The parents and children even formed a group that performed
concerts in the area. From her earlist